With the help of another crew member, they exerted tremendous effort to push the guy little by little to the stern of the ship before throwing him into the sea.
The biggest concern for Bai Yu and the others when facing this great white shark was that it might suddenly attack and hurt them.
Although this creature is a marine animal, it would be quite difficult for it to move around on land.
However, this does not mean that this creature is completely immobile. Its fins are still very powerful, and on a relatively flat and smooth surface like the deck of a fishing boat, it can easily move a little distance using its fins.
Therefore, Bai Yu and the others need to be extra careful when dealing with this guy, and be constantly aware of whether he might suddenly attack, so that they can be prepared accordingly.
Fortunately, it didn't do anything inappropriate until it returned to the sea. Perhaps it was full from eating pomfret in the fishing net and wasn't very interested in Bai Yu and the others.
"Phew, finally got rid of this guy. Now I can finally clean up the pomfret in peace."
"You know, this guy eats fish, fine, but look at what we've done to this deck! In just a short while, there must be thousands of pounds of pomfret on it. We're going to be busy."
After pushing the great white shark back into the sea, Bai Yu looked in the direction where the great white shark disappeared and spoke to the crew member beside him.
"You can argue with that. This is exactly what we fear most when working at sea. Once a shark gets into the fishing net, it will cause us a lot of trouble. Besides, these sharks aren't worth much, and it's impossible to cut their fins. It's so annoying!"
The crew member standing nearby nodded in agreement when he heard what Bai Yu said.
As a professional crew member, he has seen all kinds of situations and is naturally very qualified to speak on this matter.
Even with the right to speak, all he could do in this situation was work silently, personally cleaning the fish on the deck.
Afterwards, Bai Yu and the others got back to work, taking baskets and getting to work.
This busy work lasted until the middle of the night. Bai Yu stayed on the deck until midnight, then had dinner in the restaurant before finding an empty crew room to rest.
For Bai Yu, boarding the ship was a spur-of-the-moment decision, so naturally no one shared a room with him. Instead, he had his own crew cabin to relax in.
As is well known, Bai Yu sleeps very well when she rests after a busy day, and she falls asleep almost as soon as her head hits the bed.
Nothing was said that night.
The next morning, Bai Yu slept until he naturally woke up. When he came out of the cabin, he was surprised to find that the crew members were still busy on the deck, as if they had been busy all night.
Busy all night?
You should know that Bai Yu and his group encountered the school of fish yesterday at around 7 p.m., and after he woke up from a nap, it was already 9 a.m. the next day.
If they've been busy all night catching pomfret, how many pomfret would they have caught?
One hundred tons, two hundred tons, or even more pomfret?
The reason why fighting pomfret is so valuable is largely due to its rarity. If hundreds of tons of fighting pomfret were caught in one night, would it still be able to sell for such a high price?
With this question in mind, Bai Yu approached the crew members working on the deck and asked them about the types of fish they were currently catching, only to receive a negative answer.
They have indeed encountered a school of fish, but it's not the same school of pomfret they encountered yesterday. Instead, they've caught a different species: mackerel.
Upon receiving this answer, Bai Yu felt both disappointed and slightly surprised.
For all fishing boats, facing a school of mackerel is undoubtedly a very difficult situation.
Mackerel is a fish with two sides. On the one hand, mackerel itself has a very low value. When the supply is large, their value is only a few yuan per kilogram.
Another reason is that there are a lot of mackerel. Once a school of mackerel is found, you will definitely encounter a large group of mackerel, with a minimum of tens of thousands of kilograms and a maximum of hundreds of thousands or even millions of kilograms.
According to the theory that quantitative change leads to qualitative change, no matter how low the intrinsic value of this mackerel is, as long as the quantity increases, its value will not be too low.
Moreover, there might be some unexpected surprises during the mackerel catching process.
Mackerel are at the bottom of the marine food chain, and most predators in the ocean use them as food.
These predators include, but are not limited to: tuna, swordfish, swordfish, various groupers, amberjack, moonfish, large yellow croaker, and various sea bream.
These sea fish include a large amount of high-end seafood. Tuna and sailfish go without saying, a single fish weighing over 100 pounds can cost tens of thousands of yuan. Moonfish, grouper, and other fish also have different prices depending on the species.
For example, according to information Bai Yu had already gathered, the crew had already caught mackerel in three rounds and six nets. Among the high-grade sea fish they had selected were large yellow croaker weighing over 100 kilograms, four tuna, two sailfish, and countless tuna.
This is only the amount left on the deck. As for whether the catch that went into the hold through the unloading port included large yellow croaker, grouper, or other sea fish, they were not sure.
In addition, more than 100 tons of mackerel were caught in these six nets. According to their rough estimate, they caught about 170 to 180 tons of mackerel in one night.
Putting everything else aside, these mackerel have at least recouped the costs of this voyage for the Yuxue ship, and it has already started making a profit.
As for the pomfret that Bai Yu and his team caught yesterday, the quantity is estimated to be over 100 tons. These things are expensive, and after recovering the costs, these pomfret catches are pure profit, which has significantly increased their profits this year.
In the following days, Bai Yu was either on the deck, cleaning the catch with the crew, or in the captain's cabin, learning how to sail the ship with his uncle and the others.
As a man, when faced with such a behemoth, who wouldn't want to personally take charge and operate it, and even pilot the giant ship?
Moreover, his uncle had taught Bai Yu how to drive the boat before, so apart from not having a driver's license, he still had no problem with some simple operations.
This includes charging at a school of fish when encountering them, and then turning around and charging again.
Given Bai Yu's current control over the Yu Xue, aside from not being able to drift with it, his operation is fine.
Of course, it's not just Bai Yu who can't drift in the Yu Xue; anyone would be unable to drift in the Yu Xue. This kind of large ship is simply not suitable for drifting.
Well, it's not that you can't drift, but that it's not suitable for you.
If you want to float, you can, but once you do, you have to bear the consequences, such as capsizing!
After spending seven days on the Yuxue fishing boat, during which they encountered schools of fish eight times and reaped a large harvest from the sea, they prepared to return home.
According to the warehouse manager, they have transported at least seven or eight hundred tons of fish into the freezers during this week, and the three freezers are almost full.
Their advice was that they could turn back now, because if they continued fishing, they wouldn't have anywhere to store their catch.
Because of this week's great harvest, the crew of the Yuxue gave Bai Yu a nickname: Boss Lucky Star!
In the eyes of the crew, their boss, Bai Yu, was the embodiment of good fortune; with him on the Yu Xue fishing boat, they would never return empty-handed.
If you don't believe me, they can use data to prove it.
Before Bai Yu boarded the ship, they had been adrift at sea for half a month, but their harvest was very meager, less than 500 tons in total, not even enough to fill a single hold.
However, since Bai Yu boarded the ship, they have caught seven or eight hundred tons of fish in just one week, almost filling all three hold, forcing them to return to port ahead of schedule.
Originally, according to their uncle's plan, they were supposed to stay at sea for a month, but now only twenty-two days have passed and their cabin is full and ready to return.
Bai Yu simply smiled and brushed it off without discussing it further.
After all, family members know their own business. The reason why the Yuxue fishing boat had such a good catch must be related to him.
Of the eight schools of fish encountered this week, six were found by Bai Yu using a search function, and only two were encountered by the fishing boat itself.
These eight schools of fish varied in size; the larger schools allowed the Yuxue fishing boat to fish for several rounds, yielding a catch of tens or even hundreds of tons from the sea.
Small schools of fish can't even last one round. Once the trawl net is used to catch them, the school of fish scatters, and all the fish flee in all directions, like birds and beasts.
In this situation, it's not a problem for the crew to call Bai Yu "Lucky Star," is it?
Before returning to port, the eldest uncle steered the fishing boat Yuxue to the Zhongsha Islands, which is not too far from their hometown.
After a day, they returned to the county's dock and moored there. Bai Yu also got off the fishing boat.
Unlike many other Olympic champions, when they return to their hometowns after winning the championship, the leaders of the relevant departments and the leaders of their former schools will organize people to pick them up.
But Bai Yu is different. Since returning from Xiaobenzi, he has been staying in the capital. He spends his days either on TV shows or shooting commercials, and he has no spare time at all.
After leaving the capital, Bai Yu went directly to Hong Kong, then boarded the Yu Xue fishing boat, and finally returned to his hometown.
For the relevant department leaders in his hometown who wanted to welcome him, they didn't even know Bai Yu's specific itinerary. How were they supposed to welcome him?
If they can't welcome Bai Yu, how can they increase the popularity of their city?
It's already September, and the National Day Golden Week is just around the corner. Although Sanya doesn't lack tourists, who would complain about having too many tourists in a tourist city like Sanya?
Therefore, the leaders of Sanya's cultural and tourism department really wanted to talk to Bai Yu and ask him to promote his hometown on his social media accounts to give Sanya more exposure.
Some leaders even wanted to appoint Bai Yu as the image ambassador for Sanya, but Bai Yu did not agree.
Of course, Bai Yu didn't refuse outright; instead, she offered a condition that would make the other party back down.
That means he will only appoint Sanya as his image ambassador after there is no more overcharging of tourists in the Sanya market. Otherwise, he is afraid that the overcharging of tourists in Sanya will have a negative impact on his personal image.
This seemingly rebellious act actually deterred relevant departments in Sanya from bringing up the topic of the image ambassador again.
Because the Bai Yu of today is not the Bai Yu before the Olympics. He represents more than just himself now. He has brought three gold medals to the country, made history for the Chinese people in men's long-distance running, and left a glorious mark on the history of track and field for people of Asian descent.
So now he represents not only himself, but also the national team, our country, and all people of Asian descent.
So after Bai Yu made this condition, the leaders backed down, because they knew they couldn't control the practice of overcharging customers.
It's not that we don't want to manage it, but we really can't. This kind of thing can never be completely stopped, and there are just too many interests involved.
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