At 5 p.m. on October 8th, in room 303 of Uncle Sun's hotel, Bai Yu and three others sat neatly on the sofa, heads down, playing games.
After returning from the dock, they had plenty of time, and it was still early before dinner, so the brothers, having nothing to do, started playing games in the private room.
The four men transformed into island special forces soldiers, originally intending to wreak havoc on the island, but unfortunately, they ended up losing more than an hour of K/D ratio and didn't win a single game.
The main reason lies with Bai Yu. When others play mobile games, they can use several fingers simultaneously, some even using six or seven fingers at a time.
But when it comes to Bai Yu, his hand skills are far from adequate. He can easily use a mouse and keyboard to edit videos, but when it comes to playing mobile games, he can only use two fingers.
The four-player mode of the island game is a game that requires teamwork. With Bai Yu as a loophole, and the other three players not being top-tier players, they naturally couldn't win a single game after playing for an entire afternoon.
Around six o'clock, Bai's mother pushed open the door and walked into the private room. Bai Yu and the other three immediately put away their phones and sat obediently on the sofa to chat.
Despite being adults and about to graduate from university, Bai Yu and the others are still very timid in front of their elders and dare not do anything inappropriate.
Especially since Bai's mother is a teacher, Bai Yu and the other three were even more timid. They always felt that playing on their phones in front of Bai's mother was inherently wrong, and it was best not to take them out if possible.
After Bai Ma arrived, everyone who was supposed to have dinner that night was present, and then they started serving the dishes.
Soon, plates of delicious dishes were served, many of which were familiar to the group, clearly the catch they had made at sea.
For example, the tuna sashimi in the middle. To be honest, Bai Yu couldn't tell which part of the tuna this plate of sashimi was from. He could only tell by its color, which was pink and looked very pretty.
However, Bai Yu didn't even touch this dish. He wasn't interested in sashimi. He'd rather have pan-fried ribbonfish, which was much tastier than tuna and wasn't cheap either.
During the meal, Uncle Sun asked Bai Yu some questions, such as whether he really wanted to buy a boat and whether he had any financial difficulties.
It's likely that Bai's father told the other party about this, otherwise he wouldn't have known.
As for the economic gap, for Uncle Sun who runs a hotel, a fishing boat is really not a big problem. Could it be that he wants to invest in it?
Unfortunately, Bai Yu was not short of money in this regard, especially since he had made a lot of money on this voyage, and his pockets were bulging again.
After a week of fishing, Bai Yu received a six-figure sum from selling the fish, and it wasn't a 1-digit number, but a 3-digit number, approaching 4.
After all, the two enormous tuna alone from their catch sold for over 200,000 to nearly 300,000 yuan.
To price these two tuna, Uncle Sun specifically hired a tuna appraiser to assess the quality of the fish meat before assigning a price.
This doesn't mean that Uncle Sun doesn't trust Bai Yu; it's purely to offer Bai Yu and his group a high price.
After all, the price difference between different types of tuna is very large, and the better the quality of the fish, the higher the price it can be sold for.
Without authentication, Uncle Sun could probably buy Bai Yu's two tuna for around 180,000 to 190,000 yuan at market price.
However, after testing, the quality of the two tuna was found to be better than expected, meeting the standards for auction, and the price was naturally much higher.
To maximize the value of these two tuna, the best approach would be to auction them off, attracting numerous high-end restaurants and even companies to bid, thus maximizing profits.
Unfortunately, there are no companies in Sanya that can hold tuna auctions. There's only one place in China that can do this: Shanghai.
Moreover, it would waste a lot of time, and Bai Yu didn't have that much time. It would be more cost-effective to sell it directly to Uncle Sun at a fixed price.
After receiving over 300,000 yuan in dividends, Bai Yu now has nearly 9 million yuan in his savings account, which he accumulated over three years.
You asked him how he saved it up?
Of course, he'd be doing both beachcombing and fishing, and participating in competitions. With Bai Yu's current strength in long-distance running, his annual salary is quite substantial, starting at six figures with all the subsidies and allowances.
In addition to the prize money he earns from competitions, he also receives a share of the sponsorships from the team. It's not a problem for him to save up several million yuan a year.
Of course, Bai Yu is the only one in the entire track and field long-distance running field to receive such treatment; the results of others are not as good as his.
In track and field, strength speaks for itself; only those with strength can receive various forms of treatment.
The only downside is that athletes' careers are short-lived; once they pass their peak and their abilities begin to decline, the benefits they receive will naturally decrease.
That's why Bai Yu wanted to buy a boat, hoping to make a name for himself in the fishing industry with his own boat, so that he would have something to do for the rest of his life and wouldn't have to worry about money.
However, when Uncle Sun asked if there was still a funding gap, Bai Yu answered no.
Although the funds he currently possessed were far from enough to buy a large fishing boat, Bai Yu still answered that he didn't need one.
The matter of buying a boat is indeed urgent, but it's not that urgent either.
After all, you have to buy a new boat; there's no point in buying a used one. New boats get subsidies, and if you're buying with a loan, you get preferential interest rates.
Another issue is that buying a new boat requires building one, and buying a boat is not like buying a car. When you buy a car, you just go to a 4S store and buy it directly; they have ready-made boats there.
But ships are different. If you want to buy a new ship, you have to build it from scratch, which takes a lot of time, ranging from a few months to a year and a half.
The most important thing is that if you buy a boat, you need someone to operate it. Putting everything else aside, the most important thing is that you have someone on the boat.
According to relevant Chinese laws, to operate a large vessel, one must have relevant permits, such as a captain's certificate.
Do you know how difficult it is to get a captain's license?
And it's not just a matter of difficulty in obtaining the certificate; the captain's certificate requires passing the exams at each level, which takes a very long time.
Bai Yu also knew someone with a captain's license, his uncle, but his uncle went to sea on a ship some time ago and no one knows which ocean or country he's in now.
Only after Bai Yu has sorted out everything and found all the relevant personnel will he consider actually buying a ship.
During this period, he still has enough time to save money.
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