Building a good relationship with Chen Hong now is of paramount importance for expanding the business in the future. Only with a stable supply channel can the restaurant achieve stable and sustainable operation and development.
In the past, relying solely on ordinary seafood from seafood stores and common seafood available in the market, without a stable supply of top-quality seafood, even the largest restaurants were like the moon reflected in the water—vulnerable, uncompetitive, and unable to reach a high standard.
Didn't you see how Longkong Hotel, in order to win over Zhu Chenhong as a supplier, added two new refrigerated trucks after the New Year? They really have foresight.
With a thousand thoughts swirling in his mind, Zheng Gaoxing could only follow behind Zhang Baiqiang, hoping that he would show mercy and leave him some small, expensive fish. "You big hotels eat meat, but you should at least leave us some soup!"
Even more desperate was Liu Erhu. He and his father searched the frozen water tank, the live water tank, and the live bait tank, only to find that apart from the live bait tank, there were only seven or eight hundred catties of mackerel, small yellow croaker, golden pomfret, and ribbonfish. There were no other types of fish that they could buy.
More than 90% of the fish on the boat this time are high-value and rare species. The only ones that I have the ability to manage are the fish that Chen Hong uses as live bait.
These are eleven bluefin tuna, six of which weigh over 500 pounds, four of which weigh less than 500 pounds but still over 400 pounds, and only one small, chubby fish weighing over 300 pounds.
The price definitely can't be the same as last time. This batch of bluefin tuna is big, round, and plump; it's not even in the same grade as last time. Zhang Baiqiang, along with the quality inspector he brought, analyzed the quality of each fish one by one, busy unloading, weighing, and loading them onto the truck.
Using the crane on Chen Hong's boat, the tuna were hoisted ashore one by one, lined up on the dock, weighed, and loaded onto trucks.
However, the payment for this batch of bluefin tuna cannot be settled on-site. The quality inspector needs to take samples back for careful quality inspection and pricing before the settlement and reimbursement can be processed.
Zhang Baiqiang had an enormous appetite this time. He not only took away eleven bluefin tuna, but also bought three bigeye tuna.
Zheng Gaoxing followed behind him, and after some effort, managed to snatch more than thirty yellowfin tuna, which he left for Mingzhu Restaurant.
Liu Quantian didn't receive that treatment. However, he wasn't in a hurry. His business strategy differed from that of hotels and restaurants; he could turn over small fish much faster, and he wanted all the remaining fish from both of them.
After weighing the bluefin tuna, they sent one of the refrigerated trucks carrying the tuna away ahead of time, as they needed to return to the city immediately to deliver it directly to the cold storage.
Preserving tuna is no joke; they have a large cold storage facility here. Only when bluefin tuna is stored in the cold storage can people feel at ease.
After that, everyone relaxed a bit, and the atmosphere became less tense.
The three families began discussing the distribution of the live fish. The rare and valuable species would be selected first by the Dragon Palace Hotel. Of course, Zhang Baiqiang was good at dealing with people and would not go to extremes. They had already taken away the top-quality fish, and he would not take too many live fish to make things difficult for Chen Hong.
This left the other three companies speechless, as the other side was simply too powerful. Although they were also itching to catch so many top-quality fish, they couldn't resist the temptation.
But their own businesses really couldn't handle it all. Right now, they all complained that their business was too small and developing too slowly.
They worked until after 9 p.m. to clear all the fish off the boat. The only thing left to settle is the payment for the eleven bluefin tuna.
Chen Hong's catch on the boat has all been weighed and sold. Except for Liu Erhu, who only bought more than 800 catties of common fish such as mackerel, ribbonfish, and golden pomfret, for a total of less than 20,000 yuan.
The remaining valuable live fish sold for a total of over 500,000 yuan. This does not include the three bigeye tuna that Zhang Baiqiang bought, which weighed over 400 jin (approximately 200 kg) and were priced at 180 yuan per jin. The three bigeye tuna sold for a total of over 86,000 yuan.
Zheng Gaoxing purchased more than 30 yellowfin tuna, totaling more than 2,000 jin (1,000 kg), priced at 60 yuan per jin, for a total of more than 120,000 yuan.
In other words, apart from the eleven bluefin tuna, Chen Hong released a total of about five tons of fish from the fishing boat, which sold for a total of about 700,000 yuan.
I estimate those eleven bluefin tuna will fetch at least two million! The food appraiser that Zhang Baiqiang brought said that the six large bluefin tuna were up to the standard for auction, and could fetch at least four hundred yuan per pound.
Tonight, the dock was brightly lit. A large crowd had gathered in front of Chen Hong's fishing boat berth, with fishermen and fishmongers watching with great interest as one large bluefin tuna after another was hoisted down from the boat.
Today is truly a rare and grand scene. Many people have never experienced anything like this in their entire lives. Everyone has forgotten about their work and is all gathered here to watch.
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