Suddenly, an idea flashed through Feng Ye's mind: he wanted to buy a boat for collecting fresh seafood.
With our own collection boat, most of this garbage can be sorted out and sent back to dry, so it won't be wasted like it is now.
Moreover, the cargo of the Dong Sheng ship does not need to be sold to other cargo-collecting ships, nor does it need to waste time going ashore to sell the cargo after catching valuable goods.
I can collect the goods myself now.
Of course, there should be a price for receiving the goods, and we can just follow the normal price for receiving fresh seafood from boats.
Although it's like transferring something from one hand to the other, which might seem like taking off your pants to fart—a pointless and unnecessary step—it's actually quite necessary.
Because the boatmen receive a commission, the accounts must be kept separate.
In addition, it wasn't just the Dong Sheng ship carrying cargo; there was also cargo from the Feng Shou ship, and the Zi Qi ship, which hadn't been delivered yet.
They can even accept cargo from other unfamiliar fishing boats.
As for the boat captain, his father or Feng Jialing can be appointed.
One of them was responsible for delivering goods to the county and city, while the other was responsible for operating the fresh seafood collection boat.
The more Feng Ye thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.
They can earn money while also sending back small fish and shrimp that are worthless but can be dried.
You should know that their workshop now has no source of raw materials and can only buy them from Feng Jiafa, Lao Zhu and Lao Lin.
With its own fresh produce collection boat, there's no need to buy raw materials anymore, solving the raw material problem and allowing for increased production capacity.
Every day or every other day, a boatload can be hauled back, weighing at least tens of thousands of kilograms. Even if people are hired to help with the drying, they still can't keep up with the workload.
It's estimated that some of the money will also be distributed to Xiao Guowen and a few other families who own workshops.
When the time comes, we won't sell directly to them; we'll just have them help with the drying process and pay them a processing fee.
From production to transportation, processing, and finally sales and wholesale, the entire process is streamlined and integrated.
It achieves multiple goals at once; it's simply perfect!
Overwhelmed with excitement, Feng Ye suddenly slapped the side of the boat.
"Ouch, that hurts so much!"
He grimaced and rubbed his hands.
He didn't control his strength well just now, and hit it a little too hard.
However, the pain brought him back to his senses from his excitement.
The idea is good, but you need money to make it happen.
Buying a freshwater harvesting boat is no small expense; even a second-hand one can cost hundreds of thousands, and a new boat is even more expensive.
The main problem is that the price of current refrigeration and freezing equipment is too high, which makes the price of fresh food collection vessels ridiculously expensive.
Of course, there is also a cheaper way, which is to not use freezing and refrigeration equipment and rely entirely on ice to keep things fresh.
However, this means that the sailing distance cannot be too far.
Moreover, the cost of each trip has increased significantly.
In the long run, it's far more cost-effective to invest a larger sum upfront and buy a refrigerated and frozen cargo ship.
The question is, where does the money come from?
They don't have that much money right now.
Feng Ye stood on the deck, his brows furrowed, deep in thought.
He looked up into the distance, where the sea and sky merged into one, vast and boundless, but his heart was in turmoil.
Once the idea of buying a freshwater boat took hold, it was impossible to shake off.
“Ah Ye, Ah Ye…”
Someone called him, waking him from his reverie.
Feng Ye looked up and saw his brother-in-law staring intently at him.
"What's wrong? Is something the matter?"
Ye Chenliang said, "I was about to ask you the same thing. You were holding a shovel, laughing one minute and frowning the next, like an idiot. What were you daydreaming about?"
"Nothing, I just suddenly thought of some things."
Feng Ye gave a perfunctory reply.
"I'm glad you're alright."
Ye Chenliang didn't pay any attention and turned around to clean the deck again.
Feng Ye then realized that he was a bit obsessed and too eager to succeed.
Actually, there's no rush for now.
We can make plans later when we have more money.
Moreover, secondhand ships are hard to find, and the shipyard in the county has a limited annual production capacity for large ships like this.
Even if I place the order as soon as I get back, the delivery time will be at least until the end of next year.
The most important thing now is to get the fishing operations going and make more money.
He composed himself, picked up the shovel again, and joined the team cleaning the deck.
After they shoveled all the trash back into the sea, it was time to haul in the next net.
When the trawler was pulled up, the situation was similar to the previous haul.
It's not bad, but it's not bad either.
Well, it's not that great.
There were plenty of different kinds of fish, but nothing of value.
The group tidied up the net, put it back down, and then immediately began sorting it.
Once the fishing begins, there is little time to rest.
It was very hard work, not easy at all.
...
They fished until noon the next day, catching a total of eight nets of fish, which almost filled the fish hold of the Dong Sheng.
The remaining space can hold at most two nets' worth of goods.
In fact, this is the normal catch from fishing at sea.
It's very rare for them to experience such a situation where several accounts were liquidated in the first two days.
When Feng Jialing came up to relieve him after lunch, Feng Ye reminded him, "Uncle, the fish hold is almost full. We should contact the fish-collecting boat."
Their boatload of fish was all too ordinary, with little of value, so there was no need to waste time going ashore to sell them.
The Dong Sheng is currently deep in the ocean, about eight or nine hours away from the coastline.
This round trip, plus the time spent selling goods in between, would waste an entire day.
Therefore, it's better to sell them directly to fresh seafood collection boats.
The fish-collecting boats aren't available on demand; you need to contact them in advance so they know your location and can find you.
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