The purchase price for fresh seafood boats is somewhat like an unfair contract; whatever price they set is the price, with no room for negotiation.
It's up to you whether you want to sell or not; no one's begging you to sell.
But at sea, besides selling to seafood collection ships, who else can they sell to?
They would only consider wasting time going ashore to sell when they had a lot of valuable goods.
Otherwise, it would just be a waste of money for the fish-collecting boats.
After inspecting the goods, they immediately began weighing them.
The baskets of fish are first weighed at Dongsheng, then hoisted onto the receiving boat by crane and carried into the other party's fish hold.
After each type of goods was weighed, the baskets were weighed again to deduct their weight.
The boatmen naturally took care of the moving work, while Feng Ye stood by the scale, watching the weight and observing how they counted.
After all the goods had been weighed, he asked curiously, "Your cargo ship looks quite dilapidated, it must be quite old, right?"
The owner of the cargo ship chuckled, revealing a set of large, yellow teeth: "That's right, this ship has been in use for almost twenty years."
However, since it can still run and make money, we won't complain about it.
Feng Ye nodded, thinking to himself that it made sense; these days, a ship that can make money is a good ship.
He then asked, "Is this boat a converted fishing boat? The shape of the boat looks very much like a fishing boat to me."
"It is indeed a converted fishing boat. Nowadays, most of the fishing boats that collect seafood are converted from fishing boats, unless they are relatively new. My boat is quite old and dilapidated."
The boss didn't try to hide anything and readily admitted it.
"Oh, so where do you usually receive your goods?"
"Because several familiar boats fish in this area, they usually stay in the waters around here."
"Having regular customers is great."
"It's just average. Basically, every fishing boat that collects fresh catches fish has some other fishing boats that it regularly docks with..."
While they were talking, the accounts were settled.
The person doing the accounting was a young man in his early twenties who bore a resemblance to the owner of the seafood boat; they were probably father and son.
The boss took the bill and looked at it: "Your bill is out. It's 6474.6 yuan in total. Take a look at the bill. If there are no problems, I'll pay you."
Feng Ye took it, checked it carefully, and then said, "The accounts are fine."
"Okay."
The boss opened his shoulder bag, revealing stacks of crumpled banknotes inside.
He had just put his hand in when he suddenly pulled it out, looked up and asked, "By the way, do you need to replenish fresh water, diesel fuel, ice, or something like that?"
"Yes, yes, of course I want it. I want fresh water, diesel, and ice."
Feng Ye nodded hurriedly.
If the boss hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten about it.
Replenishing supplies at sea is ridiculously expensive, costing more than a third more than on land, and sometimes even double the price.
Take diesel as an example. It costs only 1.5 yuan per liter on shore, but the fresh food collection boats sell it for 2.2 yuan, with a profit of almost 50%.
Despite the exorbitant price tag, Feng Ye had no choice but to accept it.
Diesel fuel, ice, and ice were added for three days' worth, costing a total of 3,500 yuan.
Of these expenses, diesel fuel is the biggest one, since the fishing boats rely entirely on it for power.
He directly supplied them with 1,300 liters of fuel, which, combined with what was left in the tank, was enough to keep them running for three days and three nights.
The Dong Sheng had a very high fuel consumption, burning 20 liters of diesel per hour.
Based on the onshore oil price, it costs 1.5 yuan per liter, which means that 30 yuan worth of diesel fuel is burned per hour.
That's 720 yuan for 24 hours a day.
This is a true grease guzzler.
What was burned wasn't diesel fuel, it was money!
But he couldn't be so frugal as to calculate everything perfectly just to save money.
We definitely need to add a little more, with enough margin, to prevent any unexpected situations.
Anything can happen at sea, like when you're about to head back and happen to encounter a school of fish.
If there isn't enough diesel fuel or ice at this point, then it's a tragedy, and you'll have nowhere to turn for help.
Therefore, it's better to spend a little more money to ensure everything goes perfectly.
As for other supplies, such as rice, flour, and cooking oil, there is no need to replenish them. There is plenty on the ship, enough to last for another seven or eight days.
After the supplies were replenished, the accounts were recalculated. After deducting the cost of the supplies, the actual amount received was 2974.6 yuan.
Feng Ye took the money, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
Compared to the money earned from selling the goods at the port the day before yesterday, the difference is simply too great!
It's like comparing heaven and earth.
I made nearly 15,000 yuan selling goods the day before yesterday, but today I didn't even get 3,000 yuan.
If we count from the afternoon before yesterday when I left Tuocheng, it has been exactly two days, which means I have only earned less than 1,500 yuan per day.
While deep-sea fishing may seem very profitable, it actually has very high costs.
Especially the need for resupply at sea has caused fishing costs to rise sharply.
However, thinking about the profits from the Harvest's voyages, the average daily net income was only a little over a thousand, and he instantly felt better.
The owner of the seafood boat was still waiting for him to count the money, so Feng Ye immediately wet his mouth with saliva and quickly counted it.
After confirming that the number was correct and the authenticity of the coins was not an issue, he nodded and said, "No problem, the number is correct too."
The shop owner chuckled and said, "That's good. I've always been honest and fair in business, so you can rest assured."
After putting the money away, Feng Ye said, "I'll contact you again if I need any more goods in the future."
Selling goods at sea is selling to anyone, it's still selling.
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