Listening to everyone's complaints, Feng Ye couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile.
He understands everyone's feelings; everyone wants to sell their goods at a high price.
But that's the reality; the purchase price at sea is just that low.
Having dealt extensively with seafood collection ships in his previous life, he actually had some understanding of why their purchase price was so low.
The first issue is fuel consumption.
When the fishing boats set sail, they carry a large amount of fresh water and ice, as well as other supplies such as rice, flour, and cooking oil, to replenish the supplies of the fishing boats.
And when they return, the ship will surely be full of all kinds of seafood.
This means that the cargo ships are always under high loads while sailing, and their fuel consumption is, as you can imagine, extremely high.
The Dong Sheng vessel consumes 30 yuan worth of diesel fuel per hour, and the fuel consumption of the fresh seafood collection vessel is no less than that, certainly exceeding 30 or 40 yuan.
A day and a night at sea would cost eight or nine hundred dollars.
Fishing boats don't stay in one place waiting for fishing boats to contact them; they have to travel all over the sea to have a chance of receiving the catch.
Besides fuel consumption, freshwater harvesting vessels incur other costs, such as crew wages and food expenses, vessel maintenance, and time costs.
The expenses for a day are estimated to be over a thousand yuan.
These factors have all led to fishing boats having to lower prices when purchasing seafood in order to ensure their own profitability.
If there isn't a gross profit margin of 40% to 50%, who would be willing to work in this industry?
Of course, if you have a regular customer base, and a large number of them, then you can really make money.
Watching the cargo ship, its lights gradually twinkling, sail away into the distance, Feng Ye felt an even stronger urge to have his own cargo ship.
The current laws and regulations are not yet perfect, so the earlier you enter this industry, the more opportunities you can gain.
Once the laws and regulations are improved, it won't be so easy to enter this industry.
The procedures for obtaining various certificates are tedious and complicated, enough to drive anyone crazy.
Once the fish-collecting boat is available, all that's needed later is to obtain the necessary permits.
When any policy is first implemented, as long as it is not a one-size-fits-all approach, there will be a transition period.
During the transition period, it is relatively easy to replace existing documents, and the required documents are relatively few.
The further along you go, the more complicated and troublesome the procedures become, and the harder it is to complete them.
Of course, there is a prerequisite for really wanting to operate a fresh seafood collection boat.
That means they need more fishing boats.
Otherwise, you'd only have the Dong Sheng and Feng Shou, which wouldn't be worthwhile.
Even if we add the Purple Aura, which has not yet been delivered, the same applies.
After all, he didn't actually set up the seafood collection ship to buy seafood at sea; he just didn't want other seafood collection ships to make money from it.
Another point is that you can take the fish and shrimp that you don't want but can dry into fish and shrimp and send them back to be used.
With that thought in mind, Feng Ye immediately made a decision.
Once the dried squid at home was sold, I immediately discussed with Ah-chan and my older brother about ordering a few fishing boats and a fresh seafood collection boat from them.
The savings withdrawn from the post office and the three banks combined were roughly enough for the down payment on two fishing boats.
I estimate they've switched to squid these past few days. Once dried and sold, the price should double, which would be enough to order four boats.
Adding in the profits from other dried goods, and the money they earn from going overseas, they should be able to order another one.
That makes five boats. Let's order four trawlers and one fresh catcher.
Moreover, in recent years, whenever they have money, they invest it in fishing boats.
As for buying a house, there's no rush.
Anyway, the housing price surge only started after the millennium, and there are still nearly 10 years to go.
The right thing to do is to invest the money in the fishing boats first.
Only with more fishing boats can profits continue to grow.
When the time comes, with enough funds, houses and cars will be within easy reach.
Imagining himself leading a fleet out to sea, earning tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, a day, Feng Ye was overjoyed, his smile almost reaching his ears.
Ah-Can, who was standing next to him, noticed him grinning to himself and patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Ye, what are you thinking about? Why are you so happy?"
Feng Ye snapped out of his reverie and chuckled, "It's nothing, I was just daydreaming about the future and felt full of hope."
He didn't voice his thoughts; the time wasn't right yet.
"Tch, you were just daydreaming. I thought you'd struck gold."
Ah-Can curled his lip, looking disdainful.
Feng Ye didn't mind A-Can's teasing and laughed, "This isn't a pipe dream. As long as we work hard, we can definitely achieve it."
Ah-Can said "Oh," and asked curiously, "So what kind of daydream did you have?"
"I'll tell you later, it's a secret for now."
Feng Ye smiled mysteriously, "I'll go put the money away safely."
With that, he turned and walked toward the ship's deck.
"Still keeping it a secret, all mysterious."
Ah-Can muttered something to himself and didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he joined the other boatmen in sorting through the remaining catch from the net.
Feng Ye went up to the driver's cab, walked into the sleeping quarters at the back, put the money in the box and locked it.
At this moment, Feng Jialing also started the machine.
The Dong Sheng ship rocked and swayed, then slowly began to move again and resumed its operations.
Two ships, their lights twinkling, sailed on the vast, dark sea.
The speed of the fresh food collection boat was much faster than that of the Dong Sheng, which was operating at a snail's pace, and the distance between them quickly increased.
Only a string of lights remained, gradually fading into the night and eventually disappearing at the edge of sight, leaving behind only a pitch-black sea and a sky full of twinkling stars.
At this moment, the Dong Sheng ship appeared particularly lonely in the night.
He stepped out of his sleeping cabin and discussed the matter with Feng Jialing, who was steering the ship. They ultimately decided to continue their work while making their way back.
The sea area where they were at that moment was eight or nine hours' sailing from Tuocheng, and even further from Baishi Island.
If traveling at economical speed, it would probably take eleven or twelve hours.
By working slowly in the direction of the current route, they can shorten the travel time later and save some diesel fuel.
Perhaps because he had been adrift at sea for a long time, fish from the surrounding waters gathered around him.
The subsequent catches were more plentiful with each net, with one net even approaching 10,000 jin (5,000 kg).
Although there wasn't anything particularly valuable yet, by noon the next day, the fish hold was almost three-quarters full again.
They had to contact the fresh seafood collection boat again to collect the goods.
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