"Go get a few bottles of water and try selling them. You have to be proactive in business, you know?"
The younger brother went over, but before he even got there, a man walked over from the beach and called out to the car, "Mr. Qian, you're over here."
Mr. Qian jumped out of the car, waved to Ye Cheng, and said, "Brother, I've arrived. Bring the things over."
"Okay, wait a moment."
It turned out they were looking for Ye Cheng. Curious, Da Liu came out of the convenience store and saw Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu struggling to drag three snakeskin bags and carry two buckets.
"Ah Cheng, is he here to see you?" Da Liu asked.
"Yes, we're here to buy seafood."
"Buying seafood? You've got so much?" Da Liu looked at Ye Cheng and his group's three snakeskin bags in surprise.
"It's alright," Ye Cheng said casually.
Mr. Qian had already taken the boxes and scales off the truck.
"Brother, come here, let me see what good stuff this is." Boss Qian was so anxious that he started rubbing his hands together.
"Xiao Hu, pour it all into the water tank," Ye Cheng instructed.
Before it even poured, Big Liu opened his mouth wide and exclaimed in disbelief, "Holy crap, a lobster!"
"Ah Cheng, did you guys get this?"
Ye Cheng's two lobsters were in a bucket, so they were easy to spot.
"Yeah, I'm lucky."
"There are lobsters too?" Mr. Qian got excited when he heard about the lobsters and quickly came over, grabbed a lobster from the bucket and looked at it.
"This is quite a size, Xiao Ye, and it's wild too. You're quite something," Mr. Qian exclaimed, full of praise.
Liu, standing to the side, was already filled with regret. "Damn it, if I had known there were lobsters, why would I have opened a convenience store?"
"I'll offer 500 for each of these two lobsters, 1000 in total, how about that?" Mr. Qian immediately offered a high price.
"How much?" Da Liu was shocked again.
"1000, young man, I'll take it if you have it too," Boss Qian said amiably to Da Liu.
Seeing that they seemed quite familiar with Ye Cheng, he decided not to act like an outsider.
The henchman behind Da Liu whispered, "Brother, this is more than we make in a month."
"Get lost! I'm not stupid, do you think I don't know?" Da Liu was furious.
500 each is not cheap. You should know that even if lobsters are expensive in later generations, they will only cost about this much.
Of course, the reason why lobsters are cheaper in later generations is mainly due to the abundance of resources, which has brought down the price. Lobsters are still relatively rare now.
"Okay, 1000 it is. Xiao Hu, bring out the rest of the goods and show them to Boss Qian."
"Wait a minute, let me put the two lobsters down first."
For this expensive item, Mr. Qian arranged for a separate water tank to be placed inside, handling it with great care.
"Alright, Little Tiger, come on, pour it into these water tanks."
"Okay."
When it was time to sell the goods, Xiao Hu felt full of energy.
He first took out the first snakeskin bag, soaked it in the water tank, and then untied the knot. Instantly, a group of shrimp of all kinds rushed out of the bag.
"Holy crap, mantis shrimp, and bamboo shrimp, they're so big!" Da Liu exclaimed again.
Having grown up in a fishing village, he certainly knew the value of these shrimp.
Shrimp are common, but mantis shrimp and bamboo shrimp are rare, especially such a large one, it's incredible.
Da Liu felt a sudden darkness engulf his vision and almost fainted.
Damn it, why did I have to sell drinks and instant noodles today? Why didn't I go beachcombing?!
No way, I'm taking these guys to the beach in a bit, why bother selling instant noodles? Why bother using my brain?
Mantis shrimp, bamboo shrimp, lobster, I'll be there in a bit!
Ye Cheng had no idea that Da Liu was having such a rich inner world; Boss Qian had already squatted down to look at the shrimp.
He casually picked up a mantis shrimp, measured its length, and the shrimp was very lively, struggling in his hand.
There were also bamboo shrimp, which were longer than his palm.
He nodded repeatedly as he looked at them, "These are good, all large shipments. What else do you have to bring out and let me see?"
Xiao Hu silently picked up the other two bags and poured them all into the tank. They contained mantis shrimp, tiger prawns, a small portion of prawns, a few octopuses, and a pomfret.
Da Liu is completely finished. He thought there would be some cheap stuff in the three bags, but he didn't expect that all the stuff that came out was high-end stuff.
Mr. Qian doesn't even need to inspect the goods by hand; he's satisfied just by their freshness.
"Brother, these are all good stuff. Let me give you a price, see if it suits your taste."
"We'll buy mantis shrimp for 50 yuan per jin, bamboo shrimp for 70 yuan per jin, tiger prawns for 40 yuan per jin, and octopus for 15 yuan per jin. Brother, are you satisfied with these prices? If so, we'll weigh them."
After finishing speaking, Mr. Qian looked at Ye Cheng.
"Okay, I trust the price Mr. Qian offered." Ye Cheng agreed without hesitation. Whether the price was high or low was hard to say, but now that the person had been brought here, there was no point in haggling over the price.
"Come on, come on, get on the scale." Mr. Qian waved his hand, and several people came over to help start weighing the item.
"There are 21 jin of mantis shrimp, 32 jin of bamboo shrimp, 20 jin of tiger prawns, and 5 jin of octopus."
"So the total is 1050 for mantis shrimp, 2240 for bamboo shrimp, 800 for prawns, 75 for octopus, plus 1000 for lobster, making a total of 5165. Shall I round it up to 5200?"
Upon hearing the price of 5200 yuan, Da Liu completely lost his composure, and his sunglasses even fell to the ground.
Ye Cheng was fairly satisfied with the 5,000 yuan. After receiving the money from Boss Qian, he took out two large bills and handed them to Da Liu.
"Buy the brothers a pack of cigarettes."
Although he was certain that Liu wouldn't rob him, it's a big no-no to monopolize profits in life and business.
If you make money at someone else's doorstep and don't share even a little bit with them, they'll trip you up later and you'll suffer the consequences.
"Ah Cheng, I think I'll pass. We didn't do anything, and besides, you already paid for the instant noodles." Da Liu said a little embarrassed.
"We're all brothers, take what you're entitled to." Ye Cheng said, stuffing the money into Da Liu's hand.
"Well, I'll take it. Come on, guys, bring over a few bottles of Coke. Look, my brother Cheng is thirsty."
After receiving the goods, Mr. Qian hurried back. Ye Cheng chatted with Da Liu and the others for a while, and then rode his bike back to the village with Xiao Hu.
He gave 1,500 of the 5,000 yuan to Xiaohu, keeping 3,500 for himself. Adding that to the original 3,300 yuan, he now has 6,500 yuan.
Although it's not much, we've started to accumulate savings. The next step is to see how to expand production capacity and increase revenue.
He feels the biggest problem right now is his luck stat; it seems like it's not going up and fluctuates too much. This is a system issue, and there's nothing he can do about it for the time being.
After returning, Ye Cheng went to the dock where there was a bank, opened a bank account, and deposited the money. He couldn't help it; he was really not used to carrying so much cash on him.
After depositing the money, Ye Cheng bought some braised meat and pork, and also some vegetable seeds, including radishes and chives.
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