As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. He's phone started ringing with several text messages in a row.
Ye Cheng smiled slightly, "What? A lot of people are urging you to order the goods, aren't they?"
Mr. He didn't even look at his phone, and shook his head directly, "No, my wife at home is bored and insists on texting."
This guy can lie without batting an eye, and Ye Cheng doesn't call him out on it.
But speaking of which, shouldn't I keep some money for myself, since the crayfish are still being sold by them?
“These are such big, 36 is too low, 40 per jin, I won’t take more, but I’ll keep half a box for myself.”
"Why keep half a box? You can't eat that much anyway. I'll take it all for 40." Crabs are in high demand today, and many people are willing to pay extra for them. He doesn't want to lose money.
"Alright, I said I'll keep half a box, so I'll keep half a box. Do you want the other 40?"
"Yes! Yes!"
Four boxes is not bad; he's figuring out how to sell them to maximize profits.
"By the way, I heard from some of my older brother's coworkers that some kind of ocean protection team came today?" Ye Cheng asked casually while Boss He was weighing the items.
"Oh, yes, there is." Boss He replied casually, "They said it's a ship from some oceanographic institute, for research purposes, a bunch of boring intellectuals."
To businessmen like them, these researchers are just bookworms; what's the point?
If it's for scientific research, that's one thing, since it can also be transformed into productivity.
In their view, these environmental protection efforts are just a waste of money.
Ye Cheng was too lazy to argue with this traditional view. However, Boss He and his older brother and several coworkers said something different. They said it was a rented boat, while Boss He said it was his own boat.
He simply continued, "How did these people end up here?"
"Oh, they said someone saw some dolphins, at that fishing ground outside you. They came to ask for directions. What's so interesting about dolphins? It's not like nobody's ever seen them, right?"
"I guess they just find watching the dolphins fun," Ye Cheng said, echoing Boss He's words, before continuing to ask.
"I heard there's another beauty there, right? They say she's really gorgeous."
Hearing Ye Cheng ask this question, Xiao Hu gave Ye Cheng a disdainful look. He had just been wondering what was wrong with Ye Cheng today, why he kept asking about this.
Now I understand, this guy just came to ask about pretty girls, I despise you!
"Yes, there's a real beauty, she's really good-looking, but she's a bit cold and doesn't talk much. Everyone's bored today, so they're all squatting there watching. What? Regret not coming? Hahahaha."
Ye Cheng smiled without saying a word, now it was basically confirmed that it was Yang Liu.
Pshaw, she said she'd be on her own boat, but damn it, she turned around and abandoned me to go find someone else. That just goes to show, all beautiful women are heartless.
This batch of crabs weighed 340 jin and sold for 100 yuan. Ye Cheng gave Xiao Hu 3600 yuan and kept 10,000 yuan for himself.
By this calculation, my savings have already reached 160,000 yuan, which means I'm about to become a tycoon again.
Back in the village, Ye Cheng called Boss Qian about the remaining half-box.
On the other end of the phone, Mr. Qian almost jumped up when he heard there were swimming crabs.
"Damn! Second brother, you're my savior! Nobody's been out to sea these past two days, and we've had nothing. I haven't had any crabs for two days. I'm coming right now, so please save some for me."
"Don't worry, I've saved you several dozen kilograms, enough for you to sell. Do you want me to bring it over?"
"No, I'll come get it now, you don't need to bring it!"
After hanging up the phone, Ye Cheng realized that money was indeed in short supply.
Just over half an hour later, Mr. Qian arrived. Looking at the half-box of swimming crabs, he happily rubbed his hands together.
"Great, this batch is good. I'll give it to you for 45 yuan per jin."
"40 is fine, the crayfish still need your help to take care of them."
Ye Cheng didn't ask for more; 40 was already a pretty good price.
Hearing Ye Cheng offer a discount, Boss Qian felt a little embarrassed. "You're a true brother. Okay, we'll go with your offer."
This half-box weighs 52 jin (21 catties) and costs 2080 yuan.
After paying, Ye Cheng casually asked about the sales volume of crayfish, and Boss Qian immediately gave him a thumbs up.
"Second brother, this stuff is amazing, it's addictive. I feel uncomfortable if I don't have some every few days. My customers are the same. According to them, sometimes they don't want to eat seafood, but they want to eat some crayfish and they come here to eat seafood on the side."
Hearing what Mr. Qian said, Ye Cheng replied half-jokingly and half-seriously,
"Then Mr. Qian, could you also raise the purchase price for us?"
Mr. Qian glanced at Ye Cheng and immediately understood. He lowered his head and thought for a moment. He had known Ye Cheng for a long time, and this man was honest and had never lied to him.
Some people are quite kind and considerate; they even remembered to save some seafood for themselves today and didn't deliberately raise prices.
Moreover, crayfish are now very popular, and I estimate that other restaurants will soon be coming to Ye Cheng for help.
If you hold back from raising prices, all sentimentality will crumble in the face of self-interest.
Having figured it out, Mr. Qian looked up with a smile, "Okay, then 10 yuan per jin will do."
"Then thank you very much, Mr. Qian."
"I should thank you for saying that. It's a win-win situation for everyone, haha."
After seeing Mr. Qian off, Ye Cheng checked the weather forecast for tomorrow. It was cloudy turning partly cloudy, not very good, but judging from the afternoon's forecast, there shouldn't be any problem going out to sea.
The price of crayfish has returned to a normal level, and we should share this good news with them.
Ye Cheng came out, intending to go to Jiang Yunxiang's place, but unexpectedly ended up at Widow Zhang's place instead.
Thinking of the bowl of noodles that Widow Zhang cooked, I suddenly felt a strong urge to eat. Damn, how could these noodles be so delicious? But there's always trouble around Widow Zhang, so it wouldn't be good to go there.
He hesitated at the door for a long time before finally holding back and walking over to Chen Zhangfu, where he explained the price increase.
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhangfu instantly became awestruck by Ye Cheng.
"Bro, you're amazing! You said before that if sales were good, the price could be raised, and you really were right."
"This is the law of the market. If he doesn't raise prices, someone else will come to us." Ye Cheng was very confident about this.
What Ye Cheng didn't know was that people in Donghai City were already asking where the crayfish came from.
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Director Liu had been busy all day, and just as he sat down, the office phone rang again.
He glanced at it irritably. It was from the Municipal Bureau. Damn it, these people, all they know is to assign me tasks or make me do things for them. They don't understand me at all.
"Hello, this is Chief Liu from the police station. Who is this?" Chief Liu answered the phone in a very unpleasant tone.
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then a dignified voice came through, "Liu Jin, you've gotten bolder, haven't you?"
Upon hearing the voice, Liu trembled.
grass!
This is Deputy Director Li from the Municipal Bureau. I'm several levels below him. Oh no, I didn't notice the caller ID earlier.
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