"This thing is soft, it must be very slippery, I want to touch it," Li Xiaoyu said curiously.
"Are you really not afraid of death? This thing's teeth are like a chainsaw; one bite and your finger is gone. Don't you want to be a cop anymore?"
"Oh? That's terrifying."
Li Xiaoyu clenched her hands and shook her head, feeling a lingering fear.
Old Liu continued pulling in the fish trap on the shore. This time, he caught only a few large crabs scattered around. When he caught the last one, his eyes lit up.
"Goodness, there's a big tiger stripe in the cage."
Hearing that it was a tiger grouper, Lao Liu and Lao Wang pulled it up together. The tiger grouper in the cage weighed at least ten pounds.
"My God, how did he get in there? Such a big tiger grouper!" Old Wang couldn't understand it; the cage entrance wasn't that big.
"Old Liu, did you go diving and stuff it in there?" Old Wang protested.
For these wealthy people, spending money on entertaining guests is not a big deal; what matters most is saving face and ease of doing so. Big fish represents their dignity.
After calculating Lao Liu's haul, apart from the large grouper, the others were worth about two thousand yuan, and the grouper alone was worth over ten thousand yuan.
Mingjing was also surprised. She had never touched such a large tiger grouper before. It was truly fate.
Retrieving fish traps requires bending over constantly. Old Liu has a herniated disc, so after a while, he straightened up and left the traps in Mingjing's spot.
"Mingjing, you know what, there's always good stuff where you are. Tonight, no matter who wins, it's on me."
Old Liu smiled and took out a pack of Soft Tashan cigarettes to offer to the men, "Come on, don't be shy, we'll celebrate this big fish tonight."
Mingjing sighed and continued to retrieve the fish trap. As soon as the trap emerged from the water, everyone stared in astonishment.
"Wow, no way, a yellow croaker, weighing over three pounds!" Old Wang exclaimed in surprise, his jaw trembling.
"There are yellow croakers in the fish trap, who would believe it if I told them?" Old Liu was both surprised and delighted.
The lips of a yellow croaker can sell for thousands of dollars, and this one is as long as a forearm, so it must cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Mingjing is indeed very ordinary, because she has already taken the bigger bait.
The next fish were all catfish and other small, inexpensive fish.
The best part was the sea bream; it had a sweet taste and not much of a fishy smell.
There weren't many fish traps left, so Mingjing brought up another basket of crabs, a basket of shrimp and octopus, and also caught two giant grouper and two green grouper.
They weigh about three or four pounds each.
“Mingjing, I suddenly understand you,” Li Xiaoyu said enviously.
Giving up a job that pays 10,000 a day to go out and work elsewhere is foolish. No wonder Mingjing refused to go to Beijing.
"Mingjing, I think you could set up a fishpond and raise some rare species. That would save you time and effort."
Lu Chen suddenly spoke.
"That's what I'm thinking too, but I haven't decided where to do it or what to do yet, and I don't have enough capital right now."
Farming is different from the natural environment; it requires a huge investment of time and money, and one wrong move can lead to complete failure.
The farm system also has fish ponds, but opening one requires hundreds of thousands of points. Unless Mingjing gets some ambergris tomorrow, it will take until the next life to open one.
So she doesn't want to do this for now.
Both Lu Chen and Li Xiaoyu's families are wealthy, so investing wouldn't be out of the question, but they're not ready to invest in an idea.
Knowing their thoughts, Mingjing didn't try to persuade them to invest, since even if she had the money, she couldn't afford to do it now.
"A big fish!" Old Wang exclaimed excitedly, pointing to the large fish in the sea.
A wave suddenly appeared on the seabed, clearly caused by the large fish in the trap.
Mingjing remembered that the last fish trap was there, with her specially made iron cage inside. With such a large splash, she would believe it if you said it trapped a shark.
As the boat passed by, Mingjing reached out to try and pull at the cage, but the water splashed so hard that he got soaked.
"Dad, get me three nylon ropes."
"It's in the box at the stern," Ming Da said, steering the boat closer.
Lu Chen ran over and pulled out a huge nylon rope, handing it to Ming Jing.
“I’ll go down and tie this to the cage. This iron cage needs to be pulled up with a rope.”
Mingjing jumped into the sea with a rope, dived underwater, and was shocked by what she saw in the cage. She almost swallowed a bellyful of seawater.
There were three ropes tied to the cage bars.
Perhaps sensing someone's presence, the fish became unusually agitated, desperately ramming its body against the iron cage in an attempt to escape.
The cage has an opening on the side, and the side door will automatically close once prey enters.
The mirror surfaced, and the group pulled on the rope. The seawater had a strong buoyancy, so they pulled without much effort.
"What kind of fish?" Ming Dahai asked anxiously.
Mingjing chuckled foolishly, wiping the seawater from her head. Before she could speak, Old Liu couldn't help but exclaim, "My God, such a huge gentian grouper!"
Everyone craned their necks to look, and there lay a huge grouper in the iron cage, weighing at least eighty pounds. If this were sea fishing, who knows how many people would have been dragged down with it.
"It must be over a meter long, right?" Old Wang couldn't help but exclaim.
If they catch this fish, he'll turn the whole city of Guangcheng upside down.
Gentian grouper is rare, and wild ones are even rarer. A grouper this big is sure to cause a sensation. Currently, the market price is at least 400 yuan per kilogram.
"Mingjing, your luck is unbelievable, I'm truly impressed." Old Wang was extremely excited.
Li Xiaoyu took out her camera from her bag and snapped a picture of the big fish.
"Oh, little girl, you have a camera! Come here, take a separate picture of me, I'll tell you I dropped it when I get back."
Old Wang dispersed the crowd and gave a thumbs-up to the gentian grouper.
After taking one photo, Lao Liu couldn't resist stepping forward and pushing Lao Wang aside, saying, "Come on, let me take one too."
This is a great honor for a fisherman.
After taking the photos, the giant grouper was taken out and placed in the cage. Mingjing quickly cut a slit in the fin with scissors, and the fish thrashed twice before becoming still.
The water tank couldn't fit, so it had to be left on the deck.
Minghai was overjoyed. Such a big fish! If he sold it, he would definitely make a lot of money.
"Mingjing, where are you planning to buy such a big fish? I see there are plenty of rich people in Shenzhen. We can't afford to lose money on such a big fish."
Shenzhen is developing rapidly, with many people starting businesses, a large number of foreign visitors, and a plethora of wealthy individuals.
"We'll talk about it when we get back. You can pick through the fish and take whatever you want," Mingjing said happily.
Firstly, these fish are insignificant compared to giant grouper. Secondly, these two big bosses must still have a lot of resources, and her business will have to rely on them in the future.
First, feed them well, then they'll have the right to speak about other things.
Ming Dahai gestured to Ming Jing with his eyes that she shouldn't have said that. Leaving aside the small fish, it was the tigerfish and the giant grouper that were going to be taken away.
He felt like dying.
The two owners didn't stand on ceremony; they ordered some small grouper and the large eel, but nothing else.
Hearing this, Mingda breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly realizing that there was a reason why others could become bosses.
"Dad, we're heading back by boat." Mingjing turned and smiled. "Boss, we still have some time before we get back. Want to play a little longer?"
"Never mind, it's not necessary. I sit in the office all day, and I just pulled the iron cage for a while, and now I have two blisters on my hands."
Old Wang lowered his head and blew on his red and swollen palm.
"Old Wang, you're such a noob. It's my treat today, so don't blame me if you can't even lift your chopsticks."
Old Liu patted him on the shoulder and laughed heartily.
"Mingjing, you're in luck. How about you come work for me? I'll pay you a hundred a day. You don't have to do anything, just stand there and make money for me."
Old Wang rolled his eyes at Old Liu, then looked at Mingjing.
These days, girls with brains are rare, and girls who are both beautiful and intelligent are even rarer. Someone like Mingjing is beautiful and intelligent, and most importantly, she's lucky.
This is a perfect lucky cat figurine; if you put it in the company, it will become a landmark.
Isn't this more cost-effective than buying a mascot?
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