Lu Tongwei brought four people with him, still driving the refrigerated container truck.
After Lu Tongwei saw the yellow croaker on the boat, he didn't even ask the price. He took photos and asked Yu Shengnan to go back with him. However, the car was full, so he asked Qiao Shan to take Yu Shengnan back to Oriental Seafood City.
Oriental Seafood City is just a small industry under the Oriental Group. Although Yao Meifang has been suspended, there is no final conclusion yet. Besides, He Xinran is a shareholder, and Lu Tongwei has no intention of not taking Yu Shengnan's fish.
In fact, the reason behind this is that Yao Meifang is very friendly to these grassroots managers, and the welfare benefits are very good. President Yao is cruel, but that is only to the senior management, to himself, and to the talents who make mistakes in principle. On the contrary, Yao Meifang has a very good reputation towards these grassroots managers and employees.
"Those weighing more than three kilograms will be auctioned, and those weighing less than three kilograms..." Well, there is nothing weighing less than three kilograms. Chef Lu felt that he had said something nonsense.
"I've contacted all the clients I can. It's hard to say how many will come. Let's weigh in first, then have dinner and wait for them. Shooting will start on time at 8pm."
"Listen to Brother Lu. We've been working together for so long, and I still have confidence in you."
Everyone has his or her own network of relationships. Different work fields and levels lead to different connections.
Although Lu Tongwei is just a chef in a chain restaurant, he has many boss friends. Of course, these are not real friends, but people he got to know through meals and gifts.
The so-called meal gift-giving is not a request from him, but a favor given by these bosses. Expensive seafood is a good food and can also be a good gift.
Lu Tongwei has a lot of friends in his group. On his way back, he had already posted about the yellow croaker: "Fresh wild yellow croaker has just been caught. Bosses who need it should hurry up. The auction will start at 8 pm on the second floor of the seafood city's VIP room. Bosses who need a proxy photographer can chat privately and transfer the 50,000 yuan deposit. Lu will help you with the auction."
Of course, Yu Shengnan definitely didn't know that Lu Tongwei would also earn money from agency work. He only cared about how many bosses would come. The more people came, the easier it would be to offer a higher price.
At 7:30, Yu Shengnan and Qiao Shan were already sitting in the last row of the auction hall.
It is called an auction hall, but it is actually the hotel's own studio and conference hall. It is low in the front and high in the back, a bit like a tiered classroom. There is a high platform at the front, which is usually the podium, and becomes the auction platform during auctions.
This was Yu Shengnan's second time coming in, so she was not surprised at all. However, Qiao Shan felt a sense of novelty.
Two waitresses temporarily acted as etiquette ladies and greeted guests at the door.
Then people started to come in one after another, and soon nearly one-third of the available seats were occupied.
It may not seem like a lot, but it is actually quite a lot for a fish auction, with about fifty or sixty people.
Lu Tongwei stood directly on the front stage, acting as the host and auctioneer and starting the auction.
"Uh, Brother Nan, what are these people doing?" Qiao Shan saw some people coming in at the end. These people didn't look like the bosses, and then they sat in the last two rows. Even the empty seats next to them were occupied.
Yu Shengnan looked over and saw that they were the waiters in the restaurant. He had even offered cigarettes to two of them. She didn't understand what they were doing there, so she didn't ask.
The auction began, and Lu Tongwei didn't waste any time. He said directly that everyone was a big boss and was very busy. He asked everyone to go on stage first to inspect the goods and check their freshness.
Of course, he played a trick here and didn't take out all the fish. He only took ten fish, the largest of which weighed 8.5 kilograms, which was also the largest yellow croaker caught by Yu Shengnan this time.
After a quick look, everyone was asked to sit back down and the filming began.
"The first large yellow croaker, 4.2 jin, starting price 10,000 yuan. If you are interested, please bid..."
"Brother Nan, is yellow croaker so expensive? Isn't it one thousand yuan per catty? Why is the starting price only ten thousand?" Qiao Shan heard Lu Tongwei's starting price and felt that he might have called out the wrong price.
"Shanzi, the price of yellow croaker varies a lot. Farmed ones are quite cheap, just a few dozen yuan. Wild ones weighing less than a jin (approximately 100 kg) vary greatly, but generally range from a little over 100 to a few hundred yuan. Those over a jin (approximately 100 kg) can fetch over a thousand yuan, and those over two jin (approximately 1000 kg) can fetch over three thousand yuan. Those over three jin (approximately 10000 yuan) are over ten thousand yuan. Ours weighs over four jin (approximately 10000 catties), so it's not expensive."
"The bigger the fish, the more expensive it is!"
Yu Shengnan didn't say anything and gave him a thumbs up. Qiao Shan turned his head away and thought to himself, I'm not a fool.
"Twenty-one thousand yuan, congratulations to Mr. Wang for winning his first large yellow croaker, congratulations to Mr. Wang for setting a new record!"
At this time, the first fish fell under the hammer and was bought by a pot-bellied middle-aged Mediterranean boss.
"The second large yellow croaker weighs five and a half kilograms, and the starting price is thirty thousand. If anyone is interested, please make an offer..."
"Thirty-five thousand," a waiter next to Yu Shengnan offered.
"The new Neptune's total bid is 35,000. Is there a higher bid?" Lu Tongwei directly called out the boss's background.
Yu Shengnan then realized that this was not the person Lu Tongwei had hired as a shill, but there must be another way.
Qiao Shan wanted to say something but was stopped by Yu Shengnan's look. He couldn't ask any questions at this time. What if he got caught and Lu Tongwei was embarrassed? Wouldn't that ruin the auction?
The auction of ten yellow croakers was completed very quickly, and the final one, weighing 8.5 jin, was sold for 120,000 yuan in a very fierce competition. This must be because someone really wanted it, otherwise it would not have been sold at such a high price. No matter how expensive yellow croaker is, the maximum price is 10,000 yuan per jin.
"Don't panic, everyone. We still have more than just these ten yellow croakers!"
"Old Lu, you're not being honest. Just lift up as many as you can at once. Otherwise, that 8.5 jin fish just now... Haha, you can do it!"
"You bid, so what? Why are you blaming Old Lu? Old Lu, this is normal operation. Auctions are always like this, right?"
When they heard that there was also a big yellow croaker, everyone was happy except the boss who bought the big fish for 120,000 yuan. After all, many people hadn't bought one yet, and no one wanted to come here for nothing.
Lu Tongwei did not play any tricks this time. He pulled up all the remaining 22 fish at once. It was okay to use this little trick once, but if he did it again, the person would look down on him.
The selling prices of the first ten fish were: 21,000, 24,000, 15,000, 28,000, 38,000, 29,000, 47,000, 36,000, 25,000, and 120,000, totaling less than 500,000.
Qiao Shan used his mobile phone to record the price of each fish. These were only ten, but they caught thirty-two.
"Mommy, mommy, you're coaxing me. This guy is going to get rich! Let me do the math. Ten fish will make less than 500,000, thirty fish will make less than 1.5 million, less than 1 million and 100,000, so it must be more than 1 million. One trip overseas will earn me a million. If it were me... then wouldn't there be a lot of girls who like me? One would wash my feet, one would warm my bed, one would play games with me, and one would accompany me..."
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