Inside the SUV.
Watching Lao Mai drive so effortlessly with one hand, Wu An felt a little panicked; this was a mountain road, after all.
That was fine, but not long after starting up the mountain road, Old Mai, feeling unwilling to give up, took out a cigarette and started smoking.
Suddenly remembering something, Wu An took out his phone again and noticed that it was a Samsung phone.
Upon seeing this, he quickly grabbed the handlebars.
Old Mai made a phone call and asked, "Boss Gao, are you at work yet?"
"I have some fish here."
"You need to come to the market entrance to collect it."
On the other end of the phone, Boss Gao asked, "Old Mai, seriously? You really need me to pick you up at the market entrance?"
Old Mai said, "There are too many fish."
After thinking for a moment, Boss Gao said, "Alright, alright, contact me when you arrive, and I'll arrange for my men to go over."
Old Mai glanced back at the fish still thrashing about in the fish basket and said, "It would be best if you came; I'm afraid your little brother won't be able to handle it."
Mr. Gao was a bit busy: "Old Mai, stop arguing. You know I'm busy here and can't get away at all."
He hung up the phone after saying that.
Old Mai put away his phone, turned around and saw Wu An's nervous look, and laughed, "An, did I mean you're such a coward?"
Wu An said seriously, "I value my life."
Heaven has shown mercy and allowed him to be reborn. There are still many things he hasn't done and many regrets he hasn't made up for. He can't just die like this.
Old Mike joked, "You're nothing like a young person."
Old Mai remained nonchalant, a cigarette dangling from his lips, his hands on the steering wheel, and said, "Hold on tight."
"Let's get there as soon as possible; we can't wait until these fish still have a chance to survive."
Driving is fast; in just over half an hour, we arrived at the asphalt road in town.
We arrived at the market just as dawn was breaking.
It was already bustling with people, mostly vendors.
Doing business here is hard work. We have to work until the early hours of the morning. We earn hard-earned money, but of course, we earn more than if we were working a regular job.
Don't be fooled by the fact that it's a vegetable market; it's actually quite large because it also includes a seafood market. All the seafood from the town is collected, packaged, and shipped from here to the county, city, and even the whole province and the country.
Before Lao Mai even stopped the car, he had already called Boss Gao again. As soon as the car came to a stop, a spirited young man leaned out of the window and greeted him: "Lao Mai, I'm here to pick up the goods."
Old Mai raised an eyebrow: "Just you?"
The energetic young man laughed: "One of me isn't enough. How many fish can one fisherman catch? Ten, twenty..."
He was talking while glancing at the open trunk, but his voice stopped abruptly when he saw the fish inside.
People were completely dumbfounded.
There are too many fish!
He glanced at them and saw that there were at least sixty or seventy fish.
Old Mai chuckled and said, "Little brother, you're dumbfounded now!"
"Call your boss right away and have him come and collect the goods in person."
The young man said he didn't bring his phone and quickly ran into the market. The shop owner called him back and asked him to bring some ice.
The energetic young man immediately disappeared, and after a short while, he returned with a middle-aged man whose hair was neatly combed and who was wearing a blue shirt.
Wu An stared blankly at the middle-aged man, feeling that the man looked familiar, but he was also certain that he did not know him at all.
I'm sure I've seen it somewhere before, but I can't remember where right now.
Old Mai waved: "Boss Gao."
Boss Gao greeted them, walked to the trunk, and seeing so many fish, asked in shock, "Old Mai, what's going on?"
"You're amazing! You managed to catch so many fish!"
"How long have you been fishing? Are you out of your mind?"
Old Mai said with a chuckle, "It wasn't me, it was these two handsome guys."
Boss Gao and his henchmen looked at Wu An and A Qing.
Ah Qing said, "I didn't fish for very long, just over two hours."
Everyone was shocked again.
The fish's mouth was so good!
Someone nearby couldn't help but ask, "Hey handsome, where did you guys fish?"
"Have a cigarette, you guys are amazing, you caught so many fish."
"Please have mercy, I've been out of the fishing spot for half a month, I'm going to die if I can't catch any more fish."
"As is customary in the fishing world, let's share a fishing spot."
Old Mai quickly shouted, "Go away, go away! Sharing fishing spots? Are you sharing your wife?"
That guy was ruthless too: "Brother, I'm fishing today and not going home. Go get some cigarettes from your sister-in-law."
"..." Old Mai laughed and cursed, "Get lost, you're just spouting nonsense!"
Old Mai greeted Boss Gao and came over to introduce him, saying, "Boss Gao, you have the biggest business in the market."
He then introduced Gao Qiangqi: "This young man is a good person, just like you, he is a close friend of mine despite the age difference."
Boss Gao extended his hand proactively: "Gao Qiangqi, please call me Boss Gao for my sake. Don't listen to Lao Mai's nonsense. Doing business is actually about making friends. I just have a lot of friends."
"To be honest, I really can't eat all this fish. I don't sell fish, mainly because I don't sell them."
"But since Old Mike has come to me, I will definitely help him find a buyer, and I guarantee the price will be right."
Wu An shook hands with him, exchanged names, and a look of sudden realization flashed in his eyes; he remembered.
In my previous life, because I was away from home and missed my hometown and my brother and sister-in-law but couldn't come back, I paid extra attention to all the news from my hometown.
One of the news reports mentioned a local tycoon with assets exceeding 100 million yuan. He was a supplier for many well-known restaurants and chain hotels, and his seafood business spanned the entire province. He also had a bunch of titles. At the time, he didn't really understand them, but they seemed very prestigious. The report was very detailed and even included a photo. It was none other than the Boss Gao standing right in front of him!
Right now, this Mr. Gao is just a relatively powerful seafood buyer in the town.
As they were talking, Boss Gao's younger brother had already emptied the fish from the fish basket and put them into a box filled with crushed ice, and A Qing was also busy doing the same.
The boxes were stacked one on top of the other, and they were pushed into the market in a handcart.
Wu An followed him into the market, and Old Mai whispered, "With Boss Gao here, no one will dare to cheat you on this batch of fish."
When Gao Qiangqi walked into the market, the vendors all greeted him.
As Wu An watched, Gao Qiangqi responded with a cheerful smile, already showing glimpses of his future status as a major player in the aquatic products industry.
Arriving at a stall, Gao Qiangqi greeted the owner and introduced him to Wu An: "Old Fang, he specializes in buying sea fish."
He then explained to Lao Fang, "These are all wild sea fish."
"I just caught it in the early hours of the morning."
"Take a look and give me a price."
Old Fang walked over and examined the sea fish in the top box.
Gao Qiangqi said, "He's my little brother, so give me a fair price and don't make things difficult for me."
Old Fang nodded happily, helped carry the boxes down, and said, "Since you are Boss Gao's friend, then let's not look at the size, just price it according to the size. I'll give you 50 yuan per jin."
"Sea bass is 30 yuan per jin (500g)."
"Black sea bream is 50 yuan per catty."
"Yellow-footed wax is 55 yuan per jin (500g)".
Wu An nodded in satisfaction. Putting everything else aside, it was at least five or ten yuan more than Lao Xie's.
It's not that Lao Xie is dishonest, it's just that if he can deliver the goods to town in the future, he definitely won't go to Lao Xie's place.
Doing business is essentially similar to making friends. Whether you can do it well and make it big depends on whether you know how to treat people.
Those who follow the right path receive much help; those who stray from it receive little help.
If it weren't for his good relationship with Old Mike, he wouldn't even have been able to get into town, let alone risk being ripped off at the market, let alone possibly connect with the future seafood tycoon.
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