Chapter 80: Chapter 80: Fishing Buddies in a Daze
Carrying the insulated bucket, Chu Mingcheng ca to the cockpit for dinner. When He Zheng saw this, he also put away his fishing rod and ca over, “Japan’s days are going quite well, huh? You even prepared a midnight snack?”
“Of course, fishing is quite the physical activity.” Chu Mingcheng opened the insulated bucket, and a wave of steaming heat arose imdiately.
“Oh, is this fish soup?” He Zheng was sowhat surprised upon seeing it; he had thought it would be chicken soup or pork rib soup or sothing.
“Yes, the day before yesterday I caught a Seven-band Grouper, took it ho, and my dad made fish soup out of it.”
“…”
He Zheng was silent for a long while before sighing and patting him on the shoulder, “This fishing business, aside from experience and skill, the most important thing is still luck.”
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“A Seven-band Grouper the day before yesterday, and a sea red spot today—those of us fishing in the near seas, how many people can have such luck?”
Chu Mingcheng just smiled and said nothing; luck is sothing unpredictable.
Just as he was thinking, suddenly there was a commotion on the front deck.
“Damn, a three-tael wild yellow croaker…”
“What’s happening today? First a ten-tael sea red spot, and now a three-tael yellow croaker!”
He Zheng had intended to ask Chu Mingcheng for a taste of the soup, since he’d never had the luxury of trying the high-end Seven-band Grouper.
But suddenly hearing that soone had caught a three-tael yellow croaker, who had ti to drool? He hurriedly left the cockpit and ran over.
Chu Mingcheng didn’t leave, but instead watched the situation upfront through the front window.
The three-tael yellow croaker was held in soone’s hands, the entire fish looking incredibly sleek and remarkably eye-catching with its golden shimr.
The fisherman who caught the fish was grinning ear to ear; the price of yellow croaker fluctuates quite a bit, and many fishern and anglers might not even encounter one three-tael yellow croaker in a year.
It wasn’t as rare as his ten-tael sea red spot, but it wasn’t far off.
The price was probably between five thousand and ten thousand, with the exact price also depending on the season. If it was before the New Year, it definitely would exceed ten thousand.
A little while later, having nearly finished his midnight snack, Chu Mingcheng saw He Zheng leading the fisherman towards the cockpit, likely to discuss the price.
So, he tidied up his stuff and left early.
Seeing him erge, He Zheng smiled and nodded, then let the fisherman enter the cockpit.
Chu Mingcheng put the insulated bucket back into the fishing box and picked up his fishing rod to continue his work through the second half of the night.
Originally, his plan was to increase his savings to eighty thousand before heading to Qiongzhou.
Now, with the twenty thousand from the sea red spot, his savings jumped from seventy-two thousand directly to ninety-two thousand, just eight thousand shy of a hundred thousand.
Currently, he had caught about twenty tael of yellow croaker, which was already a pretty good haul, probably worth around four to five thousand.
Just a bit more effort, continuing to catch another twenty tael, and he could reach one hundred thousand in savings before departing.
“Swish~”
A fish bit the hook, and Chu Mingcheng quickly raised the rod to stab the fish, but this felt a bit heavy, almost like the cod he had caught before.
He was a tad disappointed—it was only a two or three-tael cod, not very expensive!
But since he had hooked it, he was certainly going to reel it in.
However, as he was reeling it in, sothing felt off; under the illumination of the light, the fish approaching the surface appeared sowhat yellow!
A thought crossed Chu Mingcheng’s mind—could it be…
Sure enough, a sleek yellow croaker was pulled up, just by eyeballing it was about seventy centiters.
His fellow anglers’ jaws dropped, and the looks they gave him seed sowhat off.
It was another yellow croaker weighing at least three taels, today the ship really hit a geomantic treasure spot.
This ti, no one congregated to watch the excitent again; two consecutive yellow croakers, each over three taels, had made everyone numb.
At the sa ti, a surge of enthusiasm arose in their hearts, hoping that they too could catch such a big yellow croaker.
And after Chu Mingcheng had checked the fin length and removed the hook,
the plump fellow angler next to him couldn’t help himself. He put his fishing rod back in the hole, rubbed his hands, and grinned as he approached, “Brother, you’re so lucky, can I shake your hand and rub so of that luck off you?”
Chu Mingcheng couldn’t help but laugh helplessly, and he didn’t refuse, “Okay.”
The plump angler shook hands with him and, as if he really had caught so good luck, returned to his fishing spot all giddy, anticipating a big catch.
Chu Mingcheng then weighed the big yellow croaker with his fish controller, and it turned out to be 2076 grams, he hadn’t expected this yellow croaker to be over four taels!
As everyone knows, every additional tael of yellow croaker leads to a significant price increase; this four-tael fish was completely different in price compared to the three-tael one.
When Chu Mingcheng carried this big yellow croaker into the cockpit, the angler who had caught the three-tael yellow croaker suddenly found the joy in his heart had vanished.
His three-tael three-liang yellow croaker had been bought for five thousand a tael, earning him over eight thousand.
And this bigger one, for sure, was over ten thousand.
In one night, to earn thirty thousand from two fish, why even bother working at the factory!
He Zheng now looked at Chu Mingcheng with a more complex gaze, “Had this been last century and you went out to sea alone with soone else, you might have ended up feeding the fish.”
Chu Mingcheng shrugged his shoulders, “Last century, these two fish wouldn’t have been so valuable. Even that sea red spot would probably just be a regular worker’s two years’ inco, I guess!”
“Two years’ salary is enough to feed you to the fish!” He Zheng cursed with a laugh, then went on to weigh the fish.
When he saw it was four taels and confird it was wild, his face clearly showed delight.
“What’s your psychological price?”
“The market price for a three-tael should be three thousand a tael. The fellow angler’s yellow croaker might sell for ten thousand in the market, so four thousand a tael for mine isn’t too much, right?”
He Zheng gave a bitter smile, “Ah Cheng, you can’t calculate price like that. If everyone did, the fish rchants would have to change professions.”
Chu Mingcheng didn’t mind, the previous sea red spot had already given him face ti, and if this big yellow croaker didn’t et his psychological price, he definitely wouldn’t sell.
Such good stuff didn’t lack buyers, and moreover, those twenty taels of yellow croaker would later be sold to him at a low price; he had already made quite a profit.
“So now many fishern won’t let fish rchants depress prices, preferring to sell on their own, right? Just like Brother He, aren’t you also slowly building up your own custors, fishing on your own, while buying from fellow anglers.”
“Wasn’t there a five-tael big yellow croaker that sold for twenty-five thousand the other day? Five thousand a tael, so my four thousand a tael is pretty reasonable.”
This rare commodity, when other people aren’t willing to sell, He Zheng couldn’t force a sale either; could he really feed soone to the fish!
It wasn’t necessary for such an amount of money, and it wasn’t like the sixties or seventies with those several thousands.
So after so thought, he found Chu Mingcheng’s previous thod of buying fish quite good, so he said, “How about this, at a price of fifteen thousand, whatever I can sell is mine, how about that?”
Fifteen thousand was also reasonable, and it wasn’t before New Year, so Chu Mingcheng had no objection and nodded in agreent.
As for how much He Zheng could earn, that was his own skill.
Stepping out of the cockpit, when he saw his original spot had been taken by the plump angler, Chu Mingcheng was taken aback.
But the next mont, the plump angler seed to notice him and hurriedly waved at him, “Brother, I saved your spot for you, co quickly.”
“What’s going on?” Chu Mingcheng asked, clueless.
“Soone was jealous and wanted to take your fishing spot, so I held it for you, just waiting to give it back to you,” the plump angler gave a cold laugh, glanced at a man not far away, and explained.
Chu Mingcheng understood and then smiled at him, “Thank you! You keep fishing here. I’m a bit tired and need to rest in the cockpit.”
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