Chapter 79 Prawns
Gao Baosheng left the dock and went to a store that sold water tanks and bought a water tank. He carried the water tank to a hidden place. He took out a three-wheeled motorcycle from the warehouse, put the water tank on the three-wheeled motorcycle, and drove towards the dock.
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It was already eight o'clock when we entered the pier, and the sunrise in the east had already risen above the sea level. Fishing boats had already begun to dock on the beach, and boats were coming towards us from time to time on the distant sea.
"Hey! That young man, ten yuan is ten yuan. Cars are not allowed here. Park your tricycle there and we will go there quickly. The fishing boat selling prawns is back." Sanjiangyan saw Baosheng coming back with his tricycle.
Go to him and say.
Baosheng took out the car key and followed Sanjiangyan to the beach. He saw someone on the docked fishing boat talking to the buyers on the shore. Soon, several fishermen carried out various fish and shrimps from the cabin.
There are crabs, everyone quickly discusses the price and the buyer starts to choose.
The longer the seafood stays, the greater the death rate. Fishermen also hope to sell it quickly so they can make more money. Buyers also hope to buy the freight quickly and deliver it to the destination. The fewer people die, the more they make.
"Aren't there prawns there? Why do we have to wait?" Baosheng asked Triangle Eyes when he saw the prawns on a fishing boat next to him.
"That boat is a fishing boat that travels in the middle of the sea. The shrimps stay on the boat for a long time. Although they look big, they are not very energetic. If you can't survive for a few hours after loading them on the boat, they will probably die.
We will select viable shrimp later so that the survival rate for transportation can be higher," Baosheng said.
"Didn't I say we don't consider the difficulty of transportation? Let's choose this one because the shrimp is big!" Baosheng said.
Although Triangle Eyes was unwilling, when he saw that Baosheng had arrived at the shore to pick out prawns, he had no choice but to follow him down. How could Baosheng pay him if he didn't come?
"Boss, how do you sell these shrimps?" Baosheng asked, looking at the shrimps in the small water tank in front of him.
"6 yuan for a living person, 4 yuan for a dead person." the boss replied.
"You don't seem to have much energy in living things, and many people here are dead. I want to buy 100 kilograms of living things, how about 5 yuan?" Baosheng bargained.
"If you want more than 100 kilograms, I'll give you 5 yuan and 8 yuan. It can't get any cheaper." The boss is very busy at this time. Bargaining prices here can only reduce the price by one or two cents. It is not easy for fishermen to go to sea.
"Okay, I want to live!" Baosheng said.
"Just throw it there yourself if it dies!" the boss said, pouring a tank of prawns into a fishing net, and all the prawns jumped up and down for a while.
The boss put the net of shrimps on the scale and weighed it, 19.5 kilograms. Then he handed the net to Baosheng and went to empty another box of shrimps.
"There are a few dead ones here, pick them out!" Sanjiangyan saw that Baosheng had negotiated the price to buy prawns, so he came up to help. He and Baosheng picked out all the prawns in the net that were not jumping. In fact, there were only a dozen or so that were not very energetic.
, are all alive!
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"A total of 61.3 kilograms, how about 700 yuan for 710 yuan?" The boss threw three fishing nets into a large water tank, and the shrimps in the fishing nets calmed down.
"Where are these dead ones?" Baosheng pointed to more than 30 lifeless shrimps.
The boss didn't say anything. He poured some prawns from a water tank into a fishing net. There were about fifty or sixty prawns. Their prawns are big, each one is more than 20 centimeters long and weighs more than one or two. There are more than twenty more.
More than two kilograms.
Baosheng took out 700 yuan from his pocket. The boss took the three-net prawns out of the big pool and handed them to Baosheng. Baosheng took one in each hand and two in the other and was about to leave. At this time, Triangle Eyes spoke.
"Brother, I'm here to help you. How can I do it with money but no effort!" said the triangle-eyed man.
He was actually reminding Baosheng to pay him. Today, he failed to get business for his friend. In order to earn Baosheng's money, he didn't even go to work just now. He had to earn these ten yuan no matter what, and he could do it in one day.
This morning is the best time to make money.
Baosheng gave the other party a fishing net, and then he carried one in one hand and walked towards his tricycle. Since Baosheng took the [Power Fruit], he has become much stronger and his endurance has also improved. The triangular eyes are carrying forty pounds of prawns.
He couldn't even keep up with Baosheng's pace.
Returning to the position of the three-wheeled motorcycle, Baosheng put the shrimps into the water tank, and then quickly poured half of the water into the water tank. For a while, the shrimps in the water tank jumped more happily.
"Huh... I said brother, you have so much physical strength that I couldn't catch up with you even after you lifted two fishing nets. Are you just relying on this thing to transport prawns? I'm afraid you'll probably die if you don't make it to the city!" Sanjiaoyan saw Baosheng.
A three-wheeled motorcycle pulled a water tank to transport prawns. I couldn't help but be surprised.
"Thank you very much for today! I'll give you these ten yuan. Whether it's transported to the city alive or dead is my business. Goodbye!" Baosheng threw the other party's fishing net into the water tank behind his car, got on the car and left.
"Brother, my name is Li Xing, let's make friends!" Li Xing saw Baosheng leaving on a tricycle and shouted after him.
"I'll give it a chance next time!" Baosheng didn't stop and drove toward the city.
Seeing a small road next to it, Baosheng rode a three-wheeled motorcycle in. After making sure that there was no one around, Baosheng sent all the fishing nets and shrimps in the three water tanks into the small space pond. He also threw some feed into the small pond.
The water tank and the three-wheeled motorcycle were also sent to the space warehouse. It was still more than 20 kilometers away from the city. Baosheng didn't know how far he would go by relying on the three-wheeled motorcycle. It was not far from the station. Baosheng waited for the shuttle bus and got on the bus.
, he was thinking about how to deal with these shrimps in the small pond.
Now he only has more than fifty yuan left. If he doesn't deal with these prawns, Baosheng won't have the money to pay for the room tonight. He took a car to the YJ City Seafood Market and asked about the price. A pound of prawns here basically costs eight yuan.
And there were a lot of people selling it. It cost four yuan per pound. He asked the market management staff to charge only five yuan for setting up a stall. Then he left the market and found a deserted corner. He took out his electric motorcycle and water tank and filled the water tank with it.
Pour half of the space with water, take out the three fishing nets from the small pool and put them into the water tank and drive to the market.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Baosheng’s shrimps are very energetic and big. He lists the price of ten yuan per catty, and sells them at a bargain price of eight yuan. Walking to his stall
Most customers will buy a few pieces.
It's just that this market is very small. After two hours of setting up the stall, by noon, only more than 30 kilograms were sold.
The good thing is that this seafood market is relatively standardized, and its small stall is not eye-catching, so there are no troublemakers.
In the afternoon, most of the live prawns in the market were not very energetic, and many stalls began to sell them at reduced prices. Baosheng did not reduce the price, but his stall business was getting better and better. Some seafood shops or hotels came to him to buy shrimps for tens of pounds.
I bought them by the pound, and by the time it got dark in the afternoon, all the shrimps were sold out.
Back to the hotel, Baosheng settled the accounts. Today, he sold a total of 1,082 yuan, with a profit of more than 300 yuan. Baosheng was not satisfied. In Yuyang County, he drove sand and stones and earned a thousand yuan a day. He was so busy that he only made this small profit.
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"This seafood business can be done. There is not a single dead shrimp today. I can go to Guangzhou tomorrow to see if I can transport the shrimps to Guangzhou. I will definitely make a lot of money. However, the start-up capital is too low now. This three-wheeled motorcycle
We can't transport much goods." Baosheng thought.
I wanted to sell a few more sticks of small-leaf rosewood, but then I thought about it and decided against it. There is a risk for a person outside. If he keeps selling rosewood, it will be bad if he is targeted by others.
I don't know when Shen Ruobing will come back. He can just earn some living expenses by doing some small work. If he is a foreigner who is not familiar with the place, he will go to Guangzhou tomorrow to have a look. No matter what, he should earn more than Yangjiang.
The effect of [Power Fruit] is still continuing. Baosheng basically has to eat every two or three hours. He can clearly feel that his body is getting stronger, and the more he exercises, the more obvious this feeling becomes.
Fortunately, there is a lot of food in his warehouse. There is no problem if he can persist for a week at this rate. Go to the front desk and leave a message for Shen Ruobing. He will go to Guangzhou tomorrow and will not be back until the afternoon of the day after tomorrow. This is already the second day since Shen Ruobing left.
, Baosheng estimates that she should be back soon.
It was an extremely comfortable sleep, and Baosheng was woken up by hunger again at dawn. Knowing that the fishing boat at the pier would not dock until eight o'clock, Baosheng went to the hotel restaurant to eat for an hour, and felt his stomach was bulging, so he checked out with satisfaction.
left.
Although this hotel is expensive, it has free breakfast and it’s still a good deal for Baosheng’s current appetite. Thinking of the disbelieving look on the waiter’s face when he saw him taking food this morning, Baosheng didn’t know how long he would be in this state.
If this continues, he will spend a lot of time just eating every day, which is too troublesome.
Taking the shuttle bus to the outside of the pier, Baosheng saw that it was almost time, so he took out his three-wheeled motorcycle and pulled the water tank into the pier. As soon as he entered the pier, Baosheng saw the triangular-eyed young man from yesterday, who was waiting for work with a group of people.
"Brother, you're here! It looks like your income was good yesterday! Do you want to buy prawns today?" Li Xing said when he saw Baosheng coming forward.
"I don't earn much, only three hundred yuan. I'll go check out the various ships later and try to buy some if I can sell them." Baosheng said.
"So you really used that three-wheeled motorcycle to transport the shrimps to the city? And sold them out? How did you do it?" Li Xing said in disbelief.
Baosheng smiled and did not answer. He saw fishing boats approaching the shore in the distance. Some buyers were already standing on the shore waiting, so he walked towards the crowd.
"You must have a transport truck, right? You just use a three-wheeled motorcycle to transport the shrimps out of here!
Earning 300 yuan a day for 700 yuan means that your shrimp mortality rate will definitely not exceed 2%. If you have this ability, why not continue to engage in the shrimp business.
I have a brother who came back from the boat today. How about I ask him to give you a preferential price? Although it is smaller than yesterday's shrimp, it costs four and a half yuan per catty. If you are willing, I will tell him later, and it will be done for me.
Twenty yuan for hard work." Li Xing said skillfully.
"Four yuan? How about selling dead shrimps for four yuan? Can you guarantee the quality of these shrimps?" Baosheng asked.
"Where can you sell dead shrimps for four yuan? Generally, prawns are priced at three yuan, which is too high. You can check the quality of the shrimps later, and if possible, I will talk to my buddy." Li Xing said.
Baosheng knew that Li Xing was familiar with this wharf. Their village was nearby and he must know a lot of people. If the prawns cost four and a half yuan per catty, then his profits could be even higher.
"Okay, let's take a look at the shrimps later. If the shrimps are good, I will give you 20 yuan. Today I plan to buy 1,000 yuan of shrimps. If we cooperate well today, I will come back to you in the future." Baosheng said.
"No problem, don't worry! No one knows the appearance of any fishing boat at this pier better than me... Don't go back on your promise of 20 yuan when the time comes." Li Xing was very happy to hear that he could get 20 yuan in reward.
Although YJ City is richer than Suicheng City, the average salary here is only two to three hundred yuan. Li Xing and these porters only earn more than ten or twenty yuan for a day's hard work. He Li Xing can find business for people, and the same is true here.
An improvement to his network.
Li Xing indeed had some skills. He took Baosheng to a small fishing boat that docked. Baosheng saw that the prawns here were a bit smaller, more than half the size of yesterday's large prawns, but he saw Li Xing cut the price to four.
For $5, Baosheng decided to buy prawns here.
"A total of 230 kilograms. In addition, I just asked the boss to load an extra ten kilograms for you. Don't you earn back the 20 yuan you paid me?
I said to Gao Baosheng, even if you only get out of the dock with a three-wheeled motorcycle, the water tank is still a bit small, so hurry up and leave! The shrimps will die if they stay parked for a long time!" Li Xing helped Baosheng put all the prawns in
Water tank, said to him.
"Your 20 yuan, I plan to go to Guangzhou today to see how the market is there. I may not be able to come tomorrow morning. If business is good, I want to try other products the day after tomorrow." Baosheng said.
"The price of shrimp in Guangzhou is about 16 yuan, and the price in Magic City will be higher. However, the market inspection in Magic City is stricter and requires a lot of inspections.
The longer the shrimp transportation time, the higher the mortality rate. Going to the provincial capital is very risky, because the freight is high and if the mortality rate exceeds half, it is basically unprofitable." Li Xing reminded Baosheng.
"I understand, thank you. I hope we can meet again in the morning the day after tomorrow." Baosheng said and rode away.
He found a deserted place and put all the three-wheeled motorcycles and shrimps into the warehouse and small pool. Baosheng took the shuttle bus to the train station. It takes more than five hours to travel to Guangzhou, which is nearly 300 kilometers away, by shuttle bus and only three hours by train.
You can get there.
There was a train to Guangzhou, the provincial capital, at 9:25 in the morning. Baosheng didn't take a ticket and stood all the way to Guangzhou. When he asked about the largest Huangsha Seafood Market in Guangzhou, which is located on Huangsha Avenue in Liwan District, Baosheng entered the market.
At that time, I was shocked by the huge market size here.
This is a seafood wholesale and retail market. Baosheng explored the situation here and drove his small three-wheeled motorcycle to the fresh seafood area. There are a variety of seafood here, and the prices are also different. Baosheng asked that the prawns here are 18 yuan.
, he priced his shrimp at 16 yuan.
The Huangsha Seafood Market has a very large flow of people, and there are many seafood shops and hotels here. Baosheng has been busy since he entered the market. His shrimps are so energetic that many people buy them. It is the largest seafood store in the world.
Xing bought him 40 kilograms of prawns. Although the price of 15 yuan per kilogram was a little less, it speeded up Baosheng's sales. By six o'clock in the evening, Baosheng's prawns were finally sold out.
Chapter completed!