Chapter 68: Driving up the Price of Fish (Please Read Again on Tuesday)

Hearing that the two men were leaving.

Fishmonger Lao Zhang was immediately anxious: "It will take two or three hours to drag the fish from here by water. By then, the fish will be dead and can't be sold at a high price."

Li Duoyu felt that they were so aggressive in bargaining, and there was no need to talk much, so he cranked the diesel engine on the spot.

"It's okay, I think the price of even dead fish at Rongcheng Wharf may be much higher than yours. I'm leaving. If you don't want to buy, can you go up?"

Lao Zhang returned to the wharf awkwardly, his brows twisted together. Why did this young man leave without discussing and just leave.

The fishmongers on the shore looked at each other and understood that they had encountered a tough guy today. The price-cutting trick probably wouldn't work on him.

Since there was no way for everyone to make money together.

Then he had to make money on his own.

A young fishmonger spoke first: "I don't want other fish, I'll take that big perch for 40 cents per pound."

Seeing that this young man was so unethical.

Lao Zhang jumped back to Li Duoyu's sampan and said with a smile: "How about this, I'll buy all these sea bream and yellow chicken for 50 cents, and I'll sell this big fish for 45 cents per catty, what do you think?"

Faced with the temptation of money, the tacit understanding between the fishmongers was broken, and other fishmongers also offered prices.

"I'll buy 50 cents per catty."

"60 cents, 60 cents, this price is already very high, we are all in the same industry, there is no need to mess with each other."

Lao Zhang scolded: "Why don't you mess with me first, I'll sell 65 cents."

"70 cents." The young fishmonger shouted.

Chen Wenchao was very excited. He counted on his fingers. If it was 70 cents per catty, this more than 100 catties of sea bass could be sold for 80 or 90 yuan.

He originally wanted to sell it for about 50 yuan, but he didn't expect it to be almost doubled now.

What made Chen Wenchao depressed was that if he came to sell fish today, he would probably be taken advantage of.

But Brother Yu's simple words caused the fishmongers to quarrel among themselves, and finally the price was raised.

"I'll give one yuan."

"If anyone competes with me again, I'll give it to him directly."

Lao Zhang finally shouted out a price that other fishmongers dared not to accept.

"Lao Zhang, you can't do this."

"You're ruining the market. How can people buy this kind of fish in the future?"

"If you raise the price so high, you won't make money yourself, and you won't let us make money either."

Lao Zhang was too lazy to argue with them, and not only bought the sea bass, but also cleared out all the other fish on Li Duoyu's boat.

Then, Lao Zhang took out a wooden scale, and Li Duoyu lifted the sea bass with him, and then moved the weight.

"125 jin."

Lao Zhang directly bought these sea bream and yellow chicken at a price of 5 cents, and the remaining ordinary fish were all bought at 2 cents.

Finally, Lao Zhang took out sixteen big unity notes and handed them to Li Duoyu with a look of pain on his face:

"It's okay. It's really a loss to do business with you. Even your third uncle Li Zhengfa is not as ruthless as you."

Li Duoyu took the money and simply counted it, smiling: "I didn't expect that you actually knew my third uncle."

Lao Zhang sighed: "At this dock, I almost collect all the fish of your third uncle. A few days ago, your third uncle was transporting bamboo with you at the dock."

"In this way, we are acquaintances, and you are still trying to lower my price."

Lao Zhang smiled with a little embarrassment: "Everyone in this business has been through this. When we are really familiar with each other in the future, we will not lower your price."

"No more nonsense, I have to go, otherwise the fish will die and I will really lose money."

Lao Zhang tied the grouper to his fishing boat as soon as possible, and then poured all the sea bream, yellow chicken and so on into the water tank of his fishing boat, and drove towards Rongcheng Wharf in a hurry.

In the past, when the sales were at their peak, such rare goods did not need to be transported to Rongcheng to sell, and the restaurant owners in the county would come to buy them.

Especially those owners who came from the inland to buy smuggled goods, who had never eaten seafood before, wanted to try it when they came here, and were especially willing to pay for it.

At that time, the seafood business was very good. They suppressed the prices of fishermen while selling them to restaurant owners at high prices.

Many people built new houses by reselling seafood, but since the last big purge.

The economy of the entire county has been depressed, 90% of the restaurants have closed, and the business of these fishmongers has become much more difficult.

And big sea bass like this can only be seen a few times a year. It is considered a rare commodity, but it is not something that ordinary people can afford.

The reason why he dared to offer such a high price is because he happened to have a relative who worked as a purchaser in the newly opened foreign trade hotel in Rongcheng.

Some time ago, his relative had already told him that as long as it was a rare commodity on the seaside, the hotel would buy it.

What else, recently we have been receiving the "Japanese" inspection team, they especially like to eat fish such as red sea bream and yellow chicken, and often eat them alive and cut.

As long as these fish are fresh enough, the hotel will also charge a high price, and if they are alive, the price can even double, which is also the confidence of Lao Zhang to dare to call for one yuan.

Because other fishmongers don't have his channel at all, if they dare to call for this price, they will definitely lose money.

It's a pity that he could have made two or three times more money on this order, but after everyone's mess, he can only earn a hard work fee.

Speaking of it, it's all the fault of that stupid young man, who was shouting and shouting, unable to make decisions, and excited for no reason, which made him make a wrong judgment.

After Li Duoyu sold the fish.

Looking at the thin and dark uncle, remembering that he had slaughtered him last time in the county town, he said: "Let's go, we made money today, I'll take you to a restaurant."

Chen Dongqing laughed and scolded: "I've been waiting for you to say this for a long time. Finally, you have some vision."

Li Duoyu took the two of them to a slightly shabby small restaurant near the dock.

This restaurant is run by a middle-aged couple. It doesn't even have a name. The conditions can only be considered average. The menu is written directly on the wall with charcoal.

But the business is good, because this store is very cost-effective and there are a lot of seafood. In the big wooden barrel at the door, there are all kinds of shellfish, local clams, clams, and sea mussels.

There is a large cement pond next to it, which contains some live fish and shrimps.

When he was on the move, he and Agui came back to this restaurant for supper, and he was quite familiar with the couple.

After arriving at the restaurant, Li Duoyu found an empty table and shouted to the boss who was busy in the kitchen:

"Old Chen, give me a serving of fried eggs with leeks, a serving of pork belly with bamboo shoots, a serving of drunken crabs, a serving of fried clams, a serving of seafood fried noodles, and finally a dozen beers."

After hearing the voice,

The boss ran out with a cooking spatula. When he saw Li Duoyu, he smiled and said, "That's great. So many people were arrested, but you're fine."

"I closed it early and just managed to escape."

The restaurant owner, Lao Chen, looked at them and asked, "By the way, where's Agui? Why didn't he come with you?"

After hearing this.

Everyone's face turned a little ugly, and the boss instantly realized something was wrong and quickly said, "I'll go cook for you first."

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