The entire ocean is my fishing ground.

Chapter 39 Bring the Goods In!

At five o'clock in the morning, the Pioneer sailed into the deep-water port berth.

Lin Jianguo was holding a water hose and rinsing seawater into a military waterproof canvas.

Inside, the giant grouper, weighing 215 jin (approximately 127.5 catties), was breathing slowly as the ship rocked.

The water tank was too small to fit this big guy, so Lin Chen had to use this clumsy method to build it a temporary home on the deck.

"Chenzi, Manager Tang's car has arrived."

Lin Jianguo straightened up and wiped the water off his face.

A white refrigerated truck was already waiting at the dock.

"Brother, where...where did you get this from?"

"Stop asking, hurry up, crane!"

"Set the water tank temperature to 15 degrees Celsius to simulate a deep-water environment and add pure oxygen."

Lin Chen sat in the passenger seat of the refrigerated truck, where the air conditioning was on full blast.

[Target: Wild Giant Gentian Grouper]

Weight: 215 catties

[Status: Alive (vital signs are slowly declining)]

[WARNING: Due to drastic changes in water pressure, the target's vitality is expected to drop below critical levels in three hours. Please transfer it to a professional deep-water aquaculture tank as soon as possible.]

Three hours.

Lin Chen glanced at the time; the journey from here to Yunhai Pavilion would take about two and a half hours.

Time is very tight.

"Hey bro, buckle up."

……

Nine o'clock in the morning, Yunhaige Hotel in the provincial capital.

The hotel hasn't opened yet, but the banquet hall on the first floor is already packed with people.

A seafood supplier selection meeting is being held here today.

A slightly overweight man wearing gold-rimmed glasses was surrounded by a crowd, holding a glass of champagne and talking animatedly.

He is Zhao Deding, the owner of Dingsheng Cold Chain, a leading aquatic product company in the province.

"Friends, times have changed."

"Think you can get rich by catching small fish and shrimp in the nearshore waters with a few shabby boats? Dream on."

"The resources in the nearshore areas have long been exhausted. The real good stuff has to go to the open ocean, to the deep sea areas 300 nautical miles away."

He patted his chest, looking proud.

"Our Dingsheng company just launched two 3,000-ton trawlers last month, equipped with German-imported sonar fish-finning systems. Let alone a 200-pound giant tuna, even a 300-pound bluefin tuna, as long as it dares to show its head, I can haul it up."

A chorus of compliments erupted from the surrounding crowd.

"Chairman Zhao is right. In this industry now, it's all about the competition of capital and technology."

"That's right, we small-timers will all have to rely on Chairman Zhao for our livelihood from now on."

Someone nearby asked, trying to join in the fun.

"Chairman Zhao, I heard there's a young punk in Binhai Town who's been stealing a lot of your business lately, and he seems pretty arrogant?"

Zhao Deding scoffed and waved his hand dismissively.

"That good-for-nothing can't even handle a peasant. He deserves to be eliminated."

"That small fry who collects odds and ends in the village, does he even deserve to be at the card table? He doesn't even have the right to enter this room."

As soon as he finished speaking, the doors to the banquet hall slowly opened.

Everyone was filled with contempt.

Lin Chen ignored these stares and searched for Tang Mingyuan in the crowd.

"Hey, speak of the devil and he appears."

Zhao Deding squinted and recognized the person who had come.

His henchman immediately whispered to confirm.

"Chairman Zhao, that's him, Lin Chen."

Zhao Deding's sarcasm intensified.

He deliberately raised his voice so that everyone in half the hall could hear him.

"Where did this country bumpkin come from? He's come to the wrong place, hasn't he?"

"Didn't you know this was the Yunhai Pavilion selection meeting? Where's the security? Why are they letting just anyone in?"

He held his wine glass, strolled up to Lin Chen, and looked him down at him.

"Kid, I don't care what methods you used to steal Zhang Tiejun's business. But you need to understand that the threshold of Yunhai Pavilion cannot be crossed by catching a few small fish and shrimps in the near sea."

"If you know what's good for you, get out of here and stop making a fool of yourself."

Lin Chen finally looked up at him, but didn't bother to say anything.

Just as Zhao Deding's face turned red, a stern-faced man walked over surrounded by a crowd.

The person who arrived was none other than Chu Tiankuo, the behind-the-scenes boss of Yunhai Pavilion.

"Chairman Chu."

Zhao Deding immediately put on a fawning smile and went to greet him.

"Look, I don't know where this got in from..."

Chu Tiankuo didn't even glance at him, his gaze passing right past him and landing on Lin Chen.

"You're that Lin Chen from last time?"

Lin Chen nodded.

"Tang Mingyuan told me about it. The betting agreement was: within 24 hours, a live wild giant gentian weighing over 200 jin (approximately 100 kg) would be awarded."

Zhao Deding could no longer hold back and burst into exaggerated laughter, the sound of which was jarring.

"Where's the fish?"

"Did you bring it?"

"Hahaha."

"Did you all hear that? Two hundred pounds of live wild gentian, and it's from near the sea. This kid must be crazy."

"I, Zhao Deding, have been in the seafood business for twenty years. I can guarantee with my company's reputation that there is no way there could be live fish of this size in the entire East China Sea. Even if there were, his shabby boat couldn't have brought them up."

He stared at Lin Chen, his eyes full of mockery.

"Kid, you've been bragging, haven't you? Today, I'll show you what you're really made of."

Zhao Deding raised his glass and addressed everyone loudly.

"I'm putting this out there today. If he can really produce a fish that meets Chairman Chu's requirements, I, Zhao Deding, will drink every last drop of seawater in that ornamental pool in front of all my colleagues in the city."

Lin Chen pressed the call button.

"Dad, bring the goods in."