HPDBC Chapter 6 Is this fish made of gold?
Chapter 6 Is this fish made of gold?
The local fishing tyrant in the village wasn't enough to make Lin Chen panic.
He was just figuring out how to solve this problem in a convenient and legal way.
A head-on confrontation won't work.
He's penniless and has no connections right now. If he fights with a local tyrant like Zhang Meng, he'll definitely be the one who suffers, regardless of who wins or loses.
We need to find an opportunity to take down Zhang Meng and stop him from running rampant in the village.
"Before that, let's take care of ourselves and make ourselves stronger."
a new day.
Today's information has been updated (4/4)
[Intelligence 1 (Resource): At a depth of 25 meters in Sea Area 3, due to changes in ocean currents, a small group of wild large yellow croakers (approximately 12 fish) are feeding, each weighing 1.5-3 jin (approximately 0.75-1.5 catties). Fishing time: 4-6 AM tomorrow. Longline fishing is recommended, using live shrimp as bait. Safe dive routes are marked on the underwater topography map.]
[Intelligence 2 (Opportunity): A seafood restaurant in the city is hosting a business banquet for 200 people this Saturday. The purchasing manager is searching for wild-caught large yellow croaker, has a sufficient budget, and is willing to pay 50% above market price. Contact: Manager Li, Tel: 138XXXX6677. Valid until 6 PM this Friday.]
[Intelligence 3 (Resource Category): There is a group of mackerel, about 30 in total, in a certain coastal area. They are a common species, and the market price is low, so it's not worth making a special trip for them.]
[Intelligence 4 (Treasure): Several jars of shrimp paste, brewed by an old fisherman, are found under an abandoned fishing shed on the hill behind the village. They are approximately twenty years old and have some collectible value. There is currently no way to sell them.]
Spanish mackerel is worthless, and shrimp paste is currently unsellable.
Lin Chen skipped over these two pieces of information and focused his attention on the large yellow croaker and the seafood restaurant.
Lin Chen did not contact the other party immediately.
Having been in the business world for five years, he knew very well that the bigger the business, the less he could rush it.
He first checked the price of wild large yellow croaker in Wanghai Town online, and the wholesale price was about 200 yuan per catty.
Haiweiju is willing to pay 50% more, with the purchase price potentially reaching 300 yuan per kilogram.
Next, he estimated the demand.
A banquet for two hundred people would require at least twenty fish, but the intelligence only indicated about twelve fish, which wouldn't be enough even if all of them were caught.
He also checked the weather and tides for tomorrow. The wind and waves were not big between four and six in the morning, which was suitable for going out to sea.
The journey from the village to the city is not short, and the large yellow croaker has high requirements for preservation, making transportation a problem.
Moreover, he didn't have a boat and had to dive to a depth of 25 meters, which was much more dangerous than when he was fishing for seafood before.
He does know how to longline fish; he learned it from his dad when he was a child.
These few things took Lin Chen a full half hour.
After he had gone through everything in his mind and was sure he could deliver the goods, he opened his contacts and found the number of Manager Li from Haiweiju.
"Hello, who is this?"
"Hello, Manager Li."
"I'm Lin, an independent wild seafood supplier from Wanghai Town. Excuse me for bothering you, but a friend told me your restaurant is hosting a banquet this Saturday and is looking for a batch of high-quality wild yellow croaker?"
Instead of directly saying he had the goods, he first confirmed the information, which made him seem less anxious and allowed him to take the initiative.
Manager Li on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment. He had been so worried about this batch of large yellow croakers that his hair had almost turned white. None of the suppliers he had contacted were reliable.
"Yes, that's right. Do you have any?"
Manager Li's tone became much more polite.
"I happen to have a batch of goods that I just secured, and the quality is quite good."
"They are all local, wild-caught deep-sea yellow croakers, each averaging over 2 jin (1 catties). However, there are only about ten of them. If you are interested, Manager Li, I can bring samples over tomorrow afternoon for you to see the quality."
"Tomorrow afternoon?"
"Yes, this batch of fish won't be caught until tomorrow morning, but I can guarantee that what I deliver to you will be fresh."
After hearing this, Manager Li's doubts disappeared.
"Okay. It's settled then. Tomorrow afternoon, come to the kitchen of our restaurant and I'll be waiting for you."
"Okay, Manager Li, see you tomorrow."
Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief after hanging up the phone.
To ensure nothing went wrong, he opened the system store.
One hundred points can't buy many things.
[Simple Ice Pack for Fresh Food: Continuously releases cold air down to -5 degrees Celsius, providing three times the insulation of regular ice, and effectively keeping food fresh for up to 12 hours. Price: 30 points.]
"exchange."
[Exchange successful. 30 points consumed. 70 points remaining. The item has been sent to your system space and you may retrieve it at any time.]
Only after solving the preservation problem did Lin Chen feel at ease enough to go to sleep.
At 3:30 a.m., the alarm clock rang on time.
He prepared his longline fishing gear and live shrimp bait, borrowed a large styrofoam box from his neighbor, and then rode his old tricycle toward Sea Area No. 3.
He arrived at the location at four in the morning.
I swam to the area marked by the intelligence and then dived down.
At a water depth of 25 meters, the pressure was significantly greater than before.
Lin Chen felt a slight pain in his eardrums, and a feeling of pressure on his chest, as if a stone was pressing down on it.
But he gritted his teeth and persevered, carefully setting up the longline fishing line with live shrimp on several rocky passages according to the terrain map provided by the system.
After doing all this, he surfaced, lay on a rock, and waited quietly.
Time passed slowly, and the sea remained calm.
Lin Chen started to feel a little uneasy.
The system's information should be accurate, right?
Just as he was starting to doubt himself, the end of one of the fishing lines suddenly sank downwards.
coming.
Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately grabbed the fishing line and pulled it up forcefully.
A heavy, struggling feeling came from the other end of the fishing line; the force was much greater than any fish he had caught before.
He dared not be careless and patiently dealt with the creature underwater.
Lifting it up and releasing it constantly drains its energy.
Five minutes later, the struggle gradually subsided.
Lin Chen suddenly exerted force and pulled the fishing line out of the water.
A golden shadow broke through the water.
It was a large, golden fish, its scales shimmering under the light.
It looks like it weighs about two and a half pounds.
Wild large yellow croaker.
Lin Chen was delighted. He untied the fish and put it into the net bag he carried with him.
Over the next hour or so, he caught nine more fish.
One of them was very big, it looked like it weighed almost four pounds.
Two cunning fish also managed to bite through the fishing line and escape.
He harvested ten fish, with a total weight estimated at twenty-five or twenty-six jin, which exceeded his expectations.
Lin Chen dragged the heavy net back to the shore.
I immediately and carefully placed the ten large yellow croakers into a styrofoam box, and then took out a simple ice pack from the system space.
The ice pack was only the size of a palm, and it was icy cold to the touch. He placed it in the middle of the fish.
We drove towards the city.
One o'clock in the afternoon, in the kitchen of the seafood restaurant.
Manager Li stared wide-eyed at the ten large, golden yellow croakers in the styrofoam box.
He picked up a large one; it was icy cold to the touch, its body stiff yet elastic, and its gills were still bright red.
"Great stuff. Really great stuff."
He excitedly patted Lin Chen on the shoulder.
"Brother Lin, you've really helped me a lot."
"I'm glad Manager Li is satisfied."
Lin Chen said with a smile.
Manager Li weighed the items and calculated the bill on the spot.
"Ten fish, a total of 25.5 jin, I'll charge you 26 jin. The price is as we agreed, 50% higher than the market price, I'll charge you 300 yuan per jin. 26 jin, that's 7,800 yuan in total."
"bite."
Lin Chen's phone vibrated, and a bank text message popped up.
[Your account has received 7800.00 yuan.]
Seven thousand eight hundred yuan.
"Brother Lin, if you come across any more good stuff like this in the future, be sure to contact me first."
Manager Li warmly offered him a cigarette.
"Price is negotiable."
"must."
Lin Chen took the cigarette, but didn't light it.
On his way back to the village on his tricycle, Lin Chen glanced at his bank account balance.
The money I earned before, plus the 7800 that just arrived, now totals 14770 yuan.
In less than a week, he earned more than 10,000 yuan.
He opened his notebook and solemnly added the third name.
Huangni Village, Yuge Restaurant, and Haiweiju Restaurant.