As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up-Chapter 138 - 130 Dock Dispute_2

Chapter 138: Chapter 130 Dock Dispute_2

This kind of fish was also rare in Wen City, so the price was quite high, selling for three hundred and twenty yuan per jin, earning a total of five thousand six hundred and sixty yuan.

The remaining Mackerel, a group of people put together five fish, weighing a total of one hundred and eighteen jin and three taels, all of them meter-class, with the one and a half meter fish still left.

The price for the meter-class was sixty yuan per jin, amassing a sale of seven thousand and ninety yuan.

Only two people were interested in the jun cao fish, so only two of the small ones were sold.

Chu Mingcheng simply sold the two fish that Jiang Luoluo had caught, weighing exactly thirty-six jin together, at forty yuan per jin, earning one thousand four hundred and forty yuan, which he gave directly to her.

Jiang Luoluo was particularly happy to receive the money, having played for a day and still earned more than one thousand four hundred yuan, which was much more satisfying than doing commercial performances.

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After the customers in the group had finished buying the fish, Chu Mingcheng, excluding Jiang Luoluo’s earnings, had collected a total of seventeen thousand seven hundred and fifty yuan.

Then, Chu Mingcheng immediately contacted the transportation company, and once the boat returned to the dock, he steered it into his own berth to moor it.

“Luoluo, please watch over the fish for a bit, I’m going to buy the packing materials,” he said.

“Sure, leave it to me, go ahead!” she replied.

Chu Mingcheng left Jiang Luoluo behind and drove off to buy foam boxes for packing and thick, transparent plastic bags.

Five Mackerel required two foam boxes, the Stone Bream one box—these just needed to be sent to Wen City using cold chain transportation, no need for urgent air freight.

Additionally, a large plastic box was prepared for the tiger spot, which remained very healthy even after a day with oxygen supplied.

Since it was close to Fu City, he didn’t opt for air freight; after all, the goods shipped now would arrive tomorrow morning.

The fish could be transported live by car, and they would ensure that the fish arrived alive at the doorstep.

The transportation wasn’t cheap, but Brother Haiwang covered the costs himself, so it had nothing to do with Chu Mingcheng.

He also had to take out a small insurance for the fish—he handed over the live fish, but if they were dead by tomorrow’s arrival, the transportation company would be liable.

In total, Sea King’s transportation costs for this fish amounted to just under one thousand yuan, and together with a price of eleven thousand, he had spent quite a bit this time, with expenses burning rapidly.

On the way back to the dock, Chu Mingcheng made a detour to the Seafood Restaurant, where he had sold fish before. Seeing the same waiter who had attended to him before, he smiled and greeted him.

“Handsome guy, I’m selling fish today, but the fish are quite large and the quantity is not small, so I couldn’t bring them here. Can you call your manager and ask if it’s possible to find a couple of suitable vehicles to come to the dock?” he asked.

“How big are the fish that you can’t bring them yourself?” the waiter asked curiously.

“They are all meter-class big fish, more than a dozen, do you think my car could handle that?” Chu Mingcheng replied.

“Whoa—That many?”

The waiter was quite surprised and instead of calling the manager, he leaned in and asked in a low voice, “Bro, can I ask if fishing is profitable? Are you short on people?”

Chu Mingcheng gave him a bemused look and said, “Whether fishing is profitable depends on whether you can find a school of fish.”

“Moreover, learning to fish isn’t easy. First, you must learn to hold your breath and dive—the kind without an oxygen tank. I’m not considering hiring at the moment, sorry,” he added.

He was just starting his own business and certainly didn’t want to recruit a novice to cause trouble for himself.

As for the future, who knows what will happen.

Maybe he would hire a few people and form a small team or maybe he would continue to work alone.

The waiter, slightly disappointed at being rejected, didn’t say much more, uttered an “okay,” and then went back inside to call the manager.

After a while, the female manager came out and said to Chu Mingcheng with a smile, “Boss Chu, you should come straight to my office next time. I heard today’s fish are quite big and plentiful. What kind of fish are they?”

Chu Mingcheng smiled but didn’t take her first few words seriously.

Who knew if her boss was there or not, and if he were, it wouldn’t be good for him to show up uninvited. After selling the True Sea Bream for the second time, he had heard quite a lot of gossip.

So he reported his fishing haul directly.

“Kang’s Big Mackerel, five of them, all about one meter long, one over one and a half meters. There are eight jun cao fish, also mostly around one meter.”

“Plus, there’s about forty catties of swimming crabs, all carefully selected, very plump.”

“Can you handle this much fish?”

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The female manager immediately nodded upon hearing this, “Mackerel and jun cao fish are both fast-moving items, of course we can take them. I’ll arrange for a truck to come over now.”

Seeing she wanted them all, Chu Mingcheng told her which dock he was at, then went back first.

When he got back to the dock, he had just gotten out of the car when he saw a crowd gathered around his boat, and the dock’s security was in the midst of it.

The noise suggested some kind of dispute was happening.

Chu Mingcheng, worried something might have happened to Jiang Luoluo, quickly ran over, “Excuse me, why are you all crowding around my boat!”

He spoke with more force than usual because he was worried.

The onlookers realized the boat owner had returned when they heard him speak, and they moved aside, all wearing expressions of someone eager to watch the drama.

Once he pushed through the crowd, Chu Mingcheng finally saw the situation inside and found Jiang Luoluo had closed the small door at the back of the boat and was holding a long-handled scoop net.

She was unharmed, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

“Who are you calling names?”

The speaker was a thin, dark-skinned middle-aged man pointing at Jiang Luoluo, looking fierce, and trying to climb onto the boat.

But Jiang Luoluo, holding the scoop net defensively, would strike with the long handle like a club whenever he tried to claw his way onboard.

“What do you mean calling names? You are simply insane!”

As for the dock security, it was just an old man who was trying to mediate to no avail.

Chu Mingcheng had an angry glare in his eyes as he stepped forward and shoved the thin, dark man, “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”

The skinny man stumbled from the push, and when he looked up, he saw a tall, menacing-looking man standing in front of the boat and realized the boat owner had returned.

“Ah Cheng, you’re back!” Jiang Luoluo also noticed Chu Mingcheng and felt relieved while immediately tattling, “Ah Cheng, this guy is just a scoundrel, insisting on buying the fish we have on board.”

“I thought since you still had half the fish left, I’d ask about his price. But what he offered was less than half of the market rate.”

“Not only did he refuse to leave after I rejected his offer, but he was also rude and tried to force his way onto your boat.”

“And there were a few people nearby who were trying to persuade me to keep the peace by just selling the fish; it was obvious they were in on it.”

Jiang Luoluo quickly explained the cause of the dispute, giving Chu Mingcheng a clear picture of what had happened.

The thin man knew he was in the wrong; he had seen only a young girl on the boat and thought he could take advantage of the situation.

But Jiang Luoluo insisted on selling the fish at market price, refusing to sell for anything less, no matter how low his offer was.

Eventually, he thought by causing a scene with a few fish vendors he knew to back him up, maybe the young girl would panic and sell the fish.