Chapter 47: Da Liu: I should go seining, not sell instant noodles

Go get a few bottles of water to sell—doing business requires initiative, you understand initiative, right?

The little follower approached, hadn't even reached yet, when a person came from the seaside and shouted at the vehicle, 'Boss Qian, over here.'

Boss Qian jumped down from the vehicle, waved at Ye Cheng, 'Brother, I'm here, bring the stuff over.'

Fine, wait a moment.

It turned out they were looking for Ye Cheng; Da Liu curiously stepped out of the convenience store and then saw Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu struggling to drag three snakeskin bags while carrying two water buckets over.

'A Cheng, you came looking for me?' Da Liu asked.

'Mm, came to collect sea products.'

'Collect sea goods? You got this much?' Da Liu looked astonished at Ye Cheng and them's three snakeskin bags.

'Not bad.' Ye Cheng said offhand.

Over there, Boss Qian had already taken down a box from the freight truck, plus a scale.

'Brother, come, let big brother see what good stuff you have.' Boss Qian was so anxious he started rubbing his hands.

'Xiao Hu, pour everything into the water tank.' Ye Cheng ordered.

Before they could pour, Da Liu over there opened his mouth wide, face full of disbelief, shouting, 'Holy crap, lobster!'

'A Cheng, what did you guys get?'

Ye Cheng's two lobsters were placed in the bucket, visible at a glance.

'Mm, good luck.'

'Any more lobster?' Hearing about lobster, Boss Qian also got excited, hurried over, grabbed a lobster from the bucket to examine.

'This head isn't small, Xiao Ye, and it's wild—you're impressive.' Boss Qian praised it nonstop.

Da Liu beside them was already regretting to death, 'Damn, if I'd known there were lobsters, why would I still run a convenience store?'

'These two lobsters, I'll pay 500 each, total 1000—how about that?' Boss Qian directly offered a high price.

'How much?' Da Liu was shocked again.

'1000, little brother, if you have any I'll also take them.' Boss Qian said amiably to Da Liu.

Just now seeing they were quite familiar with Ye Cheng, he also didn't treat himself as an outsider.

The little follower behind Da Liu whispered, 'Brother, this is more than we earn in a month.'

'Get lost, I'm not stupid, I know that.' Da Liu was furious beyond measure.

500 each isn't low—you know, even in later times when lobster is pricey, it's about this price.

Of course, later times it's cheap mainly because materials are abundant, so the price dropped; now lobster is still relatively scarce.

'Alright, 1000 it is—Xiao Hu, pour out the other goods for Boss Qian to see.'

'Wait, let me first place the two lobsters properly.'

For such valuable goods, Boss Qian separately found a water tank for them to put it in, carefully.

'All right, Xiao Hu, come, pour into these few water tanks.'

'Got it.'

When it came time to sell the goods, Xiao Hu felt full of energy.

He first lifted the first snakeskin bag out, soaked it in the water tank then untied the knot; instantly a swarm of shrimp burst from the bag, all kinds.

'Holy crap, Pipi shrimp, and bamboo joint shrimp, this big?' Da Liu shouted again.

As someone who grew up in a fishing village, he naturally knew the value of these shrimp.

Shrimp are common, but Pipi shrimp and bamboo joint shrimp are rare, especially this big—unbelievable.

Da Liu felt his vision go black, almost fainted.

'Damn, why am I today selling drinks and instant noodles, why not go seining, go seining!'

'No way, in a bit I'll take this crew out to seining, no more selling worthless instant noodles, no more bothering with brainwork.'

'Pipi shrimp, bamboo joint shrimp, big lobster—I'll be back shortly!'

Ye Cheng had no idea Da Liu's mental activity was so rich; Boss Qian had already squatted down to look at the shrimp.

He casually picked up a Pipi shrimp, gestured its length; the shrimp was lively, struggling hard in his hand.

Also the bamboo joint shrimp, longer than his palm.

Seeing this, he kept nodding, 'These are good, all big cargo, anything else come out and let's have a look.'

Xiao Hu silently picked up the other two bags, dumped them all into the water tank—still Pipi shrimp and foot joint shrimp, plus about half a pond shrimp, several octopus, and a plum-head fish.

Da Liu was completely done for; he originally thought the three bags would have some cheap goods, but it turned out everything that came out was high-grade.

Boss Qian didn't even need to inspect by hand; just seeing their liveliness was satisfying enough.

'Brother, all this is good stuff; I'll give you a quote—see if it works for you.'

'Pipi shrimp at 50 per catty, bamboo joint shrimp at 70 per catty, pond shrimp at 40 per catty, octopus at 15 per catty—brother, you see if this price is satisfactory; if so we'll weigh.'

Boss Qian finished speaking and glanced at Ye Cheng.

'Cheng, I trust Boss Qian's price.' Ye Cheng agreed without thinking; whether the price is high or not is hard to say, but now that we've called the person over, haggling further would be pointless.

'Come, come, onto the scale.' Boss Qian waved his hand, and a few helpers came over to start the heavy weighing.

'Pipi shrimp total 21 catties, bamboo joint shrimp 32 catties, pond shrimp 20 catties, octopus 5 catties.'

'That totals Pipi shrimp 1050, bamboo joint shrimp 2240, pond shrimp 800, octopus 75, plus the lobster's 1000 dollars, making 5165; I'll round up to an even 5200?'

Upon hearing 5200 dollars, Da Liu completely lost his composure, his sunglasses fell to the ground.

Over 5000 dollars, Ye Cheng was fairly satisfied; after taking the money from Boss Qian, he pulled out two large bills from it and handed them to Da Liu,

'To buy the brothers a pack of cigarettes to smoke.'

Although he was sure Da Liu wouldn't rob him, in life and business monopolizing profit is a major taboo.

If you make money at someone's doorstep and don't give them a little, later they'll trip you up and you'll suffer.

"A Cheng, I don't want it anyway; we didn't do anything, and besides, you already paid for the instant noodles." Da Liu felt a bit embarrassed.

"They're our own brothers; if it's yours, just take it." Ye Cheng said, stuffing the money into Da Liu's hand.

"Well, then I'll take it. Come on, brothers, bring over those few bottles of cola—see, my brother A Cheng is thirsty."

After Boss Qian finished receiving the goods and hurried back, Ye Cheng chatted with Da Liu and the others for a while, then rode back to the village together with Xiao Hu.

Of this 5000 yuan, he gave 1500 to Xiao Hu, leaving himself 3500; adding his original 3300 yuan, he now has 6500 yuan.

Although it's not much, he has started to have savings; the next step is to figure out how to expand production and increase income.

He now feels the biggest problem is the Luck Value—it won't go up, and it fluctuates wildly; this is a system issue, and for now he can't do anything about it.

After returning, Ye Cheng made a trip to the Matou, where there is a bank, got a bank card, and deposited the money; he couldn't help it—he simply wasn't used to carrying so much cash on him.

After storing the money, Ye Cheng also bought some braised meat and pork back, and picked up some vegetable seeds—radish and garlic chives.