Chapter 1647: Wages doubled

"This piece is big enough, is it still a cub? It's almost 200 jin!"

"If this grows up, don't know how big it will be?"

"Heard little Japan likes to eat this fish, especially this bluefin one, don't know what's delicious about it..."

Ye Yaodong heard this and smiled and said: "Such a big fish, it doesn't count as a cub. At first, I thought it was only one meter long. This one is so big, it counts as a semi-adult fish. Pick a big one and give it to the chef to handle, then make sashimi, then come to a part to stew soup, let the chef see how to do it better. Such a big fish, try a few more cooking methods to see which one is delicious, everyone can also follow to taste fresh."

"Ah, really? Have a mouth to eat!"

"Haha, told you long ago, the boss is generous, eat whatever you want on the boat, enough."

"This fish is so expensive, one estimate is thousands or tens of thousands of yuan, just eat it like this?"

He continued: "At sea, nothing else can be guaranteed, but are you afraid of not being able to afford fish? Eat, don't feel sorry for me, there are still unknown number of bags of goods behind, plenty. It will be hard later, just eat a good meal today and start working."

"Good, everyone has a mouth to eat."

"Such an expensive fish, haven't eaten it in this life, how come that ghost has so much money."

This time is the golden period of little Japan, wages are thousands or tens of thousands a month, domestic tens or hundreds...

"Wait until you see how many tuna there are, and when you go back, give everyone a big red envelope to get some joy!"

"Wow~"

"Ah! Still have red envelopes?"

"My goodness, eat and take? I holy crap, too cool~"

"Ah hahaha, still have red envelopes?"

"Our boss is generous. In the past, when we caught rare ones, he would give everyone red envelopes if he was happy. I've had a share once before!"

"More than just red envelopes? We even followed the boss to be in the newspaper, received government commendation, and the government even rewarded us 500 yuan, damn, cool to death."

"Right, heard about it, oh, was jealous to death at that time, unfortunately didn't have a share, don't know if there will be a chance in the future."

"Haha, this depends on fate..."

The atmosphere was up, everyone chatted enthusiastically, and was excited to death.

Eat and take, too cool.

And the wages were not low, the key was that there was an extra month's wages at the end of the year, paid leave for the New Year, and extra red envelopes when catching big goods now.

Didn't even dare to think about it, actually had such good things to encounter, fell into a nest of fortune, a group of retired soldiers who didn't understand were all extremely excited.

In the army, the subsidy was only dozens of yuan a month. Here, it was the same on the boat, actually 10 times higher, and the treatment was even higher.

Everyone started to thank the leaders, thank the party, thank the organization, thank the boss in their hearts.

Everyone was nimble in sorting, sorting, bleeding, bleeding.

Also didn't specifically pick, Ye Yaodong said so, but everyone wouldn't really specifically pick a biggest one to eat.

Such a big fish, it wasn't dead when it came up. When killing, the fish tail slapped the processing table with a bang.

After processing the first bluefin tuna brought over, everyone directly lifted it to the chef to arrange.

"This piece is big enough, is it still a cub? It's almost 200 jin!"

"If this grows up, don't know how big it will be?"

"Heard little Japan likes to eat this fish, especially this bluefin one, don't know what's delicious about it..."

"Then you worship more..."

Everyone chatted while processing the goods, and a bag of goods was just put down, and there were special people who immediately hooked the fish collection bag back into the sea. When the goods in the fishing net flowed to the bottom fish collection bag, they were hung up again.

This bag of goods was still unloaded to the fish unloading area first, and then transported to the sorting table.

"Look, there is bluefin tuna again."

"That longfin tuna is so small..."

The characteristics of bluefin tuna are very obvious. The back is dark blue or black, the first dorsal fin is yellow or blue, and the second dorsal fin is reddish-brown.

The tail fin is like a crescent moon, and there is 1 large and 2 small raised ridges on both sides of the tail handle.

Longfin tuna is relatively slender, not to mention this is not an adult fish, it counts as a semi-adult fish, but this size is one time smaller, only about one meter, a single one is only forty or fifty jin.

Its first dorsal fin is light yellow, the second dorsal fin is light yellow, the back is also dark blue, but the abdomen is silvery white.

Two kinds of tuna can be identified at a glance.

But with bluefin tuna in front, who still looks at longfin tuna? Everyone's attention was on this bluefin tuna, just staring at this fish and counting.

After processing, it was classified and put away, and then lifted to the freezer.

Mackerel also needs to be bled, and the workers who handle it are divided into categories.

The sharp fish-splitting knife accurately cut open the mackerel's gill cover, the "swish" sound of the blade across the fish belly and the fish blood splashing sound intertwined, hooked out the internal organs, and by then mixed with the deck blood water, falling into the raw material pool at the bottom of the cabin through the table trapdoor.

By then, it had to be mixed with those small anchovies for spiral killing, and later it had to be steamed and squeezed.

There was a processing assembly line on this boat now, and even the internal organs were utilized, never wasting a bit, turning waste into treasure.

It was just that the fish meal processing equipment now was also simple, all semi-mechanized processing, and the whole process required manual labor.

And in the process of fish meal processing, that smell was not to mention how soul-stirring it was. The trimethylamine gas produced by protein hydrolysis could penetrate the cabin wall.

That was at sea, the smell dissipated quickly, but it was a kind of torture for the workers on the deck, after all, it was non-stop production.

So he prepared some medical masks before departure, which could block the wind and cover the nose, blocking a bit of smell.

However, no one took it seriously, no one wore a mask, and they would know the soul-stirring smell of fish meal processing when they started work later.

If this was processed on land, it could drift for ten miles, and the ancestors of eighteen generations could be greeted hundreds of times.

Thinking of this, he urged again: "When starting fish meal processing later, remember to wear a mask, otherwise you will suffer from that smell."

"Just the mask issued? Don't know where it was put, look for it later."

"Is it very smelly? The sea is so wide, it will dissipate in a while."

"Right, the sea breeze is so strong, it shouldn't have any smell, and it will be blown away directly."

Hehe, reminded, don't believe it, you will suffer later.

Ye Yaodong sat on the deck and commanded, just watching bag after bag of goods being hung up, and then put down.

It wasn't until more than an hour later, when it was hung to the last bag, that they counted clearly, about 27 bags, the last bag wasn't very full.

Ye Yaodong was very satisfied. This net was dragged for two hours.

The advantage of this boat compared to the Ocean-going boat was that there was processing on the boat, and the storage capacity was large. The amount of fishing was actually about the same.

The most important thing for this kind of large fishing boat was actually storage reserve. Large storage capacity could stay at sea longer.

"Boss, counted, there are 175 bluefin tuna semi-adult fish, 253 longfin tuna, and some triggerfish mixed in, and there are more than 100 triggerfish."

The worker who came to report was full of joy, excitedly grinning.

Ye Yaodong's eyes lit up. "Not bad."

"That bluefin tuna is one or two meters long, the big one is 200 jin, and the small one is more than 100 jin. Longfin tuna is small, only one meter or so, a single one is forty or fifty jin."

He wanted to calculate it in his heart, but he couldn't calculate it a bit, ready to go to the cockpit later, take a calculator and press it.

"What about mackerel?"

"Mackerel is more than 20 tons, anchovy is also about 20 or 30 tons, it's just that it's too small, making the quantity look particularly large."

He could estimate this. This net was about 100,000 jin in one net.

"This harvest is okay, only two hours."

At that time, he aimed at the golden detection point and rushed in, just to target those tuna. It was normal that the number of anchovies wasn't that large.

It was estimated that for the other boats behind, the number of mackerel and anchovies should be large, and the number of tuna should be small.

The second net had already been slowly put down before reporting the number.

He stood on the deck and watched everyone handle it, just to know the data, and by the way, command the net casting, at the same time, he could also exercise the captain's ability to stand on his own. He couldn't rely on him for everything. Now he started working.

And after counting the quantity, he looked at the sea surface nearby with binoculars, and also found that the fishing net was being closed.

He planned to ask about their harvest an hour later.

"Got rich, if it were in the past, those small anchovies would definitely be thrown back into the sea. Now even small anchovies, even internal organs can be directly processed, not wasted at all."

"Mm, go busy."

Ye Yaodong originally wanted to go directly to the steering building, but thinking that the captain was operating on it, and it was working now, there wouldn't be anything, just chase the detected school of fish, and he could also exercise the captain's ability to stand on his own.

He pondered going to see the fish meal processing situation. After all, he was also in contact with a fishing boat processing at sea for the first time.

When he was about to go to the bottom cabin, a worker saw it and immediately stopped him.

"Boss, are you going to see fish meal processing?"

"Right."

"Too smelly, don't go."

"Is it very smelly? Didn't smell it on the deck."

"The bottom cabin door is tightly closed, it hasn't drifted out much, I don't know later, anyway, it's huge smelly inside. Everyone didn't wear masks at first, and then hurriedly went to find them. It's smellier than just now."

"It's okay, I'm wearing a mask."

Sooner or later, he had to smell it, and he couldn't not go.

When Ye Yaodong pushed open the iron door of the bottom cabin, a wave of mixed burnt smell and strong fishy smell smoked him and retreated half a step.

Ugh, really smelly.

And the moment he opened the bottom cabin door, a strong breath also drifted out for everyone on the deck to smell.

The workers busy on the deck all frowned, shrugged their noses, and looked at the source of the smell.

"Is this the smell of fish meal processing? Too smelly."

"No wonder we are asked to wear masks."

"Fortunately, seeing them wear masks just now, I also went to bring the mask, and can block the cold wind."

"Can't take it off now, smelly to death..."

After Ye Yaodong walked in, he closed the cabin door first. He patrolled from the raw material area first.

The pool was soaked with patches of fresh anchovies and a pile of processed internal organs mixed with blood water. The pool was still bubbling, looking a bit disgusting.

If this were in a thriller movie, what should be soaked inside is...

At this time, his rubber boots stepped on a fish bladder that expanded like a ping-pong ball by the pool, and the bursting sound wrapped in stench splashed his trouser legs.

He hurriedly rubbed the soles of his shoes, fortunately wearing rain boots and rain pants, and hurriedly walked a few steps toward the steaming area.

The stoker Lao Wang was a technical worker he specifically found, operating shirtless. The water bubbles of steam gathered into water droplets on his back. In the cold weather, he also wanted to take off his coat as soon as he came in.

"How is it, is the work okay?"

"Okay, why not, used to it, not to mention today is the first day, everywhere is still clean, the smell is not big now."

This is called not big?

The workers nearby all had question marks on their heads.

Ye Yaodong nodded, looked at it, and walked past the pressing area.

The smell here was really too big, he didn't stay long, and went directly to see the drying cylinder.

There was already a bit of fish meal baked out here.

The cylinder body was twisted into an irregular ellipse due to high temperature. Ye Yaodong grabbed a handful of freshly baked fish meal, and the fingertips felt residual temperature. He rubbed it carefully in his hand.

The worker working by the drying bucket was also sweating profusely, holding a shovel and turning the fish meal.

He wiped his sweat and said: "The first batch of fish meal baked out, I don't understand the quality, boss, you take a look. If you didn't come over, I would have to take a basin up for you to see later."

"Heard the quality and price of this fish meal are very different, poor quality is hundreds, good quality is thousands, you take a look, is the quality of our first batch of fish meal good?"

Whether fish meal is good or not is basically looking at protein content. It can't be detected on the boat, but he understands this.

There are a few simple inspection methods to judge quality.

The first is to rub the fish meal with fingers, no granular feeling; the second is to smell it, it should have a burnt smell; the third is to sprinkle it directly into the seawater, slowly settling, all three can reach is good fish meal.

Otherwise, if inferior fish meal is fed to livestock, it is easy to cause livestock plague, such as chicken plague.

He rubbed it with his fingers, there was no granular feeling at all, and he smelled it at the tip of his nose. Different from the smell he just walked over, this finished product smelled a bit burnt.

When the worker asked, he already had a bottom in his heart.

"The quality is good, I will teach you to judge."

He simply taught the worker those three judgment methods. The fish meal output, the worker who manages the drying bucket must first know how to distinguish.

"Understood, next time a furnace comes out, I will judge it myself first."

"Take a small bucket out for me first."

"Good."

Ye Yaodong carried a small half-bucket of fish meal and hurriedly went out from the bottom cabin. The smell inside was simply suffocating.

When he stood on the deck, he took off his mask and took a few big breaths, only then did he feel comfortable.

And the moment the bottom cabin door closed, it also isolated part of the smell. This was also because it had just started production. Later, it couldn't be isolated even if he wanted to, the smell would get heavier and heavier, and there were exhaust pipes.

"Boss, is this the fish meal processed? So soon there is output?"

"Just a little bit."

"Are pig and chicken farms eating this feed?"

"Seems like..."

Ye Yaodong poured the small half-bucket of fish meal into the sea, and then observed the sinking situation.

This one slowly sank bit by bit, then passed the top layer, and didn't sink all at once, or suspended and didn't sink.

Some small fish in the upper layer of the water were also attracted by these fish meals, and successively surfaced to swallow.

He also greatly increased his confidence, and the price of his fish meal shouldn't be bad.

Basically, fresh anchovies and some small miscellaneous fish are used as raw materials, and internal organs are only a part. These internal organs are also good for livestock.

Sometimes some unground fish teeth and fish bones will also affect the price of fish meal, and some unscrupulous ones will add some sawdust, or fish meal made of rotten fish. These are inferior fish meal.

His kind is high-quality, and it is estimated that it can be exported.

Thinking of this, his heart was hot again. Should he establish a fish meal company? Specially export and domestic fish meal?

Wait for a chance to transport goods back in a few days, and then let Manager Yan recruit, see if there are any foreign trade talents who understand.

After the New Year, a few people were recruited to manage. When going to Modu, Director Zhang of the shipyard also introduced a few to him, but people didn't want to come to Zhoushi, only willing to stay in Modu.

At that time, he was quite regretful. Now he pondered, can he also open a branch responsible for sales in Modu?

However, this is at sea, so he can only think about it.

"Why pour this into the sea?"

He explained: "See how the quality of fish meal is. It looks good now, keep it."

"Then can it sell for a good price?"

"Should be able to, wait for two days to return, take it back to detect, see how much it can sell per ton."

He roughly knows that small fish can produce one ton of fish meal in about four or five tons, and slightly larger miscellaneous fish can produce one ton of fish meal in about three or four tons.

On average, it should be about 4 tons to produce one ton.

This net of twenty-something tons of anchovies plus some miscellaneous fish should be able to produce six or seven tons.

If it is three or four thousand per ton, those miscellaneous goods and internal organs processed can sell for 20,000 yuan?

Holy crap!

Ye Yaodong thought about it and was a little excited.

Fish meal business is good, suitable for him to do on the boat.

It will not pollute the environment on land, and will not affect residents.

Ye Yaodong carried the bucket to a worker, let him put it away, and went up to the cockpit himself.

Busy on the deck for a few hours, he was also a bit tired, just happened to go back to the cockpit to rest, and by the way, ask about the fishing situation of other fishing boats.

The captain hadn't seen his figure on the deck for a while. Seeing him finally come up, his heart was also settled.

Operating such a large boat to cast nets independently for the first time, he was always a bit uneasy.

"Dongzi, you finally came up. Where did you go just now? Didn't see anyone on the deck."

"Went to the bottom cabin to see the fish meal production line."

"How is it? I'm still hearing for the first time that production can be processed on the boat."

"Not bad, the fish meal produced is of high quality, and it should be able to sell for a good price when going back."

"Can this net earn a lot?"

"Give me the calculator."

Ye Yaodong took the calculator, pressed the mute button, pressed it for a while, his eyes were straight, and he didn't know how to count the string of zeros on the full screen.

"One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million..."

"Boss?"

Ye Yaodong hurriedly covered the calculator, not letting him see!

He didn't calculate mackerel and those estimated fish meal, just calculated tuna alone.

Just those 100+ bluefin tuna are expected to sell for more than 2.8 million!

Longfin tuna is specifically for fish cans. Although the size is small, the price is several times different from bluefin tuna, but there are 200+, which is also worth more than 200,000.

Triggerfish is not valuable compared to these two, not as good as the large mackerel caught, he didn't count these, just counting tuna is worth more than 3 million!

This net got rich, really worth catching fish for a year last year?

Holy crap!

The fresh-fish receiving boat pulled back a boat of goods before, and it was only worth more than 100,000!

That was still several boats, goods saved in a day, and this was a net, and it was dragged for two hours before closing.

It still has to be big goods to have surprises. He looked at the calculator, his mouth open, not knowing what to say.

"Boss?"

He hurriedly came back to his senses, put away the smile on his face, and turned off the button.

"Hehehe..." The captain didn't mind him covering it, just smiled and looked at him. "Looks like this net earned a lot."

Ye Yaodong smiled and patted his shoulder. "Wages doubled this month!"

The captain's eyes lit up, excitedly hurriedly aimed his mouth at the microphone on the console and shouted to the deck: "The boss said, everyone's wages doubled this month!"

The workers on the deck cheered immediately.

Before, only red envelopes were mentioned, but wages doubled were not mentioned. This was much bigger than red envelopes!

The captain saw the cheers on the deck and added with a smile, "One more month's wages as a red envelope!"

Ye Yaodong was also very happy. "Have other fishing boats reported their harvest just now?"

"Yes, the harvest is about the same as ours, it's just that their tuna is a little less, mackerel is also a little less, other pomfret, small yellow croaker, shrimp and crab will be more, the total tonnage is about the same."

"How many tuna?"

"The other 7 boats added together, bluefin tuna is about 70 or 80, longfin tuna is 120+."

"Not bad, can."

Ye Yaodong picked up the calculator again, pressed the mute button, and quietly calculated for himself again.

Damn, it's worth another 1 million+!

He was pleasantly surprised. This wave of fish schools harvested 5 million for him, which is half of what he earned last year.

However, the output value of the processing factory this year definitely cannot be compared in the same breath.

My god, it still has to be deep sea to have a chance. What I encountered today is still semi-adult fish, not just adult fish.

But having this scale is already very awesome. Generally, bluefin tuna schools will be active at the same time in 50+ heads. This scale of hundreds is considered a large group.

Got rich.

"Notify other fishing boats, wages this month also doubled."

The captain smiled and said: "Better you say it, everyone will be happier."

"Not much difference, anyway, I only notify the boat bosses of each boat, I don't know what reaction the workers have."

Although he said so, Ye Yaodong still stood up and picked up the walkie-talkie. 【1

"Calling, calling, please respond, the other seven fishing boats."

"Received."

"Process the caught tuna well; do not allow any loss of a single one. The base salary for everyone on the ship this month will be doubled!"

"Ah, really? Received!"

"Received, notifying all crew members immediately!"

"So exciting, passing this notice down."

The captains were all pleasantly surprised, and then they all became high-spirited.

Ye Yaodong was also very happy. "Mm, notify them. Everyone be happy, and continue to work hard afterward."

"Received."

PS: Dragging my feet, I still won't be able to update until the early hours. I haven't been checking the backend while typing, so I'm not replying in time.