Chapter 1653: Heavy Fog

Ye Yaodong led the leader to wander around the workshop and told him about the situation of the factory's expansion in the past half year, as well as the situation of the workers.

A whole circle took quite a bit of time. By the time they came out of the workshop, a pile of crew members were already waiting there. Seeing them come out, they stood at attention and saluted one after another.

The leader smiled and greeted them to go to the long bench at the door to sit and chat, taking the opportunity to bask in the warm spring sun.

Ye Yaodong also successively went to greet Lin Ji and Zhang Renxiang, who arrived one after another an hour later.

He introduced them to each other and talked about the situation of the two groups of guests today. Besides being surprised, the two didn't say anything.

And the two chatted quite well. Both were in transport, one in sea transport, one in land transport, so they had quite a bit to talk about.

Ye Yaodong let them chat on their own and went to the canteen to see Fatty's processing situation.

As soon as Fatty saw him come, the spatula he was holding immediately clattered. Could he not see the dissatisfaction?

"Dead Fatty, grown some skills? Even dare to throw things around at my place."

Fatty just hummed and hawed as a response.

"Just now in front of the leader, your face was smiling like a chrysanthemum, and you even said it was your honor. So unwilling, then I'll tell the leader, say you don't want to handle it for him?"

"Damn it, cut a piece and pack it for me to take away in a bit, then I'll forgive you for treating me as free labor."

"Even taking and carrying, no one has a thicker skin than you!"

Ye Yaodong saw him glaring and hurriedly agreed. "Fine, fine, you look at it and cut a piece to take back."

"That's more like it, my wife brought the kids up to play for a few days, just right to cut a piece to take back for them to taste."

"You should have said so earlier, why not just bring them all over?"

"Didn't think so much in the morning, and it's nothing. The meals in the canteen are all ready, you go see what dishes you want, just right to load a few more dishes, make it a bit more sumptuous."

"Alright."

It just so happened that before the workers got off work and came in to get food, they first scooped some dishes to set a table, avoiding having only leftovers when there were too many people in a bit.

After arranging the dishes, Ye Yaodong went out to call them in to eat. The drinks had already been bought by someone earlier, but in broad daylight, they probably wouldn't drink much.

The leader chatted with everyone outside for quite a while, and the more he looked at Ye Yaodong, the more satisfied he was. The meal was eaten with both host and guests enjoying themselves.

It was just a pity for Fatty, who had to go handle the fish halfway through eating.

Ye Yaodong also got some crushed ice, packed the fish well, and then let the leader take it away.

Then he let Lin Ji and Xiang Hui do as they pleased, and he first took the two from the Marine Fishery Company to the pier to inspect the goods.

In the morning, they only chatted simply and inspected the freshness and taste of the goods. The specific big cargo still had to be taken to them to see, and let them count the quantity, so it would be easy to set the price when they went back.

They just went to the boat to take a look, confirmed the quantity, and didn't stay long. However, they had quite a sense of crisis before leaving.

They repeatedly told him not to be in a hurry to sell. They would go back and hold a meeting in the afternoon, and would definitely give a reply by tomorrow at the latest, telling him to be sure to keep it.

Ye Yaodong ambiguously only told them to give a reply as soon as possible. He wouldn't necessarily wait for them, he would definitely compare goods among three families, and sell to whoever had the right price, making the two have a strong sense of crisis.

After all, when chatting at the dinner table, Ye Yaodong kept chatting with Xiang Hui about other companies with export rights, asking Xiang Hui to help introduce them.

The leader also interrupted, telling the Marine Fishery Company to be sure to follow the market price, otherwise he would go talk to their leader properly.

After the two saw the goods, they hurried back, fearing that if they were a step late, the goods would be sold, and they would be criticized.

Ye Yaodong didn't have that much time. He had to rush to the DYD fishing ground by early the day after tomorrow at the latest. He had to make two-handed preparations and couldn't just wait for the Marine Fishery Company.

So he also asked Xiang Hui to help ask the Aquatic Products Import and Export Company and help inquire first.

He also had to give the other party the feeling that they weren't the only choice.

Sure enough, the two were indeed very anxious. They went back after 1:00 PM and ran over again before 4:00 PM.

Maybe thinking there was competition, plus having eaten people's food, the price they gave was very appropriate, reaching his psychological price point.

Ye Yaodong pretended to be in a dilemma, and after going back and forth, they added a bit more, and then the final price was set. Both sides went to the pier to weigh the goods together.

Payment upon delivery, he didn't accept credit. Who knew if there would be another chance for cooperation? Dealing with large companies, he was afraid that accounts would be hung there and hard to collect. After all, large companies have many procedures.

If there was long-term cooperation, then he could give the other party credit. Now it was just a one-off deal.

244 bluefin tuna, sold for a total of 3,215,121.

372 albacore tuna, sold for 308,016.

Sold for a total of over 3,523,000.

The price of bluefin tuna exceeded his expectations. It was just the albacore tuna; he didn't expect the price difference to be so large.

Xiang Hui also inquired that afternoon and told him the approximate price. He also just found out that albacore tuna is usually collected for only ten or twenty yuan, because this fish is usually used to make canned fish.

Overall, he was quite satisfied. After all, he couldn't guess how much money it was, and it had to follow the market price.

Although there was a discrepancy with expectations, plus the mackerel caught at the time, this net also reached the earnings of the fishing volume of the whole of last year.

After weighing, they also had to go back to apply for payment, and it was too late to remit money that day.

Waiting until early the next morning, they came over with the remittance slip to pick up the goods. Ye Yaodong had his own finance department check the account at the bank before letting them transport the goods away.

Of course, before transporting away, the inspection process definitely had to be repeated. Once there were no problems, both sides had to write a receipt and purchase order contract.

Ye Fu watched the whole process, his mouth almost crooked from smiling.

After people transported all the goods away, his head kept staring at the remittance slip in his hand.

"Let me take another look, such a large string of numbers, it takes a long time just to count."

"Then don't count."

"I'll count for you, such a string of numbers, it looks happy just looking at it, and it gives a sense of security."

Ye Yaodong looked at his father and really wanted to say: It's not your money, what sense of security do you have?

However, he was in a good mood. Such a large sum of money entered the account, and it was given straightforwardly without wasting time. There was never a better time to do business than now.

"There is still one in the cold storage. This one is intended to be left for the godfather. I probably won't have time to go back. When you arrange to send goods back next time, just bring it back and send it to the city."

"Where would I have time? I have to sit in the factory for you. The goods in the town factory can't spare a boat to transport now. There are only two fresh-keeping boats left at the port, one 34 meters and one 36 meters. These two boats have to be responsible for the Dongsheng and so many goods from other boats, too busy to handle, have to go every day. Now the goods sent to the town are all arranged for Ah Shang to send, all paid upon delivery, no delivery if not paid, saving the trouble of giving the goods and not being able to collect the money."

"That's fine then, let's just do it like this for now."

Who told him he had too many fishing boats and too much cargo, and other people's boats also arranged their cargo for him, so the fresh-keeping boats couldn't keep up.

"You also call the factory more to urge them, ask more about the progress. If you don't urge them, they think you're not in a hurry, and then they might prioritize other boats."

"Got it, I'll urge them when I go back now."

"Go, go, go, the goods are sold, you have to go out to sea at night, hurry up and handle the things the factory needs you to handle."

"I'll go refuel and add ice first, and replenish the supplies first."

"Fine, this is quite good, transport goods back every few days, and then stay for a day or two. In case something happens, people can be found."

"Yeah, why don't you go back and notify eldest brother and second brother first, let them prepare to go out to sea at night. I told them to go out to sea tomorrow morning yesterday, but now it's advanced, so I have to tell them, lest I have to wait for them."

"Fine, then I'll go tell your eldest brother and second brother."

Ye Yaodong nodded and led a boatload of workers to get busy first.

The goods were sold, and the big stone in his heart also fell. Originally, he had booked to go out to sea tomorrow morning, but now he could set off earlier, lest he be scolded to death by people on the shore.

It was really because the fish meal being processed on the boat was too smelly.

Walking on the pier, he could hear a series of scoldings, so he hurriedly drove the boat out to sea, lest he attract dislike.

As for the unloaded fish meal, he wasn't in a hurry. Temporarily pile it in the processing plant's warehouse, and wait until the quantity is a bit more before selling it all at once.

And the two from the Marine Fishery Company also asked about fish meal. Their company also exports fish meal.

It's just that his quantity was too small now, only producing three or four tons a day, and he had only been doing it for three or four days, not enough for a one-time purchase. He planned to wait until it accumulated a bit more before selling.

Almost wait until the next trip when the fishing boat transports goods back, he could probably save up thirty or forty tons, so that it would have volume when sold.

However, although it wasn't sold, he had already inquired about the price.

Top-quality fish meal could sell for five thousand a ton, the next level at four thousand, the average at two or three thousand, a bit worse at one or two thousand, and even the worst has people wanting it for a few hundred yuan.

For export, it definitely has to be top-quality.

This market is like this, good things are exported to foreigners, and the worse ones are digested domestically...

His quality isn't bad. When the time comes to send it for testing, it will definitely be able to sell for a good price.

Ye Yaodong set the time to go out to sea at night. After making preparations, he let everyone go back to rest early.

It was already the end of March, and the temperature began to warm up, but it was still very cool at night, especially at sea, where everyone still wrapped themselves in large cotton-padded coats.

This trip out added two more boats. His eldest brother and second brother's new boats also wanted to go with him.

The two brothers were full of passion, just thinking about having a big fight, best to be like Dongzi, earning the money for several boats in one trip.

In the afternoon, Ye Fu secretly told them that after Ye Yaodong sold those tuna for over three million, the two brothers were excited all afternoon, and didn't even sleep at night, just waiting to go out to sea.

Don't talk about earning over 3 million in one net, they could be excited to heaven if they earned 300,000, wishing they could kneel down and kowtow to the bow of the boat.

They didn't dare to have too many expectations. As long as they could earn enough for their capital this year, they would be satisfied, and everything after that would be profit.

The more Ye Yaopeng walked toward the pier, the more excited he became. "Dongzi, how many days do we have to sail on this trip?"

"Hard to say, depends on the wind direction and sea waves. If fast, two days, if slow, three days, both are possible. Anyway, just be prepared to sail for two or three days."

"Hey, alright, we brought enough supplies, the rest just waits for your boat to transport back and forth."

"Yeah."

Ye Yaohua also asked: "Dongzi, your boat is still producing fish meal, is that fish meal valuable too? How many tons of miscellaneous fish does it take to produce one ton of fish meal?"

"Depends on the size of the miscellaneous fish, probably takes four or five tons to produce one ton. Just adding this production line in the bottom hold cost me 300,000."

The two brothers gasped, this was catching up to the price of their fishing boats.

"That, that expensive." Ye Yaopeng's tongue was about to tie into a knot.

"Right, after all, it's a fishing boat with processing, considered the best currently. If you don't set up this equipment, all those miscellaneous goods have to be poured into the sea, what a waste."

Ye Yaohua echoed, "That's also true, every day pouring back into the sea makes us feel heartache, but if we want to transport it back, the fresh-keeping boat can't hold it, otherwise there are factories that want these."

Ye Yaopeng added, "Installing one is also good, anyway, it can earn back the capital sooner or later."

"Yeah."

It's just that there are too many fishing boats and too many miscellaneous goods. Just one boat with a production line still can't handle it, have to order a few more.

The three people's boat parking points were different, so they separated halfway, and gathered again when they reached the sea.

After the workers on the boat had one trip of experience, this time they didn't need Ye Yaodong to command. Everyone worked in division and cooperation, and knew what they had to do.

And Ye Yaodong only needed to go to the wheelhouse, debug the equipment, open the broadcast to apply for departure from the pier's traffic center, and wait for the deck to be ready and the traffic center to have a reply, then he would issue the departure instruction.

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua's boats had already waited for him outside the shipping lane a step ahead. They didn't have walkie-talkies, so he could only talk to them on the channel, commanding them to follow behind and sail with him.

The sea chart had long been marked with the route for them, and the rest of following him wouldn't make mistakes. After running a few more trips, they would be proficient.

Ye Yaodong contacted the 40-meter fresh-keeping boat near the Kuroshio branch at the first turning point at noon the next day.

The fresh-keeping boat transmitted information to him, saying it couldn't transport the cargo of all the fishing boats, only transported 4 boats and headed back, and the remaining 3 boats' cargo and the cargo for the next few days could only count on his boat.

He sighed, agreed, and didn't say anything. Anyway, as long as the goods could be transported back safely, transport as much as possible, and the rest could only be handed over to his boat.

Originally, he wanted to arrive early to see if he could catch two nets, but now he could only purely act as a transport boat to transport goods back and forth, otherwise he couldn't pull seven boats.

Right, now his eldest brother and second brother's boats had also gone over, so he would have to pull the cargo of nine boats.

He couldn't help but support his forehead, and could only run as fast as possible on the road to reduce the time delayed.

After unloading on the shore, it could only be handed over to his father. He estimated that he would at most sleep on the shore before having to hurry out to sea to pick up the goods.

Thinking of this, he contacted his eldest brother and second brother again, preparing to speed up.

Anyway, he was familiar with this route, knew what to pay attention to in which sea area, where the restricted area was, and he also had radar detection.

"What's wrong, Dongzi? Why suddenly want to speed up? In the middle of the night, will it be unsafe to drive too fast?"

"In a hurry to pick up goods, too much cargo, the other fresh-keeping boat can't hold it, you just follow me."

"Alright then, then speed up, just pay attention to safety."

Fortunately, when setting out, they all brewed a cup of strong tea and put it by their hands.

Ye Yaodong also put away the melon seeds, poured himself a mouthful of strong tea, and continued sailing.

This trip, the two boats behind followed to speed up, didn't cause him any drag, and still arrived at the DYD fishing ground in two days, only left to find the boats, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Arrived at the fishing ground, now heading toward the coordinates where they are, you can also prepare to cast nets. There are no other fishing boats detected in the current sea area, can drag nets while moving forward."

"If entering the operation range of other fishing grounds, then make adjustments when the time comes."

"They didn't leave too far, probably just, we have too many fishing boats now, it's good to separate a bit."

However, the two brothers were a bit unsure. Ye Yaopeng said weakly: "Just the two of us boats, we are a bit worried..."

"Nothing to worry about, they also came separately, as long as they aren't too far away. You just operate in this area first, I'll go over to load goods, and then let those few boats separate, arrange two boats to come around your area."

"Alright, this is fine."

Now they were at ease. After all, they were thrown here to operate the first time they came here, and they had no bottom in their hearts. Arranging two boats to come nearby gave them a sense of security.

Ye Yaodong also felt that it was better for those seven boats to separate a bit. As long as they were in the same fishing ground, could be contacted, and could sail to each other in an hour if something happened, it was fine.

After letting them operate here first, he controlled the boat, headed toward the nearest coordinates, and then inquired on the channel which boat was about to haul in the net, and then rushed toward that boat.

He also let them leave the miscellaneous fish in advance, and when transporting goods, take the opportunity to move them to his boat for processing.

It looked like Dongyu No. 1 wouldn't have time to fish this year and could only act as a fresh-keeping boat. When a fresh-keeping boat was in hand, this boat could only drag nets when it was time.

After Ye Yaodong finished collecting the cargo of one boat, he let that boat go to his eldest brother and second brother's place, and notified them in advance on the channel.

He hadn't been at sea for these few days, and the few boats had quite good harvests. Besides not having particularly beautiful big cargo, the quantity was still okay.

He spent nearly two days scraping through the cargo of 7 boats, and the fish hold was full. The cargo of his eldest brother and second brother's two boats could only wait for another fresh-keeping boat to come and collect.

And his eldest brother and second brother's boats were different from his own boat; their cargo had to be weighed, and weighing the cargo when transporting was also quite time-consuming.

However, that fresh-keeping boat collected a small amount, while his boat collected a large amount, so it was hard to say which boat was more time-consuming.

Estimated it could also strike a balance, one boat back, one boat out.

After Ye Yaodong finished moving the cargo, he immediately drove the boat back.

Just after leaving, heavy fog suddenly rose at night.

It was originally the high-incidence period of spring fog, cold air was active frequently, and the sea surface was extremely easy to form dense fog.

He watched as the confused heavy fog drifted toward him, visibility gradually decreased, and the darkness and fog intertwined to form a swallowing feeling like ink.

The searchlight could only barely split the local dense fog, and the surroundings were shrouded in boundless, bottomless darkness.

Originally, they were still rushing at full speed, but now they could only slow down and arrange for two-person duty to strengthen the lookout.

It was originally time to take shifts at night, and he went to rest, handing over the work of driving the boat to others. Now he could only top it himself, personally monitoring the helm, and staring at the radar and detection equipment screens throughout the whole process.

It was night and heavy fog weather, too dangerous, and he wasn't at ease handing it to others.

At the same time, he also turned on the navigation lights according to regulations to clearly identify his own position, and turned on the whistle once every 2 minutes, long sound-short sound-long sound.

This was to remind boats that might break into the heavy fog ahead.

"You guys go rest, the sudden heavy fog is too dangerous, I'll top it at night, captain help me stare at the detection equipment."

Lest he be too tired and ignore it, in this situation, even a slight nap could have accidents.

"Then need to change shifts, or call us when the heavy fog passes."

Ye Yaodong nodded and contacted other fishing boats again. He hadn't left long, so he could still be contacted.

"Nine boats pay attention, nine boats pay attention, Dongyu No. 1 just encountered heavy fog, heavy fog might drift toward your direction, pay attention to safety, those who can haul in nets try to haul in nets."

"Pay attention that in heavy fog, you must turn on navigation lights, and the whistle must also be turned on once every 2 minutes, long sound-short sound-long sound."

"Your few boats aren't far away, be sure to be careful, don't collide, and also be careful of fishing net entanglement, those who can haul in nets try to haul in nets now."

"Now it's not far away, you can report the situation of each fishing boat in real time."

Everyone replied one after another, and then successively reported the situation of each fishing boat, about when to haul in the net.

This fog drifted over as it drifted over, and it couldn't be predicted in advance. Generally, when it was discovered, it was also seen with the naked eye.

Relying on the weather forecast wasn't necessarily accurate. Saying there was heavy fog, who knew where the heavy fog drifted on the sea, maybe it drifted toward the shore, which couldn't be said.

Just when other fishing boats were reporting the situation, the sound waves suddenly became intermittent.

And on the radar screen, the light spot representing his own boat floated alone in a piece of green snowflake noise representing nothingness.

Did this damn fog interfere with the signal?

"Attention attention, fog interferes with signal, weather is bad, everyone be careful, increase vigilance, those who can stop operation, immediately stop operation, all hurry up and haul the fishing nets up."

Once hearing the fog interfered with the signal, everyone panicked, and all hurriedly sent instructions to the deck. Those who hadn't reached the time to haul in the net also hurriedly hauled them up.

Ye Yaodong listened to the intermittent voice and comforted: "Heaven has unpredictable winds and clouds, especially at sea, all kinds of bad weather are possible to encounter, everyone be extra careful, the current best thing is to stop operation to deal with the heavy fog that might drift over."

"Received."

"Heavy fog interferes with signal, signal is intermittent, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, don't be too worried if you lose contact for a while, do your own job well, this fog will always dissipate. Just think that other fishing boats are around you, and you don't need to be too worried."

Everyone was considered to have just come to the deep sea. Besides retired soldiers who participated in maritime training, ordinary people would also have no bottom in their hearts.

The signal was intermittent, and everyone's reply was also intermittent.

Ye Yaodong had comforted what should be comforted, and the response measures had also been said. The next step was to see the situation they encountered in a bit.

He couldn't see anything now, the detection instrument screen was also blurry, the visibility of the searchlight was also limited, and he could only move forward slowly and grope, seeing when he could walk out of this piece of heavy fog. He hoped the range covered by this piece of heavy dense fog wouldn't be too wide.

The workers on the deck had long run out after knowing about the heavy fog and stood on the deck looking at the surrounding sea surface with worry. ===== CHAPTER 1654 =====