Chapter 495: Business is too big, possibly hard to manage

Wu An smiled and said, "There's a pipa shrimp weighing over 1000 catties."

"Over fifty catties of orchid crab."

"Just over a hundred catties of stone crab."

"Green crabs that are seventy or eighty years old."

"All kinds of miscellaneous fish, Stone Nine Public, blackhead, and stripped-skin fish, etc."

"How do you think this trip's haul is?"

A Jin scratched his head, thinking the haul was certainly good; if other fishing boats could have such a haul in a day out at sea, the boat owners' mouths would be twisted with smiles.

But the one calling him was Wu An.

Muttering to himself, he dared not be slow in replying, "Good, that's definitely good."

"Any white butterfly clams?"

Wu An said, "There definitely are, several dozen more than last time."

"This trip we won't go to a private dock."

"Find two reliable helpers."

"We'll unload the cargo at the dock; we've already sorted it, and the white butterfly clams are hidden at the very bottom of the fish basket."

This set of lines was still what Lao Fu Tou said; he just took it and used it directly.

It's not that we can't use a private dock; it's that the town dock offers better value.

Even if we unload at a private dock, it's not 100% safe.

With the catch weighing on top, the chance of discovering the white butterfly clams hidden underneath is almost zero.

Going to unload at a private dock means we have to tidy up their dock neatly, we can't hire helpers, and just relying on the few of us would exhaust us half to death.

With so many white butterfly clams and the catch, after we're busy we still have to tidy up their dock properly; we might not even finish in a night.

After making the money, if we wear ourselves out and end up sick, spending money on medical treatment would not be worth it.

A Jin hesitated: "Is unloading at the dock unsafe?"

"Or I could call my boss and have him find someone to lend us a private dock."

Wu An said, "Their dock isn't necessarily idle, and borrowing it repeatedly isn't a good idea."

"Unloading at the dock, as long as we're a bit careful and keep an eye on things, there shouldn't be much of a problem."

A Jin said, "Alright, I'll follow your lead."

The goods belong to Wu An.

Wu An already had an idea; no matter what problems arise, that's also Wu An's burden, and he doesn't need to say more.

After hanging up, he hurriedly called Gao Qiangqi.

Upon learning that Wu An had obtained many more white butterfly clams, Gao Qiangqi was also quite surprised.

A Jin sighed, "An Ge's one trip out to sea is just like restocking; no, even those who do aquaculture, knowing his situation, would probably be envious and jealous."

"I know the timing of An Ge's sea trips."

"At most, it's less than 24 hours."

"Never mind the white butterfly clams; just the catch alone would amount to two or three meals."

"With so much time, how could we possibly finish it all?"

After listening, Gao Qiangqi chuckled and said, "A An is the luckiest fisherman I've seen among those who go out to sea fishing in all my years of business."

"Setting aside the white butterfly clams, this trip's catch worth several tens of thousands of yuan is just pocket change for A An."

"Goddess Mazu and the Dragon King are vying to feed him."

A Jin lowered his voice and said, "Boss, he always returns with a full load; it definitely can't be just luck, he absolutely has some special skill."

Gao Qiangqi asked, "Want to know?"

A Jin: "I do."

"Going out to sea for a day easily yields tens of thousands in catch; who wouldn't want that, who wouldn't be moved upon seeing it?"

"If he had that ability, where would he still need to be someone's lackey?"

"Being able to make money while freely out at sea—this is so good even immortals wouldn't trade it."

Gao Qiangqi said, "Then you should ask A An."

A Jin: "Boss, if I ask him, he definitely wouldn't tell me."

"Besides, it's easy to run into a taboo."

"I wouldn't dare ask."

Gao Qiangqi sneered, "So you actually know about that after all."

"Don't let your imagination run wild."

"Get ready to go to the dock to receive the cargo."

After hanging up the phone, Gao Qiangqi opened WeChat and started sending messages.

After sending a few messages, Wu An's fishing boat hadn't yet docked, but the catch had already been arranged for shipment.

Next, he opened the e-commerce platform that had already been set up and took a look.

This is just the first step.

Next, we still need to find a suitable logistics partner.

If he can't find one, he plans to do it himself—though really it's just finding people to cooperate and raise investment; he's very familiar with this, having already built up connections and channels; as long as he links the middlemen, the future prospects of the e-commerce platform are still very promising.

This was also his original plan.

But.

Upon learning that he wanted to do e-commerce, Wu An directly suggested he also process the seafood—vacuum-packing fresh products, dried goods, etc. —and push them to the national market via public-domain e-commerce.

Wu An's excited words left Gao Qiangqi also feeling stunned.

During this time he had been pondering, and he had to admit that Wu An's idea was good, the business prospects were also not bad, but doing so would expand the shop's scale, directly jumping from the ten‑million level to the hundred‑million level market.

He might not be able to grasp it.

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Zhen Shang Ma Tou

Waiting for the fishing boat to dock steadily, Wu An checked the time; it was 11:15 p. m. At this hour the dock was still lit, but there were few people.

A Jin brought two people, saying they were his own brothers.

He greeted them.

Wu An lit them a cigarette, smoked it, and immediately began unloading the cargo.

Someone came over to look.

Several others who had met him a few times before greeted Wu An first.

Wu An responded with a smile, muttering to himself that these guys were the most familiar to him—why were they so idle?

"Coming back this late, what good catch did you get?"

"Yo, Pipa Shrimp."

"This isn't seen much around here, and not many people eat it."

"I also caught some not long ago—only forty‑odd yuan per jin, not as good as Orchid Crab."

"Yo, this isn't a fish basket of Orchid Crab—huh, it's gone, replaced with Stone Crab."

"No matter what you say, good‑looking guy, your haul is much better than ours."

"That's right."

These people say that with their mouths, but their expressions tell another story.

Anyone who can gossip like that surely isn't a good sort.

Wu An couldn't be bothered; he and A Jin got off the boat, standing by the truck watching—just about two tons of catch, roughly a hundred fish baskets.

Five or six people moved it together, and it was done quickly.

"Let's go, still to Qiang Ge's villa."

Wu An called out; A Qing and Mei Wu followed the car, while Lao Fu Tou didn't go—he had to stay behind to tidy the fishing boat, tidy it up, and still replenish supplies for the next day's voyage.

When the weather's good we have to seize the chance—this day could earn so much money, we can't afford to delay.

Arriving at Gao Qiangqi's villa.

After reaching the villa, Gao Qiangqi sent the two helpers off to rest; they then specially placed the White Butterfly Clam in the back courtyard, and had the two helpers haul the catch to the market, saying someone was already waiting there to take delivery.

After the truck left, they closed the door.

Each person took a stool, sat down, and began to pry open the White Butterfly Clam.

This time Wu An had learned to be clever.

He pulled some White Butterfly Clam forward, saying he would only pry these; if there was one more, he wouldn't pry it.