As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up-Chapter 198 - 174: The Boat’s Quotation

Chapter 198 -174: The Boat’s Quotation

“Here comes the tuna feast!” the chef had been busy since morning, and finally, the tuna delivered by the killer whale was placed on the table.

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With the help of a few sailors, the tuna was laid on three tables combined on the foredeck.

The head and tail were set on either side, but unexpectedly, what lay in the middle wasn’t the sushi rice balls Chu Mingcheng had anticipated, but a large soup pot covered with a lid, which still couldn’t contain the steam escaping from it.

He wasn’t from a wealthy family and had never eaten tuna before!

He had always thought of tuna only as sashimi; it was a surprise to see it cooked, sparking his interest immediately.

Wei Jiaguo had already invited everyone to serve themselves and was the first to open the lid of the large soup pot, revealing—surprisingly—dumplings.

The chef explained, “Considering our local preference for some staples during meals, I minced the tuna with beef to make dumpling filling. Try them and see how they taste.”

Wei Jiaguo had already started eating on his own, and Chu Mingcheng didn’t hesitate either, serving a bowl for Jiang Luoluo before getting one for himself.

“This soup is delicious—beef mixed with tuna unexpectedly goes well together!” Jiang Luoluo praised after tasting it.

After trying it, Chu Mingcheng gave the chef a thumbs-up. Top-notch ingredients paired with top-tier culinary skills made these dumplings outstanding.

The subsequent dishes like baked fish steak, raw marinated sashimi, and seared fish spine were all excellent.

Having cooked such delicious dishes with yellowfin tuna, he wondered how the highly-praised Bluefin Tuna would taste.

The only thing Chu Mingcheng didn’t get accustomed to was the eyeball sashimi. He spat it out after one suck.

The fish was fresh, caught that morning, so it wasn’t a matter of freshness—rather, eyeball sashimi was generally hard to accept, at least for both Jiang Luoluo and him.

After the meal, it was time to go back.

The cold storage was already stuffed with big fish; catching any more small fish seemed pointless.

The killer whales were already gone, and there was no chance for farewells.

Wei Jiaguo intended to rest in the afternoon, letting Chu Mingcheng start steering the ship for a while before he took the night shift.

But Chu Mingcheng refused; it made no sense to let an elder work the night shift, so they swapped their steering times.

Just as Chu Mingcheng was about to take a nap to recharge, Wei Jiaguo called out to him.

“Ah Cheng, have you thought about how you’re going to sell these fish?”

“I plan to ask around in the group first, then contact the Seafood Restaurant I cooperate with in Xia City. The rest will have to be sold to fishmongers or tuna brokers.”

Having too many fish sometimes was truly bothersome, as Chu Mingcheng’s current customer base couldn’t consume so many.

In two days, he had caught eleven yellowfin tuna, three longfin tuna, and six big-eyed gold spearfish.

It was only because there weren’t many big-eyed gold spearfish today that he hadn’t targeted yellowfin.

Initially, the flagfish given to Wei Jiaguo was a two-meter one, but then he caught three more, one of which was two meters and ninety, so he gave Wei Jiaguo the biggest one instead.

The other miscellaneous fishes were good too, and excluding the moonfish, they altogether could sell for over ten thousand.

Not to mention anything else, the tuna alone couldn’t be consumed solely by customers, as even the smallest longfin tuna weighed over a hundred kilograms.

Selling the rest to tuna brokers or fishmongers wasn’t very profitable, but there was no helping it.

In fact, there was a tuna trading market in Modu, where the purchase price was quite good if he sailed there himself, ensuring he wouldn’t be too disadvantaged.

But Dongsha was too far from there, the fuel consumption was significant, and since it wasn’t his own ship, Chu Mingcheng felt it awkward to propose it.

“Since it’s hard to sell, let me introduce someone to you—you can sell directly to him! As for the price, it won’t cause you much loss.”

“Of course, that would be great! Thanks, Grandpa!”

Wei Jiaguo waved his hand: “The person I’m introducing will still make a bit of profit off you, no need to thank me.”

After saying that, he didn’t give Chu Mingcheng another chance to express his gratitude and went directly to the cockpit, starting the fishing boat to head back.

“Ah, I feel like I’ll owe Grandpa forever!”

Jiang Luoluo took his hand and smiled, “Then let’s just bring him some exotic seafood or big catches in the future! Grandpa seems to like those.”

Chu Mingcheng nodded, feeling it made sense: “How about we go to Australia next year?”

“What for?”

“There are quite a few invasive species there, we could go hunting and find some good stuff for Grandpa.”

“You might as well catch a gigantic Emperor Crab and bring it over.”

“Great idea!”

“Stop joking, you won’t be able to get a fishing permit. You better go sleep; you still have to steer tonight!”

A fishing permit?

Chu Mingcheng just smiled and didn’t say much; he was interested in how Jiang Luoluo would react in the future.

“Why don’t you join me?”

“Dream on!”

Eventually, Chu Mingcheng went back to his room alone to catch up on more sleep.

Although he had used a life conversion spell once in the morning during the hunt, and the hunt hadn’t ended by then, and he had caught so many tuna afterward, he was indeed tired at the moment.

Jiang Luoluo also went back to her room for a nap as she had to accompany someone that night!

When Chu Mingcheng woke up, it was already three in the afternoon.

He lay in bed without getting up, and sent photos of all the fish, except the tunas, to his customer group.

This time, the quantity of deep-sea fish wasn’t much; most were caught by Jiang Luoluo.

The big fish he could offer were immediately bought by a restaurant customer, who wasn’t one of Chu Mingcheng’s first batch of clients but was referred by someone in the group.

Typically, this customer did not buy fish very often, but unexpectedly, he acted generously this time, picking them up for $3,500.

And both Flagfish and Mahi Mahi came one each, all of them the largest.

They weighed one hundred and twenty-one and eighty-seven pounds respectively, priced at seven thousand five hundred and 3,500.

The thousand-year-old Diao that Jiang Luoluo had was also bought by him for six thousand dollars.

Having bought so many fish, he then asked about the Golden Spearfish.

Chu Mingcheng originally didn’t want to sell the Golden Spearfish to him, as the price of Golden Spearfish depends on the fat content.

Setting a price was difficult, too cheap and he wouldn’t agree, and too expensive and the other party would feel cheated.

Yet, that person sent another message.

“Boss Chu, if you have Golden Spearfish and it’s over a hundred pounds, I guarantee I’ll give you a reasonable price.”

“Although I can buy them in Modu, those are super low-temperature frozen, and have been frozen for a long time.”

“If you have any, sell me two, I’ll buy at market rate.”

Thinking about how the other person didn’t bargain when buying fish and was generous and hearty, Chu Mingcheng eventually softened his heart and agreed to sell him a few.

“I have yellowfin, longfin, and big-eyed varieties available, which one do you want?”

“Can I take one of each kind?”

“Then, for yellowfin, I’ll give you one around a hundred and fifty pounds, longfin one hundred thirty pounds, big-eyed two hundred pounds, is that okay?”

“Okay, okay, okay.”

In the end, Chu Mingcheng sold the yellowfin Jiang Luoluo had for fifteen thousand.

The longfin also sold for fifteen thousand, and the big-eyed was a bit more expensive at twenty-five thousand.

This price was currently on the higher side in the market, and it wouldn’t be possible to sell for this price at the Modu Golden Spearfish market.

This customer had spent a total of one hundred and seven thousand dollars on fish today.

Of course, he had spent just over a hundred thousand, but the subsequent profits would definitely double, and it was also very helpful for the shop’s reputation.

The remaining catch sold for sixteen thousand five hundred and thirty dollars, which Chu Mingcheng transferred into the communal account, and he personally added some, rounding it up to twenty thousand.

Mainly because the deep sea fish Jiang Luoluo caught sold for eleven thousand, he didn’t feel right taking too much advantage of her.

Afterwards, he transferred twenty-one thousand to her.

So that not too long after, there were knocks on the door.

“Ah Cheng, can I come in?”

“The door’s not locked, come in!”

Jiang Luoluo entered, and indeed, as he expected, she first brought up the issue of money, so Chu Mingcheng told her about the fish sales.

“Twenty-one thousand huh…”

Jiang Luoluo’s expression was complicated as she felt she was just there to make up the numbers these two days.

She caught only two big fish, but they sold for so much money.

So was her primary job dancing and her secondary job fishing, with the side job turning out to be more lucrative than the main one?

“Then, didn’t you make more than two hundred thousand this time?”

“Pretty much,” Chu Mingcheng nodded.

“Impressive!” Jiang Luoluo couldn’t help but exclaim, earning two hundred thousand in four days.

She suddenly admired her own foresight, catching such a high-potential stock on her first relationship.

The potential stock was now realizing its potential and soon it would take off.

Chu Mingcheng was also calculating his savings, with the bounty added to this catch, his total savings had now reached one point five million.

If buying a boat, he still needed between one hundred fifty to two hundred thousand more, his small target was half met, drastically reducing his stress.

And as for the debt owed to his parents, it wasn’t a big deal with a bigger boat; paying them back wouldn’t be hard for him.

Moreover, with several months still to go before the next fishing ban, if needed, he could borrow a boat from Wei Jiaguo a few times.

Just then, the boat salesperson sent a message; it turned out the price of the boat had been calculated.

According to Chu Mingcheng’s requirements, and they specifically enlarged the external clear live fish tank, the price of the entire boat after a discount was six hundred eighty thousand.

This price was much higher than he had expected.

However, wireless network equipment, seawater desalination devices, fish luring lights, and other equipment were all included in this amount.

Seeing the quote, Chu Mingcheng suddenly remembered that he had now unlocked crab and shrimp cages, so he immediately asked how much it would cost to add a winch that could pull ropes and a deep-sea crab cage.

“Six hundred eighty thousand, it’s a bit expensive huh!” Jiang Luoluo was by his side, and she also saw the quote then.

“Why don’t you negotiate with them, I really don’t have a knack for bargaining,” Chu Mingcheng immediately handed his phone to her.

“Okay, leave it to me!”

A person who can bargain does indeed make the wallet lighter.

Originally six hundred eighty thousand, she bargained down twenty thousand, and that’s including adding a winch which essentially made the winch free.

As for the crane, it was already requested to be included during the time at the shipyard.

And like the boat Wei Jiaguo had, it could weigh things.

Chu Mingcheng was very satisfied that it could be cheaper; pressuring others too much might drive them to cut corners.

“Nicely done, here you go, boyfriend rewards you with a kiss.”

Before Jiang Luoluo could react, Chu Mingcheng planted a kiss right on her lips.

“You’re rewarding yourself here!” Jiang Luoluo rolled her eyes in exasperation.