Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 1134 No Good Face and Huge Influence
"You must have a good talk with Shi Jiehua about this matter later. We really cannot add more sea fishing boats!"

Zhao Shi took a look at the two large sea fishing boats docked at the Shijiao Village Pier. They were very conspicuous.

If there are four such large sea fishing boats in total, there are enough people to go fishing at sea. If they are not fishing in the deep sea, there is no way to guarantee that so many people can catch enough fish. If they cannot make money, then the fishing spots on so many sea fishing boats cannot be booked.

"Row!"

"We really need to talk this over, otherwise we'll buy too many fishing boats, which won't work."

"But then again, we don't need to worry about this."

"Even if Shi Jiehua is crazy and wants to buy more sea fishing boats, he can't get past Zhao Dahai."

Shi Guangming knew that Shi Jiehua and He Jian might really want to have more sea fishing boats and more fishing spots to make more money, but this would definitely not get the support of Zhao Dahai. If Zhao Dahai did not support it, this would not be accomplished.

Zhao Shi thought about it and realized that it was true. There was no way Zhao Dahai would agree to this. Once he agreed, he would definitely think that this was okay.

"Row."

"We don't need to worry about this matter anymore!"

"When you really plan to buy more large sea fishing boats one day, we can remind you again."

"No matter what, we are both old men now and it's enough for one of us to help a little. The decision-making is still up to Zhao Dahai, Shi Jiehua and others."

Zhao Shi thought that he should just ignore this matter and there was no need to tell Shi Jiehua in advance.

The sun sets.

The entire sea surface was covered with golden glow.

Shi Guangming drove the speedboat away from the fish farm and back to the dock and home, wanting to see if Shi Jiehua and Shi Zhongwei had returned, or if he could contact them by phone to ask about the situation with the fishing boat.

"Grandpa Zhao."

"Grandpa Shi, can't you bear it anymore?"

"Is this the one that went home?"

Ding Ailian walked to Zhao Shi's side.

"what!"

"Correct!"

"I made an excuse that I wanted to go home for a meal or something, but I just wanted to go back and check on the fishing boats."

"Shi Guangming didn't pay much attention to Shi Jiehua buying a fishing boat, but this is Shi Zhongwei buying a fishing boat."

“This is intergenerational affection.”

As Zhao Shi spoke, he lifted the hookah to his lips and took a puff.

When Shi Jiehua bought a fishing boat, Shi Guangming ignored him at all. But this time it was Shi Zhongwei who came to buy a fishing boat. Shi Guangming didn't sleep well last night, and he couldn't bear it any longer until now. He had to go home to inquire about the situation.

"Grandpa Zhao."

"It's almost time, how about we have dinner?"

"Nothing special, but some meat and some fried fish."

"I make local rice wine in my village."

"How about a small half bowl?"

Ma Baozhu saw that it was almost time, so she came out of the kitchen after cooking the food, wanting to call Zhao Shi for dinner.

"Row!"

"Call everyone to come and eat together!"

"Stop working now!"

Zhao Shi nodded.

There are quite a few people on the fish steak now. It’s lively when everyone is eating together. If you want to drink, just drink a little, but don’t drink too much.

Ma Baozhu turned around and went to the kitchen. After a while, she and another person took the table and stools and placed them all on the small platform, and invited everyone to come over and have dinner together.

Zhao Shi reached out and pinched a piece of peanuts, put it in his mouth and chewed it for a while. It was very fragrant. He picked up the wine bowl and took a sip of wine. The wind blowing over him was very comfortable. This was the life he liked most.

Shi Guangming drove the speedboat and slowly docked at the pier, tied the rope, turned around and looked down. Xu Fu and Liu Baojiang were walking towards him.

"Captain Shi, how did you get here?"

Xu Fu looked at the speedboat that Xu Guangming had just parked, and then at the fish farm in the distance with an envious look. Others might not know much about these days, but he was very clear about it. He had even been keeping an eye on Zhao Dahai's large fishing boats that went out to sea to fish. They would come back here every now and then to put fish in the fish farm. In addition, the live fish caught by Shi Jiehua and He Jian's sea fishing boat a few days ago were not sold to Ding Chongshan, but put into the fish farm.

It is not clear how many fish are in the fish fillet at this moment, but it is definitely a lot.

If you have the opportunity to purchase these fish, it would be a great thing and you will definitely make a lot of money!

Xu Fu would think about this matter from time to time, but unfortunately there was no such opportunity.

"Humph!"

"Boss Xu!"

"Boss Liu!"

"I really didn't expect you guys to be able to do business so well and make so much money!"

Shi Guangming had originally planned to have a nice conversation with people like Xu Fu and Liu Baojiang when he met them, but now that they really met, he was very angry, and the moment he opened his mouth, his words were full of hostility.

Xu Fu and Liu Baojiang were stunned and couldn't react for a moment. What was going on?
"what is wrong?"

Liu Baojiang was confused and didn't know what had happened, but his heart immediately skipped a beat. No matter what it was, it was not a good thing.

"Hey!"

"I really didn't know that I could make so much money by catching fish and selling them online!"

"What if you all want to negotiate a price with that silly boy Shi Jiehua to purchase the fish caught by the sea fishing boat in advance?"

"If it were someone else, there would be nothing to say, but you have been doing business with our family for not just a year or half a year, but more than ten years!"

"Forget it!"

"What are you talking about?"

"The deal has already been done. There's no point in talking about this now, right?"

"Just, really, don't treat everyone else as fools. They'll never know this."

Shi Guangming tried hard to suppress his anger. After saying a few words, he turned around and left without even looking at Liu Baojiang and Xu Fu.

Liu Baojiang and Xu Fu looked at each other and their faces changed. They understood why Shi Guangming said that.

"What the hell!"

"Could it be that Shi Guangming and Shi Jiehua knew about the fact that we sold it at a high price?" Xu Fu's face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, looking extremely ugly.

"What's the matter? We are in business, so is it not profitable to collect fish, shrimps and crabs? If it's not profitable, we will be left starving? If it's not profitable, why should we be here at the pier in the wind and sun? Wouldn't it be better to stay at home and sleep in?"

Liu Baojiang was a little furious. Based on what you just said, he must have known that he and Xu Fu had collected the fish on the Jiehua sea fishing boat and sold them at a high price.

"Liu Baojiang."

"We have been doing business with them for more than ten years, and this is really a bit unkind."

"This matter has nothing to do with right or wrong, it only has to do with whether it is authentic or not."

Xu Fu just shook his head.

Liu Baojiang spoke like this only because he was angry and ashamed. He knew that what he and his partner had done was not right in this matter. He knew that once this matter got out, it would be difficult for the two of them to continue to suffer here. Or, the impact would be so great that some people would not want to do business with them, and some people would demand a higher price to buy fish.

No matter which situation it is, both of them will have to bear huge losses.

"How did old man Shi Guangming know about this?"

Liu Baojiang tried hard to calm down.

This matter is a bit strange.

Last year, when Zhao Dahai went fishing on a sea fishing boat, and the previous time when Shi Jiehua came back from the sea fishing boat, both he and Xu Fu caught a lot of fish, shrimps and crabs. The prices they offered were not much different from usual, and were even a little higher.

He and Xu Fu made a lot of money, which had nothing to do with price suppression. They just used their channels to sell at a higher price.

There is actually no big problem with this matter. If we have to say something, it is that Shi Jiehua and even Zhao Dahai do not understand the market situation.

He and Xu Fu seized this opportunity and made a lot of money, earning a huge difference.

But this is really not a fair thing to do, especially in a place like the dock.

Most of the people who go fishing at sea have passed the tradition down from generation to generation. If the father goes fishing at sea, the sons and even grandchildren will also go fishing at sea.

Those who purchase fish, shrimps and crabs often deal with their fathers first, then their sons, and then their grandsons.

It is certainly possible to make money, but generally speaking, people will offer a very honest price. They will not offer a price that allows them to make a lot of money while fishermen or people going out to sea only make a small fortune.

There is no rule that requires you to do this, but this is the default practice at the dock.

Xu Fu and he could choose not to do this, but once the news got out, other people going out to sea would be extremely cautious when dealing with them and would not believe the prices they had come up with.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to do business with two of us, but he insists on a very high price.

The key to the problem is that Xu Fu and I only caught those fish on the two trips to buy Shi Jiehua's sea fishing boats, so we got such a bargain. The fish caught by other sea fishing boats or people who went out to sea were relatively small, not too big, and not too valuable. It was really just some hard-earned money. But after this matter spread, other people who went out to sea felt that they and their wives had made a lot of money, so they had to buy fish based on the price. This was a big trouble.

"Humph!"

"Does this even need to be said?"

"It must be Ding Chongshan who took the fish from Shi Jiehua's fishing boat. Only Shi Jiehua or Shi Guangming knows what's going on!"

"Otherwise, how could Shi Jiehua and Shi Guangming, who are just the captains of a fishing boat out to sea, know about such a thing?"

The more Xu Fu thought about it, the angrier he became. This incident had a huge impact on both him and Shi Jiehua.

"What should we do now? If this news gets out, we will lose face in this place and it will be very difficult to get fish again. We might even lose our business!"

Liu Baojiang said this while looking at the fishing boats around him. He was not joking, nor was he exaggerating.

"What kind of solution can this have?"

Xu Fu smiled bitterly.

"There is no other way, but we have to find a solution. Otherwise, it will be very troublesome for us!"

"Once the news gets out, will you and I still need to buy fish, shrimps and crabs in a place like this?"

Liu Baojiang was very anxious.

"Do you think I don't want to come up with a solution? But what solution is there?"

"One is that we really didn't handle this matter very well. This is the truth. We can't deny it."

"The other one is Shi Guangming's fault. Do you think we can control Shi Guangming's mouth?"

"Do you and I have a way to make Shi Guangming shut up?"

Xu Fu knew that this matter was extremely important to both himself and Liu Baotou, and would have a huge impact, but there was really no good solution.

Liu Baojiang didn't know what to say for a moment. Xu Fu was right. On the one hand, the two of them did do something unkind, and on the other hand, the two of them really couldn't stop Shi Guangming from talking about it.

"Does that mean there's nothing we can do? Can we just sit back and wait and see if Shi Guangming will tell others about this?"

"Why don't you two just go find Shi Guangming and talk to him about this?"

Liu Baojiang was silent for a long time before he came up with an idea.

"Have you found Shi Guangming?"

"That's one way. But what should we tell Shi Guangming?"

"Could it be that what we did was not very authentic?"

"It's fine to say that, but what's the point? We have made a lot of money from Shi Guangming, Shi Jiehua and even Zhao Dahai."

"We can't just borrow the money we earn and give it back."

"I'm willing to do this, but I'm not willing to do this kind of thing!"

Xu Fu shook his head as he spoke.

People like Shi Guangming and Shi Jiehua suffered a huge loss, and it was real money.

What did Liu Baojiang and I talk to Shi Guangming about?
It's just talk, there's no use in that.

If you want it to be useful and effective, you have to take the money out of your pocket.

How is this possible?

Liu Baojiang is willing to do this, but if Liu Baojiang can do it, he definitely won't want to do such a thing.

"Ugh!"

"The money we earn is clearly already in our pockets, how can we possibly take it out again?"

"But there really is no other way. We can only wait and see whether Shi Guangming will expose this matter!"

Liu Baojiang immediately shook his head without thinking. It was impossible for him to take out the money he had already earned and put into his pocket, and it was impossible for him to return it to Shi Jiehua and Shi Guangming.

Xu Fu looked at the sea fishing boats and other people's fishing boats around the pier, with no expression on his face, but he was very worried in his heart. He really didn't know whether he and Liu Baoqiang could continue to buy fish, shrimps and crabs here, continue to do business and continue to make money.

(End of this chapter)