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

Chapter 1535 Ding Chongshan's Business Acumen

"Ding Chongshan is definitely not an easy person to deal with. Although Ding Xiaoxiang is relatively young, she has been doing business with Ding Chongshan since she was a child."

"These two are not easy to deal with. You know, Ding Chongshan's family business is actually very good. I've heard about their fish stall in the town's fish market. They sell a lot of fish every day and make a lot of money."

"My two sons have returned home to do business. I heard they used to work for big companies in big cities."

“Both of my sons’ girlfriends came back with them, and now they’re with Zhang Li.”

"None of them in this family are easy to deal with."

Sun Tie felt that Ma Ping's concerns were definitely not unfounded; in fact, it was very difficult to deal with. It was perfectly normal for Ding Chongshan and Ding Xiaoxiang to come up with other solutions.

"If it were just Ding Chongshan and Ding Xiaoxiang, I don't think there would be a big problem. The biggest problem is Zhao Dahai."

Ma Ping knew very well that Ding Chongshan and Ding Xiaoxiang were not easy to deal with, but the real troublemaker was Zhao Dahai, who was always out fishing.

Sun Tie's face immediately tightened.

Having done business with Ma Ping for so many years, at the Shijiao Village Wharf, they had weathered countless storms and countless people eyeing the fish, shrimp, and crabs they owned.

Over the past twenty years, there have been at least fifteen or sixteen people, if not twenty, who all possessed extremely strong abilities.

But in the end, only he and Ma Ping had the last laugh; the others were probably doing nothing at that moment.

Although Ding Chongshan and Ding Xiaoxiang are very capable, and Ding Chongshan's business is very successful with a lot of money, it's not that we look down on Ding Chongshan, but if it's just Ding Chongshan, we and Ma Ping are not worried at all.

I am absolutely confident that I and Ma Ping will win in the end.

Zhao Dahai?
This is definitely not an easy person to deal with; in fact, he is a very difficult person to deal with!

No matter what industry you're in, if you can reach the top, you're an incredibly talented person.

The fact that Zhao Dahai could catch so many fish and earn so much money shows that he is an incredibly capable person.

Is Zhao Dahai easy to deal with? How could he be easy to deal with? Just look at the money he has, just look at the cash he earns every day, and you'll know that this person is extremely difficult to deal with.

If we don't have to manage anything or do anything, and all we do every day is raise prices to buy fish, shrimp, and crabs, then not only will Ma Ping and I be unable to handle it, but no one at the dock can really handle it. It just depends on whether Zhao Dahai is willing to do it.

"Without Zhao Dahai, we certainly wouldn't need to worry about this, but the key issue now is that Zhao Dahai is here, and that's what's giving us the biggest headache."

Sun Tie sighed deeply; this matter was indeed very troublesome.

Zhao Dahai has two advantages: he has plenty of money, and he's a man with foresight. I wonder if he'll come up with a solution.

"there is always a solution to a problem."

"There's not much point in figuring this out right now. Let's wait for the fishing boats to return and see what Ding Chongshan plans to do before we discuss how to deal with it."

Ma Ping slapped his forehead. Right now, he and Sun Tie really didn't have many good ideas. They could only wait and see what Ding Xiaoxiang, Ding Chongshan, or even Zhao Dahai would come up with.

Sun Tie nodded solemnly. This was really the only way; they would wait and see.

"dad!"

"Will fishing boats be returning tomorrow? I wonder how many fish they'll catch?"

Ding Jie glanced nervously at the dock. It was brightly lit at this time, but there weren't many fishing boats in sight. Needless to say, they were all heading out to sea to fish as soon as the fishing moratorium ended. Moreover, these fishing boats wouldn't go too far. Even if they didn't come back tomorrow, they would definitely be back the day after.

However, regardless of the circumstances, fishing boats will definitely return tomorrow. Firstly, the fishing moratorium has just ended, and there are relatively more fish, shrimp, and crabs in the sea. These fishing boats don't need to go too far to have a chance of catching them. Secondly, they must return quickly so that the prices of fish, shrimp, and crabs can be higher. If they return too late, the prices will drop, making it almost impossible to sell them at a good price.

"There will definitely be fishing boats returning, and I estimate that while the number won't be huge, it won't be a small number either. By tomorrow evening, or even early tomorrow morning, there will be plenty of fish, shrimp, and crabs appearing at the dock."

Ding Chongshan nodded. It wouldn't be long before plenty of fish, shrimp, and crabs appeared at the Shijiao Village wharf.

"dad!"

"Do you want my brother and me to come here and help? It's hard for you to handle all this by yourself."

Ding Weijun, like Ding Jie, was a little worried about this matter. He felt that it would be better if he or his older brother Ding Jie, or even both of them, were here.

The Shijiao Village Wharf is truly different from other places, and it's different from the place where my family used to do business; those are all old connections.

The Shijiao Village Wharf is full of boat captains who have never done business before and have never dealt with anyone. It's not an easy task to buy fish, shrimp and crabs from these people. You can imagine that you will encounter all sorts of things. If I and my elder brother Ding Jie are here, we can help you no matter what happens. But if Ding Chongshan is here alone, it definitely won't work.

"What are you two doing here? How's your family's fish, shrimp, and crab business? Don't you still do that? You've stopped buying fish, shrimp, and crabs?"

Ding Chongshan immediately shook his head. There was absolutely no need for this. Ding Jie and Ding Weijun should just go about their business.

"dad!"

“I think Ding Weijun is right. If the two of us were here, we could be of some help. Otherwise, I think there are just too many things to do.”

Ding Jie nodded. He shared the same thought as Ding Weijun: that they both felt they had to stay in this place.

I can help with anything.

"What are you two brothers thinking?"

“If we’re talking about other things, like carrying things, I’m definitely not as good as you two brothers. But when it comes to doing business, the two of you together are of no use, at least not right now.” Ding Chongshan smiled.

It's not surprising that Ding Jie and Ding Weijun have such thoughts, but I really don't need their help.

“The businesses in our family are very important; they are our foundation. We must protect them and absolutely cannot allow them to be affected in any way.”

Ding Chongshan instructed Ding Jie and Ding Weijun to pay close attention to the family business, as this was an area where mistakes were absolutely unacceptable, and it was of paramount importance to their family.

Ding Jie and Ding Weijun nodded. They knew this was extremely important and absolutely could not be taken lightly.

"dad!"

"In any case, you still don't have enough manpower here, do you?"

Ding Jie was well aware that when it came to business experience, the two of them combined couldn't compare to Ding Chongshan, but as long as he and Ding Weijun were here, they would have someone to help them no matter what happened.

"what are you thinking?"

"You don't really think that when you first started collecting fish, shrimp, and crabs, you were able to collect several thousand kilograms or even more than ten thousand kilograms of fish, shrimp, and crabs every day, do you?"

"It's impossible for such a thing to happen! I estimate that in the first day or even the first month, it would be good if we could get two or three hundred catties of fish, shrimp and crabs here every day."

Ding Chongshan smiled and shook his head.

Ding Jie and Ding Weijun both thought that as long as they started collecting fish, shrimp, and crabs here, they would definitely be able to collect a lot of them. But in reality, it was impossible for them to do so. Even if they started collecting fish, shrimp, and crabs here, they wouldn't have any good harvests for a while.

Ding Jie and Ding Weijun are really overthinking things.

"All we need now is to start doing business here. That's enough. Nothing else really matters."

"When will we be able to catch more fish, shrimp and crabs? When will we be able to make more money? I really don't know. I estimate it will take at least three months, or even five months, or even a year and a half before we can slowly get on the right track."

Ding Chongshan has extensive business experience, and there's no way to rush things like this.

The goal this time is to take advantage of the opportunity given by Sun Tie and Ma Ping to immediately start collecting fish, shrimp and crabs here. Being able to do this is already very good, or rather, the goal has already been achieved.

When will I be able to catch more fish, shrimp, and crabs? Thinking about when I can make money is not my current thought or pursuit.

Ding Jie and Ding Weijun were certain that with so many fishing boats going out to sea and catching so many fish, shrimp and crabs at Shijiao Village Wharf, they were sure they could harvest several thousand kilograms of fish, at least a thousand or so kilograms.

That's really overthinking it.

Ding Jie and Ding Weijun were stunned for a moment, but they quickly realized that this was indeed the case. It was impossible to collect so many fish, shrimp and crabs at the beginning.

"dad!"

"At the beginning, we couldn't collect that many fish, shrimp and crabs. We could only collect one or two hundred catties a day, or at most three or four hundred catties."

Ding Jie found it hard to accept, but he knew it was very likely to be true.

"Correct!"

“At the beginning, we really couldn’t collect much. One reason is that we had just started doing business in this area, so it was impossible to collect a lot of fish, shrimp and crabs. Another very important reason is that we had just established ourselves in this area, so we couldn’t raise prices too high all at once. If we did that, all the fishermen who went out to sea would bring all their fish, shrimp and crabs back to us to sell.”

"If it's just taking away business from Ma Ping and Sun Tie, it's not a big problem. But if it's taking away business from everyone who buys fish, shrimp and crabs at the entire dock, then there will definitely be no problem."

Ding Chongshan nodded vigorously.

I'm now preparing to start collecting fish, shrimp, and crabs here. If I want to collect more fish, shrimp, and crabs, it's actually very simple: just offer a higher price than others, and significantly higher.

If we do this, most of the captains of the fishing boats that come back with fish will likely bring the fish, shrimp, and crabs to us.

But the key issue is that if I do this, I'm taking away business from many other people, which means those other people are very likely to have a problem with me.

If it were just taking business from Sun Tie and Ma Ping, there wouldn't be any problem. But if it were taking business from the vast majority of people, and all the competitors here united against it, even if it were incredibly capable and even if it borrowed a lot of money from Zhao Dahai, it would still be very likely to fail. At the very least, the pressure it would face would be immense.

No matter what you do, you absolutely cannot offend everyone.

"dad!"

"What are you planning to do? If we offer a higher price than everyone else, then someone will definitely bring fish, shrimp, and crabs to sell here. Wouldn't that really steal everyone's business?"

Ding Weijun hadn't thought of this, but after Ding Chongshan said it, he immediately realized that it was indeed a problem, and it could very well be a big one.

If this problem isn't solved properly, it will make us the public enemy of everyone who buys fish, shrimp, and crabs at the Shek Kok Village wharf, which will be a real headache.

"What's so difficult about that? We definitely need to buy fish, shrimp, and crabs, and we definitely need to offer a higher price than others, otherwise how could we possibly buy them?"

"But we absolutely cannot set high prices for all kinds of fish, shrimp, and crabs. We will only set higher prices for one, two, three, or four kinds of fish, shrimp, and crabs than others. The prices of the other fish, shrimp, and crabs will be similar to those of others, or even if there are some differences, they will not be too much. In some cases, the prices of fish, shrimp, and crabs will even be lower than those of others."

Ding Chongshan smiled.

This matter seems a bit complicated, but in fact it's not complicated at all. As long as you're not greedy and never try to buy all kinds of fish, shrimp, and crabs when prices are high, there won't be any problems.

Ding Jie and Ding Weijun thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed a good idea. One was that it would not offend all their competitors, and the other was that they would definitely be able to catch fish, shrimp and crabs, and gradually they would be able to gain a foothold at the Shijiao Village Wharf.

(End of this chapter)