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

Chapter 1537 Zhao Dahai is Not to be Trifled With
"dad!"

"You mean we can do business with boat captains like Sun Tie and Ma Ping, and buy fish, shrimp and crabs from them?"

"There's no need to worry about not being able to close this deal. As long as the price we offer is relatively stable and a bit higher than Sun Tie and Ma Ping's, we'll definitely be able to do it."

"Like I just said, even though Sun Tie and Ma Ping have been doing business with these boat captains for many years, these boat captains actually go to sea to make more money. As long as we can help them make more money, they will definitely sell these fish, shrimp and crabs to us."

As Ding Jie spoke, he couldn't help but nod. This matter seemed complicated, but in fact it was not complicated at all. It was that simple. As long as the price offered was good enough, even those who had dealt with Sun Tie and Ma Ping for many years would change their minds and sell these fish, shrimp and crabs to his family. In the end, it was just like what his father, Ding Chongshan, had just said. These people just wanted to make more money.

If no one could offer a higher price than Sun Tie and Ma Ping, these boat captains would have no choice but to sell to them. Now that their own company can offer such a higher price, giving them more options, these boat captains will definitely make their choice.

"Isn't that all there is to it?"

"Don't be fooled by the large number of fish, shrimp, and crab buyers at the Shijiao Village wharf. These people have reached a tacit agreement that the same fish, shrimp, and crabs are generally priced similarly. Moreover, these slightly larger buyers have established relatively stable fish, shrimp, and crab purchasing deals with one or several fishing boats."

“Ma Ping and Sun Tie won’t raise prices easily, and the others won’t raise prices easily either. This way, the boat captains will continue to do business with these people.”

“The difference now is that we’re here, and we’re offering higher prices. The boat captains that Sun Tie and Ma Ping usually deal with will definitely have something to say about this.”

Ding Chongshan smiled; this was actually an open conspiracy.

They only started buying fish, shrimp, and crabs at the Shek Kok Village wharf. It was impossible to deal with all the boat captains. In the beginning, they would only target the boat captains who had previously done business with Ma Ping Shun Tie and negotiate the purchase price of fish, shrimp, and crabs with them.

If I wanted to steal business, I would definitely offer a higher price, but the price wouldn't be very high all at once, and my goal wasn't to immediately snatch the fish, shrimp, and crabs from these people.

Even if I offered a higher price than Sun Tie and Ma Ping at the beginning, I might not have been able to buy their fish, shrimp, and crabs.

“When we talk to these people, the prices we offer are the ones they will definitely use to approach Sun Tie and Ma Ping.”

“Sun Tie and Ma Ping definitely don’t have any good solutions. They will definitely have to raise prices, otherwise these people will have to sell their fish, shrimp and crabs to us in the blink of an eye.”

"This kind of thing will put tremendous pressure on Sun Tie and Ma Bin."

"Zhengzhou Railway and Ma Ping Railway will definitely raise prices. They can raise prices once or twice, but they can't do this for very long. Prices can't just keep rising like this."

"That's when our opportunity came."

Ding Chongshan was well aware that this matter would not be easy to handle, but it was also not something too complicated. If this continued again and again, Sun Tie and Ma Ping would eventually break down.

The way this business is conducted is essentially about who has more liquid funds and who has more capital.

"We don't need to worry too much about this right now. We just need to start collecting fish, shrimp and crabs here properly."

"Slowly, we started to deal with the boat captains that Sun Tie and Ma Ping often did business with. This was a very important thing."

Ding Chongshan understood perfectly what was going on and what he should do next.
Ding Jie and Ding Weijun breathed a sigh of relief. They had actually been very worried about this matter recently, feeling somewhat anxious.

Now I realize that this matter is not as simple as the two of us imagined, but it is not that complicated either. We just need to do it step by step.

"dad!"

"Judging from this, it won't be too difficult for us to gain a foothold at the Shek Kok Village Wharf, although it won't be easy."

Now that Ding Jie knows the whole process, or rather, knows exactly what to do next, he immediately relaxed.

"Correct!"

"Doing business is indeed a very complicated thing, but at the same time it is also a very simple thing."

"No matter what kind of plan you have, you must be clear-headed. You must understand what your opponents are like, what the overall environment is like, and what you should do."

"Once you've thought these things through, there won't be any problems."

Ding Chongshan nodded.

He had long been eyeing the business at the Shijiao Village Wharf, but hadn't had any good opportunities.

Another issue is my own abilities; they really aren't enough.

But ultimately, the most important thing is that there aren't many good opportunities.

In the past, if I had dared to buy fish, shrimp and crabs here, I would have been besieged by the original buyers at Shijiao Village Wharf and would have had no chance of establishing myself.

It's different now.

One is Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang's fish rafts and such, including the deep-sea fishing boats they cooperated with Shi Guangming's family on, all of which are located at Shijiao Village Wharf. Here, I am no longer a complete outsider.

The other two are Sun Tie and Ma Ping, who were given a truly excellent opportunity.

But more importantly, I have enough strength right now. Without enough strength and without the financial support of Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang, it would be impossible to do this.

If you want to steal business from Sun Tie and Ma Ping, you have to keep raising prices.

Don't be fooled by the small difference of a penny or even a cent per pound of fish, shrimp, and crab. A fishing boat, especially a large one, can catch a huge amount of fish, shrimp, and crab. More importantly, this is a long-term endeavor that cannot be sustained without sufficient financial support.

Ding Chongshan was well aware that he was rich, and had more money than the average person, but it was still not enough to sustain such long-term price competition. He could be said to be inferior to Sun Tie and Ma Ping.

Without Zhao Dahai and Ding Xiaoxiang, even if he had this opportunity to collect fish, shrimp, and crabs in this place, he wouldn't have been able to succeed.

"Doing business ultimately comes down to who has the most capital."

“Sun Tie and Ma Ping have been doing business here for many years and have indeed made a lot of money.”

"But that doesn't mean they're invincible. In fact, if Zhao Dahai were to do something like this, he could resolve it in no time."

Ding Chongshan shook his head as he spoke. He said he had more experience in business, but Zhao Dahai would do a better job, and more importantly, much faster. "Oh?"

Why do you say that?

Ding Jie was very puzzled and didn't know what was going on.

“Zhao Dahai has plenty of money, and the other thing is Zhao Dahai himself, not just a simple Zhao Dahai with great courage. It’s not as simple as you imagine.”

"In other words, if Zhao Dahai wanted to steal Sun Tie and Ma Ping's business here, he would simply throw money at them without any regard for consequences."

"Even if someone else wanted to do this, they wouldn't be able to manage it. It's not that there's no money; in fact, there are many wealthy people in the world, and quite a few even have more money than Zhao Dahai."

"Some of these people wanted to invest in the business of buying and selling fish, shrimp and crabs at the Shek Kok Village Wharf, but they all failed. Ultimately, it's because they didn't have the courage to do so."

“If Zhao Dahai were to do this personally, he would go directly to the captains of Sun Tie and Ma Ping’s fishing boats and tell them that he would be paying this amount to buy their fish, shrimp and crabs today.”

"If they disagree, we'll ask for an even higher price, and keep going until these boat captains can't resist anymore. Zhao Dahai's approach will be even simpler: he'll just spend that kind of money to buy fish, shrimp, and crabs from these boat captains for one, two, or even three to five years."

"How could these boat captains possibly resist? They'll definitely agree."

"The most crucial thing about this matter is not the attitude of these boat captains, but how Sun Tie and Ma Ping will react."

“Sun Tie and Ma Ping will definitely react very strongly and will try every possible means, but the key issue is that Zhao Dahai is a man who can get things done with a machete.”

"Are Sun Tie and Ma Ping capable of doing this?"

“Sun Tie and Ma Ping simply don’t have that kind of courage. They might have done it twenty years ago when they first started doing business here, but they really don’t have that kind of courage now.”

"Do you have that kind of courage? You can't do this kind of thing."

"Do I have that kind of courage? I don't have that kind of courage either. Even when I first started doing business at the docks twenty years ago, I might not have been able to do this."

"So many years have passed now, I've made money, I've had too many good days, and it's even less likely that I would have such courage."

“The other business people and fish, shrimp and crab buyers at Shijiao Village Wharf would not have such courage.”

"Zhao Dahai has such courage."

"The key is that Zhao Dahai would actually do such a thing."

"What's even more frightening is that it's not just Zhao Dahai who would actually do such a thing."

"The others, including myself, all thought that Zhao Dahai would definitely do such a thing, that he was capable of doing such a thing."

"That's the scariest part."

Ding Chongshan was deeply moved.

To put it bluntly, people like Zhao Dahai are definitely not to be offended; offending someone like Zhao Dahai would have very serious consequences.

When you have money, Zhao Dahai will compete with you in terms of wealth; when you don't have money, Zhao Dahai will fight you to the death.

Ding Jie and Ding Weijun thought about it carefully and found that it really was true.

Zhao Dahai really gives people this kind of feeling: if you have money, he'll compete with you in terms of money; but if you don't have money, he'll really fight you to the death.

"Let's put aside everything else and just talk about fishing."

"When Zhao Dahai goes out to sea to fish, he can catch a lot of fish every time. But if you go out to sea to fish with Zhao Dahai's speedboat, you will find that almost no one else dares to get too close to Zhao Dahai's speedboat."

"Why is it like this?"

"These people clearly know that by relying on Zhao Dahai's speedboat, the closer they get, the greater their chance of fishing and making money. But very few dare to do it, or even any one of them dares to do it at all."

"Whether they're fishing or catching fish, they're all incredibly daring. These people are willing to risk their lives for money."

"If so many fish can be caught right next to Zhao Dahai's speedboat, why don't these people dare to squeeze over there?"

"Ultimately, it's because they're all afraid of Zhao Dahai. They know very well that Zhao Dahai is no pushover."

"If these people really crowd close to Zhao Dahai's speedboat, Zhao Dahai will really chop them with a knife!"

"Without that kind of skill and the kind of boldness to control the situation, once you catch a fish, you'll be surrounded by a dense swarm of other speedboats trying to steal it."

Ding Chongshan was deeply moved by this incident. He had gone fishing with Zhao Dahai before. Firstly, Zhao Dahai was an excellent fisherman. Secondly, there were other speedboats around, and seeing how many fish Zhao Dahai had caught, they didn't dare to squeeze in. Even if they did squeeze in, they had to keep a safe distance according to the rules of the fishing village.

Although I haven't been fishing much in recent years, I caught a lot of fish when I was younger, and I know very well that very few people can do that.

As soon as a speedboat or a fishing boat catches a fish, the surrounding area will be crowded with speedboats or fishing boats.

Why is that?
Ultimately, it's because those other anglers aren't afraid of people who actually catch fish.

Nothing like this ever happened around Zhao Dahai's speedboat; it was just that everyone else was afraid of Zhao Dahai.

That's the crux of the problem.

Ding Jie and Ding Weijun both nodded repeatedly.

The fishing issue is very obvious. Another issue is that a fish raft was built at the Shijiao Village pier in the sea, raising so many valuable fish. Although it's not that no one is eyeing the fish raft, nothing has ever happened.

There are various reasons, but one very important reason is that everyone knows Zhao Dahai is not someone to be trifled with.

(End of this chapter)