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

Chapter 1540: Sitting in charge
Ma Ping's face was ashen.

Ten million?

If it's one or two million, then there's definitely no problem, we can definitely come up with it. But if it's ten million, and everyone has to contribute ten million, then this is something we really need to think about carefully.

"Ma Ping."

“The Shijiao Village Wharf can indeed earn three to five million yuan every year, but if we were to take out ten million yuan to do this all at once, it would be too risky or very unprofitable for us.”

"In the end, it's just like what we just said. Even if it's 20 million, let alone 10 million, if we can win it all in the end, there's no problem. We can still make the money back, and it will be very worthwhile."

"But what if we can't stop?"

"If it were Ding Chongshan, our chances of winning would be very high. But now I'm dealing with Zhao Dahai, a ruthless guy who can catch thousands of catties of fish a day. He has a lot of money, if not endless."

"We haven't necessarily made as much money as he has at the Shek Kok Village Wharf over the past ten years or so!"

Ma Ping was a little exasperated.

“That’s right, you’re right, that’s exactly how it is. The biggest problem right now isn’t Ding Chongshan, but Zhao Dahai, whom we’ve been talking about.”

"Zhao Dahai has far too much money, all in cash. He doesn't need to worry about where he'll spend it. Even a fool can see that as long as he can take over our business, he'll definitely make money, and a lot of money. It's just a matter of time."

“A smart man like Zhao Dahai couldn’t possibly not see this! He must know what’s going on and he’ll definitely support Ding Chongshan in stealing our business.”

Sun Tie was extremely helpless.

The business of buying fish, shrimp, and crabs at Shijiao Village Wharf is not only profitable, but extremely profitable. In particular, Ma Ping and I have a very large market share, and we can make a lot of money here every year. As long as we can get the business, it's business, and making money is a piece of cake.

The key issue now is that for Zhao Dahai, investing ten or twenty million yuan has nothing to do with competing with himself and Ma Ping; it's a very worthwhile investment. However, for him and Ma Ping to spend ten or even twenty million yuan to compete for or protect these businesses is a very troublesome and painful matter.

"What's even more frightening is that even if we come up with ten million or twenty million, we might not be able to secure these deals."

"Another point is what we just mentioned. If we raise prices along with them, we actually spend money. Ding Chongshan is just talking, and most of the time he doesn't spend any money at all. He keeps the money in his hands."

“Maybe after we spent ten million, he only spent a few hundred thousand, or even not a single penny.”

How did we manage to survive back then?

Sun Tie looked at Ma Ping and realized that this was the situation they were facing.

"Sun Tie!"

"I feel like it's almost impossible for us to win this time. If that's the case, then the ten million we spent is really no different from his worthless ticket. We might as well just quit now."

"But if we just give up this business here, wouldn't we lose three to five million in profits every year?"

Ma Ping was in a very difficult position, feeling like he was caught in the middle, and it was extremely painful.

"It's definitely not something we can just give up on easily. No matter what, we have to fight Ding Chongshan and Zhao Dahai. But we really need to think carefully about at what point we should stop."

Sun Tie shook his head vigorously.

The business at Shek Kok Village Wharf makes so much money every year, so it's impossible for them to give it up easily. But it's also impossible for them to keep investing and throwing money into it indefinitely.

Without Zhao Dahai, Ding Chongshan would definitely have a chance to win, but with Zhao Dahai, Ding Chongshan might not even have a chance to win.

this is the key of the problem.

Sun Tie and Ma Ping pondered for a long time and found that there were only a few problems, but more importantly, they really couldn't come up with any good solutions and didn't know what to do next.

It's definitely not possible to surrender and admit defeat right now, after all, the Shijiao Village Wharf makes a lot of money every year, but they also know very well that it would be very difficult to deal with Ding Chongshan and Zhao Dahai.

It was almost certain from the very beginning that they would lose.

Ma Ping and Sun Tie were very worried that they had spent too much money in the process and wouldn't be able to earn it back, thus losing everything.

The sky gradually brightened.

Ding Xiaoxiang and Yang Qin were eating breakfast on the fish raft.

"grandmother!"

“There should be fishing boats returning from the sea today. My dad started collecting fish, shrimp and crabs at the dock, right? I’ll go there with Yang Qin to take a look later.”

"I don't know if you'll be back here around noon. If you're not, you and your second grandmother can eat by yourselves. There's no need to wait for us."

Ding Xiaoxiang was drinking the freshly cooked, steaming seafood porridge while talking to Zhong Cuihua, who was sitting next to her and watching her.

"Oh?"

"Are you already open for business today?"

Zhong Cuihua glanced at Huang Jintao sitting next to her.

“Sister-in-law, if you want to go there and take a look, then let’s go there. Staying here at the fish raft all day is definitely not fun.”

Huang Jintao knew what was going on as soon as she saw Zhong Cuihua's expression, and immediately nodded with a smile.

"grandmother!"

"It's nothing, there's no need for you to go there!"

Ding Xiaoxiang shook her head.

Why did Zhong Cuihua go to the shop? She was worried that something might happen if she opened her business there that day.

Seeing that Zhong Cuihua couldn't do anything and was very old, it was a different story to have one or two older people sitting in the shop at that time.

“You must have thought this through and made all the arrangements. There won’t be any problems. If something really happened, would Zhao Dahai still be able to fish outside? He would definitely have to come back.”

“It would be a good thing if your second grandmother went there to sit and have some tea.”

Zhong Cuihua waved her hand, and that was the end of it.

After thinking about it, Ding Xiaoxiang nodded. This was actually a very good thing.

Ding Xiaoxiang, Yang Qin, Zhong Cuihua, and Huang Jintao finished breakfast and watched the speedboat return to the dock.

"Oh!" "What brings you here!"

Ding Chongshan was a little surprised to see Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao. He quickly won the prize, as he hadn't expected this at all.

"Chongshan".

"Although I'm a legitimate business with a sign, today is the day I'm doing business."

"When Zhao Dahai's second grandmother, Huang Jintao, and I were sitting at the fish raft, we just changed our location and came here to take a look."

Zhong Cuihua smiled.

She knew exactly what was going on. To put it bluntly, Ding Chongshan was planning to steal business from others at the docks. This was no small matter; on the contrary, it was a matter of life and death. Sometimes, things could really go wrong.

No one can predict what might happen.

Zhao Dahai isn't in a convenient position to stand here, but I can come here myself.

"Ding Xiaoxiang!"

"Don't you know what's going on here?"

Ding Chongshan glared at Ding Xiaoxiang with a hint of anxiety.

It was definitely a good thing for me that Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao were able to come here, and a very good thing at that, as it would save me a lot of trouble.

Zhao Dahai has now established himself at the Shiqiao Village Wharf. Putting aside everything else, the fish rafts not far away alone are known throughout the entire Shijiao Town Wharf area. Anyone in this line of work knows Zhao Dahai's name.

Zhao Dahai has become famous; everyone will know him, even Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jin. They all know the relationship between Zhao Dahai and these two people.

Everyone knew perfectly well that these two were Zhao Dahai's Achilles' heel. Not to mention any mishaps, even if someone raised their voice at Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao, Zhao Dahai would come knocking on their door with a knife.

Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao don't need to do anything now. They just need to sit on a stool in front of their shop, and no one will dare to cause trouble.

Is that an exaggeration?

This may sound exaggerated, but it's true.

Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao, how could they possibly not understand the logic behind this? They came here today for this very reason, in other words, to maintain order and save face for themselves.

This is a good thing for me, but I'm really a little worried about what might happen.

Ding Xiaoxiang had to stop Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao from running away; they shouldn't have come here.

"There's no need to talk about Xiao Xiang about this."

"This decision was made by Huang Jintao and me, and it has nothing to do with her. Even if she wanted to stop it, she couldn't."

"Another reason is that we are all one family, so someone definitely needs to come here to handle this kind of thing."

"OK OK!"

"That's settled then!"

"You go about your business!"

"Once the sun comes out, we'll move a stool and sunbathe in front of the shop."

After saying that, Zhong Cuihua ignored him and walked into the shop with Huang Jintao, where they sat down on the sofa.

Yang Qin followed him in eagerly and immediately took out a teapot to boil water and make tea.

"dad!"

“I really couldn’t stop this from happening, and Grandma Zhong Cuihua is right. We’re all family, so we definitely have to come here to see what’s going on.”

Ding Xiaoxiang knew that her father, Ding Chongshan, didn't want Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao to come here. It wasn't that coming here was bad, but he was worried that something unexpected might happen. However, there was really nothing he could do to stop them from doing this.

Ding Chongshan thought for a moment and nodded; that was indeed the case.

If Zhong Cuihua makes up her mind, Ding Xiaoxiang really can't stop her unless Zhao Dahai is there. Otherwise, no one can stop her. Moreover, there's a reason why Zhong Cuihua wants to do this.

"dad."

"It won't be long before the fishing boats return one after another. At first, there might not be many fishing boats, but there will definitely be some returning."

Ding Xiaoxiang glanced at the sky, which was beginning to brighten. There weren't many fishing boats at the dock at this time, but in another hour or two, especially when the sun was just rising, there would definitely be fishing boats returning to sell their fish.

"Correct!"

"Fishing boats will be back in an hour or two, and I have a feeling that quite a few will be back."

Ding Chongshan nodded. Ding Xiaoxiang's statement made no mistake. Fishing boats would definitely return in another hour or two, but he felt that quite a few would return.

"Do we need to go to the dock? Or can we just wait here?"

Ding Xiaoxiang glanced at Ding Chongshan and saw that if Ding Chongshan had a fishing boat returning, most fish, shrimp and crab buyers would go to the dock and block those who were returning from fishing. However, judging from the current situation, he did not intend to do such a thing.

Ding Chongshan shook his head and told Ding Xiaoxiang that there was no need to do such a thing. His current goal was not to collect a lot of fish, shrimp and crabs here, but to start a business here.

"Once the fishing boats return to the dock, I will put up a sign. But today we will only accept crabs, and only crabs weighing more than one pound each. We will not accept any other crabs."

"Or perhaps other things, even if they were bought, wouldn't be listed for a price. Or perhaps someone brought them here to sell, or came here to ask about prices, and the prices were exactly the same as others, or even slightly lower by a penny or two."

Having been in business for many years, Ding Chongshan knew exactly what was going on and had already figured out what to do. His primary focus these past few days had been to start doing business here, not to steal business.

There's no need for a life-or-death struggle from the very beginning, or perhaps the purpose of my actions in the preceding period wasn't to collect a lot of fish, shrimp, and crabs, but simply to find a way to wear down Sun Tie and Ma Ping.

Ding Xiaoxiang nodded. This approach was excellent, or rather, this method was very effective.

Is the goal simply to take away the market share held by Sun Tie and Ma Ping?
It's definitely not just like that. Who would complain about not having enough fish, shrimp, and crabs in their hands?

But we wouldn't have done that at the beginning; our initial targets were Sun Tie and Ma Ping.

(End of this chapter)