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

Chapter 1551 There are just too many people coming to sell crabs!

"The fishing boats at Shijiao Village Wharf go to farther places and catch bigger and higher quality fish, shrimp and crabs. We mainly focus on these valuable items when we buy fish, shrimp and crabs here."

"The most profitable seafood in restaurants is actually the larger or higher quality seafood."

"If the sea bass is only one or two pounds, it's really difficult to sell it at a high price. But if it's ten or eight pounds, or even twenty or thirty pounds, the price it can fetch is much higher."

“The fishing boats from other docks are not very big and do not go very far.”

"It's not that we can't catch big fish, shrimp, and crabs, or that we can't catch high-quality fish, shrimp, and crabs."

"But the number is not large."

“My dad can still get some valuable goods at other docks, but the quantity is really small, and most of them are general goods that he picks out the valuable ones.”

“The situation at Shek Kok Village Wharf is quite different. It’s really easy to find high-quality fish, shrimp and crabs here.”

"This is an opportunity we're taking to grab a share of the market, and it's mostly targeting ordinary fish, shrimp, and crabs."

"But we'll offer a slightly higher price than others to buy those valuable items."

Ding Xiaoxiang told Yang Qin what she was going to do next.

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"Ding Xiaoxiang!"

"This is a great idea, and it looks like there shouldn't be any problems."

Yang Qin immediately understood that Ding Xiaoxiang was right; this kind of business of buying and selling valuable goods was not something that ordinary people could do.

Yang Qin is now completely in awe of her.

Ding Xiaoxiang, or rather Ding Chongshan, will definitely start collecting valuable items next.

Don't other people know how to do this?

They definitely knew about this kind of thing. Take Sun Tie and Ma Ping for example, they've been in business for so many years, they definitely know about this, and they're definitely thinking about those truly valuable items.

Anyone can buy valuable goods, but not everyone can do it well.

If Sun Tie and Ma Ping had enough top-tier sales channels like these...

If you can acquire such valuable goods and resell them, you can make even more money.

However, if you don't have good enough sales channels, acquiring these valuable goods will actually put you under more pressure.

One reason is that it would cost more money to acquire these valuable items.

Nobody's a fool!

The boat captains who caught red-spotted fish weighing twenty or thirty pounds all knew they were good stuff and had to sell them for a higher price.

To acquire it, you have to offer a sufficiently high price.

If you can resell such valuable items, you can definitely make money, and even more money. However, if you can't sell them and have to keep them in your hands for a period of time, it means you're tying up more costs. If such valuable items can't be sold for a long time, and they die or something else happens, you'll lose money.

Trading valuable goods can be very profitable, but it's not an easy way to make money; the risks are extremely high.

"Hongyun Restaurant, or Wu Weimin's private restaurant, is actually a place where you can sell high-end or high-quality fish, shrimp and crab."

"Ordinary fish, shrimp, and crabs are not of much use to your Hongyun Restaurant or Wu Weimin's private kitchen, or rather, they will not enhance your competitiveness."

"Why has Hongyun Restaurant and Wu Weimin's private restaurant been doing so well this past year? The key is that you have the real valuable catches that Zhao Dahai has caught. This is the main difference between you and other seafood restaurants, seafood hotels, and private seafood restaurants."

"If you want to maintain your competitiveness, or if you want your business to get better, you must stick to this."

"But Zhao Dahai only goes out to sea to fish, so it's impossible for him to catch shrimp, crabs or anything else. Relatively speaking, the types of fish he catches are relatively limited."

"For Hongyun Restaurant or Wu Weimin's private restaurant, other fish, shrimp and crabs can only be obtained from other places."

"If the business at Shek Kok Village Wharf can thrive, it will definitely be very beneficial to Hongyun Restaurant and Wu Weimin's private kitchen. In turn, it will be very beneficial to our business here as well, not only making money but also making more money."

"Another one is the big grouper or sea bass that my dad has been catching recently, with Zhao Dahai as an example."

"We've opened up some high-end channels."

“If the quantity of fish, shrimp and crabs collected at the Shijiao Village Wharf reaches a certain level, especially high-quality fish, shrimp and crabs, we will do business with these people.”

"The fish, shrimp, and crabs that are harvested can be sold at higher prices, allowing us to earn more money."

Ding Xiaoxiang explained the entire process of doing business here in detail.

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"That's absolutely brilliant!"

"Ding Xiaoxiang".

"How did you come up with this idea? I've never thought about it before?"

Yang Qin was increasingly impressed that Ding Xiaoxiang or Ding Chongshan had truly considered all possible scenarios in this matter.

"The idea is definitely this, but what will the final result be or what kind of effect will it ultimately achieve?"

"We need to keep observing!"

"But I think it should be pretty much like this! Or rather, this is something we are very likely to be able to achieve in the end."

"I think this kind of thing is not very difficult for us, and we can even say that we are 100% sure we can do it."

Ding Xiaoxiang knew this wouldn't be easy, but it wouldn't be too difficult either; with a little more time, she could definitely accomplish it.

“There’s not much difficulty in this matter. We’re focusing our time and energy on Sun Tie and Ma Ping’s market share right now. Like you said, we may not be able to completely drive Sun Tie and Ma Ping out of Shijiao Village Wharf, but taking half of their market share shouldn’t be too difficult.”

"What follows is actually just a matter of water grinding!"

"If we have better sales channels, buying fish, shrimp, and crabs that are more expensive and can be sold for more money would be a really good idea, and it's very likely that we could make a lot more money."

"For ordinary fish, shrimp, and crabs, the money earned is just hard-earned money, and we don't necessarily need to earn that kind of money. Letting other people in the industry do it will actually reduce the pressure we face."

Yang Qin greatly admired Ding Xiaoxiang's scheming, feeling that it was absolutely feasible and without any problems.

"What will happen next? It's not entirely clear at this point, but one thing has already happened: we'll definitely be busy, and I estimate we'll be busy for quite a while. We might spend the whole morning here collecting crabs."

Ding Xiaoxiang kept looking in the direction of the dock. At first, there was no movement, but soon she saw someone carrying baskets walking quickly over.

At first, it was a bit far away, so I couldn't see what was on it clearly. But as I got closer, I could see that it was filled with crabs, and they were all tied up with ropes. Needless to say, these were definitely live crabs, and large ones at that. Although I couldn't be 100% sure that these crabs were from my shop, the chances were very high.

Yang Qin turned her head and looked over, a smile immediately appearing on her face.

"Is there even a need to say this? We offered the highest price. This kind of thing can't be kept secret in a place like the docks. It won't be long before the news spreads everywhere."

"These people must have received the news, and they're bringing all their crabs here to sell."

“These people usually don’t come to our shop at first, but we have signs here that say how much it costs per pound.” “These people aren’t blind, how could they not see it? As soon as they see it, they’ll change their minds immediately.”

Yang Qin laughed. There was no need to think or say much about the situation before her; it was definitely a crab-selling operation.

Ding Xiaoxiang and Yang Qin waited for a while before the person carrying the crabs arrived at the shop entrance.

"Do you think these crabs are the right size?"

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"Thirty yuan a pound, that's really too cheap."

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"Thirty-one yuan per pound!"

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Ding Xiaoxiang and Yang Qin bargained with the person carrying the crabs for a while, and bought 212 jin of crabs for 30 yuan and 5 mao per jin.

"Ding Xiaoxiang!"

"These crabs are really quite good in size. Some weigh seven or eight ounces, but most of them are already over."

"It's obvious that it was specially picked out."

"The key point is that it's really, really fat!"

"It's incredibly heavy!"

Yang Qin squatted down, picked up a few crabs, weighed them in her hand, and then pinched their bellies. They were very firm and heavy, like a stone.

Having grown up in a fishing village, I know very well how to judge whether a crab is fat or not. In addition, I have been managing the business of Hongyun Restaurant recently, which has made me even more adept at distinguishing between good and bad fish, shrimp and crab.

"If it weren't for that, how could I have agreed to a price of thirty yuan and five mao per jin?"

"We're back at the dock now, and it won't be long before more people come looking for us with crabs."

"Most of these are crabs caught by small fishing boats, so there aren't many of them."

"But the sheer number of these fishing boats is staggering; if you add them all together, the total number is truly astonishing."

Ding Xiaoxiang was very excited.

The price I just offered was a little higher than the marked price of thirty yuan; this was intentional.

Don't underestimate the extra 50 cents per pound. In fact, that extra 50 cents will make the person who sold the crabs boast about it to his fellow fishermen when he gets back to his fishing boat.

On the contrary, if I had negotiated a lower price earlier, this person would definitely go back and talk badly about me, and other people would likely not come here to buy crabs.

It's just a little business trick, and it doesn't require much effort, but the results are absolutely amazing.

"Ding Xiaoxiang!"

"We really need to get busy!"

Yang Qin saw three people carrying baskets walking briskly towards the dock.

"Correct!"

"We all need to get busy!"

"correct!"

"Don't worry about collecting the crabs now. Immediately drive the speedboat back to the fish farm and call Ding Ailian. Tell her to arrange for someone to come here every now and then to bring the collected crabs back to the fish farm."

"There aren't too many people yet. If there are too many people later, you won't have time to go there!"

Ding Xiaoxiang shouted loudly for Yang Qin to hurry up and go to the fish raft to arrange for Ding Ailian to come over.

The weather is quite hot now, so these crabs that have been harvested cannot be placed in the water basin. Even with oxygen, they are very likely to die.

Taking advantage of the fact that there aren't too many people selling crabs here yet, and that she can manage it all by herself, Yang Qin must get the fish raft up immediately.

Yang Qin nodded and turned to leave. This matter couldn't be delayed. She had just discussed it at the fish farm and now she had to return to the dock immediately.

"Our crabs are all quite big, so why can they only sell for thirty yuan per pound?"

"I just bought crabs for 30.05 yuan and put them in this basin. Take a look. If the crabs you have are bigger than these, I'll sell them for 31 yuan per jin."

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"Thirty-two yuan per jin!"

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"Your crabs can only be sold for thirty-one yuan!"

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"Thirty yuan is the maximum!"

"There are indeed some that weigh over a pound, but most are eight or nine ounces!"

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Ding Xiaoxiang was very quick and efficient, even though one crab seller after another surrounded her.

But it wasn't chaotic at all; I collected the fish, shrimp, and crabs one by one very smoothly.

"Sister-in-law!"

"There are more and more people here. Should we go and help them out?"

At first, Huang Jintao and Zhong Cuihua sat on the side watching, but as more and more people came to sell crabs, Ding Xiaoxiang was a little too busy to handle everything by herself, and she stood up as she spoke.

"Row!"

"Let's go over and lend a hand!"

Zhong Cuihua had just stood up when she suddenly heard someone calling her from behind. She turned around and saw Ding Xiaoxiang's mother, Zhang Li, walking over, with Chen Miaomiao beside her.

"Don't!"

"You two just sit here!"

There are too many people gathered around! You can't get through!

Zhang Li knew that Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao wanted to help, so she immediately stopped them.

There were many people selling fish, shrimp, and crabs, crowding the area three or four layers deep. Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao were both quite old. Although many people of their age in the village were still working, they were already there, so there was absolutely no need for them to bother.

(End of this chapter)