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

Chapter 1559 Ding Xiaoxiang Wants to Control Quantity and Raise Prices

After Ding Xiaoxiang finished talking about this matter, she sat for a while and then left the shop to return to the fish farm.

"This matter is very important. We both forgot about it and almost messed things up. We almost had to lose all the good situation we had worked so hard to achieve."

When Ding Chongshan saw Zhang Li return to the shop after seeing Ding Xiaoxiang off, he immediately sighed.

We seized such a great opportunity today and harvested tens of thousands of kilograms of crabs at once. This is a very good situation.

But then, I don't know if I relaxed a bit, or if I was worried that the other competitors at the dock would attack me after buying so many crabs. I figured that I wouldn't need to offer higher prices or compete for crabs when I bought them tomorrow.

Under normal circumstances, there wouldn't be any major problems with this approach. However, what Ding Xiaoxiang just mentioned is very important. If you're not careful, and you simply buy crabs at today's price tomorrow, there's nothing to say if you manage to buy any. But if you buy very few crabs, especially if your competitors offer higher prices and snatch up most of the crabs, then, as Ding Xiaoxiang said, there will definitely be all sorts of gossip spreading.

This will definitely have a huge impact on my ability to establish myself here.

"Ding Xiaoxiang is really good at doing business."

"Neither of us really expected this."

"Humph!"

"Ding Jie and Ding Weijun would never have imagined this!"

"That kid Zhao Dahai really got a good deal!"

Zhang Li shook her head.

The idea that Ding Xiaoxiang had come up with was something neither she nor Ding Chongshan had considered, let alone Ding Jie and Ding Weijun.

Ding Xiaoxiang's business acumen is definitely superior to that of Ding Jie and Ding Weijun.

He's still young now, but if he waits a few more years, he'll be more experienced and better at doing business.

Now that she's married to Zhao Dahai, she's sure to make a lot of money no matter what kind of business she does. This is the daughter she raised herself; Zhao Dahai is really getting a good deal.

Ding Chongshan smiled and nodded.

Ding Xiaoxiang is really good at business. If she marries Zhao Dahai, Zhao Dahai will really get a great deal.

However, it must be said that Zhao Dahai is also very capable, earning so much money just from fishing, and he is also very good to his family.

“Isn’t Zhao Dahai good to our family? Putting aside everything else, just take this business at the dock. Ding Xiaoxiang wanted to do it herself, but Zhao Dahai gave it to her.”

“If Zhao Dahai weren’t your precious daughter, then forget about this business; it won’t fall into our hands.”

Ding Chongshan knew very well what was going on.

This time, the business at the dock was actually given up by Zhao Dahai, but Ding Xiaoxiang was thinking of doing it herself.

"Humph!"

"A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl," this saying is absolutely true. She's not even married yet. All she's thinking about is Zhao Dahai. She doesn't care about her parents, older brothers, or anything else.

"Zhao Dahai is the only one you can rely on; Ding Xiaoxiang is definitely unreliable."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Li couldn't help but curse Ding Xiaoxiang.

Ding Chongshan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This is a typical case of a mother-in-law growing to like her son-in-law more and more the more she looks at him. At first, Zhang Li didn't agree with Ding Xiaoxiang and Zhao Dahai's relationship at all, but she gradually changed her mind. Now she even thinks Zhao Dahai is better than her own daughter.

"Have we arranged enough manpower for tomorrow? We might not receive as many fish, shrimp, and crabs, especially crabs, as we do today, but we must arrange everything in advance and make preparations to avoid any mishaps."

Zhang Li asked Ding Chongshan how things were going.

"There's nothing wrong with this. Firstly, these people are just helping with the work."

"We are in charge of the selection process when buying fish, shrimp and crabs. We set the prices for which crabs are available and what kind they are."

"The other people were just helping with weighing or something."

"Tomorrow's plan is very simple: they just line up and take turns. I'll check the crabs at the front, and you just need to keep an eye on the people, weigh them, and keep track of the accounts."

Ding Chongshan has many years of business experience and is very knowledgeable; this matter is actually not complicated at all.

Once you've identified the right crabs and their price range, the next step is weighing and recording the costs.

As for the other rough work, we can let the hired people do it.

"The crab-hauling was arranged by Ding Ailian and Ma Baozhu, who were on the fish raft."

"We don't need to worry about it! We just need to collect the crabs."

Ding Chongshan had already made arrangements, and there was nothing special about these matters that needed no attention.

Zhang Li nodded.

There's nothing wrong with Ding Chongshan's arrangement; let's do it that way tomorrow.

Ding Chongshan and Zhang Li saw that it was almost time, and they would be busy all day tomorrow, so they simply slept in the shop instead of going home. They had to get up at four in the morning to start work early the next day.

8am.

When Ding Xiaoxiang woke up and walked out of her room, she immediately saw Yang Qin talking to Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao as she walked over.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you sleeping until this late? Don't you need to go help out at the shop?"

Yang Qin felt extremely disdainful when she saw that Ding Xiaoxiang was only getting up at this time.

"Yesterday was the first day, and we were a bit busy because we didn't expect there to be so many crabs. Today, we don't need to help at all."

Ding Xiaoxiang smiled and shook her head, greeted Zhong Cuihua and Huang Jintao, pulled up a stool and sat down. She did need to help yesterday, but really didn't need to today. If she couldn't even handle her own parents' little matters, she might as well not be in business.

"Didn't you just come from the dock? How did things go?"

Ding Xiaoxiang was not worried about this at all.

"Business today isn't as good as yesterday, but it's not much worse. I estimate we'll collect at least 30,000 jin of crabs today." Yang Qin had just come from the dock and could see very clearly that even though it was already late, there were still many people queuing up to sell crabs.

"No way? They can still catch so many crabs today. It seems that the fishing boats that went out to sea this year, especially in the first few days, encountered large crab swarms."

Ding Xiaoxiang was a little surprised.

The first fishing boat to set sail or return from the end of the fishing moratorium each year has the most fish, shrimp, and crabs.

Under normal circumstances, the number of crabs received yesterday would definitely be the most in the next few days.

Surprisingly, the number of crabs we received today is not much different from the number of crabs that came back with the fishing boats yesterday.

"Who knows what happened? Anyway, that's how it is. The number of crabs we received today is definitely not small."

"It's possible that the prices they set are higher than the surrounding areas, and significantly higher. As a result, all the fishing boats returning from the dock bring all the crabs that are a bit big to sell here. That's why there are so many crabs."

Yang Qin shook her head. She and Ding Xiaoxiang both thought that there should be fewer crabs today than yesterday, and significantly fewer. They thought that harvesting about 10,000 catties would be enough. Unexpectedly, they have already harvested at least 30,000 catties, which is far beyond their expectations.

"This is a good thing!"

"One reason is that by taking advantage of this crab harvest, we can let everyone at the dock, especially those who go out to sea to fish, know that we have the strength to do so. In the future, it will be much easier to harvest fish, shrimp and crabs. This will open up a new situation for us."

"Another thing is that we can now be pretty sure that most of the crabs at the Shijiao Village Wharf are collected by us."

"The price of crabs will definitely rise next, and it will rise very quickly."

"We have enough crabs on hand now, and we are sure we can seize this opportunity and make a lot more money."

Ding Xiaoxiang was very happy.

The fact that we can still get so many crabs today is 100% directly related to the increased price, which is even higher than yesterday's price.

This is absolutely a great thing.

"Ding Xiaoxiang".

What do you mean by that look in my eyes?

Yang Qin was a little surprised; Ding Xiaoxiang's gaze towards her was indeed a bit strange.

"What do you mean? Don't you know yourself? Yesterday you took away 8,000 catties of crabs from here, and judging from the looks of it, you'll take even more today."

"Wu Weimin's private restaurant took away 3,000 jin yesterday, and today it will take at least 5,000 jin. I estimate that he might call me later to say that he wants 7,000 or 8,000 jin or something."

"In addition to my dad's customers who need crabs, we sold 25,000 jin yesterday alone."

"If we sell at full capacity today, we can definitely sell at least 20,000 jin, maybe even 25,000 jin."

"Didn't I just say that the price of crabs will rise rapidly in the next few days?"

“If you sell all your crabs now and wait for the price to go up, won’t you be out of crabs? There’s no reason to do business like that.”

Ding Xiaoxiang knew very well that Yang Qin had come here early in the morning because she was eyeing the crabs at the fish farm and wanted to take as many as possible.

This is absolutely impossible.

"Ding Xiaoxiang".

"You know perfectly well how popular Hongyun Restaurant is. If we don't get enough crabs today, those people will tear down the Hongyun Restaurant sign."

Yang Qin suddenly became anxious. Ding Xiaoxiang's words meant very well that she could take crabs today, but she definitely couldn't take too many. She would only sell them when the price of crabs went up.

The main reason I came here so early this morning is that I need to get enough crabs. Without enough crabs, I really can't do business today.

"Today you can take 5,000 jin, Wu Weimin can take 5,000 jin, that's all, there won't be any more."

Ding Xiaoxiang refused to budge and made a final decision: today's thanks to Wu Weimin and Hongyun Restaurant, including her father Ding Chongshan's customers, would only amount to five thousand jin, not a single jin more.

"Five thousand catties?"

"Too little!"

"This is absolutely impossible! There can't be only 5,000 jin. It's really not enough to sell. We sold 8,000 jin yesterday, and we were still a little short at the very end!"

Yang Qin quit.

Yesterday we sold 8,000 jin, but we were still short about 500 jin. Today, 5,000 jin definitely won't be enough to sell.

"No matter what you say, it's no use. Five thousand catties is five thousand catties."

"Those who arrive early get to eat, while those who arrive late don't."

"When it comes to doing business, whether it's you selling crabs or me selling crabs, you can't really just sell as many as you can. If you do that, how will you make any money?"

“If your Hongyun Restaurant opens up to sell crabs, and the price of crabs goes up, how can you raise the price? You definitely have to sell less, so that people who come late won't be able to get crabs, and only then can the price go up and you make more money.”

"It's not like other restaurants can sell a lot of crabs right now. If your restaurant doesn't have crabs to sell, you don't need to worry about anything."

"Another thing is that I have to control the quantity of crabs shipped to the market so that the price can rise sharply."

Ding Xiaoxiang ignored what Yang Qin said. Once she said five thousand catties, it was five thousand catties of gold, and there was absolutely no way to change it. She had to consciously influence the number of crabs in the market so that the market would find that there weren't as many crabs as expected, and only then could the price rise.

Yang Qin wanted to refute, but for a moment she didn't know how to refute. From a business perspective, Ding Xiaoxiang really had to do it this way. There absolutely couldn't be too many crabs on the market, otherwise the price really wouldn't rise.

"The price we're buying these crabs from the market is already higher than the normal price. If we sell them at too low a price, we'll really be losing money, and nobody would do that."

"If we don't have enough crabs, there's nothing we can do but bear the loss ourselves."

"Now that we have enough crabs in our hands, we definitely have to do this in order to make money."

Ding Xiaoxiang reminded Yang Qin that she had to do this, otherwise she wouldn't be able to make any money and it would be impossible for her to establish herself at the Shijiao Village Wharf.

(End of this chapter)