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

Chapter 1564 We have to read their faces!
"Ding Chongshan definitely didn't plan this from the beginning. He really just wanted to start a business here. He just didn't expect to catch so many crabs this year, and they were all big ones."

"But Ding Chongshan is definitely a shrewd businessman. He immediately realized that this was a rare opportunity, not only to gain a foothold in this place, but more importantly, to make a lot of money."

"Why did Ding Zhongshan offer such a high price to buy crabs from the dock today? He's trying to grab as many crabs as possible, so that there will be fewer and fewer crabs on the market, and the price will rise, and it will rise higher and higher."

“We can’t keep the fish, shrimp and crabs we collect, especially the live ones, in our hands forever.”

"They are all sold on the same day, but Ding Chongshan doesn't need to do such a thing. Some of the crabs that Ding Chongshan collected."

"They're all taken to the fish farms to be kept alive!"

Sun Tie was incredibly envious. This method of doing business and making money was extremely simple. He and Ma Ping didn't know it, they weren't clear on it, and even other businessmen at the dock could come up with the same method. But the key issue was that neither he, Ma Ping, nor anyone else at the dock had such a fish raft to do this. Ding Chongshan really did have such a fish raft and could really do this.

"Damn it!"

"We originally thought that after paying such a high price and buying so many crabs in Dingzhongshan, we would definitely not be able to withstand the financial pressure."

"It's only now that I realize Ding Chongshan not only withstands this pressure, but also manages to make a lot more money by taking advantage of this opportunity. It's unbelievable."

Ma Ping grew angrier the more he thought about it. Just less than ten minutes ago, he thought Ding Chongshan was in big trouble! But things changed so quickly. After seeing things clearly, he realized that Ding Chongshan had not only not gotten into any big trouble, but had actually found a great opportunity to make money, and a lot of money at that.

"Sun Tie!"

"What are we going to do now? Are we just going to watch Ding Chongshan make a fortune and use this opportunity to firmly establish himself at the Shijiao Village Wharf?"

Ma Ping was very anxious.

We absolutely cannot stand by and watch Ding Chongshan make a fortune and establish himself here. If that happens, we and Sun Tie will be in serious trouble.

"How to do?"

"What can we do? What solutions do we have? In fact, we really have no solutions at all! We can only watch helplessly as Ding Chongshan makes huge sums of money."

Sun Tie kept smiling bitterly.

Ma Ping and I certainly don't want to see Ding Chongshan establish himself here and make a fortune, but at the moment, there's really nothing we can do.

"The only way might be for us to buy enough crabs. Otherwise, if the price goes up, we won't get a share. But since Ding Chongshan is going to do this, the price for buying crabs tomorrow will be even higher. We still won't be able to get any crabs."

"What's even more frightening is if we actually raise the price and compete with Ding Chongshan for crabs."

"Once the news gets out, or if someone with a keen eye sees this, the first thing that comes to mind is that the fishing boats going out to sea will catch very few crabs, and everyone will be scrambling to buy crabs, causing the price of crabs to rise rapidly and very sharply."

“If our fellow industry players at the dock offer higher prices tomorrow in an attempt to snatch up crabs, it won’t affect Ding Zhongshan at all. On the contrary, once the news gets out, the entire market will really feel that there aren’t many crabs left.”

"The price of crabs will suddenly rise, and rise very, very high."

"We're just doing all the work for Ding Chongshan's benefit."

Sun Tie saw this matter very clearly, there was absolutely no way he was wrong. There was really nothing that Ma Ping and I could do, we could only watch helplessly as Zhao Dahai or Ding Congshan made a lot of money.

Ma Ping was a little dumbfounded.

Originally, it was thought that Ding Chongshan would never be able to turn his life around, but unexpectedly, he not only turned his life around but also made a lot of money. As long as he makes enough money, Ding Chongshan will definitely establish himself at the Shijiao Village Wharf and occupy a major position year after year.

"Sun Tie".

"We're really out of ideas. But speaking of which, do you think the other companies in the dock industry have noticed this?"

Ma Ping had to admit that Sun Tie was right. The two of them were completely helpless. In fact, not only were they helpless, but the entire industry was also at a loss when faced with such a situation.

"Aren't all the businessmen at the docks incredibly shrewd?"

Even if you didn't understand this at the beginning.

"By now, everyone must have figured out what's going on and what Ding Chongshan's plan is."

"Anyone who thinks about it calmly will understand that someone like Ding Chongshan, who does such a good business elsewhere, would never suddenly have a problem with his brain and insist on buying so many crabs at such a high price."

“If we had reacted sooner, for example, if we had known this morning that Ding Chongshan was planning something like this, we would still have had a chance to offer a higher price than Ding Chongshan and grab more crabs. Even if we offered the exact same price, we would still have a chance to harvest a lot of crabs. In that case, the price of crabs in the entire market would definitely rise, but at least we could get a piece of meat to eat. Now, we might not even be able to get a sip of soup.”

Sun Tie was extremely frustrated. If he and Ma Ping had realized this earlier that morning, things would have been easier to handle. But now it was too late. Ding Chongshan already had 100,000 jin of crabs, which gave him confidence. Furthermore, Ding Chongshan would definitely offer higher prices to buy crabs from the dock, trying to accumulate as many crabs as possible. This would allow him to influence market prices, and the higher prices would allow him to resell them and make more money.

"Sun Tie!"

"It's useless."

"Even if we knew this morning that Ding Chongshan had this plan, so what?" "It's not that we can't offer this price, it's not that we can't make money after the price goes up. In fact, if we had known this in advance and had been able to get a lot of crabs, we would definitely have been able to eat meat."

"But the key problem is that even if we can harvest a lot of crabs, we don't have a place to raise them."

"At most, we can only collect 20,000 catties of crabs, and after we collect them, we have to find a way to sell them immediately."

“The biggest difference between us dockworkers and Ding Chongshan is that Ding Chongshan has a fish farm that can support a lot of crabs.”

"Do we have a fish raft like this? Do any of the other businesses around here at the dock have a fish raft like this?"

"Without fish rafts like these, who would dare to buy so many crabs? If you really buy them but have nowhere to keep them, they'll just die in no time. Not only will you not make money, but you'll also have to bear enormous pressure, or even lose money so badly that I can't find a place to live."

Ma Ping shook his head without hesitation. Sun Tie's statement wasn't entirely without merit, but in reality, it didn't make much sense. Even if they understood how Ding Chongshan had done things, they could only watch helplessly as Ding Chongshan made a fortune.

"Dry!"

"This is really unbelievable. I originally thought Ding Chongshan would really be in trouble, but I didn't expect that he could actually make money, and a lot of money."

Sun Tie slapped his face hard, never expecting things to turn out this way.

"Come on."

"There's really no point in thinking about this now. What we need to think about is whether we can catch any other fish, shrimp, and crabs at the dock, how much we can catch, and how much money we can make. That's what we need to focus on now."

Ma Ping really had no idea what to do, so he decided to think about it himself. For Sun Tie, the most important thing right now is to do a good job in the next business. If the next business is not done well, they will immediately become very passive, and it is not Ding Congshan who will collapse the business in a short period of time, but himself and Sun Tie.

"What other better way is there? All the other methods are useless. The only way is to raise the price to buy up all the other fish and shrimp at the dock. We absolutely cannot let Ding Zhongshang buy up large quantities of fish and shrimp anymore, otherwise we really won't be able to survive."

Sun Tie's face was so gloomy it looked like it could drip water. Right now, he, Ma Ping, and even the other business partners at the dock were all helpless. Competing with Ding Chongshan for crabs was pointless; the only option was to snatch the other fish and shrimp.

"You mean we need to raise prices tomorrow to see if we can buy more fish and shrimp?"

Ma Ping immediately understood what Sun Tiehua meant. He definitely wanted to grab more fish, and it seemed that the only way to do this was to raise the price. Without such a price, it would be impossible to collect many fish and shrimp.

"Correct!"

"This is the only thing we can do right now."

"There's no point in trying to catch crabs. What we really need to do next is catch fish and shrimp. If we can catch just one of them, we can still make money. Otherwise, we can forget about making any money in the next ten days or so."

Sun Tie nodded vigorously, as if trying his best. The situation was indeed dire. If he and Ma Ping wanted to make money, they had to buy as much fish and shrimp as possible from the fishing boats coming out of the dock. Other people weren't stupid either; even Ding Chongshan himself might offer higher prices for the fish and shrimp. If he and Ma Ping wanted to get their hands on them, they would definitely have to offer high prices.

Ma Ping stared blankly for a while, then sighed. He had to admit that this was the only way; there was no better way. However, this meant that he, Sun Tie, and even their business partners at the dock would have to pay higher costs to make money.

"The higher the price, the higher the cost."

"When Chongshan collected all these crabs, we were all dumbfounded."

Sun Tie was truly helpless, but this was the only option left in the current situation.

"We still have to see what Ding Chongshan thinks about this."

Ma Ping was truly speechless.

Ding Chongshan mainly collects crabs now, and he only collects large crabs; he doesn't want the small ones. He doesn't collect fish or shrimp.

From this perspective, both Sun Tie and I have a chance, as do all the other colleagues at the dock.

But no one can be sure that Ding Chongshan won't offer the same high price, or even higher than theirs, to snatch the fish and shrimp caught by the fishing boats when they return from the sea.

Would Ding Chongshan do such a thing?
Not only is this a possibility, but it is very likely, and it may even depend on how Ding Chongshan thinks about it.

That's why I said earlier that I had to watch Ding Chongshan's expression.

Ordinary business people don't have that much capital to buy so many crabs, including himself and Sun Tie. If they really bought so many crabs, they wouldn't buy any other fish or shrimp. But Ding Chongshan doesn't have this problem.

Sun Tie was very frustrated, but he knew Ma Ping was right. In this matter, they really had to consider Ding Chongshan's opinion. If Ding Chongshan insisted on competing with them for the fish and shrimp caught by the fishing boats at sea, it wasn't that he, Martin, and some of their colleagues couldn't win, but they would definitely have to pay more money. Otherwise, Ding Chongshan would definitely take away some of the fish and shrimp.

"Damn it!"

"I have a feeling that things are getting worse and worse. If this continues, Ding Chongshan might really take away our share of the dock business."

Sun Tie turned his head and looked at the largest and brightest shop not far from the dock. Ding Chongshan was in there at this moment.

(End of this chapter)