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

Chapter 1646 A Good Way to Pass the Time
Shi Guangming and Zhao Shi immediately understood what was going on.

The other fish, shrimp, and crab buyers at the dock mostly resell the fish, shrimp, and crabs they collect to other fish, shrimp, and crab buyers, except those other people don't buy them at the dock.

In other words, those people still need to make money by reselling their products.

In order to make money, the prices offered by those who buy fish, shrimp, and crabs from their counterparts at the docks cannot be very high.

Ding Chongshan's brilliance lies in selling the fish, shrimp, and crabs he collects directly to Hongyun Restaurant, or to buyers like Wu Weimin's private kitchen.

Without the middleman, the price will definitely be much higher.

If Ding Chongshan sells at a high price, he has enough room to offer a higher acquisition price while ensuring he can make a profit.

Other business owners who also buy fish, shrimp, and crabs at the dock simply cannot compete with them.

Do Chongshan's rivals not know that they can sell their collected fish, shrimp, and crabs to places like Wu Weimin's private restaurant to get a higher price?

How could I not know?

These are all seasoned business people; they not only know, but are very clear about it, and some even have such channels in their hands.

However, most people don't have this option, and some people may not have many such channels.

This makes competing with Ding Chongshan extremely difficult, and almost impossible.

“You’re better than Ding Chongshan at taking people out to sea to fish, but when it comes to doing business, you’re no match for Ding Chongshan.”

Zhao Shi smiled.

Ding Chongshan is definitely a business whiz.

The business at Shek Kok Village Wharf is actually very competitive.

Ding Chongshan was able to establish a foothold here, and in such a short time he has already received so many fish and started making money.

He's absolutely a master.

"Business is extremely competitive at the Shijiao Village Wharf."

"Without Zhao Dahai, it would be extremely difficult to make a breakthrough here, especially to gain a foothold."

Ding Chongshan wasn't being modest; he was stating the facts.

The seawater at Shek Kok Village Wharf is very deep, and most of the fishing boats that go out to sea are large.

Which fish, shrimp, and crab collector wouldn't want to collect fish, shrimp, and crabs in this place, and wouldn't want to make money here?
Several years ago, even ten years ago, I had already set my sights on the business of buying fish, shrimp and crabs at the Shijiao Village Wharf.

I even tried several times, but none of them were successful.

The fact that things went so smoothly this time, almost like a natural progression, wasn't really due to my own exceptional abilities, but rather because I had Zhao Dahai's support behind me.

Without Zhao Dahai, none of my various ideas could be realized.

Zhao Dahai offered more than just the amount of money he wanted; he also provided it to compete with his peers.

More importantly, everyone at the dock now knows about Ding Xiaoxiang's relationship with Zhao Dahai, as well as Ding Xiaoxiang's relationship with themselves.

They wouldn't dare use those underhanded, low-class methods on themselves.

At the Shijiao Village Wharf, everyone, whether they are fishing at sea, angling, or fellow anglers, has to give them some respect.

This matter is extremely important; it is even the most crucial factor in my ability to establish myself here.

Without Zhao Dahai, I really wouldn't have been able to establish myself here.

Shi Guangming smiled and nodded. Ding Chongshan knew exactly what was going on.

Shijiao Village Wharf is a place where you can make money, and a lot of money.

As a port on the sea, all the businesses that make money are related to fishing at sea, and buying fish, shrimp and crabs from here is one of the most profitable businesses.

Ding Chongshan was not from Shijiao Village, nor was he among the first to do business here.

How can someone who interferes in the business be able to run a business and make money?
Ding Chongshan's own abilities are beyond question.

If you don't have the ability, you're like a hopeless case; even the Heavenly King himself couldn't help you.

However, having ability alone is not enough; there must be someone who can keep the situation in check so that others dare not act rashly.

Zhao Dahai and his family collaborated on two projects: one was operating a large fishing boat for deep-sea fishing, and the other was renting land in the village to build a large fish raft.

I bought a shop at the dock.

Most importantly, Zhao Dahai went fishing at sea and caught a lot of fish.

Throughout the entire dock, whether they were fishing at sea, or deep-sea fishermen, no one could earn as much money as Zhao Dahai.

Only the wealthy earn respect from others.

People with a lot of money tend to earn more respect from others.

With Zhao Dahai's support, he was able to successfully establish himself at the Shijiao Village Wharf and gain a foothold in the business world.

"We're all family, why are you saying that?"

Zhao Shi took a puff of his water pipe and waved his hand gently.

Ding Chongshan is Zhao Dahai's future father-in-law. They are all family, and no matter what they do, they must help and support each other.

"correct!"

"Isn't that exactly what it is?"

"Ding Chongshan."

"Given your relationship with Zhao Dahai, who else would Zhao Dahai help if not you?"

“Our family has partnered with Zhao Dahai, and now we’re making a fortune.”

"I started taking people out to sea to fish as early as 30 years ago, and even now I can hardly believe it, and I'm still not quite sure that one day these fishing spots will be so sought after."

Shi Guangming was deeply moved.

When I take people out to sea to fish, I can make money, and sometimes the business is so good that I can earn a lot of money.

When Shi Jiehua took over the family business, he barely made any money and could only make ends meet.

The competition among those who run deep-sea fishing boats in the village, or those from other villages at the dock, is extremely fierce.

However, ever since I started working with Zhao Dahai, every fishing spot I go out to sea has been in high demand, and people have been eyeing them for up to six months.

I never even considered such a thing.

Why did this happen?

This is not something that either I or Shi Jiehua could manage.

It's all thanks to Zhao Dahai, or rather, Zhao Dahai's reputation.

This situation is actually not much different from Ding Chongshan's.

Ding Chongshan, Zhao Shi, and Shi Guangming drank tea, smoked, and talked. Time flew by, and before they knew it, it was evening.

Ding Chongshan checked the time and found it was almost time, so he took Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming to a food stall near the dock for dinner.

"Not bad!"

"This place is really lively!"

As Zhao Shi spoke, he picked up the bowl in front of him, took a sip of the sweet potato porridge, and then picked up a piece of salted fish with his chopsticks. These food stalls were all places where people who went out to sea to fish or do other work ate.

Most of them are from nearby villages and towns, and some are from outside.

It's lunchtime now, and the dozen or so food stalls are bustling with activity.

Whether they knew each other or not, they were all talking about the same thing: going out to sea to fish.

"Recently, the trawlers have been catching a decent number of fish in the deep sea."

"Although they are not very big and are not valuable fish, there are a lot of them."

"With a bit of luck, you can catch 20,000 to 30,000 catties of fish in eight or ten days."

……

"With other fishing nets, the catch of fish, shrimp, and crabs isn't very good. But recently, the shrimp in the sea have been very large. As long as you can catch these big shrimp, you can still make money."

"Didn't many fishing boats catch a lot of shrimp and make money?"

……

"The weather has actually been pretty good over the past month."

"There are some minor waves and such, but it really doesn't have much of an impact, especially for large fishing boats, it really doesn't have much of an impact."

……

"The fisherman?"

"When it comes to deep-sea fishing, who can compare to Zhao Dahai?"

"I've heard that Zhao Dahai can catch several thousand catties of fish every day, and sometimes even tens of thousands of catties."

……

"what!"

"Zhao Dahai fishing, that's no joke."

"Those who fish for sea bass in the island and reef foam area know very well just how skilled Zhao Dahai is."

"Those who fish for grouper at the artificial reef know even better just how skilled Zhao Dahai is!"

……

Zhao Shi pricked up his ears, listening to the conversations of the people around him.

"The food at the food stalls is inexpensive and tastes pretty good. Most importantly, the people here are all fishermen. Even if you don't know anyone, just listening to them talk is quite nice."

Ding Chongshan took a bowl, filled it with fish soup, and placed it in front of Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming.

The biggest characteristic of street food stalls is that the food may not be incredibly delicious, but it's definitely decent. The prices are cheap, and the atmosphere is very lively.

People who have nothing urgent to do, or who have just returned from working at sea for a few days, usually come here to eat. They chat about everything under the sun, passing the time and relaxing at the same time.

"what!"

"Old Zhao."

"did you see that?"

“There are many people here who are about the same age as us.”

"Two salted fish, a bowl of porridge, two ounces of rice wine, and so on, all while talking and smoking water pipes."

“We bought a fishing boat to go out to sea this time. When we come back in a while, we can come to a place like a food stall to pass the time.”

Shi Guangming looked around. Among the people in the square, most were young and strong, but there were at least a dozen or twenty people of similar age to him sitting at a table in the corner, eating and drinking. Some of them were from his village, but most of them were strangers.

If Zhao Shi and I didn't stay on Ding Dawen's fishing boat for too long, we could really come here to eat, chat with people of similar age, drink and smoke, and a meal would pass in two hours. Sometimes we would even eat from noon until evening, or until dark.

"Correct!"

"You're right."

"This place looks really nice, we should definitely come here more often."

Zhao Shi smiled and nodded.

I never imagined that a place like a street food stall could actually be so nice.

Ding Xiaoxiang spoke up, saying that for the sake of her and Shi Guangming's health, they could not stay on Ding Dawen's fishing boat for an extended period of time.

I definitely need to find a place to kill time, and this food stall in front of me is really great.

Both Shi Guangming and I can often stay at the shop and help out sometimes. At least there's someone to help look after the shop.

After Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming finished dinner, they returned to the shop with Ding Chongshan. They sat for a while, drank some tea, and when they saw that it was almost nine o'clock, they left to go back to the fish farm.

"Yo!"

"How come there are so many fish?!"

As soon as Shi Guangming stepped onto the fish raft, he immediately saw Ding Ailian and Ma Baozhu collecting fish from the net cage in the middle of the raft.

"Grandpa Shi!"

"Starting at eight o'clock tonight, the tide suddenly came in, and the seawater flowed very fast, bringing all the fish, shrimp, and crabs towards us!"

Ma Baozhu wiped the sweat from his face.

Around 5 or 6 p.m., after finishing dinner, Ding Ailian and I were about to check the fish in the fish cages on the fish raft to see if anything was wrong when, unexpectedly, water started flowing.

The splashing sound was very loud, and in a short while, there were hundreds of pounds of fish in the bowl.

Ding Ailian and I couldn't care less about anything else and rushed over to collect the fish. Otherwise, if there were too many fish, shrimp, and crabs in there, it would be troublesome if we couldn't pull them up.

In the two hours that followed, the fish, shrimp, and crabs that had lost weight must have weighed a total of three thousand pounds.

"These fish are all really good sizes!"

Zhao Shi walked over to Ding Ailian and Ma Baozhu, and looked at the several baskets placed next to them, which were filled with the larger fish that had been selected.

Some of the fish were sea bass, some were black sea bream, one basket contained crabs, and another basket contained shrimp.

On the fish raft, the other workers were busy sorting fish, shrimp, and crabs.

No one had time to speak.

"Isn't that right?"

"The larger fish will be put into the net cages of the fish farm later, while the smaller ones will be put into our fish farm later."

"Zhao Dahai mentioned that the fish in the fish cages that are used to raise fish for the New Year are now very large and very fat."

"There are still a few months until the Chinese New Year. I really don't know how big these fish will grow."

Ding Ailian smiled and pointed to the net cage not far away, which was specially left to raise fish for the New Year.

The fish cages here are mostly filled with fish that Zhao Dahai caught at sea, and they haven't been fed.

However, there was one special net cage; the fish in this cage were all kept for the family to eat during the Lunar New Year.

The big fish inside are fed, but not for very long, only about a month, but you can see that they grow very fat.

(End of this chapter)