Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 445: How lonely it is to be invincible
At noon, as usual, the restaurant at Lao Yang's home delivered lunch boxes.

Qin Dahe ate with big mouthfuls, obviously very hungry.

The nine-meter fishing rod is made of a mixture of carbon fiber and glass fiber. It is a giant rod and very heavy.

When I weighed it this morning, I realized it was almost three pounds. I was exhausted after throwing it all morning.

But the catch was also very good, we caught thirteen silver carp and bighead carp, which was very exciting.

Gangzi borrowed a fishing rod and caught three breams and one black carp.

Now they are surrounding him and want to grit their teeth and buy the fishing rod.

"It's not that I don't agree, this thing is custom-made in bulk. I only have three, and I have to keep some for the matching section."

“It’s really impossible to sell.”

Liu Da can’t sell it either, because he is not short of money.

"Okay." After a long time of persuading, Qin Dahe still refused to give in, so Gangzi could only go to eat in disappointment.

At this time, seven or eight fishermen were eating under the shade of the trees. There was no shelter at all by the river and they were sunburned to death.

Everyone else has gone home, not everyone can fish for a whole day.

The pickled vegetable and roast chicken in the lunch box tasted very good and was full of oil. Everyone praised the rich ingredients used in Yang Laotou's restaurant.

"Haha, our family doesn't make much money from this lunch box, so we're just giving it to everyone." Old Yang said with a smile, lit a cigarette and leaned against a tree to rest.

After finishing his meal and drinking some water, Qin Dahe prepared to go fishing.

When fishing for silver carp and bighead carp, you have to use high temperature. Bring home more bighead carp and steam the fish head with chopped peppers, which is so delicious.

Erhu is the same. The two brothers came here today just for the silver carp.

The farmed ones you buy at the market are not as delicious as the wild silver carp.

It's just hot, with the sun shining directly on my head.

Qin Dahe couldn't bear the temperature even with his sun-protective clothing and straw hat on, as it was at least over 30 degrees.

I took a towel to the river, wrung it out, and wiped my body all over before I felt better.

After casting the rod, he lit a cigarette and sat quietly on the fishing platform. Others came over one after another.

There is a saying about wild fishing that even gods cannot catch fish at noon, but the most fundamental reason is the lack of resources.

Just before dinner, Qin Dahe pulled up a silver carp. How could there be no fish where the water systems of the two rivers meet?

Just within two minutes of casting it, the float at the top began to pause.

One point, rising, half a point, rising.

When the fish was about one and a half inches away, Qin Dahe suddenly made a strong stab. The advantage of a long fishing rod is that the rebound amplitude is large during the stabbing stage, so the stab can be more powerful.

"call out!"

The sound of fishing line cutting through water filled the air. “Haha, Erhu, come here and grab the camera to take a video.”

As soon as I got my hands on it, I knew it was a big deal, at least 20.

"Here it comes." Erhu immediately turned on the camera and started filming.

"How lonely it is to be invincible."

On the fishing platform, Qin Dahe, with a cigarette lit, sang proudly and twisted his fishing rod, looking so arrogant.

I caught 70 or 80 kilograms of fish this morning and got a river crown.

"Ce!"

"He's already done pretending."

"Damn, I envy him so much."

The others who were still resting under the tree could no longer sit still. They took a few breaks while recording videos while others caught big fish.

Everyone was secretly thinking, it would be great if the big fish got away, as it would be great if they could catch more.

Although he sang out of tune, his arrogant look really made people excited. The sound of big fish cutting through the water was the best accompaniment to the fisherman's singing.

"Swish!" Gangzi also caught a fish, and it was quite a big one.

Two long rods caught big fish at the same time, which made everyone envious.

However, Gangzi looked around and found that no one was singing and dancing like Qin Dahe. It was too embarrassing for a man in his thirties to do that.

Not to mention him, even Erhu wouldn't dare to do that.

Everyone is envious, but who would have the mindset to sing and dance if they were really standing on the fishing platform?

"Alone on the summit, the cold wind keeps blowing"

“Who can understand my loneliness?”

After singing a song, he even refilled the cigarette in his hand.

The nine-meter rod was slow to bring back fish, but he was not in a hurry. If he were to get anxious, the No. 5 line would actually break to show you.

The same is true for Gangzi next to him. Wild fish have plenty of strength.

Another five minutes passed before he got off the fishing platform and pulled the fish back.

"coming."

The fish surfaced once, and it turned out to be a big silver carp.

When I think about eating chopped pepper fish head, my mouth can't stop drooling.

Erhu turned off the camera and started waiting by the side with a scoop net.

"Daha, can you sell this thing you filmed to others?" he asked curiously.

"Look, the videos we shot earlier have been made into CDs and will be sent back soon." Qin Dahe smiled and pulled back. Soon, a silver carp weighing at least 20 was caught and sent into the fish basket.

"I'm talking about this now."

"Well, let's cut to the end of the basic tutorial and show everyone how to show off when catching a big fish." He chuckled. He couldn't help but feel secretly happy when he thought about the fisherman watching the tutorial and then watching him sing and catch a big fish on the fishing platform.

There are so many small workshops selling pirated CDs now. Every household has a VCD, and the CD business has reached its peak.

After the floppy disks were sent over, they were made into playable CDs at a cost of only 60 cents per disk, and that was because he ordered good quality disks.

The wholesale price of that kind of low-quality song CD is as low as 40 cents.

The plate cost 60 cents, and he wholesaled it to the fishing tackle store for the same 60 cents, and directly told them he would sell it for one dollar.

This thing is not for making money, but to expand the group of fishermen and get more people into the trap.

It can also increase its influence invisibly, making people more accepting of its bait. There are some soft advertisements in the video.

He happily cast the rod again and Erhu began to change the bait.

His performance at 7.2 meters today was a bit poor, and there were signs that he was silenced by Qin Dahe.

The fish from next door was also pulled up, a black carp weighing seven or eight kilograms.

"Gangzi, give me this one, one bill, okay?" That means one hundred yuan, just enough for the fish.

"Okay." Gangzi happily put the fish directly into his fish basket.

I borrowed someone's fishing rod today and caught a big fish. Let's give each other face.

After taking the green banknote, he didn't rush back to fishing. He put the money away and left it aside.

"Dahe, why don't you order another batch of fishing rods?" To be honest, long rods not only allow you to catch more fish, but also make it more fun to fish.

Moreover, the customized nine-meter fishing rod is not soft at all because it is added with high-quality carbon cloth, and is very easy to use.

"I really don't want to sell it. The cost is too high."

"If you order more, the cost will go down."

The most attractive guys at the riverside today were the two of them using a nine-meter rod. Although it was tiring, they caught a lot of fish.

"Call the manufacturer and ask if you can get a discount by ordering more. It's just right for shipping to fishing tackle stores."

Qin Dahe was stunned when he heard this. Yes, if the price can be reduced to three or four hundred yuan, then the market can be opened up.

Pure carbon fiber rods are not cheap nowadays, often costing thousands of dollars.

"Okay, I'll ask. You go back to fishing first."

As he spoke, he took out his cell phone and started making an international call.

Now international calls need to be activated separately and are expensive, costing twelve yuan per minute plus local call charges.

The call was made to the after-sales department of the island country's fishing gear manufacturer. They didn't really care much about the order, they just wanted to make it convenient for him to give feedback.

After the call was connected, some Japanese chatter came from the other end. Qin Dahe chatted fluently in English, saying that he wanted to order more fishing rods and hoped to discuss the price.

The other party asked to wait for a moment and immediately switched to the supervisor's office.

Erhu and the others looked at each other in surprise. We are all fishermen, so why are you so good at English?

"Ce, how much does this guy know?"

"And even dragged in bird language."

Ignoring everyone's teasing, Qin Dahe immediately asked about the cost issue after receiving the call from the supervisor's office.

The other party did not rush to give a quote, but first inquired about how his fishing gear was selling in the country, whether he had a foreign trade license, etc.

Just pay less tariffs when buying. Since he is purchasing in large quantities, he has to find a foreign trade company to resell it.

Qin Dahe said that he is one of the domestic fishing gear manufacturers, and his new type of silver carp and bighead carp bait occupies a large market share in the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

If you want to brag, you have to brag a little, otherwise you won’t be justifying the phone bill of more than ten yuan per minute.

Finally, the other party quoted a price of six hundred yuan, provided that at least one thousand pieces were purchased in one batch.

Qin Dahe immediately stopped thinking and hung up the phone cursing.

A one-time investment of 600,000 yuan and finding a foreign trade company to resell it also costs money, the cost is too high.

With such a big risk, it should be sold for at least a thousand yuan, but now selling domestic fishing rods for four figures is courting death.

We still have to wait for Guangwei. I don’t know how the carbon fiber research and development there is going.

Guangwei now also has low-grade charcoal cloth, but they are all imported from island countries and are extremely expensive.

When domestic carbon cloth develops, I will customize fishing rods in bulk and sell them domestically.

Most of the internet-famous fishing rods in later generations are like this, with "double tags" selling for hundreds or thousands of dollars each.

After tracing the source, I found that they were all carbon cloths from Guangwei and Zhongfu Shenying, and the most I could do was to come up with a design.

Of course, this is not to say that these fishing rods are bad. Relatively speaking, domestic fishing rods have a high cost-effectiveness.

But those advertising slogans are really giving me a headache. They talk about independent research and development and painstaking efforts, but in the end, everything that can be outsourced in the factory is outsourced.

The route Qin Dahe plans to take is to devote himself to producing bait and research it thoroughly.

The "hard goods" such as fishing rods are handed over to other manufacturers. They make a profit as much as they can, and it doesn't matter if no one buys them.

As long as the bait has a good reputation, is not inferior to good ones, and continues to work hard on the bait, anglers will naturally choose him over time.

In his opinion, it is enough to understand the bait.

This time it was Gangzi who suggested it. Since it was difficult to buy long rods in China, he tried to ask, wondering if he could get some benefits in advance.

But the price of six hundred is too outrageous. After thinking about it, I decided to give up.

The subsequent sales will still focus on silver carp and bighead carp bait, and then the research and development and iteration of other baits will be added.

We have to wait until a complete ecosystem is formed in the fish pond we contracted, so that we can test the bait.

When I go sea fishing in Shenzhen in the second half of the year, I’ll see if I can bring back a batch of underwater cameras.

In fact, it doesn’t matter if it’s not an underwater camera. An ordinary camera sealed with glue is enough. The deepest part of the lake is only eight meters.

(End of this chapter)