Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 9 Jiuzi Ghost Market
Coming out of the station, he smelled and looked at the familiar streets and sighed.

I opened a processing factory in Jiuzi City in my previous life, and I am very familiar with every tree and blade of grass here.

The station is located in Xinshikou, very close to the pedestrian street in the city center, but it will look the same as it does now, even though it will look the same in twenty years.

These old communities have never been demolished, and neither has the train station. Even though it has been abandoned, it still stands in its original place.

Pushing aside the small tricycles soliciting passengers, he squeezed out of the station with great effort.

The money must have been hidden. He had encountered many thieves on the way to school. I heard that some people even robbed him openly a few years ago. However, the security is pretty good now.

The new police station is just across the street, and everyone felt much more at ease when they saw the sign.

He didn't rush to find a fishing tackle store, but instead crossed the road to the north and walked a short distance to the antique street.

Although Antique Street sells antiques, it also has another name: "Ghost Market".

The items sold here are varied, ranging from rags to film cameras. The market is often open at night, and most of the goods come from shady sources.

The things here are really cheap, and there are many people who try to find bargains. Someone once bought an old camera here for 20 yuan and sold it for yuan.

When he was in a difficult situation in his previous life, he would come here to take a look at night when he had nothing to do, and sometimes he could find good things.

Starting from the first antique shop, he went in and asked if there was any second-hand fishing gear for sale.

That’s right, most of these owners are consignment stalls in the ghost market.

As soon as the gates are closed at night and snakeskin bags are laid out, the antique street instantly turns into a ghost market.

"Used fishing gear? Want two sets of line? Three bucks a spool."

The key to the antique business is to make a profit for three years after opening it. On weekdays, you have enough free time to read the newspaper several times.

So when Qin Dahe came into the store, people didn't mind even if he wasn't buying antiques, and they would chat for a long time over a business worth a few dollars.

"What size?"

"Let me see where you are going fishing?" The boss took out the goods.

"Let's go fishing in the Qingyi River. The Yangtze River is so rough right now, it's not safe."

"Yeah, safety is the most important thing. Here, one is Line 7, and the other is Line ."

Both rolls of wire are 100 meters long. I looked at the brand and found that they were imported from Taiwan. This is really a bargain.

If you go to a fishing tackle store to buy it, don’t even think about it unless you have 40 or 50 yuan.

The boss talked to him for a while and then let him go with satisfaction.

The second one is a legitimate antique shop, not a ghost market.

I went to the third, fourth, and even the seventh store before I found someone selling fishing gear.

"An imported sea rod, two glass rods, a box of floats, and a bag of shrimp powder. The glass rods are twenty-five yuan each, the shrimp powder and floats are twenty yuan for a package, and the sea rod is at least three hundred yuan." The boss was not in a hurry to get the goods, and first looked at Qin Dahe's reaction.

"You sold it for three hundred yuan at the ghost market. Let me see it." Qin Dahe became interested.

The prices at the ghost market are not random, and it is rare to find things that cost hundreds of dollars.

When he took out the rod, his eyes lit up. It was a Shimano set. Later, he bought a new set for more than 20,000 yuan. This was a fishing tackle factory with a century-old history.

"Boss, be patient. This is not a sea rod, it's a lure rod for catching black carp and black bass." He handed over the cigarette in a familiar manner.

It was just a bit low quality, but the boss frowned but still ordered it.

When men pass cigarettes to each other, it is considered rude if the other person doesn't smoke in person.

"I asked, this is a brand name product, worth several thousand."

"As for business, we can talk about it. I'll take a hundred yuan." He definitely didn't want to spend three hundred yuan. He only had a little over a thousand yuan on him.

Fishing isn't a sure win, and Qin Dahe isn't in a position to enjoy it right now. He needs to get on with life first. "Hey, little brother, you look young, but you have a big appetite. At least 220, no less."

"Okay, give me the shrimp powder and float first."

He didn't know the market price of fishing gear, but shrimp powder and floats were definitely cheap.

This bag of shrimp powder weighs at least three pounds, and it can be used for a long time when mixed with bait.

Unfortunately, he didn't remember many bait recipes from his previous life. He only knew which brand and which medicine could produce a huge catch in the black pit.

Although you know how to use the musk medicine that costs a thousand yuan a bottle, it’s all nonsense if you don’t know how to mix it. You can only try it yourself slowly.

While Taiwan fishing has not yet entered the countryside, he can get some big catches in the Yuxi River in advance.

"Fishing rods are really not cheap?" He looked at the boss with a bitter face.

"It's not cheap. It's imported." The boss crossed his arms and prepared to see the customer off.

"Let me try it." He didn't say whether he wanted to buy it or not, but the boss handed him the pole directly.

Picking up a piece of wood by the roadside, he tried to throw it twice, and both times he hit a small tree trunk accurately.

Although the sound of the wheels is not as smooth as in later generations, it is definitely far better than those of the turtle guys in the countryside.

The light steel spinning reel has smooth casting and even force release, making it perfect for catching mandarin fish.

If you can't buy lures, you'll have to go back and think of a way yourself.

"Boss, this rod is definitely good, but the wheel is a detachable consumable. Please raise your hand and sell it to me for 50 yuan. This high-end carbon fiber rod can be sold at a good price."

"That's impossible. The wheel sells for fifty dollars, and the pole must be at least 170. Where can I buy it?"

"No one fishes lures these days, unless those turtle fishermen are willing to buy them, and you have to meet them at the ghost market."

"I see you play pretty well, why is no one playing?"

Seeing his boss's arrogant look, he had no choice but to give in again.

"Sell me the wheels for 70 bucks. I can't buy any more."

"200, a whole set for you."

"I don't have any money, and I need to go to the tackle shop to buy hooks later. How about you just take the wheel off and give it to me?"

He was a little impatient. Only a farmer would be crazy to spend hundreds of dollars to buy a fishing rod. He would definitely curse to death when he got home.

In the future, if I start a fish pond or do other things, my say at home will be weakened, and it will be inconvenient for me to do anything.

"Okay, okay, I'll give you the reel. Remember to come and buy a rod when you have money in the future." The boss thought about it and it made sense.

Carbon fiber poles are valuable, so selling this iron wheel for a few dozen dollars is considered a profit.

Little did he know that the essence of a lure rod lies in the reel.

A smooth and drag-releasing reel tied to bamboo can catch big fish, and the line group does not need to be too thick.

When he came out of the antique street, he had already got a lot of fishing gear, which he packed all in a second-hand rod bag he had bought, and the shrimp powder was in his hand.

He didn't need to ask for directions. He got on the "tooth-beating machine" and went to the New Department Store Building, which turned out to be a state-owned department store that sold a wide variety of good things.

A tooth grinding machine is a small three-wheeled vehicle that can seat two people in the back seat, making it much more cost-effective than a taxi.

I couldn't save a lot of money on this purchase. I bought a lot of steel hooks, a variety of models, and also bought a set of braided lines specifically for lure fishing.

There are now an influx of predatory animals in the big rivers and lakes, and there are also many black carp in some small ponds in the village. I can catch some of them when I go back.

(End of this chapter)