I have a sea in ancient times

Chapter 225 Longline Fishing Boat

Lao Zheng has opened a fishing gear shop on this island for more than 30 years. Half of the fishermen on the island get their fishing gear from him.

Relying on small profits but quick turnover, he has also accumulated a lot of wealth. In his early years, he bought a house in downtown Licheng and made a lot of money. It stands to reason that his family is at least middle class.

However, they have been very troubled recently, because the ocean-going fishing boat bought by their son has not left port for a long time.

As long as you don't leave the port for a day, you will lose money, but if you go fishing, if you can't catch fish, you will only lose money.

In fact, many large fishing boats are afraid to go out to sea now, and they are all parked in the port. However, their ocean-going fishing boat was bought in 2012. It cost a total of 700 million yuan and was purchased with a loan.

At that time, the price was enough to buy ten houses of more than 100 square meters in Licheng, but now it has become a pile of scrap iron, and it is not sold, and there is a monthly maintenance fee if it is not sold.

So far, I still owe the bank more than 200 million yuan, and the monthly interest is [-] to [-] yuan. The money made by this fishing tackle shop is almost already repaying the loan.

In fact, in the beginning, ocean-going fishing boats were still very profitable, not only because of their high output, but also because of high fuel subsidies from the ZF.

Just money stuff.

It's really early, their entry time is late, once someone has tasted the sweetness, there will be countless people who follow suit, and when they hear that there is money to be made, they will frantically squeeze in.

The culprit is still those media, who have nothing to do but spread the propaganda, and the ocean-going fishing boats have made millions of dollars per boat.

In those years, the shipyard kept building ships every day, and the orders were always full. A ship had to be booked for more than half a year, and it was exaggerated to wait two or three years.

Almost the famous fishing grounds all over the world are flying red flags, plus there are some unruly second-hand goods, who don’t have the qualifications, just forget it, and add chaos everywhere.

Stealing fish on someone else's property, and being caught, seems to be aggrieved.

The result of not following the rules is that the domestic ocean-going fishing boats are like rats crossing the sea, and everyone shouts and beats them. Many places have also begun to restrict the entry of domestic fishing boats.

There are also many ocean-going fishing boats bought by fishermen on the island with loans. The cheapest of these boats usually cost 500 million yuan. The fishing did not catch much, but they owed a big debt. After leaving Lao Lai, the family members were also unlucky.

I heard that some people were forced to jump into the sea.

Their family is relatively good, barely survived by relying on the fishing tackle shop, but the fishing boat is not free of money, and it also needs maintenance.

And dare not go out, like that kind of big ship, it burns money by the second, in addition to the high fuel fee, there is also the crew fee.

Now it is becoming more and more difficult to recruit crew members. In the past, there were seven or eight thousand people scrambling to board the ship every month, but now tens of thousands may not necessarily come.

Even if someone comes and boards the ship, they must first sign a contract, not only to buy insurance for them, but also to pay medical insurance and social security, etc.

Once this kind of fishing boat goes out and fails to catch any fish, the loss of money is also terrible. If you venture into the territorial waters of others to steal fish, and the boat is detained by other countries, you will not only lose all your money, but also be fined.

In short, the general environment is like this, that is, there are fewer fish in the sea, and everyone has nothing to catch, and other countries are preventing them from stealing fish.

And the four major fishing grounds in China have already existed in name only, that is, after the fishing ban period ends, there will be fish to catch during that period, and there will be no fish in other periods of time.

Some time ago, the leader of the Fisheries Bureau came to talk to him, hoping that they could switch industries, but his son originally refused.

But there is really no way. If the monthly loan interest is so high and there is no fish to catch, life will become more and more difficult every day.

In addition, the granddaughter will enter junior high school in two years, and the problem of housing in the school district has not yet been resolved, so this boat will have to be sold even if it is not sold.

If Lu Paotou's son was willing to buy it, he might be able to sell it for a good price. Old Zheng pulled a bundle of very large longline hooks out with a trailer.

This longline hook.

In fact, it consists of four major parts, namely the main line, float, auxiliary line and fishhook.

"This one is five kilometers long. The main line is five millimeters long and has a pulling force of 150 kilograms. The secondary line is 3 millimeters long and has a pulling force of 80 kilograms."

In fact, if you want to buy such a large longline hook, you can’t buy it in Licheng, and even it is difficult to buy it from a certain treasure. This kind of fishing line is generally imported.

The bundle he has on hand was used by his son before, mainly for fishing yellowfin tuna, skipjack, GT and other marine fish.

Now I don’t go out to sea anymore, so I just sell it out. Old Zheng continued to introduce: “This kind of fishing line, as long as you don’t catch Atlantic bluefin tuna, other things should not be a problem.”

"How much is this one?"

"For the sake of regular customers, I'll consider you cheaper, let's say 1. My purchase price of this one is almost [-]."

"thank you boss."

When Lao Zheng said this, he suddenly asked: "You bought this kind of longline hook, do you have a boat now?"

"Yes." Lu Hai replied.

Old Zheng frowned. He knew exactly how many ocean-going fishing boats were parked at the pier on the island, and his family had only longline fishing boats on the entire island.

"What kind of boat is that?" Old Zheng asked.

"A fiberglass tugboat bought from Lao Jin."

Old Zheng smiled wryly and said, "That kind of boat doesn't have a fishing line storehouse, so how can you retract and release this kind of longline hook?"

Lu Hai naturally knows that there are usually special longline fishing boats for such a large longline hook, but there are many primitive people on his side.

Even without a boat.

The fish can still be pulled up.

More people means more power.

"If you don't have a boat, if you want to fish in the ocean, my ocean-going longline fishing boat can be sold to you at a low price. What do you think?"

Lu Hai was stunned and thought about it. No wonder Lao Zheng became excited and enthusiastic when he said just now that he wanted to buy the largest longline hook.

Originally, he planned to sell fishing boats to himself.

Lu Hai is indeed a little tempted, but his exploration space, even if it is tens of thousands of acres, is really small, even if he buys an ocean-going fishing boat, it is useless.

The ship has just warmed up, and it is estimated that it will hit the air wall, and the exploration space really does not have such a large dock for it to dock.

Seeing Lu Hai's hesitation, Lao Zheng quickly said: "My family bought the boat in 12, it's 30 meters long, and a lot of equipment on board is imported."

Lao Zheng kept introducing, because he had promoted many times, those foreign brands came almost immediately.

"My ship's main generator is Cummins, the auxiliary generator set is Steyr's diesel engine, and the marathon generator uses a single-filament single-drum hydraulic fishing machine system. The fresh-keeping warehouse has 50 square meters and the quick-freezing warehouse has 20 square meters."

I heard Lao Zheng talk a lot, but Lu Hai really couldn't understand it. He only knew that longline fishing boats were very expensive, and one or two people couldn't operate them. At least five people were needed.

Lu Hai didn't bother to go around in circles, and asked directly, "How much?"

"The price is 450 million yuan, with a seven-year license to fish tuna in the Indian Ocean."

After hearing the price.

Lu Hai was a little surprised, because the price is really beautiful. Second-hand fishing boats like this, even the cheapest ones, start at 500 million.

"Old Zheng, you sold me so cheaply, there must be some problem with the boat." Lu Hai said directly.

Old Zheng was stunned.

I found that my quotation was really low, and because I wanted to sell the boat, I directly stated the reserve price. Of course, others would think there was a problem with such a cheap price.

Old Zheng sighed.

In fact, he really wanted to fool Lu Haike with his longline fishing boat, but he didn't want to sell the boat against his conscience.

After all, this is Lu Paotou's son, and Lu Paotou is notoriously picky on the island. If he knows, he will encourage his son to buy his own boat.

Guessing, I will really come to settle accounts.

That would be a bit of a waste.

Old Zheng said honestly: "There is a reason why my boat is so cheap. Now the distant sea fishing industry is really not very good. Even if there are boats and people, if you are unlucky, you will not make money."

"I know this."

Lu Hai didn't expect Lao Zheng to be so honest. The ocean fishing industry has really been bad in the past two years. The zombie boats at the pier are almost all ocean fishing boats.

Lu Hai thought for a while: "I'll buy these first today. After a while, if your ship hasn't been sold yet, I can consider buying it."

"That's fine."

"The ones I bought just now, how much do they add up?"

"Thirteen thousand four hundred and five, let's count you thirteen thousand four."

"Thank you, is Alipay okay?"

"OK."

(End of this chapter)