Beachcombing: The beach is full of amazing seafood, but my wife won't let me get out of bed!

After finishing the last bite of watermelon, Wu Sui threw the rind into the nearby trash can and tore off a tissue to wipe his hands.

"These purchasing stations in town usually fight tooth and nail over goods. Are you planning to keep operating on such a small scale forever?"

"Didn't you ever think about expanding and strengthening your business, and creating new glories?"

Lin Tao closed the ledger and pulled up a stool to sit down opposite Wu Sui.

"Sigh, I'd like to too, but doing business isn't child's play."

He pointed to the street outside the door.

There are more than a dozen seafood wholesale businesses in town, large and small.

"Everyone has a fixed supply of fishing boats and regular customers in the city."

"Want to grow big? It's not that easy."

"The venue rental, labor, and transportation alone amount to a huge sum."

"Besides, if you expand your business too much and the supply can't keep up, you won't be able to deliver the goods your customers want, and your brand will be ruined."

Wu Sui smiled: "You don't need to worry about the supply. You've seen my harvest from these past few days at sea. It will only increase, not decrease, in the future."

Lin Tao waved his hand, looked at Wu Sui's smug expression, and burst into laughter.

"Come on, even if you can get your hands on giant grouper and stonefish every day, you can't support a whole purchasing station with just your boat."

Seeing that he had big ambitions, Wu Sui sat up straight and dropped his previous nonchalant attitude.

"Brother Tao, what do you think of the courtyard house I bought?"

Lin Tao was stunned.

He was certainly aware of Wu Sui's purchase of the courtyard house, and he was also very envious of it.

"Weren't you planning to hold onto it and wait for it to appreciate in value, then resell it for the difference?"

Wu Sui shook his head.

"That was my initial thought, but now I think I could try starting a business."

Lin Tao's eyes widened, and he didn't react for a long time.

"You... want to get into seafood buying and selling?"

Wu Sui nodded and explained his thoughts.

"First, that courtyard has its own independent dock with enough water depth that medium-sized fishing boats can drive directly in and dock."

His luck is so good, I don't know if it's influenced by the system, it's just too good.

Longline fishing is already attracting jealousy, and it will be even more dangerous once the fishing season opens.

Lin Tao also witnessed the unloading process at the dock today.

Envious people like Chen Fugui caused trouble, small-scale fishmongers scrambled for prices, and villagers who just wanted to watch the spectacle blocked the dock completely.

If you have your own dock, fishing boats can drive right into your yard and unload their cargo behind closed doors.

Nobody can see it, and nobody can cause trouble.

Wu Sui raised his second finger.

"Secondly, there are five existing storefronts facing the street in the courtyard. With a little renovation, they can be combined into stalls, which will be three or four times larger than your current shop."

Lin Tao swallowed hard.

Five large doors, that must be so spacious.

The live water tank can be made large enough to display various seafood in different categories, making it convenient for customers to come and see the goods.

Wu Sui raised his third finger and tapped the table next to him.

"Most importantly, there is a large cold storage facility behind the yard."

For seafood purchasing stations, the biggest headache is keeping seafood fresh.

When typhoons or fishing bans occur, people can't go out to sea and have to rely on their stockpiled goods to survive.

Whoever owns cold storage can control pricing when supplies run out.

Lin Tao currently only has a small cold storage room behind his shop, which can't store much stock at all.

"I've inspected the equipment in the cold storage; it's all about 80% new and can be used with a little repair."

Lin Tao paced back and forth in the store, clearly also tempted.

Independent dock, large street-facing storefront, and large cold storage.

These three things together have solved the biggest problem for the purchasing station.

He stopped and stared at Wu Sui.

"Ah Sui, tell me honestly, what exactly are you planning to do?"

Wu Sui spread his hands: "It's simple, a partnership."

"I'll provide the venue; you can do whatever you want with that compound."

"At the same time, I am responsible for providing top-quality wild seafood to ensure our brand can stand the test of time."

"You provide the distribution channels, bring your existing customer resources, and take charge of daily operations, management, and sales."

Lin Tao's mind raced.

He works himself to the bone at his current shop all year round, but only earns a few hundred thousand yuan.

If we really do things the way Wu Sui suggested, the profits will definitely double.

But he also had concerns.

"Even close brothers should keep clear accounts. With such a large operation, how should the shares be calculated? How should the initial investment be divided?"

Wu Sui looked into Lin Tao's eyes.

"I'll cover the costs of the initial storefront renovation and cold storage maintenance."

"We'll split the shares 50/50."

Lin Tao gasped.

With a venue costing 2.8 million yuan, plus the initial investment, did Wu Sui take care of everything?

The conditions were so good that he couldn't believe it.

"Ah Sui, are you kidding? With your qualifications, you could easily find a big boss in the city to work with, and they'd be laughing in their sleep. Why did you choose me?"

Wu Sui stood up and patted Lin Tao on the shoulder.

"Because I trust you."

"I hate trouble and don't want to stay in the shop every day doing accounts and managing people. I just want to go out to sea to fish."

Lin Tao's eyes felt a little hot.

From a business perspective, the terms Wu Sui offered were practically a free gift.

But he did not agree immediately.

This was a huge deal; it meant he had to shut down his acquisition station, which he had run for many years, and become completely tied to Wu Sui.

"Ah Sui, this is too sudden. You need to give me some time to think. This isn't as simple as just changing stores. There's a lot more to it than that."

Wu Sui nodded: "No problem, take your time to think it over. Anyway, the compound is still under lockdown, so there's no rush in the next day or two."

After finishing the story, Lin Tao was still somewhat dazed.

Their minds are filled with thoughts of growing bigger and stronger, and creating new glories!

When Wu Gang and Chen Yang arrived, they saw that Lin Tao looked distracted.

"Second brother, what's going on? Have you finished settling the accounts?"

"Settle accounts?" Lin Tao suddenly realized that there were still so many good items left to sell.

"Hey, what are you talking about now, talking to me about growing bigger and stronger? Hurry up and settle the accounts."

He called to his staff, and they began weighing the sorted fish and carrying them into the cold storage.

"Mudskippers, first basket, forty-five jin!"

"The second basket, forty-two jin!"

Chen Yang held the notebook, biting the end of his pen as he wrote down numbers, his face flushed with excitement.

Lin Tao looked at the scale while scribbling on the form.

"The mudskipper weighs 122 jin (61 catties). These things sell quickly in the market right now. Let's say it's 85 yuan per jin, that's 10370 yuan."

The mudskipper's scientific name is Yellow-spotted Bassfish.

Because it feeds on algae, its internal organs often have a peculiar odor, hence it is also known as the "stinky-belly fish".

Some people genuinely like it, but many others can't get used to it.

Wu Sui nodded in satisfaction; the price Lin Tao offered was already quite high.

"Weigh the lionfish separately!" Lin Tao instructed his assistant to put the lionfish in a separate bucket and add oxygen.

"Ah Sui, I don't usually collect these things, mainly because they're hard to raise and easy to die."

"I need to send it to the big restaurants in the city as soon as possible. They like this kind of wild food. It's 200 yuan per catty, 3000 yuan in total."

"Other miscellaneous fish such as black sea bream, yellowfin sea bream, and sea bass, totaling 340 catties, will not be counted separately. Let's say the average price is 40, which is 9600."

Lin Tao paused, then turned to look at the several large plastic buckets placed in the corner.

"Next, let's call it the stonefish."