Rebirth 77: From Beachcombing to Becoming a Tycoon and Spoiling My Wife

The steel ship is moored at the fishing port dock.

As soon as Yang Bai landed, Hou Sanli quickly came to greet him, his eyes filled with obvious worry.

"Yang Bai, what kind of catch did you get today?"

Hou Sanli was worried that Yang Bai hadn't been out fishing for four days and had been resting and recuperating. With the addition of the grouper order, he was concerned that Yang Bai might not be in good condition today.

Yang Bai replied, "I only caught grouper today."

"What? You only caught a giant grouper?"

Hou Sanli took a step forward: "You really didn't catch any other sea fish? You just spent the whole day fishing for grouper?"

Yang Bai shook his head: "No, we only fished for grouper the whole time."

Hou Sanli sighed repeatedly.

"Oh dear, I've wasted the whole day on the giant grouper?"

The higher-ups have clearly given you ample time to catch fish; you can certainly proceed gradually and slowly to prepare your catch.

"You can't put all your eggs in one basket with the most difficult fish to catch, the giant grouper."

Hou Sanli was well aware of the difficulty of catching grouper. Ordinary fishing boats would go out to sea for a day and, if they were unlucky, they wouldn't catch a single one, and if they were lucky, they would catch a few.

Spending the whole day focusing on grouper will most likely not even cover the cost of fuel and labor.

To complete the 5,000-jin catch target, the safest approach is to combine common sea fish with a small amount of grouper each day. Over eleven days, this will accumulate over time, ensuring that even if the target is not met, the investment will not be completely lost.

Yang Bai pinned all his hopes on the elusive giant grouper.

Yang Bai asked in return.

"How do you know I'll definitely lose money fishing for grouper?"

"Nonsense, who could get five thousand catties of wild giant grouper in a day? It's simply impossible," Hou Sanli said.

He has worked at the fishing port for many years and has handled many fish catch registrations. He has never seen a fishing boat catch 5,000 catties of grouper in a single day.

Yang Bai had indeed broken the fishing port record before, but in Hou Sanli’s opinion, catching 5,000 catties of grouper in a single day was beyond the limits of human capability, and Yang Bai could not do it either.

Yang Bai pointed to the fishing boat behind him.

"Don't rush to conclusions. Let someone board the ship and check the cargo first."

Yang Bai stretched and walked over to the motorcycle next to him to sit down and rest.

I haven't been out to sea for four days, and today I spent the whole day in the core area, so I took a break while counting the catch.

Hou Sanli turned his head and waved his hand, calling over the inventory clerk and porters, and instructing everyone to board the ship and move the goods.

Workers boarded the fishing boats, and fish boxes were unloaded from the dock.

The boxes were heavy, and each one required two workers to lift it.

Hou Sanli stepped forward, lifted the lid of the box to check, and then stopped.

The box was full of wild giant grouper, each weighing over 100 pounds, with fresh and tender meat. Several of them were super-sized grouper weighing around 200 pounds.

The clerk in charge of registration looked at the grouper in front of him. In all his years in the industry, he had never seen so many groupers gathered on a fishing boat.

The last large fish box was carried down, and four workers worked together to place it on the ground.

Hou Sanli stepped forward and lifted the lid of the box, revealing a giant grouper weighing 300 jin lying inside.

Hou Sanli frowned, noticing something amiss.

The giant grouper's abdomen was cut open, and its internal organs were cleaned out.

He walked up to Yang Bai and pressed him for an answer.

"Yang Bai, how come this 300-pound giant grouper's belly was cut open? Did you do it?"

Yang Bai put his hands behind his head, leaned against the motorcycle, and nodded.

"Yes, I took the fish maw from inside, and I plan to dry it and take it home to nourish my family."

Hou Sanli sighed after listening.

"Forget it, it's such a waste to have 300 catties of top-quality fish maw from the king of fish. I'll calculate the price of this fish at the original price, deducting the difference for the fish maw. We'll collect and process all the remaining grouper fish maw, weigh it separately, and settle the payment for you. Is that acceptable?"

"Sure, just follow the rules," Yang Bai replied, adding that this settlement method complies with the regulations of the fishing port.

Hou Sanli looked at the row of solid wood fishing boxes piled up on the dock, and at the grouper scattered all over the ground.

"Yang Bai, I was wrong. You're a real god! You managed to get a 5,000-jin dragon grouper in a single day. Where did you get it?"

Yang Bai pointed to a distant sea area: "The Widow Sea, the core area within it."

Upon hearing these five words, Hou Sanli cursed.

"Damn, the Widow Sea is extremely dangerous. Few people dare to venture deep into the outer waters, yet you actually went straight into the core area and returned unscathed! To be honest, you deserve this money; no one else could take it."

Hou Sanli understood why Yang Bai was so confident that he could catch a 5,000-jin giant grouper.

He had heard from experts that no one had ever developed fishing in the core area, and that it was very likely home to a large number of rare fish species.

The routes inside are complicated; even the people on the outskirts don't understand them, let alone the core area.

He hadn't expected Yang Bai to have such strength; it seemed that he had figured out Widow Sea.

The workers completed the weighing and counting. The total net weight of the grouper was 5,975 jin. Including the grouper maw, the total revenue from this trip was 12,756 yuan.

Hou Sanli put away the registration form and said to Yang Bai, "The same old rule applies. You can come and collect the money whenever you have time."

The two have worked together for a long time and have already developed a strong understanding of each other, so there is no need for further explanation.

Just then, Yang Jun came running over from the fishing boat, his face full of excitement, and asked, "Brother Yang, how much money did we make on this trip?"

Yang Bai stood up, waved his hand, and said decisively, "It's a total of 12,756 yuan. I'll withdraw the money tomorrow and distribute it as a bonus to all the brothers on the ship."

Yang Jun's eyes lit up instantly, and he was so excited that he was trembling all over. Just one share of the bonus would give him more than 1,200 yuan this time.

He looked at Yang Bai with deep admiration and said from the bottom of his heart, "Brother, I will follow you for the rest of my life. I will not recognize anyone else but you."

Yang Bai waved his hand with a smile, turned to look at Yang Jun and Liu Dade beside him, and joked, "Speaking of which, after you finish this deal, you two should be the second and third people in our village to earn ten thousand yuan."

Upon hearing this, Liu Dade and Yang Jun nodded vigorously in unison, their eyes filled with gratitude.

Yang Jun spoke first, his tone sincere: "Of course. If it weren't for Brother Yang leading us to go to sea to make money, we would never have dared to dream of becoming a millionaire in our entire lives."

Liu Dade, standing to the side, echoed him emphatically, his expression extremely solemn.

"Xiao Jun is absolutely right. You saved my life, not to mention the good life of being a 'ten-thousand-yuan household'."

Without you, we'd still be poor fishermen, with no future.

The rest of the crew members on board nodded in agreement, filled with gratitude.

After following Yang Bai to sea, most of them joined the ranks of those who earned thousands of yuan. In the past, they would never have dared to dream of earning so much money.

Seeing everyone's emotional state, Yang Bai smiled and interrupted, then made arrangements.

"Alright, alright, no need to be so sentimental. I still remember the last time we went to a restaurant, the food wasn't very satisfying, and we didn't enjoy the meal."

"Now that you two are both millionaires, tomorrow you two will treat everyone to a feast at the biggest restaurant in the county. Our whole team will have a good time and eat to our hearts' content!"

Yang Jun and Liu Dade exchanged a glance, burst into laughter, and nodded in unison without hesitation.