Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1252 Profit
The two of them walked around the dock, and unexpectedly they ran into a fight again, apparently because their selling point had been occupied.

There was another melee involving dozens of people, and the two watched from a distance.

"Shit... I just saw two groups of people fighting, but they were held down by the people next to me. I thought the fight wouldn't get going, but I didn't expect it to turn into a fight again. It's really chaotic..."

Ye Yaodong also agreed, "Yeah, it's really messy here..."

It was messier than any other dock he had ever been to.

It was only afternoon, not the busiest time yet.

When I went to sea in my previous life, I was already old and did not participate in the chaos of this era. Now, after only two days here, I have encountered several incidents and even participated in one myself.

It’s such a mess…

After being renovated in the previous life, the docks were generally very orderly, not as chaotic as they are now.

"Someone is here to maintain it..."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, how many people do they arrest every day?"

"Hey, he ran away, reacted quickly..."

Ye Yaodong looked at the people who were fighting and told them to stop. Before the law enforcement officers came over, he reacted quickly, loaded the things onto the cart, pushed it and ran away. He looked very skilled.

They were not habitual offenders, but they were used to seeing this and were very familiar with the rules at the dock. Both sides stopped without hesitation.

The two looked at each other, and he said, "We still have to run fast!"

"Yeah, fighting is fine, but you still have to run fast. If you don't want the things, you have to run away too."

"Let's go back. I guess there are several cases every day, but we haven't encountered them."

The two walked around and checked on the progress of the fishing net before heading back home.

After returning, Ye Yaodong reallocated the personnel for going out to sea the next day. He selected 6 people to go out to sea with him, asked 2 people to go out for longline fishing, and left two people to look after the house.

The remaining six people were asked to follow Uncle Zheng and his team out to sea to learn how to use the radar network.

After thinking it over, he decided it would be a better idea to listen to Uncle Zheng. The big ship would use radar nets to catch cutlassfish, while the small boat would continue to use longline fishing.

After all, their boats do not have any other special equipment, nor do they have skilled workers who understand fishing, so they cannot engage in targeted fishing. The trawl yields are good, but when the flood season comes, the profits are definitely not as high as those from catching hairtail.

They left the fishing nets that they had originally ordered yesterday as usual.

Because of an incident today, no fishing boats went out to sea, so everyone bought some materials and did some longline fishing at home.

Father Ye's boats didn't go very far, and Ye Yaodong's boat could be contacted not far from the shore.

After asking around, they learned that the surrounding resources were abundant. They had been driving towards the East China Sea for more than two hours when they discovered a school of fish. They then stayed in the surrounding area and did not leave.

No wonder when they came, they encountered fishing boats along the way, and they were all big ones.

When he arrived, several ships were already fully loaded with cargo, and some even had their decks piled up.

"Oh wow, so many goods?"

Father Ye smiled and said, "Luckily you came early, otherwise if you were later, we wouldn't have room on the boat and would have had to go back."

"There are a lot of white pomfret and small yellow croaker."

"As soon as we came out in the early morning the day before yesterday, we saw a fishing boat similar to ours nearby, which caught a whole net of large white pomfret. It was so shiny and silvery, and it looked so beautiful. So we decided to try to cast a net here first, and sure enough, there were too many pomfret, small yellow croaker, shrimp and crabs."

“The resources here are really abundant.”

"One net here is worth two nets at home most of the time, and it's mostly big fish. It's just a pity that the small fish are thrown directly into the sea."

"Don't be greedy, just make more money."

"After we collect the goods from you today, we will probably head outside while trawling to see if there are better resources outside."

"Row."

"How have you been doing on the shore these past two days?"

How should he answer this?

Congratulations, Dad. You're not at home?
Considering that his father is still at sea and it will take a few days for him to return, it is better not to make the old man worry. He will know the truth when he returns. There is nothing much to say about this matter.

"It's okay, nothing serious has happened. You can just focus on catching your own fish at sea. I'll come out to collect another batch of goods in two days."

Father Ye really thought nothing had happened and felt relieved.

After Ye Yaodong had searched all the fishing boats, he hurried back to the shore before dark.

As the sun sets in the west, all the fishing boats return to the port and unload their cargoes in an orderly manner. The sound of hawkers shouting is heard everywhere, and it is bustling with people. There are also many late-coming merchants and fishmongers.

He only needs to arrange the unloaded goods and wait for the cargo merchants to choose. The prices of the same goods at the dock are basically not much different.

From the moment the sun sets until it is pitch dark, the pier is still bustling with people, brightly lit, and with a constant flow of people, making it ten times more lively than during the day.

Hundreds of thousands of fishermen and merchants gathered in the harbor, coming and going. Masts stood in rows, and there were mountains of fish and shrimps. The dock at night formed a unique landscape.

Seafood and fish are basically traded at night, and are then transported to surrounding cities, or farther places, or to nearby processing plants during the evening hours.

Although there is no refrigerated chain vehicle, if you put ice cubes in it and wrap it in thick cotton cloth, it can be kept for two or three days without going bad.

There are also many seafood processing factories in the port city, and a large amount of seafood is delivered every day.

In the evening breeze, Ye Yaodong still had his dinner on the dock, next to him were fishermen who were also eating with aluminum lunch boxes.

From time to time, he would take advantage of his free time to communicate with the fishermen nearby. He knew that it was like this here at night and it would last until dawn.

There are fishing boats coming and going, some docking and some leaving. There is a large flow of people at all times of day and night. It may be slightly less during the day, but that is relative.

The seafood trading locations in fishing ports of this era were different from those later. There was no international aquatic city, only markets and spontaneously formed fish markets, which had only been formed in the past two years.

Most fishermen will place their catch directly at the dock or at temporary stops for trading.

This has led to frequent blockages in the fishing port’s waterway, which has forced dock managers to constantly clear the congestion, and has also led to the establishment of an official fish market for merchants to trade.

When some fishing boats dock, there are no stalls on the shore, so they have to move to the fish market.

There are also some wholesalers who specialize in purchasing aquatic products. They will purchase seafood from different fishing boats at specific locations, and some fishing boats will specifically deliver the goods to the wholesalers.

Because of this, some intermediaries were also formed.

Whether it is the fish market, the dock, the temporary docking point, or the designated purchasing point, the flow of people is packed, with hundreds of thousands of people coming and going every day, and fish transactions are taking place all the time.

There is no worry about not being able to sell the goods that have just arrived at the port. Thousands of fishing boats dock every day and tens of thousands of tons of goods are continuously shipped out.

Similarly, because the current trading methods are relatively primitive and the infrastructure is not as developed as it will be in the future, he witnessed no less than five or six chaos while standing in front of the stall in one night, and this was within his field of vision.

Not to mention, the place he can't see is a real mixed bag.

Amid the constant flow of people coming and going, his nearly a hundred tons of goods were almost all sold out in the early morning, and all kinds of goods always found buyers.

The younger brothers around him were also guarding nearby. Without more people together, it was impossible for him to move freely on the dock with the money.

He breathed a sigh of relief only after they got home.

“It’s not easy to make money…”

"Yes, it's the first time I've seen such a busy dock. It's the first time I've seen what a big port is. It's really broadened my horizons."

"No wonder Uncle Zheng has been encouraging us to come up here."

"Their small boats don't have much cargo, so they should be sold out by nightfall. It would be safer if several boats could go in and out together as a group."

"Brother Dong, when you were selling the goods, you looked around and saw people fighting everywhere."

"Be careful and go to bed early. It's almost dawn."

Ye Yaodong returned to a room alone and counted the money he had earned from today's sales.

The more he counted, the more excited he became. He kept weighing the money and keeping account. Even when he had free time, he didn't dare count the money at the dock, for fear that his money would be exposed and attract jealousy.

Now when he counted them, his hands began to tremble. Most of them were goods worth a few cents, and a very small number could be sold for one or two dimes, or two or three dimes. Even so, he could still sell them for 11826 yuan.

If he shares the profit with the other four boats at a 6% discount, he can earn 4!!!

It is three times what you can earn from buying jellyfish in Vancouver and twice what you can earn from trawling.

He doesn't make any money from the supply of ice and fuel. He just delivers as much as he buys at the dock to the ship.

The difference between purchasing the fish and selling them on land is enough for him to earn.

The four boats also benefited. They didn't need to dock and waste a lot of time selling goods. In most of the day, the fishing boats could catch several more nets at sea.

Before, I used to trawl at home and sell the catch to the fresh-catch boat every two days for just over 1000 yuan, and I could only sell it for or yuan when I brought it ashore.

Now there is no need to go ashore, just give the goods to him and a boat can be sold for fifteen or sixteen thousand.

He calculated 60% out of conscience, but if he calculated 10% more, it would only be an extra hundred yuan at most.

The core reason is that there are so many fish that the trawl catch is indeed 1/3 more than what is caught at home.

As expected, although this place is a mixed bag, risk also means high returns.

Otherwise, how could it be possible for so many fishing boats and hundreds of thousands of fishermen to gather in this port, all coming here to pan for gold and make a fortune.

After counting the money, Ye Yaodong was ecstatic. He quickly checked all the cargo lists and then calculated the price of the goods received by each ship.

"So this is what they call making a fortune every day..."

I spent the entire last month in Vancouver. Although I couldn't catch many jellyfish, I was idle for half a month due to the typhoon.

But in the past 10 days, Sea Urchin has earned about 1 yuan.

There was also a fresh-catch boat that collected jellyfish for ten days. Although the quantity was large in the first few days, local boats followed suit in the next few days and he earned less, but in total he still made 7,000 to 8,000 yuan.

There were also some small boats that caught some fish during that period.

All in all, he earned about $28000 in Vancouver last month, and remitted $2 back home. Ah Qing asked him to keep the rest, so he kept it by her side.

In addition, he also had 3000 yuan on him when he came out. After deducting the gas expenses for that month, he still had nearly 9000 yuan before he came to Zhou City to settle the bill with all the fishing boats.

However, before leaving for Vancouver, he calculated the dividends of the month's profits in Vancouver with all the fishing boats, including the Harvest and Shunfeng.

In total, he received dividends from 16 fishing boats, plus dividends from two large ships, of which he got 3% each, for a total of 22009.

A Guang also received 2600 yuan in agency fees.

Those ship captains kept saying that they didn't make much money, but in fact it was because he took half of it.

Add to that the workers' expenses and gas money, so it's said that I didn't earn much, but in fact I only earned a few hundred yuan.

It’s because the typhoon affected us for half a month last month.

It is because jellyfish blood is expensive that everyone does not lose money.

Compared with last year's earnings, he really didn't make much money last month, so he planned to come to Zhou City, and everyone wanted to follow suit and give it another try.

Otherwise, no one would be ashamed to go back if they don’t make a lot of money.

Compared with all the fishing boats, he is actually the real winner.

The Fengshou and Shunfeng made money entirely because of trawling and the fact that they pulled back a boatload of jellyfish before the typhoon.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel that he was really the capital.

There are so many ships, and he doesn't have to do any work. He can get half of the money earned by those ships.

For the remaining half, the captain has to pay for labor and fuel, leaving at most 1/4.

I was definitely working for him, but renting his boat was definitely better than being a boatman.

He opened his luggage and found more than 3 yuan neatly stacked in the zippered compartment.

There were big unity notes and Mao Zedong bills, all tied up with rubber bands, and a large pile of coins, which really filled up the zipper compartment.

Adding the 2 yuan he remitted back home and deducting the 3000 yuan he brought out, he actually earned a little over yuan last month.

Half of it was earned from renting out joint-stock fishing boats!
So it was very wise for him to buy so many fishing boats at that time. These are production tools that can make money.

By the way, it can also benefit the local community.

The fishermen who rented his boats also improved their lives, from being poor in the village to becoming middle class in the village.

However, although the money he earned was deducted after the cost of fuel, the boat workers' wages have not yet been paid.

After all, the money hasn't been received yet. It won't take long for the money I give it to them to be gone. They either lose it in gambling or spend it on other things. I'm sure they won't be able to save much.

After all, they are from the same village, so they are not afraid that he will not give it to them.

In previous years, they would settle the accounts when they returned, and they would be happier to receive the money in one lump sum.

He made a preliminary estimate and found that with his father and 22 workers in total, the salary would have to be about 3000 yuan.

So his net profit last month was probably over 47000.

Beautiful!
And today, I made about 4700 yuan from my first salary after arriving in Zhoushan, and it’s only been two days.

His seafood-collecting boat is a real killer.

Nowadays, as long as you master the means of production, making money is really not a problem.

The more production tools he has, the rest of the people can only serve as tools to make money for him, and only a small part of the profits are distributed. In fact, all of them are working for him.

Ye Yaodong happily put the portion of money he had just calculated back into the zipper layer.

There are more than 33000 in it now, plus the more than 4700 he put in, the total is almost 38000.

He was thinking about when he should send some money back home. He had too much money accumulated and it was not safe to keep it with him. After all, this was a rental house with all kinds of people.

Although he specifically left someone at home to watch over him, who knows if they are reliable.

That is, I just arrived here and haven't yet dealt with the money I brought with me.

As he was thinking about this, he tied the corresponding amounts for the other three fishing boats and the cargo list together with a rubber band, and then locked them up in a password box.

"This place may be a mess, but he has so many ships. It's really easy to make money here."

"I wonder what the other small fishing boats have done today?"

Because of the disturbance yesterday, many people started fighting before selling all their goods, so there is no way to refer to the profits.

Ye Yaodong took out the watch from his pocket and checked the time.

"Fuck, it's 4 o'clock."

He looked out the window and saw some white light.

I didn't expect to count money until dawn.

He quickly placed the safe in a hole in the ground, which he had dug out yesterday. He placed a wooden board on top of the hole, and on top of the board was a wardrobe.

There's no other way. When you're away from home and renting a house, you have to find a way to hide so much money.

The seaside is prone to moisture, so some people do put a wooden board under the wardrobe to prevent the ground from getting damp on windy days.

After hiding the safe, he lay back on the bed and closed his eyes.

I thought to myself that I would call A Qing tomorrow and transfer the money back, and just keep a few thousand yuan with me.

When his father comes back next time, he will take over the seafood boat to sell goods. He feels safer if he takes the money on board or leaves it on board.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Fortunately, he brought a lot of boatmen with him. With 10 people assigned to the two boats, he still had 12 people on the shore, 13 in total including himself.

Leave two people to look after the house, and the rest will be more than enough to help his father sell goods.

Ye Yaodong fell asleep while he was thinking, and when he woke up it was already noon, just in time for lunch.

There were not many people eating at that time, so he asked casually.

"Some went to learn radar network, some went to the dock. Xiaowu just had nothing to do so he went to the dock for a walk and even picked up 13 yuan. He made a lot of money!"

"Aha? You found some money?" Ye Yaodong was happy, "What good luck."

"Yeah, they envied us so much, so except for us who were guarding the house, everyone else went to the dock to pick up money."

"Haha, these are all large cash transactions, and it's really easy to lose money. Go and have a look, maybe you can get something in return."

The light is not good at night, and sometimes you don’t even realize you’ve dropped your money. There are a lot of people coming and going there, so if you have nothing to do, you might as well go for a walk and try your luck.

It's better than staying at home and gambling, or going to the alleys to look for something.

He has only been here for a few days. The city was busy a few days ago, and he was out at sea, so no one has come to him to collect their salary.

I guess I'll be able to come to him to collect my salary in a few days.

"How were the other villagers' fishing boats doing yesterday? Did anything go wrong?"

"I heard that Uncle Lin also encountered a fishmonger who shortchanged the fish yesterday. They discovered it in time and there were many people around, so they just said they would not sell it anymore. Fortunately, there was no big conflict. The fishmongers cursed and went to find the next one."

"And then there were people who were almost robbed. The docks were so chaotic, there were all kinds of people there."

"There's nothing we can do. We can only ask them to be more careful when they go out, and go out in groups, and not be left alone."

Ye Yaodong thought for a moment and said, "When you come back in the evening, I'll give you last month's salary. I don't know when you'll be back, so you need to put some money in your pocket."

The eyes of the two people who were eating lit up.

"You're paying me now, why don't you wait until I get back to pay me?"

Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "I'll go back for the Chinese New Year, then I'll wait until the Chinese New Year to send you the money? You guys just have to wait for the next few months?"

"Haha, then I'll give you one month's worth of money first, which will serve as your living expenses for the remaining months. I'll save the rest with you and take it all at once during the Chinese New Year."

"Hehe, I'm out of money, but luckily I can eat and drink for free..."

He smiled and said, "I've advanced several dollars each of your salaries. I'll do the math later and pay you all the money before the 1st of this month."

Some of them came here at the beginning of last month, some came here with him at the end of the month before last, and there are 12 who have joined the team and received extra subsidies.

He thought the math was a bit confusing, so he wanted to pay them their wages for the month before this one in advance.

It's just the right amount to help them with their living expenses. Who knows how long they will stay here, and we can't let them keep receiving advance wages here.

An advance here, an advance there, frequent advances, when the time comes and the money accumulates, it will be more troublesome for him to settle the accounts, so it would be better for him to just pay them one month's living expenses first.

No matter where they spend the money, as long as they don't ask him for advances too often, he is not at home every day.

Let's clear the messy accounts from last month first, and then calculate everyone's salary from the 1st of this month. Is there anyone who is left out?

It will be easier to settle the accounts when the time comes. Just start from this month and settle on a monthly basis.

This year, when we brought them out, each person's daily wage was still 4 yuan, the same as last year. When his father went to hire people, they were easy to hire, so there was no price increase.

But this salary is not low, equivalent to a day's salary of a skilled worker.

4 yuan a day, that's 5 yuan a month, and everyone in the village is rushing to do it.

Now they are all hoping to stay until the end of the year and go back to receive their first half year salary directly!

Besides himself, there are 22 people under him, so the monthly salary is 2970 yuan. When the time comes, everyone will be paid the same monthly amount and it will be clear.

"Great, thank you, sir."

"I'll be so happy when they come back."

"Some of you who came late may have 100 yuan, and some may have nearly 200 yuan, which is probably enough for you to spend for half a year. If you really want to stay until the Chinese New Year, everyone can bring back a large sum of money."

Both of them were grinning so hard that their mouths were crooked.

"Then let's wait until the New Year to go back and stay here to make money first. May you make a lot of money and we can all have a prosperous New Year."

"Well, I'll pray to Mazu more and ask her to bless me more."

"Haha, it's necessary."

The few people who went to the dock to pick up money also came back to eat after they had their meal.

When they heard Ye Yaodong say that he would pay them the wages before the 1st, they were all overjoyed.

"I said I would definitely have good fortune today. It turns out it's not from the dock, but from the boss."

Ye Yaodong asked with a smile: "Did you pick up any money at the dock?"

"No, there were too many people, and I kept my head down, so I almost got lost."

"There's a cut on the pocket of my clothes, luckily I don't have any money."

"Thieves are really bad nowadays. I met someone who said thousands of dollars were stolen and he started crying on the dock."

"We also heard that someone was dragged into an alley and robbed last night and was found half-dead this morning."

Ye Yaodong frowned and said, "Be careful, it's nothing serious, you should go to the dock less often, and go out less at night if you have nothing to do."

"Yes, I know. We need to bring more people with us when we go out now."

"After I finish my meal, come with me to the post office to make a phone call."

"Okay, boss."

It would be better to remit the money as soon as possible.

After dinner, Ye Yaodong went back to the house to calculate the wages of the workers and paid those who were at home first.

Then he took out 10,000 yuan from the safe and went to the bank to transfer the money. He didn't dare to transfer too much at one time as there were so many workers watching him.

A one-time remittance of 3 yuan would make their eyes drop out, after all, they had just arrived here and some of their ships had just put out to sea.

He will come by himself tomorrow. Today, he will bring others with him and familiarize himself with the route first.

Lin Xiuqing had been getting anxious at home.

As soon as I received his call, I immediately threw a lot of questions at him.

It turned out that someone called back and told what had happened in the past two days, and the news became a hot topic in the village.

He quickly comforted her, "I'm fine. Don't you see who your husband is? I'm Chairman Ye. It's nothing. It's just that the dock is a little chaotic. Everyone is new here and their tempers are too stubborn."

"In the past few days, everyone has become familiar with each other on the dock. Some people have to control their tempers. We will be more careful in the future."

Lin Xiuqing: "Everyone at home is scared to death. We are afraid that they will be like those people in the town last year. When we go out, it is different from home. We have to control our temper and be patient when we can. People outside will not care who you are and will not show any mercy. You should be careful."

Ye Yaodong agreed while listening to the old lady on the other end of the phone, "Dongzi, Dongzi, are you okay? Dongzi... Don't let your family worry..."

Ye Xiaoxi's childish voice kept calling for daddy, and everyone was vying to speak.

"Dad...you have to be good...stay safe...A Tai asked Mazu to bless you...Dad...did you hear me? I also asked Mazu to bless you..."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

"Yes, I heard everything you said. I will buy you gifts when I make a lot of money."

Lin Xiuqing repeated it to them.

"Okay, okay, I hope Dad will make a lot of money..."

"I hope you come back safely, come back soon, alas... they are all gone..."

Mother Ye also spoke up, "Come back sooner if you can, it's too chaotic outside. I heard about it a couple of days ago, and I was so worried. Your father looked so unlucky, I was afraid he would go to jail again this time."

Ye Yaodong: "..."

"I know what's going on. You don't have to worry. We go in and out with a group of people. We will be careful and try not to cause trouble."

I said that the morning was not suitable for writing. This morning at 9 o'clock, I opened my eyes and saw that the backend was in chaos. I quickly changed it and rewrote it.

I was so hurt from writing that I feel sluggish and procrastinate today.

I will write earlier tomorrow! I will update earlier! I won’t stay up late!