The two of them walked around the pier, but unexpectedly they encountered another group of people fighting, apparently because the spot selling goods was occupied.
There was another scuffle between dozens of people, and the two of them watched from a distance.
"Damn... I just saw two groups of people starting to fight, and they were held down by the people next to them. I thought they couldn't fight, but I didn't expect that they were fighting again. It's really chaotic..."
Ye Yaodong also agreed, "Yes, it's really chaotic here..."
It was messier than any dock he had ever stayed at.
It was only the afternoon, not the time when there were the most people.
When I went to sea in my previous life, I was already too old and did not participate in the chaos of this era. Now I have encountered several of them in just two days here, and I have personally participated in them.
What a mess...
After renovations in a previous life, the docks were generally very orderly and not as chaotic as they are now.
"Someone is here to protect..."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, how many people have to be arrested every day?"
"Hey, I ran away, my reaction was very fast..."
Ye Yaodong looked at the people fighting and stopped immediately. Before the security guards came over, he quickly carried the things onto the cart and pushed them away. He looked very skillful.
He is not a habitual offender, but he is used to it. He is very familiar with the rules on the dock, and both parties stopped without hesitation.
The two looked at each other and he said: "You still have to run fast!"
"Yeah, it's okay to fight. You still have to run fast. If you don't want things, people have to run away."
"Let's go back. I guess there are several cases every day, but we haven't encountered them yet."
The two of them walked around to check the progress of the fishing net before going home.
After returning, Ye Yaodong reassigned the people who would go out to sea the next day, and ordered 6 people to follow him out to sea, and asked 2 people to go out to longline fishing, leaving two people to look after the house.
The remaining 6 people were asked to go to sea with Uncle Zheng and others to learn how to use the radar net.
He thought about it for a while and decided that it would be better to listen to Uncle Zheng. The big boat would use a radar net to catch hairtail, while the small boat would continue fishing with long lines.
After all, their boats have no other special equipment and no skilled workers who know how to fish. They cannot fish in a targeted manner. The harvest from the trawl is not bad, but when the flood season comes, the profits will definitely be higher than not fishing hairtail.
They kept the fishing nets originally ordered yesterday as usual.
Due to an accident today, no fishing boats went out to sea. Everyone stopped by to buy materials and make longline fishing at home.
Father Ye and his several boats did not go very far, and they were able to contact Ye Yaodong's boat just after it left the shore.
After some inquiries, they found out that the surrounding resources were rich. They had only been driving towards the East China Sea for more than two hours when they found a school of fish, and then they stayed in the surrounding area and never left.
No wonder they encountered fishing boats operating along the way when they came, and they were all big.
When he arrived, several ships were already fully stocked, and some even had their decks piled up.
"Oh, so many goods?"
Father Ye smiled and said, "Fortunately you came early, otherwise if it were later, we wouldn't be able to fit it on the boat and we would have to go back."
"There are a lot of white pomfret and small yellow croaker."
"As soon as we came out early in the morning the day before yesterday, we saw a fishing boat similar to ours nearby. They brought in a whole net of big white pomfret. The shiny silvery white color poured out was not to mention how beautiful it was, so as soon as we put it all together, we first
I tried dragging a net here, and sure enough, there were too many pomfret, small yellow croaker, shrimps and crabs."
"Then the resources here are really rich."
"Most of the time, one net here is worth two nets at home, and there are more big fish. It's a pity that those trash fish are just thrown into the sea."
"Don't be greedy, as long as you can make more money."
"After collecting the goods for you today, we will probably drive out and trawl the net to see if there are better resources outside."
"OK."
"How have you been at the shore these two days?"
How should he answer this?
Congratulations, Dad. Are you not at home?
Considering that his father is still at sea and it will take a few days before he can return, it is better not to worry the old man. He will find out when he returns. There is nothing to say about this matter.
"It's okay. There's no big problem. You can rest assured that I can catch you at sea. I'll come out to collect the goods in two days."
Father Ye really thought nothing happened and was relieved.
After Ye Yaodong searched all the fishing boats, he hurried back to the shore before dark.
As the sun sets, the fishing boats all return to the port collectively, docking and unloading their cargo in an orderly manner. There are constant shouts and people everywhere, including latecomers and fishmongers everywhere.
He only needs to place the unloaded goods and wait for the merchants to select them. There is basically no big difference in the prices of the same goods on the dock.
From when the sun goes down to when it gets dark, the pier is still bustling with people, the lights are brightly lit, and there is an endless flow of people, making it ten times more lively than during the day.
Hundreds of thousands of fishermen and merchants gather in the harbor and come and go. There are many masts and masts, fish mountains and shrimp sea. The pier at night forms a unique scenery.
Seafood and fish products are basically traded at night. During the evening, they are taken to surrounding cities, or further away, or to surrounding processing plants.
Although there is no cold chain truck, if you pack it with ice and wrap it with thick cotton cloth, it can be stored for two or three days without breaking.
There are also many seafood processing plants in the port city, and a large amount of seafood is transported in every day.
The night breeze was blowing, and Ye Yaodong ate his dinner on the pier. Next to him were fishermen who were also eating from aluminum lunch boxes.
From time to time, he took advantage of his free time to communicate with the fishermen nearby, knowing that it was always like this at night and could last until dawn.
There are fishing boats coming and going, some docking, and some leaving. There is a large flow of people regardless of day or night. It will be slightly inferior during the day, but it is still relatively speaking.
The seafood trading place in the fishing port of this era was different from that in the future. There was no international fishery city, only markets and spontaneous fish markets, and they were only formed in the past two years.
Most fishermen will directly put the caught seafood on the dock or trade it at a temporary stop.
Therefore, this also resulted in the fishing port's waterway being often blocked, and the management staff on the dock had to constantly clear the water, so there was an official fish market enclosed for merchants to trade.
After some fishing boats docked, there were no stalls on the shore, so they had to move to the fish market.
There are also some wholesalers who specialize in the purchase of aquatic products. They will purchase seafood from different fishing boats at specific locations. Some fishing boats will specially deliver the goods to wholesalers.
Because of this, some intermediaries have also been formed.
Whether it is a fish market, a dock, a temporary stop, or a designated purchasing point, the flow of people is overwhelming. Hundreds of thousands of people come and go every day, and fish products are traded all the time.
There is no need to worry about selling the freshly arrived goods. Thousands of fishing boats dock every day, and tens of thousands of tons of goods are constantly transported out.
Similarly, because the current trading methods are relatively primitive and the infrastructure is not as developed as it was in the future, he could see no less than five or six chaos in front of the stall in one night, which was still visible within his sight.
Not to mention, where he couldn't see, this was a real mixed bag.
And he almost sold hundreds of tons of goods in the early morning amid the constant flow of people. All kinds of goods can always meet the buyers who need them.
The younger brother beside him has also been watching over him. Without a few more people together, it is impossible to walk freely on the pier with money.
When they got home, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's not easy to make money..."
"Yeah, it's the first time I've seen such a busy pier, and it's the first time I've seen what a big port is. I've gained a lot of experience."
"No wonder Uncle Zheng keeps encouraging us to come up."
"The cargo on their small ships is not much. They should be sold out by nightfall. It is safer to go in and out together with a few ships."
"Brother Dong, when you were selling goods, you took turns to look around. You can really see fighting everywhere."
"Be careful and go to bed early. It's almost dawn."
Ye Yaodong returned to a house alone and counted the money sold today.
The more he counted, the more excited he became. He kept weighing the scales and taking note of the accounts. When he had free time, he did not dare to count the money on the dock, for fear that the money would be exposed and others would be jealous.
Now when he counted, his hands were shaking. Most of the goods were worth a few cents, and a very few of them could be sold for one or two cents, or two or three cents. Even so, they still sold for 11,826 yuan and 6 cents.
Be more conscientious. If he shares the 40% discount with the other 4 boats, he can earn 4730!!!
This is three times what you earn from buying jellyfish in Vancouver and twice what you earn from trawling.
He doesn't make any money on the ice and oil he supplies. He can buy as much as he wants at the dock and transport it to the ship.
Just by buying the fish in the middle, the price difference from selling it ashore is enough for him to earn.
The four boats also benefited. They did not need to dock and waste a lot of time selling goods. For most of the day, the fishing boats were able to catch several more nets at sea.
In the past, when I trawled the net at home, I could only sell the goods once every two days to the fresh harvest ship for just over 1,000 yuan, and when I sold them ashore, I could only sell them for 1,560 yuan.
Now there is no need to go ashore, just let him collect the goods, and a boat can be sold for one thousand and fifty-six dollars.
There is a reason for this that he conscientiously calculates at 60%. However, calculating an extra 10% is at most an extra hundred yuan.
The core reason is that there is a lot of fish, and the trawl catch is indeed 1/3 more than at home.
Sure enough, although this place is a mixed bag, risks also mean high returns.
Otherwise, how would it be possible for so many fishing boats and hundreds of thousands of fishermen to gather in this port, all for the purpose of panning for gold and making a lot of money.
After Ye Yaodong counted the money, he was overjoyed. He quickly checked all the cargo orders, and then calculated the price of the goods received by each ship.
"So this is called making money every day..."
I was in Vancouver for the entire last month. 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 successively earned about 18,000 yuan.
There was also a fresh harvest ship that collected jellyfish for ten days. Although the quantity was large in the first few days, local ships followed suit in the next few days and he earned less, but he still made a total of seven or eight thousand.
There were also small boats that caught some during that period.
All these things added up, he also earned about 28,000 in Wenzhou last month, and remitted 20,000 yuan back. Ah Qing asked him to keep the rest, so he stayed with him.
In addition, he also had 3,000 yuan with him when he came out. After deducting the fuel expenses for that month, he still had nearly 9,000 yuan before coming to Zhou City to settle the accounts with all the fishing boats.
However, before leaving for Zhou City, he and all the fishing boats, including the Harvest and SF Express, calculated the profits and dividends from the Wenzhou City that month.
A total of 16 fishing boats' dividends, plus the dividends of two large boats, he each got 30% of the dividends, for a total of 22,009.
Ah Guang's agency fee was also divided into 2,600 yuan.
Those ship bosses kept complaining that they didn't make much money, but in fact it was because he took half of it.
Add in the workers' expenses and gas money, so we claim that we don't earn much, but in fact we only earn a few hundred yuan.
Who let last month's typhoon affect half a month?
It's because jellyfish blood is so expensive that everyone didn't lose money.
Comparing last year's income, it is true that he did not make any money last month, so he planned to come to Zhou City, and everyone thought that he would follow suit and try again.
Otherwise, no one will have the shame to go back without making a lot of money.
Compared with all fishing boats, he is actually the real winner.
The Harvest and SF Express made money entirely because of the trawl and the boatload of jellyfish they brought back before the typhoon.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel that he was really capital.
There are so many ships, and he doesn't have to do anything. As long as the money earned by those ships, he can share half of it.
For the remaining half, the ship owner still has to spend labor and fuel costs, leaving only 1/4 at most.
I'm working for him, but renting his boat is better than being a boatman.
He opened his luggage and found that the zippered compartment contained more than 33,000 yuan neatly packed in it.
There was a big unity, there were also coins, all tied up with rubber bands, and there were a lot of coins, which really filled the zipper compartment.
Including the 20,000 yuan remitted back and deducting the 3,000 yuan brought out, he actually earned just over 50,000 yuan last month.
Half of it was earned by renting out jointly owned 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 make money.
By the way, it can also benefit the countryside.
The fishermen who rented his boat have also improved their lives, moving from the poor in the village to the middle class in the village.
However, although the money he earned deducted gas expenses, the boatmen's wages have not yet been paid.
After all, I haven't gone back yet, and if I give it to them, it won't be long before it's gone. Either I lose the money in gambling, or I just spend it, so I won't be able to save much.
Since they are all from the same village, they are not afraid that he will not give them.
In previous years, it was also the time to return, and then the settlement would be clear, and getting a lump sum would make them even happier.
He made a preliminary estimate and found that including his father's total of 22 workers, the salary would be about 3,000 yuan.
So his net income last month was probably more than 47,000.
Delightful!
And today, I just came to Zhoushan and I can earn about 4,700 for my first payment. It’s only been two days.
His harvest boat is a real killer.
These days, as long as you master the production tools, making money is really not a problem.
The more production tools there are, the rest of the people can only act as tools to make money for him, only sharing a small part of the profits, and actually all of them are working for him.
Ye Yaodong happily put his portion of the money that he had just calculated back on the zipper layer.
There are now more than 33,000 in it, plus the more than 4,700 he put in, the total is almost 38,000.
He was wondering when he would have to remit a sum of money. He had accumulated too much and it was not safe to keep around him. After all, this was a rental house with a mixed bag of people.
Although he said he kept someone at home to watch over him, who knows if that's reliable.
That is to say, I just came here and haven’t dealt with the money I brought with me.
While thinking in his mind, he tied the corresponding amount of money that should be divided by the other three fishing boats with the cargo list with a rubber band, and then put it in the password box and locked it.
"This place is in chaos, but it has so many ships. It's really easy to make money here."
“I don’t know what the harvest of other small fishing boats was like today?”
Because of the riot yesterday, many people went to war without selling out their goods, so there is no way to refer to the income.
Ye Yaodong took out the watch in his pocket and checked the time.
"Damn it, it's 4 o'clock."
He looked outside the window and saw that there was already a bit of white light.
Unexpectedly, I counted the money until dawn.
He quickly put the password box into a hole in the ground, which he had temporarily dug yesterday, and he placed a wooden board above the hole, and above the wooden board was a wardrobe.
There is no other way. I am away from home and renting a house. With so much money, of course I have to find a way to hide it.
It's easy to get damp at the beach, so some people actually put a wooden board under the wardrobe to prevent the floor from getting damp in southerly weather.
After hiding the lockbox, he lay back on the bed and closed his eyes.
I thought to myself that I would call Ah Qing tomorrow and remit the money, leaving a few thousand dollars with me.
When his father comes back on the next trip, it will be his father's turn to open a fresh boat and sell goods. He will take the money on the boat, or leave the money on the boat. He feels safer.
You can't put all your eggs in one basket.
Fortunately, he brought more boatmen with him. 10 people were assigned to the two boats, and he could still have 12 people on the shore, plus 13 himself.
Leave two people to look after the house, and the remaining people will be more than enough to protect his father and sell the goods.
Ye Yaodong fell asleep after thinking about it. When he woke up, it was already noon, just in time for lunch.
There were not many people eating at this time, so he asked casually.
"Some went to learn radar netting, and some went to the pier. Just now Xiao Wu went to the pier to walk around when he had nothing to do, and he also picked up 13 yuan. He made a lot of money!"
"Aha? You still found money?" Ye Yaodong was happy, "You're really lucky."
"Yeah, they are so envious of us, so except us, the housekeepers, everyone else went to the pier to pick up money."
"Haha, these are all cash transactions. It's really easy to lose money. If you try it around, you might actually gain something."
The light is not good at night, so sometimes you don’t even know if you have dropped money, and there are people coming and going there, so you can go around and try your luck if you have nothing to do.
It's better than staying at home and gambling, or going to the alleys to find something.
I just came here a few days ago. It was a busy city the past few days and he was out at sea. No one came to him to pay his salary.
I estimate that in a few days, I will be able to come to him to pay my salary.
"How were the other villagers' fishing boats receiving their goods yesterday? Nothing happened, right?"
"I heard that Uncle Lin also met a fishmonger who was short of a pound yesterday. They found it in time and there were many people, so they directly said they would not sell it. Fortunately, there was no big conflict. The fishmongers cursed and went to the next one.
Already."
"Then there were people who almost had their money robbed. The pier was so chaotic and everyone was there."
"There is no other way but to ask them to be more careful when going out, and go out together instead of alone."
After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he thought for a while and then said: "When I come back in the evening, I will pay you last month's salary. I don't know when I will go back, and you have to put some money in your pocket."
The eyes of the two people who were eating lit up.
"The salary will be paid now, why don't you wait until you get back?"
Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "If I go back for the Chinese New Year, then I'll wait until the Chinese New Year before posting? How long have you guys endured these few months?"
"Haha, let's pay it out for one month first, which will be used as living expenses for the remaining months. I'll save the rest with you and get it all at once during the Chinese New Year."
"Hey, I have no money in my pocket for a long time, but luckily I don't have to spend money on food and drink..."
He smiled and said, "Each salary has been advanced by several yuan. I will calculate it later and pay you all before the 1st of this month."
Some came at the beginning of last month, some came with him at the end of last month, and 12 of them were working in the water and received extra subsidies.
He also thought that the calculation was a bit messy, so he thought of settling the salary before this month with them in advance.
It happens to be used as living expenses for them first. Who knows how long they will stay here, and they cannot be allowed to advance wages there.
An advance this time, an advance that, and frequent advances will accumulate and it will be more troublesome for him to settle accounts. He might as well just pay them a month's living expenses first.
It doesn't matter where they spend their money, as long as they don't ask him for advances frequently, he's not at home every day.
Let’s clear out the messy accounts from last month, and then calculate everyone’s wages starting from the 1st of this month. Is there anyone special?
It will be easier to settle the accounts later. Just start from this month and settle the accounts on a monthly basis.
When we brought them out this year, the daily salary per person was still 4.5 yuan. Just like last year, when his father went to hire people, they were very popular, so there was no increase in the price.
But this salary is not low, it is equivalent to a day's salary of a master technician.
4 yuan and 5 yuan a day is 135 yuan a month, and everyone in the village is rushing to do it.
Now they are all eager to stay until the end of the year and go back, so that they can directly receive the first half of the year's salary!
As for the 22 people he has in his hands, besides himself, the monthly payment is 2,970 yuan. It will be clear that everyone will be paid the same monthly salary.
"That's great, thank you boss."
"I'll be so happy when they come back."
"Some of you who came late may have about 100 yuan, and some may have more than 200 yuan, which is probably enough for you to spend more than half a year. If you really want to stay until the Chinese New Year, everyone can bring another large amount with them when they go back during the Chinese New Year.
Put the pen back."
Both of them were grinning crookedly.
"Then let's go back during the Chinese New Year and stay here to make money first. I hope you make a lot of money and everyone can have a good New Year."
"Well, please pray to Mazu more and let Mazu bless me."
"Haha, it's necessary."
Several people who went to pick up money on the pier also came back to eat after they had eaten.
As soon as they heard that Ye Yaodong said that he would pay them their wages before the 1st, everyone was extremely happy.
"I just said that I must be lucky today. It turns out it's not at the dock. It's from the boss."
Ye Yaodong smiled and asked: "Did you pick up any money on the pier?"
"No, there were too many people. I kept my head down and almost got separated."
"The pockets of my clothes were all slashed, but luckily I didn't have any money."
"Thieves are really powerful now. I met someone earlier who said thousands of dollars had been stolen, and he cried on the pier."
"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. If you don't have anything to do, go to the pier less. If you don't have anything to do, go out less at night."
"Well, I know, we have to wait for a few people to dare to go out now."
"When I finish eating, come with me to the post office and make a phone call."
"Okay, boss."
It would be better to remit the money quickly.
After dinner, Ye Yaodong went back to his house to calculate the wages of several of their workers, and those who were at home were paid first.
Then he took out 10,000 yuan from the lockbox and went to the bank to transfer money. He didn't dare to transfer too much at once, with so many workers watching.
A one-time transfer of 30,000 yuan would shock their eyes. After all, they had just come here and some ships had just left the sea.
He will come here by himself tomorrow. Today he will take someone with him to familiarize himself with the route.
Lin Xiuqing was already anxious at home.
After receiving his call, I immediately dropped a lot of questions.
It turned out that someone called back and told what happened in the past two days, and the news spread all over the village.
He quickly comforted him, "I'm fine, and I don't care who your husband is. I'm President Ye. Nothing's wrong. It's just that the dock is a bit chaotic. Everyone is new here and their tempers are too tough."
"Everyone has become familiar with it on the pier in the past few days. Some people have to temper their tempers. We will pay attention to them in the future."
Lin Xiuqing: "My family is scared to death. I'm afraid that like those people in the town last year, going out is not as good as at home. I have to control my temper, tolerate it when I can, and give in when I can. People outside will not care.
Who are you? You don’t care about people’s feelings, so be careful."
Ye Yaodong echoed while listening to the old lady on the other end of the phone calling: "Dongzi, Dongzi, are you okay, Dongzi... don't let your family worry..."
And Ye Xiaoxi's childish voice kept calling daddy, and everyone was rushing to speak.
"Dad...you have to be good...be safe...A Tai asked Mazu to bless you...Dad...did you hear that? I also asked Mazu to bless you..."
Ye Yaodong couldn't help but smile on his face as he listened.
"I heard it. I heard everything you said. When I make a lot of money, I will go back and buy you gifts."
Lin Xiuqing recounted it to them.
"Okay, okay, I wish daddy will make a lot of money..."
"It'll be great if you come back safely. Come back soon, alas... they're all gone..."
Mother Ye also spoke, "Come back as soon as possible. It's too chaotic outside. I heard about it two days ago, and I was very nervous. Your father is so unlucky, I'm even afraid that he will go in again this time.
"
Ye Yaodong: "..."
"You know, I know what's going on. You don't have to worry. We're all going in and out with a group of people. We'll be careful and try not to cause trouble."
I said that morning is not suitable for coding. At 9 o'clock this morning, when I opened my eyes and saw the backend, I was in a panic. I quickly changed and re-wrote.
I was so hurt by writing that I felt depressed and procrastinated today.
Chapter completed!