An increase in the number of fishing boats means an increase in catch.
After all their fishing boats went to the trench a few days ago, the factory's trucks made two trips each time to haul away all the goods.
It can be said that their catch accounted for 1/3 of the town's catch. Uncle Yang was also smiling happily. The new factory's receipts have skyrocketed, and the profits are soaring.
But the ensuing problem is that the catch volume in the past two days has continued to hit new highs, and the price will naturally fall when there is more cargo.
Coupled with the massive fishing by 5 additional boats, people on the dock these two days are saying that the amount brought ashore recently is greater than last year during the peak flood season.
In fact, they are the ones who have increased the proportion of goods.
Similarly, Ye Yaodong and the others used to have a busy season every day, so their catch was not much. After the price dropped, everyone's total income also dropped a bit.
But they don't care. Anyway, no matter how much the price drops, they can make a lot of money every day. Even the locals on the shore can't hide it when they see so many goods.
Recently, when the goods arrived, a bunch of people stood by and looked at them, and then pointed at them, saying that they had taken away the goods, so there were so few of them.
In fact, there are quite a few. Recently, the number of jellyfish floating on the sea has been increasing day by day, but the price has dropped sharply. No matter how much everyone catches, it is not much different from what they made a few days ago.
But compared with them, it is much worse. Moreover, the locals basically fish in small wooden boats and can only fish in the area around the shore.
Everyone is jealous, and when they see them carrying so much cargo ashore every day, they will inevitably become jealous.
Although they have always explained that the cargo of several ships was piled together, but the quantity they were asked to carry ashore was so large, how could they care how many ships of goods were inside.
As soon as it was time to go ashore, all I saw was their cargo being carried up like a stream, in a steady stream, occupying most of the open space.
Therefore, recently there have been waves of gangsters looking for trouble, either kicking this basket or that bucket.
If everything was fine when the truck was there, Uncle Yang would have driven the people away directly. But there were always unlucky times when the truck either didn't come or had already left.
Aguang kept pretending to be good-tempered and smiling. He would pass out cigarettes to others as soon as they came, stuff money into the leader's hand, and have someone secretly call Yang Guoan. Every time, he was very polite or made people happy.
Send him away, or be sent away after Yang Guoan rushes over to warn him.
But Chen Jianian was not so lucky. Once or twice, he could be friendly and make money, but he couldn't resist even if he just came to ask for money if he had three meals a day.
He didn't have the ability to call the police to come over and help him send people away, so he could only hold his nose and admit it every time.
However, this also made it clear to the gangsters that he had no one to help him and no backstage.
Then, of course, things got worse. At first, I just tried to come every two days, but now I come three times a day on time, even more punctual than when I eat, and I always ask for more.
After testing and identifying the person, you may not necessarily find A Guang next, after all, he has a backing.
Although they can get some small money after finding them, they will also be warned by the police. The times are too frequent. If they are arrested and unable to come out for a few days to collect protection fees, they will lose a lot.
Persimmons should be picked soft and pinched.
When you are a gangster, you have a strong point in your heart. Although you are not afraid of being caught, if you can avoid going to jail, of course it is better not to go to jail.
Chen Jianian was also in agony because of this.
Aguang kept watching the good show, and he was glad that he had a good relationship. In the past few days, when these people came together to ask for protection money, Yang Guoan came over in time.
Instead of giving money to gangsters, it would be better to beg Yang Guoan for cover.
Chen Jianian tried to imitate them and go to the police, but they didn't bother to care about you, and they didn't cause trouble. How could you be on call every day, and you were from out of town.
These little gangsters were also very bad. After getting a taste of the sweetness, they started to catch Chen Jiannian and collect it, regardless of the local people collecting protection fees. As soon as they arrived at the dock, they went straight to Chen Jiannian's place.
After all, there are rumors everywhere on the pier that outsiders like them have made a lot of money here, and they catch a lot of jellyfish every day, so they should pay more protection fees.
On Aguang's side, because Yang Guoan showed up several times to warn him when he was on the road, he had to give up face no matter what, so he could just come over occasionally to take care of him.
Also because these little gangsters came here three times a day, Chen Jianian couldn't stand it.
Ye Yaodong and the others were lining up to sell goods while looking not far away.
In the past few days, it was his father who had been delivering the goods. In the past two days, whenever someone looked for trouble, he would take over the delivery job first.
I saw that Chen Jianian had just handed over a handful of dimes. After the leading gangster took it, his hands were still spread out, shaking his legs unsteadily, and looking to the sky.
The losers below opened their mouths and didn't know what to say. From a distance, they only heard something like looking down on people? Send the beggars away? Come to unite?
My Mandarin is very poor, so I can only follow the wind and listen to a few sentences.
And the boatman on his side was also helping Chen Jianian by shouting, saying that they were going too far...
Everyone on the pier looked towards them, but no one came forward. They all stayed far away, for fear of getting involved.
After a while, the two parties started shoving and yelling, and the curses became louder and louder. The local dialect was mixed with the southern Hokkien dialect of their Fujian province, and all kinds of bad Mandarin.
Looking at Ye Yaodong, everyone on their side looked at each other a little bit.
It's not that easy to mess around in other people's territory. They are all locals here. If they are not careful, all the locals will attack them in groups, so they don't have to stay.
Ah Zheng nudged Ah Guang with his elbow, "Fortunately you know that Public Security Officer Yang, otherwise we would be the ones pushing and shoving him right now. If they look like that, they won't be kind in the future."
"Not only are they not being kind, these little gangsters can never have enough to feed, and conflicts arise. They have to keep changing docks to receive goods."
Ye Yaodong also said: "If I get caught again at another dock, it might be even worse. If I don't pay a lot of money, I won't be able to get better."
A Guang was also thankful, "Fortunately, we got to know each other as soon as we came here, and we rushed to hug each other. We were lucky enough to grab the opportunity, otherwise we would have been in danger. We should thank Yang Guoan later."
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"It's not easy to go out." The boatman next to him sighed with emotion.
Brother Ah Sheng also said: "Last year there were only a few of us, and the village couldn't accommodate us, so we had to run around everywhere. This year there are so many people, it's even more difficult to get to the shore, and we are also targeted by these second-rate people."
"What are the ways to make money? Those who don't know think that it is easy for us to make money outside, but it is not easy to make money from an agency."
Ye Yaodong said something pertinent, also to tell others.
Lest the people in the village may still think that Aguang earns money very easily, how can they be lucky if there is no comparison?
Chen Jianian probably regretted it. When they were pushing and shoving, he glanced in their direction several times, and later when the two groups were about to fight.
He quickly calmed down the situation, called out to the people around him, and took out a big solidarity card with a smile. Then, under the scoldings of those gangsters, they apologized in various ways, and then they left with a cold snort.
The tractor master who came to receive the goods was just a worker and did not have the confidence of Uncle Yang to drive people away.
Uncle Yang wanted to pay on the spot, and because Ye Yaodong and the others provided a lot of goods, they now had to transport two trucks, so he came with him to settle the bill, and he could catch up with people when they met.
When there was no encounter, Aguang could calm the person down first and then call Yang Guoan.
After the people left, the locals who gathered around the pier to watch the excitement dispersed, each busy with his or her own business. There was no disturbance at all. Only Chen Jianian and the other parties involved were there cursing and cursing.
After scolding, I could only honestly weigh the goods quickly.
Ye Yaodong and the others didn't stop weighing the goods at all, and of course the talking didn't stop either.
"It's over. This time I gave you a large amount of money and a lot of money. I guess half of what I did today was in vain."
"These people have already come here in the morning, and they just came here again, and they will definitely come again in the evening. They came three times a day yesterday and the day before yesterday. Is he going to post it again today?"
"These little gangsters are so abominable that we can never catch them all."
None of them had any emotion of schadenfreude, and they only felt resentment in their hearts.
After all, they can be regarded as the same fallen people in the world, but they are slightly luckier.
Ye Yaodong frowned, "There are too few jobs, and there are too many young people without work. In the past, people in the city had to go to the countryside to work, but now they have returned to the city, and a large number of idle people have gathered in the city.
Young people who have nothing to do will be reduced to gangsters, just trying to make ends meet."
"Do you think Chen Jiannian will change the order in the afternoon?"
"Definitely. It's not so good just now. These gangsters' appetites have also been fed up."
"When I came here two days ago, I only gave them two yuan and they left. They didn't come back that day. The handful of cents that Chen Jiannian gave me just now was definitely not less than two yuan. This won't make things better. If we do it again,
If you come here, you won’t leave without a big unity card.”
"Hey, one trip and one big ticket, three trips a day, 30 yuan! It's more profitable than any other class. If Chen Jiannian just gives out honestly, then all his work will be in vain."
"Yeah, so I guess they won't be at this pier in the afternoon. There are other piers in the town. I guess they will definitely transfer to other piers in the afternoon and evening."
"Then we have to fight guerrilla again like last year."
"If these gangsters can't find Chen Jiannian and the others, will they target us again?"
"It's hard to say." Ye Yaodong looked at A Guang, "You have to hold your thighs and take care of yourself better, otherwise it might be our turn to be unlucky."
"I know, I can't bear to feed these people a lot of money. If they come too often, I might as well ask Yang Guoan to arrest them and keep them there for a few days to calm down."
The boatmen felt a lot more at ease after hearing what Aguang said. They were also worried about causing trouble when they were away from home. They were working in the first place.
What they predicted was not wrong.
Sure enough, when they docked in the evening, Ye Yaodong and the others no longer saw Chen Jianian's group, and they didn't know which pier they landed at.
And that group of gangsters also came over again, and they had already tasted the benefits. It was difficult for them to give up these fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered. Who made everyone say that these outsiders made a lot of money.
It was just that they came in the afternoon but failed, which made them so angry that they came directly to Ye Yaodong and his group.
Ah Zheng cleverly trotted to the edge after these people appeared. When they walked toward Ye Yaodong and others, he immediately ran to the Public Security Bureau.
"Hey, where are the people across from you? Where are they hiding?"
"I don't know. We don't live together. They do their own thing and don't interfere with us. Brother Long seems a little angry today?" A Guang said happily while handing him a cigarette.
"The horse rider is still hiding. As long as he is in this town, see where he can hide. Don't let me catch him. If he is caught, he will reap the rewards."
Ye Yaodong also leaned over to help talk, "Brother Long, how much money can you earn in a day?"
"Um?"
"Don't get me wrong, I'm just chatting casually. I feel that collecting protection money is not worthy of your temperament. You seem to be capable of big things. This town is too small and there is too little room for you to perform. I think if you go
If you go to a big city, there will definitely be a wider world for you to develop, and you will definitely be able to earn more money and return home in glory."
"What nonsense are you talking about? When you come here from outside, you have to behave with your tail between your legs. When you go to a big city, I also have to behave with my tail between my legs and stop coaxing people. Here I can still call a group of people as thugs, but when I go out I can only
Being beaten is not as comfortable as collecting protection money here."
The corners of Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched, and he was quite self-aware.
"That's different. You're beaten just because you're not smart. Stupid people are at the bottom wherever they go. Even if you make money, it's not easy to keep it. If you make money, even if you are afraid of the local power, you still have to accompany it.
Smile and bow your head, but you can also get to know people who can drive you."
"Are you talking about yourself? Are you guys running to call the police again?" The man named Long Ge looked around again while speaking, and then looked in the direction of the public security bureau.
Sure enough, I saw someone in uniform trotting over not far away.
Ah Guangda laughed and said: "Ah, Public Security Yang must have been paying attention to this place. You have been running to the dock recently. You have been too diligent, so he saw it. Come and have a look."
Ye Yaodong also said: "Brother Long, I really think you are undermining your talents by doing this."
He whispered in Brother Shan Long's ear, "I heard that smuggling is rampant everywhere now, and those who can get in touch with it have made a fortune. They make a lot of money every day, and the powerful ones are riding motorcycles."
"Think about it, if you could ride a motorcycle, wouldn't all the young people in the skating rink have to listen to you? You could even open your own skating rink. I heard that those who do smuggling are in various docks at night.
Everyone made a lot of money."
"I don't think you should overuse your talents and waste time on the dock, just looking at these petty profits. If you give it a try, a bicycle will become a motorcycle, a motorcycle will become a car, and a bungalow will not be a dream..."
Brother Long's eyes flickered as he listened.
He knew all this, and had heard all kinds of gossip. He even heard that the arrests had been tightened since last year, and some of them were shot. This scared the timid ones into hiding. After all, the bold ones did not get rich.
Either you have entered it or you have become a master.
Ye Yaodong didn't know if his bewitchment was of any use.
If it is useful, it can also bring peace to the dock and bring peace to the town.
He was also smart enough not to trick others into doing business and show off his ambitions. After all, smuggling is the easiest way for such gangsters to come into contact with, and it is also the best way to make a fortune.
It's probably the one he has access to and knows the most about.
Of course, it is also the best way to make a fortune and the best way to find a way.
If you lure people away, no matter whether you get rich or get caught, you won't be interested in the dock anyway.
After all, except for the wave of foreigners they just arrived, everyone else on the pier was local. In the past, they didn't dare to go too far, and they only came two or three times a month at most.
Everyone also wants to put an end to the trouble and do business in peace.
And they, the outsiders, would leave after a short stay.
"If you want to make a fortune, of course you have to take risks. I see that your facial features are plump in the sky, round in the earth, your forehead is broad and smart, and your chin is wide and full of good fortune. At first glance, you have a good face that makes everything go smoothly.
, as long as you are brave, getting rich is within your reach.”
Brother Long was stunned for a moment by him, "Really or not? Do you know how to read faces?"
"Of course, your face is so recognisable. Ask your brothers if you are full in the sky and round in the earth. And, the most important thing is, you have a mole on your chin. Do you know this?
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"Ah? There's a mole on your chin, what's wrong?" He touched his chin without knowing why.
"We have a local saying that if you have a mole on your chin, you will win the battle."
After Ye Yaodong told him once in Mandarin, he told him again in dialect.
Then he added: "Think about it, there is a mole on your chin, huh?"
His eyes widened, "Ah, right!"
"That's why I'm optimistic about you. How dare ordinary people say such things? If you are more courageous and dare to work hard, you will definitely have a great future."
Brother Long's eyes were filled with surprise, and he patted his shoulder excitedly, "What you are saying is true. I will protect you on the pier, no, in this town!"
Everyone around was dumbfounded. What happened?
Why is this man so passionate about A Dong all of a sudden? And he still wants to protect him?
And Yang Guoan, who was trotting over, was also confused. What is going on?
Didn't it mean that Chen Guolong's group of gangsters went to the dock again to collect protection fees and cause trouble for them?
How do you look at the situation? It seems like they are starting to call themselves brothers?
Ah Zheng was also confused and didn't understand why the painting style had changed.
Aguang was the one who was closest to him and could hear it most clearly. He couldn't help but admire Dongzi's words.
The dead can be said to be alive, and even a mole on the chin can be said so eloquently that people cannot refute it and are fascinated by it.
"Hey, Chen Guolong, how many times have I warned you not to cause trouble? These are my friends..."
"I'm sorry, Comrade Yang. I just came here to chat with them. There was no trouble today. We had a very happy chat. You can go about your business. I'm not here to collect protection money today."
Yang Guoan opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.
What should he say?
They did talk quite happily.
Chen Guolong looked at Ye Yaodong, "Tell me, how long will it take for me to get rich?"
"Ah! How could I know this? I'm not a magician or a fortune teller. I just think you have a good face, so I say you are successful in everything you do."
"When you get rich, it depends on when you do it. I told you that if you dare to work hard and venture into it, you will definitely succeed. In a small place like the dock, there is no way I can restrain you. Here you are completely overqualified and condescending.
Already."
"It makes sense. No matter how powerful you are, I still have to do it."
"That's right, there's no pie in the sky."
"Okay, I'll go back and figure out how to make a fortune."
This man came quickly and left easily.
Everyone looked at Chen Guolong and the group of people leaving in a hurry, and some of the monks were a little confused.
Yang Guoan was also a little unbelievable, "They just left happily? Usually when I come over and scold them a few times, they are still angry, wandering around in a daze, and then leave reluctantly."
"Maybe I made them happy."
He laughed in amusement, "Hey, then why didn't you make him happy before?"
"He didn't make us anxious before, and didn't he go to Chen Jiannian these days? Chen Jiannian was also frightened by them in the morning, and moved his position away from here in the afternoon, so he came to visit us again.
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"I'm also afraid that he won't be able to find anyone and will use us as a punching bag. We can't escape the first grade of junior high school, but we can't escape the fifteenth grade. We don't want to run around like lost dogs, so we have to bite the bullet and try to see if we can get rid of him.
Are you being coaxed away?"
"You are so awesome, you can happily coax people away without spending any money."
"Life is forced."
Ye Yaodong shrugged. He didn't know if he could make people change their ways and go astray.
"Why are those people so scared of them?"
A Guang told him what happened this morning.
Yang Guoan frowned, "Then don't be found. If found, it will get worse. These people are not afraid of being imprisoned. They may prefer to live in prison. After all, they can eat and drink for free and sleep well."
"I don't know if they will go out to look for them. Anyway, it would be nice if they don't cause trouble for us."
"Well, since there's nothing else, I'll go back."
"Thank you very much. Thank you for your hard work."
He waved his hand, said nothing more, and trotted back.
The people on the pier were also a little bit used to it. Whenever someone caused trouble for them, Public Security Yang would actively come over. As time went by, the locals had seen more of them and knew that they were familiar with each other, so they would not cause trouble.
There wasn't that much gossiping to them.
That's Chen Guolong's thorn in the side, but their recent target has been Chen Jiannian.
Although it seemed that he had listened to what Ye Yaodong said just now, he didn't know if he would give up causing trouble for Chen Jianian and his group.
Ah Zheng watched Yang Guoan leave, and curiously patted Ye Yaodong's chest with the back of his hand, "What did you say to that gangster just now? Why did he say he wanted to cover you?"
"Actually, I didn't say anything... Why are you so curious? Anyway, it's fine if we leave. Go move your goods. The car will be here soon."
Everyone was pricking up their ears, but Ye Yaodong didn't carelessly say that he was encouraging others to engage in smuggling, without charging protection fees.
A Guang put his hand on Ye Yaodong's shoulder and whispered: "If you are too arrogant and don't appreciate the protection fee of the dock, it would be good if you don't come. Everyone will be safe."
"He's too big-hearted to look down on us. His subordinates will definitely come over as usual, but they shouldn't cause trouble for us."
"I don't know where Chen Jiannian went at night? Do you think those people would come to the rental house to block them?"
"Isn't that true?" Father Ye interjected.
"I think it's very possible. It's one thing to be happily coaxed away by me, but it's also a fact that you missed it. It's hard to avoid being narrow-minded."
A Guang also touched his chin, "I think so too, don't these people who come out to hang out care about face the most? They came over so arrogantly, but ended up missing nothing, and left empty-handed. You should remember that, right?
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"Then when you finish selling the goods and go back, you can stop by their place and have a look..."
"What are you looking at? Look around. They didn't come over to ask us for help, so they just avoided it. Let's not find trouble to join them. Rushing is not a business."
"When people are away from home and ask for help, we can't just ignore them..."
"But they didn't ask for help. Dad, let's stop meddling in other people's business and don't make yourself angry. People don't think you are good either." Ye Yaodong also said to his father.
"Then take a look, I didn't let you in to say hello."
"Let's talk about it later. Let's sell the goods first."
If you have free time when you get back, you can take a leisurely walk after eating, look around, and satisfy your curiosity.
Everyone was guessing whether Chen Jia Nian had really escaped when he avoided landing at the same pier in the evening.
After the meal, everyone was curious, so they followed Ye Yaodong out to take a look.
"If you really let him hide, wouldn't he be getting a big advantage? If you coax people into doing big things, then his crisis will be resolved, and he will continue to make money smoothly?"
"Big things can be done as soon as they are told. Chen Guolong must also think about it and go see it before talking about it."
"Well Dongzi, do you think my heaven is full and my earth's pavilion is round?"
"Dongzi, I feel like I also have a full heaven, a round earth and a round house, and I can make a lot of money!"
"Dongzi, I think I have good facial features and a round chin, and only one mole is missing. I should have no problem making a lot of money, right?"
"roll!"
Ye Yaodong glared at the three of them angrily, and even scolded him, knowing that he was just talking nonsense.
"Dongzi, I think your heaven is full and your earth's pavilion is round... you are good for big things..."
"It's not just for doing big things, it's also good for making a lot of money..."
"I think so too. Fishing in the wind and rain every day is a waste of talent. You shouldn't be fishing."
"I shouldn't fish, then do I have to do pyramid schemes?"
“What is MLM?”
"Similar to what my former cousin did, he deceived a bunch of people and then deceived others to make money by recruiting more people."
"Then we are honest people and can't do this. Your cousin has already done it, and it's hard to fool the folks."
He rolled his eyes. If he really went into MLM, his whole family would become the leader.
There was no pigeon, so I kept my word and didn’t finish writing until almost 4 o’clock.
If I work hard, I will get rich!
Chapter completed!