Chapter 374: One Family Rejoices and a Few Families Sorrow
After all the red light that could be seen on the surface of the sea had disappeared, Frank was still sighing and complaining about why he didn't bring all the tools he needed this time, so that he missed such a good opportunity to make a research discovery.
In the old man's words, Bei Hai seemed to feel that he had heard something extraneous, probably the old man wanted to ask him to be able to take down the research equipment with the arrow, or at least to welcome the fishing boat he had hired and so on.
However, the slippery Bei Hai directly pretended not to hear, and now it is the most correct choice for Bei Hai and all the sailors to hurry up and catch fishing, and at that time, there will never be a green ticket for fishermen that is more attractive.
Frank said this, probably to test it, and when he saw that Bei Hai didn't have anything to say, he gave up, and then chatted with Bei Hai for a few words, and then took his two students back to the cabin to rest.
Bei Hai waited for everyone to fall asleep, but saw an unpleasant scene of the weak and the strong, the blue lobsters cultivated in these spaces did not completely kill the captured green squid, but stopped after eating their tentacles and claws, and at the same time put these squid that were cruelly eaten into squid sticks directly to the bottom of the sea, and the mother lobsters began to hatch crayfish next to these squid that were still alive, It is conceivable that these crayfish are born and immediately receive the nutrients they need to grow in the food that their mothers prepare for themselves.
Inferring such a conclusion did not make Bei Hai's mood worse, except for watching the lobster eggs being adhered to the squid's body and producing a bit of a dense phobia, Bei Hai was still in a good mood. Because anyway, for Bei Hai, he has found a way to drive away these pesky lobsters. If you can't imagine that Beihai's brain is not in vain, it will become a school of green squid in the future!
The following fishing season was quite smooth. After sending off Frank and Jennifer, Behai honestly returned to the waters near Greenland to catch a fish. Although the weather this year was not very good, it did not cause too much trouble for the fishermen, counting the two weeks when fishing was removed by the US government, and the Beihai side waited for the storm to hit and made up for five days.
Now both the Arrow and the Asterisk are fully loaded, but the Asterisk departs earlier, and the Arrow is three days later. Although the catch of the two boats this season is not as good as the previous fishing season, the income should not be much less, and as for the asterisk, because of the tuna, some full swordfish have been abandoned, and the income has jumped a lot.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Arrow entered the port of Gloucester, as if to welcome the entry of the most famous Gloucester fisherman, and the Gloucester sky, which had been overcast for four or five days, showed the sun. The temperature also warmed up slightly across the board.
When the Arrow docked at the port, there were no many people on the wharf who were willing to watch the Arrow unloading, because everyone had watched it for a few years, not only the problem of aesthetic fatigue, but also understood a truth, even if they stared out their eyes, these fish could not become their own, and their own life had to be passed little by little. So this time, there were not many onlookers watching the return of the Arrow, and on the opposite side, some captains received several of them with white eyes.
Of course, these people definitely did not include the families of the sailors, except for Li Weiwei, who did not come, and the girlfriends or wives of the families of everyone else went to the dock to welcome the pillars of the family back. And then there's Benny, the smiling CEO of Mustang Corporation, who is now waiting to receive the goods with three refrigerated trucks.
As soon as the Arrow landed on the dock, the sailors didn't even hold the rope steady, Benny jumped directly onto the deck of the Arrow, and then took two steps and then lifted the top cover of the storage tank and looked inside, and then he was satisfied and closed the lid again.
Seeing that Benny had not changed much in this habit for several years, Bei Hai couldn't help but open his mouth and jokingly said: "I said that I returned with a full cabin." You still can't believe me? ”。
"Believe! Of course, I believed it, but even if I watched it a thousand times or ten thousand times, it would not be enough," said Benny, after saying a word to Bei Hai, he turned his head and waved to the employees of the Mustang Company on the shore, signaling everyone to move and start receiving the goods.
Seeing that the sailors and Mustang employees were busy, Bei Hai asked Benny casually: "How is the market today?" ”。
"It's good, the overall price has gone up about three percent, which is still the average. The price of top-quality tuna is estimated to be as high as 5.5 percent," Benny said immediately to Bei Hai, the price in the Tokyo market today.
Although most of the tuna here in Beihai will not be sent to the Tokyo market but will be given to Arai America for digestion, but the purchase and sale price of Arai is still based on the special reference given by the Tokyo City, don't look at this small 5.5%. A hundred yuan is five dollars more, and now Bei Hai roughly calculates that it has risen to five percent. Then it is likely that this year's income will be the same as last year, or even a little higher, which is the dividend brought by the price increase.
"The price is good," Bei Hai said with a smile and satisfaction.
"Do you want to go to sea again?" Benny looked at the smile on Bei Hai's face and couldn't help but ask again.
Hearing Benny say this, Bei Hai couldn't help frowning: "How dangerous is it to go out of the sea now." You can't joke with your own life if you want money! ”。
Benny smiled and said, "There are not a few people who go to sea at this time this year, and the direction you are running in is where you stayed a few days ago!" ”。
"Around Greenland?" Bei Hai immediately asked, looking at Benny and nodded, Bei Hai couldn't help but open his mouth and said: "Everyone is crazy, now when you go out at this time, although the wind in Greenland is light, it is also boiling."
"For some people, there is no way to do it, not to mention that this year's entire Gloucester sea brought back nearly 30% less than last year, not to mention the number of tuna, even the number of swordfish caught can't be compared with last year" Benny couldn't help laughing when he said this, and then said close to Bei Hai's ear: "The people over there have even turned gray their hair in the past few days."
Benny said that the person on the other side, Bei Hai, naturally knew that he was the boss of the compass company that was still pressing the wild horse before, of course, after two years of development, the compass and the wild horse are no longer on the same level, and now the wild horse is the largest fishing company in the entire eastern United States, and the development in recent years can be described as a rapid progress.
However, Benny, the old boy, is now a little unhappy when he thinks that he has been pressed by the old compass for more than ten years, no matter how big his business is, it seems that if the compass is not good, Benny's goods seem to be satisfied. Of course, this old boy won't say it in front of others, but in front of Bei Hai, he doesn't care so much about what to say.
Bei Hai couldn't help but smile helplessly when he saw Benny's happy appearance.
"A lot of fishermen have gone out to sea this year, and it has something to do with you," Benny added.
Bei Hai looked at the few fish that were lifted from the storage compartment and asked casually: "What does it have to do with me?" ”。
"At the beginning of the fishing season, you took them around for a month and said it had nothing to do with you? To be honest, it is estimated that at least one-fifth of the people who have contributed to the rise in fishing prices this year have come out of your circle! Benny said as he gave Bei Hai a thumbs up.
"Can this be my fault?" Bei Hai innocently spread his hands and said, "Did I beg them to follow me?" They are all adult people who do their own things and have to bear the consequences, and this kind of thing has a dime to do with me."
Benny smiled and said, "It's okay if it has nothing to do with you!" However, the fishermen of the entire East Coast now understand a truth, that is, if you want to make money, you should not follow Hull, and following Hull can only do what you want to do and waste your time in the end."
"I've been saying this for a few years, but hasn't someone licked his face this year? Maybe after a few years, someone will heal the scar and forget the pain, and then be my little tail again" Speaking of which, Bei Hai didn't have much interest in continuing to rangle with Benny on this issue, but changed the subject.
"Who's catching a good catch this year?".
"Gal's ship is good, and this year it can earn about 200,000 dollars, and the Franklin people are also well-earned, all of them have an income of more than 200,000 dollars."
"More fish are caught than last year?".
"The quantity is a little worse, but mainly because the price has gone up, the price of swordfish has grown to almost ten dollars a pound, which is double the price of previous years, and the captains who followed you have turned around a few times, although the catch is a little less, but thanks to the rise in prices, it has not lost too much, and the days of several boats for a month have not been so good. The weather forecast says the storm will start at Old Granbank Fish Farm and then slowly move south. At this time, fishing boats going north can fight the edge of the storm for two to three days, and then wait for the storm to pass and then continue fishing, anyway, the fishing season is not over yet, is it? ”。
Bei Hai couldn't help but nod after hearing this: "This is also a method!" ”。 At this time, the wind and waves at sea are big, but it is not impossible to overcome, but it is just to pay a greater body for the cost, many captains were reluctant to go out at this time, and now they are faced with the bank debt collection and consumption between all the captains will choose to consume a little body, who doesn't know that this gang of banks is a commodity that eats people and does not spit out bones.
The catch unloaded from the Arrow fills three trucks, each with a paper box, which is first stored in the Mustang storage near Gloucester and then shipped in batches to outlets like New York or Los Angeles.
"As always, I'm going to see the check in three days at the latest!" Bei Hai and Benny said after checking all the accounts.
"Got it! People like Matt are millionaires, and they still care about this day or two? You really are! Benny complained and said, "Don't worry, I can transfer your account to you tomorrow, the reserve fund on the new well has already been prepared, and no one can lack you."
"That's good!" Bei Hai said.
"By the way, when are you going to go shrimp and crab fishing?"
"In a few days, I'll go back and see my darling, and then I'll set off," said Behai. (To be continued......)