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Chapter 029

A boat of people was waiting on the dock for people from the fishing company to come and receive the catch. When someone heard that someone had caught a big fish of more than 300 pounds, six or seventeen stood near the dock where the Rennes were parked, waiting to see the big fish go out of the cabin. Although it was already past eleven o'clock now, it still seemed that some fishermen could not stop having some fun from the big fish.

"It was the Asian who caught the big fish? It didn't look like a fisherman at all! I just found out today that Asians can actually fish!" Soon some people looked at Bei Hai who was standing on the side of the boat. Needless to say, these people knew that the Asian who caught the big fish was an Asian.

However, the tone of this sentence was a very bad tone. Some people think that it is racial discrimination for black people and does not apply to Asians, because most Asians are more honest and so-called model citizens! However, Asians have also had a very fierce reaction to this thing during this period.

"Be careful, don't cause trouble for yourself!" The one next to you immediately reminded the people around you that racism and other things are very troublesome in Los Angeles. This is not a country town in the Midwest West, and it is almost a conservative white world.

"He was so lucky," said a white man in his fifties standing next to him. "I heard that this was his first time going to sea and I heard that the fish was almost three hundred pounds, a great yellowfin tuna!".

"What a pity, if the bluefin is better, or the price of big-eyed tuna will be higher," said a man who came to the conversation and said, but after he finished speaking, he smiled and said, "But it's enough, two or three thousand dollars!"

The white man said he was lucky and looked at the person who was talking, and there was a slight arc on the corner of his mouth, and the disdain in his eyes was not concealed.

It is obvious that people who are not Bluefin are not welcomed by this group of people. Within two minutes, only air was left beside him.

Beihai was watched for more than ten minutes and finally saw a large box truck coming. The very conspicuous part of the body of the car was painted with several English letters from the Sea God Fisheries.

Needless to say, this is the truck sent by the fishing company to collect fish. The car's movement soon confirmed Bei Hai's little speculation. The rear of the car turned around on the Rennes and slowly leaned towards the edge of the dock.

The car stopped three or four meters away from the dock, and the door of the back box opened wide as soon as the car stopped, and two middle-aged men in the same blue uniform jumped out of it.

An old man in his fifties jumped out of the cab of the car. After getting off the car, he reached out to Renn and said hello: "Renn!"

Renn waved at the old man, turned to Bei Hai and the others beside him and said, "His name is Jack, and he is the owner of the fishing company!"

Old Jack walked to the dock and jumped onto the boat, then shook hands enthusiastically with Rennes, and then greeted several customers one by one with Rennes' introduction.

"Release the fish out of the cabin first!" After chatting for a few words, Jack immediately went straight to the point and asked everyone to hang all the catches they wanted to sell this time to make aside before passing.

Of course, they all sell fish, so they had no objection. They worked together with two groups of people on the ship and on the truck to lift the fish in the refrigerated cabin and then hang it to the rear of the vehicle.

The first ones came out were the fish of Rettec and Tona, but only one of Tona's tuna was sold. Rett was going to take it home to enjoy with his relatives and friends.

After weighing, Toner became even happier. The weighing showed that the fish weighed 68 pounds. The weight was very good. Next, I waited for the preliminary test of the fish. Speaking of the test, it was quite high-quality, but the process was actually very simple, which was only three to five minutes.

The next one to get ashore was Benjamin's swordfish. After weighing it, it showed that it was about 89 pounds and was estimated to be on the boat. In the end, it was naturally the highlight of this time. Beihai caught a yellow-finned tuna.

"It's a big guy!" As soon as the fish's head emerged from the refrigerated cabin, Old Jack nodded and gave Bei Hai a thumbs up. After watching the fish come out of the cabin, he said directly: "It should be about 330 pounds, which should be bigger than the man last month. Such a fish is just right!"

There were many people who thought the same as Jack. The dozen people around the dock were looking at the hanging tuna. When they stopped in the air, some people on the dock came one meter in front of the fish and gathered together with the fish.

It turns out that the old fish was harvesting! As soon as the fish passed, Bei Hai couldn't help but praise it in his heart. Old Geck's weight was much better than Rennes. Rennes's weight was about 300 pounds, and Old Jack's weight was only three pounds less, and the final weight was 327 pounds. This is also the largest yellowfin tuna in this port in the past two or three months.

As soon as the weight came out, the people around him sighed. Many of these people were professional fishermen. Although they were not necessarily tuna fish, as long as they were fishermen, they had a heartfelt desire for big fish. After weighing the weight, the fish hung their heads down, and then some people began to take photos with the fish.

"Hey! Can you give me a small piece of fish tail? Just a small piece is enough!" A white woman in her forties on the dock looked at Bei Hai and directly signaled the staff who cut the fish to put the cut fish tail aside and immediately asked Bei Hai.

Bei Hai was generous: "If you like it, take it away!"

When the woman heard Bei Hai say this, she immediately thanked her happily, and then hugged the big fishtail in her arms, as if she was very afraid that others would take it away.

Seeing the woman as a treasure, Bei Hai was a little suspicious of her decision. Could it be that the fish tail is valuable? Didn’t everyone say it’s worthless on the boat? In order to determine the value of the fish tail, Bei Hai asked Renn next to him softly: “What’s the use of this fish tail?”

"It's useless, but some people believe that big fish tails can bring good luck to people!" Renn glanced at the woman who cut off the big fish tail and said, "Generally speaking, people here will not catch the biggest fish tail and give it to people. Isn't that equivalent to sending good luck to people! Many fishermen here believe this, and she is naturally very happy when she heard that you gave it to her all!"

At this time, Old Jack said: "Almost all fishermen have something taboo, just like Rennes has a little habit. If he encounters a seal on the way to sea, he feels that this time he will definitely get good results!"

After hearing this, Bei Hai understood: Isn’t it just superstition?

"What is the price now?" Bei Hai was not interested in listening to anything superstitious. If the fish tail could take away his good luck, why would the pendant on his neck still be there?

I asked Jack the question I was most concerned about. Fish that grew longer than everyone else should be at a better price.

Jack said to Bei Hai without thinking: "The current price in the Tokyo market is $6 per pound, but a fish of this size is at least $8 per pound. If the meat is very good, the price will be hard to say, so it will be auctioned directly. The final transaction price is determined by many situations. What is not accurate now can only be said to be rough."

Regarding the quality of fish, Beihai received good training along the way back. Everyone hopes that this fish from Beihai can have a good quality.

After a few minutes of chatting, the meat of the three fish came out. Beihai's fish meat was not very good, mainly because the fat content was not high enough, what would affect the nakedness, the flesh pattern was not obvious enough, and so on. Anyway, Beihai didn't understand this but just knew that the meat was not very good.

The best quality comes from Tona, whose tuna is of top quality, Jack estimates that a pound is at least fourteen to sixteen dollars. The second is Benjamin's swordfish, but because the price of swordfish and tuna is different, although Benjamin's fish has good quality, the market price is only three or four dollars per pound, which is not as good as Beckhai's fish.

"That's it! When will I get the check?" Bei Hai calculated that he would have to earn more than 2,000 US dollars, so he didn't have to worry about how much he had. Anyway, he would make a profit and never lose money.

Jack's answer was also very satisfying to Bei Hai: "If you come to get it yourself, the check will be issued the morning after tomorrow! If it is a bank transfer, it will be the afternoon after tomorrow!"

Bei Hai thought for a while and said, "Then I'll get it myself, I'll fish nearby anyway!"

"Or I will also book your boat to sea when I am free in two days. I feel like there will be such big fish near that place. I want to catch it." Bei Hai thought for a while and added.

"You don't want to be a fisherman, right?" Renn smiled and joked with Bei Hai: "It's true that there are fishes near such a big fish, but it's not easy to get them hooked."

It’s not that Renn didn’t want to tell Bei Hai some empirical things, but that even if he said it, Bei Hai wouldn’t understand. Sea fishing is not enough to just throw some bait with a fish rod. Some people will never learn how to find a fish in their entire lives. If it was so easy, wouldn’t everyone be the captain?

"I have thought so!" Bei Hai watched his big fish be put into a cardboard box filled with ice. After another layer of ice was sprinkled on the fish, the people on the car box then covered the cardboard box cover and began to seal the box.

Old Jack looked at Bei Hai's smiling face and thought it was a joke, so he decided to make some fun: "If you have high fishing standards, what are you doing here? Go directly to Gloucester! Go out to sea to catch bluefin tuna, there is no need to spend more fishing seasons every season!" He said, pointing to the box that has been sealed and said, "There are four or five of these 300-pound fish with a slightly better quality, and you don't have to work for a year!"

The speaker has no intention, the listener has his intention!
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