As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 372 - Chapter 372 Chapter 286 A Busier-Than-Expected Fishing

Chapter 372: Chapter 286: A Busier-Than-Expected Fishing Contest_3 Chapter 372: Chapter 286: A Busier-Than-Expected Fishing Contest_3 After moving all the fish into the cold storage, he went to check his phone inside the toolbox and found two missed calls, both from Jiang Luoluo.

Noticing it was already 1 a.m., Chu Mingcheng was puzzled, his watch had picked the wrong time to break!

If his watch had been working, he wouldn’t have been so busy this late.

Jiang Luoluo had called once at ten and once at eleven.

But now it was too late, so Chu Mingcheng could only send a message explaining the situation.

After a long time with no reply, he knew Jiang Luoluo had fallen asleep.

So he first took a shower, changed his clothes, and then lay down in bed.

Just having finished, he wasn’t sleepy at all, so Chu Mingcheng started researching the ancient shipwreck he had seen.

Upon researching, he realized that the wreck could very likely be an ancient shipwreck from Japan.

“Could it be a ship from the Tang Dynasty that was sent to pay tribute?”

Chu Mingcheng muttered in confusion, but then he thought it didn’t seem right.

Why would Japan need to go to the Tang Dynasty? It was impossible for it to appear at this location; they could have directly entered Huaxia from the west.

The distance was shorter, and the risk was lesser.

When Chu Mingcheng saw that some islands to the east of Northern Treasure Island were on the eastern route of the Maritime Silk Road, he immediately started speculating.

Those islands were just transfer points, and Japan did indeed have a great likelihood of transporting goods back via sea.

The position of that shipwreck was a bit off, but not being a historical archaeologist, Chu Mingcheng couldn’t guess the specifics.

However, this incident made him realize the benefits of his deep sea diving.

If by some stroke of luck, he found an ancient Japanese shipwreck full of goods, wouldn’t he strike it rich?

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The next day, Chu Mingcheng collected the crab cages, only catching a few lobsters.

He had a hunch last night while diving and fishing that there weren’t many crabs at the bottom, just an occasional lobster.

He continued fishing during the day but found it inconvenient without a diving watch.

The Eastern Sea Bass in the area were few and, as time passed, a small batch of Gan’s Giant Claw Crabs and lobsters began to flag in vitality, so Chu Mingcheng decided to go back and rest for a few days to fully prepare for the upcoming fishing competition.

On the way back, he contacted Chen Yang. There were still ten days left until the fishing competition, and they planned to stay out at sea for another five days.

Therefore, Chu Mingcheng specifically met up with them to ask for their help in looking after the Xia family.

He himself planned to sell the goods and dock the boat at Modu Port, then fly back to Xia City.

After handing over the cat to Chen Yang and his group, Chu Mingcheng drove the boat directly to the Wen City dock.

The customers had already made appointments, and this time, aside from the Golden Spearfish, other seafood was the main catch.

The Eastern Sea Bass weighed just over three hundred pounds, and based on their size, the prices varied a bit, bringing in a total of one hundred sixty-seven thousand.

Chu Mingcheng now had many customers; most individual Eastern Sea Bass weighed about four to five pounds, and in the end, there wasn’t enough for everyone, so the customers directly each took half.

Those who ran restaurants could only split the ones ten pounds or heavier.

The remaining deep sea fish weighed over three hundred pounds too, but this was much cheaper, and in the end, he only made just over fifty thousand.

The lobsters with good vitality, weighing eighty-seven pounds, originally exceeded a hundred pounds; some had been eaten by Chu Mingcheng and others not so vital had been frozen.

He didn’t sell the frozen ones, keeping them for his own consumption).

The eighty-seven pounds of lobster sold for twenty-five thousand, actually priced at two hundred eighty yuan per pound.

Gan’s Giant Claw Crabs were thought to be all taken by the restaurant owners, but other customers showed great interest.

Originally he had caught fifty-five, had eaten one, and frozen six others due to lack of vitality.

The remaining forty-eight with good vitality, forty-two of which were over ten pounds.

They weighed a total of six hundred thirty-two pounds, priced at five hundred yuan per pound, bringing in three hundred sixteen thousand.

He could sell so much mainly because Chu Mingcheng had caught all large ones, increasing the total weight.

The crab gathering spot he found, if caught another two or three times, probably wouldn’t have such large ones anymore; then, smaller ones could only be caught, selling for much less.

The remaining small and frozen ones totaled twelve, all bought by customers, totaling thirty-two thousand.

Apart from the Golden Spearfish, Chu Mingcheng made just over five hundred ninety-nine thousand from other seafood, nearly six hundred thousand.

Mainly, the high prices of Gan’s Giant Claw Crabs and Eastern Sea Bass allowed him to make so much.

However, Gan’s Giant Claw Crabs couldn’t always sell this well; casual customers buying today were just for novelty.

After trying them, they probably wouldn’t buy next time unless they were hosting guests or something.

Whether these crabs sell well in restaurants is still uncertain; if they do, then there could be a long-term sales channel in the future.

Finally, the seventy-to-eighty pounds of Yellowfin Tuna, seven restaurants each wanted one, and Chu Mingcheng priced them at forty-five yuan per pound.

He let them choose the fish, and those who picked a fatter one were just lucky.

This kind of bulk selling was at a fixed price; it wasn’t like in Modu, where the fat content could be specifically measured to determine the value of the Golden Spearfish.

The seven Yellowfin Tuna, totaling five hundred thirty-four pounds, sold for twenty-four thousand.

The cold storage still contained thirteen Yellowfin Tuna (one had been eaten), along with two Big-eyed Gold Spearfish weighing over three hundred pounds and three weighing two hundred pounds.

Leaving the Wen City dock, Chu Mingcheng hesitated repeatedly and eventually didn’t go home; instead, he headed directly to Modu.