The Top Fishing
Chapter 506 - 231: Price Negotiation_3

Chapter 506: Chapter 231: Price Negotiation_3

"Uh, you don’t seem excited at all? This is at least a few million big bucks!!"

Lin Yang shrugged, "It’s just an unexpected gain from fishing, I don’t particularly value money. Even if this deal is finalized, the earned money will be used for meaningful actions, like donating to a few schools in the country. Yue’er and I will go upstairs to study the market, and if we need a lawyer later, we’ll trouble you. We’ve been busy all day, rest early...."

"Uh, ok, call me if you need anything." Hearing Lin Yang’s thoughts, Zhang Lin’s internal draft suddenly got stuck.

For him, it truly was a huge sum, but for Lin Yang, it was just a large amount of money, not enough to make him lose his composure.

Once the two went upstairs, Yue’er curiously asked, "Brother Yang, are you really planning to donate the money?"

"Uh.... That was just a random excuse, we don’t need to discuss that. What are your thoughts on how we should handle the transaction?"

"I think you can directly post as an attorney-in-fact on the forum, we need to expose those idiots anyway, and you might as well hang a post on the black market to indirectly figure out the psychological price point of these foreign guys!"

"Alright, let’s do as you suggested."

Soon, Yue’er logged onto the internet and registered an account separately. She then posted two threads on the forum.

The first thread was an exposure post, compiling and uploading the video footage of the entire process of catching the fish during the day, exposing the terrible behavior of Gao Bai and his three boats.

The second thread was posted in the capacity of an attorney-in-fact, asking about the commercial value of this fish, how to legally trade it, and how to maximize profits.

Both threads, posted in different sections, instantly caused an earthquake-like reaction on the forum.

The news was like a nuclear bomb going off, stirring up the global fishing community, both domestically and internationally.

That very night, Lin Yang received calls from friends within the country, and several TV stations with well-connected reporters contacted Lin Yang seeking interviews, but he had further matters to attend to and couldn’t return soon, so he declined.

....

The next morning while still in the realm of sleep, Lin Yang was awakened by Yue’er knocking on his door.

"Brother Yang! Quickly get up! The news that you caught a record-breaking fish has hit the hot search in the country! It’s ranked number one on the hot search list!"

"What hot search?"

"The Weibo hot search of course! Also, the forum response is strong. A verified worker from the US has sent a private message to our account, needing to meet and verify certain issues!

The post on the black market has been pushed up to more than 3000 floors, and someone has offered as high as 500 US dollars per pound!"

Other things Lin Yang didn’t have a clear concept about, but he did have a notion about the unit price of 500 US dollars.

At the current exchange rate of over six, a pound would be more than 3000 yuan. Roughly rounding to an estimated weight of 1600 pounds, that translates to about 4.8 million—a bid nearly doubled from earlier offers!

"Shall we reply to Captain Harry with this quote? As long as the base contract can meet this price, do we agree to auction through them?"

"That’s what I was thinking, we’re sellers in the market, we definitely can’t just accept whatever they say."

"Then that’s settled, I’ll give Captain Harry a call back!"

After discussing the pricing, Lin Yang made a call back to Captain Harry, informing him of his psychological price expectation.

After hanging up, Captain Harry immediately reported the news to his superiors.

The arrival of this grade of Bluefin Tuna on shore is a once-in-a-century occurrence for fishing companies.

Having a full understanding of the international market in this industry, he had a relatively clear anticipation of its value.

A unit price of 500 US dollars is high, but for this fish’s significance, it’s not unreasonably burdensome.

Not to mention, just notifying the long-term cooperative top-tier Japanese sushi restaurants could draw in a large number of high-quality competitive buyers!

A top-quality Bluefin Tuna weighing less than 500 pounds had been auctioned in Japan for several billion yen, which also amounted to an astronomical figure.

Based on this pricing, the value of a record-breaking super-sized Bluefin Tuna had a wide room for ambitious price negotiations above its rational value.

Fearing the unpredictable, Captain Harry passed the message quickly, and a few senior executives from the other side after briefly discussing, readily agreed!

Soon, the news returned to Lin Yang’s side, and knowing that the fishing company had agreed to the price, Lin Yang, who had been tense, could finally relax.

In the following two days, he became busy.

The US division of the World Fishing Association coordinated a high-level leader to personally visit Lin Yang for an exclusive interview, and Zhang Lin found a reliable lawyer to oversee the cooperation agreement and related legal documents.

Besides, every day various people, who had obtained Lin Yang’s contact details through unknown means, discussed the purchase of the big fish, but he decisively rejected them.

He had no time to argue with these people of unknown origins. Cooperating with official companies offered stability and safety that couldn’t be overlooked.

Everything proceeded in an orderly manner, and three days later, the contractual details were drafted and both parties signed the cooperation agreement, finalizing the deal.

Once the contract here was set, the fishing company immediately notified their premium customers!

A record-breaking top-grade Bluefin Tuna would be auctioned by a US Marine Produce Company.

Suzuki Jiro, who had recently spent a million to buy an 800-pound Bluefin from Lin Yang, was now legally ’making efforts’ through his channels to bring the big fish to Japan.

Backed by long-standing cooperation with professional personnel and financial influence, the relevant approvals had been expedited and nearly cleared already, and he expected it to arrive in the country by next month.

Even though the fish hadn’t arrived yet, the store had already started early promotional warming up.

Store owner Suzuki Jiro personally used the ’Ippo-zuri’ fishing technique to catch this giant, top-quality Bluefin Tuna, anticipated to land in his own Japanese restaurant in a month.

Promotional materials had already been made in the store, and top members within had been notified directly,

but while it looked highly sensational and much anticipated, promising a great profitable business, unexpectedly, something went wrong!

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