After dinner, the lights on the Vladimir were still bright. Instead of resting directly, everyone was busy resupplying the Vladimir. Xiao Peng didn't even book a hotel for everyone, so he let everyone live on the boat. Yang Meng's idea of opening foreign meat was completely shattered. Well, what he's doing now is also related to foreign characters, he's moving onions.

Xiao Peng was in a good mood and stayed in the cabin and scrolled Twitter. It's okay, it's also interesting to interact with friends over there in the United States.

Well, it's not so much about interaction, it's better for Xiao Peng to unilaterally send out food, and the greedy crowd screams.

Just when Xiao Peng was having fun, someone knocked on the door: "Come in!"

Wang Hu pushed the door in: "Boss, someone is looking for you." Xiao Peng looked at it, who was not Maxim following him?

"Maxim, why are you here, please sit down, don't you know what to do with me?" Xiao Peng beckoned.

Maxim first looked around, and then sat down: "Captain Xiao, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't believe that the cabin of a fishing boat could be as comfortable as yours. ”

Xiao Peng smiled: "It's not just my cabin, although the crew's cabin is smaller, but I promise, it's definitely very comfortable, you can visit it." ”

Maxim smiled and shook his head: "I believe Captain Xiao's words. You're so good to the crew. ”

Xiao Peng did not deny it: "Going to sea is a very sinful thing in itself, so many crew members follow me to make a living, I don't want them to suffer with me, it's good to live comfortably." I wonder what happened to your late-night visit, Maxim?"

Maxim was just about to speak, when there was a knock on the door: "Please come in." ”

It was Wang Hu who came in: "Boss, someone is looking for you again." ”

This time, there were two people who followed Wang Hu in, Nelson and Sean, the two entered the cabin and glared at each other, and when they came in, they just wanted to talk to Xiao Peng, but they saw that Maxim was also here. Now it's okay, the three of them started to look at me and I look at you, and the atmosphere was very delicate for a while.

Maxim snorted coldly: "What are you doing here?"

Nelson and Sean said in unison, "One purpose with you." "Then the three of them started again: you look at me, I look at you.

Xiao Peng was amused in his heart, but he asked, "I don't know what happened to the three of them coming to me at night?"

But the three of them look at me and I look at you, and they don't speak first. Xiao Peng shook his head: "If the three of you have nothing to do, then please go back, I want to rest early." ”

Maxim took a long breath: "Okay, Captain Xiao, if you guessed correctly, the three of us came for the same purpose, just for your tuna." ”

Xiao Peng said: "You have also seen it, I am now making supplies and preparing to return to Huaxia, I can sell the fish by myself, right?"

Maxim said: "Captain Xiao, I have been in Petropavlovsk port for nearly thirty years, and today is the first time I have seen you, which means that you are coming from the south, if I guess correctly, there are only two possibilities, the first may be that you want to have a good time in Kamchatka, after all, the tourist resources here are too good, and the second may be that you are going to the Bering Sea." But wouldn't it be a pity if you insisted on going back to Huaxia?"

"You're right. Xiao Peng didn't deny it: "I originally planned to have a good time, both to play Kamchatka and to go to the Bering Sea, but this is not the reason for me to sell my catch cheaply, you know, not always have this kind of good luck, catch such a big guy, isn't it?

Maxim nodded: "Captain Xiao is right, but I have a Chinese friend who once told me that an inch of time is an inch of gold, and it is difficult to buy an inch of time, and if you come here next time to play, your mentality will definitely be different from this time, right?"

"I'd rather suffer with my heart than with my wallet. Xiao Peng had the face of a miser at this time. For friends, Xiao Peng feels that it doesn't matter if you have more money or less money, but you are not related to me, so why should I be cheap?

Maxim glanced at Nelson and Sean: "We, the Golden Pepper Fish Fishing Company, are willing to pay a high price for this fish." ”

"What's the high price?" Xiao Peng asked.

Maxim thought for a moment: "Seventy-five dollars per pound!"

Xiao Peng calculated in his heart, well, this is about to catch up with the retail price, and the price of bluefin tuna in the market is about 600 to 1,21 catties. Of course, it also depends on the size and quality of the fish.

Before Xiao Peng could speak, Nelson said directly: "We are willing to pay seventy-six dollars!"

Sean was not to be outdone: "Seventy-seven meters gold." ”

The three of them completely tore their faces, and raised the price of each other, and the price would soon be 100 meters of gold per pound. At first, the three of them slowly bid for one meter of gold and one meter of gold, and then they were directly red-eyed.

"I'll pay 200 meters of gold!" Nelson suddenly doubled the price!

"Are you crazy?" Sean and Maxim shouted at Nelson in unison, and Sean glared at Nelson and said, "The fish in the first auction of the New Year this year is only more than 100 meters and a pound of gold! You will lose nothing at this price! Are you not afraid that old Wharton will jump up from bed with a cane and break your legs?" He said that the old Wharton is the founder of Wharton Fishery.

Nelson smiled and smiled at the two, "You guys just think I'm a madman." I'm trying to say that there is still a bid? If not, this fish is mine. ”

Sean and Maxim shook their heads, and after saying goodbye to Xiao Peng, they cursed and left.

Seeing the two of them walking away, Nelson asked with a smile, "I wonder if Captain Xiao is satisfied with this price?"

Xiao Peng looked puzzled: "It should be said that I am too satisfied, even if I get Tsukiji and can sell it at this price, I will be very satisfied, but I don't understand, Mr. Nelson, why did you buy this fish at such a high price? To be honest, you are willing to pay 100 meters of gold, I believe that 200 I am a little surprised, after all, this is an ordinary A-grade fish, isn't it?"

Island people eat fish has eaten out of the devil, the island country has 2% of the world's population, but consumes 10% of the world's fishery consumption, it can be seen that they can eat more fish, especially tuna, they have eaten fine, which piece of meat is the best, which piece of meat is the most expensive, that is clearly distinguished, and according to the different fat content, the level of tuna is very detailed, A-grade tuna meat is actually ordinary tuna, in the upper is S-grade, SS-level, SSS grade.

As for tuna below grade B, almost all of them are tuna that have problems.

There are only two possibilities for the occurrence of grade B: first, improper preservation, the myoglobin in the fish pigment will be oxidized into oxidized myoglobin, and the color will also turn bright red into brown, and its taste and commodity value will be greatly reduced, of course, this is difficult to appear, after all, the current refrigeration technology has been advanced.

The second reason is that the bloodletting is not timely. Compared to other fish, tuna are larger, more athletic, and have a warmer blood, struggling to get caught, and the temperature at the center of the body rises rapidly. If they are not bled quickly, the sour taste of the meat will increase, and the discoloration of the meat will be obvious, especially if the blood vessels near the spine are ruptured and the blood enters the muscle tissue, thrombotic plaques will be formed, and the fish will become fishy and sour, which seriously affects their taste. Prices have also been severely affected.

Among the three main fishing methods, tuna fishing is the best way to maintain the quality of tuna, and the tuna is killed directly after catching, so as to maintain the limit of fish meat to the greatest extent.

As for longline fishing and purse seine fishing, there will be cases where the fish die for a long time before being harvested, which will affect the quality of the fish. Especially longline fishing, although longline fishing is the most common practice in tuna fishing in island countries, but because the longline fishing tackle stretches for dozens of kilometers, it is impossible to receive the goods immediately after putting it down, and it is generally put in the sea for a few days, so it is very likely that the fish has been dead for several days, and the quality will naturally be affected.

Although purse seine nets are better than longline fishing, the quality of the fish can be seriously affected by the fact that the tuna caught is struggling in the nets. Moreover, the purse seine is not a short-term work, and it is impossible to collect the net directly like Xiao Peng.

As an aside, islanders blame the decline in tuna populations on purse seine netting by foreign fishing vessels, saying that the decline in tuna is due to purse seine operations.

Hearing Xiao Peng's question, Nelson smiled slightly and replied: "I have heard a Chinese proverb that I like very much, it says, give it a go, and a bicycle becomes a motorcycle." I want to give it a go, too. ”

"Then your risk seems to be really not small, the price you gave me has caught up with the auction price. "Regarding the price of tuna, it is actually really confusing, there was once a 222-kilogram bluefin tuna that was sold for a whopping 1.8 million meters of gold. It is 7,200 meters of gold a pound, but this price has a lot of moisture.

At that time, the government of the island country promoted more people to join the tuna fishing industry through such sky-high tuna auctions.

However, after all, the transaction price of the vast majority of tuna is tens of thousands of meters of gold, and compared with the inflated price, it has discouraged the enthusiasm of practitioners and affected the culinary industry of the island country. For this reason, the government of the island country has no choice but to intervene to regulate prices, and no more sky-high auctions will be allowed.

In any case, Xiao Peng's bluefin tuna, even if it weighs 800 pounds, it can be sold for 160,000 meters of gold, far exceeding the market price and approaching the auction price.

Nelson sighed: "Captain Xiao, you're right, this is not a small risk, but I have to fight now." ”

"I want to hear about it. Xiao Peng handed Nelson a cigarette and lit one himself.

Nelson took a deep puff of his cigarette: "My full name is Nelson Wharton. Wharton Fisheries was founded by my grandfather and used to be the largest fishing company in North America, but over the years, more and more fishing companies have been established, and our Wharton Fisheries business has become worse and worse. We have to find a breakthrough, and I have set my sights on the Far East. But as you know, the island market is very xenophobic, and it is really difficult for us to break into the island market. So I retreated and came to Petrobarovlovsk. But I've always wanted to break into the island market. This fish of yours gave me an opportunity, this is a good opportunity to make our Wharton fishery known, and now there are not many big fish, maybe this fish can be a hit?"

"Just such a fish?" Xiao Peng asked, "You are too daring to gamble, it seems that the chances of winning are really not big." ”

Nelson smiled bitterly: "Every family has its own troubles, my grandfather's health has deteriorated in recent years, my brothers and sisters wish I was doing nothing here, so that I would inherit some less things, but I really don't want my grandfather's estate to be so lifeless." I want to recreate the glory of the Wharton fishery of yesteryear. ”

"You told me that these are not afraid that I will sit on the ground and raise the price?" Xiao Peng smiled.

Nelson smiled: "I'm afraid, but I have to gamble, from my time on the boat today, I found that Captain Xiao's boat is different from other people's boats, there is a comfortable living environment, and I am reluctant to eat tuna for staff meals, God, this makes me envious, if I were twenty years younger, I will definitely beg to work on your ship." And all this shows that Captain Xiao is a person who can be friends. So why should I cheat on my friends? That's why I choose to go straight with you. ”

Xiao Peng smiled: "Okay, you are really a gambler, but I like to listen to what you say, since you like gambling so much, how about I add some chips to you?"

Nelson asked, "Oh, what leverage is Captain Shaw going to give me?"

Xiao Peng stretched out his finger: "Plus six bluefin tuna of about the same size, and more than a hundred tons of catch, mainly large-scale salmon and large flat-ocean halibut." I don't know if that's enough?"

Nelson listened, his fingers shook excitedly, and the cigarette fell to the ground without holding it. Nelson looked at Xiao Peng with a shocked expression: "Xiao, my brother, I know that the god of the sea in your Chinese mythology is the Dragon King, you tell me the truth, are you sure that you are not the child of the Dragon King? If not, you must be the same as Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon! Right? I am not wrong?"

"Nelson, calm down, you're exaggerating, Percy Jackson is a movie character! "Percy Jackson, the male protagonist of the movie "Posei Jackson and the Thief of the Holy Fire", the child of Poseidon the god of the sea and humans, has the divine powers of Poseidon.

"No, no, no, no. Nelson's head shook like a rattle, "I prayed to Poseidon every day for the protection of the god of the sea, for him to give me the best catch." Poseidon must have been moved by my prayers to send you to me, oh my God! With this catch, Wharton Fisheries will surely be able to gain a foothold in the Far East! Brother! You must have been an angel sent by Poseidon, oh no, sea envoy! I love you so much. ”

Xiao Peng looked at Nelson with a stiff face, and for the first time doubted his decision: Is this guy reliable?

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