Chapter 930 Encourage (7000 words)(1/3)
An increase in the number of fishing boats means an increase in catch.
After all their fishing boats went to the trench a few days ago, the factory's trucks made two trips each time to haul away all the goods.
It can be said that their catch accounted for 1/3 of the town's catch. Uncle Yang was also smiling happily. The new factory's receipts have skyrocketed, and the profits are soaring.
But the ensuing problem is that the catch volume in the past two days has continued to hit new highs, and the price will naturally fall when there is more cargo.
Coupled with the massive fishing by 5 additional boats, people on the dock these two days are saying that the amount brought ashore recently is greater than last year during the peak flood season.
In fact, they are the ones who have increased the proportion of goods.
Similarly, Ye Yaodong and the others used to have a busy season every day, so their catch was not much. After the price dropped, everyone's total income also dropped a bit.
But they don't care. Anyway, no matter how much the price drops, they can make a lot of money every day. Even the locals on the shore can't hide it when they see so many goods.
Recently, when the goods arrived, a bunch of people stood by and looked at them, and then pointed at them, saying that they had taken away the goods, so there were so few of them.
In fact, there are quite a few. Recently, the number of jellyfish floating on the sea has been increasing day by day, but the price has dropped sharply. No matter how much everyone catches, it is not much different from what they made a few days ago.
But compared with them, it is much worse. Moreover, the locals basically fish in small wooden boats and can only fish in the area around the shore.
Everyone is jealous, and when they see them carrying so much cargo ashore every day, they will inevitably become jealous.
Although they have always explained that the cargo of several ships was piled together, but the quantity they were asked to carry ashore was so large, how could they care how many ships of goods were inside.
As soon as it was time to go ashore, all I saw was their cargo being carried up like a stream, in a steady stream, occupying most of the open space.
Therefore, recently there have been waves of gangsters looking for trouble, either kicking this basket or that bucket.
If everything was fine when the truck was there, Uncle Yang would have driven the people away directly. But there were always unlucky times when the truck either didn't come or had already left.
Aguang kept pretending to be good-tempered and smiling. He would pass out cigarettes to others as soon as they came, stuff money into the leader's hand, and have someone secretly call Yang Guoan. Every time, he was very polite or made people happy.
Send him away, or be sent away after Yang Guoan rushes over to warn him.
But Chen Jianian was not so lucky. Once or twice, he could be friendly and make money, but he couldn't resist even if he just came to ask for money if he had three meals a day.
He didn't have the ability to call the police to come over and help him send people away, so he could only hold his nose and admit it every time.
However, this also made it clear to the gangsters that he had no one to help him and no backstage.
Then, of course, things got worse. At first, I just tried to come every two days, but now I come three times a day on time, even more punctual than when I eat, and I always ask for more.
After testing and identifying the person, you may not necessarily find A Guang next, after all, he has a backing.
Although they can get some small money after finding them, they will also be warned by the police. The times are too frequent. If they are arrested and unable to come out for a few days to collect protection fees, they will lose a lot.
Persimmons should be picked soft and pinched.
When you are a gangster, you have a strong point in your heart. Although you are not afraid of being caught, if you can avoid going to jail, of course it is better not to go to jail.
Chen Jianian was also in agony because of this.
Aguang kept watching the good show, and he was glad that he had a good relationship. In the past few days, when these people came together to ask for protection money, Yang Guoan came over in time.
Instead of giving money to gangsters, it would be better to beg Yang Guoan for cover.
Chen Jianian tried to imitate them and go to the police, but they didn't bother to care about you, and they didn't cause trouble. How could you be on call every day, and you were from out of town.
These little gangsters were also very bad. After getting a taste of the sweetness, they started to catch Chen Jiannian and collect it, regardless of the local people collecting protection fees. As soon as they arrived at the dock, they went straight to Chen Jiannian's place.
After all, there are rumors everywhere on the pier that outsiders like them have made a lot of money here, and they catch a lot of jellyfish every day, so they should pay more protection fees.
On Aguang's side, because Yang Guoan showed up several times to warn him when he was on the road, he had to give up face no matter what, so he could just come over occasionally to take care of him.
Also because these little gangsters came here three times a day, Chen Jianian couldn't stand it.
Ye Yaodong and the others were lining up to sell goods while looking not far away.
In the past few days, it was his father who had been delivering the goods. In the past two days, whenever someone looked for trouble, he would take over the delivery job first.
I saw that Chen Jianian had just handed over a handful of dimes. After the leading gangster took it, his hands were still spread out, shaking his legs unsteadily, and looking to the sky.
The losers below opened their mouths and didn't know what to say. From a distance, they only heard something like looking down on people? Send the beggars away? Come to unite?
My Mandarin is very poor, so I can only follow the wind and listen to a few sentences.
And the boatman on his side was also helping Chen Jianian by shouting, saying that they were going too far...
Everyone on the pier looked towards them, but no one came forward. They all stayed far away, for fear of getting involved.
After a while, the two parties started shoving and yelling, and the curses became louder and louder. The local dialect was mixed with the southern Hokkien dialect of their Fujian province, and all kinds of bad Mandarin.
Looking at Ye Yaodong, everyone on their side looked at each other a little bit.
It's not that easy to mess around in other people's territory. They are all locals here. If they are not careful, all the locals will attack them in groups, so they don't have to stay.
Ah Zheng nudged Ah Guang with his elbow, "Fortunately you know that Public Security Officer Yang, otherwise we would be the ones pushing and shoving him right now. If they look like that, they won't be kind in the future."
"Not only are they not being kind, these little gangsters can never have enough to feed, and conflicts arise. They have to keep changing docks to receive goods."
Ye Yaodong also said: "If I get caught again at another dock, it might be even worse. If I don't pay a lot of money, I won't be able to get better."
A Guang was also thankful, "Fortunately, we got to know each other as soon as we came here, and we rushed to hug each other. We were lucky enough to grab the opportunity, otherwise we would have been in danger. We should thank Yang Guoan later."
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"It's not easy to go out." The boatman next to him sighed with emotion.
Brother Ah Sheng also said: "Last year there were only a few of us, and the village couldn't accommodate us, so we had to run around everywhere. This year there are so many people, it's even more difficult to get to the shore, and we are also targeted by these second-rate people."
"What are the ways to make money? Those who don't know think that it is easy for us to make money outside, but it is not easy to make money from an agency."
Ye Yaodong said something pertinent, also to tell others.
Lest the people in the village may still think that Aguang earns money very easily, how can they be lucky if there is no comparison?
Chen Jianian probably regretted it. When they were pushing and shoving, he glanced in their direction several times, and later when the two groups were about to fight.
He quickly calmed down the situation, called out to the people around him, and took out a big solidarity card with a smile. Then, under the scoldings of those gangsters, they apologized in various ways, and then they left with a cold snort.
The tractor master who came to receive the goods was just a worker and did not have the confidence of Uncle Yang to drive people away.
Uncle Yang wanted to pay on the spot, and because Ye Yaodong and the others provided a lot of goods, they now had to transport two trucks, so he came with him to settle the bill, and he could catch up with people when they met.
When there was no encounter, Aguang could calm the person down first and then call Yang Guoan.
After the people left, the locals who gathered around the pier to watch the excitement dispersed, each busy with his or her own business. There was no disturbance at all. Only Chen Jianian and the other parties involved were there cursing and cursing.
After scolding, I could only honestly weigh the goods quickly.
Ye Yaodong and the others didn't stop weighing the goods at all, and of course the talking didn't stop either.
"It's over. This time I gave you a large amount of money and a lot of money. I guess half of what I did today was in vain."
"These people have already come here in the morning, and they just came here again, and they will definitely come again in the evening. They came three times a day yesterday and the day before yesterday. Is he going to post it again today?"
"These little gangsters are so abominable that we can never catch them all."
None of them had any emotion of schadenfreude, and they only felt resentment in their hearts.
After all, they can be regarded as the same fallen people in the world, but they are slightly luckier.
Ye Yaodong frowned, "There are too few jobs, and there are too many young people without work. In the past, people in the city had to go to the countryside to work, but now they have returned to the city, and a large number of idle people have gathered in the city.
Young people who have nothing to do will be reduced to gangsters, just trying to make ends meet."
"Do you think Chen Jiannian will change the order in the afternoon?"
"Definitely. It's not so good just now. These gangsters' appetites have also been fed up."
"When I came here two days ago, I only gave them two yuan and they left. They didn't come back that day. The handful of cents that Chen Jiannian gave me just now was definitely not less than two yuan. This won't make things better. If we do it again,
If you come here, you won’t leave without a big unity card.”
"Hey, one trip and one big ticket, three trips a day, 30 yuan! It's more profitable than any other class. If Chen Jiannian just gives out honestly, then all his work will be in vain."
"Yeah, so I guess they won't be at this pier in the afternoon. There are other piers in the town. I guess they will definitely transfer to other piers in the afternoon and evening."
"Then we have to fight guerrilla again like last year."
"If these gangsters can't find Chen Jiannian and the others, will they target us again?"
"It's hard to say." Ye Yaodong looked at A Guang, "You have to hold your thighs and take care of yourself better, otherwise it might be our turn to be unlucky."
"I know, I can't bear to feed these people a lot of money. If they come too often, I might as well ask Yang Guoan to arrest them and keep them there for a few days to calm down."
The boatmen felt a lot more at ease after hearing what Aguang said. They were also worried about causing trouble when they were away from home. They were working in the first place.
What they predicted was not wrong.
Sure enough, when they docked in the evening, Ye Yaodong and the others no longer saw Chen Jianian's group, and they didn't know which pier they landed at.
And that group of gangsters also came over again, and they had already tasted the benefits. It was difficult for them to give up these fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered. Who made everyone say that these outsiders made a lot of money.
It was just that they came in the afternoon but failed, which made them so angry that they came directly to Ye Yaodong and his group.
Ah Zheng cleverly trotted to the edge after these people appeared. When they walked toward Ye Yaodong and others, he immediately ran to the Public Security Bureau.
"Hey, where are the people across from you? Where are they hiding?"
"I don't know. We don't live together. They do their own thing and don't interfere with us. Brother Long seems a little angry today?" A Guang said happily while handing him a cigarette.
"The horse rider is still hiding. As long as he is in this town, see where he can hide. Don't let me catch him. If he is caught, he will reap the rewards."
To be continued...