C4297 The Wave of Price Reduction!
C4297 The Wave of Price Reduction!
The port was jointly developed by the Group of Open Sesame and the Group of the Arctic Bear. Although the terrain and scale of the port were not as good as the East Sea Port, it was still very prosperous. This was because the two ports were located at different locations. The East Sea Port was initially a military port, and it was not open to the public. Later, it was adjusted to be a commercial port. However, the main purpose was still military.
The Sesame Bear Port was purely for commercial purposes. The East Sea Port was a deepwater port, and it mainly swallowed giant ships. The heavy ships that ate water were deepwater ships. The Sesame Bear Port was a shallowwater port. Currently, the mainstream ships were shallowwater ships. After the completion of the Sesame Bear Port, a large number of ships flooded in. In a few months, the prosperity of the port surpassed the East Sea Port.
A fishing boat returned to the port. Before it could stop, Zhuang Zai Ai's pickled fish jumped out of the boat and shouted, "Disassemble the cargo. Hurry up."
"Pickled fish, look at your smile. You must be returning with a full load." The captain of a ship next to him said sourly. Zhuang Zai Ai's luck was especially good. Every time he went out to sea, he would return with a full load. Moreover, it was a big haul. It was already good enough if others could catch fish when they went out to sea. However, when he went out to sea, he only caught expensive fish.
He went out to sea once, and it was equivalent to going out to sea several times, or even more than ten times.
"Luck, luck, I caught three-colored snow cake crabs," Zhuang Zai Ai said modestly. The surrounding crew members who were busy working heard this and immediately revealed expressions of envy and jealousy.
If the three-colored snow cake crabs were in good condition, the price of one jin was basically more than five gold coins. The price of the top grade three-colored snow cake crabs was even higher than 20 gold coins. One net would at least be 2000 jin. Zhuang Zai Ai's conservative estimate was that the income of this trip would be between 600-700 thousand gold coins.
The average income of a fishing boat going out to sea was more than 300 thousand gold coins. It was considered a great harvest.
"Motherf * cker, why don't I have such good luck?"
"It is not right. We went to the same place to fish, why did I only catch a few rotten fish?"
"When Zhuang Zai Ai Ai recruited people, I shouldn't have rejected him. I wonder if he is still recruiting people."
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No matter what the crew members and sailors were thinking, Zhuang Zai Ai was surrounded by merchants who came to buy seafood. These were all big bosses who came to purchase seafood. There were restaurants, aquatic bosses, and gangs. There were even some second-hand merchants... These people surrounded Zhuang Zai Ai. They all knew Zhuang Zai Ai and knew that he had big goods every time he went out to sea. They all wanted to get a share from him.
These were all rich and powerful people. There were even more small merchants and second-hand merchants nearby. They were the main force of Sesame Bear Port. They stopped what they were doing and looked at Zhuang Zai Ai, who was being protected by the purchasing staff. They couldn't help but discuss.
"When I earn money, I will buy a boat and go out to sea."
"Hahaha, don't think too much. I have been here for almost two years. I came here even before Sesame Bear Port was built. There are countless people who have the same idea. In the end, they all obediently accepted the stone spiders. For us, the stone spiders are the most important."
"Although the stone spiders are good, there are too many of them. Yesterday, the price was lowered again."
"This is also something that can't be helped. More and more people go out to sea to fish. Most of them are newcomers who don't have any experience. They can only fish for stone spiders. If they can fish for stone spiders, then it's not bad. Many people come back empty-handed."
"There are too few fish. There is no profit. If there are too many fish, those bosses will lower the price again. Business is getting worse and worse."
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A phenomenon that no one had expected appeared. The flourishing development of the sea trade caused a large amount of fish meat to be in the market. The price of seafood was rapidly lowered. In the past, the source of seafood was only the rivers and lakes. The quantity was not enough to supply the huge market. After the sea trade developed, the amount of seafood was a hundred times more than before.
With more fish, the price would drop. This was the law of the market. Between steamed buns and seafood, when the price was about the same, the players decisively chose seafood. The price of rice fell sharply, and the purchasing volume was greatly reduced. Many farmers could not take it anymore and changed their profession. As the biggest landlord, Treasure Mystery was the most affected. Today, the price was lowered again. Food was no longer profitable. On the contrary, it would be a loss. Every 100 catties of rice sold would cost 10 copper coins.
The best way to deal with this was to cut the workers. If the farmers were cut, the production would drop, and the price of food would rise a little. At least, it would not be a loss.
Moreover, the cutting of the workers had to be done as soon as possible. The longer it dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be. The number of people who joined the sea transportation would only increase, and seafood would become the main component of food. The space for rice would definitely be squeezed out.
Lin Qianer thought of many ways. The only thing she could do now was to digest the food internally. With the Black Tortoise Group backing her, she could digest a portion of the food and then increase her cooperation with the wine industry. She could get all the food to be made into wine. That was the most reliable way. However, the wine industry was not a charity organization, so they would not be merciful and suppress the price.
Currently, the price of rice in the market was about 0.98 RMB per jin. The wine industry directly suppressed the price to 0.58 RMB per jin, almost cutting it off. They even looked confident.
The wine industry was indeed confident. Some of the smaller food suppliers could not take it and could only sell the food to them at a low price. They had a lot of food in their hands, enough to store for a few months. The Treasure Mystery was too big, and with the current loss, the loss would be an astronomical figure in a few months.
If they did not want to be threatened by the wine industry, they had to find other ways. However, there seemed to be no other way in a short period of time.
"I didn't expect that the seafood would beat the rice one day. The game is really a magical place." After Situ Qingcheng understood the cause and effect, she couldn't help but sigh. In reality, eating seafood was considered a high-end consumption. Some big lobsters and king crabs were luxury items. Ordinary people could only look at them from afar and not play with them.
In the game, there was actually a situation where eating seafood was cheaper than eating rice. Just thinking about it was unbelievable.
"I didn't expect that either." Dongfang Qingyu smiled bitterly. When he had started to run Treasure Mystery, he had hired so many farmers. He had thought that this was the most stable business. Even if other industries had collapsed, agriculture would still exist. Humans were made of iron and rice was made of steel. Humans could not wear clothes, but they could not not eat.
Who would have thought that there would actually be such a day?
"What are you going to do? With so much food, I don't even know where to put it." Situ Qingcheng said.
"Pirates." After pondering for a long time, Dongfang Qingyu spat out these two words.
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