Rebirth 77: From Beachcombing to Becoming a Tycoon and Spoiling My Wife

After Wu Mei left, Wu Anshun did not linger and set off alone for the county's black market, where he went straight to Yuan Shun, the person in charge of the black market.

He entered the room and, without saying a word, plopped down in the seat Yuan Shun had just been sitting in. His expression was gloomy, and he went straight to the point: "Xiao Shun, tell me, what goods are currently in short supply on the black market? Bring me the list of goods that are out of stock."

Outsiders only know that Wu Anshun makes money by fishing and transporting goods with his fleet at sea, but no one knows that this underground black market in the county town is entirely under Wu Anshun's control.

He could never afford to build a two-story white villa by the sea, let alone buy a high-end leather sofa, simply by fishing and transporting ordinary seafood.

In addition, they also had to bribe and win over leaders of all ranks in the county, each one greedy and with an ever-growing appetite, requiring large sums of cash to smooth things over.

His core source of income was the black market business.

Yuan Shun had followed him for many years and was his most trusted confidant, handling all the daily affairs of the black market.

Yuan Shun could tell that Wu Anshun was in a bad mood, so he didn't dare to delay. He immediately went to the safe in the corner, entered the password to open the safe, took out a handwritten list of goods, handed it to Wu Anshun, and reported the situation with a hint of helplessness in his tone.

"Brother, you were arrested and detained for half a month. No one has been in charge of the black market, and many in-demand imported goods have not been able to be delivered on time. The supply has been cut off for a long time. Now, many big spenders who are stationed here see that there are no good goods here, so they turn to other channels to get their goods and stop coming to our black market."

Upon hearing these words, Wu Anshun's face instantly darkened.

He casually took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. Yuan Shun, who knew proper etiquette, quickly stepped forward and skillfully lit the cigarette for him.

Exhaling a puff of smoke, Wu Anshun could no longer contain his anger. He kicked the wooden table in front of him hard and cursed coldly.

"In the end, it's all because of that bastard Yang Bai. He's always targeting me and ruining my plans."

After venting his anger, Wu Anshun picked up the goods list on the table and looked through it. Yuan Shun stood aside and honestly reported the current needs of the black market item by item.

"The black market is now divided into two categories of essential goods. For men, the main items to import are watches, radios, black and white TVs, and motorcycles. These are hard currencies that money can't buy on the market."

Women's demand is concentrated on imported cosmetics, new ready-to-wear clothing, leather shoes, and leather bags.

In addition, there are some smaller, niche items, mostly overseas books and film reels, which many people specifically seek out.

As Wu Anshun listened, he picked up the pen on the table and crossed out the television and motorcycle from the list.

He gave Yuan Shun some instructions.

"This time, my cannery only received a shipment order for 20,000 jin of aquatic products. Televisions and motorcycles are too bulky and too conspicuous, so we shouldn't ship this batch of goods for now."

Restock all remaining items as normal. Your top priority during this period is to retain all your existing customers. You absolutely cannot afford any further mishaps or loss of customers.

Wu Anshun knew that if he could get a transportation quota of 50,000 to 60,000 jin this time, he could completely disassemble the television set and motorcycle into parts.

They are concealed within seafood and other aquatic products during transport, then reassembled and sold on the black market for extremely high profits.

However, with only a mere 20,000 jin of cargo to transport, the space is too small. If large items are smuggled in, they can easily be discovered by patrol personnel on the road, directly exposing the entire smuggling route.

He consistently used smuggling routes connecting international waters with Taiwanese merchants, transporting only rare and expensive goods that were scarce on the market.

The profit from a single deal is several times higher than that of a fleet of ships working hard to go out to sea to fish and transport ordinary seafood.

This is the fundamental reason why he refuses to give up the smuggling route.

"Understood, sir. The price tags for all the goods in the store are already neatly arranged. Please take your time to look at the list and check the prices. I'll go out and patrol the black market to ensure that the area remains orderly."

Yuan Shun dared not linger. After responding, he immediately jogged out of the office, gently closing the door behind him, leaving Wu Anshun alone.

……

On the other side, in the core area of ​​the Widow Sea.

As the sun slowly dipped below the western horizon and darkness gradually descended, the fifth deep-sea fishing line was being slowly pulled aboard the fishing boat by the crew.

The hook was hung with a live grouper, its appearance and size no less than the first one caught.

Moreover, the catch has been very stable in each round of fishing today.

Currently, the warehouse at the dock where the catch is stored already contains more than forty wild grouper in good condition.

Standing on the deck of the fishing boat, Yang Bai looked at the full catch and announced loudly, "Five thousand catties of grouper, today's target has been successfully achieved."

Upon hearing this, all the crew members working on the ship spontaneously applauded, their faces filled with barely suppressed excitement and joy.

Everyone felt like they were dreaming. Normally, encountering a giant grouper in ordinary open sea waters is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

In this core sea area, you can simply set up a fishing line and reliably harvest 5,000 catties of high-quality grouper in a day, making money much faster than catching ordinary large yellow croaker.

Yang Jun, standing to the side, looked on with envy and couldn't help but step forward and ask.

"Brother Yang, the harvest in this area is so good, can we keep coming here to fish? If we can have this kind of harvest every day, we can count money until our hands cramp up every day."

Yang Bai smiled faintly upon hearing this and shook his head.

"Of course I want to keep coming here to make money, but the number of giant grouper in this sea area is limited."

Even in the most advantageous core sea areas, one can only fish safely for a maximum of three days.

Three days later, all that remained were very small grouper, which were no longer worth catching.

Wild giant grouper are already very rare, and there are only two or three hundred adult giant groupers available for sale in this secluded sea area.

The majority of giant grouper are hidden in underwater caves hundreds of meters deep, where the terrain is complex and the water is extremely deep, making normal fishing impossible.

There is no such thing as a free and easy way to make money forever.

Yang Bai had already made up his mind that he would not come fishing again unless he had a job.

Firstly, it preserves the remaining giant grouper in the sea area, maintaining their habitat and preventing them from being completely wiped out.

Secondly, it is for long-term consideration. If we receive another large order to buy grouper, and this area is completely depleted by fishing, it will be extremely difficult to find a high-yield core sea area again.

Such exceptional wild fishing grounds are extremely rare and hard to come by.

"Pull in the nets, return to port, and hand over the catch!"

After Yang Bai finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the cockpit of the fishing boat, maneuvered the boat to turn around, and smoothly returned to the fishing port on the shore.

Hou Sanli waited on the shore for the fishing boat to dock.