Chapter 33 Myriad Gods' Immortal Goods?
Chapter 33 Myriad Gods' Immortal Goods?
The Pioneer is speeding toward the municipal deep-water port.
Lin Jianguo stared at the two nearly one-meter-long ornate lobsters at the bottom of the hold, as well as the several red lobsters swimming nearby.
Wang Fuhai and several other men stood behind, craning their necks.
"My Tatsuko..."
"This... this thing, can it really be sold? What kind of family could afford to eat this?"
Wang Fuhai swallowed hard and then boldly gestured.
"If these, this big, were still alive."
"I've heard from the old fish buyers in town that this is what they call 'divine goods'."
"It should sell for at least several thousand dollars, right? Haha..."
Several fishermen nodded repeatedly.
For them, several thousand yuan is the harvest of more than half a month at sea.
Lin Chen smiled as he looked at his elders and held up two fingers.
"Twenty thousand?"
Wang Fuhai's eyes widened in disbelief, and his voice cracked.
A net worth of 20,000 yuan? Huangni Village had never heard of such a thing before.
Lin Chen shook his head and lowered his hand.
"That's more than that! If it sells for 100,000!!"
"And that's just the lowest price."
One trip to sea was worth ten years' worth of wealth. Everyone was stunned, and they looked at Lin Chen as if he were a god of wealth.
"Ah, Shiwan? Oh no, it's 100,000?"
……
The provincial capital, Yunhaige Luxury Hotel.
The atmosphere in Conference Room No. 1 on the top floor was heavy.
"Bang! Are you kidding me?!"
The big boss of Yunhai Pavilion slammed a document on the mahogany conference table and started cursing at Tang Mingyuan, the purchasing director opposite him.
"The typhoon passed through, causing widespread flight delays. But now you're telling me that the entire shipment of seafood airlifted from Australia is stuck in customs? What the hell?"
The boss's eyes looked like he wanted to devour someone.
"Have you all forgotten?"
"The day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow is the grand opening ceremony of Yunhai Pavilion."
"All the prominent leaders in the province have been invited."
"Come and tell me, come on! Tell me!"
"What do you expect me to serve as the main dish? Your head, Tang Mingyuan?"
Tang Mingyuan's back was soaked with cold sweat, and he couldn't utter a single word.
None of the dozen or so department heads dared to provoke this trouble.
Just then, Tang Mingyuan's phone vibrated.
Hey boss, look here.
Tang Mingyuan reached out to press the phone shut.
A WeChat video is displayed on the screen.
There was no preview image, only a sentence attached by the sender.
Two, alive. Arrive at the deep-water port in one hour. Highest bidder wins.
The sender was an unknown number without a name.
As if possessed, Tang Mingyuan clicked on the video.
Several deep-sea crimson demons, their scales gleaming with a metallic sheen, swam about.
Tang Mingyuan's heart skipped a beat.
"rub!"
He suddenly stood up.
The big boss frowned.
"What's wrong with you?"
Tang Mingyuan completely ignored his boss's anger and directly connected to the giant projection screen in the conference room.
"Whoosh!"
On the 120-inch screen, two giant ornate lobsters filled everyone's field of vision.
"Wild brocade. This size... at least a meter."
"Alive. It's actually alive. The quality is even better than that batch from Australia."
The boss's anger froze instantly, and he turned to look at Tang Mingyuan.
"Where is it? Where is the goods?"
Tang Mingyuan glanced at the location and his voice changed.
"Municipal-level deep-water port terminal".
He immediately dialed the unfamiliar number.
"Beep...beep..."
The call was connected.
"Is this Mr. Lin? I am Tang Mingyuan, the purchasing director of Yunhaige in the provincial capital."
Tang Mingyuan's tone was respectful, even carrying a hint of pleading.
"Don't touch those two ornate lobsters, or the Crimson Demon. I want them all."
The sound of howling sea wind could be heard from the other end of the phone.
"Deepwater port A3 berth. One hour."
"No time limit."
beep.
The call was abruptly disconnected.
Tang Mingyuan was stunned for a moment.
For such top-quality goods, if you're even a second too slow, your competitors will snatch them all away.
"One hour. He'll only wait one hour."
Tang Mingyuan grabbed his suit jacket and yelled at the door.
"Old Chen, call the executive chef. Bring out the boss's refrigerated truck. Right now."
The big boss shouted from behind.
"There's no budget limit. We have to win this bid."
……
Zhang Tiejun's office at the town's aquatic product wholesale market.
"Splash!"
A set of purple clay teaware worth tens of thousands of yuan was swept to the ground by Zhang Tiejun and smashed to pieces.
"One ship is wrecked. Two are lost. Garbage. All fucking garbage."
Zhang Tiejun gritted his teeth.
If Lin Chen's shipment really gets connected with the provincial capital, Zhang Tiejun's blacklist in the town will become a joke.
"Trying to climb over me to get ahead? Dream on."
Zhang Tiejun's eyes hardened as he grabbed the phone on the table and dialed a number.
"Brother Hei, this is Lao Zhang."
A hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Boss Zhang, looking for a way to make money this early in the morning?"
"There's a kid named Lin Chen who's a scoundrel. He stole a batch of my top-quality deep-sea cargo. He's currently heading to the city's deep-water port to sell it."
"Brother Black, Deepwater Port is your territory. Help me seize the ship, people and cargo alike."
"After the deal is done, we'll split the profits from that shipment in half."
There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a cold laugh.
"Understood. Leave it to me."
Zhang Tiejun hung up the phone, a sinister smile spreading across his face.
He wanted to see how Lin Chen would get out of Deepwater Port.
……
Municipal deep-water port terminal.
The Pioneer docked at its berth.
"boom!"
Three black SUVs with their hazard lights flashing rushed in from the dock entrance and parked across the pier, blocking the Pioneer's path.
The high beams are so blinding that people can't open their eyes.
The car doors slammed open, and a dozen burly men jumped out. They were all wearing black vests, their arms covered in tattoos, and carrying gleaming steel pipes.
The man in the lead had a shaved head, a gold necklace as thick as a little finger around his neck, and a face full of fat.
He stepped on the off-road vehicle's foot pedals, pointed at the Pioneer with a steel pipe, and said:
"Who the hell is Lin Chen? Get down here."
On the deck, Lin Jianguo's expression changed.
Zhang Meng from the town was just like that, but the group in front of them, just by looking at their aura, were much more ferocious than village bullies like Zhang Meng.
"Tatsuko..."
Lin Jianguo stood in front of Lin Chen.
Wang Fuhai and several other men grabbed harpoons and iron bars and stood guard over the front of the live water tank.
Lin Chen patted his father on the shoulder and pushed him behind him.
"I am Lin Chen."
The bald man weighed the steel pipe in his hand.
"I'm your brother, Blackie. Boss Zhang has given the order: you're a thief who stole his top-quality goods. If you know what's good for you, leave the goods behind and get out of here. Otherwise, this ship, along with all of you, will sink in this deep-water harbor today."
Lin Jianguo was so angry that he was trembling all over.
"Bullshit. We fished it out of the sea ourselves."
Blackie grabbed the steel pipe and was about to rush onto the boat.
"etc."
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