I See through Everything

Chapter 275: Chapter 146: Return from a Long Voyage

Valentine’s Day.

February 14th. Only two days remained until Chinese New Year’s Eve.

However, Magong Fishing Port had just welcomed three large live fish transport ships, each with a displacement of around five thousand tons.

The aquaculture division of Hailufeng Company dispatched dozens of employees and temporarily cordoned off a section of the fishing port.

Zhang Xincheng was there to receive the shipment personally.

"General Manager Zhang, we’ve successfully completed our mission." The smiling man was Lu Deqing, the manager from Qilu Oceanic Fisheries Company, which had been contracted for the job.

"We appreciate your company’s hard work." Zhang Xincheng took out a check and handed it to Lu Deqing. "This is 100,000 yuan. It’s a Chinese New Year bonus from our company to your crew. You can leave the ships docked here. We’ve already bought your plane tickets home."

Lu Deqing didn’t stand on ceremony, accepting the check with swift hands. "In that case, thank you very much, General Manager Zhang."

Zhang Xincheng smiled, his gaze falling upon the live fish being unloaded. "No rush on that. Let’s get these fish unloaded as quickly as possible. Once we’ve tallied the number of live ones, we’ll settle the final payment with your company."

"Of course, of course." Lu Deqing had been on pins and needles the entire journey. They had transported these live fish all the way from the Northeast Hokkaido Sea Region in the North Pacific Ocean, terrified that a single mistake would cause the fish to die en route. If that happened, their losses would be immense.

Hailufeng Company had chartered their three large deep-sea fishing vessels and three large live-fish transport ships for a three-month period, at a cost of 18 million yuan.

But the contract came with a condition: the final payment would only be released if they guaranteed the survival of at least ten thousand fish.

For every fish over the ten-thousand mark, there was a 200-yuan bonus per fish.

Specially designated live-fish transport trucks quickly received the fish being unloaded from the ships. For confidentiality, the entire area was shielded by several layers of red and blue waterproof tarps, as well as special mobile canopies, all to prevent nearby residents from taking photos.

Once a truck’s tank was filled with several hundred fish, it would immediately head for the breeding farm on the coast of Nanhu Village.

Zhang Xincheng, Lu Deqing, and the others personally tallied every single live fish as it was unloaded.

For the next five-plus hours, the dozens of workers were run off their feet. They unloaded all 17,282 live fish, safely transferring them to the Nanhu Breeding Farm and placing them into the professional tanks of the indoor facility.

Watching the last live fish being loaded into the transport truck’s tank, Lu Deqing let out a sigh of relief. "Whew... General Manager Zhang, shall we compare our tallies?"

Zhang Xincheng nodded. "No problem."

The two men confirmed the number of live fish. Finding no discrepancies, they began to settle the final payment and associated bonuses from the contract.

"Manager Lu, I’ve just had my people wire the payment. You should call your company and see if they’ve received it."

"Will do." Lu Deqing was eager. After all, once the payment was settled, they could all go home for the New Year. He picked up his phone and called his company’s office.

He spoke for a moment, then hung up, his face wreathed in smiles. "General Manager Zhang, we’ve received the payment. Our chairman asked me to wish General Manager Jiang an early Happy New Year on his behalf."

"Please wish General Manager Li an early Happy New Year on behalf of myself and General Manager Jiang," Zhang Xincheng said, handing a bag containing Hailufeng Company’s White Truffles and Morchella to Lu Deqing. "It’s just a small token. Please don’t refuse."

"In that case, it would be rude of me to refuse. Thank you for your company’s New Year gift. I wish your company great prosperity and smooth sailing in the coming year."

"And I wish you a harmonious family, good health, and a smooth year ahead as well, Manager Lu." Zhang Xincheng smiled and patted the other man’s back.

Mindful of the time, Lu Deqing and his men soon took their leave.

After all, they had received the final payment on the contract, plus a bonus of 1,456,400 yuan. Now, every crew member was eager to get home. Zhang Xincheng arranged for a minibus to take Lu Deqing and his crew, along with the gifts from Hailufeng Company, to the airport in Goose City, where they would catch their flights home for the New Year.

「Meanwhile.」

On the beach south of Nanhu Village, nestled within the coastal windbreak forest, stood a 100-mu indoor breeding farm. It had been purchased the previous October and, after more than four months of upgrades, was now a high-spec facility. Just like the indoor farm at Salt Town Farm, it could control water temperature, salinity, oxygen levels, flow velocity, and the ratio of trace elements in the water.

Jiang Miao was currently inside this very farm.

Batch after batch of live fish arrived.

A dozen or so employees at the farm worked nimbly, transferring the fish from the transport trucks’ tanks into specialized breeding pools.

The fish were a stunning, vibrant red.

These were the famous Pacific Red Salmon, also known as Sockeye or Blueback Salmon. Their scientific name is *Oncorhynchus nerka*, a species of migratory fish from the North Pacific Ocean.

Some people may not be familiar with this fish, but they would likely recognize it by another name.

Salmon.

To be precise, "salmon" is a term that refers to several species of the salmonid family.

Red Salmon are relatively rare in the country. Aside from a few rivers in the Northeast where migrating Red Salmon can be caught, they can typically only be found in East Japan and America.

The salmon available domestically is generally farmed Atlantic Salmon and King Salmon imported from Northern Europe, Chile, and New Zealand.

Red Salmon, however, have not yet been successfully bred and farmed artificially; the supply relies mainly on wild catches. The largest harvester is America, with the state of Alaska being the main production area for wild Red Salmon, accounting for 80% of the global catch. Besides being sold in North America, this type of Red Salmon is primarily exported to East Japan.

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