Reborn as a Sea King in Tokyo Fishing Village

Chapter 96 The Shipyard Begins to Raise Prices
Ji Chang naturally understood what Uotani Takao said.

However, he simply shook his head and said.

"I have no plans to cooperate with others for the time being, and I will not accept invitations from others. I still prefer to do it myself."

"It seems that you have your own way of fishing, so I wish you all the best. You can catch tuna and I can make more money. It's a win-win situation for us." Uotani Takao said expectantly.

Ever since Ji Chang registered the fishing boat under his daughter's name, Uotani Takao treated Ji Chang like his own son-in-law, as if they were one of the family.

"I do have some tricks of my own. Anyway, since I'm planning to go there, I must come back with a full load."

"I can't say how much it is, but I'll have to get a few thousand kilograms. So, how much does a kilogram of tuna cost now?" Ji Chang asked curiously.

He had never asked about the price of tuna before, so he didn't know how much they were worth now.

"It ranges from 20 to 200 yuan, mainly depending on the size of the tuna and the fat content." Takao Uotani gave an answer.

This price range has a really wide span.

If you take 50 per kilogram, then if you catch more than a thousand kilograms, that would be . You can really make a fortune!

If you catch 50 kilograms, that would be .

With 500,000 yuan in hand, Ji Chang can definitely buy a 50-meter fishing boat.

The bigger the fishing boat, the more amazing the price.

After fifty meters, the extra money for every additional meter is astonishing.

A fishing boat of 70 or 80 meters long can easily cost over a million dollars.

Moreover, it does not include the equipment on board, such as the main body and the engine.

However, owning one would be very profitable.

Just like before, Ji Chang paid Uotani Takao's employees to help with the work.

Now, his employees like Ji Chang very much and wish Ji Chang would go fishing every day.

In this way, they can earn extra income every day, which is a considerable amount of money in a month.

So, they couldn't even describe how miserable they felt during those days when Ji Chang was locked up.

After they get on the boat to work, the female divers can take the fish they have caught today and go back home.

Along the way, they used hand-cast nets to catch fish whenever they had the chance.

Ji Chang would often let them take some small and worthless fish home to eat.

With these fish, they can save a lot of money, so they can buy more rice and vegetables for their families.

As long as they can continue to work for Ji Chang, their future lives will definitely get better and better.

Now, other women in the village have begun to approach them for help, hoping to cultivate their water skills.

They are also willing to teach people in their own village because they know that in the future there will be more and more fishing boats and more and more sailors will be needed.

We are all from the same village, so they are willing to provide help.

Now, people in Gutan Village are very grateful to Ji Chang, because he let Yu Gu Hua Ming buy the land, so that everyone has money.

With money, you can buy food and feed yourself.

If you are full, you will have more energy to do more farm work.

After the female divers returned home, Ji Chang went straight home.

Anyway, he still had a lot of trust in Uotani Takao and knew that he would not let him down.

After returning home, Ji Chang found that no one was at home. Nakamori Yukiko and the others were most likely staying with Uotani Hanaaki.

So, Ji Chang rode his bike to Ishikari and prepared to go to the Okayama Shipyard to check out the situation. The Tamako had been upgraded and renovated at the shipyard for many days and was almost finished.

Because it was only four o'clock in the afternoon, Ji Chang had not yet finished get off work when he arrived at the shipyard.

Not only did they not leave work, some people even surrounded the shipyard and held banners to protest their rights.

Seeing this situation, Ji Chang thought he had walked into the wrong time and space.

He didn't expect that there would still be people holding banners in 1950. He really didn't expect it.

And they were all a group of women, and everyone was very excited.

After taking a look at the banner, Ji Chang knew what was going on.

It turned out to be due to shipyard defaults and skyrocketing prices.

There is no doubt that this was because the price of raw materials soared after the soaring prices, which triggered conflicts between shipyards and ship owners.

You should know that the main payment for shipbuilding is the deposit, and it is impossible to pay the full amount.

As the price of raw materials skyrocketed, it was naturally impossible for the shipyard to continue charging according to the original prices.

So, there is a contradiction between the two.

Ji Chang was already familiar with the gatekeeper, so he easily entered the shipyard and found Matsumoto Nana.

When Matsumoto Nana saw Ji Chang, she rushed over without saying a word.

She had heard the news that Ji Chang had been arrested, and wanted to go see Ji Chang but didn't see him.

Now that her sister Tanaka Yuna also works for Jichang, she can't receive any news.

"Ji Jun, how are you? Did you suffer in there?" Matsumoto Nana asked with a distressed look on her face.

"It's okay, I just went in to recuperate for a few days. Look, I'm fine, aren't I?" Ji Chang said with a smile, hugging Matsumoto Nana.

Nana Matsumoto breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there was indeed no problem with Ji Chang.

"Has the Tamako been upgraded?" Ji Chang pinched Matsumoto Nana's butt and sat down on the sofa.

"The power system still needs to be debugged, and it should be ready before tomorrow afternoon." Matsumoto Nana sat on Ji Chang's lap with watery eyes.

"That's good. I thought it would take a few more days." Ji Chang said happily.

"It's quite lively outside your factory. Has anyone given up their fishing boat?" Ji Chang was thinking about whether there was a suitable fishing boat so that he could take the opportunity to buy it.

Money will still depreciate. As long as you have a suitable fishing boat, you can consider getting it.

"Yes, several ship owners are ready to give up. They can no longer pay more money. Our boss is going crazy, because if those ship owners don't want these fishing boats, they will have to find someone else to buy them." Matsumoto Nana said with a headache.

After all, if the boss is not having an easy time, the employees will naturally not have an easy time either.

"They are all fishing boats of various meters in length. If there is a suitable one, I want it. There are not many opportunities like this. It will take several years to wait for the production, and I will miss the chance to make money." Ji Chang wished he could have a fishing boat to go out to sea tomorrow.

In this way, we can go out to sea to catch tuna together.

"There is a 66-meter one, a 32-meter one, and a 28-meter one. Ji Jun, do you really want to buy these ships? If so, our boss will be very happy." Matsumoto Nana asked excitedly.

"How much does the 66-meter one cost, and how long will it take to be completed?" Ji Chang immediately became interested and wanted to know the current price.

If it's suitable, you can definitely take it.

He knew that these fishing boats must be close to delivery, otherwise the shipyard would not have fallen out with the ship owners.

(End of this chapter)