Golden Fishery

Five hundred thousand yuan!

Upon hearing the price, Qin Shiou immediately shook his head, don't get me wrong, it's not dissatisfaction, but surprise!

The price quoted at the auction is per kilogram, otherwise the auction would not be possible. You must know that the way to eat bluefin tuna is not to eat it whole, but to separate it. Different parts have different tastes and prices vary greatly.

On the whole, the body of bluefin tuna can be basically divided into big belly, middle belly and naked body. The meat of the big belly is rich in fat, pink in color, and the price is the most expensive; the meat of the middle belly is next in taste, slightly darker in color, and the price is cheaper than the meat of the big belly; the meat of the back is bright red, and the meat is also delicious and delicate, so it is called naked. , less fat, the cheapest price.

Under normal circumstances, the market price of bluefin tuna belly in Tokyo is about 60,000 yen per kilogram. But after all, there is little meat in a big belly, so even if a fish is a big fish with good meat quality, the combined price can be sold for 40,000 yen at most.

Like the auction at the Tsukiji Market, it is said to be an auction, but it is actually just wholesale. The middlemen also want to make money by taking the fish and finally disposing of them to restaurants and consumers, so sometimes the auction price is slightly lower than the market price.

But no matter how the price is given, it is impossible to give 500,000 yen, because it is completely higher than the market price, and no one can make money no matter who buys it.

But this is the highlight of the tuna auction at Tsukiji Market. In the circle of seafood merchants, the king of fish is auctioned at an inflated price. There are three purposes:

First, according to tradition, seafood merchants believe that this price is related to the fish market economy. The higher the auction price, the better the fish market this year; the second is to encourage fishing boats to go out to sea to catch more tuna. In other words, the price of Yuwang is used for publicity; the third is glory, who can take pictures of Yuwang. That means that the seafood merchant is strong.

Compared with the past, this year's price is not high. The highest price was in 2013, when the starting price was 840,000 yen and the final transaction price was 1.04 million yen. A 220 kg fish sold for 2.4 million US dollars. sky-high price.

At that time, the price shocked the world fish market, and fishermen from all over the world went crazy. They were so excited by the price that they flocked to catch tuna from the beginning of the tuna season.

In the end, this attracted the attention of the Japanese Fisheries Agency. The Department of Fisheries has specially issued a document, requesting that future aquatic product auctions are not allowed to raise prices excessively, and the starting price of bluefin tuna kingfish should not exceed 500,000 yuan.

Beforehand, Butler and Qin Shiou said yes. The unit price of the king tuna is about 350,000 to 400,000 yuan. Qin Shiou is quite satisfied with this price. After all, the size of the king tuna is displayed here, which is 600 kilograms.

As a result, reality gave him a surprise.

The market directly gave the highest starting price, 500,000!

According to the exchange rate between the Canadian dollar and the Japanese yen at about 1:100, the starting price of this fish is 5,000 yuan!

Qin Shiou was feeling emotional here, but the bidding over there had already started fiercely.

"Kidyo Village Co., Ltd. bid 510,000..."

"Lulianggang bid 514,000..."

"Bao Xing Aquatic offers 520,000..."

"Dali Rilu bid 522,000...

A group of people began to make quotations with crazy dancing gestures, and the atmosphere on the scene was extremely enthusiastic. Qin Shiou couldn't take it anymore, so he quickly stepped back.

It's not that he can't stand the excitement of the price, he just sold a famous painting worth 50 million. The main reason is that this group of people are dancing, and he is afraid of being hit.

Kota Tezuka didn't make another price after the first quotation, and watched a group of colleagues making bids there with a smile.

The price quickly climbed to 550,000, but no one has made a leapfrog bid, unlike last year when the bronze sculpture of Medusa was auctioned, Afef, a local tycoon in the Middle East, raised the price by 10% or even 20% every time he bid.

This is a normal auction, and everyone wants to win this fish. But the bids are more cautious, and the Japanese do things like this. Try to achieve your goals with as little cost as possible.

The final price was set at 562,000 yuan, which was given by a seafood merchant named Dali Rilu. The auctioneer yelled twice, and the surrounding seafood merchants shook their heads with regret in their eyes.

At this time, Kota Tezuka finally made a move: "Kidyo Village, 565,000!"

Dali Rilu Co., Ltd. was also led by the president. It was a short man with a bold face. He looked at Tezuka Takata and shouted: "Tezuka-chan, you are really arrogant! I knew you were not Will let me go so easily, it seems that today is the time for us to fight to the death!"

Takata Tezuka laughed and said, "Ibe-chan, you know my temper. To be honest, I took this fish over. I will take him back too. Please give me a price."

"570,000!" The president of Dali Rilu looked at Kota Tezuka provocatively.

At this moment, Kota Tezuka showed his aura as the king of the Tsukiji Market. He folded his arms in front of his chest and said proudly: "How about this, Ibe-chan, I will give you my reserve price, 600,000! If you follow, Then this fish is yours, if you don't follow, it's a pity, I'm embarrassed to accept it."

The president of Dali Rilu talked with the two people around him for more than ten seconds, then he laughed and looked at Takata Tezuka and applauded: "Okay, I have to be convinced, I lost to you again, Aoyama Ibe Tezuka, Tezuka, you are really cruel! Three hundred and sixty million, you are going to become a hero in the eyes of the Japanese people again!"

Qin Shiou hugged Nelson, Bird, and Iwosen, ok, the sale is over, the total price is almost 360 million, which is 18 million when converted into RMB, and 3.6 million when converted into Canadian dollars, which is equivalent to That's three million U.S. dollars!

The world record was broken once again, and this year's bluefin tuna auction set another record, taking the price from US$2.2 million to three million directly.

Butler came up to congratulate Qin Shiou, Qin Shiou said: "Congratulations, buddy, this is also due to you."

Indeed, it was not Butler, Qin Shiou had a hard time transporting this fish to Tokyo and selling it - you can't sell bluefin tuna if you catch it, you need to have a tuna fishing license on a commercial fishing boat, and then you can sell the tuna you catch.

Butler did everything for Nelson, and he didn't tell Qin Shiou how much he spent, but he said it was deducted from the 22% commission.

Everyone in the audience applauded and congratulated Kota Tezuka for winning the Fish King. The latter smiled and bowed to everyone with a proud face.

Qin Shiou shook his head, and said to Butler: "I don't understand, Tezuka obviously suffered a loss, why is he so complacent?"

Butler pulled him aside and said: "No, Qin, you are the one who suffers! The meat quality of your fish has been graded, and it is an sss grade that has never been seen before! If it weren't for the damn Tokyo Fisheries Agency's auction price limit, then The unit price of your fish can exceed one million yen!"

"Day! How awesome is my fish?"

"Very awesome, I have never seen such delicate tuna flesh! I have never seen such beautiful fish patterns! Do you know what is the belly fat rate of your fish?"

"How many?"

"16% against the sky!" (to be continued)