Chapter 103: Caviar
I just looked around here. To be honest, Tsukiji Market surprised and satisfied Jiang Hai, because you can find all the fish in the entire Pacific and even the Arctic Ocean. Yes, as long as you are patient, you will eventually grow.
Almost all kinds of fish are available here, from sharks, whales, to small snappers, moray eels, and even some back-swimming fish. There are all here, such as Maha, and the like. When it comes to salmon, Jiang Hai is very familiar with it.
There are many of this thing in Ice City. The place where China and the Soviet Union border is Longjiang, half of which belong to China and half to the Soviet Union.
Salmon is one of the fish that migrates through this river. However, those who have stayed in Heilong Province know that although half of the river belongs to China and half to the Soviet Union, basically only China will fish in the river. The Far East of the Soviet Union is vast and sparsely populated. They do not like to eat seafood. For example, in places like the God of the Sea, those spider crabs, emperor crabs, etc., are hundreds of yuan per pound in China, and one hundred yuan per pound there, and each one must have at least a dozen pounds. This is the gap, Arctic ginseng, Arctic ice shrimp, sea urchins, abalone, etc. If you dive in a swimming goggles, you will grab it and eat it casually, and you will not have any money at all.
This is what the Soviets think about the environment. Of course, in recent years, they have also known to buy these things and come to China for money.
In fact, the per capita income of the Soviet Union is very low, especially in the Far East, where Chinese wine, grain, and light industrial things are fun to them. In the Far East of Russia, there are a total of 6.2 million square kilometers and a population of less than 7 million. It is not apart from some cities. It is really a no-man's land, with an average of one square kilometer of land per person. Who are you going to reason with?
It is precisely because the Soviets do not fish, there are very few people in Longjiang and Huaxia, but there are quite a lot of fish in the Soviets.
So in the past few years, some Chinese fishermen often went there to catch a net at night, but this was considered an invasion of the other party's territory, and the other party's soldiers were going to shoot, so many fishermen died on the border line.
The salmon that these fishermen exchanged for their lives was these salmon. When they arrived in China, it depends on how you sold them... If you were selling them in front of salmon, then you would make a profit. After all, these salmon are pure wild, so there is no problem to fool the layman, but if you sell them according to salmon, it would not be valuable.
However, there is an exception, that is, salmon fish roe. The fish roe sauce made from salmon fish roe is also very popular in China. However, except for some Asian countries that eat salmon fish roe, other Western countries will not eat it. Here we have to talk about another specialty of Soviet Russia, black fish roe sauce.
When it comes to fish roe sauce, everyone may know something, but to be honest, they actually don’t know anything.
The same is true for Jiang Hai. He didn't know it before, and now he is not very clear, because he does not raise these things in his family.
However, when he was at the auction venue just now, he saw ten kilograms of black fish roe sauce, priced at $50,000, and he was a little surprised.
Masato Nakamura, who knew that Jiang Hai was a VIP, also introduced Jiang Hai about the situation of black fish roe sauce.
In fact, most people call fish roe sauce, but this is wrong. Fish roe sauce can only be made into fish roe sauce, namely the beige sturgeon, the oscietra sturgeon, the color v-milk sturgeon, the only fish roe of these three sturgeons is called fish roe sauce, and the others include the Chinese sturgeon, which is not called fish roe sauce. This has nothing to do with the degree of preciousness, value, and size. Only these three fish roe are called fish roe sauce, among which the white sturgeon is the best.
The white sturgeon fish roe sauce is sold for US$860 per kilogram in the Soviet Union, and in London, the best, fullest and largest pellets are sold for US$5,000 per kilogram. It is precisely because of this that white sturgeons are cultivated in many places in Europe.
However, the more troublesome thing about raising white sturgeons is that after taking the fish roe, the fish will die. Moreover, the white sturgeon grows very slowly. I really don’t have four or five years to harvest. It is precisely because of this that it is not very good to cultivate white sturgeons in China.
First, because it cannot be sold at a price. In Chinese people, it seems that fish roe can be made into fish roe sauce. This is a simple concept. Because the country is not so keen on eating this thing, such as foie gras, which is the best product in Europe, but not many people eat it in China. Without a market, it will naturally not be sold at a price. Second, because the growth cycle is too long, not so many people have such great patience. They may lose all their money in five or six years to breed the white sturgeon. This is really unworthy.
Third, it is to take seeds from sturgeons, which is really troublesome, and there is no such organization in China.
When taking seeds from sturgeons, the first thing to do is to knock the sturgeon unconscious, but it cannot be killed, because the eggs of the mother's body will be finished.
Then quickly take out the fish roe, sift, wash, filter, and then hand it over to the appraiser to identify the grade. Then, the roe is evaluated according to the size, color, fullness, gathering and dispersion density, and smell of the fish roe. Finally, add salt and marinate the fish roe into fish roe sauce. This is also the most technical thing. The salt must not be too much or less. The salt taste cannot be overwhelmed by the original taste, but the taste of the fish roe must also be slightly salty, forming a subtle combination. After adding salt, the fish roe must be sifted on the filter until the skin of the fish roe has no moisture as washed just now. Each particle must be separated, that is, dried, and then canned and transported to all parts of the world.
The time for these steps to add up is only fifteen minutes, which means that you must complete them within fifteen minutes, otherwise these fish roe will be ruined. It is precisely because of this strict system that this thing is so expensive!
In fact, the main thing is a question of values. For example, Jiang Hai’s beef. Someone once said that Jiang Hai is not right in mind. Why don’t you sell good things to Chinese people when you go abroad to sell them? Good beef is sold abroad and good fish is sold to Chinese people. Jiang Hai is wrong in mind. This is kneeling and licking foreigners. This is wrong.
But generally speaking, Jiang Hai is lazy to even deal with him. The simplest question is, Jiang Hai sells good beef in China, who can buy it? For example, housewives go to supermarkets, no matter which city it is, the Northeast, the imperial capital, or the Magic City, it doesn’t matter, it’s okay, and they go to Walmart supermarket and see Jiang Hai’s beef at Sam’s membership store.
2400 soft girl coins per pound, do you buy it? Other people's salmon costs more than 30 yuan per pound, and Jiang Hai's sells 300 yuan per pound, do you buy it? This does not count as freight and customs duties. Anyone with ideas has to say, why?
The best beef in China next to it is forty, cucumber strips are sold for 40 yuan, Jiang Hai’s is sold for 2,400 yuan, and ordinary white-collar workers earn two kilograms of meat a month. It’s not realistic at all. The domestic consumption concept has not improved. You tell them that the beef is so delicious, but they can’t listen because they look the beef is the same, it’s just that the fat and thin are different from the place, and the selling price is also different.
In fact, the same is true. What is the difference between the top beef of wagyu beef and ordinary beef? The nutrition is the same. It tastes like eating it, but it is done with the stomach. But it is expensive, and the same is true for Jiang Hai's beef and fish. That is not for ordinary people. The rich people in China recognize that there are too few things, so they can only sell them abroad.
Think about the huge imperial capital, Jiang Hai and Qi Li’s four stores have already included all the consumer groups. How many people in the imperial capital are there? Jiang Hai really can’t find anyone to buy it if he wants to sell beef in China.
"Hey, what are you thinking? Stay here?" Just as Jiang Hai was feeling a lot of emotion in his heart, Azalina couldn't help but pat Jiang Hai on the shoulder and said in a low voice. When she heard her words, Jiang Hai also reacted.
"Oh, nothing, I'm just stunned for a while." After a smile, Jiang Hai couldn't say that he had thought so much inadvertently, so he could only smile and say to Azalina. It would be great if he put some things in his heart.
"There is nothing, I think we should go back. I feel that someone is staring at us!" Hearing Azalina's words, Jiang Hai also looked around. Sure enough, his eyes flashed, and many people immediately flashed their eyes and pretended to be shopping. Looking at these people, Jiang Hai smiled. He didn't know whose people these people were, but it was certain that these people must have no kindness, so he slowly walked towards Walmart's supermarket. The four Pula Walton's bodyguards who were originally scattered around also walked to Jiang Hai under the command of Azalina.
With the crowd around them, Jiang Hai and the others soon walked into Walmart's supermarket. After entering, they were relieved. At this time, the people outside also dispersed and walked around pretending to be idle, but their eyes looked at Jiang Hai and the others from time to time. Looking at their eyes, Jiang Hai also smiled. It would be strange that he was not staring at.
"You've finished transferring, just in time, everyone has arrived. It's about to start in a while." Seeing Jiang Hai walking back, Pula Walton almost finished watching the work, and then said to Jiang Hai with a smile.
When he heard what he said, Jiang Hai also looked around. There were no one except the staff when he left, but when he came back, there were almost twenty or thirty strangers in the room, basically all islanders, gathered together to chat in groups of three or three. Jiang Hai couldn't help but smile. These guys were all his customers!
"The people are almost here, and probably no one will come. Are you going to start?" At this time, Nakamura was walking to Jiang Hai and Pula Walton and asked Pula Walton.
Chapter completed!