My fishing raft will ask for help.

Chapter 168 Experiencing the Effects of the Fish Gathering Formation

"Tickets are 68 yuan. We've been promoting it with videos beforehand. If we still don't have any customers, I might as well just sell this fish raft."

Zhou Miao took the ledger and calculator and started calculating the accounts quickly.

Today, a total of 53 customers came, including 16 children who paid half-price tickets, bringing in 544 yuan in revenue from half-price tickets.

The remaining 37 people bought full-price tickets, totaling 2,516 yuan, with the total ticket price exceeding 3,000 yuan.

If the revenue from group buying exceeds a certain amount each month, Douyin or Meituan will take a cut, so it's difficult to calculate the net profit at the moment.

However, the revenue from ticket sales only accounts for half of the income from operating a fish raft, as customers spend a considerable amount on various other things on the raft.

Today's lunch barbecue alone sold over 5,000 yuan worth of various meats, and 2,300 yuan worth of drinks.

After deducting costs, the profit is around 1,800.

The turnover is a little over 10,000, and the gross profit is over 4,000.

If taxes and commissions are included, the net profit is only 20% to 30% of the turnover.

After finishing the accounts, Zhou Miao threw down his pen and slumped into his chair: "What the hell? I worked hard all day and didn't even earn as much as I do fishing at sea all day."

Luo Hao's lips twitched: "If other business owners knew about your sales figures, they'd be green with envy."

"That makes sense, you do earn a lot from each trip out to sea. And this fish raft isn't entirely yours; Lu Xingyu also gets a share."

Zhou Miao recalled the scene when Lu Xingyu came to discuss building a fish raft with him with great enthusiasm.

In fact, the two of them didn't have high expectations at the time; they just wanted something better than their regular jobs.

"Xingyu only owns 30%, not much. But considering our original plan to build fish rafts here, it's actually a success."

"Although this situation won't be lively for long, the focus is still on next year."

"Moreover, Xingyu is already a pet owner for sea turtles, which means he has an extra source of income."

The sea turtle's habitat is still under construction. To prevent it from suddenly leaving one day, a large net will be laid nearby to confine the sea turtle to an area.

The fishing net is designed with many entrances and exits, each one meter in diameter, which only restrict sea turtles but do not hinder the movement of wild fish.

Zhou Miao knew that the sea turtles stayed mainly because there were a lot of fish gathered at his fish raft, but he figured that the sea turtles would have plenty of food if he fed them, so he didn't raise any objections with Yu Muzhou.

After all, without this internet-famous turtle, Nanzhen's online exposure will decrease by at least half.

The cultural tourism department originally planned to start filming cultural artifacts related to the Nanzhen fishing rafts at the end of the year, and then begin promotion.

However, due to the unexpected popularity of the sea turtle, the promotional plan for the Nanzhen Fish Raft was forced to be brought forward, starting on the day Lu Xingyu returned.

So for the next few days, Zhou Miao's fishing raft had dozens of people every day.

Luo Hao and Luo Qianqian also went back to their own fishing raft, since they also had customers there.

The sea turtles are not part of the Xuan Gui Fish Raft, but other fish raft owners in the surrounding area also arrange boats to bring customers to see the sea turtles.

Because there were too many tourists, feeding them was prohibited, and only Lu Xingyu was allowed to do it.

Zhou Miao and Lu Xiaoxiao have been extremely busy these past few days, so he had no choice but to hire a young woman named Zheng Xiaojia as a waitress.

He had just turned eighteen and his high school grades were not ideal, so he didn't go to university and started working early.

Zheng Xiaojia is a playful person, but she is quite serious about her work, which satisfies both Zhou Miao and Lu Xiaoxiao.

This bustling scene lasted only a week before business gradually began to decline.

However, Zhou Miao still gets about a dozen or twenty customers every day, while Luo Hao gets anywhere from five or six to a dozen customers a day.

The surrounding fish farms, as long as the owners provide good service, will all have business.

Poor service, a bad environment, and no fish to catch—business will naturally get worse and worse.

With dozens of fishing rafts, it's impossible for every single one to have business.

Besides the booming popularity of fish rafts in Nanzhen recently, another major event in the fishing community is the launch of the first fishing competition in Nanzhen by Yongdiao Club, which is currently open for registration.

The prize pool is one million, with the first-place winner receiving five hundred thousand.

Participants are divided into groups of three and are required to bring their own Class III fishing boat.

Yu Muzhou originally planned for the club to provide fishing boats, but due to the large number of applicants, he had no choice but to impose restrictions.

A Class III fishing boat blocked the vast majority of people who wanted to try their luck and win the prize.

The rest are mostly fishing enthusiasts and sea anglers who make a living by fishing.

Zhou Miao doesn't need to worry about this; Yu Muzhou has already registered him.

Luo Hao couldn't participate in the competition because he was busy with his fishing raft business, so he introduced a friend's younger brother named Wang Yong.

Yu Muzhou originally wanted to find someone himself, but after seeing that he was recommended, he inquired about his character and learned that he was an honest young man who had been at sea with his parents for two years, so he agreed.

Zhou Miao was in charge of finding fishing spots and schools of fish, while Wang Yong, who had experience at sea and had worked as a fisherman with his parents for two years, was perfect for the job of doing odd jobs and assisting others, as the requirements were not high.

With only a week left before the competition, Zhou Miao called Yu Muzhou and Wang Yong to arrange a trip out to sea to check out the effect of the fish-attracting reef.

If the results are poor, there's no need for him to go during the competition.

On the morning of October 23, Zhou Miao woke up in the wooden house on the fishing raft.

He kissed the sleeping Lu Xiaoxiao and then got up to wash up.

Lu Xingyu had already tacitly accepted their relationship, so they lived together openly.

Luo Qianqian couldn't sleep outside every day, so she could only come over occasionally.

Zhou Miao walked out of the wooden house, then moved his fishing gear and tackle box out of the tool shed and placed them next to the fishing raft, waiting for Yu Muzhou to come over.

Around 6:10 a.m., a familiar fishing boat pulled up beside the fish raft. Yu Muzhou got out of the cockpit and smiled at him, "You finally have time to invite me fishing! Any good spots today?"

"I'm not sure if it's a good idea, but I'll go fishing today and see." Zhou Miao carried his equipment onto the boat, not making any definitive statements.

Whether the fish are in good condition or not, you'll know once you go there.

Seeing him board the boat, Yu Muzhou returned to the wheelhouse, started the fishing boat, and went to Fisherman's Wharf to pick up Wang Yong.

As soon as Zhou Miao entered the cockpit, he saw the breakfast on the coffee table: "Brother Zhou is really well-prepared; he even bought breakfast for us."

"Whether I can stand out in the fishing competition depends on you, so of course I have to bribe you properly, lest you slack off during the competition."

"Wow, this breakfast!" Zhou Miao opened the breakfast and was stunned for a moment, then picked up the shark fin soup with a grin and took a sip. "Just for this breakfast, I have to let you, Brother Zhou, show off a bit."

"Haha, I'm too lazy to cook these days, so I hired a chef to prepare three meals a day. We're going out to sea today, so I had him prepare two extra portions to bring you all to try."

"No wonder, only a master chef could make this taste."

Upon arriving at Fisherman's Wharf, Zhou Miao was immediately greeted by a strong fishy smell as soon as he stepped out of the cabin. He then saw a dark-skinned young man standing at the top of the stairs.

"Ah Yong, over here!"

The dock was full of small boats, and Yu Muzhou's fishing boats couldn't pass through, so they could only dock on the outermost small fishing boats.