Chapter 405

"Ya, 30 crates, that's not few either, Xiao Hu, what was the price today again?" Ye Cheng loudly looked at Xiao Hu.

"More than half a catty: 28 per catty; four taels to half a catty: 22 per catty; less than four taels: 16 per catty; yellow-shelled add 20%." Xiao Hu proudly recited loudly, today's price is two yuan lower than yesterday's.

Ye Cheng, Village Chief? Actually "Village Chief" appears: "Village Chief". That's Village Chief. Also maybe the brothers going out to sea is not a name.

"Oh, because there was no standard before, let me give you a reference: the wages for going out to sea here are 500 yuan per person, 1000 yuan for operating the boat, red envelopes extra; don't think it's expensive, taking this big boat out to sea is really tiring, anyone who's done it knows, right?"

Ye Cheng, Chen Jinfa? Actually Chen Jinfa appears: Chen Jinfa.

Several people were stunned, wondering how Ye Cheng ended up speaking up for himself.

Fourteen thousand, sounds like a lot, but the cost for a big boat's single outing is high—2000 yuan per trip, plus six people on the boat; if we calculate wages according to Ye Cheng's standard, the wages would be 3500 yuan, so the total cost just for expenses comes to 5500 yuan.

The remaining over eight thousand is this trip's harvest; if the boat belonged to one person, that would be fairly average, but split among dozens of households, each gets only two or three hundred yuan—just breaking even.

Moreover, it's only been a week since we went out to sea; everyone knows the crabs will keep dwindling from now on, and by then who could still afford to support this boat?

The main point is, raising their wages doesn't boost enthusiasm; positions with guaranteed pay regardless of drought or flood are always the least efficient.

Chen Family? Actually Chen Family appears: Chen Family.

Chen Jinhai? Actually Chen Jinhai appears: Chen Jinhai.

Ye Cheng, Chen Jinhai, Chen Family? Actually Chen Family appears again.

Ye Cheng smiled and clasped his hands,

Ye Cheng.

Ye Cheng, Xiao Hu.

Ye Cheng, Xiao Hu, Chen Family? Actually how many Chen family members? Also maybe Chen Family again.

Chen Jinhai, Chen Jinfa? Actually Chen Jinfa appears: Chen Jinfa.

Chen Jinhai, Chen Jinfa, Chen Family? Actually all the money of the Chen family.

This is what Ye Cheng meant by risk tolerance—it's not about whether you can make money, but whether you can bear the risk.

Chen Jinfa? Actually Chen Jinfa again, also Ye Cheng mentioned? line: "Jinhai, I just wanted to mention, the wages for the few of us going out to sea are as agreed: 500 yuan per person, and as the boat captain I get 1000 yuan, making a total of 3500 yuan." Chen Jinfa suddenly spoke. So Chen Jinfa is speaking, but does not mention Ye Cheng directly. It says "the wages for the few of us going out to sea are as agreed: 500 yuan per person, and I am the boat captain getting 1000 yuan". There is no mention of Ye Cheng. So only Chen Jinfa.

"How much? You want 500? We've barely made any money, and you're asking for a quarter of it." Chen Jinhai never expected that at such a time, Chen Jinfa would still have the nerve to take so much money.

Chen Jinfa, Chen Jinhai, Ye Cheng? line: "Jinhai, that's not what you said; Ye Cheng also just said it, it's just this extra charge." Chen Jinfa, upon hearing he wasn't willing to pay, immediately let his face fall. So Ye Cheng appears.

Chen Jinfa? Actually line: "Exactly, it's just this price; not catching much seafood isn't our fault." Who said? Probably Chen Jinfa? Not explicit but context: after Chen Jinfa's speech. Might be Chen Jinfa. But we need to see if any name appears. The line itself doesn't contain a name. It's a quote without speaker tag. The preceding line had Chen Jinfa speaking. This line likely also Chen Jinfa. But we should only include names that actually appear in the line. The line has no explicit name. So we don't add.

"Right, we've also worked hard all night; we deserve 500 yuan."

Ye Cheng? line: "Other people, Ye Cheng's side gets 6000, 8000, while we only get 500; not asking for a red envelope is already good." Contains Ye Cheng.

Several of those who went out to sea gathered around Chen Jinhai and started arguing.

Chen Jinhai? line: "They're all from the same family; although usually everyone looks respectful towards Chen Jinhai, when it comes to money they all start jumping up, almost ready to ride on Chen Jinhai's neck." Contains Chen Jinhai.

Chen Jinhai? line: "Jinhai, if we start deducting our wages right from the start, who will still put in effort later?" Chen Jinli began to play the bad cop. Contains Chen Jinhai and Chen Jinli? Actually Chen Jinli appears: Chen Jinli.

Chen Jinli? line: "We just had bad luck on our first try; maybe tomorrow we'll make tens of thousands." No name.

Chen Jinhai? line: "Chen Jinhai was persuaded, that is, how could he possibly always be this unlucky?" Contains Chen Jinhai.

Chen Jinfa? line: "Under Chen Jinfa's strong urging, the wage of 500 yuan was set." Contains Chen Jinfa.

Chen Jinfa, Chen Family? line: "Chen Jinfa is very satisfied; this is exactly what he wanted. As for whether the Chen family makes money or not, it's none of his business." Contains Chen Jinfa and Chen Family.

Chen Jinfa? line: "There's also something he didn't tell Chen Jinhai: the money for buying the boat." Contains Chen Jinfa and Chen Jinhai? Actually he refers to Chen Jinfa, and Chen Jinhai appears. So both.

Chen Jinfa? line: "This boat actually only costs 290,000, but he had them write a contract for 320,000 and pocketed the 30,000 difference." Contains Chen Jinfa (he) and maybe no other name.

Chen Jinfa? line: "Anyway, he now makes 1000 yuan per trip out to sea; as for the crabs, it's none of his business." Contains Chen Jinfa.

Ye Cheng, Duan Chunsheng? line: "After Ye Cheng walked back to his own boat, Duan Chunsheng came over and asked a question." Contains Ye Cheng and Duan Chunsheng.

Lao Er? line: "Old Two, are you doing this on purpose?" Contains Lao Er.

Ye Cheng, Duan Shu? line: "Uncle Duan, your words make it sound like I'm a bad person; I'm just fighting for the interests of the boat workers." Ye Cheng said with a smile. Contains Duan Shu (Uncle Duan) and Ye Cheng.

No name? line: "Ma De, I've found that the bad is you, it's really dark; I estimate Chen Jinhai must have a headache." Contains Chen Jinhai.

Ye Cheng? line: "Let him have his headache, don't worry, the coming days will be even more headache-inducing." No name.

Ye Cheng? line: "Never mind the Chen family's affairs; Ye Cheng first sells his own goods here." Contains Ye Cheng and Chen Family? Actually Chen family's affairs contains Chen Family.

Ye Cheng? line: "Today we sold a total of 112,000, short by 10,000; it's not much, so Ye Cheng just calculated it according to yesterday's amount." Contains Ye Cheng.

Ye Cheng? line: "Total wages spent were 34,000, and he still has 78,000 left." No name.

Zhang Guafu? line: "During this period, the widow Zhang earned 22,000, eagerly repaid 20,000, leaving only 10,000 of external debt, and the whole person feels relieved." Contains Zhang Guafu.

Han Xiaotao? line: "As for Han Xiaotao, she earned 12,000 in two days; on her way back she went straight to the market to buy some pounds of lean meat and eggs, saying she wanted to stew some meat patty soup for the child." Contains Han Xiaotao.

Ye Cheng? line: "Ye Cheng looked at the system:" Contains Ye Cheng.

No name.

Ye Cheng? line: "Savings: 334,000; external debt: 10,000; mortgage: 300,000." No name.

Ye Cheng? line: "After returning to the village, Ye Cheng naturally had everyone guard against the wind outside and announced today's Chen family matters." Contains Ye Cheng and Chen Family.

Ye Cheng? line: "Of course, the most important thing is to announce the wages, the Chen family's wages." Contains Ye Cheng and Chen Family.

Ye Cheng? line: "No matter where, these wages are high; he doesn't believe the Chen family people won't be anxious." Contains Ye Cheng and Chen Family.

Ye Cheng? line: "After spreading the seeds of wickedness here, Ye Cheng went to sleep leisurely." Contains Ye Cheng.

Chen Jinhai? line: "Poor Chen Jinhai doesn't have such good days." Contains Chen Jinhai.

Chen Jinhai? line: "He was surrounded at home by people coming to demand an explanation." Contains Chen Jinhai.

Chen Jinhai? line: ""Jinhai, they all say yesterday they only caught 30 crates? Is that true or false?" Contains Chen Jinhai.

Chen Houda? line: "The speaker is Chen Houda; he is Chen Jinhai's elder, this time he also contributed 10,000 yuan, his life's savings; upon hearing there would be a loss, he immediately rushed over." Contains Chen Houda and Chen Jinhai.

Chen Jinhai, how did you pull this off? Weren't you saying it was a sure win? Others, Ye Cheng, made several tens of thousands on a Boat, while you only made just over ten thousand—after deducting costs, aren't you going to lose? Another old man spoke up—this was Chen Qinghai, also an elder of Chen Jinhai.

Yeah, Chen Jinhai, you have to give us an explanation. This old man is Chen Changhua, needless to say, also an elder.

Besides a few elders, Chen Jinhai's house gathered over ten households, and some juniors also contributed money, but they really couldn't get in, so they could only stand outside.

The first time we went out to sea ended like this; everyone is certainly dissatisfied.