Chapter 1394: Ten Thousand

It is better to take precautions in advance than to talk about it after something happens. By then, it will be too late to regret.

After everyone dispersed, at mealtime, each table beat their own workers.

After that, at night, the workers went out less. Even if they went out, it was just for a stroll after dinner, returning before 8 o'clock, and they would call a few more people to go in and out together.

Here, human life is too worthless. Sometimes if you die, there might be no one to collect the corpse, and it's directly dragged to the mountain to be buried.

The second typhoon just passed, and it wasn't calm yet. Everyone still stayed at home.

On the last day of the month, they also calculated the dividends for the few boats.

Ye Yaodong collected rent for 17 boats, plus 40% shares of two boats partnered with two friends, and 30% shares of the three brothers, adding up to 3,000-something yuan.

This trip, everyone went out for three or four days, and the small boats were back and forth on the same day. Having this income wasn't bad.

By the way, Ye Fu also helped on the side, saying that it was the end of the month, and the construction site here was about the same these few days, so rent had to be calculated from next month.

Everyone nodded, saying it was as it should be.

Ye Fu smiled, not knowing it was thought the money was falling into his pocket.

"Outside, the rent for a room is 20 yuan a month now. Dongzi's site here is large and safe, much better than those old broken houses, but we are all our own people, fellow villagers, so we definitely can't collect expensive rent from you. Just the same as others."

"Everyone helped put in effort these few days, just came over, it's as it should be to give everyone a foothold, so no need."

What a good mouthpiece.

After Ye Fu finished speaking, everyone followed and nodded to take out money.

Except for the 3 rooms he kept for workers, he and his father occupied one alone, and there were 26 rooms, collecting 520 yuan.

Ye Fu was very happy, "Hey, collecting this is really not little. Just rent collected 500-something yuan. Staying until the New Year, that will be 2,000 or 3,000. Then it will be back to cost in a few years?"

"More than back to cost, the land is ours," Ye Yaodong counted 50 yuan for his father, "Wages won't be paid until the end of the year. This is for your pocket money. These few days of rest, buy whatever you want."

"Too much, I don't have anywhere to spend it."

Ye Fu said this, but his hand naturally took it and put it in his pocket.

"I'll use it to buy vegetables. Recently, I go out to buy vegetables every day, and the vegetable money is not little."

"You decide what to do. If you have no money, tell me."

"Good."

Just after the typhoon passed for two days, the glass factory also sent the glass to be installed on the windows.

As soon as it was installed, everyone took newspapers to paste on the windows.

This newspaper was reserved from the postman after Ye Yaodong came. It was sent to him every day, but it wasn't enough for everyone to paste.

But at least his side was considered finished. He also settled the wages for the foreman and carpenters.

Taking advantage of not going to sea these few days, he also went to the Chamber of Commerce to report and play cards every day, and also caught up with the weekly meeting on Friday, getting to know quite a few people.

At the beginning of the month, he also occasionally went to the factory to turn around, and also increased his daily delivery volume.

Just because of the typhoon days before, there were no goods, and the factory was lacking goods, so it didn't operate much. After the typhoon passed, it had to increase production capacity, and the demand increased.

The two factories also digested a large part, and Ye Yaodong increased the delivery.

After the boats at the pier went out to sea one after another, it started to restore its past liveliness.

After the wind and waves calmed down, he also let his father take the boat out.

After having work to do, the workers didn't play mahjong all day or stroll around everywhere, which also reduced the chance of causing trouble.

Every day before dawn, they went out to sea, and returned home at dusk. After selling goods, taking a bath, and eating, it was pitch black, and don't even think about playing cards or anything.

Closing eyes, it was another cycle.

Ye Yaodong felt it had to be like this, early out and late back, tired and no time to go out, and the money earned could be saved.

At the end of the month, he also settled the wages once. It had been less than a month since they came out, and the calculation of wages was different.

The first half of the month was a fixed wage, and the second half was the wage addition after going out. He settled the wages of the current month first, and it would be easy to calculate uniformly later.

It was just enough for their remaining expenses. For the following months, he planned to save their wages like previous years and pay them a lump sum at the end of the year, so they could go back and have a happy New Year.

Everyone was used to it and had no objections. Anyway, having a month paid to them in advance for expenses was fine, and food and housing didn't cost money.

Ye Yaodong also started to get busy. Two days after the fishing boats went out to sea, he also started to go out to sea to collect goods every day.

This fresh-catch collection boat was really not enough for him now. It was enough to connect to those few boats, but not enough to connect to Ocean No. 1.

Ocean No. 1 boat saved two days of goods, and this fresh-catch collection boat had to go out to collect them back, otherwise, the fresh-catch collection boat couldn't pull so many goods at once.

So now it led to him having to go out to collect a boat of goods every day, taking turns on two routes, busy from morning till night, busy to the point of being unable to touch the ground.

It was also fine. He made connections with a few Chamber of Commerce merchants some time ago. Now he maintained a certain order quantity every day. The status of Vice President and Vice President of the Fisheries Association was quite useful.

Two factories also digested a large part. He only needed to deliver goods in turns every day when he came back, and sell the remaining a little by setting up a stall. Basically, there wasn't much left.

At home, 6 people were kept in turns to watch as logistics, and by the way, deal with these goods he left behind.

Ye Yaodong was really in pain and happy during this period. He was busy all day, and counted money until his hands cramped at night.

A boat of goods every day could sell for ~ depending on the quantity of the day, and price fluctuations.

One day's goods were everyone's, one day's goods were his own. Calculating personal income, in two days he could generally get 20,000 yuan. After deducting oil money and expenses, there could be 18,000-something.

After all, Ocean No. 1 boat could catch as much as those six boats, and among those 6 boats, one was exclusively his, and he had 30% or 40% shares in the other three.

Occupying a little here, occupying a little there, dividing a pen here, eating through there, all made him win numbly.

Here, earning is a bit cool!

He counted money every day until he was almost numb, and he couldn't sleep peacefully at night.

Every morning when he woke up to go to sea, he had to secretly carry the money, take it to the boat, and lock it in the safe of his rest cabin. He only felt much more at ease when it wasn't at the construction site.

In just over a week, he sold 100,000-something. This was simply a huge sum.

When Fengshou and the others returned to rest, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly found them to reconcile accounts, divide a part of the money out, and let them keep it themselves.

"Just returned, just finished eating, and Dongzi pulled us to calculate accounts, too anxious..."

"Hehe, we who take money aren't anxious, you who give money are anxious..."

"Haha, so anxious, making the money look like it's hot..."

Isn't it a hot potato?

If he could settle it quickly, he would give it to them, letting them keep it themselves, regardless of whether they hid it or remitted it back.

Everyone teased him like this, but they were also very happy in their hearts. After working hard for so many days, who didn't want to get the money urgently?

Ye Yaodong was anxious to reconcile accounts, which just happened to hit their hearts.

Everyone's hearts were burning with fire as they followed him into the room.

The workers outside were actually also like cats scratching in their hearts, wanting to know how much they earned, but they were too embarrassed to come in and listen.

The room couldn't stand, 6 boats' shareholders plus the shareholder's father, adding up to a dozen or twenty people.

"If I don't divide the money to you, I'm worried about being slaughtered as a fat sheep. After so many days, saved quite a bit, divide it quickly, keep it yourselves, see if you keep it in your hands, or remit it back

There wasn't enough room to stand in the room; with the shareholders of the 6 boats plus their fathers, there were over a dozen or twenty people.

"If I don't distribute the money to you now, I'm worried I'll be slaughtered like a fat sheep. We've saved up quite a bit over these many days, so let's distribute it quickly. Everyone take your share and keep it safe; decide whether to keep it on you or remit it back home."

"How much did we sell for?"

"The calculator is here; you calculate it yourselves. I'll count the money first."

Several bundles of banknotes were already placed on his table.

The cargo list for each boat was clipped together. He had already calculated the lists in his hand, so he just needed to count the money. He let them calculate it themselves while he was counting.

For these few boats, each one had sold at least over 6,000 yuan in these few days, with some reaching seven or eight thousand; it all depended on individual luck.

Luck itself is a very mysterious thing.

"Wow, so much..."

"How much do you have?"

"I think I have better luck; I have over 7,600, hahaha..."

"Hey, hahaha, in just a few days, everyone has sold several thousand."

"This is too much! Hahaha, it's a good thing I listened to Dongzi the year before last and ordered two boats. Only then did we have boats to go out and make money this year, and only then could we earn this much."

"Hahaha..."

Everyone was crazy with joy after receiving their respective payments. They asked each other how much they had and compared them.

Although luck varied and incomes were higher or lower, it was only relative. Everyone was overjoyed to be able to sell so much and was very content; at most, they were just envious that others sold more than they did.

"This makes me want to stay at sea forever and not come back."

"It's windy and the waves are big; even if you want to stay, you can't."

"It's enough, I'm content. It's just right to come back and rest for a bit, then go again in a few days."

Ye Yaodong took out five bundles of money; now, after distributing, only a few thousand yuan remained in his hand.

Among the six boats he was coordinating with, one was his Dongsheng, so he naturally kept the payment for Dongsheng himself; he only needed to distribute for the other 5 boats.

"Have you counted clearly? If you have, take it well and go back to hide it."

"Although we are all our own people here, and the workers you hired are your own brothers and nephews, you still need to be on guard. Remit it back if you should; don't be reluctant to pay the service fee."

He reminded them with a smile.

Everyone nodded in agreement, all saying they would take advantage of the break tomorrow to remit the money back first.

"Then I'll remit all the money back, just keeping enough for fuel."

Ye Yaodong said: "You don't have to keep fuel money; I'm transporting anyway, just deduct it from the payment."

This way, he could also consume some cash.

"That's true."

"Staying at sea for so many days, I have to go out and make a phone call tomorrow to report that I'm safe..."

"The accounts are settled, so we'll head out first. It's stuffy in the room; I've been sweating just standing here for a while..."

After they left, Ye Yaodong closed the door again and locked up the remaining money himself.

There was about eight or nine thousand here now, and he still had a round sum of one hundred thousand yuan locked on the boat...

This was all earned in the past half-month. His father was still at sea at this time and hadn't returned yet.

Their boats had returned, but his 44-meter large boat could still hold out at sea; it didn't need to return and could continue earning.

"Sigh... having too much money and nowhere to put it is also a trouble..."

Except for the straw, mats, and quilts on the floor, it was empty everywhere, with nowhere to hide it. He actually felt it was safer to hide it on the boat.

But he couldn't hide it all in one place. He planned to move a few bags of dried fish in later and hide it everywhere.

With so much money, there was no way to remit it back.

It was cross-provincial, there was no networking, and the banks weren't interconnected.

Even if he dared to remit it, the post office in his small town wouldn't have that much money to withdraw.

Even if there really was that much money to withdraw, he wouldn't feel at ease letting Xiuqing, a woman, go to withdraw it.

When will it be networked?

He finally understood why he heard in his previous life that bosses in Wenzhou used tractors to haul a cart of money around to do business; he didn't know if it was true or not.

Their boats had returned, so Ye Yaodong didn't need to go out to collect goods the next day; he only needed to go collect the goods from his father's boat every other day.

Now, he also had time to rest for a bit; otherwise, he hadn't caught his breath in the past half-month, constantly running back and forth at sea.

Having some free time, he went to the Chamber of Commerce to stroll around today and made a phone call home, though he didn't remit any money.

After distributing the money last night, several people went to remit money back today.

How could the small post office in the town have so much money to withdraw?

His family hadn't received his call for half a month and were also a bit worried.

The old lady scolded him a few times, which was unprecedented, and even cried twice. Fortunately, Lin Xiuqing took the phone directly, otherwise, he would have scolded her back a few times.

"What are you imagining? I'm busy as hell; when would I have time to make a phone call?"

Lin Xiuqing said: "I said the same thing. There are several more boats this year, so it's only right that you're busy; how could you have time to call all the time? But the interval this time was too long. I thought you could at least make one call a week, but this time it's been half a month."

"There are many boats and a lot of cargo. The fresh-collecting boats go back and forth to transport goods every day, so I'm very busy. I plan to arrange for literate workers to cooperate with my cousin to collect goods after a while. I'll just stay on shore, wait for the boats to return to pick up the goods, send them to various places, and collect the payments."

"Have you trained people yet? Have you taught them? It's fine to hand it over to others to do; anyway, just arrange the goods yourself and collect the payments yourself."

"Yes, for the past half-month, I've been letting the workers do it. I just drive the boat and watch them weigh and record on the side. Seeing that they've become skilled, I plan to hand it all over to them in two days. I won't go out to sea anymore; the things on shore are enough to keep me busy."

"That's fine too."

Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing were speaking in their local dialect on the phone, and no one could understand them, so he spoke boldly.

"Do you know how much I've earned in the past half-month?"

"How much?"

"A little over 100,000. Father is still at sea, and I have to drive the boat out to sea again tomorrow. There's still half a month left..."

He deliberately said a few extra words to confuse the listeners, making people not know what he was talking about.

Who knows if any of these people playing cards were pricking up their ears to listen to his phone call.

Lin Xiuqing on the other end of the phone was speechless and stunned!

"How much!"

"Just what you heard, no need to doubt it. Just that 44-meter large boat, I told you it was worth buying. One boat is worth five or six other boats; it's awesome. Yesterday, everyone's boats stayed at sea for 11 days and just returned. The one Father is driving is still fishing at sea and doesn't need to return."

"My god... then if you earned so much in half a month, how much would you earn in a month?"

Her heart trembled with surprise; she didn't dare to think that he could earn so much.

"12!"

"12? H-how is it 12? Oh, you mean 120,000? That's not right either; it was 100,000 in half a month."

"What day did I leave?"

"The 13th, you left on the 13th of last month. Oh right, it's been exactly a month until today, so it's really about 120,000 a month."

She also suddenly realized that she only calculated the higher amount and didn't count the first half of the month.

She laughed, "I was just saying, you scared me; I really thought you could earn 200,000 a month. Calculating it this way is more normal."

"Normal? 120,000 a month, and you tell me it's normal?"

"That's compared to what I thought before; 200,000 would really be too exaggerated."

"Anyway, it's not certain. There was a typhoon last month, and I didn't go out for many days. It also depends on the luck of their fishing boats. The wind and waves have been big these two days, but it's not bad; I went for half a month. The large boat can hold out, and Father hasn't returned yet."

"Then it's at least over 100,000 this month."

"Definitely."

"My mother, then if you stay for a few more months, what will happen?"

"That depends on the weather. Now there's a typhoon from time to time. After it cools down, the cold wind up here in the middle of winter is also strong, reaching force five or six."

"Then it's cost-effective to go for half a month; it's about the same as going for half a month in a month at home."

Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "Around New Year's Day, I'll be able to have several more boats."

"Then won't you earn even more?"

"Must be."

"Then don't come back! Just earn money outside!" Lin Xiuqing was happy and silly!

The old lady bristled as soon as she heard it and jumped up, "What don't come back? Why are you telling him not to come back? It's not easy to make a phone call back, and you're telling him not to come back?"

"Dongzi, don't listen to Xiuqing; she's obsessed with money. How can you not come home because of earning money? It's all settled; you'll come back for the Double Ninth Festival next month."

"There's actually a leap sixth month this year; the proper Double Ninth Festival is actually scheduled for the end of October. In previous years, it was after National Day."

Lin Xiuqing said: "I was just joking; why are you so excited?"

Ye Yaodong said: "Damn, as long as there's money, it's fine if I don't go back, right?"

"Haha, just kidding, how could that be? The family needs you everywhere."

The old lady grabbed the phone again and said: "Dongzi, then when are you coming back?"

"The Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the ninth month is October 31st, right? Then I'll come back three days early, that's about it. You count the days well."

It's just right that there's another month and a half. By then, he can bring back the accumulated money and come up empty-handed to continue earning, so there won't be too much money around him.

Wait until November to come up and stay until February, which is exactly 3 months.

The old lady exhorted again, "Then you should also make more phone calls back when you're free, so we can all be at ease."

"Got it, give the phone to Xiuqing."

She reluctantly gave the phone to Xiuqing.

Xiuqing gave a few words of concerned advice, and he perfunctorily agreed, changing the subject and saying: "I plan to continue building another row of houses at the construction site."

"You want to build more? Aren't there already 30 rooms?"

"Not enough to live in. There are over a dozen people in one room, all lying side by side without room to turn around. I plan to add another row of buildings."

"Then that will cost several tens of thousands again?"

"Two or three tens of thousands. The perimeter wall has already been built, so that part of the expenditure isn't needed. Just the cost of building the house should be within 30,000, so everyone can live a bit more spaciously."

"No, then when you come back in a few months, won't those houses be empty?"

"That's not necessarily true. They tasted the sweetness last year and tasted it again this year. Some might plan to come up again after going back for the New Year."

He knew that some people earned money last year and went back to partner up to order boats over 20 meters. They should arrive one after another early next year.

Who wouldn't earn money if they could? At most, they'll go home for a month or so to take a look.

There is a fishing season for hairtail here now, as well as shrimp skin, which can last until February or March. Then in the spring, there is the spring fishing season for small yellow croaker.

In May, there is the fishing season for cuttlefish. In summer, there are fishing seasons for pomfret, shad, and there are also many yellow croaker.

There used to be a large yellow croaker fishing season, but the large yellow croaker resources were exhausted due to overfishing.

The autumn fishing season is the jellyfish fishing season, which is scattered and floating throughout the Zhoushan fishing grounds from south to north. It's not just in Wenzhou; it's also here, but there's not that much now.

The winter fishing season also has swimming crab and eel fishing seasons, but swimming crab is not valuable now, but eel is valuable.

This is the fishing season for various fish products all year round.

All year round, a large number of fishing boats follow different schools of fish to carry out fishing operations in the vast sea area, "the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers."

After earning money one by one last year, they didn't come out again after returning home for the New Year and fished over there. At that time, many people were complaining that it was not as resource-rich as here, and it was a fishing season all year round.

They all thought about ordering a larger boat, so they could come and go freely, have higher safety, and be able to earn a little more like him.

They were all talking about him, saying he had so many boats and was still constantly buying boats, and the more he bought, the bigger they were, the more he earned, and the more prosperous his life became. Following his example would definitely not be wrong.

So he thought, anyway, 30 rooms are not enough to live in, so he would build another row. Taking advantage of the fact that he has a lot of money on hand and he is also here, if there is enough manpower, it can be done in three months.

As for the shipyard, if all 5 of his boats are handed over, he will definitely have to go home and hire dozens more people to come up.

4 boats of the same model as Dongsheng will need 24 people, and the 40-meter fresh-collecting boat will also need 10 people.

It's already very, very crowded now, and if we want to settle more people, we definitely have to build more houses.

Ye Yaodong also told Lin Xiuqing about this, and Lin Xiuqing had no objections.