Chapter 1567: (One More Chapter)

Not long after Ye Yaodong sent the letter to Lin Lin Guangyuan, he received a phone call from Lin Lin Guangyuan.

"Little Uncle-in-law, it's Ah Yuan."

"Did you receive my letter?"

"I received it. I just finished reading the letter and immediately called you. It's only been a year, and you need so many people again? I thought you wouldn't need them until the second half of the year..."

"We might need people in the second half of the year, but arrange the current batch first. A new batch of machines will arrive at the factory in four or five months, and we'll need workers. I'm giving you advance notice."

"Alright, I'll tell the squad leader right away, then we'll go find the political commissar together. Normally, we'd have to report through layers of command, but now it's not that troublesome. I could have gone to find the political commissar directly anyway..."

Lin Lin Guangyuan happily chattered on and on.

"So now you can speak directly to the heavens?"

"Yes, yes. Resettling retired soldiers is a great merit. Last year, my file was rated as excellent and advanced. Last month, I went to the government office to teach theoretical and technical training classes, and there will be more next month. Uncle-in-law, my name is now on the leaders' list, hahaha..."

"Good, excellent. Perform well in the army and strive for excellent and outstanding evaluations. In the future, Uncle-in-law will rely on you to look out for me."

"Haha, this is all because Uncle-in-law gave me the opportunity. You've made me look great in front of the leaders. Many comrades have already asked me in advance: if they can't stay in the army in the second half of the year and are discharged, can they work at your place?"

"I will definitely gradually expand the scale of the processing factory, and the workforce will definitely need to be gradually increased."

"Uncle-in-law, keep going. I might even rely on you for my excellent and outstanding evaluations."

"Alright, we complement each other. Now I lift you up, and later you look out for me."

"Hehehe..."

The two chatted for a while, discussed the content of the letter, confirmed the number of retired soldiers needed and the required time, and then hung up.

After all, Lin Lin Guangyuan's time for phone calls was limited.

Ye Yaodong wasn't in a hurry about this matter; he just mentioned it in advance so people could prepare ahead of time, avoiding last-minute panic.

Not long after he hung up the phone, Manager Qi entered with a joyful expression.

"Boss, I just went to the government building for a meeting. The local authority has approved a special fund for our processing factory to upgrade processing equipment. They also announced the names of several processing factories receiving tax reductions, and our factory is on the list..."

"And more, the economic and trade department is organizing our local large processing factories to participate in international exhibitions to promote aquatic products entering markets in Europe, America, Japan, South Korea, etc., urging everyone to sign up enthusiastically. I have already filled out the form. This is a great opportunity to earn foreign exchange through exports..."

Manager Qi was beaming with joy. As soon as he entered, he handed him a pile of documents, then chattered away rapidly, and after finishing, he pointed at the documents one by one to show him.

Ye Yaodong also wore a happy expression. Had the money he just spent been immediately reimbursed?

"This special fund has an approval slip. Do we still need to prepare some documents before the funds can be released?"

"Yes. We need photos of the machines, model numbers, invoices, purchase contracts, and so on, then submit them. I didn't even know there was such a special fund subsidy, let alone expected it to be approved directly for us. Two state-owned units also received it, but I didn't expect us to get it either. During the meeting, everyone was extremely envious."

"I have all these documents. I brought them back when I returned from Shanghai a few days ago."

While speaking, Ye Yaodong used his key to unlock the drawer, took out the purchase contracts from a few days ago, and handed them to him.

"Go prepare and submit them. There should be an application form too. If you need the official seal, go find Lin Lin Dongxue."

Originally, he kept the official seal himself, but since Lin Lin Dongxue arrived, he had handed it over to her.

Financial matters require many seals, and besides, he isn't always here; sometimes people can't find him when they need a seal.

Giving it to Lin Lin Dongxue, he felt at ease, and it was convenient when seals were needed, as she could always be found.

"Alright, I also need to talk to her and ask her to open a corporate bank account. We need to perfect all the necessary regulations and procedures..."

"You handle it. Perfect it however it needs to be perfected."

Anyway, he didn't understand the ins and outs. Just inform him of what is needed and let him know the necessary matters and processes. They can discuss the regulations themselves and handle the affairs on their own.

"Here's the thing: since there is a special fund subsidy, I was thinking we could apply for a bit more? It's rare that they are issuing special fund subsidies to us now."

"Will the ones bought at the beginning of the year count?"

"It seems they need to be recent, since it's specifically approved for upgrading processing equipment?"

"Alright, I'll make another trip to Shanghai in a couple of days to order more."

No use leaving free wool unshorn. Reduce costs wherever possible; anyway, the scale needs to be expanded.

He has now applied to the army to resettle another batch of retired soldiers. After this reaches the highest levels, the army should also be satisfied.

With policy bias and relationship building, his goods will definitely not be hard to sell.

"Boss, I think it's because of our resettlement of retired soldiers that the local authorities specially approved resources for us and improved our treatment? Although we can't compare with those state-owned units, it's still good compared to ordinary processing factories. Only a few large factories have tax reductions."

Ye Yaodong said happily, "This must be it. After all, we helped the army solve a major problem last time. Having our name on the government's list is also a return on that."

"Great news. Then I'll go get busy first."

After the person left, Ye Yaodong thought for a moment, considering expanding the land to the side. Since their processing factory is now on the local authority's list, expanding the factory should be simple.

Thinking of it, he acted. He called Manager Qi over again, entrusted him with the matter, and told him to enclose as much land as possible, seeing how much could be approved.

A few days later, when he had saved up enough money and collected some outstanding payments, he immediately went to Shanghai.

With support and policy resource bias, he should hurry to do more things and seize more benefits.

Busy work continued for over a month before everything was sorted out. The main issue was that the processing factory matters were complicated; it was the starting stage, and there were many trivial tasks.

The fishing boats were not much trouble. He assigned a boat captain to manage each boat, along with an assistant, making it very convenient. At most, it just involved daily deliveries.

But with his father, his own nephew, and Ah Qing's two nephews all helping, delivering goods while collecting payments, his efficiency was much higher.

It was just the processing factory that made his head spin. Fortunately, after a month or so, most of the troublesome matters were settled.

The area of his processing factory had also expanded by 10 mu of land, though it hadn't been officially demarcated yet. He had asked Director Yan to arrange for people to fence off the land belonging to them first.

Major matters were handled with his approval; the rest were trivial details, which they could arrange themselves, and then just reconcile expenses with the finance department.

He also began making arrangements for going to the deep sea. He must have the necessary safety measures prepared.

For example, every ocean-going fishing boat must be equipped with a lifeboat. On the lifeboat, there must be several kilograms of fresh water, a knife, a small axe, a flashlight, compressed biscuits, a first aid kit, and so on.

Whatever needs to be prepared must be prepared. Safety first; no matter how much or little money is earned, it is not as important as life.

In his previous life, he stayed on fishing boats and was familiar with all these necessary items. Now, there are few ocean-going fishing boats, and there are no hard regulations; many large ships are not that particular.

Within two years, there will be perfect laws and regulations. At that time, specialized departments will regularly inspect these life-saving equipment.

The news that he was taking those few ocean-going ships to the deep sea had already spread throughout the headquarters; everyone knew.

However, nobody was really worried; on the contrary, they were quite optimistic about him, all thinking he was going to make another big profit.

After all, he had added a batch of veterans to his ship — all kinds of technical soldiers who had been discharged, and many of them had deep-sea experience.

Everyone had absolute faith in the abilities of these soldiers — who could blame them, since the military really does temper a person.

By mid-month, because of a thunderstorm, the Dongsheng and the others had all come back, and everyone gathered there to chat again; a few of the ocean-going vessels could still keep working at sea.

Even the rain couldn't dampen everyone's enthusiasm for gossip.

The canteen was packed, but the moment everyone spotted Ye Yaodong, they wanted to ask him a few questions.

After all, he was now practically like a dragon showing its head but never its tail — busy every day without a trace, spending most of his time at the processing plant. Not to mention those who went out to sea, even his own logistics staff couldn't necessarily catch sight of him every day.

Sometimes he still had to go out for social engagements, so he handed all the delivery work to his father and a few of his nephews — terribly busy.

"Adong, you're a real busy man now — feels like it's been months since I last saw you?"

"Haha, isn't it because we've all been out at sea too? I heard Adong, you're going to the deep sea — when are you planning to go?"

"Scout the way ahead for us. Once you make the big money, we'll all follow you to the deep sea, haha."

"None of us have any deep-sea experience. Being able to buy such a big ship is already incredible — those are fishing-company vessels. You're the impressive one — not only a ship that big, but you can also recruit so many veterans back."

"When are you planning to go? I heard last month you were already talking about heading to the deep sea."

Ye Yaodong had also been terribly busy lately. It was rare for him to come back to the main base to grab a meal, so he chatted with everyone for a bit.

"Planning for May — pick an auspicious day to pay respects to Goddess Mazu, then head out."

"That's right, you definitely have to pick an auspicious day to pay respects to Goddess Mazu."

"Is your father going with you? Have you got everything arranged?"

Ye Yaodong smiled and picked out a few questions to answer: "My father's staying on shore to help me with deliveries, and he also has to keep an eye on things at the processing plant."

"Good thing you've got plenty of family — lots of relatives and your own people — they can all lend you a hand."

"Too impressive, that's just amazing — scooping up the nearshore catch and now you're off to the deep sea again, going to make another killing."

Father Ye also laughed and said: "Still need Laozi to keep an eye on things for him — otherwise how could he just do whatever he wants."

?? Got a bit lazy, couldn't finish writing in time, so I have to post it in parts — there's still one more chapter after this.