Chapter 1711: The Experience of Being a Boss

Ye Chenghu held his head high and chest out, feeling that he was awesome, that he had grown up, and that he could finally help his father.

Ye Fu said, "Since you're doing all that work, I won't stand on ceremony and will head back first."

"It's fine, you go on, I'll take your place."

Ye Yaodong said, "Then you two go back and rest first. Once Chenghu has rested enough, he can come over to help. You can do whatever you want the rest of the time."

"Alright."

"I have to go out again in a while and won't be back until the early hours. Once you've rested enough, come over to help tomorrow at noon. You can do whatever you want the rest of the time."

"Are you going drinking again?"

"What drinking in broad daylight? I'm going to collect debts. You two just go get your rest."

"Oh, then Dad, what do I mainly need to do?"

"Take your grandfather's place, sign and stamp documents for him. Also, if anyone else has urgent matters to report, you listen to them too. If it's important, wake me up in the dormitory immediately. Generally, there won't be anything; there are corresponding people in charge, and everyone's tasks are already assigned, so don't worry blindly."

"Alright, Dad."

Ye Chenghu rubbed his hands together, somewhat wanting to take office immediately.

But having been at sea for so many days, he was truly a bit tired. The food was okay, but he hadn't slept well; the sea breeze was strong, and besides being able to see the few people on the boat, it was sea on all four sides.

At sea, one could truly experience one's own insignificance. If it weren't for the people around him, one would be depressed and desperate.

Fortunately, he could come back once every week or so, unlike his uncle and second uncle and the others, who he heard had been drifting for four months.

When he heard that at the time, his hair stood on end, and he shivered. Fortunately, he was on the fresh-catch collection boat and didn't have to stay for four months at a time.

He went back, washed up simply, ate something, and had a good sleep.

When he woke up, it was pitch black outside, and there was no one in the dormitory; everyone was out delivering goods and wouldn't be back until the early hours.

He got up, ate something, and continued to sleep. He hadn't slept well for too many days; going to sea for days and nights was much harder than going out early and returning late.

At least with going out early and returning late, he could sleep well at home at night and be well-rested; he wouldn't feel tired even if he worked for two months.

This trip lasted a week and he was exhausted; he had almost not closed his eyes, at most taking sporadic naps. He was much worse than those crew members; those crew members could sleep as soon as they lay down.

He only had the advantage of being young and having a good physique.

In the early morning, he was woken up again by the commotion of the four people who had returned from delivering goods. Fortunately, he had slept long enough and was well-rested.

Others came back to sleep, and he happened to get up.

"It's 4 o'clock. I suspect you guys have never seen the morning sun?"

"You woke up so early? Then you've still seen the morning sun; it's not like we haven't returned at 6:00," Ye Chengjiang said while taking off his clothes.

"Alright, then you guys get some sleep early, I'm also getting up to go to work."

Fortunately, they were all going back today, and the dormitory would be empty with just him living there; it felt great.

"What work are you going to? Isn't the factory on holiday today? Aren't the fishing boats going back today? Aren't you going back with us?"

Ye Chenghu said proudly, "I'm not going back. I'm going back with my dad. You guys go back first; I'm staying to help him."

Ye Chenghe looked at him in disbelief, "You're staying to help Third Uncle? What are you helping Third Uncle with? Helping Third Uncle drink?"

"Pfft, I'm helping my dad hold down the fort in the office and managing the factory for him!"

Ye Chengjiang chuckled.

"What's with that expression!"

"Nothing, keep it up! Work hard! I'm counting on you, Little Boss Ye!"

"Haha, Little Boss Ye..."

The other three also laughed.

Ye Chenghu snorted, put on his clothes, took his washbasin, towel, and toothbrush cup, and went to wash up first.

However, after leaving the dormitory door, he couldn't keep his expression straight, the corners of his mouth turned up. Now his mind was full of the words "Little Boss Ye"; he was only a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy after all.

When he took the key, opened his dad's office, and sat in his dad's chair, his mood suddenly became a bit excited.

He sat down and stood up again, repeated sitting down, shifted his butt again and again, and put his hands on the armrests to feel it; he felt secretly pleased in his heart.

On the desk was a telephone, a Pixiu ornament, a small money tree, a stack of old newspapers, a round pen holder with a few fountain pens inside, and his dad's thermos cup that he often used to make tea.

It might be because his dad didn't spend much time in the office, so it looked very simple.

He imitated his dad's usual posture of crossing his legs, crossed his feet on the desk, crossed his hands on his chest, and closed his eyes to enjoy the feeling of being a boss for a while.

Great!

Too great!

He picked up the phone again, imitated his dad's usual tone of voice, lowered his voice, "Hmm, okay, no problem, just like that."

Hahaha, it felt even better.

The corners of his mouth couldn't be suppressed, he hurriedly hung up the phone.

He also took his dad's thermos cup and put on an act, imitating his dad's movements.

His dad was his role model now!

He wanted to take his dad as the standard for everything he did now, intentionally or unintentionally learning his dad's behavior and mannerisms, and wanting to keep up with his dad in everything.

In his heart, Ye Yaodong was a father like a great mountain, a successful father, and even more so a father worthy of his pride.

Ye Chenghu sat in the office chair, playing with the small things on the desk; he didn't feel bored at all alone, immersed in it, curious about everything, and finding everything fresh.

Every time he picked up something, he would think about what his dad's usual movements were, and he had to do a set of them.

Seeing that there was still cold tea in the thermos cup, he casually watered the money tree with it, muttering to himself.

"Can tea water water a tree? It should be able to, right? I haven't seen my dad kill it?"

"Tea leaves also grow on trees, watering it should be very nutritious?"

He casually washed the thermos cup clean and put it back on the table. Now he was a bit bored again, so he took out a fountain pen and spun it in his hand, playing with it.

By the time he had gone through everything on the desk, an hour had already passed.

He picked up the old newspaper and spread it out, imitating Ye Yaodong's posture of crossing his legs and reading the newspaper. There were still traces of fountain pen marks on the newspaper, and some news had been circled by him.

He also took it to heart as he looked, as if his dad was reading the newspaper with him, and he began to immerse himself in it.

It wasn't until the finance department next door started work and curiously poked their heads in when they saw his door open, and Lin Dongxue spoke up, that he raised his head from the newspaper.

"Eh, why is it you? Where is Uncle?"

Ye Chenghu shook the newspaper and imitated his dad's expressionless tone, "My dad is busy, I'm here to take his place for a few days."

"You?"

"Yes, just me, what's wrong?"

"Nothing," Lin Dongxue gave him a thumbs up and joked, "Impressive, you sat in your dad's seat so quickly."

Ye Chenghu shifted his butt, "My dad let me come to his office to sit, cough, do you have anything?"

"Should I bring things that need to be reported and signed to you too?"

"Hmm, okay, you can bring them over."

His serious appearance amused Lin Dongxue.

"Alright, I'll send them over in a while, I'll organize them first."

"Hmm."

Lin Dongxue was full of smiles, unable to stop laughing.

"Not bad, you look the part, you learned it very well."

Ye Chenghu also couldn't help but laugh, "Don't be noisy, hurry up and do your work, otherwise I'll deduct your salary!"

"You've got some nerve! Are you rebelling?"

"Hehe."

"Are you not planning to go back today? Are you going back with Uncle?"

"Yes, anyway, I have nothing to do at home, so I'll stay here for a few more days and wait to go back with my dad. Are you also going back with my dad?"

"Yes, the factory employees haven't reached the holiday time yet, it'll be the 28th, just in time to take Uncle's boat back together."

"Oh, it's so late this year."

"It's alright, it's just the same holiday time as other big factories. In the past, it should have only been the workers on the fishing boats, everyone had to go back to the village, so they all went on holiday early and went home. This year, most of the people in the factory are retired soldiers, so we are the same as other big factories, just divided into two holiday times."

Ye Chenghu nodded and saw the steamed bun in her hand, "Is there breakfast in the canteen?"

"It's been there for a long time, there's breakfast at 6 o'clock, don't look at what time it is now, it's already 8 o'clock."

"What! It's already 8 o'clock?"

"Yes, otherwise why would I be here? Of course, it's time for work. You haven't had breakfast yet? What time did you come over?"

"I came over at 4 o'clock."

Lin Dongxue was surprised, "Ah? You... there's no need to be this diligent..."

"I slept early yesterday, and was woken up by them this morning. They happened to be back from delivering goods, and I had slept enough, so I got up."

"Alright, then you go eat breakfast first, I also have to go to work. I'll organize some materials and send them over in a while. Uncle has been busy these few days, and a lot of orders have accumulated that haven't been signed."

Ye Chenghu closed the newspaper and imitated his dad's tone, "Hmm, go ahead."

Lin Dongxue rolled her eyes and went to work first.

He folded the newspaper, went to the canteen to buy breakfast, and returned to the office to eat.

This time, he didn't imitate his dad eating in the canteen or sitting at the door basking in the sun; he was very fond of the office now.

After finishing breakfast, he studied the drawer under the desk, saw that there were stamps and ink pads, and took them out to play for a while.

He had stamped several red marks on the back of his own hands and wrists...

However, he was a bit strange, why was the name stamped Ye Jianzhang? It was his grandfather's, not his dad's. Wasn't this his dad's factory?

When Lin Dongxue came over, he asked about it casually.

Lin Dongxue explained it to him.

"So the company boss and the legal representative are two different things?"

"Yes."

"If something happens, do they look for the legal representative?"

She cleared her throat, "Yes."

"Does my grandfather know?"

"He seems to know, but I don't know if he has understood it. I don't know if his understanding is the same as ours. He didn't ask me, so I didn't explain it to him in detail. Your dad should have told him, right?"

"Fortunately, my dad didn't ask me to be the legal representative."

Lin Dongxue couldn't help but laugh, "You're not of age."

"Oh, then my grandfather should just be old, it doesn't matter, then they should have let my great-grandmother be the legal representative."

"Hehehe..."

Ye Chenghu rubbed the red ink pad stamped on his hand.

"Got it, I'll stamp it and give it to you after I check it clearly in a while."

"Alright." ===== CHAPTER 1712 =====