Chapter 778

"Ah!" Ye Yaodong was surprised.

"It was the four of them—the father, son, uncle, and nephew who died—who partnered with others to order it. Now that they're dead, their family doesn't have the ability to pay the final payment, and the family members are disheartened and don't dare to go out to sea. The other partner is also a biological brother, and he's a bit scared too. He originally had a small wooden boat, but now he doesn't dare to go out to sea either."

"So they don't want that ordered boat anymore? Planning to sell it?"

Ye Yaodong now knew why he had come to find him. It wasn't to borrow money to buy the boat; it was either to ask him to partner up or just to notify him.

It was impossible that he came specifically to ask him to buy it, knowing full well that he had already ordered a 24-meter one at the shipyard, to be delivered next year.

A-Guang nodded, "They are quite miserable. Four people died. Although there are still a few men in the family, they are also a bit fearful. I heard people say they were cursed or something? They say they saw a corpse at sea in the middle of the night before and didn't dare to salvage it, or something like that..."

"And because there are many brothers and men in the family, they were usually quite arrogant and often made enemies with people... They say they are suffering retribution... Sigh, anyway, there are all kinds of rumors..."

"And then? Uncle Zheng told you about this?"

"Yes, it seems the incident happened three or four days ago. We heard some rumors before, but we didn't take it to heart and just let it pass. Who would have thought that when we got back this afternoon, Uncle Zheng came to our door to tell my father about it, asking if our family wanted to buy that boat?"

He knew it. Since he had already come to their family first and then came to find him, he definitely had some ideas.

"Then is your family planning to buy it? I've seen that boat at the shipyard several times. It's bigger than the one I ordered, and many of the facilities and capacity are a little bit larger, and it's more expensive."

A-Guang lifted his chin and gestured towards the house, taking the opportunity to put up the bicycle's kickstand, "Let's go in and talk. We're already at the door."

"Alright."

Mother Ye shouted at the door, "The food is in the pot, remember to eat first."

"Got it."

"You just got back, haven't eaten yet?" A-Guang asked while walking.

"Not yet. Just got home, just unloaded the goods, and you came. Xiuqing told me you had been here."

"I was anxious. I discussed it with my father at home and calculated the accounts, so I came over immediately. I wanted to discuss this with you, but I missed you, so I went home and waited a bit more, and had a detailed chat with my father for a long while."

Ye Yaodong wasn't in a hurry to eat either, planning to sit down and chat with him first.

"Sit down and talk. There's no one in the house right now. How do you plan to handle it? If that boat is equipped with a maritime radio, it should cost 15,000 yuan. I asked before, and it's estimated that it can be delivered in these two months. If you have any ideas, you have to pay the deposit they have in their hands now, and then you have to raise the money for the final payment in these two months."

"I discussed it with my father. We want to buy it, but that boat is too big, and the capital required is too much. Our family can't quite handle it, and one person can't swallow it alone."

"Then what about Uncle Zheng? He specifically ran to your house to tell you; does he also want to put up some money to join a share?"

Ye Yaodong wasn't in a hurry to state his own thoughts either, asking clearly about what he should understand and ask first.

"Yes, Uncle Zheng originally had a boat too, not a small one. He doesn't plan to take on that boat; he's too busy, but he's thinking of putting up some money to join a share."

"Then are you also here to ask me to join a share? Or do you want to borrow money to buy it yourself and then join a share with Uncle Zheng?"

"It's up to you!"

A-Guang said seriously, "My father and I both feel we can buy it, but for one person to do it, the risk is too great, and the capital is also large. It's best if a few more people can partner up, but our family wants to hold the majority share, half of it, and the boat must be steered by my father."

"Then I want to ask, do you want to take a share too? How many shares do you want? If you don't plan to take too many, or don't plan to take a share, I'll ask others, or ask my eldest brother and second brother. It's best if we can gather enough among our own family."

"One share counts as 1500, right? Then Uncle Zheng takes one share, you take five shares and put up 7500, and the remaining four shares are 6000 yuan."

"That's how it's calculated!"

Ye Yaodong thought about it. It seemed a bit inappropriate to leave out his eldest brother and second brother and talk about this alone. In case the two of them felt later that a good thing wasn't shared with them, they might have thoughts, which wouldn't be good.

Even if they didn't think that way, they couldn't withstand the pillow talk, especially when it came to making money; seeing too much of it would also weigh on their minds.

"Let me call my eldest brother and second brother over too, to see if they have any ideas. If they plan to take one share each, then I'll take two shares. If they don't plan to, then I'll take four shares alone, and there's no need to look for outsiders."

He already had three boats, two shops in the city, and the small workshop was starting to look like something. With so many industries, there was no need to swallow it all alone and not let his two brothers have a sip of soup.

Ask them what they think first. Everything has risks; let them choose for themselves whether to invest money or not.

It also avoids future talk that he didn't tell his two brothers about things, doing it secretly and dividing it up between the two of them.

By the way, call his father over to listen too; he needs to let him know.

Such a big decision needs his father to participate and show respect to his elderly father.

A-Guang had no objections. He was willing to share; anyway, they were all family.

"Then go call your eldest brother, second brother, and our father over together."

Father Ye was tirelessly fetching water back and forth. Ye Yaodong looked around at the entrance but couldn't find his father, so he told his mother, who was busy at the entrance, to have his father come into the house once he returned.

The eldest and second brothers had already finished bathing and were lying down. As soon as Dongzi called, they immediately climbed up, put on clothes, and came over.

"A-Guang is here too. What's wrong? Calling us up in such a hurry, is there something?"

"Calling you here for a meeting, there's something to say." A-Guang repeated the matter about the big boat he had just told Dongzi.

The two brothers listened blankly, looked at each other, and had no thoughts for a moment; it was too sudden.

"Speak up, eldest brother, second brother, do you have any thoughts?"

"This... how to say this? It's too sudden..." Ye Yaopeng looked confused and blank.

Ye Yaohua also scratched his head and smiled honestly, "What thoughts could there be? We haven't thought about it. It's so sudden, saying there's a big boat; we have to ponder it."

"Can't ponder for too long. They are in a hurry to sell too. What if it's bought by someone else if we're late?"

Ye Yaohua looked at Ye Yaodong and hesitated, "How many shares does Dongzi plan to take?"

"A-Guang wants to take half, Uncle Zheng who brought the news wants to take one share, and there are four shares left. Asking you, how many shares do you plan to take? One share, if there are no accidents, should be 1500."

"Then how many shares do you plan to take?"

"They are already hanging full at the entrance, drying them there. Tsk tsk tsk~ I don't know where he got the connections to be able to sell so much..."

Ye Yaohua smiled awkwardly and said honestly, "I have no bottom in my heart. Only if you take shares will I have a bottom in my heart."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. His second brother was really honest; was he planning to follow his lead?

"You and eldest brother discuss how many shares you plan to take. It's best to decide tonight. Building a big boat isn't easy. If you queue up, it takes a year or two to get a boat. Most people have to book early. The boat I booked still won't be delivered until next year, and they haven't even started building it yet."

"That boat is big enough, and the equipment on the boat is quite complete. I've seen it at the shipyard before; there's no problem going to the deep sea to fish. If we take shares, we only need to put up money. Uncle Pei will steer the boat; he's an old helmsman."

Ye Yaopeng said hesitantly, "Four people died on that boat before it was even delivered. Won't it be unlucky?"

"Ah?"

Ye Yaodong and A-Guang were both stunned. They didn't expect his eldest brother to be concerned about this issue of luck?

The two looked at each other and felt a bit confused. They hadn't thought about this issue, and they themselves weren't that superstitious.

Ye Yaodong thought about it and felt that some people would indeed mind, thinking it unlucky.

"A-Guang's family's first boat was also because the man in the family fell into the sea, so they were preparing to dispose of it, and it was bought by him, right?"

He suddenly thought of the origin of A-Guang's family's first boat, which was also quite unlucky.

"Yes, that's it," A-Guang nodded and admitted, "I don't think there's anything to it, right? My family's first boat came that way too, and I haven't seen any problems. If you believe it, it exists; if you don't, it doesn't. Whether it's lucky or not depends on the person, right?"

"By the way, your second boat seems to be from your aunt's sister's neighbor, because after the typhoon, they were repairing the roof and fell from above, and their brain was damaged, and then you bought it, right?"

"Uh... yes..."

A-Guang also thought about it. Looking at it this way, it seems the boats his family bought weren't very lucky?

They were all cases where something happened to the family and they were unfortunate, and then they planned to sell the boat, and he took it over.

Could it be that this is called negative times negative equals positive?

And combined with his newly changed name, did his luck turn around?

At first, no one thought about this. When Ye Yaopeng said this, they also thought about the origin of A-Guang's family's two boats.

Looking at it this way, the boats A-Guang's family bought were all quite unlucky...

A-Guang suddenly didn't know what to say. It really didn't seem very good to say this out loud.

People by the sea are very superstitious.

Ye Yaopeng originally felt that the boat was unlucky. Now that everyone was talking about how A-Guang's family's two boats were both unlucky, if they added another even more unlucky boat...

He was already having second thoughts in his heart.

And the capital required was too large. A total of ten shares, 1500 only gets one share. Going to the deep sea with such a big boat, the risk must be great too, right?

"How about you consider it too, A-Guang? The boat hasn't even been obtained yet, and four people have died..."

"I think you're thinking too much, eldest brother. You also said the boat hasn't been obtained yet. What does it have to do with the boat? The boat hasn't even been built yet; it's still at the shipyard. They haven't even delivered it yet, so it's irrelevant."