sbdcsierra Chapter 1857 The Deal
Chapter 1857 The Deal
Chapter 1857 The Deal
The two were secretly delighted, neither of them saying a word; making a fortune in silence was not something to be talked about.
The captain was diligently maneuvering the fishing boat, preparing for the next round of net casting. Ye Yaodong and his companion stood outside the wheelhouse chatting, watching the workers below busy at work, while waiting for news from the government.
The whole afternoon had passed, and it was getting dark, but he still hadn't received any news. He figured he probably wouldn't be able to get in touch with them today.
"Dongzi, I think they're reluctant to give money directly, so they haven't come up with a solution."
"Never mind them. We were planning to go back in three days anyway. We'll just wait there. If there's no result, we'll go back as soon as the cargo ship comes. We'll ignore them."
He's already received his due payment, and there's nothing he can do about the ship. If he can't contact it within three days, there's nothing he can do either.
He couldn't stay here indefinitely; who knew if the country still needed the ship?
"We'll go back at the agreed time. I'm still looking forward to playing with my old mobile phone."
He gets itchy whenever this is mentioned, and he wants to go back to his rest cabin to hold and play with it right now.
The captain was also calling out from the bridge, instructing those on deck to prepare to lower the nets under command.
The two chatted and enjoyed the breeze on the ship's deck until dinner time, when they finally went down to the dining room.
Today, because of the investigation, even the cook was watching the excitement, which delayed dinner. It was already dark when everyone was starving before they finally ate dinner.
Fortunately, we didn't do much work today and were all sleeping. Everyone stayed up all night, and as soon as it got a little light, they started running back and forth in the boat. They didn't do anything all day and just ran around aimlessly.
Ye Yaodong was woken up in the middle of the night and didn't sleep at all. He stayed up all day and went to sleep right after dinner.
They were woken up the next day because the Maritime Safety Administration contacted them.
He immediately went to the cockpit.
Only if the other side provides specific information about the cargo ship can they discuss the specific rewards and compensation plan to be given.
Ye Yaodong reported all the information he had gathered the day before, including their speculations about why the ship was unmanned. He then waited for their decision.
He also mentioned that if they couldn't reach a conclusion within two days, he might have to change fishing areas, since their fishing boats are mobile and they have to chase schools of fish, so they can't stay in one place all the time.
The other side said they would report back as soon as they had any results. Now that they have specific information about the cargo ship, they can quickly formulate a plan and arrange for the ocean shipping company's tugboat.
"No results again?"
"No, I just gave them the specific information, they still need to discuss it."
"Then we'll have to wait again."
"I'll wait then, I'm not in a hurry anyway."
There is currently no specific set of rescue reward measures and subsidy standards; it can only be discussed.
That ship, even just the empty vessel, is extremely valuable, let alone the cargo. The government will definitely try to get it back for research.
However, there was no further news in the afternoon. I don't know if it was due to a bad signal or if we just couldn't reach an agreement.
Another day passed before their BBS communication became active again.
"The leader said that you should help assist with the work of the ocean rescue tugboat. The reward and subsidy will be 10% of the cargo on board, regardless of whether the cargo is returned or disposed of."
Ye Yaodong thought there was more to say, so he waited for two seconds.
That's it? That's it?
"Yes, after all, you can't tow the cargo ship back, so we need to arrange another ocean-going tugboat."
Ye Yaodong was instantly in a headache. He knew that it wouldn't be easy to get money from the government, but he didn't expect them to be so stingy. They wouldn't give him a single cent, but would offer a mere 10% discount on the goods.
Who knows what will happen when the goods arrive? All the talk is just empty promises; no one has given a concrete answer.
It's so frustrating. We've been going back and forth, communicating twice already, and this is the third time today, but they still haven't given us a definite answer.
“My boat catches one net a day. To put it bluntly, each net is worth at least 6 yuan. With six boats, we can make 60 yuan a day. We lost a day of fishing time yesterday, but I won’t calculate it as more than you. Let’s say it’s 60 yuan.”
"This is just a loss for one day. We can catch fish in the next few days when the ocean-going tugboats come, so we won't worry about it."
"But what about the rewards? Subsidies and rewards are both essential, as are the individual subsidies for the crew members who put in the effort. Just give me a figure so I can explain to the other captains and crew members."
The person on the other end of the communication seemed to find it tricky as well, "Okay, I'll report again."
"Hurry up. If we don't get any results soon, we may have to leave this area, chase the fish, and fish in another sea area."
After communicating again in the afternoon, we finally finalized the bonus, fuel, lost work, and wear and tear subsidies, plus crew subsidies, totaling 30.
It's completely impossible to expect someone to take care of you and listen to you completely, even at 60 a day.
After all, his ship was the main vessel and the most important one. The crew on his ship did all the work, and the other fishing boats were just tagging along and didn't deserve any credit.
The official calculation will definitely only be based on his ship, since it belongs to him alone and there is no other owner.
Ye Yaodong was so-so about the reward he was given. It was only because he reported that there were many people and a large number of boats that he received 30 yuan. Otherwise, he probably would have just given a few tens of thousands of yuan in diesel subsidies to get rid of him.
Unlike in the future, there are now specific management policies and reward standards.
In the post-millennium era, fishing boats and cargo ships of 5 tons or more could receive rescue rewards of 100 million to 300 million yuan, not to mention other subsidies for fuel consumption and lost work time.
Fortunately, he received a subsidy on board, which somewhat made up for it, so he didn't lose out.
After the communication ended, Ah Zheng jumped up.
"Only 300,000? Why did you agree to it?"
"What else can we do? I'm also getting a headache from all the endless wrangling. If we talk too much, people will say we have no sense of national honor or collective honor, that we only think about making money, that our ideological awareness is too low, and that we don't cooperate with the organization's work at all. If we talk too much, it will also affect the image of our unit in the eyes of the local government."
"Ok."
"That's good enough, 30 is fine too."
"If only we could have dragged it back ourselves, then our merits wouldn't have been cut, and we wouldn't have just been given a small reward as a way to get rid of it. It's like we only got a reward for discovering and assisting. The compensation for yesterday's losses has been cut in half from the 60 you mentioned."
"Ah."
How do you plan to provide crew allowances?
"The original idea was to have everyone work together, with six or seven ships working together to tow the cargo ship back, so that everyone would get credit. Now that we're relying on ocean-going tugboats, they naturally don't have much to contribute. I think we should give each of them 200 yuan as a token gesture, and then give 500 yuan to the 20 people who went on board to investigate."
He'll come up with a better explanation later.
(End of this chapter)