Chapter 416 Cleaning up the mess

In fact, Chu Xuan was nervous, and she always felt that what John was about to say was not a good thing.

Keeping a smile on your face, he encouraged John to continue.

John said with an apologetic look, "Boss, the fishermen's wages haven't been settled yet. Can you spare some funds..."

Chu Xuan has never been the kind of person who withholds employees' wages. However, he has been spending a lot of money recently and has not made much money, so he is not well off.

But she had just taken over the fishery, so she had to be more supportive. "I absolutely must not delay the wages. How much money do you need in total?"

John held up three fingers.

Chu Xuan thought it was three hundred yuan. "Three hundred yuan is no problem. I'll give it to you right away."

In this day and age, a monthly salary of thirty or forty yuan is very normal.

John waved his hand quickly. "Not three hundred. Three thousand. There are ten of us here, and that averages out to three hundred per person per month. A little higher than the salary here."

“Who sets this salary?”

"It's based on the agreement signed between the previous fishery owner and me."

"What about the agreement?"

"In my study. Wait a moment, I'll find it."

About ten minutes later, Chu Xuan took a yellowed agreement from John.

It was signed ten years ago.

The agreement clearly states John's rights, which include the right to decide the fishermen's wages, which must be higher than the local wage level, with more work resulting in more pay.

According to the agreement, John would increase the fishermen's base salary every year and also add performance-based salary.

Chu Xuan returned the agreement to John and said, "I am now the new owner of the fishery. From now on, I have the final say on wages."

John looked apprehensive. "You're not planning to cut our wages, are you? That would dampen everyone's enthusiasm. You should know that if we didn't have to pay for the dead, our fishery would be profitable. This is all thanks to the fishermen."

Chu Xuan smiled and explained, "We will absolutely not reduce your wages. Not only that, we will even increase them. The prerequisite is that you lead the fishermen to complete a questionnaire survey and recruit twenty disabled people. In the questionnaire survey, you can add a few more questions besides the ones I asked for."

When John heard about the salary increase, he was excited. "Boss, can you tell me the purpose of the questionnaire?"

Only by knowing the purpose can you add questions to the questionnaire in a targeted manner.

Chu Xuan expressed his thoughts, "I need to know what kind of seafood the residents here hate the most. In the future, our fishery will only cultivate this kind of seafood. That way, we can prevent locals from coming here to steal our catch, and we can also prevent thieves from drowning in the fishery from happening again."

John immediately understood his plan. "Leave this to me. I promise to complete it beautifully! Boss, you are so smart."

Chu Xuan was very modest. "This is not something I came up with. It's something I learned from other fisheries."

"You're smart, then. I never thought of going to other fisheries to learn from their experience. I always wanted to encourage the fishermen to catch more and sell more..."

John praised Chu Xuan, who was very pleased. After listening, she borrowed several thousand yuan from Chu Chuanbei and gave it to John to pay his salary.

Chu Chuanbei drove Chu Xuan back to her mother's place.

Before getting off the car, Chu Xuan told Chu Chuanbei to wait at the door while she went into the house to return the money to him.

Chu Chuanbei did not refuse. After all, several thousand yuan was not a small amount of money for him. It was the tuition he was about to pay for this semester.

As for the living expenses that Gao Zhenbang had given him before, he anonymously transferred it to Liu Zhenzhen after Gao Zhenbang's death.

He hoped that one day he could earn a lot of money so that he could give Chu Xuan money without waiting for her to ask for a loan.

After Chu Xuan paid back the money, she watched him drive away.

He borrowed the car.

Chu Xuan was just about to wash up and rest when the phone rang.

It's already late at night, and the person who calls at this time is most likely a friend from home.

Chu Xuan answered the call and a familiar voice came from the microphone.

"Xiao Xuan, I have good news for you."