When Bai Yu carried the tuna into the house, his parents and Li Xue were having tea and chatting in the yard.

When they saw the tuna in Bai Yu's hand, the three of them were speechless. They had already finished dinner, so why did he bring back another tuna?

You should know that this thing needs to be stored at a low temperature, and the temperature of their home refrigerator is far from enough to keep this tuna alive.

"No way, Xiaoyu, you caught another tuna? Why are you bringing it home? We don't have room for it."

Bai's father took a sip of hot tea and looked at Bai Yu as he spoke.

"Huff, huff, Dad, can you come and give me a hand? I'm carrying a lot of stuff, and I can't carry it all!"

Besides, where else can I take this fish if I bring it home? It won't be long before the fish spoils. The refrigerator temperature is a bit high, but it's okay to leave it there temporarily.

"Oh, right, Dad, why don't you call Uncle Sun and have him come and pick up this tuna?"

With Dad's help, the tuna was temporarily put in the freezer; let's leave it there for now.

Bai Yu then went to the beach again and brought back all the chairs they were sitting on. These chairs all belonged to his family, so he couldn't leave them all outside overnight.

After Bai Yu finished her work, Uncle Sun drove to their house. The journey from the county to their village was quite fast, especially since there were few people and cars around at night.

Then Uncle Sun took the tuna and left, without lingering for long, as if something was wrong.

Of course, Bai Yu was giving this tuna to Uncle Sun, not selling it. In his own words, it was a way for him to show his respect to his elder, Uncle Sun.

Moreover, given the relationship between Bai Yu's family and Uncle Sun, as well as the current cooperative relationship between Yuxue Shipping and Uncle Sun's hotel, let alone a yellowfin tuna weighing thirty or forty pounds, even a bluefin tuna weighing three or four hundred pounds would be given away without any problem.

After finishing his work, Bai Yu joined in the tea drinking.

Honestly, now that we've finished our barbecue, what could be better than sitting in our own yard, watching the moon, feeling the breeze, and chatting with family over tea? That would be wonderful!

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Over the next few days, Bai Yu and his team shipped out all the goods sold during the company's first live stream, and then reorganized another batch of goods.

Immediately following this, Yuxue Shipping Company launched its second live stream, but this time Bai Yu did not appear, and his own main account did not release any promotional videos for the company.

Moreover, the company operates the entire process itself, including posting traffic-driving videos, creating trailers, and even topping up accounts on Douyin (TikTok).

However, although Bai Yu did nothing, he still came to the company on the day of the live broadcast and sat backstage to watch Lu Sheng and the others' live broadcast.

The effect of this live broadcast was definitely not as good as Bai Yu's. After all, although Bai Yu is not a celebrity, his fan base is so large that he is more than a celebrity.

Moreover, Bai Yu was genuinely relaxed during his live stream, showing no signs of tension whatsoever. The entire live stream was filled with a sense of ease.

Even when he occasionally ignores the viewers in the live stream and focuses solely on eating, netizens call it his authenticity. Bai Yu is a very genuine person and doesn't try to please anyone.

During the second live stream, the hosts changed to Lu Sheng and a girl.

As the saying goes, teamwork makes the dream work. However, this girl was probably facing so many people in a live stream for the first time, and the first live stream didn't go very well.

The live stream lasted three hours, an hour longer than Bai Yu's previous live stream, but in the end, only more than 20,000 orders were sold. According to feedback from the backend data, nearly 70% of the orders were from repeat customers.

This might also be related to the number of viewers in the live stream. During Bai Yu's last live stream, the audience numbered in the millions over two hours, with a peak of over 100,000 concurrent viewers.

The second live stream lasted three hours, but only a little over a million people watched, with a peak of just over 10,000 viewers, not even exceeding 20,000.

Regarding the data from the second live stream, Bai Yu expressed her approval of Lu Sheng and the other girl who participated, saying they had done a very good job.

The girl is quite pretty, the sweet type. She might be a little nervous facing so many people for the first time. Once she gets used to it, her sales performance might be even better.

After watching Lu Sheng and the others' live stream, Bai Yu took Wang Hai away from Sanya the next day and headed to Haikou.

This time, he went to Haikou not to find the coaching staff to prepare for the competition, but to have fun.

Currently, Bai Yu has won all the major domestic and international championships except for the Olympics, and he has also qualified for the long-distance running event at the next Olympics.

Therefore, he is not particularly interested in other competitions now, unless the prize money for the competition is very high, or someone offers him a high price to participate in a friendly match.

After all, it's about making money, so there's no shame in it.

Furthermore, with the current global pandemic, Bai Yu's interest in competing abroad has diminished even further.

If anything happens to you in our family, and you get infected by someone else, someone will isolate and treat you, ensuring your life and health are truly protected.

But if you get infected abroad and can't return to China in the short term, then congratulations, you can only leave it to fate!

This time, Bai Yu brought Wang Hai to Haikou mainly for fun. After all, this was where Wang Hai spent four years of university and where he earned his Nth pot of gold.

His first pot of gold came from so long ago that he doesn't even remember how old he was when he earned it by going to the beach.

While visiting Haikou, he also planned to meet someone—an acquaintance from his school days.

"Hey Li, Ah Hai and I have arrived in Haikou. Where are you now? I'm coming to find you now."

Bai Yu came to Haikou by taking the island-looping railway. He went straight to his apartment complex, got into his car, and called Brother Li.

Brother Li was the staff member on the fishing boat when he went out to sea with Li Shuang and others. At that time, they got along very well.

However, Bai Yu later participated in competitions worldwide, so he went out to sea less often, but their relationship remained intact.

After all, it was Bai Yu who went out to compete, while Li Shuang and the others didn't need to compete.

Bai Yu is now looking for Brother Li for two reasons. One is to prepare to go fishing at sea with Brother Li's fishing boat, and the other is to poach Brother Li's people.

In Bai Yu's opinion, Brother Li is definitely a talented person. It has only been five years since Bai Yu met Brother Li.

However, in just five years, Brother Li has gone from a service worker on a ship to a service worker with a second mate certificate.

Given Li Ge's qualifications, he is qualified to serve as a second mate on any ship, provided that a ship wants him.

Take the chartering company where Brother Li works now, for example. They can only provide him with the qualifications to take the certification exam, but they can't provide him with the corresponding position and benefits.

After all, given the size of the company, he wouldn't have had a chance to rise to the top until the previous captain and first mate made a mistake or switched jobs.

Just like Bai Yu's uncle at the beginning, he had his captain's certificate for several years, but he was still serving as the first mate on the ship and had no way to become the captain.

Bai Yu came to Haikou this time to recruit people for their company's second fishing boat. The captain has already been decided, who is the first mate of the current Yuxue. He has a captain's license and is experienced enough to become the captain directly.

With a captain in place, finding suitable subordinates becomes more difficult, especially experienced and reliable managers.

As for the lower-level crew members, they are very easy to recruit, and ships are also easy to buy. Just give the shipyard a heads-up, and a new ship can be built in no time.

Later, Bai Yu and Wang Hai met Brother Li at a restaurant. Brother Li was still the same as before, looking to be around thirty years old. Apart from being a bit darker-skinned, he hadn't changed at all.

"Brother Li, how have you considered the conditions I mentioned before you came? Would you like to join my company? Although you're only a second-in-command now, this position will definitely change as you get higher and higher certifications."

At least you won't be like you are now, stuck accumulating experience on the ship without any room for advancement.

After Bai Yu and Brother Li sat down at the restaurant, he went straight to the point and started chatting with them.

Bai Yu had already discussed the poaching with Brother Li before coming here. Brother Li had only said he would consider it, but now the face-to-face meeting was to discuss his decision and, incidentally, to go fishing with the fishing boat.

To be honest, the best experience of fishing at sea is to go by fishing boat or fishing dinghy; going by deep-sea fishing vessel is really not the way to go.

After all, ocean-going fishing vessels have missions to fulfill; they can't just stop fishing whenever they want—that's unrealistic.

But fishing boats are different. These boats are designed to take anglers out to sea to fish. Otherwise, why would they be called fishing boats?

"Mr. Bai, I know about the conditions you mentioned, and they are indeed very generous. Logically speaking, it's quite reasonable for you to be interested in a new second mate like me with no experience."

I shouldn't have even considered it; I should have agreed immediately. But I have my reasons. From what I know, our company currently only has one fishing boat. The second one hasn't been launched yet. I just don't know how long it will take to launch the second fishing boat.

It's normal for Brother Li to have a problem, since although Bai Yu's offer was indeed very tempting, it wasn't that tempting for Brother Li.

Bai Yu offered Li Ge a salary of 200,000 yuan per year for the second mate, plus a year-end bonus.

The pay seems high, but for Brother Li, it's just so-so. Year-end bonuses depend on performance, which depends on how profitable his fishing boat is that year. If the profits are good, the bonus is high; if the profits are bad, the bonus will naturally not be much higher.

However, judging from Brother Li's current situation, his monthly salary as a crew member on a fishing boat is not very high, only a base salary of six thousand yuan.

But he gets tips. For service workers like them, the base salary isn't the main source of income; tips and extra commissions make up the majority. They can earn 150,000 to 160,000 a year, or even more.

Moreover, compared to being a second mate on a large ship, the work on a fishing boat is much easier; at least a single trip at sea only lasts about a week to ten days.

However, the time it takes for large ships to operate at sea is quite different. They can stay at sea for at least half a month, or even a month. There is no comparison between the two.

For Brother Li, the only attraction was the opportunity for promotion. He could start as the second mate and work his way up, and if he could become the captain, his salary would at least double.

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