In the days that followed, Bai Yu spent his days either training or flying around in the sky.
After all, for some track and field leagues, it's not just a single competition, but a combination of multiple competitions.
Just like the Diamond League, it has stops in multiple countries and cities around the world. Athletes who want to participate in this competition need to attend these stops and earn points.
Only by accumulating a certain number of points can you qualify for the finals and compete for the Diamond League championship.
There are fourteen Diamond League events in total. The only good news is that not every event has a long-distance running event, and the long-distance running events in the Diamond League are only 5,000 meters, sometimes even 3,000 meters.
The same applies to other leagues. The 3,000-meter, 5,000-meter, and 10,000-meter long-distance running events rarely appear in the same league at the same time, except for the Olympics.
By August of 2019, Bai Yu had been participating in competitions everywhere and had qualified for the Diamond League finals. Then he hurriedly took a plane back to China.
The reason he was in such a hurry to come back was because he was about to complete a major event in his life.
Do you remember when Bai Yu bought a large fishing boat?
It's already August, and the shipyard's promised delivery date is fast approaching.
The reason Bai Yu returned to China at this time was because news came from the shipyard that the hull of Bai Yu's fishing boat had been completed and most of the internal facilities were finished, and it could undergo the first round of launching tests.
Although it's called the first round of underwater testing, it had actually been tested several times before; this was just the first time it was being publicly tested.
As this was his first boat, such an important event, Bai Yu naturally wanted to go home to check on things and personally witness the launching of the fishing boat.
Then, taking advantage of the break in the competition, Bai Yu returned to China with his coach and Wang Hai.
On August 12th, more than ten people from Bai Yu's and Wang Hai's families arrived at the shipyard in three or four vehicles.
The reason why Wang Hai's family was present was because they had also contributed money to the ship, and the amount they contributed was quite substantial, totaling three million.
This money represents all the funds Wang Hai's family can currently afford, all for the purpose of giving Wang Hai a stake in the ship. They only want a share of the profits; they won't participate in anything else.
The decision was made by Wang Hai's mother. In her words, Wang Hai himself had limited intelligence and seemed very dull. If it weren't for Bai Yu taking care of him all these years, he wouldn't know how badly he would have been bullied.
In addition, the couple is getting older, and they no longer expect Wang Hai to settle down or start a family; they'll just let nature take its course.
What they're thinking about now is finding someone who can take care of him in the future—or rather, look after him.
That way, even if the couple left, they could feel more at ease about Wang Hai's life.
After much deliberation, Wang Hai still trusted Bai Yu the most, so his family gave all the money they could get to Bai Yu and invested it in the ship Bai Yu was going to buy.
You could say that Wang Hai's family has been relentlessly exploiting Bai Yu since she was a child, and now they've completely become dependent on her.
Doing this is indeed a bit shameless, and it seems like they're trying to take advantage of everyone.
After all, Bai Yu had taken good care of Wang Hai. From childhood to adulthood, whether it was going to school, practicing sports, or going to the beach and fishing, she always took Wang Hai with her.
Even the three million that Wang Hai's family has taken out now, more than half of it was saved by Wang Hai, and more than half of that was basically earned by Bai Yu with Wang Hai's help.
Now they're using this money to try and attach it to Bai Yu's new business, like a stubborn plaster that's impossible to shake off.
But if you put yourself in Wang Hai's mother's shoes, and you had someone who was so good to your son, wouldn't you also want to help him?
Even if people call them shameless, they still stick to them without hesitation.
Moreover, Wang Hai's mother's demands were not high. Her family received three million yuan, and all she asked for was a 5% share of dividends in Bai Yu's new company.
Essentially, this money can be considered a long-term meal ticket for his son. Even if his son can't do anything in the future, with this dividend, at least Wang Hai won't go hungry.
Bai Yu naturally agreed to this. Given the current bond between Bai Yu and Wang Hai, he wouldn't abandon Wang Hai.
Moreover, once the ship is fully delivered, Bai Yu plans to take Wang Hai out to sea to fish. Even if Wang Hai can't do some of the delicate work, there will always be a suitable job for him on the ship.
At the shipyard's private dock, Bai Yu and his group saw the ship, which was essentially completed.
This thing is really big. It's 75 cm long, over 10 meters wide, and has three decks that are high up. Everything about it shows that this fishing boat is a behemoth.
Even without any cargo, this fishing boat weighs over a thousand tons.
After admiring its exterior, we waited quietly for the launching ceremony of this fishing boat. At the appointed time, with the help of tugboats, this behemoth was towed into the sea, and a curtain of water was splashed up on the shore.
The water splashed up by such a large ship could no longer be described as just splashes; it was a curtain of water, with large areas of it being splashed up.
Bai Yu and the others then boarded the fishing boat and toured its interior.
For this kind of large fishing vessel, it would be more accurate to call it a floating processing plant than a ship.
Because inside the ship's hold, there is indeed a sorting and processing plant, and it is a fully mechanized processing plant.
Led by the staff, the group of more than a dozen people toured the ship's cabins, crew quarters, bridge, and other facilities, seeing everything they should and shouldn't have seen.
Although some equipment has not yet been installed, the internal structure of the fishing boat is already visible.
As for the questions that should be asked, that's naturally left to my uncle.
Among them, apart from the eldest uncle, only the old man of the Bai family knew a little more about ships, but most of the information he knew was about old ships.
Ships like these are completely modern, a technology the old man never dared to imagine before. If you asked him about them, he wouldn't get to the point.
Only my eldest uncle, who holds a captain's license and has worked as a first mate for nine years, can ask me about specific information about ships; that would be the only way to get the information I need.
Moreover, since his uncle agreed to be Bai Yu's captain, he has recruited a considerable number of professionals from his own company over the past year.
These people all share the same situation as my uncle: they have higher-level certifications, but no corresponding positions are assigned to them.
If these people are willing to switch jobs with him, they can be promoted directly and enjoy higher-level benefits.
This means that once the fishing boat is delivered, the uncle can immediately bring in a crew and put the boat into production, bringing the expected benefits to Baiyu.
This alone is enough to show that sometimes connections are a form of wealth, and one of the most valuable ones at that.
When Bai Yu and the others left the shipyard, he transferred another five million to the shipyard. This time, he was completely broke.
All the income from these years has been invested in this fishing boat.
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