At this time, Yuxue Shipping Company owned thirty vessels of various types, five vessels under construction, and ten vessels under negotiation. It was expected that the number of vessels in the company would reach fifty before the Spring Festival.
The number of ships is growing very rapidly. Just a year ago, their company only had ten ships of various types, including those still under construction.
But now, less than a year later, the number of boats in the company has multiplied, and there are now more than thirty fishing boats.
Correspondingly, with the increase in the number of ships, shipping companies have less working capital.
Thanks to the increase in the number of boats this year, coupled with their company's crackdown on illegal fishing boats in the surrounding area, their company has earned significantly more money fishing in the South China Sea this year.
This gave them the confidence to expand their company. After leaving the company with 100 million in working capital and paying bonuses to employees, all the remaining money was used to buy ships.
Moreover, their company is no longer limited to buying new ships. They even buy up the poorly managed fishing boats at the two municipal-level docks, as long as they catch their eye, to expand their company's strength.
Of course, their company doesn't accept just any ship. First of all, the ships they purchase must be at least 70 meters in length.
In addition, as the number of fishing boats in the company increased, the number of employees also increased significantly. The shipping company alone now has more than a thousand employees.
Even if Bai Yu does nothing else, he still has to pay these people's salaries every month. The monthly salary expenses alone exceed eight figures.
As Bai Yu listened to what Li Shuang told him, he fell silent. He never expected that his company, which had only been established for two and a half years, would already have so many employees.
It's important to understand that as the number of fishing boats and employees at Yuxue Shipping Company increases, the scale of its processing plant will inevitably expand further.
Needless to say, live-streaming companies, now that they've launched two live-streaming e-commerce platforms, will inevitably need more staff.
This is why Bai Yu is essentially a hands-off manager; he doesn't really worry about anything at the company, as his wife manages it.
Otherwise, given Bai Yu's current situation, even if his company were sold off by someone else, he might not even realize it.
Fortunately, the people he chose were all quite reliable. Whether it was Li Xue, Li Shuang, Lu Sheng, or Xia Jing, even Wang Hai, who was his assistant, they were all conscientious and responsible in completing their respective tasks.
Another point worth mentioning is that their company will start paying taxes after the end of this year.
Putting everything else aside, just looking at the size of the three companies under Bai Yu's name, the amount of tax he has to pay to the tax bureau each year must be at least in the nine figures, or even in the ten figures.
Thinking of this, Bai Yu felt a pang of pain in his heart. It wasn't that he didn't want to pay the tax, but compared to paying the tax, Bai Yu would rather donate the money to the Southeast Sea.
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During Bai Yu and Li Shuang's conversation, they returned to the company, to the same place as before, Uncle Sun's hotel.
However, their company already has more than one office location. Next to Uncle Sun's hotel, there is another building where Bai Yu and his team have rented two floors for their employees to use as offices.
The company's employees did not react to the arrival of Bai Yu and Wang Hai, the two company owners and shareholders. Some who recognized them would greet them.
For new employees who didn't know them, they would simply greet Li Shuang and then go about their own business.
"Brother Yu, where were we? Where did you say you were going? The Bering Strait? That's not a very good idea."
Brother Fisherman, you know much more about the ocean than I do. I don't need to explain what the Bering Strait is, do I? It's already the end of October. By the time you get to the Bering Strait by boat, it will probably be December.
December is winter, and the Bering Strait is incredibly dangerous—can we even imagine? So let's skip the Bering Strait. Maybe we should just buy some king crab instead.
Upon arriving at the chairman's office, Li Shuang served drinks to Bai Yu and Wang Hai while chatting with Bai Yu.
Although Bai Yu is not usually at the company, their company always has a chairman's office, and the chairman's office also has a wall of snacks and drinks.
Of course, these snacks and drinks were not prepared for Bai Yu. As an athlete, there are certain drinks and snacks that he cannot eat. These things were prepared for Wang Hai.
As for what Li Shuang said, the implication was that he disagreed with Bai Yu going fishing in the Bering Strait with the boat.
After all, although Bai Yu doesn't come to the company often and is a hands-off manager, the reason their company has been able to succeed is because of Bai Yu.
The fishing business started with my uncle's help, and then gradually grew to the current 35 fishing boats.
The live-streaming e-commerce initially relied on Bai Yu's popularity and fans, and then it became the top live-streaming e-commerce channel on both platforms.
Needless to say, the processing plant is even better. The factory manager is Bai Yu's father, and the product development department consists of apprentices personally trained by Bai Yu's father, who specialize in developing new products.
Bai Yu appears to have done nothing among these three companies, but without Bai Yu, these three companies would not exist.
Anyone with even a slight understanding of the Bering Strait is intimidated by it.
In summer, there are not many problems, and it is not too difficult to pass through the Bering Strait. However, in winter, the difficulty is extremely high, and a single mistake can easily lead to the loss of the ship and the lives of the people.
Although technology is very advanced now, the Bering Strait is still very dangerous in winter, and Li Shuang does not want his boss to be in danger.
"Shuangzi, don't get so excited. I know whether there's any danger or not. I'm not going to the Bering Strait to catch crabs. We'll probably just catch some cod or something. Our main goal is to buy king crabs. Don't worry."
Besides, even if our company's fishing boats wanted to catch king crabs, we wouldn't have the equipment. Our crab boats can catch swimming crabs and mud crabs, but king crabs are out of the question; our equipment isn't up to the task.
Bai Yu has a great advantage: he is very self-aware and cherishes his life.
In his own words, he hasn't lived enough yet. With his current net worth, he hasn't even started to truly enjoy life, so how could he possibly be courting death?
Bai Yu and Li Shuang then began a debate about whether going to the Bering Strait was dangerous and whether it was permissible to go.
In the end, Li Shuang didn't say anything to Bai Yu. Then he started calling for outside help, summoning Li Xue, Lu Sheng, and others to persuade Bai Yu to give up the idea.
The final result, naturally, was unsuccessful. This time, Bai Yu and his group planned to form a fleet to go to the Goose Island to catch king crabs.
The exact number of fishing boats needed needs to be discussed with the staff on the other side before a specific number is determined.
After some communication, the number of fishing boats was finally determined; they would send a total of ten fishing boats this time.
These ten fishing boats weren't all heading to the Bering Strait; they were all heading north to purchase cargo from port cities in the Far East region of Canada.
While on the way to Da'e, we can also catch some seafood and fish.
Only five fishing boats actually went to Bering Govsky, also just to buy some goods.
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