Chen Hong laughed heartily: "Brother, can you stop teasing me? You're an engineer, earning over ten thousand a month, which is higher than the salary of a government cadre. You're safe and secure in the factory, protected from the elements."
When he's teaching apprentices, he can also show off his masterly demeanor.
You know how dangerous it is to go out to sea; you've never experienced strong winds and waves.
I guarantee that once you've seen it, even if I offered you 100,000 a month, you would never get on the ship.
You've forgotten our old saying from Jiaodong: "Better to climb mountains than go to the sea!" Don't just see others eating meat while ignoring the beatings they get.
Leaving aside other places, just in Jiaodong alone, how many lives are lost and how many ships are lost at sea every year!
You're a highly educated person, so just focus on building good boats for us fishermen! You'll have nowhere to spend all your money anyway. Things are great now, you have a house and a car, don't worry about anything else!
Geng Dazhi was just joking. His real interest and ambition was to build the world's best ship. Going out to sea on a ship was just a passing fancy to relax and have some fun.
However, he has several classmates and colleagues who, for various reasons, no longer want to work at the shipyard. Introducing them to Chen Hong would be beneficial for both parties.
Chen Hong is generous and not the kind of person who exploits others. Working for her would be more lucrative than working for some deep-sea fishing company.
Any mechanic who wants to work on a ship is doing so because they're short of money. Otherwise, who would be willing to risk their life to engage in deep-sea fishing?
In this line of work, a trip at sea can take anywhere from ten days to one or two years. Life on the ship is monotonous and boring; all you do is work and sleep. Even a good person could go crazy from being cooped up.
Only those who are truly desperate for money will risk everything and go out to sea on a boat. As a result, most people choose near-shore fishing vessels. True deep-sea fishing is not for those who lack determination.
After agreeing to deliver the ship a year later, Chen Hong paid a deposit of 1.5 million yuan by card, signed a purchase agreement with the shipyard, and received a deposit receipt from the shipyard. Then she prepared to leave.
Seeing that she was in a hurry, Geng Dazhi assumed she was rushing back to Jinan and quickly called out to her:
"Chen Hong, wait a moment, there's something I need to tell you."
Chen Hong, standing by the car door, turned her head and asked, "What's wrong? Is it urgent? Just tell me!"
Geng Dazhi waved to her, signaling her to go back to his office to talk.
"What a hassle! What happened? Good things shouldn't be kept secret, and secret things never come of good! The contract is already signed, so don't tell me you can't build my ship!"
As Chen Hong walked back, she kept talking to Geng Dazhi.
Geng Dazhi said to her irritably, "You really treat my kindness like dirt!"
I'm telling you, if you don't want to listen, then just leave! Don't regret it later if you lose money, and don't blame me for not warning you!
"Okay, okay, it's my fault. I was just in a hurry to leave. I've been here all afternoon, and I still have things to take care of! Go ahead and tell me, I'm all ears!"
Geng Dazhi leaned close to Chen Hong's ear and whispered like a spy making a rendezvous, "The new policy has been released; there are subsidies for large fishing boats!..."
The warm breath tickled Chen Hong's cheek, and she couldn't help but laugh out loud, not quite hearing what Geng Dazhi said.
Her laughter annoyed Geng Dazhi. "What's so funny? Look at your pathetic face!"
Well, this angered Geng Dazhi so much that he finally spoke his Northeastern dialect, which he hadn't used in years.
"Haha, how come I didn't know you were from Northeast China? Haha, I didn't mean it, don't get angry!"
I just felt like what we were doing was just like a spy rendezvous in a movie!
Haha, just tell me properly, what's the matter? Why are you acting like a thief?
After saying that, seeing Geng Dazhi's dark face, she belatedly realized, "Oh, you were talking about government subsidies, weren't you!"
I heard about it this morning, but I don't understand the specific amount they'll compensate. Could you tell me?
Seeing Chen Hong's ingratiating expression, Geng Dazhi couldn't keep a straight face anymore and whispered, "The government can subsidize up to 30% when purchasing newly built large fishing boats."
However, only deep-sea fishing vessels over 60 meters long would qualify.
Your 36-meter fishing boat is considered large. I think if you find someone, getting a 20% subsidy shouldn't be a problem.
After all, the shipyard just sent out a 25-meter fishing boat the day before yesterday, which is 10 meters smaller than the boat you ordered, and the subsidy is 15%.
Don't do anything else for now. Take the ship purchase contract and deposit receipt and ask an acquaintance to help you register it. When you pick up the ship, you can directly claim reimbursement and receive subsidies.
If you have these two boats, and you end up spending four million, you can save one million, which is a quarter of the total. That's quite a significant amount.
If you give some gifts, you can get more reimbursement, which will lighten your burden.
I'm doing this all for your own good, haha, what's so funny? If it weren't for the fact that I drank so much of your honey, I wouldn't have told you!
Honestly, what kind of person are you!
Chen Hong was very happy. "Sorry, I'm not laughing anymore. To be honest, are there really that many? Then we fishermen are so lucky. There will definitely be a lot of people buying boats in the future."
Chen Hong didn't care how much the subsidy was, but she was still very excited if she could get a bigger subsidy.
Now the village chief's job will be much easier, and the villagers will also benefit more.
Chen Hong returned to the Maritime Safety Administration again to find out the specific procedures so she could go back to the village and convey the details to the village head.
Yang Wei was shocked when he saw the ship purchase contract in Chen Hong's hand.
"Chen Hong, you're incredibly efficient. You left here this morning and booked the boat this afternoon. You're not just doing this to get the government subsidy, are you?"
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