"Wow, 30 boxes! That's quite a lot. Xiao Hu, what was the price again today?" Ye Cheng asked Xiao Hu loudly.
"More than half a catty is 28 yuan per catty, four liang to half a catty is 22 yuan per catty, less than four liang is 16 yuan per catty, and those with yellow spots are 20% more expensive." Xiao Hu proudly recited it aloud. Today's price is two yuan lower than yesterday's.
"Oh, the price has dropped again. These 32 boxes, right? 640 jin. At 22 yuan per jin, that's 14,000 yuan. Village chief, the harvest is pretty good. You must reward the brothers who went out to sea. They worked hard." Ye Cheng said in a serious tone.
"Oh, because there wasn't a standard before. Let me give you a reference. The wages for going out to sea here are 500 yuan per person, and 1000 yuan for the boat operator. Bonuses are extra. Don't think it's expensive. Going out to sea on a big boat is too tiring. Anyone who has been out to sea knows that, right?"
As he spoke, Ye Cheng looked at Chen Jinfa and the other people who had gone out to sea.
The group was taken aback; why was Ye Cheng speaking up for them?
Fourteen thousand sounds like a lot, but the cost of a trip to sea on a large ship is high. It costs 2,000 yuan per trip, plus 6 people on the ship. If we calculate based on Ye Cheng's wage standard, the wages would be 3,500 yuan. So the cost alone would be 5,500 yuan.
The remaining 8,000 or so is the harvest this time. If this boat had been owned by one person, it would have been considered average. But with it divided among dozens of families, each family only gets two or three hundred yuan, which is just enough to break even.
Moreover, it's only been a week since the fishing season opened, and everyone knows that there will be fewer and fewer crabs later on. Who will be able to support this boat then?
The main thing is to raise their wages. Higher wages will increase their motivation, because jobs with guaranteed income are always the least efficient.
The Chen family wants to raise funds collectively, so let them follow the path of the "iron rice bowl" (a system of equal distribution of resources and resources).
Chen Jinhai's facial muscles twitched involuntarily.
"Ye Cheng, stop showing off. So what if it's 14,000? We can still make a profit from it! Besides, the Chen family is very united, so stop being sarcastic."
Ye Cheng smiled and cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.
"Then congratulations to you."
"Little Tiger, let's go back and count the money."
After saying that, Ye Cheng led Xiao Hu through the crowd and walked back. His arrogant manner made the Chen family members want to rush up and beat him up.
"Jin Hai, don't worry about him. It's our first time, so 14,000 is not bad," Chen Jinfa comforted him.
"Jinfa, you really need to do well tomorrow. All of the Chen family's money is tied up in this." Chen Jinhai was starting to worry.
This is what Ye Cheng meant by risk tolerance; it's not about whether you can make money, but whether you can bear the risks.
“Jin Hai, I just wanted to tell you something. The wages for the rest of us who went out to sea were agreed upon as 500 yuan per person, and I, as the boat captain, get 1000 yuan, which adds up to 3500 yuan,” Chen Jinfa suddenly said.
"How much? You want 500? We've only made so much money in total, and you want a quarter of it." Chen Jinhai didn't expect that Chen Jinfa would still have the nerve to ask for so much money at a time like this.
"Jin Hai, that's not what you said. Ye Cheng just said it himself, it's just that it costs extra." Chen Jinfa immediately frowned when he heard that he was unwilling to pay.
"That's right, that's the price. It's not our fault that we didn't get much seafood."
"Yes, we've worked hard all night, so we should get 500 yuan."
"Ye Cheng gets 6,000 or 8,000, while we only get 500. It's already good that we didn't ask for a red envelope."
Several people who had gone out to sea started arguing with Chen Jinhai.
They were all from the same family. Although they usually seemed very respectful to Chen Jinhai, when it came to money, they all started jumping around, practically ready to ride on Chen Jinhai's neck.
"Jin Hai, if you deduct our wages from the very beginning, who will be willing to work hard later?" Chen Jinli began to play the bad cop.
"We were just unlucky the first time, maybe we'll make hundreds of thousands tomorrow?"
Chen Jinhai was persuaded; after all, how could he possibly be so unlucky forever?
At Chen Jinfa's strong urging, the wage of 500 yuan was settled.
Chen Jinfa was very satisfied; this was exactly what he wanted. As for whether the Chen family made money or not, that was none of his business.
There was something else he didn't tell Chen Jinhai: the money for buying the boat.
The ship should have cost only 290,000, but he had someone write a contract for 320,000 and pocketed 30,000 for himself.
Anyway, I only make 1,000 yuan a trip out to sea now, so what do I care if there are crabs or not?
After Ye Cheng walked back to his boat, Duan Chunsheng came over and asked,
"Second brother, are you doing this on purpose?"
"Uncle Duan, you're making it sound like I'm a bad guy. I'm just advocating for the workers on the ship," Ye Cheng said with a grin.
"Damn it, I've discovered that you're really bad, you're incredibly cunning, Chen Jinhai must be having a terrible headache."
"Let him have a headache then. Don't worry, things will get even more troublesome in the days to come."
Leaving the Chen family's affairs behind, Ye Cheng first sold his own goods.
Today we sold a total of 112,000, which is 10,000 less than expected. The difference is not significant, so Ye Cheng calculated it based on yesterday's figures.
The total wages were 34,000 yuan, and I still have 78,000 yuan left.
Widow Zhang earned 22,000 yuan during this period. Excitedly, she paid off 20,000 yuan, leaving only 10,000 yuan in debt. She felt much more relaxed.
Han Xiaotao, needless to say, earned 12,000 yuan in two days. On her way back, she went straight to the market and bought several kilograms of lean meat and eggs, saying she wanted to make some meatball soup for her child.
Ye Cheng looked at the system:
integral:
Deposits: 334,000; Foreign debt: 10,000; Mortgage: 300,000
Back in the village, Ye Cheng naturally told everyone to keep out the wind and told them about what happened at the Chen family that day.
Of course, the most important thing is to get the wages, the wages paid to the Chen family, out.
This wage is high no matter where you are, and he doesn't believe the Chen family won't be anxious.
After sowing the seeds of evil here, Ye Cheng went to sleep leisurely.
Poor Chen Jinhai didn't have such a good life.
He was surrounded at home by people demanding an explanation.
"Jin Hai, everyone's saying they only caught 30 boxes yesterday? Is that true?"
The speaker was Chen Houda, Chen Jinhai's elder. He had also scraped together 10,000 yuan, his life savings, and rushed over as soon as he heard that he was going to lose money.
"Jin Hai, what did you do? Didn't you say it was a sure thing? Ye Cheng's boat was worth over 100,000, while yours is only a little over 10,000. After deducting costs, you'll lose money." Another old man spoke up. This was Chen Qinghai, Chen Jin Hai's elder.
"Yes, Jin Hai, you must give us an explanation." This old man was Chen Changhua, who was undoubtedly an elder.
Besides a few elders, more than a dozen families gathered in Chen Jinhai's house, and some younger people also contributed money, but they couldn't get in and could only stand outside.
Everyone is definitely not satisfied with this result on the first voyage.
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