Xiang Yang continued, "When I was in college, I had a teacher who had been out to sea for two years on a fishing boat owned by an ocean fishing company."
"When the teacher gave us the first lesson, he talked about his experience when he was out at sea on an ocean fishing vessel."
"That ship is much bigger than ours, more than 80 meters long, almost twice the length of our fishing boat."
"The duration of their voyage is about 50 to 80 days. For two to three months, the crew members live on that deck all the time."
"Because it is a fishing company's ship, the crew on their ship is very mixed. There are people from our country and people from other countries. People from four or five countries form four or five small groups on the ship based on their respective countries."
"The teacher said that once when he was sailing with a ship, the captain, first mate, second mate, and boatswain on their ship were all replaced during the voyage." Xiang Yang looked at He Mingde, "Uncle, do you know why all the management on their ship were replaced?"
He Mingde looked at Xiang Yang and said, "The second mate and the boatswain may switch positions midway. The captain and the first mate are registered on the list when they go out to sea and are directly responsible for the entire ship. There is only one possibility for the captain and the first mate to be replaced during the voyage, and that is that their captain and the first mate are dead."
Xiang Yang nodded, "They are indeed dead. Do you know how they died?"
He Mingde shook his head, as if he wanted to avoid the topic. "Xiaoyang, let's not talk about this. You said that it was a fishing company's fishing boat. The people on the fishing company's fishing boats are very mixed. This is our own fishing boat. The crew members on the boat are all our own people who know each other well. And that incident must have happened many years ago. The public security at that time was much worse than it is now. It is impossible for such a thing to happen on our boat."
Xiang Yang looked at He Mingde with some surprise, "Do you know that the captain, first mate, and second mate on their ship were killed by the crew?"
"Is it hard to guess?" He Mingde shrugged. "When a fishing boat goes out to sea, the captain and the first mate have to take care of everything. In the early years when public security was chaotic, how many times did the crew members throw the captain and the first mate into the sea to feed the fish just because of a few disagreements?"
"That's why I told you to be careful with the crew members on the boat, especially since I won't be on the same boat with you in the future. If you get some precious catch, try to let the crew know as little as possible. And you must not tell anyone about seeing a treasure," He Mingde said seriously.
Xiang Yang smiled, "If I don't tell my crew, won't they know? They don't have much experience in going out to sea right now, and they may not recognize some rare catches or treasures. But what about in the future? Can they not recognize them for their entire lives?"
He Mingde's face froze.
Telling your crew members that you have caught a rare catch or found a precious treasure might cause them to harbor bad intentions.
If you don't tell the crew, they will gradually find out on their own.
There is obviously a contradiction here.
It is impossible to hide every time you catch a rare catch or treasure. This is obviously unrealistic. The crew members are not blind. If pearls and other things can be hidden close to the body, how can something as big as a conch be hidden? If you hide it close to the body, the clothes on your body will bulge, which is even more obvious.
When Xiang Yang got something good, whether he chose to absolutely trust his crew members and share his joy with everyone, or to hide it from everyone, it seemed that it was not right, but of course it was not wrong either.
This is not a question of right or wrong.
In fact, even if no conch was caught today, Xiang Yang would have been thinking about this problem a long time ago without He Mingde reminding him specifically.
This is something every leader must consider.
Did Xiang Yang really never think of opening the pearl secretly by himself the last time he opened it
No, in fact, the last time Xiang Yang opened the pearls, he did it specifically for the crew on the ship to see.
Xiang Yang also showed the particularly large milky white pearl to the crew members.
Xiang Yang was openly telling his crew that there were good things in his cabin to see if anyone would steal them.
It’s not that he doesn’t trust his crew. As long as the benefits are great, everyone will have the devil in their heart.
All Xiang Yang can do is to give his crew members the best welfare possible so that their current life can suppress the demons in their hearts.
“Personally, I think whether it’s honesty or defense, or whether it’s a scoring situation, you can’t just be defensive because someone might have bad intentions.
He Mingde's eyes narrowed slightly and he looked at Xiang Yang without saying anything.
Xiang Yang continued, "Take Fang Youqun for example. How could he not know that I was on guard against him? He was one of the first crew members who followed me. He didn't do anything to offend me, but I was on guard against him like an outsider. How would he feel about that?"
"What if he steals your conch?" He Mingde asked.
This is a very realistic problem.
One conch is worth at least hundreds of thousands, and these few together are worth millions. As long as Fang Youqun steals this once, he will never have to worry for the rest of his life.
Xiang Yang smiled casually. These conches might mean two completely different lives to Fang Youqun, but to him, it was just like that. "It's okay to steal them. Can I live without these conches? Knowing that there is a crew member on the ship who might throw me into the sea to feed the fish in the future is much more important to me than these conches."
At this point, Xiang Yang put down the conch he was playing with, "Now I am no longer the me who lost everything after losing that French Blue Dragon. Can you calculate how much I have earned this month? As long as I am still alive, I can buy a bigger boat even if the boat sinks, let alone just a few conches."
"Without these conchs, I will only make a little less money. I hope I can make more money, but I am not afraid of losing money."
After saying this, Xiang Yang felt himself relax.
His temperament was also different. At this moment, Xiang Yang truly possessed the courage and determination of the entrepreneurial generation who dared to fight and didn't care if they lost.
Some people lose and can never get up again in their lifetime. All the experience, knowledge, and connections in their heads turn into bubbles. Why is this
They do not have the courage to face a worse situation, nor do they have the ambition to start over.
"What I need is a group of crew members who can always stand by my side, brothers who dare to stand up for me when someone wants to throw me into the sea to feed the fish even if the enemy has a gun in their hands. With brothers like this, what do you think I have to guard against them?" Xiang Yang threw the conchs in his hand, "I will put these conchs in the cabin and wait for people to steal them. I can be stolen once, ten times, or even a hundred times, but I will never allow anyone on my ship who might throw me into the sea to feed the fish."