Tang Bao nodded. If there was no mandatory requirement for diving time, his job would be much simpler.
Many people envy the pearl fishermen in Nanyang who earn a starting salary of NT$100,000 a month. In fact, no one would be willing to work in the pearl fishing industry unless they have absolutely no other choice.
Because they engage in underwater work for a long time, the life span of South China Sea pearl fishers is generally very short.
Even if there is one that occasionally lives a long life, he or she usually suffers from injuries, such as significantly reduced eyesight and very severe tinnitus, which are caused by being in a high-intensity water pressure environment for a long time.
In addition, rheumatism is also an occupational disease of South China Sea pearl diggers. People who stay underwater for a long time will inevitably suffer from injuries and diseases. These are all normal phenomena.
There is a professor in the Ocean University who went to Southeast Asia to fish for pearls when he was young. Now he needs to wear a hearing aid all year round to be able to hear other people's normal speech. In addition, his legs hurt badly when it rains. When the pain is the worst, it feels like someone is drilling into his bones with a drill.
Xiang Yang pondered for a moment. First, Tang Bao was indeed a rare talent. Second, he was exchanging his body for money, and Xiang Yang did not want to treat him unfairly. After thinking for a while, he said, "Your main job is to maintain the diving equipment and train the crew members in diving. I only force you to work underwater for fourteen hours a week. If there is any underwater work after fourteen hours a week, you can freely choose whether to stay on the boat or go into the water with me. During the internship, I will give you a monthly salary of seven thousand yuan, and after you become a regular employee, I can give you a monthly salary of ten thousand yuan."
The salary offered by Xiang Yang was definitely outrageous. After all, the prerequisite for Xiang Yang to hire Tang Bao was that he was required to work underwater for only fourteen hours a week. In other units, such as the mermaids, divers, and pirate ship captains in the oceanarium, their salaries were much higher than what Xiang Yang offered, but they really worked from five to nine and were soaking in the water all day.
In addition, although Xiang Yang gave the crew a low base salary, as long as the crew were willing to work and made Xiang Yang money, Xiang Yang would never be stingy in giving the crew red envelopes. Basically, the crew would get at least one red envelope reward every time they went out to sea.
"Yeah." Tang Bao nodded and agreed without thinking. For him, this was simply a blessing from heaven. He had never held out any hope of finding a job in his major after graduation, but he didn't expect to meet true love around the corner.
Moreover, diving is generally considered to be very harmful to the human body, but Tang Bao dives in a scientific way, and as long as he does not stay underwater for too long, it is not a big deal at all. What's more, Xiang Yang said that he would provide them with the most advanced diving equipment.
Tang Bao didn't know what the most advanced diving equipment was, but he knew that any diving equipment on the market that cost more than 20,000 yuan was basically fully wrapped, which could not only effectively prevent divers from getting rheumatism, but also effectively help divers resist the pressure under water.
"Sign it." Xiang Yang smiled, signed his name on each of the three copies of the contract, and then handed the contract to Tang Bao.
Tang Bao took the three contracts and folded them up very carefully, then bowed to Xiang Yang and said, "Thank you, boss, for giving me this internship opportunity."
Xiang Yang nodded, "Go get your instructor's stamp, then return a copy of the contract to me, then go back to your dormitory to pack your luggage. We may return to Qinglongwan tonight, or tomorrow at the latest."
Tang Bao hurriedly took the contract and ran towards the teaching building in the distance.
Song Xiaoyan has been very busy recently. The classes she teaches will be leaving school one after another in the next few days. From an outsider's perspective, this period should be the most relaxing time for her.
In fact, as a teacher of a university graduating class, she has a very heavy workload.
First of all, she must follow up the students' graduation thesis throughout the process.
Of course, the graduation thesis was not a problem for her. After all, it was still a campus matter and she had a lot of experience.
What really troubled her was the issue of student internship positions.
Because of this incident, she hasn't had a single peaceful day since three days before the campus recruitment fair started.
The class she taught this time was majoring in ocean salvage. Students graduating from this major basically have only three options. The first is to go to the Oceanic Administration, but the Oceanic Administration is a public institution and one needs to pass an exam to enter. It is destined that only a small number of students in her class can work in the Oceanic Administration.
The second way is to go to various shipyards or salvage companies, but the domestic shipyards and salvage companies actually need very few divers, and the jobs have basically been saturated. She has made several phone calls but has not received a clear answer.
Helplessly, she could only stay in the office and continue to make phone calls, to old friends, to students she had taught in the past, and to try to find more jobs for her students through various channels.
At this time, there was a knock on her office door.
"Come in." Song Xiaoyan frowned slightly, wondering in her heart which classmate came to complain to her that no company at the job fair wanted students in her major.
Counting this one, this is the third one today.
"Teacher Song." Tang Bao pushed the door and walked in.
"It's Tang Bao." Song Xiaoyan forced a smile and said, "Have you had an interview at the job fair?" Song Xiaoyan knew Tang Bao very well. Not only was he excellent in both character and academics, but he also had lungs that were different from ordinary people. He was a natural diver and had won excellent results in diving competitions organized by the province while he was studying.
"Teacher, I passed the interview and this is my employment contract." Tang Bao said excitedly.
"Don't be discouraged if you pass the interview. Try more interviews... Uh, what did you just say?" Song Xiaoyan habitually said some encouraging and comforting words as soon as Tang Bao finished speaking. She didn't know how many times she had said these words over the years. It was as if she was reciting them. After saying a few words, she realized something was wrong. "You just said that you passed the interview and got a job contract?"
"Yes." Tang Bao nodded.
"Is it a job related to your major?" Song Xiaoyan confirmed again and again.
"Of course, if it wasn't a job related to my major, I wouldn't have brought the contract to you for your signature," Tang Bao said with a smile.
In campus recruitment contracts, the school is the guarantor of the labor contract. They only guarantee jobs that are relatively related to their students' majors. For example, if a student majoring in ocean salvage finds an internship position as a chef, the school will resolutely refuse to provide a guarantee.