As Yang Li sent a message to the class group.
More and more people came to Xiang Yang for interviews immediately. Not only were there students from Yang Li's class, but also students from other classes and even other majors who kept running over from the dormitories.
On the other hand, Xia Pengjie also helped Xiang Yang find five qualified drivers at a speed far beyond Xiang Yang's expectations.
The time spent on recruitment was much shorter than Xiang Yang had imagined. In less than two hours, Xiang Yang had exceeded his goal. Not only did he fill every urgently needed vacant position on the ocean-going fishing vessel, but he even recruited one or two more for important positions such as engine room personnel and drivers.
After taking more than a dozen younger classmates to complete the departure procedures at school, Xiang Yang gave them an hour to pack their luggage.
He went to the bus station next to the Ocean University and chartered a tourist bus.
"Boss, I didn't expect things to go so smoothly." After getting everything done, Chen Qingsheng said with relief.
Xiang Yang smiled, took out his phone and called Xiang Hui.
"Xiaohui."
"What's wrong? Brother Yang."
Xiang Yang thought for a moment and said, "Are you free now?"
"I'm busy, I'm playing games. It's okay, I'm hanging up." Xiang Hui said.
"Stop fighting, and help me get to Huhai Town." Xiang Yang said.
"Is there anything important?"
"I have just recruited some new crew members. Please help me go to town to buy some wine and food. I want to welcome them tonight."
"Okay, I'll go after I finish this one. What do you want to buy?"
So Xiang Yang listed a series of dishes.
"Fuck." Xiang Hui exclaimed on the other end of the phone: "Buying so much, it should be more than enough for a banquet, right?"
"Just buy it according to this. I have already transferred the money to you."
After hanging up the phone, Xiang Yang shook his head, thinking that this was not enough.
This welcoming banquet was not only for these dozen people, but the old sailors also had to be present. In addition, he asked Village Chief Zuo to recruit another thirty young and strong sailors in the village. These people added up to nearly seventy people.
In addition, this was also a celebration banquet, to celebrate the purchase of an ocean-going fishing boat, and to celebrate He Mingde and Fourth Grandpa having a drift-net fishing boat. Together, it was a banquet for nearly a hundred people, wasn't it just a banquet
"Senior."
"Brother Yang."
"boss."
After Xiang Yang hung up the phone, the crew members also packed up their things and rushed over one after another. It seemed that they had known that they would leave school a long time ago, and most of their things had been mailed back home. The only luggage they brought were basically some spare clothes and bedding.
Xiang Yang looked at them and it was as if he saw his former self. At this time last year, Xiang Yang left school in the same way, but at that time Xiang Yang was alone, while they were in groups.
"Time flies." Xiang Yang sighed, "Let's all get in the car."
The students got on the bus one after another, each with nervousness and excitement in their eyes.
When Xiang Yang saw that everyone was present, he asked the driver to drive, while he looked at these younger classmates.
"Senior, would you like a cigarette?" A smart young man ran up to Xiang Yang and took out a pack of cigarettes.
Xiang Yang saw what the other person had in his hand. Wow, it was a yellow box of Hibiscus King. He smiled and waved his hand, saying, "I've given up. From now on, we are all in the same boat. You don't have to be restrained or too polite in front of me. We just get along as friends and do what we should do."
The younger students all nodded.
However, Xiang Yang could see that they were still quite restrained.
Xiang Yang found a topic to talk to them. He asked the young man who had handed him the cigarette, "Su Shiming, did you have a part-time job when you were in school?"
"I did it when I was a freshman and sophomore, but I don't do it now," said Su Shiming.
"It seems that I made a lot of money in the past. Let's smoke Furong King." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Su Shiming was slightly embarrassed and shook his head repeatedly, "No, I spent all the money I earned from my part-time job a long time ago. This is for my living expenses. I don't usually smoke such a good cigarette, but today is a special day."
Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows, "Living expenses?" This word is really a very old word for him, it was something he used to know when he was in middle school.
"Yes, living expenses." Su Shiming said as a matter of course: "Our salary will not be paid until at least next month, so we naturally have to ask our family for some living expenses in the past month or so."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "You are no longer students. Now that you have entered society, regardless of how much money you send home, you must at least make sure you can support yourself, so that your family won't worry about you."
Hearing this, many people showed embarrassment on their faces.
Finally, it was Xia Pengjie who spoke up: "Senior, we will only ask our family for some help in the first month."
Xiang Yang nodded, "Actually, that's not necessary. My place provides food and lodging. There's also unlimited supply of milk and snacks on the ship. As long as you have clothes to wear now, you can buy some after you get your salary next month. The most you'll spend is on cigarettes. As for cigarettes, haha, smoke as little as possible."
"We have to buy bedding, toiletries, dishes and chopsticks, right?" Xia Pengjie said with a smile.
"Yes, bedding that has been slept on by others is not clean. We can only buy new ones."
... ...
Xiang Yang chatted with everyone like this, and the restrained and tense atmosphere gradually disappeared. The new crew members all felt that their boss and captain was easy to get along with.
By the time the bus arrived at Yanlong Village, Xiang Yang had already become one with everyone, and the group was talking and laughing.
"Senior, where do we live?" Xia Pengjie looked around after getting off the car.
Xiang Yang was also a little helpless. He didn't expect the recruitment to go so smoothly. "There are dormitories on the ship. You can eat and live on the ship. You can go to the city to play on your own during holidays. As long as you don't skip work, it will be fine. But now the ship is still in the shipyard and we can't come back until tomorrow. There is definitely no room for so many people at home at once."
"Ah?" Xia Pengjie exclaimed, "Then what should we do tonight?"
Everyone's faces were not very happy. They actually didn't have much money on them, so every penny had to be spent wisely. It would be too bad if they had to stay in a hotel as soon as they arrived.
Xiang Yang discussed with Chen Qingsheng to see if they could arrange for some people to spend the night at the homes of the old sailors.
Chen Qingsheng said that he would do the work, but there was no guarantee that he would succeed. After all, those old sailors were relatively young and had not yet separated from their families. Most of them still lived with their parents. It would not be difficult to convince those old sailors, but it would be more difficult to convince their parents.
Xiang Yang felt a headache when he thought about it, so he just gave up. He said, "You guys can just stay on the drift net fishing boat for the night. The crew on the drift net fishing boat are all locals. They don't live on the boat after the holiday. There are empty rooms on the boat, but the living environment is not as good as that of the ocean-going fishing boat."