"Uncle, is there anything you can't say in front of everyone?" Xiang Yang asked with a wry smile. At most, the fishing boat will be able to reach the sea area rich in flounder in an hour, but Xiang Yang doesn't know why Uncle Xiang and the old sailors don't seem to want to go into the water.
Uncle Xiang lit a cigarette, took a puff and then said, "It's very physically demanding and hard work for sailors to sail on the sea. The wages we pay our crew members are not higher than those of the foreign fleets, but the sailors of those foreign fishing fleets don't need to dive to fish. What do you mean by diving to the bottom of the sea after you catch another net?"
Xiang Yang's face changed and he immediately understood what Uncle Xiang meant.
Now the young sailors on the ship don’t know that the sailors on the fishing fleet outside get the same salary as them, but do not need to dive to fish. It’s okay for Xiang Yang to let the sailors dive for fishing a few times in a short period of time, but if it continues for a long time, once everyone knows that the sailors on other fishing boats do not need to dive for fishing but can get the same salary as them, there will definitely be few people left on Xiang Yang’s fishing boat.
"How much salary do the divers on the fishing fleets outside get per month?" Xiang Yang asked.
Uncle Xiang waved his hand and said, "It's not a question of salary, but a question of safety. When a distant-water fishing boat sails to an unfamiliar sea, no one knows what's under the water. What should we do if there is a safety problem?"
Xiang Yang pondered for a moment. In Xiang Yang's eyes, the safety risks of underwater fishing were not a problem at all. With the mysterious jade shell, Xiang Yang's vision on the seabed was much better than on the sea, and he was able to reduce the safety risks to a minimum.
The chance of catching a precious seafood like pufferfish on the sea like today is extremely small, as small as winning the lottery. The main reason why Xiang Yang dared to spend money to buy a big ship to go to sea is that Xiang Yang has an advantage on the seabed that others do not have.
"I asked the divers on those fishing fleets outside how much salary they can get in a month?" In today's environment of scarce fishery resources, Xiang Yang would rather choose to raise the crew's wages than give up the rich fishery resources on the seabed. Once he loses the advantage of seabed fishing, Xiang Yang will be no different from other fishermen.
"There is no fishing fleet in the coastal and offshore areas that has diving crew members. There are people fishing for pearls in the South China Sea, and they make at least 100,000 a month." Uncle Xiang said.
Xiang Yang didn't say anything. Even if he sold himself, he wouldn't be able to pay the salary.
Uncle Xiang patted Xiang Yang on the shoulder and said, "As long as a large ship like ours is not too unlucky, we can catch a few nets a month with not the cheapest catches to maintain the operation of the entire fishing boat. For high-quality seafood like pufferfish today, we can make a fortune if we catch it once or twice a year. There is no need to take the risk of going underwater. But if you really want to take sailors to dive and fish, I can give you a suggestion."
"What suggestions?" Xiang Yang asked immediately.
"The fishing boat I used to have also had diving equipment on board. Every time the boat stopped for repairs, sailors could voluntarily go into the water after signing a waiver agreement with the boatswain. Fifty percent of the catch on the seabed would go to the fleet, and fifty percent would go to the sailors themselves. If they picked up pearls, valuable shells, etc., they could keep them for themselves." Uncle Xiang said with a smile.
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Xiang Yang shook his head decisively. Xiang Yang's situation was obviously different from that of the fleet that Xiang's uncle used to be on. The ship that Xiang's uncle used to be on only provided the sailors with a set of diving equipment and let the sailors go out to sea and try their luck. If they caught something, they caught it, and if they didn't, they didn't.
Xiang Yang can swim freely in the seabed, can easily discover the rich sea areas on the seabed, and can accurately drive the fishing boat to the surface of the rich sea areas on the seabed. It can be said that Xiang Yang's main way of making money in the future is seabed fishing. Xiang Yang has no reason to directly give out 50% of the money.
"No need to share the profits, but each dive is still a voluntary choice. I will give a bonus to those who are willing to go down." Xiang Yang said directly.
Uncle Xiang's face changed and he was about to speak immediately.
"Distributing this bonus is my personal behavior. All expenses and gains are not included in the scope of our partnership to purchase a boat for fishing." Xiang Yang continued.
"No, uncle, that's not what I meant." Uncle Xiang blinked. He really didn't want to bear the expense of the bonus, but after hearing Xiang Yang's direct words, he still felt his face burning.
"It's okay." Xiang Yang smiled slightly and said, "I have my own plans."
After hearing what Xiang Yang said, Xiang's uncle stopped trying to persuade him. In his opinion, Xiang Yang was just doing useless work. After Xiang Yang lost his bonuses several times, he would learn his lesson. Anyway, Xiang Yang made a lot of money from the previous puffer fish fishing, so it was nothing to spend a little money to learn a lesson.
The fishing boat continued sailing for almost an hour.
"Xiang Yang, we have sailed so far, why don't we cast another net and give it a try?" Uncle Xiang was standing by the side of the boat, smoking a cigarette, his eyes shining as he looked at the clear water around the fishing boat. Based on Uncle Xiang's experience, casting a net under such clear water would surely yield a big catch.
"Okay." Xiang Yang nodded calmly, but he was thinking in his heart that he must hire a programmer who knows computers to come back to the boat, otherwise the thermal imaging underwater sonar detector on the fishing boat might as well be dismantled. Not only is it just a decoration, but it also takes up space on the fishing boat.
This sea area with unusually clear water is naturally the barren sea area that Xiang Yang had visited before, which was rich only in flounder.
When Xiang Yang first came to this sea area, he was amazed at its clarity. It was not polluted by any marine debris. Most veteran sailors would rely on their experience to drag a net into the sea when encountering such sea areas, because such clear sea areas are often very suitable for the survival of marine life and can bring a very considerable income to the fishermen.
But even the most experienced fishermen can have inaccurate experience. At least Xiang Yang, who has been to this sea area, knows that there is little seaweed and a lack of plankton on the seabed, and ordinary fish are simply not suitable for surviving and reproducing in such sea areas.
The sound of a winch was heard.
Soon the fishing net was dragged onto the deck by the winch, and a group of crew members stretched their necks to watch, expecting another big harvest that would fill the deck. When they saw the small red fish in the flattened fishing net, which weighed less than 100 kilograms in total, their faces immediately fell.
"What bad luck! Such a big fishing net can't catch as many fish as my small fishing net." Xiang Chen brought a foam box over and put the small fish into the foam box. "Brother Yang, these small fish don't need to be kept in a water tank. Can we just freeze them in the cold room?"
"Well, freeze them all. Xu Fang, stop the boat here. The water in this area is very clear and suitable for diving. I'll go down to the sea to see if there are any valuable seafood on the seabed." Xiang Yang put on the diving equipment and instructed Xu Fang, who was controlling the fishing boat in the control room, through the intercom.