Among all the companies owned by the Yu family, the highest salary is that of the professional manager of Yu Rui's real estate company, but that is only a little over two million. Bonuses are still linked to performance. For example, this year, the houses did not sell, so the manager naturally did not receive a performance bonus. To be honest, it is far less than Hu Yun's compensation.
Letting Hu Yun go would mean a huge loss for the ship and for the Yu family, who would lose over 100 million yuan in profits each year. How could Yu Changhe bear to do that?
“Dad, what do you know?” Yuqi gritted her teeth and said, “I personally witnessed Hu Yun at my second brother’s nightclub. He could imitate the voices of all the famous singers, and he sang the same songs exactly the same. Is that any less capable than fishing with a net? Let me put it this way, my second brother’s company needs to transform immediately and completely abandon its illegal gambling and drug-related business practices. And this Hu Yun is the key person who can get my second brother’s company back on track in a short time. I’m not asking you for people just because of personal preference.”
Yuqi paused, then continued, "Dad, I can assure you that as long as Hu Yun joins my company, I can make him earn over 100 million in profit. I promise, if not, I will completely relinquish my right to manage the company."
Yu Changhe was stunned. His daughter was not joking. He also understood that among his four children, plus his son-in-law Zhao Chengguang, only his youngest daughter was the most talented. If she said that, then she was quite confident.
Since both can generate the same high profits for the Yu family, why bother distinguishing whether Hu Yun works on the ship or in the company? As long as he can make money for the Yu family, it doesn't matter where he is. Of course, maximizing his abilities is the best approach.
Yu Changhe was still hesitating when the phone in the living room rang again. When he answered it, it was his son-in-law, Zhao Chengguang, on the other end.
Volume 1, Chapter 464: What does this have to do with me!
Chapter 464 What does this have to do with me!
"Dad, good news, good news!"
Zhao Chengguang was overjoyed on the phone, his voice was very loud, and one could imagine that he was laughing as he made the call.
"My friend, Mr. Yuan Xinlei of Yuan's Jewelry, whom you also know, acquired 104 large pearls for a total price of 120 million. I'm currently signing the contract with him. However, Mr. Yuan doesn't have enough working capital, and he made it clear to me that he can't keep all 104 pearls for himself. He'll be acting as a middleman, selling them to his business partners. So, he can only pay 40 million in cash at the moment, and a check has already been written. Dad, I'm reporting this to you."
Zhao Chengguang only reported to Yu Changhe after he had done the job, which was obviously a bit presumptuous. But Yu Changhe didn't blame him. A general in the field may disobey the emperor's orders. If it were him, he would have agreed on the spot at such a price. He had almost no capital and got a huge income of over 100 million. This was a huge profit that the Yu family had never seen before. No one, including himself, could resist such a temptation.
More than 90,000 catties of sea fish can be worth more than 800,000 yuan. With such a harvest, it is already the best harvest for the Yu family's fishing boat. Yu Changhe was very satisfied with this. But he really did not expect that Hu Yun would go out to sea twice in just a few days. Last time, he gave him an unimaginable profit of 6 million yuan.
Last time, the huge profits were mainly due to the twelve tiger sharks, something that can only be encountered by chance. This time, the pearl oysters are also something that can only be encountered by chance. The main source of income from going out to sea is still sea fish, but even if every trip is full of sea fish, the income is at most seven or eight hundred thousand. This is already the limit. With the income from sea fish, a single trip to sea will not exceed one million. The only way is to use Hu Yun's skills to shorten the time spent searching for fish and go out to sea more often in a month, so as to increase income. In the past, he went out to sea four to eight times a month. In the dry season, he had to go to the deep sea, so he could only go out a maximum of four times. In the peak season, he could go out more, but a maximum of eight times, and he had to make sure that he caught fish in the near sea.
However, if it's like today's trip, that would be great. We went out to sea yesterday and returned today, and we caught so many fish. At this rate, it wouldn't be difficult to go out to sea more than ten times a month. That would also increase our income considerably. If every trip is like these two, with a full catch, just considering the fish alone, our monthly income could reach eight million, close to ten million. Over a year, that would be more than one hundred million.
If there is additional income, like last time and this time, such as unexpected income from tiger sharks, pearls, etc., then it is even more difficult to estimate.
It can be said that just this one batch of pearls has already earned the Yu family more profit than they could earn in a year with four ships combined. That's enough for them to live on.
Over the past few years, the total annual profit from the four boats owned by the Yu family has only amounted to about 20 million, and that's the combined income from all four boats.
While humming in agreement with Zhao Chengguang, Yu Changhe pondered how to handle Yu Qi's request. His cousin, Yu Jinshan, was right; with Hu Yun on the ship, who knew how many surprises he would bring them? Even if it were just one surprise like this each month, that would amount to more than ten such incomes a year. The thought made his heart race. Hu Yun's abilities alone could surpass Yu Changhe's efforts over the years, and his annual income could exceed the total wealth of the Yu family.
Yu Changhe nodded a few times, then said, "Cheng Guang, come back as soon as you've dealt with that matter. I have something for you to do."
"Okay, I'll be right back," Zhao Chengguang said happily, then hung up the phone.
Yu Changhe put down the phone, pondered for a long time, and then walked over and sat down in the mahogany chair. He slowly said to Yu Qi, "Qi Qi, this matter isn't urgent; we need to discuss it further."
Yuqi naturally objected, but before she could speak, Uncle Yu said decisively, "Qiqi, I'm not trying to argue with you. I'm about to retire, and this little Hu Yun absolutely cannot be allowed to leave the ship and go to your place. It seems that the hopes of the Yu family's four ships rest entirely on his shoulders."
This is still before Yu Jinshan knew how many pearls had been sold. If he knew, he would have more confidence to say this.
Of course, Yu Changhe himself understood that deep down, his thoughts had already leaned towards Yu Jinshan. No matter what Yu Qi said, Hu Yun's achievements on the ship were undeniable, and he had already amassed a great deal of wealth. How could that be compared to what Yu Qi said about singing?
If Hu Yun weren't so important, and because his daughter Yu Qi had suffered a great injustice, Yu Changhe would have had to comfort his daughter and wouldn't mind giving Hu Yun to her. But now he was unwilling, though he couldn't refuse his daughter so obviously; he had to be more tactful.
Zhou Xuan, upstairs, was getting anxious. He had finally found a job he was satisfied with, but he didn't want to get involved with Yu Qi. He had no intention of working for her, no matter how much money she offered.
Yuqi also shook her head and said, "No, I have to have Hu Yun in my company, otherwise I really won't do it." Yuqi doesn't have the old-fashioned ideas of Yu Jinshan. She is a modern young woman with modern trends. The future of the entertainment industry still depends on talent. Only with talent can there be development. Otherwise, it's like a skilled cook trying to cook without rice.
Yu Changhe's face darkened, then he waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Let's not talk about this for now, we can discuss it later. Jinshan, I'd like to ask you, how will you give this bonus this time? How much?"
Yu Changhe asked this question not to make things difficult for the other crew members on the ship, but because he was troubled by Zhou Xuan's situation. How much bonus should he give him? As a boss, of course, the less he puts in, the more he gets out. If the bonuses were given according to the previous standard, each crew member on the ship would receive a bonus of more than 800,000 yuan. As for the biggest contributor, Hu Yun, if calculated according to twenty times the amount from last time, he would receive a bonus of 3.6 million yuan.
Yu Changhe still had some concerns about giving Zhou Xuan such a large bonus. Firstly, he felt a little heartache, and secondly, he was worried that if he gave Zhou Xuan too many bonuses, it would spoil his appetite.
This Hu Yun doesn't seem to be a very knowledgeable person. He looks like an honest man. Maybe giving him a few hundred thousand yuan would completely buy him off. He probably has never seen so much money before.
According to my son-in-law Zhao Chengguang, before Hu Yun first boarded the ship, he was very poor and penniless. He even did heavy work carrying fish baskets just to earn a few dozen yuan. Thinking about it, you can guess that Hu Yun was not a person with much knowledge or experience.
Yu Jinshan was also pondering. He didn't share Yu Changhe's thoughts. Although Zhao Chengguang hadn't appraised the pearl's price yet, he knew from these two voyages that Hu Yun was a talent that absolutely needed to be retained with a large sum of money. The best way to retain talent was firstly money, and secondly personal relationships. It was only right for him to treat Hu Yun well, but the key was still money.
If any of them were in this situation, they would think the same way: to retain such talent, without money, nothing else matters.
"As for this bonus, I think..." Yu Jinshan pondered, "We'll have to wait until Cheng Guang has figured out the pearl situation before we can decide. To be honest, those pearls were entirely salvaged from the seabed by Xiao Hu alone, risking his life. He was underwater for over an hour, and we were all very worried, thinking something had happened to him. We were relieved when he finally came out. In that water temperature, he dived to the bottom of the sea all by himself. None of us on the boat even had the courage to go in. Brother Changhe, think about it, in my opinion, giving him one-tenth of the total value of these pearls is justified."
Yu Changhe immediately fell silent, his face somewhat expressionless. Yu Jinshan was unaware that Zhao Chengguang had already informed him of the value of the pearls; if he had known, he would have directly stated the approximate amount of the bonus.
But even one-tenth of what Yu Jinshan mentioned is still a huge sum of twelve million, which is something Yu Changhe absolutely cannot afford. If Hu Yun took that much money, he might start his own operation. Working for someone else is never as good as working for himself. If this were his own boat, even if he didn't catch that many fish or didn't have such a large fishing boat, even if it was a small one, it wouldn't affect his pearl oyster harvesting. If he owned it, then that one hundred million or so would be Hu Yun's own.
Yu Jinshan, unaware of his cousin Yu Changhe's thoughts, continued, "Brother Changhe, I think if we really want to keep Hu Yun, we need to add some more conditions. Shouldn't we give him a share of the fishing boats? That way, he'll be more committed to working on the boats. Otherwise, if he knew how much profit he generates, no one would be willing to give up."
That makes sense, and Yu Changhe didn't disagree. But the key was the astonishing harvest Hu Yun had made on those two occasions. If the harvest hadn't been so great, just some sea fish, he might have been willing to give Hu Yun a 10% share, allowing Hu Yun to earn five or six million a year. But now it was different. Hu Yun had earned far too much, far too much. When Yu Changhe himself had amassed this fortune, it had taken him nearly twenty years, his hair turning white from hardship, to build it up. Yet Hu Yun had reached this level after only two voyages. It was truly infuriating to compare oneself to others.
Fortunately, the situation is still under Yu Changhe's control. No matter how much merit Hu Yun has made, the income on the ship belongs to him. It is his freedom to give Hu Yun whatever amount of money he wants. Even if he doesn't give it to Hu Yun, it is up to him. Because he had been told that the annual salary was one million, and there would be a commission, but he had never said how much he would get. He could get a thousand percent, or he could get a hundred.
Seeing her father's serious expression, Yuqi assumed he was angry with her second brother, so she didn't think much of it. Her father had also said that Hu Yun's matter could be discussed later, so he probably didn't want to offend her second uncle in person, since her second uncle was determined to keep Hu Yun on the ship.
Yu Changhe pondered, deeply disagreeing with Yu Jinshan's proposal. He decided to wait for Zhao Chengguang to return and hear his opinion before making a decision. However, giving Hu Yun a tenth of the bonus was out of the question.
Zhao Chengguang returned quickly, chuckling as soon as he entered the living room.
I was truly happy. I had never held my head high in front of my father-in-law before, and I also had other good news to report today.
“Sit down, sit down and talk,” Yu Changhe said, pointing to the chair opposite him.
Zhao Chengguang sat down, wiped his sweat, picked up the teacup on the coffee table, and drank it all in one gulp, without caring whether someone had drunk from it.
Zhao Chengguang seemed genuinely exhausted. Although his car had air conditioning and it was early spring with mild weather, he was mainly excited, stimulated by the huge cash profits.
After catching his breath, Zhao Chengguang said, "Dad, the 104 large pearls cost a total of 120 million. There are also some small pearls weighing a few centimeters. Mr. Yuan bought these privately and gave me 1 million in cash. I just consider it a half-sale and half-gift. The large pearls were not for him, but were resold to his friend. So the 40 million check he gave me was paid in advance."