Lanfang Country has a total population of only 80,000, and more than 60,000 people live on the main island. There are nearly 10,000 fishermen households, and there are 1,000 powered fishing boats.
Generally speaking, when refueling a fishing boat, it takes more than 20 barrels per 100 tons of tonnage.
Therefore, the shipment of diesel fuel that Long Wu and Chen Lila brought back was sold out in one morning, even though it was two ringgit cheaper per barrel than other goods.
Those fishing boat owners and sailors don't even need special loading and unloading equipment. A barrel of oil weighs nearly 130 kilograms, and one person can carry it. They can pay in cash and pay on the spot. (Fishermen buy oil directly with them.
I replaced it with a standard empty oil barrel at home. Just like when I was a kid after 8o, I would take an empty beer bottle, add the money for the wine, and go to the canteen to buy beer. In this way, I don’t have to wait for the oil to be refilled before returning the empty barrel.)
This scene makes people sigh: these poor fishermen have really good physical fitness.
"Each barrel of oil is 82 lings, and the total payment is 82,000 lings. It's all settled. I can finally give the captain an explanation tomorrow." Long Wu and Chen Li each counted the money and felt a little more at ease.
However, Chen Li was careful and thought of more questions, so she was wondering whether to deposit the money into Gu Kun's account, or go to Gu's house, give it to Gu Pan for safekeeping, and ask Gu Pan to issue a receipt.
While the couple was discussing, there were several visitors on the pier, who jumped on the boat very familiarly.
Long Wu heard the sound and hurried over to check, only to find that it was his old boss Liu Min and Wang Han, as well as two other sailors brought by Liu Min.
"Brother Liu, you've been doing well lately. We're going to sea again this afternoon." Long Wu didn't know how to face his original employer, so he spoke rather bluntly.
Liu Min is not a shameless person. He was just building the Great Wall at a friend's house and his wife forced her to do it, so he just said politely: "You guys have really worked hard."
Wang Han secretly resented her husband's incompetence. He immediately took over the conversation and comforted her in an insinuating way: "It's just that it's much harder than when we went to sea with our family. It only takes you two to sail a boat, with half the manpower, and the time is still like this."
rush.
Long Wu, you are considered a good player, don’t work too hard, and deal with the boss who is considerate and considerate..."
Long Wu had always disliked this shrewd and mean former landlady. Although Wang Han's words were cryptic, he could still hear the provocation in it, so he replied angrily:
"Boss Boss, I know you and Brother Liu treat people well, but there is something I want to tell you - didn't you allow Boss Gu to rehire us and our husband for three months? Xiaoli and I
Yue discussed it and decided that after it expires, we will not come back to you. We want to continue working with Boss Gu."
Wang Han was so angry after hearing this.
She saw someone else making a lot of money using her boat today, so she came here to find out. Who would have thought that Long Wu would be so disrespectful and directly said that he would not hang out with her in the future.
Then what excuse can you use to force the other party to reveal it?
Wang Han was unwilling to give in, and said with a gun and a stick: "You have signed a labor contract with our family. When we were sad, we didn't fire anyone. Now you are a little too high-minded and want to betray the old owner? What's wrong with us?
Can we not talk about the damage caused to our family?"
Chen Li on the side was afraid that her words would get stuck, so she quickly smoothed things over: "Boss lady, we are not against you. We also understand the rules of hiring sailors. If we want to terminate the contract with you and cause you trouble, it is indeed our fault.
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But the lease period was originally three months, and now there are 70 days left. We have informed you in advance, which should be able to minimize your losses. At the worst, we will use our original one-month salary to serve wine.
Sending cigarettes, even if you don't think so, it's sincere enough."
It is indeed a bit flawed to leave before the employment is expired. Chen Li didn't want to leave any trace or bad reputation, and now that her husband and wife were with Gu Kun, they had a bright future, so she decided to spend a budget of 500 ling to spend some time with him in exchange for a favor.
Let them be free as a couple and terminate their contract with Liu Min's family completely and perfectly.
"Aren't these two people very short of money? They actually said that they would pay a few hundred lings out of their own pocket as a gift, but they still insisted on hanging out with Gu Kun? How many benefits did Gu Kun give them? How big a source of wealth must this be?"
Wang Han thought for a while and couldn't help but gasped.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly. After seeing that the threat of compensation was unlikely to succeed, she immediately took advantage of the opportunity before she completely broke her face to come back to her words:
"Xiao Chen, you are exaggerating now. Since you are sincere and can talk things over easily, why can't I still be mean to you? Let's stop talking about such superficial things like drinking wine to apologize. I will terminate your contract today. I wish you a bright future.
Brocade."
Wang Han actually took the original labor contract of Long and Wu with him (although the intention of bringing it with him was to use it as a threat at any time), and also brought paper and pen, and then Dafangfang terminated the contract on the spot.
She surrendered so quickly that Long Wu suddenly felt that he was unable to exert all his strength, as if he wanted to punch someone but was punched in the cotton.
Wang Han said a few nice words to set the scene, and even sent away other employees, and then gave some small gifts to Long and Chen. He only said that he received them during the Chinese New Year and that he could not finish them all.
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Then, she couldn't wait to make a wish, and asked about the way of getting rich this time:
"Long Wu, where did you purchase this batch of diesel? It couldn't be from Brunei? But Brunei doesn't have an oil refinery. The crude oil is shipped to the Shell plant in Labuan for refining."
"Stop guessing, it's not Brunei, oh no, it's me I don't know." Long Wu was almost tricked, but luckily he immediately changed his words from "no" to "I don't know".
Because if you answer "no" to every right and wrong question, the other party will be able to narrow down the target range by elimination, so it is safer to answer "I don't know".
In addition, Long Wu has always given Wang Han the impression of being an honest person, so such a change of words would be very confusing. Maybe Wang Han thought that she was not well-informed and did not know that a new refinery in Brunei was put into operation.
Wang Han was unwilling to give in: "The capital of this business is not small, how can we have so much money to purchase goods? You have been out to sea for almost 20 days, and we are also worried. It is not that I am afraid of something happening to my ship, but that I am worried about you and the eldest nephew of the Gu family.
Don't be in any danger. This vast sea has no one to take care of you..."
Wang Han said, hinting that she could give Long Wu and Chen Li five thousand lings in cash to buy some useful financial information.
"Sister-in-law, please stop talking. Although I, Long Wu, am not good at eloquence, I know what you mean by twists and turns. To be honest, Boss Gu's ability is an eye-opener for me this time I go to sea. I have never seen it in my life."
Such a capable and courageous person, he is really capable of great things.
I also swore a poisonous oath. If even a single word is leaked, my whole family will die badly, so just give up on this idea. I won't tell you even to death. This is Boss Gu's unique way of making money."
Long Wu's eloquence is not good, but poor eloquence also has a magical effect. As long as you can clearly see the big things, it is the most direct way for a stupid person to quarrel with others.
Wang Han was ashamed and angry, so he forced himself to try again, and even hinted that the favor fee could be increased to 10,000 ringgit, as long as the information was indeed worth the price, and it was guaranteed that only heaven and earth knew it, and it would not be leaked without anyone noticing.
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As a result, Long Wu was offended and he drove her away on the spot.
After Wang Han got off the boat, Chen Li thought about it and immediately discussed with Long Wu: "We can't stay here for a long time, so we should go to Kuching quickly and wait for the boss to meet up. It seems that the boss also underestimated the temptation of this way of making money.
If not only Sister Wang is targeted, but also other powerful people are provoked, it might be difficult for us to leave."
"How can it be difficult to leave? Will they use force? We are not doing any illegal business, and the boat rental procedures are all completed and fully paid." Long Wu still didn't believe it.
Chen Li complained: "I'm really upset. Isn't it easy to keep a rented boat? You didn't hear that Uncle Lin's family just found a reason for 'bad condition of the boat' and temporarily detained it for inspection! Boss Gu
He was so lenient to us and didn’t let us touch up any rust or paint along the way. If someone caught us, it would be an excuse.”
Although Chen Lei's educational level is not high, he still has the knowledge and experience of the poor. Just like if you are a wage earner and have met many insidious tenants, you will also understand a lot of common legal knowledge.
For a tenant who pays the rent and deposit normally, if the tenant says, "You damaged my house, the loss may exceed the deposit," and the tenant takes a complete set of photos for comparison before renting the house, then it is still possible for a third party to be legally responsible.
Intervene and temporarily forcibly terminate the lease.
In the sailor profession, if you encounter a mean boss, there will always be endless rust and paint, because the ship comes and goes in strong winds and waves, and there must be some wear and tear.
Gu Kun didn't let Long Wu and the others do this because he didn't have enough manpower. He just planned to completely renovate the ship at once when the three-month lease was about to expire, and then return the ship to Liu Min.
However, these problems, when encountered by serious people, are all hidden dangers of people making excuses to detain the ship.
When Long Wu thought about it, he suddenly felt that what his wife said made sense.
He said decisively: "Without further delay, you can sail away immediately. No matter what, you can't stay in the harbor. Drive five nautical miles due east and land at the anchor. Then wait for me and I will catch up with you in a small boat."
Chen Li: "What are you doing? Let's go together."
Long Wu shook his head: "Since you said that this trade route is envied by others, we can't just run away. The monk can't run away from the temple. Miss Gu is still studying in school. If Boss Gu and we both run away,
What should we do if other people come to trouble Miss Gu?
I will think of a way to take Miss Gu out and go together. I will see the boss in the evening and let the boss make the decision. I would rather it be unnecessary for me, and it’s not a big deal. Let Miss Gu make the trip in vain and be tired all night. It’s a matter of safety.
, be careful and you won’t make a big mistake.”
Chen Li thought for a while and agreed to Long Wu's plan.
She knew that although her husband had no business acumen, he had always had a very sensitive and wild sense of smell when it came to safety instincts. After years of strong winds and waves at sea, he had always been keen on all kinds of dangers.