Chapter 781: Chapter 530: A Promising Future
Old Shi finally beca Director Shi.
Although he had always been in charge of the Developnt Zone Branch, the first thing he did after taking office was to rush to the river to find Han Yu.
It was quite awkward initially, as he thought Han Yu would be displeased, but it turned out that Han Yu didn’t care at all about being the head of the branch. After a brief chat, he went back to the dockyard to get busy.
Shi Shengyong felt it was inappropriate to just return like that, so he could only chat idly outside the supervision area with Old Jiang, Ma Jintao, and Guo Weitao. While talking, they were shocked by how profitable repairing foreign ships could be.
"Let out the anchors and chains on both sides, rinse them with clean water, scrape off the rust, paint them, asure the diater, and then reinstall them, all for twenty-five thousand eight hundred?"
"The paint is also provided by the shipowner."
Ma Jintao looked at his astonished expression and chuckled: "The anchor chain room also needs cleaning, cleaning it once costs eleven thousand four hundred, and that doesn’t include rust removal and other auxiliary jobs."
Old Jiang used to enjoy watching the "Boss Lady" issue fines, helping those fined shipowners to calculate their accounts.
These days, while on duty at the dockyard, he started to calculate accounts for Zhang Asheng, Boss Wang, and Boss Wu, estimating how much money they could make. He said excitedly to Shi Shengyong, who had just been promoted to bureau leadership, "Cleaning the mud, leftover water, and dismantling and installing grates in the anchor chain room all cost extra money."
Shi Shengyong asked in astonishnt, "How is it calculated?"
"Removing one ton of mud costs six hundred, and removing one ton of leftover water costs three hundred. Anyway, no matter what you do, it all costs money!"
"How much will this ship’s repairs cost in total?"
"The initial estimate was four million, but now it definitely will exceed that, probably not less than four hundred fifty million."
"The Singaporean boss has money. The day before yesterday, he arranged for two people to fly over to check on the repair progress and quality, and they were very satisfied. I heard they sent another hundred thousand US dollars to President Zhang today!"
No wonder the city leaders pay so much attention to major ship repairs—it turns out to make money so quickly, and in US dollars too!
As Shi Shengyong was secretly reflecting, suddenly he spotted a familiar figure.
Ma Jintao followed his gaze and couldn’t help but laugh: "It’s easy to find people for physical jobs, but it’s not easy to find skilled technicians. Boss Wu thought of Manager Zhang and asked Manager Zhang to bring a few apprentices to help."
"Was that really Secretary Han’s brother-in-law just now?"
"Which Secretary Han?"
"Salted Fish. He is now the Political and Legal Committee Secretary of the developnt zone, and our branch has to work under his leadership."
Seeing Shi Shengyong’s serious expression, Ma Jintao suddenly realized and laughed heartily: "I thought you ant another Secretary Han. Even if you change what you call him, it should be Secretary Yu. Calling him Secretary Yu sounds better, more powerful than Director Yu."
Old Jiang laughed: "You could also call him Minister Yu."
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As they said, Zhang Jiangkun indeed brought three apprentices and about a dozen old colleagues from the Port Authority to the dockyard to do private jobs, and their "private job team" was responsible for the most critical chanical engineering.
They needed to maintain and repair the ship’s turbocharger, heat exchanger, boiler accessories, piping projects, valve engineering, pumps, air compressors, cranes, horizontal winches, and anchor machines.
As for the more critical main engine and auxiliary engine, they couldn’t repair them and had to rely on several old engineers and old masters invited from the major East Sea shipbuilding enterprise.
Ship repair, like construction, involved subcontracting; Zhang Jiangkun was the "general contractor," responsible only for labor, not materials.
Due to a passenger ship docking in the morning, he could only to co to the dockyard to work in the afternoon and at night.
Having the opportunity to contract projects to make big money, what did it matter if they got tired or sleepy? They had been working overti for several days already.
Han Yu really wanted to ease her sister and brother-in-law’s financial pressure, so whenever she had ti, she would board the ship to help out, which is why she was dirty all over, even her face sared with oil.
They worked until dark and then went ashore to eat.
Unexpectedly, just after taking a few bites, the Big Brother reluctantly ca looking for her.
"Have you eaten yet? If not, I’ll go get you a portion. We’re eating buffet style, with chicken legs and ribs, prepared by chefs from Linghai Hotel, delicious and fragrant!"
"I’m not hungry."
"What’s wrong, is sothing bothering you?"
"Didn’t you know?" Xu Mingyuan asked while staring intensely at Han Yu.
Han Yu was completely confused and asked, "What’s the matter exactly?"
Xu Mingyuan looked back at Zhang Jiangkun and others eating in the distance and said with a worried face, "Director Zhou ant well but ended up making a blunder, transferring
back to the bureau."
Han Yu, preoccupied with ensuring dock repair safety and also sneaking in private work to help her brother-in-law, was genuinely unaware of these matters and exclaid, "Why did Director Zhou transfer you back to the bureau?"
"Criminal Investigation Captain."
"That’s a good thing though, haven’t you always wanted to be the Criminal Investigation Captain?"
"That was before, now how can I be a Criminal Investigation Captain!" Xu Mingyuan, lighting a cigarette he had quit months ago, lanted, "Can the bureau’s salary compete with that of the developnt zone? Working in the developnt zone, the Managent Committee gives bonuses. How much bonus can I get if I’m transferred back to the Criminal Investigation Team?"
Han Yu suddenly realized, understanding that for Big Brother, getting promoted was genuinely not good news.
The more Xu Mingyuan thought about it, the more depressed he beca, saying glumly, "Though both of us have mortgages to pay, you have your in-laws to help. Your brother-in-law has skills and can earn extra by doing private jobs in his spare ti. Zhang Lan and I have nothing, only ourselves!"
"Thinking about it, maybe you should talk to Director Zhou again?"
"The appointnt has already been issued, how could it possibly be changed now!"
"What can be done then?"
"How would I know? If I knew, I wouldn’t have co to you."
"Do you have money for next month’s mortgage paynt?" Han Yu asked quietly.
Xu Mingyuan said helplessly, "There’s enough for next month, but I have no idea about the month after that."
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