Chapter 676 - 297: Crew Assembled, Yacht Complete! (2)

It’s clear that everyone is very interested in what his ship can ultimately be transformed into, with videos related to the ship having high views and likes.

Li Younan’s goal this time is to turn this yacht into a very comfortable and cozy sea fortress.

Frankly speaking, compared to the previous Unimog, the space and potential for transforming a yacht are on a whole other level.

In a 300 square meter space, just thinking about it gives you many possibilities to explore.

Meanwhile, Jing Chaoyi had to devote most of her energy to running the holiday villa business.

Thanks to Li Younan’s photography exhibition drawing in crowds, her small villa is packed every day.

After the initial few days of chaos, a top student is a top student; Jing Chaoyi, who excels at summarizing and analyzing, quickly figured things out from the disorder, making everything clear and smooth.

Later on, she hired two aunts to take care of cleaning and found two receptionists who are paid, allowing them to take turns working.

As a result, she can fully detach herself from the business.

Despite the increase in expenses with four more people on the payroll, the villa is packed every day, and the room rates have also increased significantly, meaning Jing Chaoyi is earning more.

Of course, it is still evident that money isn’t particularly important to her; earning money is certainly better, but not earning doesn’t affect her happiness.

After sorting out things at hand, Jing Chaoyi began taking Liu Li to fulfill her dream—attending classes at her alma mater.

Clearly, the relationship between the two has become very good, and Liu Li unknowingly developed some attachment to Jing Chaoyi.

Jing Chaoyi is two years older than Liu Li and is a bona fide top student who got into Jiaoda, with excellent skills in all aspects and generously shares experience with Liu Li, making Liu Li subconsciously listen to Jing Chaoyi’s advice on many matters over time.

Time quickly passed, and suddenly it was the end of August.

Li Younan specifically drove home once to bring over the two silly birds.

Because Li Younan suspected that if he didn’t take Xuanhuan away soon, it might get beaten up.

While chatting on the phone with his grandparents, they complained to him that when people dried rice, Xuanhuan would scatter the grains everywhere and deliberately drag peanuts into the muddy area at the edge of the drying field.

Even more mischievous, it carried small wooden rakes used in the drying area and wedged them between tree branches.

After doing these mischievous acts, it would flap its wings proudly in front of people... it even stole socks from drying and hid farmers’ pesticide bottles who were working the fields.

In contrast, Tuantuan is much more worry-free.

However, although Tuantuan doesn’t cause trouble for others, it doesn’t give people peace of mind either. During this period, there were more rats in the village, and some villagers used rat poison; if Xuanhuan caught and ate a poisoned rat, it would be troublesome.

Bringing the two birds from Sichuan to Shanghai isn’t an easy task, as the two birds can’t find their way by themselves, and letting them fly here isn’t practical.

Getting others to help transport them isn’t convenient either, as even though Li Younan has legal documents for raising the two silly birds, if others were caught by police on the way, explaining would be difficult.

Therefore, Li Younan didn’t mind the distance and made the trip himself, traversing most of China to bring the two birds back.

During the upcoming seafaring plans, the two birds will also be very important companions.

As Li Younan intensively worked on the yacht’s transformation construction, he simultaneously continued with another task, which was recruitment.

According to legal regulations, a private yacht can legally carry up to 12 people.

If it exceeds 12, the yacht’s nature changes; it involves the nature of passenger ships, and if found during inspections, it could be troublesome.

Among these 12 people, Li Younan himself counts as one, then Liu Li, Chen Tiefeng, the security personnel Shen Mo, and the ship doctor Lu Zhiqing are confirmed to be on board.

Thus, five spots are confirmed, leaving 7 spots vacant.

He himself is the captain, so there’s no need to hire a captain.

The essential positions required next are, firstly, a chef.

The ship’s meals and the entire kitchen supplies planning need to be arranged by a chef; this position is a must.

Secondly, an experienced helmsman who doubles as the first mate, as Li Younan can’t steer the ship all the time.

Li Younan still opted for recruitment, utilizing Gao Tiande’s connections to help him find suitable candidates.

Additionally, Li Younan plans to hire a sailor.

This sailor is essentially a jack of all trades; on the ship, many areas require manpower, such as handling supplies and assisting in operating equipment.

Of course, since his ship isn’t considered very large, one sailor should be more than sufficient.

Lastly, hire a service staff member, mainly for non-physical but rather tedious tasks, such as cleaning public areas.

In this way, there are 9 people in total.

Li Younan doesn’t plan to use all 12 spots, partly because he doesn’t think his ship requires 12 people to operate; in fact, in extreme cases, the vessel can sail with just one helmsman.