Chapter 724: Chapter 322: Staff Recruitment_2
Spike is no longer a concern. The old flames have rekindled, and he has been firmly taken down by Qibatu.
Allen Zhang is mainly asking the others.
“Mr. Jin, when we joined the military, we were also used to not going home for years. Hearing about coming to work on the island, we were mentally prepared,” someone said.
“Compared to reuniting with our families, we’d rather earn more money. They will understand us.”
“I have no family.”
A man with a lean figure but tightly packed muscles spoke.
“…” This one is even more significant.
Allen Zhang gained a deeper understanding of them and then had the Beggar Gang Disciples draft the contracts, asking them to sign the confidentiality agreement and the employment terms for two and a half years, with an apprenticeship period starting with a paid trial for one week, and if they withstand the test, they are directly made permanent.
Positions are assigned according to their naval ranks, from top to bottom, with selection resulting in the Captain getting a $60 per hour wage, the Deputy Captain receiving $55 per hour, and the Sergeant and other soldiers receiving $40-50 per hour. There are currently no arrangements for technical and medical personnel because there is no need for long-distance sea voyages at this time, and these tasks are handled by Qibatu’s people.
Casualty compensation and subsidies are to follow the clauses for mercenary recruitment contracts, with additional bonuses for urgent missions.
Later, when the Destroyer is renovated, the General Sect Leader will consider recruiting more people, but for now, there’s no need.
They just need to be able to start the Coastal Combat Ship, perform routine patrols and self-defense counterattacks, and assist on the Destroyer.
This benefits package is much more generous than what the navy offers. The retired soldiers present didn’t think twice before immediately agreeing and signing the employment contract, fearing that they would miss this job opportunity if they were too slow.
With the personnel for the Coastal Combat Ship settled, Allen Zhang also let them study the plans for renovating the Destroyer, discussing how to tackle the enormous task.
The General Sect Leader was also thinking about going with the island’s engineer Priyan and a few mercenaries to deal with the surveillance equipment when he received a message from the airport control tower.
“Boss, there’s an airliner that wants to land at our airport, they’ve made a reservation in advance,” a mercenary at the tower communicated via walkie-talkie.
“Reserved? With whom?” Allen Zhang was puzzled, as the Island Master was unaware of it.
Soon, the female assistant Gwen came over and explained the situation to the General Sect Leader, “Boss, it must be the chefs and waitresses we recruited that have arrived.”
Allen Zhang suddenly realized. He had indeed instructed Gwen to recruit chefs and waitress staff, and she had quickly managed to do so.
Picking up the walkie-talkie, he instructed, “Don’t stop them, let them through.”
“Understood.”
A few minutes later, they could see a small civilian aircraft landing at the airport on the island.
Allen Zhang and Gwen got into a military factory car and headed to the airport to welcome the newcomers.
“Boss, their crew also wants to refuel here,” the mercenary messaged after a while.
“Let them refuel, as long as they pay,” replied Allen Zhang.
He also asked, “Do we have enough reserves of gasoline and diesel?”
“The reserve supply of diesel for the generators is sufficient for two months. Gas is primarily consumed by vehicles and aircraft fuel. It previously lasted about half a month, but now we don’t have as many planes, so it should last about one and a half months. The island’s photovoltaic solar power station can also cover the daily electricity needs. Diesel is mainly for small boats and fuel engines,” the mercenary answered.
“That’s too little. Contact the oil company that supplied fuel to Jehovah Island before and have them ship oil over by sea. Our Battle ship needs refueling too, and it’s a big consumer,” instructed Allen Zhang.
The Coastal Combat Ship uses a combined diesel and gas power system, equipped with two Rolls-Royce-developed MT30 gas turbines and four diesel engines. The total power of the gas turbines is 72 megawatts, and the total power of the diesel engines is 25.6 megawatts. In addition, the Coastal Combat Ship is also equipped with four diesel generators, each with 750 kilowatts of power, to provide electricity.
Just imagine how much fuel expenses this thing will rack up just taking it out for a daily spin! Poor folks really can’t afford to play with big military toys; they’d be better off just buying private planes.
“Understood,” the mercenary replied.
“Boss, I’ll take care of these matters as well,” said female assistant Gwen.
“I will have someone set up a separate financial account for Jehovah Island, specifically for the payment of staff wages and the procurement of materials,” said Allen Zhang as he took out his phone to contact Dave to help register a financial account for Jehovah Island, with funds being injected by the Foundation each month.
Priyan’s registered sole proprietorship has been considered closed, and the island is now the asset of the General Sect Leader, so the other party’s personal accounts obviously can’t be used anymore.
Moreover, Priyan had bought a lot of miscellaneous things through his personal account. These items weren’t necessarily things that should see the light of day.
Although there are some orders that haven’t arrived, all scheduled for two months later and already paid for, other than two private planes worth $300,000 and one piece of medical equipment costing $80,000, the General Sect Leader didn’t intend to keep the rest.
Taking over the island definitely meant emptying the trash bin and making a clean break from the predecessor to avoid one day being accused by the CIA of engaging in human trafficking or organizing drug parties on his island.