Chapter 691 - 302: New - : System Phase Two!

The next voyage proceeded without any unexpected incidents.

Three days later, Li Younan’s yacht completed the entire trial voyage.

However, even after completing the trial voyage, it cannot legally sail immediately.

Although this trial voyage was overall very smooth, it also exposed some issues and areas for optimization on the ship.

Two things need to be done next. The first is to complete the core procedures, which is a very time-consuming task. Even if rushed, it will take nearly two months.

Moreover, Li Younan plans to further optimize some details on the ship, which will take another two to three months.

In other words, for this ship to genuinely set sail, it will take an additional four to five months.

It must be said that building a ship is indeed a very time and energy-consuming affair. This is still considering Younan opted for modification; to build a ship from scratch would take two to three times longer.

However, for the sake of this ship, Li Younan has already delayed for nearly half a year, staying in Shanghai, and the upcoming time will likely delay him just as long, which is really something of a torment for him.

So this time, Li Younan held a meeting, assigned all tasks, and decided to embark on a journey again.

This time, Li Younan set off alone once more.

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Li Younan is rather conflicted and distressed now.

After owning this yacht, he suddenly realized something annoying... there isn’t much freedom, there’s a feeling of being constrained.

To know, owning a yacht is only the first step, and to maintain a yacht over the long term is a financial burden.

Previously, Li Younan just thought owning a yacht would be cool, but now he actually realized, for someone like him who isn’t exactly in the wealthy class, maintaining such a yacht is really strenuous.

First is the crew’s salary, which costs 3 million RMB annually.

Besides that, dock fees for port changes, insurance costs, and the fuel consumption, port taxes, and daily supply supplements for each sea outing cost at least tens of millions annually.

Li Younan finally realized why people in the industry say, you only have two happy days with a yacht: the day you own it and the day you sell it.

The cruel reality is, the money in Li Younan’s bank account now barely supports the yacht’s expenses until next year... and that’s considering the yacht stays still.

That means not long ago, he still had tens of millions in cash flow as a high-net-worth individual, and now he is close to being penniless.

Of course, the feeling of constraint only comes from this yacht’s terrifying money-guzzling ability.

Because in fact, if Li Younan wanted to, given his influence, he doesn’t need to maintain this yacht himself.

The entire process from the yacht’s modification to its birth was meticulously recorded in videos, which had long attracted attention in the yachting circle.

This yacht with metrics far surpassing ordinary yachts of the same class, was even captured in its entirety after his astonishing Z-shaped wave navigation technique, and while everyone was captivated by Younan’s sailing skills, many people also started to notice the yacht itself.

Afterwards, he quickly received many propositions about lease collaborations.

If he takes this yacht out for leasing, it will quickly reach a financial balance and even produce stable profits.

A yacht like Li Younan’s, just the leasing fee can reach 2 million a week, and smoothly, one year can recoup the yacht’s cost and achieve stable profits.

To the rich, a yacht is indeed a fine asset... As an asset, it possesses the ability to generate income.

So, for the time being, the maintenance costs do not really constrain him.

What truly binds Li Younan is actually the ties between people.

When Li Younan realized that he had ultimately become someone others relied upon, the bondage had already formed.

When others rely on you for their livelihood, many of your decisions are no longer your own.

However, up until now, Li Younan is still quite looking forward to enjoying a leisurely and comfortable world travel aboard the yacht.

But after this trial voyage, his mentality changed just a little bit.

He feels that yacht travel might not be as suitable for him.

Because... there’s no variability, it’s like living in a hotel where the scenery can change anytime.

He has already planned for the first world tour to be in the calm zone at the equator, maximizing yacht travel safety.

Moreover, in the equator’s doldrums, pirates are virtually non-existent.

For such a journey, Li Younan prefers bringing his mom, and in the future, his wife and even children.

Imagine, a beautiful wife, a mother who’s worked hard all her life and should now enjoy life, even a naughty son and a charming, lovable daughter, all while enjoying wonderful sceneries and exploring world sights, experiencing family joy, that seems like the true way to enjoy a yacht.

A yacht gives a peculiar feeling, that limited space, yet it’s a domain where you can truly control like an independent kingdom, especially at sea, that feeling becomes more pronounced.