Silver danced wildly in the dark sky, streaks of lightning struck the sea, and what followed was deafening thunder, as if it was exploding in the ears, making people change their expressions.
Zhuang Rui's 10,000-ton cruise ship became so small under the power of God. The huge waves more than ten meters high swayed the ship from side to side, and it looked like a lonely boat on the endless sea.
"King Kong, come on, put it on..."
Zhuang Rui tore up a quilt, took out the cotton wool from it, and stuffed it into Fang Fangyuan's ears. The usually mighty King Kong now seemed fragile under the thunder and lightning. He squatted in the corner of the room, lost.
Lost my usual spirituality.
When the storm just started, the golden eagle rushed into the room from the window, covered in rain, and kept shouting "quack", as if complaining to Zhuang Rui.
At the meeting organized by the Ministry of Transport three days ago, an agreement was finally reached. The salvage of the "Awa Maru" was led by the Ministry of Transport and was jointly sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Kyoto University Research Institute and the Seiko Museum.
Cooperate together.
The agreement clarified that the salvage was carried out by a national organization and privately raised funds, and all the property salvaged will belong to the state.
As the funder and the main force in the salvage, Zhuang Rui received this commitment: all the cultural relics salvaged this time will be handed over to the Dingguang Museum for exclusive display after being authenticated and verified by relevant departments and while ensuring their safety.
The term is five years. After five years, the Dingguang Museum must hand over the relevant cultural relics to the state. Although this result is somewhat different from what he expected, Zhuang Rui also agreed.
After all, Zhuang Rui talks hard, but in his heart he still wants to make some contribution to the country. If the wreckage of the Awa Maru can be fully released, it will be of great benefit to the country, both in terms of economy and international influence.
Benefits.
Moreover, if any precious cultural relics can be discovered, five years will be enough for Huangfu Yun to operate, and the reputation of the cultural relics can definitely be turned into benefits in a short period of time, bringing substantial revenue to the Dingguang Museum.
I thought it would be a very leisurely trip, so during the salvage of the Awa Maru in Fujian waters, Zhuang Rui not only brought his wife and children, but also a family of pets, except for the two white lions who don't like water.
They were all brought to the boat.
But Zhuang Rui didn't expect that he would be hit by a storm on his first night at sea.
Zhuang Rui didn't know that September and October were the typhoon season in Fujian waters. If it weren't for this, Vice Minister Yu wouldn't have been able to just focus on his "luxury salvage ship."
You know, although there are no salvage ships of tens of thousands of tons in China, there are still medium-sized salvage ships of several thousand tons. If it were not for the ability to withstand storms, ordinary salvage ships would not be able to cope with the tens of meters of water in this sea area.
no problem.
"Xuan Bing, let the helicopter take you ladies back to the shore tomorrow during the day..."
Looking at his wife's pale face, I felt a little guilty, so I just went out and made trouble, and let my wife and children suffer along with me. That was really not a man's behavior.
"No...I want to stay with you, Zhuang Rui, I really didn't know your job was so dangerous..."
A flash of lightning outside the window, followed by a thunder, made Qin Xuanbing's body involuntarily slip into Zhuang Rui's arms. However, the pair of children who were tired from playing during the day had their ears plugged and were fast asleep at the moment.
Woolen cloth.
"Okay, tomorrow you can stay in the room with your children and don't go to the deck..."
Zhuang Rui nodded helplessly. Since the ship belonged to him, in order to facilitate the command and coordination of the salvage work, Zhuang Rui was given the title of deputy commander-in-chief during this salvage operation.
Of course, there were six of them including the deputy commander-in-chief, but this also tied Zhuang Rui to the ship. Many eyes were looking at him, and Zhuang Rui was too embarrassed to ask for leave to send his wife and children back to Beijing.
Li Zhen was far away in Myanmar at this time, and Peng Fei's daughter had just been born and was working as a nanny in Beijing, so Zhuang Rui couldn't spare any manpower and could only let Qin Xuanbing stay on the ship.
Amidst the lightning and thunder, Zhuang Rui didn't know when he fell asleep. When he opened his eyes the next day, he found a ray of sunlight shining through the curtains into the room, scattering golden light.
"Damn, that's too nonsense, isn't it? Are you so childish in this weather? You cry when you want to, and laugh when you laugh?"
Zhuang Rui opened the curtains, and the dazzling sunlight outside made him squint his eyes. Yesterday's heavy rain and thunder had completely disappeared. Seagulls were flying on the sea in the distance, and the sky was light and cloudy.
The sea is always changeable. One moment there is a gentle breeze, and the next moment there may be huge waves. However, the sunny weather made Zhuang Rui feel good. After helping the girl and son wash up, he took his wife and children to the deck.
Zhuang Rui's team is a bit eye-catching. There are two cute children jumping up and down in front of them. In the middle are Zhuang Rui and his wife. The one following behind is a bit eye-catching.
Although King Kong is a primate creature like humans, he is not fully evolved. His black fur and height of more than two meters made everyone on the ship stay away except for the old crew members and security guards who were familiar with King Kong.
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"Xiaozhuang, are you traveling or doing work?"
Professor Meng, who had arrived on the deck a long time ago, was a little bit dumbfounded when he saw Zhuang Rui's behavior. The country attaches great importance to this salvage, and Zhuang Rui's behavior can easily attract people to gossip.
"Come, call Grandpa Meng..."
Zhuang Rui teased his son and called Professor Meng, then said: "Teacher, this work can't delay my family, can it? I will be doing salvage at sea frequently in the future, so I can't leave them all at home, right?"
Zhuang Rui was speaking from his heart. If he had to give up his family if he chose to work, then he would rather do nothing. Anyway, with his current net worth, it is enough to squander the grandson of the brat in front of him.
"Come, grandpa, give me a hug..."
Professor Meng bent down and picked up little Fangfang, with a loving smile on his face. He turned to Zhuang Rui and said, "It's good if you think so. It's best if you can balance work and family..."
When he said this, the smile on Professor Meng's face slowly faded. He didn't want to do this, but the economic and political environment at that time simply could not tolerate him doing this.
In the early 1980s, Professor Meng was released from Qincheng Prison. At that time, the country was in dire straits, and Professor Meng immersed himself in work without even knowing that his wife was terminally ill.
It was precisely because of this incident that after his wife's death, Professor Meng's son criticized his old father. Later, after he went abroad, he was no longer willing to return to China. If his granddaughter hadn't been in China, the old man's later life would have been even more miserable.
"Teacher, put it down, don't be tired, this little guy is very heavy..."
Zhuang Rui frowned when he saw Professor Meng, and quickly took Xiao Fangfang and asked his wife to take it to play. Because he was afraid of the weather change, he specially found two security guards and asked them to follow closely behind.
"Xiao Zhuang, you can't say the word "sink" when you go to sea. If an old sailor hears it, you will be scolded..."
Standing on the deck, looking at the magnificent sea, my mood was just like yesterday's storm, which came and went as quickly as it came. After adjusting my mood, Professor Meng and Zhuang Rui started joking.
"Haha, I'm going to pay my respects to the Sea Dragon King later..."
Zhuang Rui laughed when he heard this. Although he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, the strange changes in his eyes made Zhuang Rui still full of fear for unknown things in this world. Just like the old saying goes: the older you get, the less courage you have.
"It is better to ask for help than to ask for yourself. Xiaozhuang, we should find a way to quickly survey the location of the sunken shipwreck and salvage it..."
Professor Meng also felt a little scared about the storm yesterday. In this season, it might happen once in a few days, so he also wanted to complete the salvage mission as soon as possible.
"Don't worry, teacher, as long as there are shipwrecks in this area, they can be salvaged..."
Although he has not yet used spiritual energy to survey this sea area, Zhuang Rui is confident enough that he dare not find a needle in a haystack, but as long as there is an object containing spiritual energy on the seabed, Zhuang Rui will definitely be able to find it.
While the two were talking, the day's work also began. According to the scheduled plan, the divers would first dive into the seabed to survey the dynamics of the seabed in real time, and then based on the findings, targeted removal of mud and salvage of the ship's hull.
This sea area is not far from the coastline. The sea water depth is only a few tens of meters. It has been subject to turbulent undercurrents in the depths of the ocean for a long time, so the seabed structure is relatively complex and surveying is very difficult.
Unlike the flat sandy seabed in the deep sea, most of the seabed here is made of silt structure. More than sixty years have passed since the sinking of the Awa Maru, and the seabed has long been changed beyond recognition.
"Professor Meng, everyone has gathered. Please tell me a few words. Among the salvage personnel this time, you are the only one who participated in the last salvage operation..."
The people who went into the water this time were all divers from the Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Transport. A staff member came over and invited Professor Meng over and told these divers about the characteristics of the Awa Maru.
As for the deputy commander-in-chief Zhuang Rui, he couldn't get a word in at all. After staying aside and listening for a while, Zhuang Rui simply turned back and walked back to the cabin and went straight to the ship's control room.
"Boss, when are we going to the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean? That's where a captain should go..."
As soon as Zhuang Rui stepped into the control room, he saw the bearded Clyde staying inside watching American adult action movies. Seeing Zhuang Rui come in, Captain Clyde quickly changed the topic with a serious look on his face.
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"Captain Clyde, you should stay in the captain's cabin now, right?"
Zhuang Rui secretly laughed in his heart. The old man still had such thoughts, but he drove Clyde out with a serious face. It felt a bit unnatural for him to release his spiritual energy when someone was here.
