The old man raised his eyebrows: "You're not talking about the plane accident more than half a month ago, are you?" The old man was quite well-informed. He actually knew that there was a plane accident more than half a month ago.
"Yes, it was that accident." Ma Xiaoyao nodded and said.
The old man's face twitched a few times: "So, your friend has been missing for more than half a month?"
"Yes." Ma Xiaoyao responded.
"Friend, I'm not trying to throw cold water on you. There's no way a person can survive floating on the sea for more than half a month... You'd better not waste your time..." the old man kindly advised.
Ma Xiaoyao shook his head: "I want to see people in life, and I want to see corpses in death. In short, I will not give up. Old sir, please rent me a yacht. The rent is whatever you want."
"You are really stubborn." The old man said with a crooked mouth.
"Damn old man, just rent him a yacht. There are really few people like him who are kind and righteous nowadays." The white-faced man said.
The old man pondered for a moment: "Okay, I will rent you a yacht. As for the rent...how long do you want to rent it?"
"I can't say... I guess it won't be too short..." Ma Xiaoyao said.
"That's it..." the old man thought for a moment: "I think you are a good young man, so I will give you a discount and charge you a thousand yuan a day in rent. In addition, I will provide you with a driver. What do you think?"
"Okay, no problem, just do as the old gentleman said." Ma Xiaoyao had no objection.
"Young man, you have to pay a deposit to rent a yacht..." the old man said.
"How much deposit is required?" Ma Xiaoyao asked.
"Generally, it's the price of a yacht. My yacht cost 380,000 yuan, so just give me 300,000 yuan." The old man calculated.
Ma Xiaoyao was immediately stunned: "Three...three hundred thousand? I...I don't have that much money...Old sir, I only have 50,000 yuan here..." Ma Xiaoyao didn't expect that renting a yacht would cost so much money.
, I was really shocked.
"Fifty thousand won't do, it's too little." The old man shook his head.
"Old sir, you can rest assured that I will definitely send the yacht back to you intact... Well, I will give you my work permit. If I don't return the yacht to you, you can just
Come to me with your work permit!" As he spoke, Ma Xiaoyao took out a work permit from his jacket pocket and handed it to the old man.
The old man took it and took a look: "Huh? Are you the party committee secretary of a township?"
"Yes, I am the party committee secretary of Gaohe Township. Old sir, you can rest assured that I am definitely not a liar..." Ma Xiaoyao said hurriedly.
The old man returned the work permit to Ma Xiaoyao: "I'm sorry, I can't break the rules. If you want to rent a yacht, you must give me a deposit of 300,000 yuan." The old man's attitude was very firm. In fact, it is no wonder that the old man and Ma Xiaoyao are just the first.
They met once and the two parties were not familiar with each other at all. Of course, the old man was not willing to rent the yacht to Ma Xiaoyao easily.
"Old sir, please believe me, I will definitely send the yacht back to you." Ma Xiaoyao promised.
The old man waved his hand: "It's not that I don't believe you, but... you should also know that going to sea is a very dangerous thing. On the sea, anything can happen, in case... I mean just in case, in case
Once you encounter huge waves or other dangerous situations on the sea, and the yacht sinks, who will compensate me for the loss? Do you understand what I say? "
After listening to the old man's words, Ma Xiaoyao frowned tightly. In fact, what the old man said was true. The risk factor at sea is very high. Maybe the yacht will be damaged or destroyed. The old man asked for a deposit of 300,000 yuan just to be safe.
Just in case.
The white-faced man wanted to intercede for Ma Xiaoyao, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the old man stared back.
"Young face, you are also in this business. You should know the rules of this business very well. I hope you won't make it difficult for me." The old man hummed.
The white-faced man closed his mouth sullenly.
Ma Xiaoyao was silent for a moment and said: "Old sir, please wait a moment." After saying that, Ma Xiaoyao took out his mobile phone and dialed a series of numbers.
The phone rang for a long time before being answered.
"Sister Wang, I have some urgent matters now and need money. Can you lend me some?" From Ma Xiaoyao's title, she should be calling Wang Aiqin.
"What emergency have you encountered? Can I help you?" Wang Aiqin asked with concern.
"I'm in the city now and I can't speak a word or two clearly. I'll explain it to you when I get back to the county. Can you lend me some money now?" Ma Xiaoyao sounded anxious.
"How much money do you need?" Wang Aiqin asked.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand." Ma Xiaoyao already had fifty thousand yuan in hand, so with another two hundred and fifty thousand, he could make up to three hundred thousand.
"Okay, tell me your card number and I'll transfer money to you right away." Wang Aiqin agreed happily.
"The card number is..." Ma Xiaoyao said the card number of his bank card carefully.
"Okay, just wait for me for a while, and I'll ask the accountant to transfer the money to you right away." After a while, Wang Aiqin said, "Okay, I'll ask the accountant to transfer the money to your card, and I'll transfer a total of five hundred thousand to you.
"
Ma Xiaoyao was stunned: "Why is it five hundred thousand?"
"I'm worried that you don't have enough money." Wang Aiqin smiled.
A flash of emotion flashed through Ma Xiaoyao's heart: "Sister Wang, thank you, I will return the money to you as soon as possible." It is a blessing to meet a friend like Wang Aiqin in life.
"Don't worry, you can pay it back anytime. Even if you don't pay it back, it's okay." Wang Aiqin said, "If you don't have enough money, just tell me again. Don't be embarrassed."
"Well, I know, Sister Wang, let's stop here first. I'm going to the bank to withdraw money." After saying that, Ma Xiaoyao hung up the phone and said to the old man: "Mr., I have borrowed the money.
Yes, go to the bank to get it now, can you wait a moment?"
The old man nodded: "No problem."
After saying hello to the old man, Ma Xiaoyao turned and left.
The old man and the white-faced man stood waiting.
More than twenty minutes later, Ma Xiaoyao ran back panting and handed a bulging paper bag to the old man: "You count, three hundred thousand, not a penny less."
The old man opened the paper bag, glanced at it, and nodded: "Exactly three hundred thousand, let's go, I'll take you to see the yacht." After saying that, the old man led Ma Xiaoyao and the white-faced man towards the east, turning around a few
After the bend, a dozen white yachts appeared in front of them. They were all relatively new and neither big nor small in size.
There was a trace of admiration on the face of the white-faced man: "Old man, I haven't seen you for a few months, but you have several more yachts. You are making more and more money."
"It's okay." The old man turned to look at Ma Xiaoyao: "These dozen yachts are all mine, you can choose any one."
Ma Xiaoyao pointed to the yacht in the middle: "That's it."
The old man nodded, took out his mobile phone and dialed a series of numbers: "Hey, Jin Ming, come out for a moment, we're here to do business." As soon as the old man put down his mobile phone, a big-looking man walked away from the yacht that Ma Xiaoyao just pointed to.
come out.
"Boss." The tiger-headed man greeted the old man respectfully.
The old man said to Ma Xiaoyao: "His name is Jin Ming. He is my subordinate. He has been driving yachts for many years and his driving skills are very good. This time, he will take you out to sea. Do you have any objection?"
"No objection." Ma Xiaoyao said hurriedly.
"Well, you can go to sea now, Jin Ming, take good care of this guest, and be sure to bring the guest back safely." The old man said to Jin Ming in the second half of the sentence.
Jin Ming nodded: "Don't worry, boss, I will definitely bring the guests back safely."
Just like that, Ma Xiaoyao followed Jin Ming and left on the yacht.
…
"Brother, where are we going?" Jin Ming asked Ma Xiaoyao while driving the yacht.
Ma Xiaoyao took out a map from his pocket and handed it to Jin Ming: "Go to the sea area I marked."
Jin Ming opened the map, took a look, and nodded: "Brother, sit tight, I'm going to speed up now." After saying that, Jin Ming began to speed up slowly, and in a moment, the speed of the yacht doubled.
After traveling for two days and one night, the yacht arrived at the sea area where Guli's accident occurred.
"Brother, we're here." Jin Ming controlled the yacht to slow down slowly.
"Slowly drive around this sea area." After Ma Xiaoyao ordered, he quickly ran to the deck and began to search for Gu Li's whereabouts.
Jin Mingbang followed Ma Xiaoyao's instructions and drove the yacht slowly in the sea area where Guli's accident occurred.
The sky quickly turned dark, and Ma Xiaoyao still couldn't find Gu Li. Once the sky darkened, the sea became pitch black, and it was almost impossible to see even if Ma Xiaoyao wanted to continue looking for Gu Li. Ma Xiaoyao was helpless.
He sighed, returned to the cabin from the deck, and said to Jin Ming: "Close the yacht, we will spend the night here tonight."
Jin Ming nodded: "Okay."
Ma Xiaoyao sat in the cabin, looking out at the dark sea through the cabin window in a daze.
"Brother, let's have something to eat." Jin Ming placed two bottles of canned food and a piece of ham next to Ma Xiaoyao.
Ma Xiaoyao shook his head: "I'm not hungry, you can eat by yourself." Now that Gu Li's life and death are unknown, how can Ma Xiaoyao be in the mood to eat.
"Brother, you haven't eaten much in the past few days since you went to sea. If you continue like this, your body will collapse." Jin Ming kindly persuaded: "As the saying goes, people are like iron and rice is like steel. If you don't eat a meal,
You are so hungry that you will have strength only when you are full."
"I'm really not hungry." Ma Xiaoyao reached into his pocket and took out a box of cigarettes. He looked down and found that the box was empty. Ma Xiaoyao then threw the box into the trash can next to him and said to Jin Ming:
"Do you have a cigarette on you?" Jin Ming is a very down-to-earth and honest person, and Ma Xiaoyao has a good impression of him.
"Yes." Jin Ming hurriedly took out a box of cigarettes from his body and handed it to Ma Xiaoyao.
Ma Xiaoyao took the cigarette case, took out a cigarette, lit it and put it in his mouth, then returned the cigarette case to Jin Ming.
"Brother, why did you go to sea...?" Jin Ming hesitated and asked.
Breathing out a puff of smoke, Ma Xiaoyao said: "Looking for someone."
Jin Ming was stunned for a moment: "Looking for someone? Who are you looking for?"
