January 14th is Saturday. It is also the day when the students of Grade 93 of Jiaotong University will take their final exams.
As the closing bell rang for the last class, everyone stretched out almost in unison. Then classmates who were usually close to each other naturally got together to chat with each other and talked about winter vacation arrangements.
"The exam is finally over, Kun. How do you feel? You should be very confident, right?" Huang Han, the head of the dormitory, chatted shoulder to shoulder with Gu Kun immediately.
"Should you dodge first, or should you wait for the results to be announced in school and leave before the official winter vacation?" Zhou Yaoguang was already thinking about whether to dodge in advance.
Theoretically, there will still be a few days between the last final exam in college and the official winter vacation.
But in fact, if you are brave enough to leave on the day after the exam, no one will care about you.
Huang Han heard this and mocked Zhou Yaoguang: "Are you trying to show off that you are a local? Who doesn't know that even if you go home early, you can always come back if something happens at school."
Zhou Yaoguang explained tactfully: "How can you call it showing off? You don't have to go back to your hometown immediately if you escape early. You are afraid of something happening at school, so you can hang around for two more days.
How about it? I can treat you as a tour guide and show my kindness as a landlord. Especially Brother Gu, you have only been in Hujiang for a few months. I see that you are so busy that you have never visited many places. You Lanfang people
Do you want to celebrate the Chinese New Year? If not, I think it would be a good idea to come to Hujiang for the winter vacation."
Gu Kun: "Thank you, I have something to do during the winter vacation. But I appreciate your kindness. If you are willing to get together and play together, it must be my treat. How can I let you treat me?"
"Forget it if you have something to do. Your matters must be serious and important, so why should we delay you?" Huang Han politely declined.
However, this time, Gu Kun's reaction was beyond their expectations.
Gu Kun smiled and said: "It's okay, you're welcome - let me tell you this, my business is half fun and half travel, I want to sail out to sea, there is no secret, I need a few more acquaintances to accompany me,
I’m not bored yet. For you, just treat it as a free cruise.”
"I'll go, is there such a good thing?" Huang Han couldn't react for the time being.
Gu Kun: "What's weird about this? Whether it's traveling or going to sea, people who have just arrived find it new and enjoy it. People who have stayed for a long time will feel bored.
Do you all recognize the assistant I often take with me, Brother Gao? He is the best example. He used to guard the deserted islands in the Weisha Islands for eight years. He often recalled to me that the scenery there was so beautiful, and the coconut trees were so beautiful.
The palm trees and the coral sea are all the most beautiful scenery in the world.
But you have lived on a desert island for a long time. The first week is paradise, the second week is earth, and the third week and onward is purgatory. Now that you have been away for a long time, you feel nostalgic for the beautiful scenery there. We also
We are all studying marine engineering. When you get on the ship, you can help me do something more or less, and we all win. What's wrong?"
After hearing this analysis, Huang Han and Zhou Yaoguang became excited.
In this way, helping Gu Kun go overseas during the winter vacation is indeed a win-win situation.
They don't ask Gu Kun for wages. Gu Kun can also have a few assistants who know some professional skills and can help. They have also gained internship experience, and at the same time they can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the sea like a cruise ship. If they only work for two or three weeks,
You don’t have to worry about the smell at all.
Huang Han expressed his position on the spot: "Thinking about it this way, this matter is very reliable! Ah Kun, I didn't say anything, as long as the brothers can get along, I must help with this matter. However, you haven't said yet, you will take it with you during the winter vacation
What the ship is going to do when it goes to sea, we have to see if we can do it."
"Basic ocean surveying, right? Even I can do it, can you?" Gu Kun patted Huang Han on the shoulder, encouraged him, and then told him his cover plan half-truthfully,
"You are all my buddies, and I won't hide it from you. As for me, I took a three-month leave in November due to business matters. In fact, at that time, I took the time to go to Heikelan and bought a piece of Lanfang Port.
The scientific research vessels needed for engineering projects are used for ocean survey.
For a while, I was wondering on the current mainstream international waterway charts whether I could make more adequate preparations for the future business expansion of Lanfang Port. After thinking about it, I focused on the Japan-Korea cargo route on the Malacca route.
Cargo merchant ship transshipment port business.”
This matter was of course an excuse made by Gu Kun.
In the future, if Lanfang Port is really built and expanded, he will indeed consider getting more of the shipping industry's transit business share from Li Jiapo, and he will also grab orders from Japan and South Korea.
However, that was at least three years later, and I haven’t even written my horoscope yet.
If we only calculate the economic accounts, even if Gu Kun wants to measure the seabed topography of the waterway involving Lanzhou, he should start from the vicinity of the South China Sea and proceed steadily.
Because the data measured there will not only be useful for his port, but also the relevant departments can provide him with subsidies, paying him a subsidy of more than 2 million yuan for every 2500 square miles of seabed topography.
If Gu Kun had given priority to measuring the seabed topography of the new route involving Japan and South Korea further east and closer to the Philippines, the relevant departments in China would not have paid for the subsidy.
Due to emotions and reasons, under normal circumstances, we must first test the subsidized sea areas.
And since Gu Kun made another choice, it means that this matter is not normal.
He is a drunkard and is not interested in drinking. In fact, the reason why Gu Kun went there to measure was because after sifting through the records of valuable shipwrecks recorded in his previous life, he focused on a precious high sea on that waterway.
The shipwrecked.
And for this kind of thing, if he rashly went to a location on the high seas far away from Lan Fang and directly fished a boat, then the whole world would suspect that he had supernatural powers or a prophet in the future.
Therefore, he needs a reasonable reason with many witnesses to provide evidence as to why he will appear in a certain sea area at this time and place in the future.
All participants are his best "alibi witnesses" and "temporary witnesses."
Fortunately, Huang Han, Zhou Yaoguang, and even the other students in the school, even if they knew about Gu Kun's decision, could not see any flaws in it, so they took whatever he said.
With Zhou Yaoguang's IQ and experience, after thinking over and over again, he still felt that Gu Kun's logic was reasonable, so he took the initiative to ask: "I don't know, which part of the sea area do you mainly want to measure during the winter vacation?"
People who study shipbuilding and ocean engineering often carry large-scale world maps in their schoolbags.
Now that everyone was discussing this issue, Gu Kun took out a large map from his schoolbag, spread it out on the desk, and then started to explore the map.
He took a pen and typed it on the high seas between the Philippines, the Bay and the Okinawa Islands of Japan with a sweeping motion:
"You should know that bulk carriers from the three major countries in East Asia used to transit through Lijiapo. For ships leaving the Strait of Malacca from Lijiapo and going directly north, if they want to go to Japan and South Korea, the most economical route is through the Gulf Strait.
However, Lan Fang is more than 400 nautical miles east-northeast of Lijiapo. If a ship transfers from Lan Fang, it will turn north and take the Wanwan Strait. The angle of the turn is slightly larger, and it will be one to two hundred nautical miles longer than the nearest route, which will take more than a day.
The voyage is uneconomical.
In contrast, if ships depart from Lanfang and go to most parts of Japan, and even the Port of Busan in Nanjing, if they take the sea area between the Philippines and the Bay, the overall route will be smoother and the voyage will be saved - go
Seoul does not count, because Seoul is too far to the west. If you take the Philippine route to go north, it will take a long detour. What I just said about Nanbang only applies to Busan Port."
Zhou Yaoguang touched his beardless chin and asked: "What you mean is that you hope to survey this new route, which may be involved, but none of the major international maritime companies have measured it yet.
The area’s seafloor topography?”
"That's what it means."
Zhou Yaoguang: "Then we helped decide this situation. This is a valuable internship opportunity for us. Otherwise, we would have to have at least an internship in our senior year before we could have the opportunity to go on an oceanographic survey ship. Now we can apply what we have learned in advance."
Huang Han also admitted conscientiously: "Those who can go on the ocean survey ship in their senior year are all top students. Those who are more ordinary will probably have the opportunity to be taken aboard by the instructor to do front-line scientific surveys in person when they are in graduate school."
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Let me tell you, since Ah Kun takes such good care of us, we should also show our support, right? After graduation, if Ah Kun finds someone useful, we should give priority to following him. If he doesn't need it, we can find a job on our own -
—I heard that the relevant education departments are already discussing that the distribution of graduation packages for college students may be canceled within a year or two. Maybe by then we will catch up with the first class to find their own way out."
Zhou Yaoguang also smiled and echoed: "You know you don't have to guarantee the allocation, so why are you talking nice words? Maybe it's not that Ah Kun is short of people, but that we can't find jobs."
Gu Kun expressed his position at the right time: "Hey, don't belittle yourselves. Nowadays, college students have not spread to that extent. Everyone is from Jiaotong University. How can someone not find a job? I will leave it here. As long as the time comes,
If someone is willing to defect to me, I will definitely treat him as a key veteran and lead everyone to a bright future."
Gu Kun forgot to control the volume when he finished speaking. After finishing speaking, he realized that their "Roommate Guidance Symposium" had become a state of being watched by the whole class and the class next door.
"Brother Gu, how many people can you have on board? As long as you take care of the food, we are willing to work for you during the winter vacation. This is not an internship."
"Why do you want someone to take care of the food? Brother Gu, I don't need you to take care of the food. I pay for the food myself on the ship. If you want me, I will!"
The students who wanted to get on the boat quickly made the conditions difficult for them.
Gu Kun suddenly realized that these issues were not suitable to be discussed in the classroom.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. This matter is not as simple as you think. Before the Spring Festival, my big ship has not arrived yet. I will notify you when necessary. Before that, we are all
It’s just for fun in private, don’t take it seriously.”