The meeting did not end until 13:30 in the afternoon, and Manager Wu answered the repeated question of the Russian and Taiwanese captains countless times, that is, whether they could continue to be hired to work at sea. The answer he gave was that in the future, when the company would charter a boat to fish for tuna, it would definitely consider these old sailors first, but the timing was uncertain.

All the fishermen led the captains and interpreters listlessly back to their respective hotels, and they wanted to convey the cruel news of the accident to everyone, even if they resisted in their hearts, they could not change this fact, and life would go on.

The reaction of the crew did not surprise Chen Xing at all, and no one could calmly accept this sudden result. Everyone is making hard-earned money on fishing boats, and they are using hard-earned money to support their families. Remove the high so-called service fee deducted by the labor company, everyone actually does not earn much, although it is better than working in the hometown, but it is all in exchange for life, the deceased Russian sailor Vova, the Fujian sailor Lin Yongquan who was seriously injured in the lungs, still appears in everyone's memories from time to time, every day at sea, all sailors are prepared for the worst.

But what can everyone do if they are indignant and wronged, after venting their emotions, they can only accept this result. Shuntian Company is still very benevolent, and compensates all sailors according to the largest compensation ratio in the labor contract, so that sailors will not have to worry about money in a few months, and slowly find the next job.

Although Chen Xing had vague plans for the future, things happened too suddenly, disrupting the rhythm of his plans. After calming Vasily and Captain Pan a little, and telling Ivan and the imp to stay in the hotel and not run around, he walked out of the room, he wanted to find a quiet place to think, it was time to speed up the plan.

Because the hotel was not far from Chinatown, Chen Xing walked towards the Tianfu Palace there. Chinese people always have a subconscious habit, when they need to be pure, they love to go to temples, Taoist temples and other places of inaction, because they feel that there is not disturbed by the world, and they can really calm down and think about something.

Tien Hok Palace is one of the famous attractions in Singapore, which was built in 1870 and took 3 years to complete, and now has a history of more than 170 years. Tianfu Palace is dedicated to the god of escort "Tianhou Niangniang", which is what we often call Mazu and Tianfei, so it is also called Mazu Palace.

During the opening of Singapore's port, the Chinese who came from the south and returned from the north would go to the palace to worship because the sailboat was anchored not far from the palace.

Chen Xing and the others can be regarded as people who catch the sea, so the day before yesterday, that is, early in the morning of December 13, they had already gone to Tianfu Palace with Ivan, Little Ghost, and Captain Pan to worship Mazu Niangniang, and they had incense. It's just that it was sunny and rainy that day, and they went in a hurry, and they didn't visit Tianfu Palace carefully, and they went to the folk characteristic area after the incense.

It may be the reason for the afternoon, walking into Tianfu Palace, there are not many tourists and pilgrims inside, but the incense niche in front of the Mazu Hall is still filled with burning uneven incense, which makes the entire Tianfu Palace surrounded by a faint incense mist, with the solemn atmosphere of the palace, so that Chen Xing's irritable mood also calmed down.

After inviting a stick of incense to offer to Mazu's incense shrine and throwing 50 Singapore dollars into the merit box, Chen Xing came to the corridor on the right, where there were several chairs, which seemed to be prepared for the pilgrims to rest for a while.

Now that there was no one, Chen Xing found a chair near the wall and sat down, looking at the four big black characters of "Bojing Nanming" given by Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty above the main hall, and fell into thought.

In fact, after arriving in Singapore and talking to Mingyue on the phone, Chen Xing had the idea of leaving the Aristotle. The realization of ambergris and the new job that Professor Ye has won for him have given him more choices in life, and now that he is not worried about life, he will not care about some liquidated damages for translation work.

The detention of the fleet by the international tribunal has saved him a lot of trouble, and he can get some compensation. But these are all small things, the key is how he deals with these colleagues who have become friends for almost a year: Vasily, Captain Pan, Ivan, little ghosts.

Of course, everyone has their own destiny and life, even if Chen Xing doesn't think about it, these four friends may return to their original trajectory, maybe through the introduction of intermediaries and friends, find another job running to the sea, and continue to live this kind of turbulent and dangerous life, after all, this is their profession, and the income is higher than that of ordinary jobs in their hometowns.

But now it's different, Chen Xing has become friends with them, has accepted and recognized their character, and has the ability to bring everyone a different life. At the same time, Chen Xing wants to plan his future, and he also needs the help of trustworthy people, which makes him think about it and have a new plan.

My new job is a peripheral staff member of the Pine Bay Laboratory in Seychelles, and the work content is responsible for searching for "Hai Tai Sui" and rare marine animals and plants similar to old turtles, and the working hours are unlimited, with the backing of a country and special financial support. However, in order to produce results, the state will not support a project without results indefinitely, and support a person with no value.

The huge amount of money he got from selling ambergris through Mingyue can't be hidden from the country, so he won't provide much support, and the exclusive ocean operation ship is not to think about it, and it is already the biggest resource he can get if he can get the official identity and symbolic salary, and the convenient help behind it.

It is not enough for a yacht in Seychelles to do its job, it cannot withstand the treacherous conditions of the deep ocean. So, is it possible to consider buying the Aristotle? The price he had already communicated with Vasily that the current condition of the ship, excluding the cost of overhaul, should be worth about $4 million, and the price of the overhaul was $500,000 this morning, and the total price was less than $5 million, which was within his affordability.

In this way, you can kill two birds with one stone, and you can not only search for items such as "Kaitai Sui" at sea, but also continue to round up tuna. Even if he didn't often help the fishing boat with his special abilities, the tuna caught was enough to pay the crew's wages and generate a decent profit, thanks to the experience of Captain Pan and Vasily alone. Of course, with Chen Xing's understanding of Vasily, he has higher hopes, and that's a story for later.

If the purchase of the Aristotle goes well, and Vasily, Ivan, Imp, and Captain Pan agree to stay, then I will be free to do my own thing. Mingyue said on the phone that the real estate and other items in several countries obtained from the transaction of ambergris should be completed before February 6, 1996, and there are less than two months left, so it is necessary to hurry.

"Whether to let Mingyue come to Singapore, there is a lot of money involved in buying a fishing boat, she came to help me rest assured, and at the same time, we can also go directly to Europe from here to accept those properties, and then return to China to transfer the houses in the magic capital and Kyoto, and go home for the New Year by the way." I just don't know if Professor Ye can approve such a long vacation, if it is to get the sea tools to search for Hai Tai Sui, it should be no problem, after all, we are also working. Chen Xing thought secretly.

Having made a decision, Chen Xing was going to go to the post office to call Mingyue and see her opinion. It's 15:00 p.m., Seychelles it's 11:00 p.m., and Bright Moon should be in the office.

The corridor on the right side of the main hall where Chen Xing sits leans against a solid wall, behind which was the first Chinese school in Singapore, later changed to Chongfu Girls' School, and has been vacant ever since. Although it is closely related to Tien Fu Palace, it is not part of the temple.

On the opposite side is the corridor on the left side of the main hall, but on the wall there is an antique and tall red lacquered double-open wooden door, and there is no sign on the wooden door. Looking beyond the top of the wooden door, you can see that there is also a building similar to the main hall, but it is much smaller. 、

Chen Xing thought to himself: "Maybe it's the part of Tianfu Palace that doesn't want to be open to the outside world." Out of curiosity, he looked through the wooden door with the Eye of Heaven's Sense.

Behind the wooden door is another wall, between the two walls is a 3-meter-wide corridor, there is a closed red lacquered double-open wooden door at each end of the corridor, which is located on the street of the main gate and the back gate of Tianfu Palace, and there is still no sign on the wooden door, and the roots cannot be seen.

Directly opposite the wooden door on the wall of the corridor on the left side of the Tianfu Palace, there was an equally tall red lacquered double-opening wooden door, on which the wooden door was brilliantly depicted with two golden guardian dragon gods, symmetrically distributed and majestic.

On the lintel, there is a plaque with a gold frame on a black background, and three large golden characters are written vertically, "Dilu Palace".

"What's the situation? This kind of layout is too strange, aren't all Taoist temples going to open their doors wide and accept believers? Why is this Dilu Palace still hidden in the deep alleys and avoided from the world?" Chen Xing thought in wonder.

His divine sense looked inward through the wooden door again, inside is a small hall, only one-third the size of the Mazu Palace, the statue of the Sanqing Patriarch enshrined in the main hall, the left hall is dedicated to the three-star statue of Fu Lushou, and the right hall is dedicated to the statue of Zhang Daoling Patriarch. The apse is just a row of bedrooms, which is supposed to be the residence of Taoist priests practicing in the temple.

Compared with Tianfu Palace, this Dilu Palace is simple and abnormal, and there is nothing inconspicuous. But next to such a glorious Tianfu Palace, there is such a peculiar Taoist temple, but it is full of mystery, which makes Chen Xing puzzled.

There are three futons in front of the Sanqing statue in the main hall, and two middle-aged Taoist priests wearing blue robes are sitting in the middle and on the left side, who are closing their eyes and recuperating. And on the futon on the right sat a young man in his 20s, dressed in casual clothes, who was also meditating with his eyes closed, and it turned out to be Chen Xing's acquaintance: Singapore's senior inspector Ke William.

Chen Xing couldn't help but stand up, his mind focused on William Ke, and he thought, "Why is he here?

And at the same time that Chen Xing threw his divine sense on himself, Ke William also opened his eyes and looked at Chen Xing from a distance through two wooden doors.