A year earlier, while in Spain, he had revealed his interest in the Mercedes, with whom he had only been briefly contacted by the Spanish Ministry of Heritage. However, due to the immaturity of the conditions, the two sides did not make further contacts.

But now that Zhou You has a state-of-the-art salvage ship, and he is also interested in the Mercedes, he has sent a letter of contact from the Spanish Ministry of Heritage.

He is very interested in the Mercedes, but he will not rush to salvage it without settling a legal dispute. A billion dollar worth of treasures, including 600,000 silver coins alone, as well as gold coins and various antiques, are worth less than a billion dollars.

At that time, the Sotheby auction house was willing to underwrite the silver coins for 1,000 dollars each, and at that value, the silver coins alone were worth 600 million dollars.

This is Sotheby's underwriting price, not the auction price.

In addition, the hundreds of gold coins and more than 30 boxes of cultural relics and antiques are really amazingly valuable.

Moreover, there is another problem in this, that is, it is difficult to solve the problem of the distribution of salvaged treasures in cooperation with the Spanish government.

According to the general salvage market, if you want this kind of salvage in the high seas, the salvage party will share the treasure equally with all the Congresses of the sunken ship. Then half of this billion-dollar treasure is half of that of $500 million.

First of all, it is impossible for the Spanish government to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire the other half of the treasure, they do not have this budget. Secondly, they would not allow the antiques belonging to Spain to be left behind, which means that they could not be assigned to the antiques of travel.

Anyway, it is cooperation, and the negotiation on distribution will continue for a long time, and it is always necessary to find a suitable distribution plan before it can be implemented.

Zhou You didn't want to be like the Odyssey Company in his previous life, and finally gave Spain this batch of treasures, and he only got a little salvage fee, and he did a useless job.

That's still the Odyssey company backed by the U.S. government, what can he do if the Spanish government doesn't pay a penny to travel around? You can't have a 911 in Spain!

Therefore, Zhou You just sent Lin Wei and Demosa to Spain, so that they could contact each other first and talk about the conditions.

The day before Christmas, Lin Jiapei and the five of them finally completed the retirement procedures and became regular employees of the company. They were joined at the same time as 20 retired officers and soldiers, all young men who had not worked before their service.

Zhou You incorporated them into the security team, and later managed them by Liang Hao. However, the official start of work will not be until after New Year's Day.

On the morning of December 31, the company had a holiday, but there was no life to enjoy when traveling, so I woke up early in the morning and started another day of practice.

He had just finished running a 10,000-meter run at a constant speed, but he heard Yan Fangqing calling him loudly in the bedroom. "Husband, I have an important phone number."

Zhou You returned to the bedroom, and Long Long was also woken up, lying on the bed with his bare butt and giggling amused by Yan Fangqing.

Zhou You picked up the phone and looked at the number, which was a mobile phone number that he was not familiar with. "I'm traveling."

A more urgent voice came from the other side of the phone. "Hello, I am Director Huang Shunxing of the Maritime Safety Bureau, and now there is an emergency rescue that needs your assistance."

Zhou You knew that he would encounter this situation from the moment he entered this industry, so he was not surprised and asked, "What is the situation?" ”

"I have just received an urgent call for help from Malaysia, and at 6:50 this morning, a passenger and cargo ferry full of passengers in Malaysia hit the reef on its way from Kuching Port in Malaysia to Klang in Kuala Lumpur, at 104.65 east longitude and 1.29 north latitude to be exact. There were nearly 300 passengers on board! The situation is critical. At present, among Singapore's rescue vessels, only the Ranger has that much rescue capacity. ”

Zhou You is very familiar with the nearby latitude and longitude points, knowing that this is located in the north of Bintan Island, which is only more than 50 kilometers away from the closest point of the Singapore border. "Okay, I'll arrange for the crew to get ready ...... right away," he looked at the time, it was seven and twelve o'clock. You can go in half an hour. ”

"Okay, our Maritime Bureau staff will be waiting for you at the entrance to Blarney Island."

Human life is a major matter, and Zhou You didn't dare to be sloppy, so he immediately called Lin Jiapei and Chakel to ask them to prepare. But Lin Jiapei just went home on vacation, only Chakel was there, and he didn't care about the trip, so he asked the first mate Bai Yancheng to start the ship.

Hurriedly put on a long-sleeved shirt and a pair of sneakers, Zhou You hurriedly went downstairs and called Liang Hao first.

Yan Miaojing followed Yan Fangqing to Singapore, and now she also works in the company. However, there is no place to sleep on the company's side now, so he and Liang Hao live at home.

The sister-in-law got Yan Fangqing's instructions and handed Zhou You a bag containing six meat buns made by herself and a large box of yogurt.

"Take two more, and rats."

Liang Hao's face was not washed, and he drove all the way to Blarney Island.

Although Singapore's laws are severe, the penalties for speeding are severe, and the driver's license can be revoked at every turn, but it will be treated on a case-by-case basis.

When there is a major matter and a life-saving situation, you only need to go to the traffic police station to explain the situation and you can be exempted from punishment.

For example, if a pregnant woman is going to give birth, you are speeding, and the penalty can also be revoked.

When they arrived at Blarney Island, the Navy was also notified that someone from the Maritime Bureau had been arranged, so they drove directly to the dock.

Zhou You looked at the time, it was not half past seven now, but all the seamen were called, and by this time they had all arrived at their posts.

However, it can be clearly seen that many people are still sleepy-eyed, and they finally have a holiday, and they want to be lazy today, and this holiday is scrapped.

But the thought of saving people lifted everyone's spirits.

More than fifty people were also gathered on the docks, including frogmen from the Navy and the Maritime Administration, as well as doctors and nurses from the hospital, as well as a group of leaders.

Zhou You didn't bother to greet the people of the Maritime Safety Bureau, ran all the way to the command room, stood in front of the command platform, held the walkie-talkie in his hand and asked, "Are you ready?" Start reporting the number. ”

The first mate, Bai Yancheng, said next to him: "A group of preparations is OK." ”

Chakell's voice also came, "The second group is ready to OK." ”

Chief Engineer Yuan Lide was also not there, and Deng Changji, the chief engineer, said: "The three groups are ready to be OK." ”

Who knew that Liang Hao's voice also came. "Four sets of ready OK."

Zhou You didn't care about Liang Hao, and asked Bai Yancheng, "Is the air pressure enough?" ”

He nodded, and Zhou You shouted, "Unanchor!" Pressure! ”

The start of large ships is not started by electric motors, but compressed air is injected first, and fuel is injected when the ignition speed is reached. Since Zhou Touring had allowed them to start the ship beforehand, now at this time, it is the paralyzed ship to start, relying on a strong thrust to make the ship offshore.

The Ranger slowly left the dock, causing the mud and sand to roll under the water, forming a sewage belt. However, when the ship leaves the dock and moves forward by thrust, the impact on the bottom of the water is reduced.

Although Lin Jiapei was not there, Zhou You also played with the captain's raw melons, and drove the Ranger into the main channel very smoothly.

At this time, a group of people from the Maritime Safety Bureau applauded. A middle-aged man in his fifties said, "Hello, Mr. Zhou, I am Huang Shunxing, who was on the phone with you just now. ”

Zhou You shook hands with him and said, "Hello Director Huang, let's not stay here to affect the operation, it will take more than an hour to reach the destination, let's go to the conference room to study the rescue situation." ”

"That's what I mean." He originally wanted to praise Zhou You, but seeing that Zhou You didn't care about this kind of thing, he couldn't praise it anymore.

After the introduction, one of the personnel at the scene was a Malaysian staff member, who gave a detailed introduction to the specific situation of the Xinshun.

The Xinshun is a medium-sized passenger roller ship, 78 meters long, 20 meters wide, 4 meters draft, 5.8 meters deep, with 350 passenger seats and 800 meters of dedicated lane. There were 347 passengers on board, and more than 30 crew members.

Since the route from Kuching to Kuala Lumpur is located in a windless zone where there are no typhoons, the center of gravity of the vessel is a little higher than that of ordinary sea vessels, and now it has capsized, and the situation is very critical.

At present, two small speedboats have rushed over, but the loading capacity of the boat with speed is not enough.

I heard that the ship had not capsized, and everyone's hearts were much more settled, because once the ship capsized, even if the Ranger passed, there was nothing they could do. The Ranger's crane is only 200 tons at most, but it can't lift this big guy.

At this time, Zhou You did not show his ability, but listened to the two experts from the Maritime Safety Bureau to make rescue arrangements. Although he salvaged countless shipwrecks, they were all ancient shipwrecks, and if one plan didn't work, he would change another plan. But he couldn't wait for him to test them one by one.

The phone numbers of the two liaison officers have not been hung up, and they are talking to the personnel on the ship, so they also know the situation on the ship very well.

Experts have developed a complete set of rescue plans based on the actual situation, but the specific situation will be determined only by going to the scene.

At nine o'clock, it took less than an hour and a half for the Ranger to reach the vicinity of the Xinshun under full speed.

From a distance, the Xinshun seemed to be floating on the sea like nothing had happened. These passenger rollers are generally designed with a double hull, so they can be parked on the water after hitting a rock. If it is a single-hull, as long as it hits the rock, it will almost capsize.

It is also the main waterway, but it is not far from Bintan Island, and if the driver is not careful, it is easy to touch the reef that protrudes from Bintan Island.

The Ranger first stopped at a distance of about fifty meters from the Xinshun, and then lowered the two speedboats as well. Chuckel and the others drove the speedboat and the two speedboats that arrived in advance to rescue the personnel first, and transferred the personnel to the Ranger first. (To be continued.) )