Chapter 216: Return to Hong Kong
The news of the asterisk recruitment directly made most of the captains who wanted to return to Hong Kong to return to the port when the price of swordfish was rising, and sell the catch at a good price to return to the fishing ground, of course, there were some who didn't mind and rushed directly to the port. The nearest port from Granbank was in the Newfoundland circle, and in these places the news of the asterisk being full of anti-harbor and recruiting sailors was even more spreading.
The Arrow caught up with its sister ship Star when it was still more than forty nautical miles from the port, and the two ships sailed together towards their home port. When the two boats entered the port one after the other, let alone the fishing boats going back and forth, even the port staff waved at the two boats. Some boats that had no conflict of interest with Bei Hai also honked their horns a few times, which was a treatment that Bei Hai did not have before.
The current asterisk still has the Canadian maple leaf flag on it, because the nationality of the asterisk is still Canadian, but when Beihai completes the conditions of the contract, the ship will change its nationality, and the maple leaf flag on it will be replaced by the star-striped flag. At this time, Bei Hai on the Arrow did not know that there were some people on the dock who were waiting for their past, and if they really returned with a full cabin as they said, they would give the new flag of the Asterisk, and then hold a small ceremony.
Now whether it was Bei Hai or Joey, or the deck sailors of both ships, they were all standing on deck, and the fatigue of a few days of rest and the excitement of going home had swept away the fatigue of these people. Stand on the deck and greet the ships that come and go.
"Why is he free?" Bei Hai looked at the group of people on the dock, and a familiar face appeared on the dock that he shouldn't have appeared, and couldn't help but say. Although he had doubts in his heart, Bei Hai did not say it and docked the boat to the shore step by step.
The arrow and the asterisk came to shore at about the same time. As soon as the two boats docked, the audience waiting on the shore to watch the full cabin drama couldn't wait to surround them. Bei Hai looked at the black head and wondered if the entire Gloucester people had come with their families, if it weren't for how there were so many brains.
As soon as the asterisk approached, one of the Bronco employees jumped onto the ship and reached out to pull the lid of the reefer. As soon as he pulled it away, the whole person was directly stunned.
"What's wrong?" Bei Hai thought that the person who should not appear looked at the expressions of the employees of Mustang Company and couldn't help but feel a twitch in his heart, and the fastest thought that jumped out of his mind was: The cabin is not full! If that's the case, it's quickly a joke when you get to the scene.
Now is not the time for jokes! Thinking of this, the man immediately jumped onto the deck and stood next to the Mustang employee. When I looked inside, I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
Benny believed Bei Hai's words, and Bei Hai said that if it was full, it must be full, but looking at the expressions of the two people standing at the hatch, he couldn't help but say, "What's going on!" Mike, why don't you go down to the pod to get ready to pull the fish? ”。
"I want to go down, but I can't go down!" Mike turned back to his boss.
The man standing next to Mike had a smile on his face again, and walked towards the Arrow.
"How can you not go down!" Benny was a little angry, thinking to himself that Mike was too hard to work hard, and he could do this by watching from the sidelines, and he would talk to the accountant about deducting his bonus this month, and he got to the hatch while thinking. At first glance, he couldn't help but whisper: "Fake! ”。
Full cabin! This is the real full cabin, no matter who comes, there is no objection, the catch in the whole cabin is not only filled with the separated ice tank, but even the passage of the people is used, and the catch is piled up to the hatch mouth.
"These guys are a little too ruthless!" Mike said, looking at the catch at the hatch opening. It can be seen that these fish were caught before returning to the sea, because they are all frozen in the way, but the value of these fish is not low, at least now Mike is not a swordfish, but about two hundred pounds of three bigeye tuna.
The four of Kang Li came over at this time: "Hurry up and unload." We're still waiting to go home for dinner! Laughing and laughing, the two of them reached out to wipe off the top layer of ice, and the two tuna bodies were exposed.
"Home for dinner? Let's wait until after eight o'clock" Benny glanced at Conry, then shouted at the shore, "Unload!" "The Mustang employees, who had been prepared for a long time, began to get busy.
Bei Hai, who was on the Arrow, stood on the deck and looked at Joshua who came over and asked, "Why did you come here today?" ”。
"I heard that the staff at the pier prepared a flag changing ceremony for the star. I'll just come with me! Anyway, we are also friends, and I will come to your ship-winning ceremony! Joshua said with a smile as he stood in front of Behai.
Bei Hai heard this and thought to himself: Fart! Why don't you see your kid coming over when the Lao Tzu Arrow is in the water! Now that it looks good, you're here, you're really a good seedling for politics.
Bei Hai understands that these unprofitable politicians have taken a fancy to the publicity effect of this ceremony, half of them are here to cheer and half are here to make up a few numbers and make a face. Although this matter is not big news, it can't be on Time magazine or anything like that, but it is not difficult to get on local news at all, and there are a few people in Gloucester who don't know the past and present life of the asterisk. George used to be a legend, but now a 'Gloucester man' is riding him and repeating a legendary catch. It's also a matter of increasing the morale of the Gloucester people, and if Joshua doesn't come, it will be a ghost.
It's not just Joshua who even the old mayor who is still on the stage with a smile on his face, haha, these politicians are super first-class in their efforts to rub oil.
"Ritual then ritual!" Bei Hai also said generously.
Seeing that Bei Hai agreed, Joshua motioned to the port staff to come up, although there was a mayor, a prospective mayor who was ready to grab the mayor's seat, and when the two faced the camera, they looked like dogs, which really made Bei Hai not know what to say.
The Americans do not have so many fancy tunes in China, the main thing is to lower the maple leaf flag on the top of the asterisk, and then Bei Hai and Joshua go to the roof of the cabin to hang the American Stars and Stripes Flag, hanging the flag is very simple and a matter of one minute, but before Bei Hai and the current mayor pulled the flag and took pictures, it took more than three minutes. And it's a couple of angles.
It's just the division of labor between the two opponents, if the two haven't discussed it before, then there will be a ghost!
After changing the flag, there are also documents for the ship. There was also a small ceremony, and then naturally it was a group photo. Although the ceremony is simple, I can't bear to take a lot of photos. In short, Bei Hai felt that his face was a little stiff. The ceremony is over.
"These people!" Matt said as he looked at the clean people who were about to disappear in a few minutes after taking the photo.
"The purpose of the people has been achieved! Let's get to work! Bei Hai looked at the figure of the mayor who was drilling into his car and said, and handed over the text in his hand to Joey, from now on, according to the agreement signed by George, the asterisk will completely belong to Bei Hai.
As soon as Bei Hai was about to let everyone prepare to move and weigh the fish, he saw the old man Arai Toshinori walking towards him with his grandson.
have become partners, and Bei Hai seems to feel embarrassed if he doesn't take two steps.
"Mr. Arai, it's just a matter of picking a fish, why did you come here by yourself!" Bei Hai arrived at the side of the ship and said to Arai.
Arai went to the deck with the support of his grandson, and then said to Bei Hai: "I'm not worried about coming to see it, but I heard that the fishermen on the east coast who have returned with a full load are legends, and the legends I bet on will naturally come and take a look!" ”。
Bei Hai had to admit that the old man could talk. When I heard the word legend in my heart, it was also very useful.
"Go down and have a look?" Arai walked to the door of the frozen chamber and asked Bei Hai.
"Let's wait for the fish to come up and see, the temperature inside is too cold!" Bei Hai didn't want an old man to go into the cabin at dozens of degrees below zero, and suddenly it was cold, what if the old man burped in his cabin!
"Guests are as they please!" Arai Toshinori didn't insist either.
Soon the second fresh-keeping crane of the Mustang company stretched out its boom, and Matt and Qi Yiming returned to the deck from their families as soon as they saw the start of unloading, and entered the cabin to begin to clear the ice and bundle the fish.
With decades of experience working with tuna, Arai is quite satisfied with the quality of some of the catches in the sea, although the results of the test have not yet come out, but as far as he can see the 20 or so, half of them are on Arai Rishinori's list. For a sushi restaurant, it's not just bluefin tuna that is excellent. Bigeye tuna and yellowfin tuna with outstanding quality are also indispensable, and now there are all three types of Beihai here, and the quality now seems to be almost all B-grade upwards, which naturally makes Arai Toshino happy.
Xinjin Ritzer and Benny are happy to be partners of Beihai and share in Beihai's success. But there was also a partner on the shore who was now smiling. But I wasn't happy at all. This is the company that helps Bei Hai make new fishing gear.
Bei Hai, who has always secretly thought that he is a bald boss in his heart, now knows that he is dripping blood in his heart! The fact that the Arrow came back with so many catches can only show one thing: this group of fishermen was designed successfully!
Success should be a joy to be. But this one is not included, because the more successful you go, the more expensive it is to show that what you want to get.
"Wow! Look at the big tuna over there! Someone in the crowd let out an exclamation. The whole crowd began to move towards the Arrow,
Now the crane is lifting a huge bluefin tuna. The entire head was still on the body, only the stomach had been cut open, and some loose pieces of ice were falling from the fish's belly. And Qi Yiming was wearing gloves to clean up the crushed ice in the fish liver.
In the eyes of everyone, the big fish was placed horizontally on the electronic scale, and when it was stabilized, it showed a weight of 1,350 pounds.
Everyone had just finished watching the big bluefin and someone on the other side said, "The asterisk is really a swordfish?" Why are you catching so many bigeye tuna! ”。
When the group looked up, they saw six bigeye tuna, about 100 pounds, tied together with their tails tied together and hoisted ashore. 、
Some people were just about to turn around to take a look, when suddenly they saw another huge fish hanging up in the cabin of the Arrow.
"Shhh Bigger than the previous one! "The person who wanted to go to the asterisk had to stop again.
Some people in the crowd looked at Bei Hai, who was frowning slightly, and after noticing Bei Hai's expression, they couldn't help but think: "Are you still not satisfied with such a catch?" ”。
Some of the daughters in the family even thought in their hearts: I should marry my daughter to this young man. (To be continued......)