With the development of the domestic economy getting better and better, people's consumption level is constantly improving, and everyone's demand for seafood is increasing day by day.

In many areas, the supply of some seafood exceeds the supply, for example, the demand for squid is very high, so the price of squid products remains high.

However, in the East China Sea, from May to September every year, it is usually the off-season for fishing, which is a closed fishing season.

In order to increase their income, some daring fishermen will sail their boats to the far southern hemisphere for pelagic fishing.

In the fishing village where Houtu is located, there is a very bold fishing boss surnamed Lin, who specially bought a three-story fishing boat and prepared to go to the seas of South America to catch squid.

He said that this is an opportunity to lead everyone to make a fortune. To this end, he drew up a contract to recruit crew members from all over the country.

He stipulated in the contract that if everyone could not catch fish, each crew member would have at least a considerable guaranteed annual salary every year; If you can catch fish, then calculate the commission for the crew according to a few cents per pound of fish, and the more you catch, the more you will pay the commission.

Someone has calculated that even if you are unlucky and return empty-handed, you can still get tens of thousands of yuan in guaranteed income in a year. If you do it well, you can earn more than 100,000 yuan or even hundreds of thousands of yuan a year.

For people who want to make a lot of money, it is very attractive to go out to sea to fish for a high salary, so everyone completely ignores the dangers of ocean fishing.

So, tempted by such conditions, some fishermen began to be tempted. Especially those young people who have no academic qualifications, they are even more ready to move.

Soon, the fishing boss surnamed Lin recruited dozens of crew members. Most of these crew members were introduced by acquaintances, and some of them were relatives of each other in order to take care of each other.

These crew members range from seasoned fishermen to young people who have never been out to sea to earn money. Everyone comes from all over the world, and the common purpose is: to follow the fisherman surnamed Lin to go to sea and make money through ocean fishing.

Pelagic fishing is a long voyage, so in order to maximize profits, it is necessary to catch a sufficient number of marine fish before returning. Generally speaking, a trip to sea is at least a year.

At first, Houtu didn't want to participate, but he couldn't stand Boss Lin's repeated door-to-door persuasion, after all, Boss Lin and Houtu's Aunt Lin were cousins. Speaking of which, we are all relatives.

After leaving the harbor, the large fishing boats directly cross the East China Sea and head towards the southern hemisphere. Due to the very long distance, everyone felt bored along the way.

To pass the empty time of boredom, some of the crew began to play cards and gamble. Those who don't play cards are there to watch and chat.

Dozens of days later, the fishing boat reached the center of the Pacific Ocean. At the request of Boss Lin, everyone began to carry out fishing operations during the voyage.

Overall, everything went well.

When the big fishing boats arrived in the South Pacific, everyone was more motivated and wanted to make a lot of money through their own efforts. However, Boss Lin asked everyone to only catch squid.

The method of catching squid is very simple, specifically, using the phototaxis of squid, a hook with a plastic luminous body is placed in the sea, and the light is used to illuminate the surface of the sea.

However, squid fishing also requires some experience, and some novices earn relatively little, while veteran fishermen harvest much more than them.

After some operation, everyone's harvest is actually good. Everyone thinks they can make a lot of money, and most people are immersed in joy.

However, the good times did not last long, and some of the crew members fell ill and their health deteriorated; At this time, some people start to miss their families and want to return home early.

The long-term and high-intensity fishing operations have made some newcomers who go to sea for the first time have inexplicable hallucinations.

Slowly, some of the crew members became unsupportable.

At this time, a news quietly spread among the crew: the contract signed by everyone with Boss Lin was fake, and the basic salary of tens of thousands of yuan that was originally said was also fake and would not be honored.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere on the big fishing boat became more and more depressing, and gradually, everyone lost the motivation to continue fishing.

Boss Lin pretended to be deaf and dumb, not only did not explain well, but continued to ask everyone to carry out high-intensity fishing operations, so that everyone's relationship quickly dropped to the freezing point.

As a result, some crew members began to unite in private, preparing to ask Boss Lin for an explanation and ask for an immediate return.

During this time, Houtu has been operating the fishing boat from the cockpit on the first floor, and is not very clear about some of the situation outside.

One day, several leading crew members led a large group of people to turn off the positioning system and communication system on the fishing boat, and then broke into Boss Lin's office with knives and sticks.

They first beat Boss Lin hard and controlled him, and then forced him to order to return immediately.

"Xiaotu, return immediately" Boss Lin stumbled to the cockpit and gave an order to Houtu.

Looking at Boss Lin, who was bleeding from his head, Houtu was a little puzzled, so his movements slowed down a little.

"Huh-" A tall, sturdy young man with a hideous face picked up his knife and slashed at the back. Hou Tu hurriedly dodged sideways, and just wanted to fight back, he found that the opponent's knife was already on Boss Lin's neck.

There was no way, so Houtu had to set a return route.

Boss Lin's brother-in-law happened to hear the movement here, so he rushed into the cockpit with a knife. Seeing this, the hideous-looking young man immediately greeted him and stabbed Boss Lin's brother-in-law to death with a knife.

This murderous young man quickly became famous, his name was Hu Xiaoyong, and he was the first crew member to sign up. He did not have an identity card, he did not have a crew member's certificate, and he belonged to the two people who had no certificate at all.

Hu Xiaoyong was very arrogant, he led people to throw the body of the deceased into the sea, and asked everyone to say in unison: that person, he accidentally fell into the sea and drowned.

Immediately, Hu Xiaoyong formed a team, and he became the de facto controller of the large fishing boat, and Boss Lin was asked to drive the fishing boat himself.

Houtu saw that the situation was not right, and hid in a crowded place on the first floor very interestingly.

However, Hu Xiaoyong is still plotting to murder people. Every time they kill someone, they turn up the radio on the fishing boat to the loudest to cover up the killing.

Throughout the afternoon, more than a dozen people were killed on the second floor. Some, if not killed, were so frightened that they jumped into the middle of the ocean.

Immediately afterwards, there was also a fight within Hu Xiaoyong's team. Hu Xiaoyong suspected that a few disobedient people would seize power, so he killed quite a few more people.

At this time, everyone on the ship was in a state of high tension, afraid that they would be "cleaned" by Hu Xiaoyong's team if they were careless.

In this case, Boss Lin, who was terrified, also joined Hu Xiaoyong's team. Therefore, Houtu, as a person on Boss Lin's side, is safe and sound for the time being.

Soon, several crew members couldn't stand it anymore and decided to escape by lifeboat. As a result, after they were discovered by Hu Xiaoyong's team, they were collectively killed.

Seeing this, some of the crew members were very frightened and jumped into the sea to take shelter. Hu Xiaoyong seemed to have a conscience, threw down a lifebuoy, and scooped up one of the crew members.

"Come, you kill this person" Hu Xiaoyong pointed to the crew who was fished up, and looked at the back soil on the bow of the ship with a smile. Among the people still on this ship, only Houtu has no blood on his hands, that is, only he has not killed the crew.