"You're the 'captain', my old friend, do you know where the real captain is?"

The first mate was stunned.

"Our captain is now chatting with Mr. Hofner, the executive director of Ocean Shipping, in the open-air café on the fourth floor.

I think he will definitely mention the postponement of retirement, and with his physical condition, he has the support of Mr. Hofner, and there is no problem at all with another round of contract..."

If the 58-year-old captain gets the support of the company's powerful people and gets the opportunity to sign another round of contracts, it means that the opportunity to come out in two years' time, which Harry has been waiting for, will burst like a bubble.

In another seven years, he will be approaching fifty years old, and the chances of being promoted to captain of a large tanker at such an age will undoubtedly become slim, and he will probably end his career as first mate like his predecessor.

It was a matter of future and fate, and when he heard his friend's words, Harry's face changed color, "What!

Hell, so it was, no wonder he would be so kind and let me preside over the voyage. ”

"Yes, a voyage of one hundred and seventy nautical miles from New York City, without any reefs or dangerous currents along the way.

Harry, how much do you think a voyage like this can add to your resume?"

"Shit, I didn't think of that.

Oh, man, why are you telling me such a thing, and it's so frustrating for me to be confused and indulge in the fantasy that it's not better. ”

"Then it's a mistake for me to sneak in to inform you of the news, you really don't know the good heart, Harry, in that case, then I'll go. You continue to pretend to hold your rudder and dream your sweet dreams. The cruise ship service manager, dressed in a crisp suit, turned and walked out the door.

"Don't be angry with Fei Nan, I just said it casually, and I didn't really complain about you.

Wait for me buddy, I'll give them a few words and go have a drink with you, you're not that busy after the party starts anyway. ”

"That's a good idea, you know. This time, the ordinary hospitality champagne is 'Fruit Farmer 1999', each bottle is more than 200 meters, and I estimate that the wine alone will cost hundreds of thousands. ”

"Hundreds of thousands, but aren't most of the guests still children?"

"It was a very rich kid, and we put the wine on the table. Put a sign that says 'Minors Do Not Drink' and hehehe. ”

"It's ridiculous. Harry shook his head, then shouted to the pilots and engineers in the wheelhouse, "Adelaide, Alessandro, I'm going to have a break with Mr. Ada, call me if you have any questions." ”

"Your Excellency, don't worry. The navigator and engineer of the 'Elizabeth Holiday' smiled at each other and replied in a loud voice.

"Your Excellency, what a beautiful name, after becoming temporary captain, I will no longer be Harry's first mate. It's 'Your Excellency'," Harry said in a low voice, dejected.

"Good fellow, don't think so much, let's go have a drink.

Do you know the truth, I'm actually just as depressed as you are now, just now. Just now, I saw a child who looked to be less than sixteen years old give away a million-dollar diamond necklace.

If it were a banker or a financier, I wouldn't feel anything. Rich people, I see too much on the boat.

But that kid, that kid, couldn't even dance ballroom dancing well, like a dumb melon, but he gave me seven or eight years' salary at once, this is really, really..."

"Wouldn't it, there are still such nouveau riche people in New York City now?"

"He's yellow-skinned, maybe Chinese. ”

"Oh, that's understandable, I've heard that the children of the super-rich in China book a 'Bugatti Veyron' in all kinds of colors, maybe in their opinion, giving a diamond necklace of one million is nothing at all..."

The two walked out of the cab in a low voice, and drifted away.

After the first mate left, the noisy, joyful voices and dynamic music on the deck soon made Adelaide, the young navigator, who had just turned thirty, and Alessandro, the chief engineer, itch and excuse themselves to flee from their posts, leaving only the only third mate still staring patiently at the nautical instrument.

However, as it got late, when the third mate asked the kitchen to deliver food into the wheelhouse, he also specially asked the friendly waiter to help touch a 'free champagne' from the dining table to enjoy, and after a whole fine champagne was put down, his eyes also became confused, so that the 'Elizabeth Holiday' was almost completely in a state of relying on the automatic cruise system to dominate the navigation.

It's not that the senior seafarers on the Elizabeth Holiday are irresponsible, but that this route is too simple, just going around the New York coast, and the chance of danger along the way is smaller than the chance of winning the Powerball jackpot, but they have forgotten the fact that although the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are only 1 in 170 million, someone will always win.

Late at night, I don't know how late the road time is, and the cruise ship is brightly lit in the dark ocean.

At this time, most of the guests on the ship were exhausted and rested, and the remaining energetic people also quieted down, gathered on the open-air deck on the fourth floor of the cabin, blowing the sea breeze and looking at the starry sky.

Zhang Lisheng is one of the energetic people, wearing a sweatshirt and shorts, sitting on a beach chair by the pool, drinking Coke, but instead of looking up at the stars, his mouth gently squirms and looks at the dark waters of the Atlantic.

Tina had also changed into sexy and casual hot pants and T-shirts, sat next to the young man, and looked at the bright moon for a while, she suddenly lowered her head and whispered in the young man's ear: "Li Sheng, what kind of spell are you secretly chanting, do you want to turn our cruise ship into a big sheep that can swim water?"

"No, it's just a precautionary measure. ”

"It's a guarantee, it's off the coast of New York, it's not a primeval jungle.

Tricy and Celia have gone to sleep, why don't we go and rest first, and then you can continue chanting the spell tomorrow to keep us safe. Tina's voice became coquettish.

"Tina, I'm not kidding, do you remember when the party hadn't started yet..."Zhang Lisheng was just saying, when suddenly there was an exclamation from all around, "Hell, what is that...

Oh no, we're going to crash..."

"Turn, turn around, shit, doesn't anyone drive the boat..."

"Oh God, my God, run fast boys, run fast ..."

Hearing the mournful cry for help, Zhang Lisheng was full of excitement, and without even looking back, he pulled Tina up and ran forward desperately.

Just as the two were about to run to the edge of the ship's side, the steel fence surrounding the ship's side suddenly broke inexplicably.

"Jump with me. With Zhang Lisheng shouting, he jumped from the crack in the fence with Tina, who yelled 'Ahhh

The moment the two of them jumped off the open deck, the Elizabeth Holiday crashed into the middle of two huge black stone pillars standing side by side in the middle of the sea.

After a loud 'boom', half of the cruise ship through the gap between the stone pillars was stuck, and the shock caused by the impact made hundreds of people on the four-story open-air deck unstable, or fell to their heads and bled out, or simply fell into the sea and their lives were unknown.

"What's wrong, this, what's wrong with Li Sheng. "Tina who blindly trusted Zhang Lisheng just now and jumped directly off the top floor of the cabin, was picked up by the island dragon who jumped up immediately after hitting the fence and landed on the ground, and was safely loaded into the sea.

"It seems that there was a shipwreck, but the situation is not as bad as I thought, the ship should be safe for the time being, let's go back. Zhang Lisheng said, driving the island dragon to hide its body and jump high from the crocodile dragon in the sea, and the nails on its claws poked out twice on the hull of the 'Elizabeth's Holiday', and quietly returned to a dim corner of the deck.

"Yes, some people have fallen into the water, I, we should save them, save..."

"We have to save ourselves first, Tina, just now in the sea I saw that the ship seemed to be caught by two stone pillars, stranded on the island, I have never been out to sea, do you know that we are most likely to be there now?"

"The island, is it Start Island, but we will not pass through Staryu on our route at all, and the distance is far exceeded, and by the way, there is no stone pillar on Start Island that can hold the steamer.

I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do, my mind is very messy, we shouldn't be in danger at all, it's just..."

"Tina, there's nothing to be afraid of, it's just 'soldiers coming to block the water and cover the earth'. With me, even if the whole ship dies and the ship explodes, you'll be back to New York safely. ”

Although this sentence is selfish and selfish, and I know that it is difficult to fulfill, it still reassures me at once.

Thank you, baby. Listening to Zhang Lisheng's assurance, Tina was stunned for a moment, gradually calmed down, and breathed a long sigh of relief with a complicated expression, "Let's go see Tricy and Xie Liya first, I hope they are all right." ”

As she spoke, the girl took Zhang Lisheng's hand and strode towards the cabin.

At this time, the entire 'Elizabeth Holiday' was already full of wailing, not only the people who stayed on the deck were almost all injured, but also those guests who had rested, and the service staff also fell in the cabin and broke their heads.

The overhead lights in the ship's corridor had been extinguished, but fortunately, the emergency lights were on, and Zhang Lisheng and Tina stepped on the green carpet and ran in the opposite direction from the panicked guests who rushed to the deck to reach the first-class area.

By the dim light of the emergency lights. The girl shouted, "Trisy, Cheria, you're all right.

Cheria, Tricy, do you hear me...", as she searched for her close friend's room.

"Tina, is Tina you?

Oh dear, come and save me, God, I'm glad you're here..."Suddenly, a faint cry for help came from a suite not far to the right. (To be continued.) )