Chapter 255 Mandatory Rest Policy

By the time Xiao Peng arrived at the Mediterranean Support Unit 2, Biagio was already extremely anxious: "Mr. Xiao, we finally made a discovery, why did you stop the work? This is going to waste a lot of money!"

Xiao Peng was stunned after hearing this: "What? The relevant Italian authorities decided to help me pay this money?"

Biagio coughed twice after hearing this: "Well...he has a nice day today!"

Xiao Peng looked up at the sky: "Is it cloudy today?"

Biagio was irritated. "You're such a bad conversationalist, aren't you? We're still waiting to be paid, where can we get the money to pay?"

Xiao Peng said to Moreau, "Moreau, contact Fabian and tell him to get ready. I'm going live! Biagio, you might not know, but I'm also a live streamer. I'm doing deep-sea salvage for a Chinese live streaming website. I also have a partnership with France 5 TV. I need to notify them every time I go live. They'll record my broadcast and edit it for a TV show."

Biagio's eyes widened after hearing this and he said, "Give your country and France an anchor? Why not Italy?"

Xiao Peng replied as a matter of course: "You didn't give me any money!"

Biagio: "...Mr. Xiao, have you considered this? This is salvaging our Italian shipwreck but not providing Italy with related programs. Do you think this is a good idea?"

"Will you give me money?" Xiao Peng asked back.

Biagio coughed twice and said, "Mr. Xiao, some things are definitely more important than money, right?"

Xiao Peng blinked. "For example? Family? Love? Neither you nor I have any! Bruch, turn on the network signal base station and prepare to start broadcasting!"

"It will be ready soon!"

He is not planning to start a live broadcast, he is just trying to delay time!

Bruch returned to the Red Head Ship and began debugging the relevant equipment. Xiao Peng instructed the people on board, "Everyone, clean up yourselves and change into new clothes now. Don't let people laugh at you when it's your turn to appear on camera later!"

Everyone was busy, and just at this moment, the captain of the deep-sea salvage ship came over and said, "Boss Xiao, I have something to talk to you about."

After the two exchanged glances, Xiao Peng asked, "What's the matter?"

The captain, holding several documents in his hand, said, "I've printed out the upcoming weather report. The weather will be bad in the next few days. We've been working at sea for a long time, so we need mandatory rest. I suggest we take advantage of this period of bad weather to replenish supplies and let the sailors rest for a few days."

Xiao Peng nodded. "Of course. The question now is where to get supplies? Cagliari in Sardinia or Palermo in Sicily?"

The captain said, "Palermo."

Xiao Peng thought about it and said, "How about this? Tomorrow your ship will go to Palermo. The Dragon Boat will have supplies and won't go back."

"You are the boss, you have the final say!" After the captain said this, he looked at Xiao Peng with ulterior motives and turned back to the cockpit.

Xiao Peng almost laughed out loud. This captain must be quite frustrated. He clearly didn't want to find anything, so how could he suddenly find traces of a shipwreck? To buy time, he even came up with the idea of 'compulsory rest'.

Biagio didn't understand what they were saying and stood aside anxiously.

Seeing the captain leave, he hurriedly asked: "Mr. Xiao, what happened?"

Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "Nothing serious. I'm just going to Palermo to get supplies tomorrow."

"Huh?" Biagio was shocked. "Why are we going to go and resupply supplies right after we made the discovery?"

Xiao Peng spread his hands. "What can I do? The offshore engineering company that owns this Mediterranean Exploration II is based in Greece. Greek law stipulates that crew members on work vessels must take a mandatory rest period after working for long periods of time. If I remember correctly, Italy also has relevant laws and regulations, right?"

"But we've already been working overtime for so long! Why do we suddenly have to comply with this regulation?" Biagio asked in confusion, "Don't they say that Chinese people don't rest in order to make money?"

Xiao Peng slapped his thigh and said, "Who said it wasn't true? But the Greek Port Union is making trouble and contacted this ship to force them to rest."

Biagio's face darkened after hearing this: "The port union members have nothing to do, right? These Greeks are bastards. They have no money themselves, but they can't stand us Italians getting rich!"

Xiao Peng spread his hands and said nothing.

It's true that the port union is in charge of "mandatory rest," but which Greek port is it? Piraeus!

The Chinese are in full control of the place! Whether or not to take a 'compulsory rest' is up to you. . . .

Biagio was also helpless about this matter, because he knew that there were similar regulations in Italy. Now that they were required to take mandatory rest, he could only think that the Greek side was making things difficult for them.

Xiao Peng patted Biagio on the shoulder and said, "Alright, go dress up, or you'll be laughed at when you appear on camera. You've been at sea for quite some time, and now we see hope. Go back and rest for a few days, then make a concerted effort to salvage the sunken ship! I don't want to go to court over this!"

What else could Biagio say? If it were Italy, he could still find a solution, but the offshore engineering company was Greek, and even if they tried to intervene, they couldn't reach that far. He could only sigh and say, "This is the only way!"

Xiao Peng patted him and said, "Don't worry, the treasures are waiting for us at the bottom of the sea! They won't grow wings and run away! The Dragon Boat is my ship, there's no need to observe any 'mandatory rest'. This ship will continue searching here."

"That ship doesn't have supplies?" Biagio frowned slightly after hearing this: "Mr. Xiao, you're not planning to salvage the things yourself, are you?"

Xiao Peng was furious when he heard this. "What the hell! Mr. Biagio-Costa! What do you mean? Look at the Dragon Boat! Besides an ROV, is there any heavy lifting equipment? Relying on a robotic arm to bring up the silver ingots piece by piece? How many years are you going to let me do this? The silver ingots themselves are worthless. I'm not sure I can even make back my money after selling them. I won't disclose the salvage records and sell the silver ingots at a low price on the black market? What are you thinking, buddy?"

Biagio also felt that what he said was wrong. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Mr. Xiao, please don't misunderstand me. After all, this is our first contact, and I don't know you well..."

Xiao Peng waved his hand to interrupt him: "Walter!"

"Here we are!" Walter ran over holding the live broadcast device: "Start the live broadcast now?"

Xiao Peng pointed at Biagio and said, "Tell Mr. Costa to go back to his room and get some rest. Let him leave this ship tomorrow after we return to Paramo. Call Fabian and have him contact the relevant Italian authorities to tell them not to send idiots like this again! Otherwise, we'll be in trouble in the future! Do I need you to understand me?"

Walter walked towards Biagio with a smirk on his face after hearing this: "Mr. Costa, please! Don't force me to do it. I'm German."

A chance to beat up the Italians? No German would miss it!