What made Ingram even more desperate was that because of the accident of the Blue Whale in Antarctica and the failure to complete the commissioned mission of the US Department of Energy, Ingram did not receive any commissioned mission to the Arctic. Both government departments and other colleges and universities were still worried about the failure of the Blue Whale to complete the commissioned mission of the US Department of Energy. No one wanted to entrust their commission to an organization that failed to complete the scientific expedition mission.
Just like that, Ingram immediately faced an extremely grim situation - if there were no more commissions, Ingram would most likely close down!
But at this time, Ingram's head David Patel learned that a Chinese from San Francisco was looking for a polar research vessel capable of going to the Arctic Ocean to carry out missions, and said that money was not a problem.
Under such circumstances, David Patel naturally contacted Lin Dan immediately. As rumored, this young Chinese man from San Francisco didn't care about money at all. Even though David Patel offered a price of $240,000 a week, after seeing the Blue Whale, the young Chinese man directly paid a deposit of $1.2 million for five weeks.
Although this amount of money was not much, it was undoubtedly a life-saving money for Ingram, who was almost unable to make ends meet. In particular, the young Chinese man surnamed Lin personally guaranteed that once the ship went out to sea, five weeks would definitely not be enough, and eight weeks or even twelve weeks were possible, but how long it would take would depend on the specific circumstances of the voyage.
Although this was not a commissioned task, but just a simple lease of the Blue Whale, after David Patel learned that Lin Dan's boss behind the scenes had appeared, he immediately brought the newly appointed captain of the Blue Whale to meet Yang Jing.
"Hello Mr. Yang, I am David Patel, the head of Ingram, and this is Andrei Milaginov, the captain of the Blue Whale. When you go out to sea, Andre will be responsible for you throughout the journey." Although David Patel is a white man in his fifties, he couldn't help but lower his posture when facing Yang Jing, the financial sponsor.
He had to lower his posture. Although the two people in front of him were of Chinese descent, when David Patel saw the Patek Philippe Platinum World Time watch on Yang Jing's left hand, he immediately realized that the two young Chinese in front of him were definitely wealthy tycoons.
A watch worth several million dollars was casually worn on his wrist. To be honest, even though David Patel claimed to be a well-informed person, he had never seen such an extravagant guy. The watch on his wrist alone was enough to pay for the rent of the Blue Whale for most of the year.
"Hello, Mr. Patel, you can just call me Albert." Yang Jing still felt good about this polite middle-aged man. "Mr. Patel, the main reason I rented your Blue Whale this time is to take my fiancée to the Arctic Ocean. My fiancée and I just got engaged, and my fiancée really wants to go to the Arctic, so this time we will go to the Arctic together." Some things don't need to be kept secret.
"Wow, Albert, congratulations on having such a beautiful fiancée." Patel gave his compliments at the right time. "Please feel free to board our Blue Whale. Although the Blue Whale has been launched for ten years, it is still one of the world's top polar research ships. The facilities on board will ensure that you and your fiancée will enjoy the upcoming Arctic journey. At the same time, the Blue Whale also has an excellent captain. Although our Mr. Andre has just become the captain of the Blue Whale, Andre has extremely rich sailing experience. When the Blue Whale was launched, he served as the chief engineer of the Blue Whale, and later became the first mate of the Blue Whale. It was not until this year that Mr. Andre became the helmsman of the Blue Whale. It is no exaggeration to say that no one is more familiar with the Blue Whale than Andre."
Andrei at the side saluted and said in English with a strong Russian accent: "Welcome aboard the Blue Whale. Andrei Milaginov will serve you wholeheartedly."
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