Chapter 369 Earthquake. Entering the Pier
If fishermen use a small dock to go out to sea, they must hand over 60% of their income. If they go out to sea on someone else's boat, they must hand over 80% of their income.
Even if they are exploited to this extent, they have to swallow their anger in order to survive.
The old fisherman next to Chu An was from Xia Shui Village. All the fishing boats in their village were lost during the extreme cold period. Before the extreme heat, they used the only remaining tools in the village to rebuild three more boats. However, a few days later, a fire broke out again and not a single intact boat was rescued.
They could only borrow other people's boats to go out to sea, and then hand over 80% of the profits to them in order to barely make ends meet.
Chu An and others came back, Da Piaoliang and Old Man Wei also woke up, and they were setting up the pot.
Da Piaoliang saw Quan Duan carrying a bag of fish, and her eyes narrowed into slits, "Oh, I haven't eaten fish for a long time, it seems like I'm in for a treat this time."
Quan Duan put down the net bag, and there were still a few fish jumping around. Old man Wei came over, and he recognized most of the offshore species.
Yellow croaker, salmon, turbot, tiger prawns, shrimps, scallops, clams, mussels, and a giant squid.
He threw his pipe aside and started to fish with his bare hands. He also struggled with the squid for a long time like Quan Duan. The man was killed by his youth.
Gu Ye took out various seasonings and rice from the RV, and then helped Quan Duan. After a while, Jinli woke up and got out of the car to help.
Everyone was enthusiastic about the meal and was planning to cook a pot of seafood porridge.
Chu An returned to the car and found that Li Qing had a slight fever. He had been lacking in interest since yesterday.
While the people outside were sleeping, she released Wang Ce from the space and gave Li Qing an IV.
The moment Li Qing saw Wang Ce, he almost jumped off the bed. He felt that 50% of his fever was caused by fear.
Wang Ce rarely put on a domineering CEO face. He took Li Qing's temperature like a doctor, gave him an injection, and then drew a tube of blood.
However, he did not go back immediately. He frowned at the splint that Old Man Wei had tied. This wouldn't work, and that wouldn't work. He told Chu An about several types of medical splints.
Fortunately, she had a good memory and it took her ten minutes to find it according to the label. Wang Ce fixed Li Qing's wound again and replaced two boxes of bone injury medicine for him.
If I had known that Old Man Wei’s way of kidnapping Wang Ce was wrong, I should have found an opportunity to get Wang Ce out earlier.
"There was nothing wrong with what he had before, I just don't like it." After Wang Ce finished speaking, he returned to the space with a relaxed look on his face, leaving Chu An with a frown on his face.
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An hour later, everyone got up one after another. Seeing the "full fish banquet", more than a dozen pairs of eyes began to light up. Unlike the people in Xiwan, they really hadn't eaten fish for a long time.
While everyone was having breakfast, a boy about fourteen or fifteen years old came over and asked, "Excuse me, are you from City C?"
The boy's voice is very clear, which makes people feel inexplicably comfortable when listening to it.
Chu An looked up. The boy was thin and wore a loose khaki T-shirt and ripped knee-length jeans. His hair was shaved very short, almost touching his scalp.
His face is as big as a palm and is tanned brown. He has a pair of big round eyes and looks like a festive child.
Koi stood up and responded hastily, "Yes, we are from City C. Are you the one who took us to the dock?"
The little boy nodded and said with a smile, "You guys eat first, and then I'll take you to see Steward Wang."
Koi took out a stool and placed it next to the table, "Have you eaten? If you don't mind, come and have a bite with us."
The little boy licked his lips. Although they lived by the sea, the things in the sea did not belong to them, and going hungry was common. He hadn't had breakfast for a year.
Da Piaoliang directly scooped a bowl of porridge and placed it in front of him. "Son, sit down and eat first. By the way, what's your name? What do you do at Ship King?"
The boy was very shy. "My name is Ling Bo. They all call me Bo Zai. You can call me that, too. I'm not the shipping king's subordinate. I work for Manager Wang and do some odd jobs."
Jinli pressed his shoulder and asked him to sit down. "We are new here and don't understand many things. I will need your guidance in the future. My name is Jinli and that's my big brother. You can just follow me and call him Brother Qing."
Bo Zai looked in the direction of Koi's finger and looked at Li Qing, "Brother Qing."
"Well, eat quickly." Li Qing smiled. He had no resistance to such a well-behaved child.
It was the first time for Bo Zai to meet such a friendly team, so he was no longer reserved. During the meal, he talked a lot about the situation at the pier.
The shipping tycoon's assets in Xiwan were managed by a woman named She Hongmi, who had six managers under her, each in charge of one of the six docks.
Because many people died in the natural disaster, there is a shortage of staff at the docks, so only three docks are open at present, namely No. 2 to No. 4.
The place where they docked was near Pier 2. The manager Wang he mentioned was the general manager of Pier 2, which was equivalent to the team leader of the human resources and logistics departments.
The manager above Manager Wang is Hu Yifan, an old employee of the dock. The other two managers of the open dock are newly transferred.
"Pier 2 is now the main terminal and is extremely short of manpower, so Manager Wang will recruit some temporary workers."
Bo Zai is a temporary worker, but because he is young, he can only run errands for Wang Guanshi and do some odd jobs. Even though they are small jobs, he has to be on call 24 hours a day, which most people can't stick to.
After dinner, Li Qing asked Jinli and Quanduan to stay and watch the car, and he took He Xun and Huabi to the dock to check the situation. Chu An and Gu Ye were non-staff members, so they followed.
With Chu An around, Jinli doesn't have to worry about the safety of his boss.
Led by Bo Zai, they entered Pier 2 and saw a large concrete space, which was shining brightly by the dazzling light, making it impossible to open their eyes.
In the distance, there were large cranes, transporters and freight trucks parked at the dock, busy loading and unloading, making a lot of noise.
At the edge of the dock, cargo ships and fishing boats were quietly anchored in the bay, with the flags of shipping kings on board, fluttering gently in the breeze.
Many workers were busy shirtless, their bodies tanned dark brown, their backs hunched, some pushing carts loaded with goods, others carrying heavy packages.
The 10,000-ton cargo ships of the 21st century and the human labor of the 1970s and 1980s formed a collision unique to the end of the world.
Li Qing was going to wait for Xia Yaoyin, but Bo Zai told them that President Xia had already arrived.
They followed Bo Zai around the open space and came to the office area. The buildings here were not particularly tall, basically three to five stories high, and some had collapsed.
Bo Zai led them to the main building, where a huge wall hanging was hung in front of it. The sound of the bell was deep and solemn. Every stroke seemed to announce that the work on the dock never stopped, day or night.
Li Qing and others were taken to the conference room on the second floor. There was no air conditioning in the building, so the fan was turned on, making a buzzing sound.
Bo Zai asked them to wait here and his figure quickly disappeared in the corridor.
"Why does it feel so eerie here?" He Xun wiped the sweat from his face.
"I also feel something is wrong. The woman at the door looks at people strangely." Gu Ye frowned and said, "When I came in, she stared at me without blinking. I went upstairs and she was still staring at me. It was really creepy."
"Ahem..." He Xun coughed twice, looking at the ignorant boy who was whiter, stronger and more handsome than him, and shook his head helplessly, "Well, she is young, and you are young too. Well... this is understandable."
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