Chapter 1023 Not Found
Khedira complained while driving, "Kasin called us out of nowhere the other day and told us he was married. He said we'd have a drinking party when he got back, but a few days later he called again and said his wife had run away with someone. He'd been drinking on the boat since he got back, but he ended up getting beaten up by the boss and Hua Chong. Now he's drinking every day at the crew club."
Xiao Peng frowned slightly after hearing this. "I'll go beat him up later! Chen Cheng, have you finished checking the boat?"
Chen Cheng said: "We conducted a detailed inspection of both ships. We simply conducted another diving operation and then checked the signals on the ships. There was no external signal."
Xiao Peng's brows furrowed even tighter. "No external signal? Sorry, don't tell me I'm overthinking it. Does that mean someone on the ship sent a signal after discovering something?"
Chen Cheng and others fell silent after hearing this.
This question is really difficult to answer.
If there were no external signals on board, that meant there were no tracking devices. How did Chen Zetao know about their ship's movements? If there were no tracking devices, it could only mean someone was tipping off. This would be even more serious than if there were tracking devices on board!
After all, anyone can install tracking equipment, but only the crew on board can tip off, so everyone is a suspect!
This is a big trouble!
Xiao Peng said calmly: "Chen Cheng, I don't want to doubt you. After all, you have been with me for a long time, and I still trust you, so I let you conduct the self-examination this time. But I can't doubt Walter and the others in this matter. They won't contact Chen Zetao, and you are basically arranged by Chen Zetao, so it is impossible for me not to doubt you!"
Chen Cheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Boss, I understand what you mean. This matter is indeed very strange. But I also need to explain. We are indeed here on a mission, and that mission is to learn from you how to conduct deep-sea salvage. China's deep-diving and marine engineering technologies are developing rapidly, but there is not much experience in deep-sea salvage. Only a few national teams have salvage experience, and even then, not much. We are here to learn from you. At the same time, through continuous salvage operations, we are also testing our country's marine engineering equipment, identifying areas for improvement and problems to prevent domestic salvage teams from encountering the same problems. Many of us are old acquaintances at the Algerian Ocean Exploration Company, so we keep in touch regularly. However, our discussions are all technical, and we never mention our goals or discoveries. We still have this professional ethics!"
"Then what happened this time?" Xiao Peng asked back.
Chen Cheng said, "Boss, let's be frank. How many times have we discovered this before? If we wanted to inform on someone, we would have done so long ago, right? And I don't think this is right. If someone really informed on Chen Zetao and he wanted to steal our spoils, then the ship would have come here by now. Algeria is not far from us, right? Boss, although Chen Zetao knew that we discovered the 'Queen's Bride Price', he didn't take any action. Why? Boss, I always feel that this matter is a bit strange. Think about it, since you became successful, the country has always regarded you as a sweet baby. They helped you complete some unreasonable things. How could they turn against you for a sunken ship? Is there any misunderstanding here?"
Xiao Peng's mind raced. He had to admit that Chen Cheng's words made sense. If Chen Zetao was trying to steal their gains, the boat should have come over by now instead of just letting him do a live broadcast.
He is really confused now.
But he really didn't want to doubt the people on the boat.
These crew members have been with him for so long, and they are first-class in terms of work ability and everything else. If he really replaces them all, he won't be able to find suitable people to replace them!
But although what Chen Cheng said made sense, this matter was too strange! No matter how you look at it, there is no explanation for how Chen Zetao knew what their fleet had discovered!
Xiao Peng said, "Just because it didn't happen before doesn't mean it won't happen now. No matter what, this leak can't be explained. Chen Cheng, this is a standard leak. You all signed a confidentiality agreement when you boarded the ship! What do you think we should do about this?"
Chen Cheng replied without hesitation: "Investigate thoroughly!"
Khedira, who was driving, said, "Boss, isn't this too slow? Don't you think it would be better to ask Mr. Chen directly?"
Xiao Peng was stunned. Yes, go ask Chen Zetao. He will give him an explanation no matter what, right?
As a result, at this moment his phone rang. Xiao Peng took a look at the number and it was true that when a turtle comes, it comes back. It was Chen Zetao who called!
He answered the phone in a less-than-friendly manner: "Hey, it's Brother Chen."
Chen Zetao was stunned: "Brother Xiao, why do you sound unhappy?"
Xiao Peng said, "Who wants their whereabouts to be clearly monitored?"
Chen Zetao didn't understand what was happening. After hearing Xiao Peng's words, he said with a smile, "A celebrity should have the awareness of a celebrity. It's not surprising that the famous 'salvage king' is being watched. Which of these paparazzi are good?"
Xiao Peng snorted coldly, "Come on! I've been in Africa for so long and no one has ever recognized me! I met a few French university students, and they didn't recognize me even though they knew my name! Unlike you, you called me the moment I got off the plane? You know my whereabouts like that!"
Hearing this, Chen Zetao came to his senses. "Brother Chen, so you're complaining about me! Hey, isn't it strange that I don't know your whereabouts? If I hadn't helped you contact the plane, you'd still be in Cameroon! How difficult would it be to find you a flight to Funchal from there? It's fine if you don't thank me, but you're complaining about me?"
Xiao Peng choked after hearing this.
Chen Zetao said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You're really good. You found another great shipwreck! Why don't you sound happy?"
"Of course I'm not happy!" Xiao Peng said, "How can I be happy when a leak happened on our ship?"
"Leak?" Chen Zetao was stunned.
Xiao Peng nodded and said, "Confidentiality is paramount in our line of work. And now that we've put it on, a serious leak has occurred! We're trying to figure out who told you we found the 'Queen's Gift'! Can you tell me how you knew where it was sunk?"
"Ah?" Chen Zetao said after hearing this: "Brother Xiao, I don't even know where the 'Queen's gift' is!"
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