Chapter 1034 This is the 'Aurelia'
In the barrage room, we watched the ROV operating the huge hydraulic shears to perform cutting work.
"Xiao Zhou! Tell those new ROV guys to be careful!" Xiao Peng yelled into the intercom. "If they damage my figurehead, I'll hang them on my bow as a figurehead!"
"Don't worry, boss, I'm watching!" Xiao Zhou's voice came.
Xiao Peng turned off the live broadcast and turned to Chen Zetao, "Brother Chen, if anything happens to your men, how about I hang you on the bow of the boat?"
Chen Zetao's face was filled with rage. "Are you really dead? Don't worry, we'll definitely be careful with such an expensive figurehead. Regardless of whether this is the 'Capitana' or not, just for this figurehead, your cost will be recouped, right?"
"Just for the cost? Then I might as well just play in Africa!" Xiao Peng said after turning on the live broadcast: "As you can see, cutting the figureheads is a very delicate matter. Although these figureheads are carved from a single piece of oak and have been waterproofed with tar, they have been submerged in the sea for so long that a single mistake could cause irreparable damage. Cutting is a very troublesome task, and getting it out of the water is even more of a technical job! The process will take about four hours. If you are interested, please take your time to watch. As for me... Chen Cheng! How are you reading the information?"
"Found it!" Chen Cheng's voice came from the intercom. "But if it's the 'Aurelia', that doesn't seem like good news, does it? This ship carries a large amount of weapons, which means it can't carry much cargo!"
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Chen Cheng, didn't you hear what I just told you? What's the most important thing in this industry? Be careful! Don't miss any details! The ROV just observed both sides of the ship. The starboard side is mostly blocked by sea sand, but you should be able to see the port side clearly, right?"
Chen Cheng nodded. "Any questions, boss?"
Xiao Peng asked, "Did you notice the gun holes on the side of the ship? Even with all the damage, there aren't any cannons scattered around the wreck. Don't you think that's unrealistic?"
Chen Cheng's voice came: "I understand! Unless they abandoned the artillery for some reason and no longer need self-defense capabilities. For example, they need to load heavy cargo on it."
Xiao Peng nodded and said, "So even if this isn't the Capitana, there might still be a lot to gain."
Chen Cheng was already excited. "Boss, isn't this a sure thing? I guess the Capitana couldn't move forward due to damage to the hull, so they transferred the cargo to the Aurelia. But the cargo was too heavy, so they had to abandon the artillery."
Xiao Peng nodded. "That's a good theory, but it's also possible that other ships were severely damaged and needed to transfer crew and food. After all, life is the most important thing, right? If something happened to the Alleria, the Capitana couldn't just ignore the people on board. After all, human life isn't always that valuable. But if something happened to the Capitana, could the Alleria just ignore it? That's the flagship! So everything will have to wait until the can is opened before we can get the answer. Don't worry, let's get the figurehead up first. Ma Xiao, are you there?"
Ma Xiao's voice came from the intercom: "Boss, I'm here."
Xiao Peng said, "The next operation won't require an HOV. Have Yang Zhibin direct the HOV recovery effort. Meanwhile, everyone on the Calypso's deck crew should prepare to 'open the can'! Get the offshore equipment ready!"
Ma Xiao said: "Okay, boss!"
"Let those exempted...ah, let those new crew members do it!" Xiao Peng said.
"I understand!" Ma Xiao said.
Chen Zetao's face was filled with gloom. "You mean free labor?"
"How could that be!" Xiao Peng grinned, "This is to train the newcomers, isn't it?"
At this time, the comments on the barrage were anxious: "Forget the figurehead! Hurry up and 'open the can'!"
“That’s right!”
"It's getting boring to watch such a slow process of salvaging a figurehead for hours!"
"We want to see 'Opening the Can'!"
Xiao Peng looked at the comments and said, "Do you think life at sea is romantic? Believe me, 99% of life at sea is boring. Our longest stint was 79 consecutive days at sea. That time was simply unbearable to look back on."
"Come on! How fun would that be?"
"It's no problem for me to spend my whole life at sea!"
"That's right! I'm so envious of your life on the ship!"
"Yeah, you have such a luxurious boat!"
Xiao Peng laughed. "You guys are all 'cloud crew members.' Believe me, no matter how luxurious the ship is, the crew on it only wants to get to shore as soon as possible! If you stay on a ship for a long time without going ashore, you will go crazy!"
"go Ape?"
"You must be joking!"
"If someone gets seasick, they might go crazy, but I don't get seasick!"
"That's right!"
Xiao Peng looked at the barrage and suddenly asked, "Do you know the 'Dongfang Glad'?"
"What shipwreck is that?"
“I’ve never heard of it!”
"I once took a cruise to Southeast Asia. The ship I was on was called the Oriental Glade. That was a few years ago."
"What's the guy upstairs trying to show off? Just to show off that you've been on a cruise ship? Could the cruise ship Xiao Peng was talking about be the one you took?"
"Why am I trying to show off my presence? How humble is your life? What you see as other people's pretentious behavior is actually just a trivial matter. Don't judge other people's lives based on your own worldview."
Xiao Peng was also helpless. "Can you guys please just watch my live stream? Is it fun to argue over nothing? But that netizen was right. The 'Oriental Glad' I was talking about is indeed a cruise ship. It's the one that primarily plied the Southeast Asian route."
"Did you hear that? That's the ship I was talking about! And you're saying I'm showing off? What did I show off? Did that ship sink, too?"
Xiao Peng looked at the comments and frowned, "What do you mean it sank? Why is it that when I hear me say 'ship', the first thing that comes to mind is 'sunk'?"
After hearing Xiao Peng's words, the comment section lit up with laughter: "Who made you the 'salvage king'? When you mention a ship, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely 'sunk'."
"I just checked the international AIS system and the ship is anchored near Malaysia. What's going on? Are you going to sink it?"
"It's useless even if it sinks. Is there anything worth salvaging on the cruise ship? Suitcases?"
"Upstairs, the girl on the cruise ship is worth salvaging!"
"If it really sinks, those girls will be fed to the fish, right?"
Xiao Peng looked at the change in tone in the livestream and said helplessly, "Can you guys please stop going off topic? You just said you envied the crew's life, right? Don't let the crew on the Oriental Glad hear you, or they'll whip you."
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