Chapter 176 You Are All Masters
"Boss! I protest!" Cabaye approached Xiao Peng with an angry look on his face: "I can't do this job anymore!"
Xiao Peng consoled him, "Cabaye, stop complaining. Basically, living on the ship is comfortable, isn't it?"
Kabaye pointed at Hu Guohui and said, "Are we able to live there? Tell me how we can live there? These guys have taken over a living cabin and turned it into a research lab, and they won't let us in. They're afraid we might damage the equipment!"
Xiao Peng frowned and looked at Hu Guohui. It turned out that Hu Guohui had asked him for three days to modify the boat.
Hua Chong and Yang Zhibin are simply all-rounders. In just three days, they cut and welded together and transformed a living cabin into a laboratory that was small but fully equipped.
Xiao Peng was still curious about where they got the equipment, but two unexpected passengers appeared on the ship.
The two passengers were from the Sorbonne University in France. One was Professor Paradis mentioned by Fabian, an old woman in her fifties, and the other was Gabriel, the son of Constantine from the Cousteau Diving Association, who served as an observer with Xiao Peng.
Cathy said at the time that someone on the Internet was very interested in her conch, and that person was none other than Professor Paradis.
Professor Paradis was a good friend of Fabian, and having learned of their discovery of hot springs in the Mediterranean, she had also wanted to investigate. She knew nearly everyone in the oceanographer community, and she already knew fellow marine biologist Hu Guohui. The equipment they needed on board this time was provided by the Sorbonne.
This was supposed to be underwater salvage, but they turned it into a scientific expedition!
There were originally two living cabins on the ship, each accommodating six people. Now, one of the living cabins has been converted into a research laboratory, and the rest of the people have to live in the other living cabin!
How many people were on board? Hua Chong and his group of five, Cabaye and his group of three! And then there was Moro, who was going to be on board, plus Paradis and Gabriel. Even if Xiao Peng and his group didn't get on board, there would be eleven people!
And Paradis is a woman. Where do you want her to live? The captain's lounge? That's bullshit!
Hu Guohui said, "Cabaye, why don't we persevere a little longer? We must have the spirit of devoting ourselves to science!"
Caballe looked at Xiao Peng and said, "Boss, tell me, what exactly are we doing out to sea this time? To serve these scientists?"
Xu Xingde coughed twice: "Boss Xiao, we should consider the long-term, right?"
Xiao Peng nodded: "Professor Xu, you are right!"
Xu Xingde was somewhat pleased after hearing this. Xiao Peng slammed the table and said, "Hua Chong, Yang Zhibin, Duan Bo, Cabaye, Varane, and Dior, the six of you will sleep in the rest cabin. Fabian, you and Moreau will be in charge of steering the boat in the captain's lounge."
"What about us?" Xu Xingde asked.
Xiao Peng said, "You can take your sleeping bags and sleep on the ground."
"What?" Xu Xingde and Hu Guohui shouted together.
"You must have a spirit of devotion to science." Xiao Peng pointed at his nose and said, "What do I do? Ocean Exploration Company! We do underwater salvage! Excuse me, did you get my permission to modify my boat?"
Xu Xingde and Hu Guohui looked at each other.
Xiao Peng shook his head. "I don't know what it's like in China, but I'm not in China, and I'm not part of the system. If you can accept this, go out to sea this afternoon. If you can't accept this, don't go with the ship. You can call Brother Pan and tell him my opinion."
Duan Bo said after hearing this: "Professor Hu, Professor Xu, how about we switch?"
After he finished speaking, Hua Chong and Yang Zhibin looked at each other but said nothing.
Duan Bo frowned and said, "Hua Chong? Yang Zhibin? We can just make do with it and not let the two professors suffer!"
In the end, the two of them still didn't speak.
Duan Bo didn't understand what was going on: "What's wrong with you? Are you mute?"
Xiao Peng said, "They're not dumb. The ship has its own rules. On a ship, the captain's words are like an imperial decree. You know what an imperial decree is, right? Then let me ask you, who is the captain of this ship?"
Duan Bo wanted to speak again, but Xiao Peng said, "You're the ROV operator, so you get to live in the cabin. If you don't cherish this opportunity, then you don't have to operate the ROV with me. Even if I break the ROV, you won't be the one to bear the responsibility! You can also call Brother Chen now to ask if I'm right! Fabian, did you find the Humboldt squid I asked you to find?"
Fabian nodded and said, "They're all loaded onto the ship. What are you doing with all those Humboldt squid?"
Xiao Peng said, "This is all 'hardship pay'. You can take a look at this boat. I'll go tidy up the 'red-head boat' now."
Fabian was stunned: "You don't want to take the Dragon Boat?"
"What the hell am I doing!" Xiao Peng cursed. "Xiao Pa and I want to get on board too! Walter and Kasin want to come with me! Where are we going to stay when we get on the Dragon Boat together? Professor Xu, Professor Hu, I don't deny that you're both great people, but your IQ is obviously higher than your EQ! Is that the case for all scientific researchers?"
The two professors wanted to explain, but Xiao Peng waved his hand. "Alright, think about it. Xiao Pa, the Red Head Boat is low on fresh water. Let's go get some!"
"Hmm!" Pascal glanced at the people in the room: "This is just nonsense!"
Xiao Peng sighed and said, "Fortunately, Zhang Cuijian didn't send any cultural relics experts, otherwise I would have thrown them all into the sea!"
His voice was loud, and this time he was really angry: They were too inconsiderate.
Xu Xingde watched Xiao Peng leave and hurriedly said, "Boss Xiao, how can you be so narrow-minded?"
"Narrow-minded?" Xiao Peng stopped and said, "Is that what you call narrow-minded? Then let me be even more narrow-minded: Don't follow my boat!"
After saying that, he left without listening to their answer.
Watching Xiao Peng leave, Xu Xingde took out his phone and said, "I'll call Lao Pan. What's going on with this Xiao Xiao?"
Hu Guohui nodded and said, "Indeed, call immediately, otherwise we won't be able to get on the ship!"
"He can't, right? After all, we have two foreign friends. Professor Paradis and her students are coming too, aren't they?" Xu Xingde frowned. "How can he stop them from boarding?"
Fabian smiled mischievously after hearing this: "Moro, Cabaye, go and get ready for sailing!"
"Yes!" After hearing this, Moro and Cabaye walked out with Fabian, leaving Xu Xingde and others looking at each other in bewilderment.
Xu Xingde had no time to waste and called Chen Zetao directly.
After Chen Zetao learned about this, he couldn't help but curse, "You are all living ancestors! This is not China! Do you think we are in the National Deep-sea Submarine Base? Everyone has to flatter you? What are you thinking? You modified the cabin without telling Xiao Peng? Forget it! You should just go back to China! I'm scared of you guys!"
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