Chapter 868: Unqualified Salvage Tools
'Lateral Thinking' is a very famous organization in Germany.
This organization's style is to stand up and oppose everything, and they always claim to be "peaceful demonstrations", but the result is "looting and smashing". It feels that the damage they have caused to Germany is no less than a national natural disaster.
Since they are either extreme left or extreme right, or anti-intellectual, they will be there to cause trouble no matter what disturbance there is. However, they did not cause trouble in the three-state alliance this time, which is a bit unscientific.
Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "There's nothing unscientific about this. Impoverished mountains and bad waters breed unruly people. The states where the Three States Alliance is located are generally states with good economies and good public security. Who would cause trouble when the people are living a good life?"
In fact, this is basically the same all over the world. How many people are willing to give up their good life and embark on the road of crime?
Places with good economies have good public security, which is basically a universal trend across the world.
Some developed countries do have high crime rates, but are the safety levels in slums and wealthy areas the same? High crime rates there are generally found in slums!
Khedira shook his head and said, "Boss, you're not right. Germany has such welfare benefits, yet so many people are causing trouble. To put it bluntly, they're just bored. People are greedy and not easily satisfied. Once they have one, they want two. Boss, although I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I think there's a possibility. After all, this 'lateral thinking' campaign requires funding, and there might be people in the Tri-State Alliance who are funding them."
"It's very likely." Xiao Peng didn't deny it. "There are many people who pay people to achieve their own goals for their own benefit. It's a bit unusual for them not to make a fuss about this. Hey, why should I worry about it! Even if they make a fuss, we don't have to solve it! Can the Germans give up Nord Stream 2? Similarly, can Lower Saxony give up the Tri-State Alliance?"
A few people were still chatting there when the boat slowed down and they arrived next to the Sentinel.
The 'Sentinel' is a standard offshore engineering vessel. Unlike the 'Luna', where people can board directly from the stern, like the 'Calypso', a crane lowers an iron basket from the side of the ship, and people stand in the basket and are pulled onto the ship: it is not a wise thing to place a gangway directly at sea now.
Xiao Peng looked up at the crane cables. The four 45mm diameter cables should be able to pull them all to safety. After confirming the safety, he boarded the boat.
After the few of them boarded, the Sentinel's crew had already lined up, and Xiao Peng now looked like a leader inspecting them. However, it was obvious that this was just a face-saving project.
Why do I say that? All the crew members on the ship were wearing life jackets.
And no one wears a life jacket when working on an offshore vessel unless the weather is extremely bad!
When they saw Xiao Peng and the others get on the boat, they all gave Xiao Peng a warm round of applause, and there was fanaticism in their eyes when they looked at Xiao Peng.
Hmm. That's not surprising. After all, they were in this business, so they naturally understood Xiao Peng's formidable power better than anyone else. While laymen watched the excitement, experts saw the intricacies. While others only saw how much money Xiao Peng made, they saw Xiao Peng offering them ten sunken shipwrecks to salvage!
How hard is it to find a shipwreck? He pulled out ten in one go! This means he must have other shipwrecks! Their future livelihoods depended on this gentleman before them. How could they not be excited?
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Pingte, I see that the crew members on the Sentinel are in good spirits and are very motivated!"
Pingte replied, "Mr. Xiao, what's so strange about this? No one is afraid of being tired, but of not making money! We've found a shipwreck, and it's a profitable one. Everyone gets paid if we salvage it, so how can we not be motivated? Mr. Xiao, why did I notice you were a bit cautious when you got on the boat just now?"
Xiao Peng snapped his fingers at Khedira and pointed in the direction of the crane. Khedira understood and put on the screen glasses to fly the drone. After adjusting the position, he pressed the hover button.
Pingte didn't understand and looked at Xiao Peng with a puzzled look.
Xiao Peng took the glasses and handed them to Pingte: "Pingte, put them on and see if there is any problem."
Although Pint didn't know what the glasses were for, he put them on anyway. He got furious after just one look: "Hooks! Get out here! I need an explanation!"
A burly man with an unshaven beard stood out from the crowd: "Captain, what's the problem?"
Pingte handed him the glasses and said, "Put them on and see for yourself!"
Hooks put them on and looked at them for a while before taking them off. He looked at Pinter with an apologetic look in his eyes: "Captain, I don't know when the crane became like this!"
"Didn't we ask you to do a thorough inspection before setting sail?" Pingte said angrily.
Hooks looked aggrieved. "Captain, this isn't entirely my fault! Our ship hasn't been involved in shipwreck salvage operations in four years! You asked me to check for any malfunctions, and you were so rushed. I can only confirm that the machinery is functioning properly, but I don't have time to check these details! And even if I had time to check and identify these problems, there's no way to fix them. Repairs would take at least two weeks! We wouldn't be able to make it in time for this salvage operation!"
Pingte choked and looked at Xiao Peng.
Xiao Peng turned to Hua Chong and asked, "Hua Chong, how do we solve this problem?"
Hua Chong said, "The hook has serious plastic changes and needs to be replaced immediately. The wire rope has serious strand breakage and needs to be replaced according to the standard. The pulleys are unevenly worn due to poor contact and need to be replaced and recalibrated. Also, when they were pulling us aboard just now, I heard unusual noises and vibrations during operation. This is a problem with the hoist gear and needs to be inspected and replaced."
After hearing what he said, Xiao Peng translated it to Ping Te and said, "Ping Te, you heard it."
Ping Te said with a bitter face, "Mr. Xiao, the cost of repairing this crane is almost 200,000 yuan! We really can't afford it right now. We've already rented the deck remover and hydraulic pliers. Let's just finish this job and make some money, then fix the problem. Is that okay with you? These are minor issues and won't delay our salvage work!"
Without a second thought, Xiao Peng shook his head and said, "No, we can ignore everything when we work at sea, but we cannot ignore safety. So, I'll contact the Three States Alliance and have them send a barge with a crane to assist you. This will increase the cost by approximately 300,000. Can you accept that?"
"Three hundred thousand!" Pingte almost burst into tears after hearing this: "Isn't this too much?"
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