0875 Make some Money First [This Chapter Is By: Single Pusher_ Sponsored by -2/?]
Strictly speaking, it is already the third day since departure. The cruise ship has turned a corner and entered the Upper Channel.
Although it is said to be a strait, in fact, if you look back and forth in two opposite directions, you will never see any coastline, only endless sea water.
The situation on the ship is still so bad, and no new enemies have been found so far. Yesterday, they sent back the information of most people on the ship for verification, but today when the agreed time came, there was no movement on the land.
At first, they thought it was because the company had not yet produced results. After waiting for a while, there was still no movement.
When they tried to contact the land, they discovered that the telegraph machine was broken.
There were only two telegraph machines on the entire ship, and both were broken.
This kind of thing is simply not within the scope of their response!
"It must have been broken last night. The girl on duty last night has disappeared. She may have been hiding."
The one who spoke was the first mate, the foul-mouthed guy who exposed himself because he lost money and was killed by him.
His face also looked very ugly. He scanned it several times, and just when everyone thought they might be a little sensitive, the infiltrators slapped them.
"Now we don't have many options."
The first mate looked at the captain. In fact, the best way at this time is to thoroughly check all the crew members after docking.
Just find any reason, such as overhauling the ship, refueling, replenishing supplies, whatever, and this is the best choice at the moment.
But the captain still didn't speak, his face was gloomy, and the pipe in his mouth and his beard were shaking at the same frequency.
The other core crew members turned to the first mate for help. The atmosphere on the ship was so tense, and they were not relaxed either. They were also under great pressure.
It would obviously be much better if we could dock now.
When the first mate was about to say something, the captain finally spoke again.
"There's no way we're going to land."
He first rejected the possibility of such a proposal, and then explained the situation, "Yesterday, when there was no problem with the telegram, the chairman told me that someone in Bupen was doing short selling all the time."
"He suspects that these people who are eyeing us are in the same group as the people who are shorting every moment in Bupen. Their purpose may not be entirely robbery, but may be to create news."
"Once we dock, the company's stock will plummet, and you know exactly what kind of person the chairman is."
"Before ending the communication yesterday, the chairman said that he would arrange for some people to come over to help us. We just need to hold on until Marillo."
When the captain said this, he forced an unsightly smile on his face, "What we really need to do now, besides finding those bastards who are hiding, is to speed up."
"The originally planned fifteen-day sailing time will now be reduced by half."
It is impossible to hide the news that someone is opening a short position in Bupen all the time. Large-scale opening of positions must require the cooperation of the exchange. After the traders of the exchange get the news, they have no obligation to keep it secret. They will leak it, and then everyone will know. .
Moreover, even if such an obvious thing as short selling is not disclosed, people will find out.
This just makes the board of directors become suspicious every moment, and they have to connect the short-selling forces of Bupen with the current situation on the cruise ship.
Fortunately, a cruise ship is a cruise ship after all, not that kind of speedboat. You can climb on it with your hands. As long as the people inside don't create some flaws, no one can climb on it while it is sailing.
This is the way to deal with it, speed up the voyage and defend tightly.
The first mate nodded after listening, indicating that he would comply with the board of directors' decision.
The chairman's brother is the big warlord behind everything. These brothers are not honest people. The number of humans killed by them directly or indirectly exceeds five or even six figures.
Disobey the chairman's orders?
I'm afraid my life will be lost as soon as I get off the boat.
Seeing that there were no other objections, the captain sighed slightly.
He took the pipe out of his mouth and held it in his hand, "I know everyone is under a lot of pressure now, but it doesn't matter. We will arrive in Marillo in five days at most, and people have been sent to greet us."
"Maybe in three or four days they will arrive and we will be safe by then."
The first mate nodded and asked, "What about the police boat behind?"
The captain said without any hesitation, "Get rid of them. No one can believe it at this time."
It is not easy for people to detect the accelerated sailing of a cruise ship. In the absence of reference objects, no one knows whether the cruise ship is sailing faster or slower at this moment than before.
Aside from a slight bump at first, people quickly get used to the speed.
The strange atmosphere on the ship gradually affected other people, and some of the guests seemed to be asking if something had happened. Some guests who were aware of the problem no longer left their cabins casually.
In fact, this is the best thing to do. If it weren't for the unusual status of these people, whether they were rich or powerful, the captain would really want to have them locked up in the room.
At least this way it will be easier to distinguish who is one of our own and who is the enemy.
At night, people who had been nervous all day locked their doors and fell into rest. The captain stayed up until after one o'clock and finally couldn't help but go to bed.
There was a man on duty in the captain's cabin.
In the second half of the night, around three o'clock, the crew member who had slept for a while suddenly opened his eyes, stood up with his back stretched, walked to the steering wheel, and naturally grabbed the steering wheel from another crew member.
"I slept well, you go and rest for a while." He said with a smile.
The other crew member didn't think much about it, nodded and yawned and walked to the hammock next to him, and soon fell asleep.
The cruise ship, which was moving fast, began to gradually deviate from the course.
On the fourth day, or to be precise, the fifth day, the atmosphere between the staff on the ship was better, which made some people secretly relieved.
If there is no problem, this will become people's fantasy.
But once there is a problem, it is the end of the world at every moment.
Everyone is gambling.
The journey that should have been full of laughter suddenly became less interesting, and everyone was anxiously waiting for the future verdict.
On the fifth day, nothing happened.
On the sixth day, problems arose.
"We are not on the scheduled route."
In the captain's room, the captain communicated with the first mate alone with an ugly face about this issue, "I don't know who made the move, we have deviated from the original route, and I'm not sure how much."
The first mate frowned, "What should we do now?"
The captain's expression was very serious. After a long time, he said, "I have adjusted some plans. We will continue to sail to the north. I hope we will not deviate so much..."
At the same time, after three days and three nights of travel, the sergeant took the members of the two action teams through the waist and abdomen of the entire federation and arrived at the west coast from the east coast.
He did not blindly chase the cruise ship in action, but arrived at a supply point in the cruise ship's itinerary in advance.
No matter what happened on the cruise ship, it always needs supplies, and as long as it supplies, it must come here.
The sergeant asked people to rent two speedboats, and everyone was ready to go.
"They will arrive here as early as this afternoon, and no later than tomorrow, and be ready to fight at any time. Do you understand?"
The sergeant who took off his formal clothes and put on combat equipment again felt particularly comfortable. This is the fucking life!
He thought so, watching the young men full of energy, and his face was full of smiles.
But this wait was in vain for a whole day.
Until noon the next day, they still didn't wait for the luxury cruise ship that was supposed to arrive at any time.
That was a luxury cruise ship, not a small yacht. How could it be missed? That thing was like a Capitol floating on the sea, and it was impossible to miss it.
This also made the sergeant and the soldiers realize that the ship was missing!
The news was soon delivered to Mr. Truman's desk. He was the "Mr. T" mentioned by Lynch. He was also surprised when he learned that the cruise ship was missing.
He asked the coast guard, and soon the coast guard told Mr. Truman that the cruise ship suddenly accelerated a few days ago and headed for the open sea area at night.
The coast guard's ships are all speedboats. There is no problem within the continental shelf. Once they leave the near sea, they will be in danger of capsizing in the open sea.
Considering safety issues, they did not follow up, but did not report the news to higher-level departments.
It is their own will to choose which way to go, how to go, and how fast to go. The coast guards follow them just to express a kind of respect for the rich. They don't really have to be so diligent.
This also led to such important news being disclosed only now. In other words, the cruise ship may no longer be in the waters on its itinerary.
This is troublesome!
The sergeant was a little bit at a loss after knowing the news. If something happened to Lynch, many things would become uncontrollable.
As the first beneficiary of Lynch Group, he immediately began to contact various forces and find a way to find Lynch.
It was at this time that a young coast guard who was scolded by his boss called a reporter after getting drunk.
The coast guards often have to catch smuggling and illegal immigration. They have a good relationship with the media. Sometimes they can supplement their family expenses by selling some news materials.
His boss deducted his bonus because he did not report the news that the cruise ship accelerated to the open sea in time, and he had to suspend him for a period of time, which angered him.
Soon, a reporter came to the bar. After paying the bar bill for the young coast guard, he bought the shocking news from the young coast guard for 500 yuan.
The next day, the Federal Times published the news on the front page.
"Hundreds of wealthy people disappeared at sea, and they may be held responsible for this at any time!"