Chapter 816: Kneel down and apologize in public
Early morning is the time when a man's yang energy is the most abundant in the day. After a night's rest, he is full of energy. As Xue Chen's body is stronger than ordinary people, his energy is naturally stronger.
Hearing Amanda, who has blonde hair and blue eyes and a charming figure, intentionally or unintentionally say something that is easy to imagine and create reverie, Xue Chen, as a normal man, will inevitably have some charming pictures in his heart, which will make people restless.
But suddenly, Carter Quinn's snort sounded in his ears, which directly brought Xue Chen's thoughts back to reality. Any man would be very unhappy, and Xue Chen was no exception.
"Now that we have reached the sea area where the Black Wolf sank, I want to see how you find it!" Carter Quinn said in a sinister tone, without concealing the ridicule, ridicule, and contempt in it.
Xue Chen frowned and turned around, glanced at the vice president of the Eka Group and the person in charge of the Ode in a not so good mood, and asked lightly: "Mr. Carter, I have some questions for you.
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"What's the question? If you want to ask me about the more accurate location of the sinking of the Black Wolf, then I'm sorry, I don't know." Carter Quinn said coldly.
Andrew could only shake his head helplessly. He really couldn't reconcile the contradictions and disputes caused by different concepts.
"Mr. Carter, if someone was willing to sell you the specific location of a sunken ship worth 250 million US dollars and asked you for a reward of 100 million US dollars, would you agree?" Xue Chen asked.
"What... do you mean?" Carter Quinn frowned and asked in a deep voice.
"I think you will, because you don't need to pay too much. As long as you carry out salvage, you can safely take away the other 150 million. Excluding the pitiful expenses, it is almost pure profit, even the asking price.
If it exceeds 100 million, you will agree. After all, it is a business that will make a profit without losing any money."
Xue Chen chuckled and looked at the sea again.
"The Eka Group promised me 20% of the proceeds from the shipwreck, which is one-fifth. In my opinion, it should be a relatively low price, but I still agreed because Andrew is my friend, and Eka
The chairman of the group and his wife are also very good people, but if I regret it because of some of your words, it will bring a lot of losses to the Eka Group."
As soon as Xue Chen finished speaking, Carter Quinn immediately rejected it!
"Wrong. Calling you here is already a wrong decision. It has caused a lot of losses to the group. Not to mention Odeo's fuel costs, your daily salary of 50,000 US dollars alone seems to me a huge loss."
It's a huge loss. As for finding the Black Wolf, well, I never had any expectations for you!" Carter Quinn said in a stiff voice.
If he was angry because the group was destined to lose a lot of money, then after the incident in the restaurant, he became even more furious. He felt that his dignity as the vice president of the group had been trampled on. No one had ever dared to provoke him like this.
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"Then what if I find it? What do you say?" Xue Chen asked coldly.
"Found it..." Carter Quinn frowned slightly, but soon sneered disdainfully, "If you really find the Black Wolf, then I, Carter Quinn, will kneel down and apologize to you in public!"
Hiss~
Basically, everyone around heard this sentence. Whether it was Andrew or the crew, they all took a breath and knelt down to apologize in public? This...
Andrew said hurriedly: "Uncle Carter, you can't...this is inappropriate..."
Despite the changing expressions of the crew members and Andrew's persuasion, Carter Quinn showed no intention of changing the words he just said.
As if to express his disdain for Xue Chen, Carter Quinn continued: "Twenty percent of the profit is indeed not very expensive for the specific location of the sinking of the Black Wolf."
There are two major problems in salvaging deep-sea sunken ships. One is the salvage technology, and the second is that the location of the sunken ship is difficult to find. Especially sunken ships, especially those with great salvage value, are basically non-renewable resources. One can be salvaged only once.
There is one less ship, which makes it very rare to find a sunken ship with salvage value.
Just like the Black Wolf sunken ship, it is very famous in the shipwreck salvage industry. It is known that in the past ten years, at least seven or eight shipwreck salvage companies from several countries have made attempts, but so far, the Black Wolf still has no
Traces.
If the true sinking location of the Black Wolf is released, it will definitely receive a very strong response. Maybe it is just a longitude and latitude, but it is not impossible, but very possible, to sell it for 100 million U.S. dollars. Of course, the Black Wolf must first be confirmed
The value must really reach the estimated 250 million.
And this is why Carter Quinn doesn't believe Xue Chen at all. Seven or eight salvage companies have been searching intermittently for nearly ten years without success. You, a kid who just came out of nowhere, dare to talk nonsense.
, found the Black Wolf? No sane person would believe it.
All the crew members looked at Carter Quinn and saw that he had actually sworn that he would kneel down and apologize in public as soon as he found the Black Wolf. They all looked at each other, but it seemed that he was not done yet.
"Find the Black Wolf. I, Carter Quinn, the vice president of Eka Group, can make the decision to increase the 20% profit promised to you to... 40%!"
Forty percent? According to Black Wolf’s valuation, that’s exactly 100 million US dollars!
"Mr. Carter, I think you should think carefully before speaking. After all, the difference between 20% and 40% is fifty million U.S. dollars, not just a change in numbers." After hearing Carter Quinn's words, Xue Chen narrowed his eyes.
He rolled his eyes and said calmly.
"Don't worry about this. As the vice president, I still have this right. It's only 50 million US dollars. I can even make up for the group's losses by myself. It's just ten years' salary." Carter Quinn said coldly, with a look in his eyes.
He glanced sideways, "But, what if you can't find the Black Wolf?"
Everyone present understood that the words Carter Quinn said just now were all foreshadowing this moment. The more ruthless you are to yourself, the more ruthless you will be to others.
"What do you want, Mr. Carter?" Xue Chen raised his eyebrows and asked.
Carter Quinn raised his right hand and stretched out a finger: "First point, you won't get a penny of your daily salary of $50,000."
"Second, all the expenses incurred by the Ord for this trip, including fuel expenses, employee subsidies, supplies, etc., will all be repaid by you!"
"Third, kneel down and apologize to me in front of all the crew members, and admit all the mistakes you have made!"
"Okay, I promise you." Xue Chen frowned, but soon returned to normal. Without thinking too much, he nodded and agreed.
And Andrew had already started to have toothaches, and he was very upset. How could things develop to this point? Whether the Black Wolf was found or not, it would be very difficult to end.
He also felt a little resentful about Adelaide, why he had been sick these past few days. Otherwise, even if Carter Quinn was dissatisfied with this decision, as long as he did not get on the ship, so many troublesome things would not have happened.
The crew members felt the depressive atmosphere on the deck and did not dare to breathe. They thought to themselves that it seemed that one person was destined to be ruined.
"The Ord can't wander around this sea endlessly, and the supplies on the ship can't sustain it for too long. I think the deadline will be set at seven days. I'll give you seven days!" Carter Quinn said again!
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"Okay, let's give it seven days." Xue Chen agreed directly.
Taking one last look at Xue Chen, Carter Quinn turned and walked towards the cabin.
After Carter Quinn left, Andrew stepped forward and sighed. When he looked at Xue Chen, he was full of guilt and apology: "Sorry, my friend, I didn't expect things to turn out like this. I will tell my dad..."
Xue Chen directly interrupted Andrew and continued, looking at the sponges rising and falling, he said easily: "There is no need to apologize, it has nothing to do with you, and it may not be a bad thing for me, right?
?His department promised 40% of the income, which is more generous than you."
Andrew shook his head with a wry smile, sighed, and asked, "Do you need me and the crew to do anything?"
"Let the crew go down and rest, we don't need them, but you go and tell the captain and let him drive the Ode to cruise in the locked sea area like a carpet, and don't miss any sea area." Xue Chen thought about it and said.
arrive.
"Okay, no problem, I'll go right away." Andrew first informed the crew to go down and rest, wait for orders, and then went to the cockpit.
"Xue Chen, are you really sure you can find the Black Wolf?" Amanda approached and stood aside, her eyes filled with worry and concern.
"I'm not 100% sure." Xue Chen said calmly.
"Ah, then you still..." Amanda became nervous.
"Then what can I do? Do I bow to Carter and admit defeat? And although I am not absolutely sure, it doesn't mean that I will definitely not find it, right?"
He was indeed not 100% sure. After all, the situation on the seabed was too special. Especially after several observations, he found that the sea surface height in the nearby sea area was about 400 meters, which was already the limit of the effective distance of the eagle eye. If
If the Black Wolf sank deeper, he would be completely incapable of discovering it.
But whether he does something or not, Carter Quinn has pointed his finger in front of his nose. What else can he do? He can only meet the challenge!
The crew members on the deck glanced at Xue Chen, who was standing on the deck facing the sea breeze, and dragged their steps back to the cabin. They had only one thought in their minds: in seven days, they would know who was wrong.
The Ode also began to carry out a carpet cruise in this area of the sea according to Xue Chen's instructions, and officially began the search for the legendary Spanish pirate ship Black Wolf.
Chapter completed!