Night’s Nomenclature - Chapter 410
[Four hundred and two, go to sea!]
“Congratulations to the Arctic on finding a new crew member! Cheers!”
In the dim light of the Walnut Bar, a captain picked up the whisky in his hand, but there was always an indescribable joke in his tone.
The sailors laughed: “Old John is getting old, and the rest of the Arctic is a new crew, so he can’t even throw the hook.”
Zhang Jian looked at the sailors and whispered to Qingchen: “Let’s talk about it in another place, just in time to talk about salary and what you have to do.”
“Okay,” Qing Chen smiled and nodded.
However, when the two were about to leave, a captain named Craig stood up and said, “Wait, this… Qing, my Alpine also needs crew, why don’t you join us? Definitely better than you. Much more money on the Arctic.”
The sailors were stunned.
The Alpine was the crabbing champion last year, and the selection of crew members is very strict, and new crew members are generally not used.
On deck, all sailors share the risk of surfing waves that can be as high as nine meters or more.
Everyone wants to be surrounded by a seasoned veteran in the face of danger, which will increase their chances of survival.
You know, this is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world…
In order to suppress Zhang Jian and get the quota in his hand, Craig chose to dig the opponent’s corner. This is actually not a wise move, because the Alpine is already full, and Qingchen is still a novice.
But Craig didn’t say much. He looked at Qingchen and said, “You only need to know how to cook, and Alpine can reserve a place for you.”
Everyone understood that Craig wanted to spend money to make Zhang Jian unable to gather the crew, so he couldn’t go to sea at all.
If Zhang Jian sells the quota, then even if Craig raises one more person, he will make money both vertically and horizontally.
Just Qingchen smiled: “No, I prefer adventurous things.”
Seeing that Qingchen had made up his mind, Craig stopped talking. He turned to Zhang Jian and said, “Are you sure you want to use this young man, do you think he has the strength to pull the crab cage on the deck?”
Zhang Jian hesitated for a moment: “You don’t need to worry about this.”
Qing Chen smiled and said, “I’m very strong.”
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the walnut bar.
Zhang Jian hurriedly followed.
In the cold wind, Zhang Jian asked excitedly, “How old are you this year?”
Qingchen smiled and said, “17 years old.”
Zhang Jian was stunned for a moment: “So small?”
The physical strength of an adult male will not be fully developed until about 24 years old. At 17 years old, it is not a matter of age, but the energy and physical strength may not be able to keep up with the rhythm of the crab boat.
However… Zhang Jian couldn’t be picky anymore, he explained: “We have five crew members on board plus you, me, Old John, Nidep, George, you. When you get to the boat, listen to Old John’s instructions carefully, he I’ll take you well… I hope you can resist.”
Qingchen changed the subject and asked curiously, “Are you Chinese and can you speak Chinese?”
“I can speak, but I’m not fluent,” Zhang Jian continued to respond in English: “My grandfather came to Europe in the 1940s and settled in Europe. He has always been engaged in the fishing industry, and it was only in my father’s generation that he became himself I worked so hard to get the license for catching king crabs, but I might lose it in my hands.”
“Don’t worry,” Qing Chen smiled, “I try not to hold everyone back.”
Zhang Jian asked, “By the way, which ships have you worked on before, cruise ships?”
Generally, only cruise ships recruit sailors like Qingchen as waiters, but in fact, such waiters are not strictly sailors.
Qingchen explained seriously: “Actually, the next crab fishing trip is my first time to go to sea.”
On the street outside the dark port, Zhang Jian looked at Qingchen with his mouth open: “What? Going to sea for the first time?! You are not kidding me, do you know how big the wind and waves are in the Barents Sea, 50 knots? When a hurricane hits, I’ve seen waves several stories high! Maybe you don’t even know if you’re seasick or not.
If you get seasick, there really isn’t anyone on board who is available to take care of you.
”
Qing Chen thought for a while: “Don’t worry, I won’t get seasick.”
At a certain moment, Zhang Jian suddenly felt that when he mentioned that the Barents Sea was stormy, the new sailor’s eyes lit up, as if he was looking forward to it.
It’s like saying: Really, that’s great!
Zhang Jian said earnestly: “Qingchen, I don’t dislike your lack of sailor experience, but I want to be responsible for your life. To be honest, I really want to pull you on board to make up the number, but you will die at sea. Know what we’re up against!”
“So what?” Qing Chen asked.
“So I can’t take you out to sea, you go back,” Zhang Jian said: “This place is not suitable for you.”
“If I only need a basic salary, I don’t want to share it,” Qingchen asked with a smile. “Although I have never been to the sea, I have a strong learning ability and am willing to work. You should know how hard-working Chinese compatriots are.”
Zhang Jian is moved…
The basic salary of the crew is very low, at least not comparable to the share.
When going to sea, the biggest costs are ships, oil, and people. If Qingchen only needs a basic salary, then he is no different from picking up free labor.
Qingchen added: “If I get on the ship, I can still work. If you don’t let me on board, you won’t have enough crew members, and I’m afraid there won’t be enough for the standard four people on the deck.”
On the deck, someone has to operate the crane, two people will pull up the crab cage, and someone will sort the king crab and put it into the warehouse.
If the four of them can’t get together, then there is really no need to go to sea.
Zhang Jian was silent, he might not be able to find other crew members, there is a Qingchen here, he should not give up.
After all, with Qingchen, their manpower is very tight, and they don’t even have a rest for the ** class.
However, Zhang Jian still said seriously: “No, although I am very tempted, I still can’t take you on an adventure at sea. You don’t know what to face, but I know that long-term exhausting work will make you die at sea.”
Qingchen thought for a while: “What if I could call for another crew member, and both of us only get the basic salary?”
Zhang Jian was stunned for a moment: “This… it seems to be possible.”
In the next second, Qing Chen took out his phone and dialed: “Come on, come on, let’s get on the boat together.”
Zhang Jian stood there for a while, and after more than ten minutes, a girl in a thin sweater and a hood came over with a small bag on her back.
Qing Chen smiled and said, “Let me introduce, this is my friend Yang Yang, and she is willing to go fishing for king crabs with her.”
In fact, when Qingchen decided to come overseas to complete the third life-and-death test this time, he wanted to use Yangyang as his protector.
The danger of the knight challenge comes not only from nature, but also from people’s hearts.
Qing Chen knew that he was being targeted, so it shouldn’t be too much for him to find a guardian at this time.
You must know that his teacher, Chen Jiazhang, was deliberately sabotaged when he was doing a certain challenge, which caused Chen Jiazhang to be forced to forcibly reverse the reversal during the reverse breathing technique, cutting off the road to promotion to a demigod.
Yangyang arrived at Schiphol Airport a day earlier, and even the black plastic bag in the toilet that helped Qingchen escape in disguise was hidden there in advance.
Before departure, Qingchen also specially reminded her that she must take a plane, and she must not walk by herself if she can take transportation, otherwise it will delay a lot of things.
Fortunately, the seedlings were done.
It’s just that Zhang Jian was stunned. Can such a thin girl really be a crew member?
A high school dropout Qingchen, a thin girl, has his Arctic ship been reduced to such a point?
Zhang Jian asked, “Are you two international students coming to experience life? You don’t have a work visa either.”
Yang Yang smiled and said, “Is this important? If we only get the basic salary, then it will be just the tourists on the crab fishing boat at that time.”
“But you two…”
Yangyang said seriously: “I have a runner-up in a sailing competition. I have sailed across the Indian Ocean alone, which is better than this Qingchen next to me. I know what I will encounter when I go to the Barents Sea, so you can rest assured.”
Qingchen turned to look at the girl in surprise, how did she start to step on her.
However, the girl seemed to be in a very good mood. After a long journey, she just wanted to go on a trip, and she agreed immediately after receiving a call from Qingchen.
Zhang Jian silently looked at the pair of young men and women in front of him, only to feel that this year’s crab fishing season was full of absurdity.
He thought about it for a long time, and finally said: “Okay, the first trip to sea will take about 7 days. If you two can’t stand the pain on the ship, you can leave when you return to Hong Kong for the first time.”
Under normal circumstances, the crab fishing season lasts for 15 days, and the longest period does not exceed one month.
Crab boats will go out to sea several times, usually when the warehouse is full and when to return.
The Arctic’s quota is 300,000 pounds, and the Arctic’s cargo hold capacity is 150,000 pounds, so go back to the port to unload the cargo once, replenish fuel and fresh water, and then go to sea again.
However, last year, the Arctic had very little harvest. It only caught 70,000 pounds of king crabs in two trips, which was just enough for one oil.
This year, Zhang Jian spent another 400,000 euros to repair the boat. After his father passed away, there was still a large amount of inheritance tax to pay. He even rented 180 crab pots for 15 days and must be returned when they expired.
So Zhang Jian had no way out.
He had to gamble this time.
This is also the reason why other captains squeezed him and wanted to rob him of the quota in his hand.
Qingchen looked at Zhang Jian: “By the way, what about the other crew members?”
During the next two days of waiting for the opening of the sea, I don’t know where the news came from, saying that the Arctic ship this time went to sea to find a high school dropout and a female crew member.
For a while, the sailors in the port burst into laughter. Who would use female crew members to catch king crabs?
Crab boat work is so intense and brutal that few women can resist it.
In the bar, many people started betting on how many king crabs the Arctic will harvest this year.
Some say it’s still the same as last year, 70,000 pounds.
Others say it may be less than fifty thousand pounds.
Everyone thought that Zhang Jian might not even be able to get his oil money back this year, nor would he be able to pay the rent for crab pots.
Dare to pull a pair of 17-year-old boys and girls as crew members, which also shows that Zhang Jian is really desperate.
It seems that at the end of this crabbing season, Zhang Jian can only file for personal bankruptcy.
From the beginning to the end, no one thought that Qingchen and Yangyang could be of any help on the boat.
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Just a day before the opening of the sea, a Turkish Airlines Boeing plane landed at Schiphol Airport.
He Jinqiu in first class stood up and stretched.
The flight attendant said enthusiastically: “Hello Mr. He, please take the shuttle bus prepared by the airport for first-class passengers to leave.”
He Jinqiu walked out, took two steps, then stopped, and said to the flight attendant with a smile: “By the way, I have a friend in the economy class, and he took the shuttle bus with me.”
While he was talking, Zheng Yuandong at the back of the cabin came out wearing a Chinese tunic suit, with gloves on his hands, which covered the mechanical limbs tightly.
As the leader of Kunlun, he naturally doesn’t have to worry about going abroad for security checks.
Amsterdam has not promulgated any special rules for the entry and exit of time walkers. Everyone is free to come and go. Even He Jinqiu, the leader of Kyushu who loves to do things overseas, has not been restricted from entering…
This is one of the few European countries that has not restricted entry to He this autumn…
He Jinqiu said enthusiastically as he got off the plane: “Old squad leader, I really didn’t expect to meet you on this plane. Don’t worry, I won’t mind your involvement in overseas affairs. Kunlun can merge, it doesn’t matter how you want to intervene.”
Zheng Yuandong gave He Jinqiu a cold look: “bad luck.”
He Jinqiu was not angry, he continued to smile and said: “The old squad leader is also here for Qingchen. You should have heard that people from Kashima suddenly entered Amsterdam, the Netherlands, so I knew he was in danger. However, We deserve to be unlucky for us to come here together, and this time we will teach the ‘future’ of North America, and Kashima Kashima, and let them know what it means to be proud of our country.”
Zheng Yuandong glanced at He Jinqiu and said, “I’m not very interested in provoking disputes, I just have someone to kill.”
He Jinqiu said with a smile: “Is it the one who is good at creating illusions, have you found him? So, he has done things in China, and Boss Zheng will kill him even if he chases him abroad, which sounds great. Don’t worry, If we join forces, he will definitely die. Your surname is Zheng and my surname is He. Together, we call Zheng He’s voyage to the West. When Zheng He went to the West, he took those…”
Zheng Yuandong glanced at He Jinqiu: “Can you have a little culture? Zheng He’s voyage to the Western Ocean was in the Indian Ocean, and he has never been here.”
He Jinqiu said with a smile: “I’m talking about the Atlantic Ocean, there’s nothing wrong with it.”
Zheng Yuandong looked at He Jinqiu: “Where is Qingchen now?”
“do not know.”
“do not know?!”
He Jinqiu was a little unhappy about getting on the shuttle bus: “I only have three offices in Europe in Kyushu, and there are so many people in Europe. How can I live with him? Not to mention that I can’t find him, nor can Shendai and Kashima find him. There. You don’t know, many people are looking for him these days, but he has not stayed in any hotel, nor has he had any credits. ”
“Everyone has searched for all the public places he may have gone to. There are people staring at the scenic spots and famous restaurants, but this kid seems to have evaporated from the world.”
Finding someone is sometimes easy, but also hard.
Under normal circumstances, everyone is looking for traces first, such as where the UnionPay card is spent, such as where the other party may go.
But at this juncture, Qing Chen didn’t go anywhere that everyone guessed.
It just makes people wonder, why did this product come?
!
They never imagined that Qing Chen had worked so hard to come here in a first-class cabin with a price of 27,000 yuan, and it turned out to be a part-time job!
Still on the most dangerous crab boat in the world!
Serious time walkers who go to work?
!
He Jinqiu said: “Now, we can only wait for him to appear. If he does not appear, no one will take action.”
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At this time, Qingchen, who the whole world was looking for, just arrived at the port where the Arctic ship was docked. He looked up at the newly painted paint of the Arctic ship, and felt that the blue and white ship looked pretty good.
The Arctic is half-white and dark-blue on the bottom, and looks like it wants to wear a navy uniform.
However, when Qingchen boarded the ship, he found that the handrails of the ship were a little bad.
Only when you look at the details on the Arctic do you realize that this is actually a lingering crab boat.
When Zhang Jian saw the two, his face was complicated: “You really want to go to sea?”
Qingchen smiled and said, “We’re not people who like to joke around. By the way, what about the other crew members?”
Zhang Jian’s expression was even more ugly: “Niedep was tying crab pots on the boat, and old John fell asleep after drinking in the cabin. George… I can’t tell by making a temporary phone call. I heard that he is in Craig now. on the Alpine.”
“Ah? Can I still not come temporarily? Today we are going to open the sea to catch crabs. What should I do if there are suddenly fewer people?” Qing Chen asked.
In fact, Qingchen is more worried that if the ship cannot go to sea smoothly, how can he go to the Barents Sea?
At one point, the young man even wanted to call Boss He Jinqiu directly to shake someone. He knew that there must be a master in Kyushu. When he fought against Shendai and Kashima in Los Angeles before, he was a good help. Come and make up a number, isn’t it too much?
It’s just that if Boss He is directly pulled, their Arctic ship will not go out to sea like crabs, but like hunting whales or killing people…
Zhang Jian hesitated, and finally called Craig on the Alpine: “I want to sell the quota.”
But he heard Craig laugh arrogantly: “If I want to sell it now, I will take 50% off…”
Before he could continue to say anything, Zhang Jian hung up the phone with a livid face.
Zhang Jian looked at Qingchen and said, “There is no way out now, even if George doesn’t come, we have to go to sea to try it out. Of course, if you feel that you are lacking, it is too late to quit now… Of course, if you are willing to stay If so, I am willing to destroy the previous contract and give you some share!”
“It’s alright,” Qing Chen smiled, “There is an old saying in China, if you come, you will be safe, let’s go!”
As long as he can reach the Barents Sea smoothly, Qingchen doesn’t care how many king crabs he can catch.
Qingchen carried a long backpack on to the deck. He saw a string of silver crosses hanging on the bow and asked, “What is that?”
Zhang Jian explained: “Mascot, every captain will prepare a lot of mascots to bless us all in the Barents Sea… What’s in the bag you’re carrying?”
Qingchen grinned and said, “Is this? This is my mascot.”
Zhang Jian: “…”
The mascots of sailors are all kinds of strange, some people wear necklaces given by their family members, some people carry a doll, but Qingchen’s mascot is clearly the biggest among all sailors.
This bag is clearly a surfboard, bro!
Zhang Jian felt very strange, this boy should not want to go surfing in the Barents Sea!
?
After getting on the boat, Old John swayed out of the cabin and said to Zhang Jian, “This time I went to sea because your father saved my life, remember, don’t look for me next year, even serious The crew can’t be found, why are you still persistently trying to conquer the Barents Sea? It belongs to the strong.”
Zhang Jian was a little embarrassed. He walked into the cab without saying a word, and slowly drove the North Pole away from the port.
Just as it was about to leave the port, the Alps quickly passed by the North Pole. The seven sailors put their arms on the deck railing with a smile, giggling at the North Pole, and pointed at Qingchen and Yangyang.
Qingchen stood on the deck and looked at Yangyang: “It’s too miserable.”
Yang Yang smiled and said, “It’s really miserable.”
At this time, Yangyang’s cell phone rang, and she answered the phone: “Hey, I can’t go back now, I’m abroad.”
A loud voice on the other side of the phone said strangely: “Wait, when did you run over there, why didn’t you tell my girlfriend.”
“I’m in Amsterdam, I’ll talk about it later,” said Yangyang.
“What are you doing in Amsterdam?” Yangyang’s best friend asked.
Yang Yang thought about it for a while and said with a smile, “Honeymoon.”
Yangyang’s best friend: “???”
Qingchen: “???”
Sure enough, Yangyang is still the one who can drive a car…
As the Arctic sails into the sea, they will travel 20 hours to reach the crabbing area of the Barents Sea.
On the way, Old John never left the cigarette in his hands. Nicotine is the most needed thing for the crew who work hard.
It is said that many of the crew died not from shipwrecks but from lung cancer.
After the boat started, Old John never drank a drop of wine. He looked at Qingchen, Yangyang, and young Nidepu soberly: “According to the old rules, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com Cod head, Qing, come and bite.”
Cod is the bait for crabs, and the smell of those dead fish is so fishy that life is difficult to smell.
Crabmen will cut them open, put them in crab pots and sink to the bottom of the sea, and then wait for the king crabs to burrow into the cages themselves.
Qingchen asked curiously, “Why bite the cod head?”
“This is the tradition of crab catchers,” Old John said slowly: “Only when you bite the cod head when sailing can you get a good harvest. That’s what king crabs eat. When we bite the cod head, it means we are integrated into this big fish.” Naturally, the crew is reminded to be in awe.”
“So that’s the case,” Qing Chen didn’t hesitate, just grabbed a cod and took a bite.
In an instant, the stench filled his mouth.
It’s just that Old John was a little surprised that the Asian boy didn’t even frown.
In fact, the tradition of crab catchers is that sailors draw lots to decide who will bite. Old John just wanted to make things difficult for this young man who didn’t know whether to live or die, but he didn’t expect that the other party didn’t care about it at all.
It was only then that he discovered a problem. The crab boat was bumping on the waves, but the Asian boy and the Asian girl stood on the boat, as if their feet were nailed to the deck, and their bodies never swayed.
Old John muttered, maybe he drank fake wine.
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The 6,000-word chapter, 13,000 words have been updated today, make up some owed, and the rest will be paid off tomorrow.
Thanks to ipo classmates for becoming this book’s Silver League, the boss is very atmospheric.
Thank you A Jiazi, Aiai’s big cutie Sisi, WayneW, Grateful Love in the Mortal World, Earth Protector Gaia, Duan Duan Chenfeng, and Qiuwu for being the new alliance in this book.
I wish the bosses work easily, not as tired as I am…
[End of this Chapter]
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