Chapter 369
The situation of closing the net in the morning was quite satisfactory. After all the fishing gear was collected, only four or five fish were attacked by green squids, and the rest were all safe and sound. However, for the sake of insurance, Beihai decided to change the sea area where he worked to get rid of these annoying squids that came out of nowhere.
"We will go back to the fishing spot in central China," Bei Hai sat at the dining table and said to everyone sitting around the dining table: "With these squids here, I don't want to take risks with our income. Everyone also saw that four or five fish were eaten off today. Our losses were at least 150,000 yuan."
Matt forked up a small piece of beef in front of him and was about to put it in his mouth. After listening to Bei Hai finishing his words, he put the fork next to the plate: "It's true that it's time to change the place. There's not much time left. We shouldn't take risks with these precious fishing seasons."
Qi Yiming also nodded: "It's true. Our catch this year is much later than in previous years. At this time last year, we have returned to the port twice."
"Well, if we don't talk about other things, we may not even be able to get over the asterisk this year." Lauren thought for a while and nodded and said. Originally, Arrow's income exceeded the asterisk every year, but this year, these things happened, probably because the income did not have much advantage compared to the asterisk. In addition, now that we have encountered these annoying squids, it is even harder to say how the results will be after the end of the fish season.
Bei Hai smiled and said, "In the past, the asterisks were both catching swordfish and tuna. Of course, the income cannot be compared with us. But from this year, don't think too much about the income gap between the two ships as big as before. Now we are considering how to get rid of this green squid problem."
Frank, Henry and Jennifer have now had an intuitive understanding of the income of the Arrow crew. It turned out that I only heard that I was a little suspicious of the exaggeration. People always like to expand the information they received a little and then release it. But now the facts are in front of the three of them. These three people couldn't help but believe it. Just because the fish catches in the Arrow cabin can catch up with the total income of ordinary fish boats in a few years, no wonder those fishermen want to follow the Arrow.
The fishermen wanted to follow, but as a marine biologist, Frank didn't want to follow, and now his work has been almost done. Frank decided to focus on the research on the green squid, not only now, but even possible, Frank was ready to invest in more in-depth research on green squids. For Beihai, the green squid is annoying, but for Frank and others, new creatures mean a chance to become famous!
"Then please wait a moment. When our fishing boat comes back and forth here, take us away before leaving, can you see?" Frank asked to Beihai.
Bei Hai thought for a while and said, "I can only give you two hours. If he hasn't come in two hours, I have to ask you three to go to the new fishing spot with us. Your fishing boat can pick you up there."
It turned out that Frank and the other two were expected to stay on the Arrow for three days and return to the nearest port to refuel. Now, due to a sudden incident, Arrow is about to leave this sea area, but Frank wants to stay. There are only two ways, one is Beihai, etc., and the second is that Frank follows the fishing boat that has been replenished and informs the supply to go to Beihai’s new fishing point to pick up the three of them.
Bei Hai naturally doesn't want it to be the first type, because that will waste at least several hours of fishing time. This time is enough for him to put down the fishing gear more than once.
After hearing what Bei Hai said, Frank couldn't help but sigh in his heart, because he had just been preparing to pick up his fishing boat and had just left the port. It would take at least ten hours to wait for him to arrive here. The two hours Bei Hai gave were just the same as if he hadn't given. But even so, Frank couldn't say much, because the primary condition for those of him to come up was not to interfere with the normal operation of the fishing boat.
"Then there is no need to wait for us to go to the new fishing spot with you. I will tell the fishing boat the new coordinates via satellite phone." Frank said very alone. After saying that, he couldn't help but whisper: "I hope these squids have not left here when we come back."
Frank heard the next sentence, but he didn't care and said directly to his crew: "Everyone pay attention to rest in the afternoon, because it takes about fifteen hours to get to the new work site. After we arrived, I asked everyone to start throwing the fishing gear directly into the sea, and the recycling time this time is only six hours. In other words, each set of fishing gear is six hours in the sea water, and the rest time between you is only four and a half hours, which also includes the time for eating."
After hearing what Bei Hai said, all the crew members looked serious. Because everyone knew that the strongest labor intensity since they went out to sea, everyone would face it soon. Not to mention that the intensity on the arrow was incomparable to the intensity of the arrow, but now in front of them is the 100% operation intensity that normal Granbank fisherman had to face.
"We understand. After dinner, we will return to the cabin and speed up the rest." Matt and the sailors took a look at each other and accepted the captain's arrangement.
This lunch became a mobilization meal. After that, Henry and Jennifer and Frank were responsible for washing the bowls, and the crew of the Arrow honestly returned to the cabin to rest and wait for the busy fishing season. Beihai drove the Arrow and the asterisk towards the new fishing spot. Due to the appearance of the green squid, Beihai's original desire to unload goods in Greenland also became a terrible, and he had to call Benny temporarily to change the Mustang's small plane to St. Anthony in Newfoundland.
The arrow was running on the sea at a speed of twenty knots. Bei Hai stayed on the bridge and held a calculator in his hand and kept calculating how many times he was throwing fishing gear this year to meet his inner expectations. After all, Bei Hai felt that his task this year was a bit lingering. Although he was running high loads for the crew, Bei Hai knew that humans were not machines and these sailors had to sleep at least seven hours a day after two or three times. If he kept working this high-intensity, the chance of danger would be increased by geometrical. Although he was the boss, this was not the way Bei Hai wanted to make money, which was why Bei Hai raised its intensity to the same as the stressful period of fishing boat operations.
Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!
Just as Bei Hai was thinking about something, he heard a knock on the door behind him.
Bei Huo turned his head and said subconsciously: "Come in!" Then, after waiting for Bei Hai to see the person coming clearly, he couldn't help but say something strange: "It's you?!".
"I didn't disturb you, right?" The person who pushed the door was either someone else, or the beautiful girl on the boat.
The reason why Bei Hai was a little strange was that since he had been on board, he had slapped her and the crews were slapped around Genifer for some fun. Be Hai was a captain or a married captain, and Bei Hai didn't have that intention.
Because of this, I suddenly saw that Jennifer entered the bridge alone and couldn't help but feel a little strange and thought: You little girl don't go back to the cabin to sleep and run here to me? Of course, this is just Bei Hai saying this in his heart, and it would be a bit rude to say it directly.
"Can you sit down?" As he entered the cabin, Genever asked, pointing at the empty co-pilot's chair beside Beckham.
"Sit. Don't be so polite." Bei Hai smiled and made a gesture of invitation. He looked at Jennifer and sat down and asked, "Why don't you sleep in the cabin so late?"
Jennifer smiled and said, "I had a little insomnia today and got up and walked around. When they all fell asleep, they saw the lights on the bridge, so they came here to chat with you for a while. Maybe I wanted to sleep again as I was chatting."
"Oh, your method is quite strange and you can even chat with sleepiness," Bei Hai said with a smile.
Genever asked Beihai: "Why do Dominic have such good sleep quality? I saw them just finding a place to fall asleep in less than two minutes, which makes me envious."
"If you do the same job as theirs, you can sleep easily." Bei Hai said, treating Qi Yiming's past affairs as a short story and telling Jennifer.
"It seems that I really lack physical labor." After hearing Bei Hai's words, Genever smiled, and then asked some small questions to Bei Hai, mostly about why Bei Hai likes fishing.
When Bei Hai heard such a question, he didn't know what to say. For the first time, someone asked himself why he liked fishing in front of him. After thinking for a while, Bei Hai smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, I don't know if I like fishing. I fish because only doing this can make me support myself and my family easily. Fishing for me is more about just a job, and it doesn't seem to have much to do with whether I like it or not."
Bei Hai believes that if the pendant is suitable for growing grain, he will definitely be a farmer now, and his industry is determined by the function of the pendant rather than himself.
"Then why do you want to invest in some ocean research? Few people will invest in this industry. As far as I know, the institute led by Professor LeoPod has been under no pressure on funding and their working environment is quite enviable..." said Jennifer.
When Bei Hai heard the beautiful girl in front of him say this, she was still a little happy when she invested in marine research and technology. Originally, Bei Hai wanted to find a pretext to allocate two or three million US dollars a year to hire a group of high-IQ cheap laborers to help him tinker with it.
Originally, it was a matter of selling dog meat with sheep's heads on it, but who knew that this research company with more than 20 people could maintain a balance every year by relying on patent usage fees. Although the research was small and small lists such as signal devices were not too valuable, this situation still made Bei Hai very happy. When Bei Hai was happy, he did not allocate less research funds because the institute made money, but still gave so much money to take out a portion of the money he earned as a bonus for everyone. Now these professors and researchers worked harder.
"You know a lot. I am a fisherman and naturally I need to make some efforts in researching the ocean," said Bei Hai.
"Professor Frank and Professor Leopold are friends. Of course I know this," said Jennifer.
"By the way, based on your judgment, what is it possible for these squids to be the enemy, and where did they emerge?" Bei Hai thought of the green squids. Naturally, he asked Jennifer.
Jennifer said: "Generally speaking, the natural enemies of squids are sperm whales or blue whales. It can be said that whales are natural enemies of squids. However, this is the first time I have seen this green squid, but in this size, it is still very likely that it is a big whales' on-the-trade meal."
"Just have natural enemies!" Bei Hai said after hearing this.
"Then you need the big whales to provide you with protection so that your arrow can continue fishing in the original place," said Jennifer with a smile.
"Then I have to discuss with the big whale. If these squids come to harass me again, although these things are so big, they are still smaller than whales." Bei Hai said happily.
Jenifer smiled and said, "How can such squids be considered big? The squids I have caught are two or three times larger than these squids, but these squids usually live at the bottom of the deep sea. It is indeed a bit abnormal to emerge in groups like this..."
After listening for a while, Bei Hai felt that he understood why this beautiful girl had a doctorate, because the girl talked about her major and her two big eyes were a little stronger than usual. And Bei seemed to keep thinking about this. Bei Hai was like listening to a free squid knowing popularization class.
Chapter completed!