Chapter 2283 The ship at sea
Although China Overseas Ocean Ocean is based on the Chinese character, it is indeed a private enterprise, but it was established very early. It was first two hundred years ago. At that time, China Overseas Ocean Ocean's predecessor was actually the canal transportation in Tianjin, which specialized in salt trading business, and its scale was very large.
Later, after decades, the world began to be in chaos. Although the canal transportation was not as developed and prosperous as before, the lean camels were larger than horses and still had a scale. At that time, Zhang Hang's ancestors were the helmsmen of the canal transportation, which means that the Zhang family had already controlled the canal transportation in Tianjin about a hundred years ago.
Later, when liberated, the salt trading business could not be done, and the Tianjin canal transportation did not go bankrupt. Instead, it turned into China Overseas Freight Company in the late 1980s.
One-third of this freight company operates domestic logistics, while about 70% of the remaining freight companies actually do ocean trade transportation business. The company's cruise ships and freighters travel from dozens of countries, and containers are spread all over the world. It must be regarded as the world's top freight company.
Zhang Hang is the current general manager of COSCO, and the bosses above are his father and some uncles. In other words, this freight company is almost controlled by the Zhang family's own people, so he was introduced by Fan Zhongxin. The relationship between the two companies is basically self-evident.
After Zhang Hang and Wang Zan drank for a while, the topic began to shift to the main topic. He said to Wang Zan seriously: "Brother, I asked CITIC to come over to introduce you. In fact, there was something that I wanted to trouble you later. Originally, I also wanted to find someone else before, but after meeting him, I found that it was not very suitable. I talked about this when I was having dinner with CITIC some time ago, and he mentioned you to me."
Wang Zan said speechlessly: "He can really find work for me. Brother Zhang, tell me what's the matter?"
Zhang Hang looked at Wang Zan and seemed to think for a moment before saying, "Our family is engaged in the far-reaching freight business. Freighters often travel to and from the sea around the world and travel on the sea all year round. Once, two cruise ships under the company suddenly discovered a ship when they were passing through a sea area..."
"At that time, the ship was double-brid, with a wooden structure, and the hull could be about 100 meters long. The distance between the two cargo ships is not too far away. You can see the situation above with a telescope. It was strange when a first mate saw it, because the ship would only exist in museums and would not appear on the sea at all, especially in the distant sea areas."
Wang Zan was stunned when he heard this. Even if he had no knowledge or experience in this area, he knew a little. This wooden brig ship had disappeared almost a hundred years ago and should not have appeared on the sea. Just as Zhang Hang said, even if it was basically stored in a museum or a dock, it should not have appeared on the sea.
"What then?" Wang Zan asked in surprise. He felt that he might hear something incredible.
"It was strange when the first mate saw it. Based on his experience, he naturally judged that the ship should not appear on the sea. So he first thought he was confused or had hallucinations, such as a mirage, or something. Then he called the two crew members to check it with a telescope and found that others had seen it too. And from all aspects, this was definitely not an illusion. The ship was indeed floating on the sea." Zhang Hang drank a sip of wine and said in a stunning tone: "The two cargo ships are about a few nautical miles apart. They all saw the ship, but then the ship disappeared quickly and only appeared for more than ten minutes."
"Is there anyone on the ship at that time?" Wang Zan asked.
Zhang Hang shook his head and said, "In more than ten minutes, when the first mate observed, there was no one on the ship. Moreover, the ship was actually relatively worn out from the outside. Some places were even damaged and there were loopholes, and the canvas hanging on the mast were broken. Such a ship was even more unlikely to appear in that sea area, because it would take at least ten days to sail from there to the nearest port."
Wang Zan immediately took a breath of air and realized something in his head, because from legend, this kind of ghost ship has appeared on the sea more than once in hundreds of years, which is the ghost ship that is often mentioned in books or movies.
"You continue to say that there should be something else below." Wang Zan's interest was also aroused. He had seen many supernatural and weird things, but it was the first time he had heard of the rumors about the ghost ship.
"This time I missed the battle with that ship. I didn't see it very clearly, and I didn't even leave the image. However, after the first mate returned to the company, we reported this matter. At that time, we felt it was incredible. However, in addition to the first mate, there were several people on the two ships who saw it, which means that this could not be fake. The route company often left for that period, so we immediately contacted another freighter to let them pay attention to that sea area as well..."
Zhang Hang and Wang Zan touched the glass, took a sip of wine and looked at him, and said slowly: "After a month and a half, a cruise ship under the company really found the ship again when passing through that sea area, and this time they left a clear photo."
Zhang Hang took out his cell phone, flipped out the album and handed it to Wang Zan. He took it and looked at it a few times, and found that although it was a little far away, the photos of the double-brig wooden ship were still relatively clear.
The hull is long and has wooden structures. There are two masts at both ends of the deck. However, the canvas is already broken and there are three holes about one meter in diameter on the hull.
I don’t know why, but from the photos, this ship really gives people a very gloomy feeling.
"We conducted a long investigation afterwards, mainly comparing and investigating whether there is any ship that is similar and consistent with it." Zhang Hang licked his lips, swallowed, and said: "In the end, we came to a conclusion that this ship is likely to be the Royal Tulip that had crashed before. Everyone is Prince Delby. The ship entered the sea in 1850..."
Chapter completed!