"Mr. Cheng, what happened?"
Zhang Musheng, who had just settled the passengers, ran in with Du Xinyue. Seeing everyone present frowning, he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Mu Sheng, please go to the guest room area again and call out all the passenger doors."
I sighed and said calmly.
"ah?"
Zhang Musheng looked puzzled: "Didn't you ask me to send all the passengers back to the guest rooms just now? Why are you asking them to come out now?"
"The cruise ship is about to sink. Please help make arrangements so that the passengers can escape in speedboats."
"What?"
Zhang Musheng was stunned for a moment and looked at each other with Du Xinyue, their faces full of surprise.
"Didn't you just beat the sea monster away? Why..."
I explained: "The sea monster escaped, but it has already caused irreversible damage to the bilge. The cruise ship will sink in half an hour at most."
"We don't have much time, so hurry up."
"Okay, Xinyue and I will go call someone right away!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Musheng knew that the situation was urgent, so he immediately grabbed Du Xinyue and ran out again.
At the same time, Zhao Dafu ordered his crew to open the inner cabin, release all the lifeboats, and arrange them on the sea.
Within ten minutes, all the passengers were gathered on the deck again and lined up in several lines.
"Everyone, the cruise ship is about to sink due to heavy damage from sea monsters. For your safety, we will arrange for you to leave in a lifeboat. I hope you don't panic and follow the instructions of our crew!"
Zhao Dafu held up a big loudspeaker, walked in front of the passengers, and announced loudly.
When the passengers heard this, they immediately started to commotion, and each one rushed to where the lifeboat was parked, trying to get a seat.
"Stop everyone!"
Zhao Dafu said angrily: "If anyone doesn't obey the arrangement, don't blame us for being rude!"
At the same time, Bai Ze, Lonnie and Jing Jingjing and I stood in front of several queues.
When we were fighting the sea monster on the deck just now, many people witnessed the whole process and knew that we were not easy to mess with, so they stopped immediately and did not dare to make any mistakes.
"Listen up, people over sixty years old, please come forward."
According to my previous instructions, Zhao Dafu took the lead in shouting.
Soon, a group of gray-haired old men walked out of the crowd and stood in front of the queue.
The crew member responsible for checking documents arranged for the elderly to board the lifeboats after checking their documents one by one.
"Next, women with children, people with disabilities, please stand at the front of the queue."
After settling the old man, Zhao Dafu shouted again.
Some ladies with children and disabled people with crutches and wheelchairs appeared and were placed on the corresponding lifeboats.
Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.
However, seeing that the number of lifeboats on the scene was getting smaller and smaller, some people couldn't sit still.
"Make way, make way, I'm going to the lifeboat!"
Just when Zhao Dafu was about to arrange for the next group of people to take the lifeboat, a middle-aged man with a big belly and two tall subordinates squeezed out of the crowd.
"Captain Zhao, I am the vice president of the Zhou Group. Please arrange the three best positions for us!"
Arriving in front of Zhao Dafu, the middle-aged man took out an ID and shouted loudly.
Hearing that this middle-aged man was from the Zhou family, Zhao Dafu had a hint of fear in his eyes.
"Mr. Zhou, the number of lifeboats is limited and should be reserved for those in greatest need first. I hope you can understand..."
Snapped!
The middle-aged man slapped Zhao Dafu hard on the face.
"Asshole, am I not the most needy person?"
"Stop talking nonsense and make arrangements for us quickly!"
Although he received a slap, Zhao Dafu did not fight back, but still stood there and explained patiently.
"Vice President Zhou, listen to me, we have rules..."
When Vice President Zhou saw that Zhao Dafu refused to relax, he became even more angry and immediately started pushing Zhao Dafu.
Upon seeing this, several crew members responsible for maintaining order ran over and mingled with Vice President Zhou's two bodyguards.
"what happened?"
When I heard the noise, I tiptoed and rushed over immediately.
"Mr. Cheng, I am the vice president of Zhou Group, Zhou Haitao."
Seeing me appearing, Zhou Haitao suddenly became polite and ordered the two bodyguards to stop, but the arrogance in his eyes was still undisguised.
"Our Zhou family is one of the shareholders of Sino-Ocean Group, which can also be said to be the owner of this cruise ship. I request that three lifeboats be provided for myself and two bodyguards. Isn't that excessive?"
No wonder this guy is so arrogant. It turns out that he is also one of the shareholders of the company that owns the cruise ship.
I have learned from Zhao Dafu before that there are more than a dozen shareholders in Sino-Ocean Group. Among them, the Jin family, the Liu family, and the Xu family each hold 20% of the shares and are considered the largest shareholders.
The remaining 40% of the shares are divided among eight families, who are considered small shareholders.
For example, the Mo family only holds 10% of the shares. In addition to receiving dividends on schedule, it has no say in the operation of the entire group.
As for the Zhou family, it can be ignored.
Of course, this is only the status of the Zhou family within the group, but in the eyes of outsiders, being able to become a shareholder of Sino-Ocean Group is already a level beyond the reach of many people.
No wonder Vice President Zhou is so arrogant.
"Vice President Zhou, please abide by the rules and take your people back to the queue."
I said solemnly: "We don't care about status and status now. Whether we can be allocated a lifeboat position depends on the remaining places later."
"Please come back."
Vice President Zhou’s face darkened: “What if I must get on the lifeboat now?”
I smiled lightly: "If you have the ability, you can give it a try."
"you!"
Vice President Zhou immediately became angry: "I don't believe it. I'm on my own cruise ship, and I still have to obey other people's orders?"
With that said, he ordered the two bodyguards to come forward and prepare to force the way.
"Get back!"
I just jumped on my feet, and the two bodyguards immediately flew out and fell into the crowd, unable to get up again.
Immediately, I picked up Vice President Zhou, who had a look of astonishment on his face, and threw him more than ten meters away. The pain made him cry for father and mother and moan incessantly.
With this, I directly calmed down other passengers who were about to make a move. The crowd became quiet again, and no one dared to risk grabbing seats anymore.
The next process went very smoothly, and within ten minutes, all the passengers had been assigned.
All the old, young, women and children were arranged on the lifeboats. Except for a small number of adult men with chronic diseases who also got seats on the lifeboats, most of the rest were assigned life rafts and lifebuoys.
Afterwards, Zhao Dafu directed the crew to tie the life rafts and life buoys to the lifeboat with ropes.
