The New York Times reporters who were waiting in Naples didn't have to wait long, and the grain was quickly reloaded onto a smaller freighter.
The reporters wanted to get close to the sailors on these ships to find out what was going on, where they came from and where they were going to transport them.
It's a pity that these people don't like to answer her questions.
It's not that female journalists aren't charismatic enough, it's that these people seem to be extra wary of outsiders.
Many of the metal blocks unloaded from the ship were white flowers, and the reporter learned that this was an aluminum ingot, which is a primary industrial raw material made of aluminum after electrolysis.
The ingots also did not wait long on the docks, and they were soon loaded onto several Suez-class freighters, apparently going through the Suez Canal.
There is only so much that the female reporter can grasp on the dock, and the new ships belong to a Turkish shipping company, which is not open to ordinary tourists, so the reporter cannot continue to track down by boat, and the clues can only be interrupted here.
The female intern reporter of the New York Times was no longer able to cope with the next investigation, so they sorted out the information they had and sent it to the newspaper and Zoe who was far away in Somalia, and after seeing the materials, Zoe immediately left Somalia and flew to Turkey and Istanbul.
Zoe has some connections in Turkey, and he has a college classmate who is also a journalist who works as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press's Turkish bureau.
When Zoe found him, he joined the investigation of the grain smuggling case without saying a word.
With the help of a friend, Zoe quickly found the details of the shipping company in the Turkish maritime department's ship registration file.
When Zoe's friend saw the owner of the freight company, he couldn't help but gasp.
"What's the matter, did you find anything" Zoe couldn't read Turkish, so he had to rely on his friends to translate for him.
"The owner of this company is called Abdulkateli, this guy is famous in Istanbul, he is a key member of the local mafia and he has a deep background, they have an extraordinary relationship with the Turkish military," Zoe's friend whispered in Zoe's ear.
"I guessed that every agency in this is not simple, so there is no way for us to trace it down," Zoe asked with a deliberate pretending of loss.
"How, I must have a way, but, Zoe, since you have found me in this matter, then can I also get involved, I think this clue of yours must be big news, not this year's Pulitzer Prize" Zoe's friend said with a smile, he could see the value behind this matter, he didn't want to miss an opportunity to make a name for himself.
"Okay, I agreed, but I asked to be the first signatory for all reports about this news, that's my rule," Zoe said politely.
"Deal" Zoe and his friend Jimmy touched their palms and the deal was struck.
Over the next few days, Zoe and Jimmy began to plan how they could continue to track the whereabouts of the ships.
Jimmy called Turkey's maritime authorities to verify the whereabouts of the ships, which intern reporters for The New York Times had photographed in Italy.
Luckily, one of their ships was temporarily docked at the terminal in Istanbul due to a malfunction.
"I have a bold idea," Zoe announced to Jimmy.
"No, no, I know what you're going to say, don't think about it" Jimmy immediately understood what Zoe meant, and he immediately refused without hesitation.
"Hey, bro, think about our Pulitzer Prize, man, you don't get a tiger in the tiger's den," Zoe encouraged.
"Zoe, I don't think you're a woman at all, you're definitely a man," Jimmy teased, and when it comes to the Pulitzer Prize, Jimmy is willing to do anything.
"Okay, now think about how we can sneak into this ship," Jimmy asked again.
"It shouldn't be difficult to get two sets of uniforms for this shipping company, let's disguise ourselves as staff members, sneak in quietly, and stay on board," Zoe replied without hesitation.
Over the next few days, Jimmy and Zoe keep an eye on the news of the cargo ship on the docks that is being maintained, while they step up to prepare for their life on board.
Jimmy managed to get his hands on two sets of the ship's shipping company uniforms, and when they were ready, they quietly climbed into the ship, which had been docked for repairs due to a malfunction, one night.
Security on the docks isn't strict, so even if Jimmy and Zoe are laymen, they're easy to handle.
Zoe and Jimmy soon found a safe place to hide, a utility room on the deck, with windows to look out and water pipes to solve their drinking problems.
The main thing is that the locks here are all rusty and look like they have long been forgotten.
Zoe and Jimmy stayed here, and two days later, the ship set sail again.
Zoe and Jimmy stayed alone in the cabin, inevitably doing some affectionate acts, the two had a good relationship when they were classmates, and there was no entertainment in this narrow space, and the two naturally broke through that barrier.
Jimmy and Zoe's only entertainment on the ship is to snap, and they guess where the ship is going, and their only connection to the outside world is the small window in the cabin.
This small window does not allow them to judge their position by celestial phenomena.
Just when the two of them were still a little worried about whether this voyage would be too long.
A week later, they actually saw a seagull in the window of the cabin.
"Look at Jimmy, it's a seagull, we're about to dock," Zoe said excitedly, pointing to the little seagull in the window.
"Really, it's so fast, I," Jimmy said he hadn't had enough of it, but he realized it was still important to get down to business.
Jimmy has already decided, and when he is done with this matter, he will find an opportunity to formalize the relationship with Zoe.
The two of them leaned on the small window of the cabin with anticipation, curiously looking at the scenery outside, they could clearly feel that the speed of the ship was slowing down, and it should be ready to dock.
At this moment, a bright red floated in front of the two of them, and the two of them were suddenly stupefied.
For they saw that the red thing had a sickle and a hammer and a five-pointed star on it.
"Damn, it's the Soviet Union," Zoe and Jimmy muttered in their minds. t1706231537: