After Yang Jing and Gege arrived, David Patel, the head of the private polar research organization, and Andrei Mirakinov, the captain of the Blue Whale, immediately appeared in the port and met with Yang Jing, the big financier.
In the developed capitalist countries of the West, there are many private polar research organizations like Ingram.
The situation in these advanced capitalist countries is different from that in China, where scientific research activities in the Antarctic and the Arctic are often the power of the state.
However, in these developed countries, the vast majority of scientific research activities are private, and these private scientific research organizations make profits by accepting the entrustment of government departments, colleges and universities, and even other private organizations.
In the last century, polar research was still a very unpopular industry, and the competition was not so fierce.
But as people pay more and more attention to the polarities, the competition in this industry is becoming more and more fierce.
Especially after entering the new century, many private polar research organizations have sprung up, which has made the competition in this industry enter an extremely cruel realm.
Just like Ingram, is a private polar research organization based in North America, the main service objects are North American universities and related government departments, but unfortunately, this private polar research organization with a history of more than 20 years, after more and more juniors bring a lot of money to appear in this industry, its competitiveness is becoming weaker and weaker.
To this end, Ingram's partners spent $1.4 billion more than a decade ago to build the Graham Blue Whale, trying to get out of this predicament with the most advanced polar research ship at the time.
When the Blue Whale was launched, it did cause a lot of sensation in the industry, and Ingram also got a lot of orders with the advanced Blue Whale.
However, it is a pity that whether the polar scientific expedition can produce results does not only depend on the advanced polar research ships, but also depends on the ability of the scientific research personnel.
Clearly, Ingram is no better than the other top polar expeditions in this regard, on the contrary, they are weak in some respects.
In this way, although Ingram added an extremely advanced Blue Whale, the actual business did not increase much, and because of the huge maintenance funds of the Blue Whale, Ingram became more and more difficult.
If it weren't for the fact that the majority shareholder behind Ingram was also a rich man, and he could grit his teeth and insist, maybe this well-known polar scientific research organization would have completely broken up.
Last winter, Ingram received a commission from the U.S.
Department of Energy to conduct a detailed survey of several mineral divisions in Antarctica.
The Department of Energy provided only $3.58 million in budget funding for the mission, but the mission would last up to four months, spanning almost the entire warm season in Antarctica.
The task is not complicated, but with such a long time span, the money given is only a little, and Ingram will at most guarantee that he will not lose money when he takes this order.
But even so, Ingram could only pinch his nose and take the order.
There's no way, you don't take it, some people are lining up in the back to take this list.
Fortunately, before the mission departed, Ingram received another commission to deliver a batch of supplies to the Mike Odore Station, a U.S. polar research station located along the Ross Ice Shelf.
This extra mission made the trip to Antarctica somewhat profitable, but the sky is not as good as people, just when the Blue Whale had just finished delivering supplies to the Mike Odor station and was about to start a mineral resource survey, the Blue Whale unfortunately encountered a sudden cold snap.
The strong cold snap caused the sea ice of the Ross Ice Shelf to expand and thicken rapidly, and finally trapped the Blue Whale in the Ross Ice Shelf, unable to advance or retreat.
And the most serious thing is that when the Blue Whale tried to forcibly break the ice and leave the Ross Sea, the starboard hull was damaged, although the hull was not broken, but the plan to forcibly break the ice again was completely ruined.
Not only that, the Blue Whale, which was trapped in the Ross Ice Shelf, had to send out a distress signal, and an Antarctic research ship from Germany finally spent 12 days rescuing the Blue Whale.
Although rescued, counting the time it was trapped, the Blue Whale was delayed in the Ross Sea for more than 20 days, and the hull was damaged and needed to be returned to port for repairs.
At this moment, even the task assigned by the US Department of Energy is not possible.
With the approval of the U.S.
Department of Energy, Ingram had no choice but to transfer the mission to another polar research ship from the United States.
The Blue Whale then dragged the damaged hull back to Boston at a very slow pace.
This trip to Antarctica not only failed to complete the mission entrusted by the U.S.
Department of Energy, but also injured the hull of the Blue Whale, of course, the Germans did not save you in vain, in order to rescue the Blue Whale from the Ross Ice Shelf, Ingram paid the Germans up to $1.45 million; As for failing to complete the DOE's mandate, Ingram also needs to pay the DOE up to $800,000 in liquidated damages It can be said that last year's trip to Antarctica was a disaster, in the words of an old Chinese saying, that is, to lose the wife and the army!
Ingram, who was expecting to earn a sum of money, paid a total of more than $4 million in expenses during that trip to Antarctica, and nearly $5 million in total when combined with the cost of repairing the ship later.
This is undoubtedly worse for Ingram, who is already a little stretched.
And what made the person in charge of Ingram even more desperate was that because of the accident of the Blue Whale in the South Pole and the failure to complete the mission entrusted by the U.S.
Department of Energy, Ingram did not receive any entrusted mission to the North Pole - whether it was a government department or other universities, they were all worried that the Blue Whale could not complete the mission entrusted by the U.S.
Department of Energy.
No one wants to entrust their trust to an organization that has not completed the task of scientific research.
In this way, Ingram is immediately faced with an extremely grim situation - if there is no commission, Ingram will most likely close its doors!
But at this time, David Patel, the head of Ingram, learned that there was a Chinese American from San Francisco who was looking for a polar research ship that could go to the Arctic waters to carry out missions, and said that money was not a problem.
In this case, David Patel naturally contacted Lin Dan immediately.
As rumored, this young Chinese man from San Francisco didn't care about money at all, even if David Patel offered a price of $240,000 a week, the young Chinese man still paid a deposit of $1.2 million for five weeks after seeing the Blue Whale.
Although this money is not a lot, it is undoubtedly a life-saving money for Ingram, who is about to be unable to open the pot.
In particular, this young Chinese man surnamed Lin also personally assured that once the ship goes to sea, five weeks will definitely not be enough, and there is a possibility of eight or even twelve weeks, but how long it can be used depends on the specific situation of this voyage.
Although this matter is not a commissioned task, it is just a simple lease of the Blue Whale, but after David Patel learned that Lin Dan's behind-the-scenes boss appeared, he immediately brought the newly appointed captain of the Blue Whale to meet Yang Jing.
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"Hello Mr.
Yang, I am David Patel, the head of Ingram, and this is Andrei Milakinov, the captain of the Blue Whale.
Once you're out on the water, Andre will take care of the whole process.
Although David Patel is a white man who is nearly fifty years old, he still involuntarily lowered his posture when facing Yang Jing, the gold master.
Although the two people in front of him are both Chinese, when David Patel saw the Patek Philippe platinum worldtime watch in Yang Jing's left hand, he immediately realized that the two young Chinese people in front of him were definitely rich people.
Millions of dollars of watches are worn so casually on the wrist, and to be honest, even David Patel, who claims to be a well-informed person, has never seen such a luxurious guy.
The watch on their wrists alone is enough to pay for the rent of the Blue Whale for most of the year.
"Hello, Mr.
Patel, call me Albert."
For this polite middle-aged man, Yang Jing still feels good.
"Mr.
Patel, the main reason for leasing your Blue Whale this time is to take my fiancée around the Arctic waters.
My fiancée and I just got engaged, and my fiancée is eager to go to the North Pole, so we're going to the North Pole together this time.
"There are certain circumstances where there is no need to keep secrets.
"Wow, Albert, congratulations on having such a beautiful fiancée."
Patel duly complimented himself, "Please feel free to ride our Blue Whale."
It's been 10 years since the Blue Whale was launched, but it's still one of the world's top polar research vessels, and the facilities on board are guaranteed to make your next trip to the Arctic a pleasure for you and your fiancée.
At the same time, the Blue Whale also has a good enough captain.
Although our Mr.
Andre has only just become the captain of the Blue Whale, but Andre has extremely rich sailing experience, when the Blue Whale was launched, he served as the chief engineer of the Blue Whale, and later became the first mate of the Blue Whale, until this year, Mr.
Andre became the helm of the Blue Whale.
It is no exaggeration to say that no one is more familiar with the Blue Whale than Andrey. ” Andrei on the side saluted and said in English with a strong Russian accent: "Welcome aboard the Blue Whale, Andrei Milakinov will serve you wholeheartedly." ” ps: Bow and thank the "洎們戀嬡妑" and "Qing Yi" each for their 500 tips.