The call was connected, but Xia Ruofei heard a loud noise coming from the handset. The whistling sound kept ringing.
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but frown secretly. He thought that this Yankee was a billionaire. How could his phone be so bad!
However, he didn't have the mood to pay attention to this now. He asked directly in English, "Is this Charlie Koch?"
"Huhu … I … can't … answer now … huhu … answer! Later … huhu … I'll … call you back … huhu! "
There was an intermittent sound from the phone, mixed with loud wind noise.
Xia Ruofei could barely hear what the other party said, but the other party hung up the phone after he finished speaking.
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He wanted to try and see if he could take a shortcut. He didn't expect this Yankee to be such a jerk. I'm his savior anyway! He doesn't recognize me just like that?
Fortunately, Xia Ruofei didn't tell Luo Qingfeng and Zhang Chao before he called. Otherwise, it would be even more awkward.
Since this Charlie was unreliable, Xia Ruofei also gave up the idea of taking a shortcut. He secretly decided that after arriving at Eastland, he would first find a secluded place to put the firearms into the space. Then, he would bring Luo Qingfeng to investigate the situation of the Gulf Group. He would wipe out their senior management and solve the problem once and for all.
So, Xia Ruofei put away the phone, leaned back, and closed his eyes to rest.
…
At this time, near the sea where the yacht sank last night, Charlie Koch had just been hoisted onto the first rescue helicopter that arrived at the scene with the help of the rescue personnel.
After the rescue personnel confirmed his identity, they were very excited – this was a billionaire! And he had great influence in American society. After receiving his distress message last night, a large number of rescue forces began to rush to this sea area. On the one hand, this person's identity was too prominent. All parties attached great importance to him and were afraid that he would die at sea. On the other hand, everyone also knew that whoever rescued him first would mean a super generous reward. Maybe they would have a meteoric rise in the future.
And now, they could already confirm that their rescue team was the first to take the lead.
Last night, several professional rescue ships had set off at the same time. However, this area of the sea was too far away from the United States, so even after a night of traveling, none of the rescue ships had reached the coordinates where the distress signal was sent.
However, the rescue ships were equipped with advanced rescue helicopters that could greatly expand the search radius.
Although there was a signal transmitter that constantly sent out coordinates, the coordinates could only confirm a rough area. In the vast sea, it would take some luck to find a lifeboat that was as small as the target.
This rescue helicopter's luck was obviously good. Their first flight actually found Charlie Koch. Even they themselves couldn't believe it.
It wasn't until the rescue personnel lowered the rope and brought Charlie Koch onto the helicopter that everyone finally confirmed that they had indeed rescued Charlie Koch.
The pilot of the helicopter immediately sent a message through the radio to the rescue ship that the rescue was successful – after all, there were several rescue forces at sea at the same time, and at least six to seven helicopters were searching in the nearby sea area. Now that the person had been rescued, the other rescue forces could naturally return. The rescue ship that this helicopter belonged to had to do its best to prepare, including medical staff, psychiatrists, and so on. Some life support facilities also had to be prepared in advance.
Charlie's mind was actually quite calm. To be honest, he didn't feel the ecstasy of surviving a disaster – because this feeling of ecstasy had already appeared last night. Now, he had already calmed down.
As for floating at sea and waiting for rescue, Charlie was very clear that there was a high probability that the rescue team would find him. The only difference was that it was a matter of time. The supplies he had on the lifeboat were enough to support him for many days, so it didn't matter if it was sooner or later.
What Charlie was thinking now was how to deal with the curiosity of the public and the media after returning to the mainland of the United States. After all, other than himself, everyone else had lost their lives at sea. It could be said that it was an out-and-out tragedy.
After sitting in the rescue helicopter and fastening his seat belt, Charlie remembered that he had received a satellite phone call when he was being lifted from the lifeboat onto the helicopter with the help of the rescue team.
At that time, he was suspended in mid-air with the helicopter hovering above him. His ears were filled with the sound of the wind, and he couldn't hear the voice on the phone clearly. However, he knew that most of the people who could make this call were close to him, so he told the other party that he would call back when it was convenient. After that, he hung up – after all, he couldn't hear what the other party said at all in that situation.
Now that he had settled down in the helicopter, the pilot had already flown the helicopter back. Soon, he would be able to board the rescue ship and return to the mainland of the United States. It could be said that he was basically safe now.
Charlie relaxed a little, so he picked up the satellite phone and prepared to check who had just called.
The satellite phone showed that the call had been transferred through his personal cell phone. In other words, the other party had called his personal cell phone because there was no signal automatically transferred to the satellite phone.
There were even fewer people who knew about his personal cell phone number.
Charlie naturally paid more attention to it. He looked at the number recorded on the satellite phone and found that it was a completely unfamiliar number. It wasn't even a common number in the United States.
When Charlie saw the number, he was stunned for a moment. Then, he shuddered and thought of a possibility.
He quickly dialed a number on the satellite phone. It was the cell phone number of his confidant, Peter.
"God! Boss, are you okay now? "Peter asked excitedly after answering the phone.
Charlie wasn't in the mood to talk nonsense with Peter. He said directly, "I'm already on the rescue helicopter. Now, there's something you need to do for me immediately. It's very urgent!"
"Boss, please instruct me!" Peter said quickly.
"I can't connect to the Internet here for the time being. Help me find the owner of a phone number!" Charlie said.
"No problem! Could you please give me your number? "Peter asked.
"8613 …" Charlie suddenly stopped after reporting a few numbers. He then said seriously, "Peter, remember, don't check any information about this number. Just confirm the owner of this number! Also, don't disclose the situation of this phone number to anyone! "
"Understood!" Peter said without hesitation.
Charlie then reported the phone number he had just recorded to Peter.
In fact, when a phone number in the mainland of Huaxia made an international call, it would show the international dialing code starting with 86. However, this was a string of numbers connected together. Charlie was busy every day, so he didn't remember the Huaxia dialing code. So, he couldn't confirm it, so he asked Peter to check it first.
After reporting the number, Charlie said, "Check it now. Don't hang up!"
"Boss, I'm already checking …" Peter said as he opened the search engine on his laptop. "Found it! Boss, this number is in the mainland of Huaxia. Only when a phone in the mainland of Huaxia makes an international call, will the international dialing code of 86 be displayed in front of the number. "
"God …" Charlie couldn't help but murmur after listening.
Peter jumped in fright and hurriedly asked, "Boss, what happened?"
"Nothing! Wait for me to come back! " Charlie said. "Remember, you must keep the number I asked you to check strictly confidential. It's best to forget it from now on!"
"Got it, boss!" Peter said.
Charlie hurriedly hung up the phone, then immediately found the number that Xia Ruofei had just dialed from the satellite phone. He immediately dialed it back. He stroked his forehead and said to himself, "D * mn it! I actually hung up on him. D * mn it … "
The rescue team member sitting opposite him was also shocked when he saw this. Thinking that Charlie was feeling unwell, he quickly asked, "Mr. Koch! What's the problem? Do you need my help? "
Charlie Koch quickly waved his hand and put his index finger on his lips. He made a gesture to the rescue team member to keep quiet because he heard the other party's phone vibrating.
… ….
Xia Ruofei was still on his way to Eastland. After his phone vibrated, he took it out and took a look. He found that it was an unfamiliar number, and the long string of numbers was especially strange — he had just called the number Charlie had left for him, but Charlie had used a satellite phone to call back.
Xia Ruofei's number was rarely used, and it was only used when he was using Xia Xia's identity. Most of the time, it was turned off, and very few people knew about this number, so his first reaction was to harass him. After all, this number looked like the kind of number that had been changed with software.
However, after thinking for a moment, he still answered, "Hello, who is this?"
Charlie was sitting on the rescue helicopter. At this time, he had already connected the satellite phone to the helicopter's noise-canceling headphones, so he could hear it very clearly. He was almost certain that this young voice was the voice of the Eastern immortal who had descended from the sky to save his life last night.
Charlie couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice, "Hello, I'm Charlie Koch. May I ask if you are from the East …"
At this point, Charlie stopped abruptly, because there were still several rescue team members in the cabin. He definitely couldn't reveal the matter of the Eastern immortals.
Just as Charlie was in a dilemma, Xia Ruofei on the other end of the phone said directly, "It's me. You guessed right!"
Then, Xia Ruofei immediately asked, "Is it inconvenient for you to speak right now?"
Charlie quickly said, "It's fine! It's fine! If you have any orders, please don't hesitate to say it! "
Although the rescue team members sitting opposite him couldn't hear what Charlie was saying clearly due to the loud noise in the cabin, they could see Charlie's reserved and respectful attitude. They couldn't help but be secretly surprised — this person had a lot of influence in the United States and was worth hundreds of billions of dollars. He was definitely a top big shot! Who else could make such a big shot show such a humble attitude?
Charlie looked at the rescue team members opposite him and subconsciously covered his mouth with his hand. He didn't want these people to see the shape of his mouth.
In fact, it was indeed a little inconvenient for him to speak now. After all, the matter of the Eastern immortals couldn't be known by outsiders. Otherwise, he didn't know if the immortal would be unhappy. But at this time, the other party took the initiative to call him. Obviously, there was something for him to do. He couldn't just say that it was inconvenient to talk now and that he would contact him later.
In front of the immortal, he didn't dare to be negligent at all!
However, Xia Ruofei could hear it. He smiled and said, "Charlie, I heard a lot of noise next to you. You should have been rescued. Are you on the rescue plane now?"
"Yes!" Charlie said respectfully, "I can't hide anything from you!"
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Okay! I'm not in a hurry. Let's wait for your plane to land! Just find a place where no one is around and call me back. "
Charlie's heart relaxed slightly and he quickly said, "No problem, I'll have to trouble you to wait a moment!"
"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile and then hung up the phone.
On the rescue helicopter.
Charlie held the satellite phone and was silent for a few seconds before he gradually calmed down. He switched the noise-canceling headphones on his head to the in-cabin communication mode and said, "Mr. Captain, please speed up the flight. I have something urgent to deal with immediately after landing!"
The captain quickly said, "Okay, Mr. Koch! I will fly at the highest speed as soon as the conditions allow! "
"How long do you expect to reach the rescue ship?" Charlie asked.
"About 45 minutes if we fly normally," the captain replied. "If you are in a hurry, I can try to get there within half an hour."
"Very good!" Charlie Koch said, "If you can be faster in half an hour, I will give you one million dollars for every minute you are ahead! Mr. Captain, try your best to fly back! "
The captain was stunned for a moment, then he immediately said with some excitement, "No problem! Mr. Koch, please fasten your seatbelt. The rest of the flight may be less comfortable! "
"Okay!" Charlie Koch said.
Then, he felt the nose of the helicopter sink slightly, and then the speed suddenly increased.
During the rest of the flight, Charlie Koch held the satellite phone in his hand tightly. He looked out of the porthole almost every few seconds to see if the rescue ship had appeared in sight.
Every second that passed, he felt the pressure increase because the immortal was waiting for him to call back! It would be a sin to let the immortal wait for one more second!
Finally, after flying for more than 20 minutes, Charlie Koch saw a rescue ship not far below the plane. The "H" sign on the white helipad on the deck was clearly visible …
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