Chapter: 3793

However, the process of seizing the "Xing Long" was extremely smooth.

Because there was almost no resistance throughout the journey, it was just a few crew members who symbolically sprayed high-pressure water jets with fire hoses after the pirates' warning shots. The crew then stopped using their high-pressure water guns in fright.

Subsequently, the pirates boarded the cargo ship smoothly and were delighted to find that the owner of the "Xing Long" was extremely lax, not even hiring security personnel for this ship.

As a result, they gleefully took control of all 30 or so crew members on board.

Then, the "Xing Long" began to change its course and headed towards their main base camp.

The "Xing Long" had just changed direction when these pirates hastily reported the success of their hijacking to their leader.

Their leader heard that they had successfully hijacked a cargo ship with nearly 20,000 containers, naturally feeling very pleased, as if they had reeled in a big fish.

As a result, he immediately announced the news to the outside world, claiming that the "Xing Long" had been seized and demanding that its owner pay a ransom of $10 million.

They didn't know who the owner of the "Xing Long" was.

However, based on their experience, as long as they publicize information about the ship to the outside world, the shipowner will surely come knocking on the door.

According to past experience, the shipowner will immediately communicate with the head of the pirate organization after confirming that the ship has indeed been hijacked, asking them not to harm the crew and also negotiating the price.

As for this kind of thing, the pirates can drag their feet, but the shipowner cannot.

With freight prices so high now, they're itching to earn a billion US dollars per trip. If it's really delayed due to being hijacked, not only will they lose substantial transportation revenue, but they'll also have to compensate for losses caused by cargo owners.

Sometimes, the loss generated over one day could exceed several hundred million US dollars.

But what this pirate leader didn't expect was that Iso Navigation from China had failed to contact them in a timely manner.

On the contrary, Ye Chen received a phone call from He Zhiqiu immediately.

After just one ring, she became somewhat anxious and said, "Mr. Ye, our ship has been hijacked!"

"Yes," Ye Chen smiled slightly, "I've seen the news."

He Zhiqiu was agitated: "The hijackers are demanding a ransom of $10 million. I haven't replied yet. You arranged for the men from Wan Long Hall to escort this ship, didn't you? This ship sent a message just eight hours ago saying that the soldiers had already boarded. How could something like this happen?"

"But what's this?" He Zhiqiu was taken aback, asking hastily, "Why?"

Ye Chen smiled, "You're getting anxious too quickly, the ship will be fine, as for why, you'll know soon."

Meanwhile, the pirate leader hijacking the Xinglong ship waited for over an hour at the headquarters, still receiving no response from Iso Navigation.

It was the first time in his twenty years of piracy that he had encountered such indifference from Iso Navigation.

Moreover, after twenty years of being a pirate, it was the first time he had seized a ship this large, only to be ignored by the ship's owner, which made him immediately lose patience.

He paced back and forth on his command deck, muttering curses under his breath, "Is Iso Navigation going crazy? Otherwise, why haven't they responded to my demands yet?" JrNovels.com