Director Feng smiled and said, "Go to the Maritime Vocational Technical College to be a teacher."

The Maritime Vocational Technical College was the technical school of the Marine Bureau back in the day. Later, it started offering adult college classes, and most of the employees and crew of the Marine Bureau graduated from that school.

Han Yu was taken aback and asked with a mix of amusement and disbelief, "My brother-in-law doesn't have a high level of education. Can he be a teacher?"

"The vocational technical college is different from other schools. It offers both cultural and professional courses, and the professional courses are even more important than the cultural ones. The school leadership says their mechanical and electrical department happens to lack a senior technician. Your brother-in-law has a senior technician certificate and a distance learning college diploma. He is just right for the teaching position."

The alma mater also had senior technicians as teachers.

Han Yu realized and couldn't help but smile, "The Maritime College is very close to the Changhang Hospital, less than three kilometers, it seems."

Director Feng knew he was interested in this position and smiled, "And your brother-in-law will not only be a teacher but also the deputy director of logistics and security as well as the Armed Forces Minister of the college."

"What level is the deputy director of logistics and security?"

"The deputy director of a vocational school doesn't seem to have an administrative level, but after your brother-in-law goes, he will teach students and will be a teacher first. Teachers earn a salary based on their title."

Saying a senior technician is valuable is true, as it is hard to obtain the certificate.

But saying it is worthless is also true, as private employers only care if you can do the work and won't care if you have a senior technician certificate.

East Sea Maritime Vocational Technical College is a school of Zhonghai.

In fact, Zhonghai has several schools, in Guangzhou and Dalian as well, all established before restructuring. It's said that Zhonghai set up a school management committee specifically to manage its technical and vocational schools.

The Binjiang Port Authority also used to run a technical school, but it was closed early.

Han Yu thought for a moment and laughed, "Director Feng, where do you think my brother-in-law is suited to go?"

"It's better for him to go to school to be a teacher."

Director Feng paused and explained, "Organizing a reserve transportation regiment requires recruiting qualified cadre employees to serve in the reserve, and at least twenty cargo ships need to be refitted. Working at school is more leisurely than at a shipyard or shipping company, allowing him to help me organize military units and having the time and energy to assist in refitting the cargo ships."

Han Yu smiled and added, "Most of the crew in Zhonghai's fleet graduated from that school, even if not, they were trained there. Being a teacher is a rather prestigious position in Zhonghai, which is beneficial for the upcoming work."

"That's what I've thought."

"Then you'd better call him and ask."

"Salted Fish, Zhonghai is very sincere in arranging a position for your brother-in-law. Matters of Zhonghai, you also need to take them seriously."

"I understand."

"Okay, I'll hang up now."

...

9:45 AM, fourth floor conference room of the Maritime Bureau.

After Han Yu met with Director Xu, Director Zhu, Director Liu and other leaders, he followed his senior into the conference room.

Representatives from the Korea Ship Company and the Korea Shipowners' Mutual Protection Association arrived, and President Tang from Zhonghai Shipping Company also came, along with the representative from the insurance company that Zhonghai insured with.

What was to be discussed was raised by Han Yu, but as a translator, he couldn't speak.

Han Xiangning invited everyone to sit down, opened her briefcase and took out a stamped document, gently placing it in front of the South Korean representative, then picked up a pen and walked to the whiteboard, illustrating and talking fluently.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what you see is the water condition report issued by the Yangtze River Estuary Hydrological Bureau of the Ministry of Water Resources Yangtze River Water Resources Commission. According to the report, on September 5, the flow speed of the Yangtze River at the Binjiang section was 0.6 meters per second."

The Korean representative was stunned after hearing the translation, not understanding why the young and beautiful Chinese maritime official mentioned this.

President Tang was also puzzled, instinctively turning his head.

Han Yu pretended not to notice and continued to look at the whiteboard.

Han Xiangning paused and pointed to the whiteboard, saying, "Since 1:00 AM to 4:00 AM is the ebb tide period of the Yangtze River Tail. The field-measured flow speed at the Yangtze River Estuary Hydrological Station is 0.8 meters per second. Here, I need to explain that the measurement point of the Yangtze River Estuary Hydrological Station is not at the estuary but here, very close to us."

The representative of the Korea Shipowners' Mutual Protection Association suddenly realized what Han Xiangning was trying to say while looking at the Yangtze River map she drew, and his face changed dramatically.

President Tang still didn't understand, staring at the whiteboard with a thoughtful look.

"Before the collision incident, the anchoring positions of the two ships were 0.8 nautical miles apart, which is 1481.6 meters. Based on the flow speed at that time, the process of the Chinese cargo ship 'Yuzhang' drifting from its anchor to colliding with the Korean cargo ship 'Miyang' took about 24 minutes."

President Tang suddenly understood, feeling ecstatic.

The representative of the Korea Shipowners' Mutual Protection Association was anxious and abruptly stood up: "Ms. Han, you cannot take the flow rate of the river as the speed of the uncontrolled cargo ship. The Yangtze River is higher in the west and lower in the east, so the river flows eastwards, and the surface of the river is not flat, it is inclined, making the speed of the uncontrolled cargo ship increasingly fast!"

"What you said is very correct, so I did not use 0.8 meters per second as the speed of the 'Yuzhang' after it went out of control, but used 1 meter per second."

Han Xiangning returned to the conference table, opened her briefcase again, took out a calculator, and handed it to the Korea Shipowners' Mutual Protection Association representative:

"Mr. Park, if you think my calculation is wrong, you can calculate again. If you think the result is not precise enough, we can find a cargo ship of the same tonnage, in the same location and at the same time, to conduct a test to see how long it takes for the fully-loaded ship weighing 18,400 tons to drift the 1481.6 meters once it goes out of control."

"Ms. Han, the water conditions on September 5 are different from the future water conditions."

"I consulted the Hydrological Bureau, and the experts there said the water conditions today and tomorrow are not much different from September 5."

"I question the authority of this report."

"Mr. Park, the Yangtze River Commission Water Bureau is the authority of the Yangtze River water management. They are the most professional in this field. I can responsibly tell you that their report holds legal effect!"

This is China.

In China, you must comply with Chinese laws!

Han Xiangning would not wrangle with him over the authority of the report issued by the Hydrological Bureau. She turned around, pointed to the blackboard, and spoke bluntly: "As can be seen, the duty crew of the 'Miyang' was just like that of the 'Yuzhang', they did not strictly adhere to our country's maritime traffic safety regulations while anchoring, otherwise they would not have noticed the 'Yuzhang' drifting until it reached 200 meters from the 'Miyang'.

In other words, if the 'Miyang' crew was competent, they should have noticed the 'Yuzhang' dragging anchor around 0:55 AM on September 5. But they didn't notice and took no evasive measures, wasting that precious 24 minutes!"

"No, that's not the case." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Mr. Park, facts speak louder than words. We are responsible for our investigation results. Our investigation team unanimously believes that the 'Yuzhang' should bear the primary responsibility for this collision incident, and the 'Miyang' should bear the secondary responsibility."

This means that the economic loss resulting from the sinking of the 'Yuzhang' and the subsequent salvage should be partially borne by the 'Miyang'. As for the losses of the 'Miyang', a large portion should be borne by the 'Yuzhang'.

But compared to the losses of the 'Yuzhang', the losses of the 'Miyang' are negligible.

President Tang, after understanding the situation, was overwhelmed with emotion.

The two representatives from South Korea wanted to refute, but they didn't know how to.

What left them speechless was that Han Xiangning continued: "Next, our bureau will issue a collision incident investigation report, but before that, our bureau needs to impose administrative penalties for the anchoring period violations of crew members on both your vessels."

That's more like it.

The "Fine Master" made a strong comeback!

Wu Hai Li held back a laugh, took a pre-filled "Penalty Notice" from her briefcase, and handed it to the representatives from China and South Korea, speaking very seriously and sternly: "Please check if there is any objection. If there are no objections, please sign. If there are objections, you can file an administrative lawsuit in the People's Court within fifteen days."