Chapter 256 Live Broadcast Again
Xiao Peng was wearing a mask and laughing as he watched the comments in the live broadcast room.
There aren’t many people in the live broadcast room right now, but the comments are constantly coming in, and most of them are cursing him.
"Damn! So the host is still alive?"
"The most irresponsible anchor! He just stopped broadcasting without any explanation and it lasted for over two months!"
“Why is this broadcasting again?”
"Even the rich are short of money and are they planning to use live streaming to scam people out of money?"
"Don't you dare say that about my husband!"
"I'm saying this for the last time, this is my husband!"
"The one upstairs, you're a man!"
"What if my husband likes this?"
"Damn, it's on again!"
"Can anyone tell me what this streamer's background is? How come he's already featured on the homepage as soon as he starts streaming?"
"I came here after seeing the trending searches on Weibo! This is all-around publicity!"
Xiao Peng cleared his throat with two dry coughs. "Hey? Looks like you guys still miss me!"
"Who missed you!"
"Are there any gifts for today's live broadcast?"
"What gift, baby?"
"You don't know? During his last livestream, he gave away a raffle of an antique bottle from over 2,000 years ago! It's worth over 100,000 yuan! At first I thought he was just bragging, but it turns out that lucky guy actually received it and even posted photos online to show off!"
"Fuck, there's such a thing? Why didn't I know about this?"
"You have internet access!"
"No, no, no, the key is that this anchor is too willful. He doesn't broadcast anything if he says he won't. He didn't even do any promotion for the broadcast today. He just said he would start it. It's the live broadcast website that's promoting him!"
"Anchor, where have you been for so long?"
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "You asked me where I went? I went back to China. But now I'm not in China. Look, I'm on the boat now!"
He showed his surroundings and the live broadcast room started to flood with messages again.
"Sure enough, they're salvaging a sunken ship again!"
"What kind of ship is this? It's so huge!"
"What treasure are you going to get this time?"
Xiao Peng explained to them, "Someone just asked a good question. What kind of ship is this? Well, let me tell you, this is a deep-sea salvage vessel produced in our country. It's called the 'Mediterranean Support No. 2.' As for why it's called 'No. 2,' it's because No. 1 is currently off the coast of Greece. I can't afford to rent the 'Mediterranean Support No. 1,' so I can only rent this 'No. 2.'"
"And what you can't afford to rent?"
"Aren't you rich?"
"Did you mess up this time?"
Xiao Peng shook his head and said, "Today I'm going to give you an educational lesson. The title of the lesson is: How much does it cost to salvage underwater vessels? Come on, first, let me introduce this ship to you. This ship is a sister ship of our country's 'Struggler', the mother ship 'Exploration No. 2'. Oh, many people don't know what the 'Struggler' is? Well, let me tell you, this is not a new inspirational project created by Mr. Ma. This is our country's great power weapon. It is one of the few working manned submersibles in the world that can dive to a depth of 10,000 meters. To my impression, this is also the only working manned submersible that can reach this depth. This vessel is essentially identical to the "Struggler"'s mothership, the "Exploration 2," but lacks the helicopter platform and other equipment, so it's a dozen meters shorter than the "Exploration 2." However, its displacement remains substantial. How many days does it cost to rent this vessel per day? It's 180,000 euros per day, or 1.4 million RMB. This is a discount due to the long-term lease. The use of the onboard ROV and HOV is charged separately. Currently, I'm only using the ROV, or unmanned submersible. Because I've used it frequently and for extended periods, it costs 30,000 euros per day, meaning I'm spending 210,000 euros (1.64 million RMB) per day.
At this point, he held up a finger. "It's only been one day, and I've been working here for 37 days searching for a sunken ship. That's exactly 7.77 million euros! Pretty auspicious number, right? Converted to RMB, that's 60 million! So what? Now you realize deep-sea salvage is a very expensive business? Some might say, that's because you're stupid. Since we're searching for sunken ships, why not use a cheaper ship? If it's just searching for sunken ships, we can indeed use a cheap ship. For example, my 'Dragon Boat' can keep the price down to 50,000 euros a day... But this time the search area is quite large. Look, the 'Dragon Boat' is also working there. Do you see that little dot in the distance? That's the 'Dragon Boat'. I'm using two ships to work together. Although it wastes money, it saves time. Come, today I'll open your eyes and let you see a ship that costs over 1.6 million euros a day!"
Xiao Peng walked into the cabin carrying the camera.
"This is the ROV operating room. This is Xiao Zhou, and this is Lao Dai. You two are responsible for operating the ROVs. Come, say hello to the friends in front of the camera! Don't think that ROVs are just remote-controlled robots with two mechanical arms that can grab things. In fact, this is not the case. These ROVs are equipped with high-powered suction systems. When used, they can suck up the required items into the storage basket like a vacuum cleaner. In addition, there are water spray equipment. For example, if you see something on the seabed but it's covered with sea sand, you can use the water spray equipment to suck seawater to wash away the sand and mud on the object. There are also underwater electric saws, cutting equipment and other equipment. These are the two people with the heaviest workload on this ship. They are the 'eyes' of deep-sea salvage!"
After introducing the ROV operating room, Xiao Peng went to the next cabin.
"This is the connection room. The data from each dive is recorded here to facilitate navigation for the next dive, so as to avoid duplication of work in previously worked areas on the seabed. This is the memory bank for the entire room. Basically, the data of every ROV dive can be looked up here, such as the routes taken and what was discovered. Sometimes the staff here will repeatedly review the work records to find clues that were missed at the beginning."
"We call this cabin next door the 'offline room.' It serves as the command center for the entire deep-sea salvage operation. If I'm on board this ship searching for and salvaging a sunken ship, I'll be in this cabin. If I'm not here, the captain and first mate take turns commanding. As you can see, there are several display screens here. You can directly see what the ROV sees on the seabed, and then issue commands to other units to coordinate their work. For example, the work of cranes, divers, and so on is all coordinated here."
At this point, Xiao Peng smiled slightly: "Of course, these things are nothing to look at. You wouldn't understand them even if I showed them to you. Now follow my camera and I'll show you the real tough stuff!"
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