Chapter 915 The Shipwreck Found
On the screen in the live broadcast room, bubbles appeared on the left and right at the same time. These were the bubbles stirred up by the ROV entering the seabed. Then the ROV was seen slowly entering the water and soon stopped diving.
Xiao Peng explained, "I forgot to tell you, but the distance between the two ROVs is about 1 nautical mile, or 1.6 kilometers, and the shipwreck is right between them. Today, we're using the cameras on both ROVs to search for the shipwreck from different angles!"
People on the barrage were very curious: "Huh? Why did you stop diving so quickly?"
"We've reached the bottom of the sea!"
"This shipwreck doesn't seem to be very deep."
Xiao Peng nodded and said, "It's quite deep, about 70 to 80 meters. Don't think that all shipwrecks will sink to the bottom of the sea more than 3,000 meters like the Titanic. Most shipwrecks in the world will not sink more than 200 meters. But don't think that it will be easy to find. No matter how big the ship is, it will be very small in the sea and difficult to find. Let me give you an analogy. If I throw an ant in a swimming pool, can you find it? The same is true for shipwrecks in the ocean. For example, the "Treasure Salvation" Ocean Exploration Company found the "Lady Atoka". They also know the approximate location of the ship. And The ship sank at a shallow depth, only seventeen meters, yet the search for it, a "treasure rescue," took over a decade. A similar situation also applies to China's famous shipwreck, the "Nanhai No. 1," located off the coast of Guangdong. It sank at a depth of only a dozen meters, yet it remained at sea for nearly a thousand years. So remember: the difficulty of searching for a shipwreck has little to do with its depth. However, one thing is certain: the deeper it sinks, the more challenging it is to salvage. No more than seven countries on this planet can conduct salvage operations at a depth of a thousand meters. "Xiao Zhou, Duan Bo, increase the ROV's speed."
Xiao Peng lit a cigarette as he spoke. "Okay, now we're going to have some boring underwater scenery. You guys take your time watching while I take a cigarette break. This will probably take about half an hour. If you have any questions, you can post them now. I'll answer them as soon as I see them."
After he finished speaking, the barrage of comments instantly flooded the screen. Xiao Peng's face was dark:
"I can't see you guys clearly like this. It's even more impossible to answer your questions. So, I'll take a screenshot and answer the first question in each picture. This one's a good one: 'What role do you play in the German Tri-State Salvage Alliance? A worker, a worker with shares.'"
"Yeah, that's a good question. 'Xiao Peng, you have a charity foundation in France, and I heard it donated hundreds of millions of euros. Why don't you donate back home? You did bring back a lot of cultural relics, but they're not money after all. These days, many people like to talk about money."
Xiao Peng took a puff of his cigarette. "Your question is indeed timely. I've actually been thinking about it recently. To me, money is really just a number. The other day, I was chatting with a friend about environmental protection, and I thought of the countless sand control workers in western China. Their working conditions are poor and their work is hard, yet they have taken root there, generation after generation, to improve the desert environment and protect the inland areas from sandstorms. Such people can only be described as 'great.' Your question has made me determined. I will donate 1 billion to the western sand control project to improve the living conditions of these workers. I hope the relevant domestic departments will contact me. I have only two requests: first, full transparency of the funds, and second, it must be implemented effectively."
The barrage exploded instantly.
"What did I see?"
"I just went through a billion-dollar business?"
"One billion? Is that RMB?"
Xiao Peng shook his head. "Of course I'm talking about euros. It's boring for me to earn euros here and donate them in RMB."
"One billion euros? How much is that?"
"7.68 billion RMB."
"OMG!"
Xiao Peng ignored their discussion and continued to look at the problem: "Someone asked me why I didn't set up a fund to manage it myself. What does this question mean? Don't you trust the country?"
Xiao Peng took a puff of his cigarette and smiled. "Indeed, someone suggested I set up a fund, and even suggested I set up an international non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on supporting western China. This would seem to be more helpful for desertification control efforts in western China, with a greater impact. I could even leverage my influence in Europe to attract more funding. But I rejected this proposal."
"As for why I rejected it? It's simple. In my opinion, most NGOs are bad. They might have good intentions when they were first established, but over time, they change, and they represent the interests of whoever pays them. NGOs sound good, but when you dig deeper, you'll find they're basically trouble. I've said before that after I became wealthy, I encountered a lot of scammers, all these associations, but they're actually NGOs. Strictly speaking, they could be considered 'regional multifunctional organizations,' which are also known as social groups and other non-governmental organizations. All NGOs tout beautiful, gentle, and even touching slogans, giving the impression of being a group of saints, but in reality, they're all doing shabby things. Our neighboring country, Kyrgyzstan, is known as the 'NGO nation,' with over 10,000 NGOs, and a total population of just over 6 million. They offer protection, but what's the result? The country is in chaos! And the root of this chaos is these NGOs. I want to remind everyone watching my videos: If you really want to trust something, trust our country's official organizations. As for the rest? Forget it!"
"Right now, many people in China don't trust their country... Well, I don't deny that every country has its own problems, but life is about solving problems as they arise, and the same goes for our country! If we Chinese don't trust our own country, who else will? The more you go abroad, the more patriotic you become. Wait until you get out there and try your luck, and you'll understand!"
Someone in the livestream room was still disdainful: "You're talking so sanctimoniously, but aren't you still in a foreign country? It's not like China won't let you come back."
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Of course, you can tell how kind our country is. Even someone like you was given an ID card. Who dares to say our country is bad? Listen up, buddy! The country doesn't want me to go back because I'm awesome! Because I've made greater contributions abroad! Of course, something like this is beyond your IQ!"
Xiao Peng was about to say something more when Duan Bo and Xiao Zhou's voices suddenly rang out over the intercom: "Boss! We've found something!"
"Haha, I won't talk to you anymore, the shipwreck has been found!"
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