Chapter 919: No Salvage Value
Facts proved Xiao Peng's guess. A hole was opened in the cabin of the "South York Horseshoe". The result after the micro ROV entered was not satisfactory. There were some shelves and wooden boxes inside. Judging from the broken wooden boxes, the goods inside were mainly tea and textiles.
Xiao Peng sighed and said, "This ship has no salvage value. As you can see, judging from the cargo wreckage in the cabin, this ship was a cargo ship that mainly transported textiles. You think the Americans are awesome now, but in fact, they were bullied by the British in that era. Not long after the independence of the United States, they first signed the Jay Treaty with Britain. At that time, this treaty was regarded as a "traitorous treaty" by the angry young people in the United States: According to the treaty, Britain had the right to freely navigate the inland routes of the United States and the right to plunder American merchant ships. At that time, if an American ship encountered the British, it was unlucky. Not only would they be plundered by the British, but the sailors would also be forced to join the British navy. Naturally, the Americans did not want that. It happened that they were beginning to become powerful at that time and also had the idea of expanding their territory. It happened that when Britain was dragged down by the Napoleonic Wars and had no time to take care of North America, the Americans launched an attack on Canada and captured the Canadian capital of York, oh, which is today's Toronto. The Americans carried out devastating burning, killing and looting there."
"A year later, the British defeated France and exiled Napoleon, freeing up their hands to deal with the Americans. They used their naval superiority to form an alliance with Canadian militia to defeat the Americans. They were invincible along the way, and even entered Washington, D.C., and burned down the presidential palace. After the war, when the Americans rebuilt the presidential palace, in order to cover up the traces of the fire, they painted the entire exterior of the presidential palace white, which is what we call the 'White House' today. This incident also made the Americans honest. The trade deficit between the two countries has been running for many years. At that time, Britain also implemented a technological blockade against the United States. They didn't even buy cloth for the textile industry and had to import everything from Britain. It was not until later that they developed their own textile industry with stolen technology. This 'South York Horseshoe' was the British ship that dumped textiles on the Americans at that time. This ship can be abandoned and has no value in salvaging. Now we can only wait for another ship!"
There was a wailing sound in the barrage
“So salvaging a shipwreck is so boring!”
"I just watched yellow sand for hours, and now I want to watch yellow sand again!"
"Xiao Peng, why don't you let us see your ship during this time?"
"Yeah, I'm just sitting around doing nothing. I heard your boat is super luxurious, isn't it?"
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "My ship is indeed quite good, but to be honest, I prefer the 'Calypso'. After all, I work in the deep-sea salvage industry. What is a good ship for me? A ship with strong working capabilities is a good ship. I can't say anything about ships in other industries, but in the deep-sea salvage industry, the best ships I've seen are our Chinese ships. If anyone in my audience wants to work in the deep-sea salvage industry, I recommend using Chinese ships. The price-performance ratio is world-class. Anyone who has used them knows it! Walter, bring me a bottle of champagne. I don't believe that both ships have no salvage value! Wait for Hua Chong to open this 'can' and then we can celebrate."
Xiao Peng was trying to smuggle his own agenda. He was promoting Chinese vessels to the Tri-State Salvage Alliance, but it was unlikely they would place an order. After all, the Netherlands was involved, and their shipbuilding industry was among the best in Europe. "Keep the wealth within the family," wasn't it? They would offer a series of preferential conditions to participating ocean exploration companies, encouraging them to choose domestic vessels.
But if someone really wants to join this industry, they will definitely consider it. How can they not consider a ship that the "Salvage King" has said is good?
Walter brought a bottle of champagne over to Xiao Peng and said, "How about this 2002 Dom Perignon P3? It's made with grapes from the Abbey of Auvergne vineyard."
Xiao Peng shook his head after hearing this and said, "If you have some ambition, bring me that bottle of 1995 Dom Perignon 'Platinum'."
"WHAT!" Walter said with wide eyes, "Boss, there's only one bottle on the ship!"
Xiao Peng said, "It's okay. I still have two bottles at home. Have one. Wine is for drinking, not for looking at. Don't you want to try something new?"
"Okay!" Walter ran out happily.
Xiao Peng turned to the screen and said, "I just opened the first can and didn't get much. I don't believe the second can won't work, so I'm getting out the champagne to celebrate. I usually communicate with them in French, so if anyone doesn't understand, I'll explain it to you."
"Come on, you're just showing off your French!"
"That's right. Most of the people on your ship are Chinese. Why do you insist on speaking French? Are you trying to show off your superiority? Are you trying to flaunt your French?"
"And his French isn't very good! His mouth tastes like plastic."
Xiao Peng laughed: "Huh? You said my French is full of plastic? Then your French must be very good? Come on, I'm going to say something in French to you. If you can understand what I mean within 30 seconds, I'll give you a reward of one million euros, okay? I don't require you to translate it exactly, as long as you can get the general meaning!"
The entire live broadcast room exploded.
"Damn, this is giving away money!"
"Doesn't Xiao Peng know that there are translation software now?"
"Dude, I'll help you translate, and then you give me half the money, how about that?"
Xiao Peng ignored their nonsense and smiled as he spoke in French. He then asked, "Come on, explain to me what you mean! One million euros is right here, and everyone in the live broadcast room can testify to it. Just tell me the general meaning of that sentence, and I'll give you one million euros!"
"Why are you cursing at me?" The man replied directly, "Don't think I don't know you're cursing at me just because you're smiling!"
Xiao Peng laughed happily. "People with dirty minds see everything as dirty. What I just said is a sentence from a paper called "Color and Psychology" in the French university document system. The author should be Michel Wall. It's on page three, line seven. You can check it out at any time. If the content doesn't match, I'll still pay one million euros. You say you don't even know a few French letters, and you say my French tastes like plastic? Your toilet cleaner and Fuyangjie are used the same way, right? No one knows you have a mental disorder, but you insist on making it so obvious. Seriously, I sincerely suggest you go through nine years of compulsory education again!"
"You...why are you cursing at me?" The man became anxious after hearing what Xiao Peng said.
Xiao Peng laughed. "You're the only one allowed to criticize me? Others say you're incompetent? Do you really think everyone in the world is your dad? Stay as far away from me as possible! I feel ashamed that you're watching my live broadcast here... Damn it!"
When he said this, his face suddenly changed and he climbed onto the computer to operate it.
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