Chapter 612: Fish it yourself, I won’t comment
Xiao Peng was actually quite a jerk; his words had put everyone on board in a difficult position. The technical team on board was currently holding an emergency meeting to discuss how to excavate the shipwreck.
They did not use hydraulic hooks to carry out destructive salvage as Xiao Peng said, but instead used a water pump to make a water gun to flush away the sulfide sediment layer. Sure enough, there was an ancient shipwreck lying quietly on the seabed.
But the people on the ship were in trouble when they saw the sinking ship.
Xiao Peng's message was clear: if the crafts on the ship were intact, they would be lost, and if they were lost, they would go to the sea to work. Who wouldn't be careful when working after hearing his words? The ROV operator's palms were sweating, and there was no telling how much money would be lost if he made a mistake. Chen Zetao was amused by Xiao Peng's words: "Brother Xiao, if it were you, how would you salvage this ship?"
Without even thinking, Xiao Peng replied, "No! Didn't you see I gave you the coordinates of the sunken ship so you could salvage it?"
"..." Chen Zetao's face was filled with black lines: "Why don't you take it? Don't tell me that you don't care about tens of millions. I really don't believe it."
Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I just think it's a waste of time. Let me put it this way, I've salvaged some of Mata Hari's jewelry before, and although I sold that batch for a good price, that was thanks to Fabian. Do you know how annoying it is to deal with those collectors and museums? They use moral blackmail for no reason. The person in charge of the 'Mata Hari Museum' in the Netherlands blocked me at my door for a week, telling me every day how poor and difficult their museum was. Then, after a long while, they just said they hoped I would donate all the jewelry to them free of charge, saying that by doing so I could win their friendship - and at the time, I sighed that their friendship was really valuable! Believe me, you will encounter similar situations in the future. So I really have no interest in these handicrafts. I put all the items I salvage in the National Museum because I'm too lazy to deal with them."
"Are you kidding?" Chen Zetao said.
Xiao Peng spread his hands and said, "Are you kidding? I'm not trying to scare you. Ninety-nine out of a hundred museums here are like this. They really aren't broke. They're all filthy rich, but they just don't want to spend. Anyway, you'll understand once you salvage something."
"Then you have to tell me how to salvage it?" Chen Zetao said.
Xiao Peng said happily, "Do I need to tell you this? Are you here for vacation? If the people on this ship can't even do this job, then pack up and go home."
Chen Zetao frowned and asked, "Then what should we do?"
Xiao Peng patted Chen Zetao on the shoulder and said, "You know the dumbest way, right? Ever had canned luncheon meat? Open the top and dig out the meat bit by bit... This is also why I don't like salvaging artifacts and antiques. It's a waste of time and effort."
Chen Zetao scoffed, "Come on! You might fool others with this, but forget about me! You just pulled up over 200 pieces of jewelry and other things! You didn't even waste time being so cautious. And this shipwreck is buried under the sediment, so how do you know what's inside?"
Xiao Peng patted Chen Zetao on the shoulder and said, "Brother Chen, important things must be said three times. As for your question, I have only three words to answer: Check the information! Check the information! Check the information! You have such a large ship for deep-sea salvage, but there's not even a single person on board who understands marine geology. How can you salvage a shipwreck? Brother Chen, please don't think I'm being harsh. Marine salvage is not a job that can be done by a bunch of roughnecks. There's so much knowledge involved! I put all these half-hearted people here to take charge, and as you can see, they've taken a whole ship into the ditch. Of course, our country is rich, so we don't feel bad about taking them into the ditch!"
"What are you talking about!" Chen Zetao was nodding his head at first, but after hearing what happened next, his face turned green with anger: "What do you mean by 'I don't feel bad about being dragged into a ditch'?"
Xiao Peng said, "What did I say wrong? I've said everything I should have said, but did you listen to me? Who's going to take responsibility if something goes wrong? Who's going to compensate for the losses here? I may be young, but I know that 'professional matters should be left to professionals.' And yet, you didn't send any professionals, but instead sent someone with a gilded background. Is nepotism really that important?"
Chen Zetao hurriedly said, "Brother Xiao, you're absolutely wrong about this. Originally, it should have been Ma Xiao, not Ma Wufang, who came here. Ma Xiao graduated from a prestigious Ocean University and later worked at the Ministry of Land and Resources. But he ran away, so his brother Ma Wufang was brought in instead."
"Run away?" Xiao Peng was stunned after hearing this: "What do you mean?"
Chen Zetao explained: "This Ma Xiao had a very bad relationship with his father. I don't know what exactly happened, but the result was that he ran away. As a result, Ma Xiao was replaced by Ma Wushen."
Xiao Peng shook his head after hearing this. "I don't know if Ma Xiao is truly talented, but I do know that Ma Wuwei is truly useless! If Ma Xiao can't come, then someone worthy of the position should be found. These sailors on the ship are obviously skilled, but they've become the laughing stock of netizens nationwide! 'Thus, even a famous horse, if it is humiliated by the hands of slaves and dies in the stable, it cannot be called a thousand-mile horse!'"
"That's enough," Chen Zetao said. "Don't talk nonsense. You're the commander-in-chief here, so just keep working! Get the boat out of the water first."
"No!" Xiao Peng refused directly. "Brother Chen, this is not my company. I'm going to provide you with the coordinates for free, and then help you salvage the sunken ship, and then the money will become yours? Do you think there are too many scammers and not enough fools in this world, so you want to train me? If that's the case, why are you still running an ocean exploration company? Can't you just run a marine engineering company and rent your ships? There's a saying that's hard to hear, but it's very appropriate right now, it's called 'pushing someone's nose to your face'. Brother Chen, if you really want to treat me like this from now on, I'm sorry, I don't dare to keep a friend like you."
After hearing this, Chen Zetao said, "We are just discussing this, why are you so anxious again?"
Xiao Peng suddenly burst into laughter. "Brother Chen, I just wanted to ask if you're tired. You say you're not short of money or social status, but you've ended up getting caught up in a rubbish like this. Why bother? Forget it, my advice is useless. I'll stay on the boat for two more days and leave after the first batch of cultural relics are salvaged. Is that okay? But I still say that I won't make any suggestions on the salvage of this shipwreck. It's up to the people on the boat themselves!"
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