Chapter eight hundred and forty second profit maximization
The wealth on treasure ships was usually plundered.
Therefore, some countries will also ask for the treasures on it, such as those countries that were plundered.
Decisions about who has the right to keep a ship's valuables will often ultimately be made between countries based on international law.
This is a very complex situation as there may be many differences in the legal provisions regarding shipwrecks in many countries.
Often there are conflicting interests, originating from various legal systems.
For example, the original owner of the ship has viable title.
However, this right can be overridden by the country that owns the national waters in which the ship is located.
The ocean is the world's greatest museum, and treasure hunting on shipwrecks is big business.
However, this kind of activity is not without loss of money. First of all, the operating costs of archaeological surveys are often higher than the value of the sunken ship itself.
This is nothing to Chen Wenzhe.
As long as he obtains the right items, he can accurately see the image of a certain fragment in ancient times without any special investigation.
In this way, he can save a lot of money.
Unfortunately, there probably aren't many shipwrecks like the one in San Jose in the world's oceans.
The main reason is that the value of this sunken ship is so great. News reports say that the value of San Jose may be as high as 17 billion US dollars (12.7 billion pounds).
Although the Colombian government announced the discovery in 2015, estimates at the time of the reported treasure's value ranged from $1 billion to $10 billion.
Extrapolating from this, the US$17 billion figure seems to be unfounded.
Even so, experts agree that San Jose has tremendous monetary and cultural value.
Anyone who sees such a huge fortune will be jealous.
What's more, the big countries in the world are all called rogues, and this is not without reason.
People have raised this kind of competition to the level of law, and there are laws to follow.
For example, a country might claim ownership of a sunken ship if that country first owned the ship.
Even if a ship is sunk and abandoned for hundreds of years, the original owner can still claim ownership.
There are also countries that transfer ownership of a ship to another country so that the ship can be displayed in a museum.
However, if the wreck is located in another country's territorial waters, the location of the wreck may complicate ownership.
Under international law, a country has complete sovereignty over these waters, so it can basically do what it wants in terms of ownership.
If the shipwreck is located in international waters, there will be further legal consequences.
Whenever a sunken ship is discovered, the country in which the ship is registered, in addition to declaring ownership, can also invoke "sovereign immunity", but this only applies to some types of ships that are not subject to the jurisdiction of other countries, such as warships and non-commercial ships.
There are precedents for these troubles. For example, the sunken ship "Our Lady of Mercy", originally owned by Spain, was discovered by the treasure hunting company "Odyssey Maritime Exploration" earlier, triggering controversy.
A judge in the United States, based on the principle of sovereign immunity revised in 2009, ruled that the country’s courts had no jurisdiction over the incident.
However, they were ultimately ordered to return the legacy of approximately 500,000 coins, and other artifacts, to the Spanish government.
Odyssey found 17 tons of coins off the coast of Gibraltar and shipped them to the beautiful country.
In the end, the beautiful country decided that part of it should be returned to Spain. This is the law.
In the Odyssey that year, they discovered the wreckage in international waters and claimed the right to salvage it.
Spain said it never relinquished ownership of the ship's cargo and that the coins were part of the country's national heritage.
In fact, there is even more nonsense. It can be said that the public is right and the mother-in-law is right.
For example, Peru filed a claim in the United States court, claiming that the precious goods originated in Peru and that the coins were mined and minted in Peru, which was still a Spanish colony.
Of course, these small countries are clowns.
In the end, it is still a competition between big powers, and the reason why the pretty country doesn't care about those clowns is just to take care of its younger brother.
But those in China don't have these thoughts. Although they also want to win over some younger brothers, they can't win over those Western hardcores!
Therefore, after encountering some problems, the country behaved relatively tough.
Especially now, because national power is rapidly increasing and self-confidence is unprecedentedly strong, naturally we will ignore some clowns even more.
This is the premise for Chen Wenzhe to cooperate, because such cooperation can save him a lot of worry.
After returning to the port, the group left.
After that, Chen Wenzhe and everyone hid in the hotel and rested for two days, because it was either windy or rainy these two days.
On this day, Chen Wenzhe went to sea again, and this time he did not take Zheng Yu and others with him. They still had work, so they naturally had to go back to work.
Chen Wenzhe now wanted to dig out the treasures in South Vietnam, so he finally successfully connected with the country.
Of course, this time it was a fleet of boats he hired that went out to sea, and they were also fishing boats.
However, these fishing boats can be converted into a salvage fleet in an instant if necessary.
Some domestic companies now have extremely rich experience in salvaging sunken ships, mainly because they often go on missions.
Looking at the well-trained crew members who were meticulous in everything they did, Chen Wenzhe had a satisfied smile on his face.
These are ordinary people. Ordinary people are the best and there will be no trouble in working together.
After going to sea, Chen Wenzhe handed over the first chart, which had a mark on it.
In fact, it is not far from the South China Sea, but it is to the east of this narrow sea area, which must be the open sea.
To be precise, it should be located off the coast of Luzon Island, that is to say, more than a hundred nautical miles away.
The distance is not too far. Even if there is a loss, it will not be too big. At most, it will only cost some gas money!
If there is a harvest, the harvest will be great.
This is what some people in China think. They are really reluctant to give up on the bait thrown by Chen Wenzhe!
What's more, Chen Wenzhe also paid a hiring fee, maybe they even have to save gas money.
If you don’t have any worries, how can you give up cooperation?
Although it feels a bit unreliable to cooperate with a young man, there is nothing to lose, so why not give it a try?
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe successfully gathered a whole fleet and set off.
After Chen Wenzhe handed over the chart, he returned to the cabin and prepared to sleep.
He needs to take a good rest, otherwise he won't be able to rest when he reaches his destination later.
Departing in the afternoon, after a night of sailing, Chen Wenzhe was woken up early the next morning before dawn.
Just by hearing it, he knew that the fishing boat was fishing!
They do nothing to delay fishing. In their words, they are just covering up this action.
If someone pays for gas, why don't they maximize their profits?