On both sides of the pier are large ships of different models, but at the end of the pier are two completely different ships docked.`
It is very easy to identify. With its white appearance, beautiful curves and stylish design, it looks like a valuable luxury yacht.
And parked next to this yacht was a huge ship that was several times larger than the yacht next to it, with numerous iron frames on the deck and a tonnage of no less than 50,000.
"Glomar Explorer!"
Looking at Charlie Nord who was shocked and excited, Liu Dong said in surprise: "You know it?"
"Of course, the Glomar Explorer is the salvage ship that all shipwreck salvagers most desire to own!" Charlie Nord spoke very quickly.
After listening to what the other party said, Liu Dong nodded.
The -129 submarine set out from the Kamchatka base to start a combat patrol mission, but then lost contact with the base. Later, the US military determined that the submarine had a collision with a US nuclear submarine, and the K-129 sank to a depth of 170,000 feet, equivalent to a meter of sea bottom.
The United States used an unmanned submarine to confirm the location of the wrecked Soviet submarine and concluded that it could be salvaged. Then it launched a salvage operation code-named "Yar" with the purpose of obtaining top-secret radio contacts of the Soviet Navy
Password, and then master the deployment and command system of all submarines of the Soviet Navy, and understand the performance of Soviet nuclear missiles and nuclear torpedoes.
After some deliberation, the U.S. government decided to allocate special funds from the U.S. Navy funds, and the CIA found two companies to build a work boat equipped with a giant multi-claw iron hook fishing device in the name of ocean prospecting. At the end of 197o
, the CIA secretly signed a shipbuilding and salvage agreement with two American companies, and formulated a detailed plan. The salvage ship was named the "Glomar Explorer".
Although the final salvage was unsuccessful due to leaks that attracted Soviet intervention, it left behind a ship that cost 2.5 billion US dollars and had a 755-ton drilling tower; four hydraulic drums capable of generating 930,000 tons of thrust; and the ability to grab
It has a giant claw hook that is eight times the mass of the most advanced salvage ship at the time; and a huge cabin that is enough to store a 3500-ton K-129 submarine, code-named "Swimming Pool". It can be called a luxurious class salvage ship!
Although the ship has huge ocean drilling and item lifting capabilities, the high operating costs have prohibitive for various companies. Until September 1978, Unocal leased the 'Glomar Explorer' to replace the power system and construction equipment.
Later, it became an authentic deep-sea drilling ship.
But after Unocal was acquired by Liu Dong, he stopped the oil exploration business that led to the collapse of Unocal. Therefore, the "Glomar Explorer" had no use.
However, after Liu Dong learned the nature of this salvage ship, considering that there were more than a hundred sunken ships in his mustard space, he always had to use specific salvage operations to cover up their appearance. They could not be taken out of thin air. Therefore,
This 'Glomar Explorer' was sent to the refitting factory for the second time.
It was not until last month that it was refitted and summoned to the Mediterranean by Liu Dong's phone call, accompanied by the yacht "Gonggong".
When Liu Dong took Martinez and Charlie Nord onto the towering ship's side of the 'Glomar Explorer', a salvage ship that he had now renamed the 'Ocean Explorer', he was dressed in black professional attire and looked charming.
Helen, who still looked handsome, had already come forward with several middle-aged white men in their forties or fifties.
Because there are outsiders present, Helen's title to Liu Dong will naturally not be too intimate.
"Chairman, this is Professor Tom Klein!"
After briefly sizing up the elegant middle-aged man in a black coat, Liu Dong smiled and extended his right hand towards him.
"Hello, Professor Klein, welcome!"
"Thanks!"
"This is Professor Kieran Cahill! This is Professor Chris Jones!"
After Helen introduced the ship and art restoration experts invited through the group, Liu Dong pointed to Charlie Nord next to him and said: "This is Captain Charlie Nord. The specific salvage operations will be carried out by him."
command!"
After a brief introduction to the two parties, Liu Dong asked Charlie Nord to see Martinez off, and then ordered the ship to sail!
"Chairman, where are we going next?"
Charlie Nord quickly accepted the change in status, and his attitude towards Liu Dong was as obedient as a subordinate should be.`
Of course, Liu Dong is still satisfied with his changes.
"Captain Nord, do you think it's easier for us to succeed in that sea area?"
Regarding Liu Dong's inspection-style inquiry, Charlie Nord seemed to have expected it. After Liu Dong finished speaking, he pointed to the chart and replied quickly: "The Adriatic Sea and the Aegean Sea are the sea areas with the most shipwrecks in the entire Mediterranean."
!The former has been the busiest sea area in the Mediterranean during the existence of the Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Luxury goods from the East were shipped to Rome almost every day. The Aegean Sea has been open to Cretan civilizations and Greeks since 2000 BC.
During the period when ancient civilization was strong, it has been one of the busiest sea areas in the world until modern times. Among all sea areas in the world, the number of shipwrecks may only be comparable to that of the South China Sea!"
After listening to the other party's explanation, Liu Dong nodded. "Then let's go to the Aegean Sea!"
This was also the place he had always longed for.
After receiving Liu Dong's order, the huge "Ocean Explorer" salvage ship, accompanied by the "Gonggong" yacht, slowly sailed out of Marseille Port. After reaching the sea and increasing its power, it headed towards the love ship 1,000 nautical miles away.
The sea of Qin sails away.
However, this trip to salvage the sunken ship was destined to not be as smooth as before. It was not that Liu Dong's relic Yuanguang did not find a sunken ship worth salvaging, but that the day after Liu Dong went to sea, he received an urgent call from Feng Jianhui.
Telephone.
"Chairman, news came from the New York Stock Exchange. The stock price of Wei Semiconductor has fallen sharply, and the company's market value has shrunk by half! And we, who control 289% of Wei Semiconductor, have lost nearly 1 billion US dollars!"
"What's going on?" Liu Dong asked after a moment of silence.
"Someone is deliberately suppressing the stock price of Wei Semiconductor! Moreover, the San Jose Courier, an authoritative IT industry newspaper in California, USA, also exposed that AMD's newly sold Dragon processor consumes too much power and the motherboard temperature is prone to overheating after being used for a long time.
, short downtime and other issues. Coupled with the retirement of Jerry Sanders, who has led Wei Semiconductor for nearly 30 years and is known as the "dream leader", it has exacerbated investors' distrust of Wei Semiconductor's future.
Coupled with the deliberate suppression of chip giant Intel and Wei Semiconductor's high fiscal deficit in the past five years, these have all caused the chip company's stock price to plummet!" said Feng Jianhui.
"Do you think we should sell our shares now?" Liu Dong asked after thinking for a moment.
"No, Chairman! We should not sell AMD's shares now, otherwise we will really not be able to make back the billion dollars we lost. In addition, Wei Semiconductor can surpass National Semiconductor, Texas Instruments and other chip companies to become
Now the only industry leader that can compete with Intel, it naturally has its advantages. And after nearly thirty years of development, Wei Semiconductor has laid the foundation for its rise. The emergence of Dragon chips is a good illustration of the problem. So I
I don’t think we should sell stocks, but rather buy on dips when conditions permit!”
Liu Dong trusts Feng Jianhui's views and opinions. Since the other party thinks it has investment value, Liu Dong doesn't mind going one step further and asks, "Can it be acquired?"
"I'm afraid there's not much hope! Although the Batumi agreement has now been cancelled, U.S. regulatory agencies may not allow a Chinese consortium to control advanced U.S. semiconductor companies."
Liu Dong, who had vague guesses about such an answer, was still a little disappointed when he actually got the exact answer.
"In that case, what do you think? You can acquire as many shares as you can!"
Wei Semiconductor was originally a company with a market value of only US$5 billion, but now its stock price has dropped sharply. Without the ability to control the company, it can spend up to one billion US dollars to get close to controlling the company.
"I see!"
"Well! During this period, you should pay more attention to the news in the US stock market, especially the news that is not good for us!"
"yes!"
After Liu Dong hung up the phone, he never expected that his words would actually come true. The next day, when he had just gotten up from Helen's body, he received another call from Feng Jianhui.
This time it's still not a good thing.
The stock prices of Starwood Group, in which Standard Chartered Bank holds 356% of the shares, and Hasbro Group, in which 139% is held, have also fallen due to excessive debt after major mergers and acquisitions, and due to deliberate publicity and short selling by interested parties.
By the third day, Standard Chartered Bank held 128%, Hanhua Holdings held 43%, and Hanhua Group held a total of 171% of Apple. Because its leader Steve Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he had just launched 64
Apple Inc., which sells personal computers and iPod music players and has seen its share price rise, suffered another setback.
By the fourth day, the stock prices of Amazon and even Microsoft, which Hanhua Holdings invested in, had fallen to varying degrees.
In this series of declines, Hanhua Group and Standard Chartered Bank lost nearly US$8 billion in huge wealth.
However, compared with these losses, what makes Liu Dong feel even more chilling is the huge power behind these changes.
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