Chapter six hundred and seventy-ninth well deserved
Not only Adelaide, but also the captain, first mate and staff present all looked at Xue Chen with very strange eyes, all with the same meaning: How dare you say that the goods are down here?
You know, this sea area has been surveyed.
Amanda asked the radar spotter: "Is there any possibility of cargo accumulation down there?"
The observer hesitated and said: "Based on the images returned by the radar, I think this chance is very small, because I did not see any special seafloor protrusions..."
Andrew took a deep look at Xue Chen, didn't ask anything, turned his head and said seriously: "Uncle Adelaide, send someone into the water!"
Adelaide calmed down a bit, said okay, and immediately arranged for diving and salvage crews to prepare for launching into the water.
Amanda's beautiful eyes flashed: "Xue Chen, why do you think the goods are down here?"
"Guess." Xue Chen smiled faintly.
Amanda cast a charming and charming look.
Many people gathered on the deck and watched professional underwater salvage workers wearing diving suits and carrying oxygen bottles dive into the sea with the assistance of machinery.
Everyone's eyes immediately shifted to another person involuntarily, that was Xue Chen, and they were all filled with doubts.
Hans, who was humiliated by Xue Chen yesterday, said with some resentment: "Mr. Andrew and Mr. Adelaide would believe this oriental boy's nonsense. He is not an underwater radar, how could he know about the cargo spilled by the Oasis?"
, this is a complete waste of time and energy!”
These words represent the true thoughts of many people, and they can't help but nod their heads.
Time passed little by little, and nearly an hour passed. The mechanical platform rose, and a diving and salvage personnel followed.
As soon as the salvage personnel in diving suits came out of the sea, they waved their arms vigorously, took off their respirators, and shouted excitedly: "Mr. Adelaide, we found it! We found it!"
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"Found it?!" There was a commotion on the deck.
After the divers got on the deck, everyone saw clearly that the man was holding something in his hand, which was exactly the thing he was waving just now.
Adelaide stepped forward, took the thing in his hand, and exclaimed excitedly: "It's a gold bar!"
For a moment, everyone looked over with wide-eyed eyes and saw that what Adelaide was holding was indeed a gold bar. Although there was a lot of salt and marine algae attached to the surface, some of the exposed parts were covered with gold.
When the sun shines, it's golden.
Andrew was shocked and asked hurriedly: "What is going on under the water? Please tell me clearly."
"Mr. Andrew, the situation under the water is like this. Below is a large ring-shaped coral reef, and there should be an open space in the center of the coral reef, but now a lot of foreign objects have been scattered and filled. We briefly checked
, those foreign objects should be the cargo of the Oasis!"
"What?! The cargo that the Oasis spilled into the sea is really down here?" Hans, a huge man, shook his body in surprise and almost fell to the deck, his mouth wide open.
"Great, the goods have been found! Hey, but how did he know?"
"Yes, how did he know all this?"
When she got the affirmative answer, Adelaide was very excited, and her hand holding the gold bar was trembling.
Andrew also couldn't hide his excitement. He turned around and hugged Xue Chen vigorously, patted Xue Chen on the shoulder vigorously and gave him a thumbs up!
Amanda's beautiful eyes were filled with sparkles, and she looked up at Xue Chen with incredible eyes.
Almost without thinking, Andrew turned around and said, "Uncle Adelaide, I plan to give a share of the salvaged income to Xue Chen! What do you think?"
"10%?" Adelaide held the gold bar in his hand and made a quick calculation in his mind. If the following is all the cargo of the Oasis, then according to previous calculations, the value may reach 200 million US dollars! Even if it is not all, it can
To fill up a hole in a coral reef, it would certainly be a lot, at least 100 million US dollars. One achievement would be 10 million US dollars. This is not a small number.
But after thinking about it for less than ten seconds, Adelaide nodded: "Andrew, I agree with your proposal." He agreed, because this was proposed by Andrew, and the salvage company is owned by the Andrew family. Although he
He is Andrew's elder, but he is only a senior employee. What reason is there to refuse?
Furthermore, this batch of goods was discovered because of this person, otherwise this salvage trip would have failed, so the 10% reward is really not that much.
"It's settled, Xue Chen, I will make the decision and give you 10% of the income from this salvage." Andrew said with a grin.
Xue Chen did not reject Andrew's kindness because he deserved it and was very calm.
The depressed crew members were all in high spirits at this moment. Under Adelaide's order, they all worked excitedly and officially began the salvage work on the seabed.
Speaking of which, Xue Chen was the calmest on the entire ship.
After another half an hour passed, an iron box was transported out of the sea and made a loud bang when it was lifted onto the deck.
The lid of the box was pried open with force, and in an instant, his eyes were filled with gold!
Surprisingly, there was a box full of gold bars, soaked in sea water.
"A lot of gold!"
Some crew members swallowed their saliva and their eyes almost popped out.
Xue Chen looked at a gold bar that Andrew took out and reached out to take it. He looked at both sides and saw three words engraved on the front of the gold bar. The top was the word "宝" and the bottom was engraved with "Xu".
The word "Pu" is engraved on the other side of the gold bar, while the other side of the gold bar is engraved with the four words "Red Gold Shang Shang".
Amanda asked softly: "Xue Chen, what do these words mean?"
Xue Chen had come into contact with gold bars from the Qing Dynasty before, so he was no stranger to them. He explained: "The word 'bao' is easy to understand. It means that this gold bar is a treasure, and the word 'Xu Pu' should be used to create this batch of gold bars."
The name of the gold bar gold shop, 'Red Gold Shangshang' refers to the fineness of the gold, which means the gold content is very high."
After looking at it for a few times, he threw the piece of gold back into the box.
According to Andrew's introduction to the sunken Oasis, it was a trading ship in the mid-19th century. It was the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, and it was also a period when opium was heavily trafficked into the country. I am afraid that many of these gold bars were plundered through opium trafficking.
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All the crew members including Andrew were busy, while Xue Chen was very leisurely. He found a fishing rod and carried a bucket of fresh sea fish as bait to the side of the boat to fish.
Amanda looked at Xue Chen with radiant eyes and walked closer with her stunning legs: "Xue Chen, can I ask you a question?"
"No." Xue Chen hung a fresh fish segment on the hook and threw it out.
Amanda was choked when she was about to ask a question, and glanced at Xue Chen with her beautiful eyes.
"You can ask, but I probably won't answer." Xue Chen smiled lightly and stared at the fishing line on the sea.
Amanda stared at Xue Chen's side face infatuatedly, a little absent-minded, full of admiration. Although Xue Chen's appearance was not very handsome, in her eyes at this moment, she was so obsessed with it that it gave her a sense of admiration.
This indescribable mysterious feeling made her heart tremble and throb uncontrollably, prompting her to get closer to Xue Chen and look up at him more carefully.
In total, it has been less than three months since we met and got to know Xue Chen, but every time we came into contact, Xue Chen would inadvertently do something that made people admire him to the core.
As Andrew's assistant, she had seen too many multinational companies, including some very outstanding talents, but none of them had the mysterious and unpredictable temperament that Xue Chen had.
I don’t know when she started, but whenever Xue Chen was around, she would always look away...
Wow.
The fishing rod was lifted high by Xue Chen, and a large silver-white fish over thirty centimeters and ten kilograms broke out of the sea. The fish scales were beautiful and shining in the sunlight.
"Amanda, what kind of fish is this?" Xue Chen turned around and asked.
"It's Atlantic cod, a very delicious fish," Amanda said.
"Okay, let's eat it tonight." Xue Chen said happily.
The salvage work lasted until the evening after identifying the sunken cargo. The large amount of salvaged cargo was stacked on the deck, and after simple cleaning, it was moved to the prepared cabin.
At the dinner table, everyone at the table praised the delicious taste of the Atlantic cod.
Andrew's excitement was palpable and he said: "According to speculation, the amount of cargo on the seabed is very large. Even if it is not all the cargo of the Oasis at that time, it is at least 70%. Less than 20% of it was salvaged this afternoon."
For a moment, everyone in the restaurant paid attention to Xue Chen.
Even those crew members who had problems with Xue Chen before were all like this. They didn't have any contempt for Xue Chen, let alone say bad things behind his back.
Because if it weren't for Xue Chen, this salvage trip would be destined to be in vain, and then they wouldn't get the bonus at all!
Even the crew members had a little unspeakable awe for Xue Chen.
They were frightened. Even the professional radar failed to detect these goods, but Xue Chen directly pointed out the specific location. They scratched their heads and couldn't figure out what was going on.
At first, some crew members privately told others that Xue Chen might have the blood of Poseidon, the god of the sea, and could detect the situation under the sea through the fish in the sea, so that he could find precious cargo hidden deep in the sea.
Adelaide glanced at Xue Chen. He heard the crew's guess about Xue Chen. He didn't pay attention at first, but suddenly he remembered that Andrew had talked to him about this young man from the East who had jumped in stormy weather.
He went into the raging sea and rescued Miss Connie who fell into the sea. Now, without any warning and very bizarrely, he revealed the sunken cargo of the Oasis...
He couldn't help but wonder, could this young man from the East really have the blood of Poseidon flowing in his body? (To be continued)