As mentioned before, although Mitchell Hatcher himself could fly from Bombay to Xiangjiang to have secret talks with Kong Shangzhong.
But his "Fokker" scientific research ship came from Asan Country and had to sail for half a month. In addition, the preparation time required for related operations, the planning work required for selecting targets, and the coordination with relevant departments of the relevant countries.
Get the approval document and authorize it.
Counting all these things together, he can secretly start it in the middle of May and openly announce it at the end of May, which is considered very fast.
In terms of other public opinion confrontations in the Hong Kong stock war, Liang Jinsong, under Gu Kun, and Kong Shangzhong, under Soros, were constantly at odds with each other.
Gu Kun's move was obviously faster. In the trading week from May 4th to 8th, the Hang Seng Index was pushed up to about 13,800, and then it consolidated and fluctuated with the bears again.
The 14,000 mark is an important strategic node that determines "whether the money previously spent in Southeast Asia will be completely spit out." Soros and his followers frantically raised funds and spent more than half of the remaining funds, so it is
After supporting here for one more week, there was still no breakthrough in the trading week from the 11th to the 15th - it would not be feasible to spend all the money. After all, the battle will last until the end of June, and those short futures contracts can expire and be closed.
If you shoot all the bullets in advance, you will still die in the end.
Both sides struggled to maintain the rhythm.
In the trading week from May 18 to 22, there was more clear and good news for the bulls: Gu Kun had previously asked Van Bilson to sell the ancient Indonesian shipwreck artifact (actually an ancient Portuguese ship that passed through Indonesian territorial waters).
sunk at the time), the deal was finally officially concluded.
The transaction volume of more than 200 million US dollars was directly written on the news and reported by all media in Hong Kong - it seems that the news of this piece being salvaged in Indonesia, being protested in Indonesia, and being traded in the Netherlands are still far from spreading in the above three countries.
It is not as popular as Xiangjiang, a free trade port that had nothing to do with this incident.
More importantly, while completing the transaction, Gu Kun also spread a lot of news through informal channels, half-hiding, half-pushing, and half-suggesting: In the past few years, I have received orders for seabed topography exploration from relevant Chinese departments.
Information about valuable private goods has been retained, and you can cash it out at any time! Therefore, our financial strength is far from what is currently shown on the market!
Good news always promotes the market in waves. When it is "suspected", it will be pushed a little, and when it is "confirmed", there will be a confirmed share. Therefore, with the help of the crazy momentum building by all parties, neighboring countries
Support.
More international wait-and-see funds think, "If Gu Kun puts on such a ruthless stance, he must reach 16,000 points to ensure that Soros will die no more before he will stop. In this case, he still has to wait and see."
It’s less than 14,000 points. If we follow up and buy long, we can make another profit from the price difference between 14,000 points and 16,000 points. If you don’t make money, you won’t make it in vain.”
This kind of mentality is very dangerous. Once it is formed, everyone will push it away.
No one is a fool, and they will not completely believe in Gu Kun, nor will they enter the market thinking that they are close to 14,000. The final average cost of opening a position can also be guaranteed to be below 14,000.
But even if the average cost of opening a position is 14,500, and the average position is 15,500 when you finally leave, and you can earn 1,000 points on a steady hand, that is still one-fifteenth, equivalent to an annual return rate of 6%~
7%.
As for the time cost, it is estimated to be more than a month, no more than two months. If you can earn 67% in 40 to 50 days, why not use the free money?
On May 19, the Hang Seng Index officially exceeded 14,000, and reached 14,770 on the 22nd. It was less than 1,500 points away from Soros's complete death.
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The stock market will be closed on Saturday, May 23.
He stayed in Xiangjiang all year round, and at most visited other developed countries and regions. Kong Shangzhong took a rare flight to Manila over the years and came to the Philippines, a backward country that he had always looked down upon.
On the way here, he wrote a check specifically as an advance payment to Mitchell Hatcher.
Because today is the day that Mitchell Hatcher sets sail and starts work.
Hatcher did not let his "Fokker" dock at Hong Kong Port, but passed through the Strait of Malacca and went straight to Manila, all in order to rush for time.
Before setting sail, Hatcher did not forget to show off to his employer: "The target I chose this time is a ship on the west coast of the Philippines. I call it 'Nanyang No. 1'. This is definitely the ship in the entire South China Sea."
This is the most valuable one. I have found its approximate location for several years, but I didn’t dare to do it because of policy reasons.
In the past few years, the Filipinos have made many moves and strengthened their backbone. I asked the Filipinos for approval. They also regarded my application as a symbol of "showing in the eyes of foreigners that the Philippines' actual control of the sea area is more authoritative."
Give me the green light. If I get this boat, it will definitely severely damage Gu Kun's reputation in this industry! He will no longer dare to say that his people are the overlords of this industry in Southeast Asia!"
Kong Shangzhong didn’t know much information in advance. It was the first time he even heard the code name "Nanyang No. 1". So at first glance, he was surprised to hear that this ship was so valuable:
"It's actually worth 500 million U.S. dollars? The most expensive example in Southeast Asia was just over 200 million U.S. dollars, and it was built by Gu Kun. What kind of ship can be worth so much? Is the thing on it very old?"
Hatcher explained proudly: "It should be a large Arab sailing ship, two to three hundred tons. The key is that the dynasty is relatively old, it should be from the Tang Dynasty. When the Arab merchants returned to the Middle East from Quanzhou, it sank in the sea west of the Philippines
."
An Arab ship of more than two hundred tons is already very large, because the Arab ship uses a large triangle sail, unlike the multi-masted large sails of the Galenic ships in the West.
Moreover, the technology of Arab ships matured basically from the 7th century to the 10th century AD. There was at least four to five hundred years between the time when Westerners entered the era of complete navigation. The technology is so ancient that there is nothing that can be done about smaller ships.
of.
Western ships had to wait until the Ming Dynasty in China to arrive in the Nanyang waters. Therefore, no matter how early the era was, the ocean-going merchants who came to the southern ports of China to do business could only be Arabs.
As Hatcher said, he also took out a few things and opened Kong Shangzhong's eyes mysteriously: "This Tang Sancai with a bit of enamel glaze color is what I found from the scattered objects in the surrounding sea area. At that time, some Filipino fishermen
, towed during trawling operation.
I went down to take a look, and there was no ship there. It must have drifted away before it sank, or it may have been carried some distance by the ocean current. So other people may not know the specific location. But I followed it for two more years, and finally
Pretty sure."
When Kong Shangzhong looked at those Tang Sancai, if they were real, then he would believe Hatcher's words.
Things from the Ming Dynasty can be worth one to two hundred million US dollars per ship. Even if the load capacity of a Tang Dynasty ship is only one-fifth of that of the Ming Dynasty, it has at least six to seven hundred years of history, so how many times more is it worth?
?
He immediately raised a question: "This goal? Gu Kun doesn't know about it, right? After you take action, will Gu Kun follow the clues and come to snatch it from you?"
Hatcher smiled confidently: "I can do this job, of course I have to be prepared. First of all, when I applied for salvage coordinates with the Philippines, I applied for many ships and paid many application fees and environmental protection funds.
.My name is the 'Old Tomb'. Unless Gu Kun knew the coordinates in advance and conducted accurate surveys, he would not have been able to verify the locations I applied for one by one in a few months.
Secondly, let’s talk about a weakness in Gu Kun’s position - he is a pro-China person, which is his biggest destiny on the 'Nanyang No. 1'. As a Brittany, I can follow
The Philippine authorities apply for legal permission. Does Gu Kun dare to do that? On the map of China, it is always believed that the sea area belongs to China, not the Philippines. If Gu Kun applies to China, it will not be a slap in the face. He
You need to take the overall situation into consideration.”
Kong Shangzhong breathed a sigh of relief, but then felt that it was still not stable enough: "Then what if he applies to China? Or just forcibly salvage illegally?"
A ferocious expression flashed across Hatcher's face: "If I applied legally and he fished illegally, then there is no need to say that when I get to the sea, I will have to defend myself. As for him applying to China, then
Don't think about it, because the relevant laws of China do not allow international cooperation in the division of any undersea cultural relics.
Only countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam are relatively weak in the field of international undersea cultural relics cooperation and are willing to share with you. China is a very tough country. They have always insisted that everything is 100% owned by the state. The legal loopholes are blocked, Gu
Who should Kun apply for?"
"Then I'm completely relieved, have a nice trip!"
The two of them drank a glass of champagne on the dock, and then Mitchell Hatcher pulled anchor and set sail.
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The salvage operation would take more than half a month at the earliest - Gu Kun was faster in Indonesian territorial waters just because he had secretly made all the preparations in advance.
Hatcher, on the other hand, only started preparations temporarily after being invited by Kong Shangzhong. The ship had just arrived, so he couldn't get up quickly.
There is no airtight wall in the world, especially the approval documents that Hatcher obtained from the Filipinos. They are all public government information. As long as someone is willing, they can definitely find out.
"Shameless! Those Filipinos are so generous to others. I think they don't want to be fooled anymore!" When the relevant news reached the relevant maritime departments in China, some comrades immediately went crazy.
The Filipinos actually allow foreigners to operate in China's waters? Who gave them the courage? They don't have the right!
This is something that cannot be ambiguous at all.
Perhaps, they will soon protest and send fishery boats to evict them, while...
In short, there must be many just countermeasures.
However, Gu Kun was in Xiangjiang and Lanfang and was not well informed, so he didn't know what specific measures were in place. He didn't dare to ask, and he didn't think of asking.
Until some of his friends in China took the initiative to find him about this matter.