Chapter 209 I Believe in God
After sailing on the sea for about twenty minutes, the fishing boat soon arrived at the coordinates 65-236-549b in the waters of Area 54.
Zhang Ailun and his men stood on the gate, wearing sunglasses, feeling the wet and salty sea breeze blowing in their faces. The endless ocean was full of the smell of seafood.
We also saw the shadows of several fishing boats in the distance, wandering around and exploring the nearby waters, conducting deep-water fishing, but basically catching nothing.
The old man came over and said with a smile: "Sir, we have arrived at the place you mentioned. Are you sure you want to do deep-water fishing here?"
"What should we do next?" Zhang Ailun asked the other party. Although it was confirmed that there was indeed a shipwreck treasure nearby, the specific fishing process still had to be left to professionals.
"We need to put in a radar for detection first to confirm the underwater situation and detect the location and geographical environment of the shipwreck treasure. If it is the latest instrument, we can print out the 3D model directly on the display screen. However, our fishing boat uses an old radar, so we can only use a printer to draw a rough outline of the situation on a drawing. If there is metal material nearby, we will also get magnetic field feedback." said the old man.
"Ok, do you need my people's help?" Zhang Ailun nodded.
"You just need to wait for good news from us." The old man lit his pipe with a smile, turned around and greeted the staff of the fishing boat, and started the radar detection equipment.
He looked very leisurely and didn't believe that anything could be salvaged from this sea.
I have been working on the sea for so many years, how could I not know whether there is treasure under the water?
As the fishing boat dropped the anchor, the hull swayed slightly. The old-fashioned tower crane, which had been used since the last century, turned and extended its boom, much like an excavator on a construction site. When the safety bolt was activated and pulled out, the rolled-up steel wire began to fall off along the pulley, making a sound of hitting the air.
A black radar detector that looked like a sea urchin fell into the sea with a buoy carrying it, causing a splash.
Zhang Ailun brought Sig to the cabin and saw the staff skillfully operating the radar detector, which soon went hundreds of meters underwater. The old-fashioned printer next to it started up and printed out the general situation underwater and the wavelength signal fed back by the radar on a blank 3D paper.
The slope under the sea is uneven, with corals and reefs. The wavelength is also high and low, and there is metal feedback from the red line from time to time, but the fluctuation is very low, which also means that there is basically no valuable and dense objects gathered.
After the staff finished detecting in one area, they operated the tower crane to move to another area and started detecting again and again. They continued detecting for more than ten minutes, but there was basically no feedback of any valuable items. The only change was the school of fish.
Seeing this scene, even Sig, who had always trusted the leader's incredible luck, felt a little emotional.
I think the leader is okay at picking up leaks on the road, but it probably won't be very useful if he runs to the waterway.
Because of the unfamiliar climate and water.
"Boss, I think we have made this trip in vain."
Sig said, "Even if there really were some sunken treasures, gold, jewels, etc., the situation on the seabed is so complicated that a small earthquake would wash away all the original things. At least they would be washed away hundreds of miles away! Trying to salvage treasures in the ocean is like trying to find a needle in a haystack."
Qiao Sen and Melvin also nodded in agreement.
"Boss, it doesn't matter if we didn't find the treasure. At least we have come out for a trip. This fishing boat can not only salvage shipwrecks, but also catch fish!"
Zhang Ailun looked at the radar detection situation and was not discouraged.
"How is it, have you found anything?" The old man came over with a pipe in his mouth, smiling, took a look at the printed information, and was immediately satisfied.
He laughed and said, "Guys, it's not that easy to find treasure from a sunken ship and get rich! I used to serve on a guard-class salvage ship for a few years, and after retiring I've also been on a fishing ship for decades. But based on my decades of experience in sea treasure hunting, I know that fishing for treasure from a sunken ship is not only a job that requires skills, but also luck. The number of times a person can salvage valuable items in his lifetime is pitifully small."
"If it were really that easy, and everyone could find the treasure from the sunken ship just by thinking hard, I would have become a billionaire long ago! How could I still be here helping you sail the ship?"
The old man also spoke the truth.
Zhang Ailun smiled and said, "What you said makes sense. But if you don't believe in me, don't you believe in God?"
"Why do you, an Asian, believe in God? I have not believed in it for most of my life." The old man couldn't help but complain. God couldn't make him a millionaire.
"Move the boat forward another 150 meters." Zhang Allen gave the order. He realized that this fishing boat was not as reliable as he had imagined, and there was definitely a huge error in the location coordinates!
The intelligence cannot be wrong, the radar detector seems to be reliable, and the staff's skillful work step by step cannot be wrong, so the only mistake is that the ship is parked in the wrong place!
"Then we have to retract the crane and anchor first before we can move the ship forward. This will take a lot of effort." The old man said, a little puzzled, "Do you think I didn't stop the ship according to the standard coordinates you gave me?"
"I never said that. You are the professionals. But it's not like I didn't give you the tickets. Didn't you follow the requirements of other customers when you went fishing in the sea before?" Zhang Ailun asked back.
"Of course."
Seeing that he insisted, the old man didn't say anything more. He simply went out to call the staff, retrieved the radar detector and the tower crane anchor, and continued to move forward another 150 meters.
"Put down the radar detector here!"
Zhang Ailun personally took over and directed the staff to carry out the deployment work, and the radar detector once again penetrated several hundred meters deep into the seabed.
The old man looked at him like a layman, shook his head, checked the time, and found that it was still early for the 2-hour charging time.
I just started to be lazy and started smoking.
As a result, within a few minutes, a beeping sound was heard from the radar.
The old man was stunned for a moment. When he heard this familiar business, his pipe almost fell out of his mouth. What was going on? There really was something good here?
I hurried back to the cabin and saw the old-fashioned printer printing on 3D blank paper, detailing the underwater situation. From the outline, it seemed to be a container box, and the wavelength of precious metals reflected by the radar was red and purple!
"Is it the container that the Mason freighter dropped here?" The old man was confused. "How did their boxes float so far after falling into the water?"
The staff was also somewhat stunned, looking at Zhang Ailun and the other three with strange eyes, "You really got something good! The last time I encountered something like this was two and a half years ago!"
"Has anyone made a fortune here? Are they professional gold diggers?" Sig asked curiously.
"That group of people were not professional gold diggers, but tourists from other places. It was really outrageous. They spent $16 on a treasure map online, which said there was pirate treasure on it. They drove here overnight to look for treasure. We all thought they were joking. After going out to sea, they randomly picked a treasure spot, but as soon as they dropped the radar detector, they detected metal feedback!"
"Finally, we salvaged a metal box with hundreds of Spanish silver coins in it!" The staff was a little envious. "I heard that they sold those silver coins online for 20 US dollars!"
"..."
That's a bit far-fetched indeed. Luck is always a metaphysical issue.
"I told you there was something here!"
Zhang Ailun smiled and looked at the stunned old man, distracted.
Patting him on the shoulder, he urged: "Hurry up and find a way to salvage the container."
The old man came back to his senses and said in distress: "How could those professional salvage companies be so careless in their work? They just ignored such a large container?"
I sighed and accepted this cruel reality helplessly. I have to say that some people's luck is indeed beyond imagination!
They immediately called on people to start fishing operations, recovered the tower crane radar detector, used a professional magnetic adsorption chain boom to go hundreds of meters underwater, adsorbed the container, and then used the gear recovery force to slowly pull it up.
In order to avoid errors and unhooking accidents, the staff skillfully put on diving suits, fixed the oxygen tube and safety rope, and took the fixed claw hook to prepare to work dozens of meters underwater.
A bald black man stood on the gate, warmed up, took a few deep breaths, put on a respirator and goggles, and dived into the sea.
Holy shit. Is this old black guy so fierce?
Zhang Ailun looked at the frogman Lao Hei who disappeared deep underwater and felt that these people were indeed professionals.
Although the chief leader is not a good swimmer, he can still show off his prowess in the swimming pool.
Swimming in the deep sea is much scarier than swimming in a reservoir! There are real sharks and water monsters in it. Although sharks don't like to bite people, it's better to be safe than sorry.
It wasn't long before the claw hook fixed on the fishing boat was tightened, and as the fishing operation continued, the chain was recovered to a certain extent. Soon, everyone saw a shadow outline enlarged, and the blue container floated to the surface.
A large amount of sea water seeped out from the cracks, and there were quite a few octopuses, oysters, seaweed, and barnacles attached to them.
When the seawater was almost drained, the magnetic crane placed the container steadily on the fishing boat. The old black man also climbed out from under the water.
Zhang Ailun led his men to the container and took a look at the serial number N-296, which was correct.
"This is indeed the container of the Matson Clippers. There were several containers of the same type that were salvaged at the time and sold at auction in the port area." The old man checked it and was a little puzzled. The labels were gone and he didn't know what was inside.
"I guess there should be some rare metals in it."
"Why can't it be gold?" Zhang Ailun smiled.
"Oh, you're dreaming. If there is really gold in here, then you'll make a lot of money." The old man laughed and didn't believe it.
Zhang Ailun immediately asked the old man to bring the pliers over, and he personally went over to open the disposable locking strip.
When I opened the door, five or six small crabs ran out sideways.
A smell of seafood hits you in the face.
Zhang Ailun looked at the wet cardboard boxes and foam boards, rolled up his sleeves, and personally searched through them, rummaging through the cardboard boxes, but found nothing.
Until I touched the foam board in the deepest part of the paper shell, and felt a heavy strip. I took it out and wiped off the mud. It was still a bit dazzling.
It turned out to be a 320g golden bar.
One, two, three, four. The chief leader collected them without any obstacles and brought out a small box.
The old man was stunned, and the staff on the ship were also stunned.
envy, jealousy, hate.
"wtf!!"
"So much gold?"
"Hey guys, take a picture!"
Lao Hei was stunned by the sight of so much gold, and even had some primitive impulses.
But after taking a look at the vast sea around him and seeing that the other side had four men, all wearing bulging tactical chest bags, he sighed with regret.
If they really dare to attack customers, and someone gets into an accident during a trip to the sea, not only will they have to accept police investigations after returning, but the treasure hunt will also be hit hard. No one will be willing to come and rent a boat to go out to sea, and the loss will outweigh the gain. More importantly, they can't win!
Sig and Qiao Sen also immediately controlled the situation. Melvin checked the gold bars and found that each bar weighed 320 grams. There were 25 gold bars in total, which means 8000 grams.
"Boss. My God! We are rich! This batch of gold is worth at least 500,000!!"
Melvin was thrilled.
Zhang Ailun waved his hand to show that he was calm.
The chief leader has seen all kinds of storms and waves, this is nothing!
The staff on the ship also sincerely wished them well and requested to take a group photo. After considering it, the chief leader agreed and asked Xige and others to take a group photo holding the gold. He himself did not want to be in the limelight and chose to retreat behind the scenes.
After all, we have to cooperate with their publicity work!
Since they had taken advantage of the other party's fishing boat and salvaged hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold for free, they should have given some benefits, which would have helped to boost the popularity of the treasure hunt.
After taking the photos, I asked Melvin to find a handbag to store all the gold bars.
I tried to weigh it and it felt heavy.
The burden of 16 kilograms is not that heavy, but if it is converted into gold, it is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the pressure of carrying it in your hands will be too great!
"Guys, take us back." Zhang Ailun greeted the old man with a smile.
"Aren't you going to continue treasure hunting? You guys are so lucky." The old man took a few photos with his phone and said enviously, "If I had your luck, I could have retired long ago."
Really satisfied.
He originally thought that they were just some young people going out to sea to earn some money, but he didn't expect that they could make hundreds of thousands of dollars in one trip! It was more than he could earn in his entire life at sea.
The old man was so confused that he had never seen anything so outrageous.
"Luck will also run out. I don't think I can continue to find new treasures. This is not within our plan. God hasn't allowed me to continue looking for other treasures." Zhang Ailun said.
"Okay." The old man nodded in agreement, called on his men to start driving the boat back, and then asked curiously, "Which church do you worship in?"
Zhang Ailun pondered, "I believe in the Eastern Supreme Creation of Heaven, the Supreme Talisman of the Heaven, the True Body of Dao, the Golden Palace of the Clouds, the Nine Heavens of the Heaven, the Ten Thousand Daos of Wuwei, the Great Dao of the Bright Palace, the Golden Palace of the Heaven, the Supreme Jade Emperor, the Great Heavenly Lord, the Mysterious Sky, the High God."
Old man:?
No, why is your God's name so long? Does God have a name?
He can't understand you speaking Chinese.
Mud howling? Crab crab mud.
Fox 009 returned with a full load and stopped at the port area. Zhang Allen got off the boat, took Xige and a few others to the port, and waved goodbye to the old man.
"Remember, it's useless to worship God in church. You must go to Chinatown and ask for a portrait to hang in your home. You must also burn incense and worship God during festivals! It must be an Eastern festival. You must eat dumplings for God during festivals, not turkey."
Zhang Ailun advised: "Sincerity is the key to success."
"Ok ok." The old man nodded quickly and wrote down the words in a small notebook.
He didn't quite believe it before, but now he has to believe it.
Go back and worship!
Zhang Ailun led his men away from the seaport, placed the gold in the rear driver's seat of the Wrangler, and wondered how to deal with the gold.
I haven't visited old George for a long time. It would be a good choice to sell this batch of gold to him at the market price. At least the other party's financial resources are enough to buy it all in one go and exchange it for cash.
(End of this chapter)
