As mentioned earlier, Mitchell Hatcher himself could fly from Mumbai to Hong Kong for a secret talk with Kong Shangzhong as soon as possible.

However, his "Fokker" scientific research ship arrived from the three countries of Afghanistan, and it 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 approval documents with the relevant national departments to obtain authorization.

All of this is counted, and it is already very fast that he can secretly do it more than half of May and announce it openly at the end of May.

In the confrontation of other public opinion in the Xiangjiang stock war, Liang Jinsong under Gu Kun and Kong Shangzhong under Soros are constantly in conflict.

Gu Kun's side was obviously faster, and the trading week from May 4 to 8 pushed the Hang Seng Index to about 13,008, and then consolidated with the bears again.

Because the 10,000 mark is an important strategic node to decide "whether the money in Southeast Asia will be completely spit out", Soros and his henchmen frantically raised funds and smashed more than half of the remaining financial forces, so it was supported here for an extra week, from the 11th to the 15th trading week, there was still no breakthrough - it is not possible to completely smash the money, after all, the battle will continue until the end of June, and those short futures contracts can expire and close their positions, and the bullets will be finished in advance, and the last one will be a death.

Both sides desperately maintained their rhythm.

During the trading week of May 18-22, there was more bright positive news for the bulls: Gu Kun's ancient shipwreck (which was actually an ancient Portuguese ship that sank while passing through Indonesian territorial waters) that Gu Kun had previously sold Van Bilson at the Hague auction house has finally been officially sold.

The turnover of more than 200 million US dollars was directly written on the news, and it was reported by media from all walks of life in Xiangjiang - it seems that the news of salvage in Indonesia, protested in Indonesia, and traded in the Netherlands is far less popular than Xiangjiang, a free trade port that has nothing to do with this ** eight poles.

What's more, at the same time as the transaction, Gu Kun also spread a lot of news through informal channels, half-covering, half-pushing, half-hinting on the spot: In the past few years, because my brother received the submarine terrain exploration list from the relevant departments in China, a lot of valuable private goods information was intercepted, and he could realize it at any time!

The promotion of good news to the market has always been divided into waves. When it is "suspected", it will be pushed slightly, and when it is "confirmed", there will be a share of confirmation. Therefore, with the help of all parties to build a frenzied momentum, neighboring countries cheered.

More international wait-and-see funds feel that "Gu Kun put on such a ruthless posture, it must be held up to 16,000 points to ensure that Soros is too dead to die before he is willing to stop." In this case, it is still less than 14,000 points, if we follow up and buy long, we can also earn another difference between 14,000 and 16,000 points, and we will not make any money in vain."

This kind of mentality is very fatal, once it is formed, the wall will fall and everyone will push it.

Everyone is not stupid, and they will not completely trust Gu Kun, nor will they feel that they are close to 14,000 before entering the market, and the final average cost of opening a position can ensure that it is pressed at 14,000.

But even if the average cost of opening a position is 14,005, and the average position is 15,005 when you finally leave, and you can earn a thousand points with one hand, it will be one-fifteenth, which is equivalent to an annual yield of 6%~7%.

The time cost is estimated to be more than a month, not more than two months. Earn six or seven percentage points in forty or fifty days, why don't you want the money you pick up for nothing?

On May 19, the Hang Seng Index officially exceeded 14,000 and reached 14,007 on the 22nd. It is less than 1,500 points away from Soros's complete death.

......

On Saturday, May 23, the stock market was closed.

He has lived in Xiangjiang all the year round, and has been to other developed countries and regions at most and Kong Shangzhong, and has made a rare flight to Manila for many years to the Philippines, a backward country that he has always looked down on.

On the way here, he also wrote a check, which was an advance payment for Mitchell Hatcher.

Because today is the day when Mitchell Hatcher sets sail to work.

Hatcher did not let his "Fokker" dock at the port of Hong Kong, but passed through the Strait of Malacca and headed straight for Manila, all in a hurry.

Before setting sail, Hatcher did not forget to show off to his employer: "This time I chose a ship on the west coast of the Philippines, I call it 'Nanyang No. 1', which is definitely the most valuable one in the entire South China Sea area, and 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 their backbone has hardened, and I asked the Filipinos for approval, and they also regarded my application as a symbol of 'showing that the Philippines' actual control over the sea area is more authoritative in the eyes of foreigners', and gave me the green light. If I get my hands on this ship, it will definitely deal a major blow to Gu Kun's prestige in this industry! Let him not dare to say that his subordinates are the overlords of this industry in Southeast Asia!"

Kong Shangzhong didn't know much information in advance, and even the code name "Nanyang No. 1" was the first time he heard it. So at first glance, I was surprised to hear that this boat was so valuable:

"It's actually worth 500 million US dollars? The most expensive example in Southeast Asia before was just over 200 million US dollars, which was done by Gu Kun. What ship is worth so much, is it a long time old?"

Hatcher smugly explained: "It should be a large Arab galleon, two or three hundred tons." The key is that the dynasty is relatively old, and it should be from the Tang Dynasty. When Arab traders returned to the Middle East from Quanzhou, they sank in the sea west of the Philippines. ”

The Arab ships of more than 200 tons are already very large, because the Arab ships use spinnakers, unlike the multi-masted sails of the Galen ships in the West.

Moreover, the technology of Arab ships matured basically from the 7th to the 10th centuries AD, with a gap of at least four or five hundred years between the West's entry into the Age of Discovery. The technology is so old, and there is no way to make the ship smaller.

When the ships of the Westerners arrived in the waters of the South Seas, they had to wait until the Ming Dynasty on the Chinese side. Therefore, in the early era, the ocean-going merchants who came to the southern ports of China to do business could only be Arabs.

Hatcher said, and took out a few things, and mysteriously opened Kong Shangzhong's eyes: "This Tang Sancai with a little enamel glaze color is what I bought from the scattered objects in the surrounding sea back then. At that time, some Filipino fishermen were dragged while trawling.

I went down to see that there were no boats there, and they must have drifted apart before sinking, or they may have been carried by the currents for some distance. So others should not know the specific location. It took me another two years to get to the bottom of it. ”

Kong Shangzhong looked at those Tang Sancai, if it was true, then he believed Hatcher's words.

Everything in the Ming Dynasty can be worth one or two hundred million dollars a ship. Even if the carrying capacity of the ships of the Tang Dynasty is only one-fifth of that of the Ming Dynasty, it is at least six or seven hundred years old, so how many times is it worth an extra price?

He immediately raised a question: "This target? Gu Kun doesn't know, right? After you do it, will Gu Kun come over and grab it from you?"

Hatcher Zhizhu smiled at the ground: "I can do this business, of course I came prepared." First of all, when I applied for salvage coordinates with the Philippine side, I applied for many boats and paid many application fees and environmental protection funds. Unless Gu Kun knows the coordinates in advance and has accurately explored, it is impossible for him to verify the locations I applied for one by one in a few months.

Secondly, we have to talk about a weakness of Gu Kun's position - he is a pro-China person, which is his biggest lifeline on the 'Nanyang No. 1'. As a Breton, I can apply for legal permission from the Philippine authorities. On the map of Huaxia Country, he has always believed that the sea area belongs to China, not to the Philippines, and if Gu Kun applies to Huaxia, it will not be a slap in the face, and he needs to take the overall situation into account. ”

Kong Shangzhong breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and then felt that he was still not stable enough: "Then what if he applies to Huaxia? Or is it just forcibly and illegally salvage?"

Hatcher's face passed by with a grim expression that disappeared for a moment: "If I applied legally and he fished illegally, then there is no need to say, when I get to sea, I will have to defend myself." As for his application to the Chinese side, don't think about it, because the relevant laws of the Chinese side do not allow international cooperation in the division of any seabed cultural relics.

Only the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam are relatively weak in the field of international cooperation on seabed cultural relics, and they are willing to share with you. Huaxia is a very tough country, and they have always insisted that everything is 100% owned by the state. The laws are blocked, who will Gu Kun ask to apply?"

"Then I'll be completely relieved, have a good trip!"

The two men toasted a glass of champagne on the docks, and then Mitchell Hatcher pulled anchor and set sail.

......

The salvage operation will take more than half a month at the earliest-Gu Kun was so fast in Indonesia's territorial waters before, just because he secretly made all the preparations in advance.

And Hatcher was invited by Kong Shangzhong to start preparing temporarily, and the ship had just arrived, so he couldn't get up quickly.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, especially the approval documents that Hatcher got from the Filipinos, which are all public government information, as long as someone has the heart, they can definitely find out.

"Shameless! Those Filipinos are so generous to others, I think they don't want to be confused!" When the news reached the relevant maritime departments in China, some comrades immediately exploded.

The Filipinos have gone so far as to allow foreigners to operate in the waters of China? Who gave them the audacity? They don't have this power!

This is something that cannot be ambiguous.

Perhaps, while protesting, the fishery administration boat will be driven over to expel and ......

In short, there must be a lot of righteous countermeasures.

It's just that Gu Kun is in Xiangjiang and Lanfang, and he is not very well-informed, so he doesn't know what specific measures are, and he doesn't dare to ask, nor does he think to ask.

Until some of his friends in China took the initiative to find him for this matter.