Chapter 0107: Prestige is unmatched for a while
The heavens are beautiful, and there is no delay in the climate and sea conditions to hold back Tang Huan's treasure hunting team, and it seems that God does not want this batch of treasures to continue to be buried.
According to the cargo list of the Lady Atoka preserved in the museum, its gold and silver are counted in tons, and the gems are counted in pounds.
With the increase in the number of items recorded, more and more treasures were recovered, and this statement was gradually confirmed.
For those gold and silver coins, gold and silver nuggets, and all kinds of gold and silver artifacts, Christina just looked at them and admired them in a thousand ways, fully demonstrating what it means to be well-born and well-informed, but when dozens of raw emeralds were placed on the table, she was no longer so calm, and her eyes shot a fiery light.
Seeing this scene, Tang Huan smiled secretly in his heart, the female ship king is not exempt from vulgarity.
He picked up a gemstone and looked at it, and found that it was what the Chinese called emerald, which was of great value, and according to the list of goods, there were 80 pounds of emeralds on the Lady Atoka, and the colonists at that time were really strong.
"Give it to me, Don, you said I'd split it in two." Christina pleaded cutely.
Tang Huan threw it playfully, and the shiny emerald slid down the creaval that loomed under the woman's neckline.
Christina screamed, laughed and reached out to hit Tang Huan.
Tang Huan can't always stare here, not to mention that gold, silver and jewelry can't be eaten directly as food, and he is tired of seeing too much, he returned to Christina on the fourth day, and the rest of the work is naturally taken care of by the female ship king's cronies.
Before he landed, Tang Huan could see the crowds of people on the beach, and they should have come to see the excitement when they heard the wind.
It seems that with his own vivid example there, the gold rush in Florida is about to rise again, and the corners of Tang Huan's mouth curled slightly when he thought of this.
For the sake of the 20% net income, the resources of the Onassis family have already been mobilized, and Tang Huan doesn't have to worry about all kinds of trivial matters, but the reporter's pursuit and interception are still frustrating.
After resting and summarizing all the information, Tang Huan found that blindly covering it up would do more harm than good, so he announced that he would hold a press conference the next day to satisfy people's gossip psychology.
Reporters from major newspapers and television stations rushed overnight to hear the news, and the small place of Forlong Beach became famous in the United States for a while.
No wonder everyone is so sought after, after the outbreak of the Iranian hostage crisis last year, the form of daily news tracking and reporting on TV stations appeared, and Tang Huan's lucky treasure hunting experience became the focus of such programs, and I don't know how people got the on-site information in a vast way, anyway, the real money was clearly presented on TV, and its impact was too strong.
There is a saying that money and silk have a red face, and the color of wine is moving, and the American people are also people, so they naturally turned their attention to it.
The first question that everyone is most concerned about is, of course, how much is this discovered treasure worth?
Tang Huan replied more conservatively, "What I found was only part of the wreckage of the entire ship, and the seabed situation is relatively complicated, so it is difficult to judge how many items can be salvaged, but only in terms of the current results, it will probably be about 200 million US dollars." β
After receiving this official confirmation, the reporters not only exclaimed, but then the vulgar but logical question was thrown over, "Tang, how do you plan to spend such a large fortune?" β
Tang Huan smiled, although he could deal with it under the pretext of personal privacy, but he lost the meaning of holding a press conference.
"Naturally, I want to satisfy my selfishness, I recently received an unexpected gift, although I like it, but it is also really tricky, just with this treasure, I plan to leave myself 20% of the income to maintain it."
Tang Huan's scandal in the United States was naturally well known to reporters, and someone immediately coaxed: "Tang, the unexpected gift you said is the Boeing 747, right?" β
In the eyes of Americans, a tall and perfect image often means unreal, but Tang Huan's worldliness makes everyone feel very kind, and many people laugh along.
Tang Huan didn't answer this question, just waved his hand and motioned to continue asking questions, but after all, someone was calm and pointed out directly, "Tang, you only said that you would leave you twenty percent of the treasure income, so what about the rest?" β
"It seems that people really care about this wealth." Tang Huan stretched out his hand, wrenched his fingers and calculated: "Actually, it is not as optimistic as everyone thinks, there will definitely be a legal dispute with Florida next, and it is inevitable to share some of the benefits." The Fisher team had spent more than a decade searching for the Lady Atoka, and I promised to give them a share of it as a consolation and reward. In addition, my companion contributed a lot to this treasure hunt, so naturally I would like to thank him and take away 20%. So, in this way, it would be nice to have a third of the treasure left in the end. β
"And how are you going to spend the third?" The reporters refused to stop asking.
"It depends on what the absolute value is." Tang Huan rubbed his eyebrows, "If it's big, then you can do a lot of meaningful things." For example, the construction of a museum in Forlong Beach to commemorate the treasure hunt. Another example is the establishment of scholarships to help students with poor economic conditions get better educational opportunities. In addition, some medical institutions could be funded to study ways to deal with the disease. β
Speaking of this, Tang Huan thought for a moment, "I heard that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and some scientists have discovered a terrible human immune system deficiency disease, although it has not yet been determined, but it is very dangerous. If I could, I would like to fund this research. β
On June 6, 1981, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the world's first case.
For a long time, AIDS has left humanity helpless, and even ignored and poorly dealt with at first.
In 1983, French virologist Luc Montagnier and his research team first isolated a new virus, which they named "immunodeficiency-associated virus", or IDA_V.
On the other side of the Atlantic, Montagnier's collaborator at the time, Robert Charles Gallo, an American biomedical scientist at the National Cancer Institute, and his subordinates also isolated the new virus from some cell lines and named it "Human T-cell Leukemia Virus IIIB/H9" or HTLV-IIIB/H9.
Subsequently, Gallo traveled to France to provide HTLV-IIIB/H9 for comparison with Montagnier's IDA_V, and the results were identical to both strains.
Originally, the two sides agreed to hold a joint press conference, but Margaret Heckler, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, who was already aware of it, urgently summoned Gallo to return to China, unilaterally held a press conference, and instructed Gallo to develop and patent the technology for detecting the human immunodeficiency virus in blood as soon as possible, so as to facilitate the global sales of this technology by American pharmaceutical companies.
In this way, both Gallo and Montagnier claimed to have discovered the virus first, and each named it. As a result, France and the United States and their scientists have been in dispute and lawsuit for several years, and there has been no solution.
In the end, Reagan and French President FranΓ§ois Mitterrand negotiated an agreement that both men and their teams would have the same credit for the name, and the argument finally came to an end.
It has to be said that this is a rather rare and first-time event that ignores the scientific basis for naming, and the biological debate rises to the level of politics.
In 1986, the name of the virus that causes AIDS was unified as the "human immunodeficiency virus" or HIV in order to more clearly reflect the nature of the virus that causes immunodeficiency rather than causing cancer.
To be honest, Tang Huan felt in his heart that the treasure of the Lady Atoka was stained with the blood of the colonists, and he pinched it all in his hands, and he really felt that it was against heaven and earth, and its value was really jealous, so it was better to spread it out to do some charity, such as HIV research, and its public welfare effect was not limited to the United States, so everyone liked to hear it.
In the process, he also got what he wanted, a windfall that people could psychologically accept, and more importantly, prestige.
In fact, when journalists formulate their questions in advance, they can't help but set the answers they want to get, which also corresponds to the saying that people always want to see the news they want to get.
Tang Huan's answer really satisfied most of the people present, and then he no longer pursued this question, but instead explored some gossip in other aspects, such as, did you come to Florida directly for the goal of treasure hunting.
In this regard, of course, Tang Huan hypocritically said that it was mainly for vacation, and treasure hunting was just a handy concoction, but he didn't expect Lady Luck to come like this.
When a reporter spied on the progress of his relationship with Christina, Tang Huan dealt with a few vague words and ended the press conference.
Satisfied reporters hurriedly sorted out the materials and sent the report back to the agency as soon as possible.
The Washington Post, The New York Times on the East Coast, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle on the West Coast...... Major newspapers have reserved space for Tang Huan on their own pages, and NBC, CBS, and ABC have also broadcast clips of press conferences on TV stations.
Tang Huan, who entertained people, was out of the limelight, and his reputation was unmatched for a while, and the general public praised him for his generosity, and the performance of the elite was much more complicated, but no matter what, he admitted that he knew the times and could afford to let go.
As a result, from the top to the bottom of the social class, the jealousy of Tang Huan who was so lucky disappeared one after another.
At the same time, the dust settled on the Silicon Valley lawsuit, and Mirova was disgraced and returned home, but no one sympathized with it.
People have commented that the boss of the Xiaobawang game console is so generous, a typical representative of a conscientious businessman, as for infringing your patents, every technology of the people is obviously original.
As a result, the sales of products under Tang Huan's name have soared, and mass consumer goods such as game consoles have even generated a loyal fan base.
However, these are just appearances, Mirohua was jointly done by various forces, and for latecomers, there is no obstacle to the game console market.
Due to the weak performance of the US film market during the same period, investors interested in the entertainment industry rushed into this emerging field with their wallets and red eyes.
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