Chapter 58: Celebration II
(I didn't fulfill my promise today, I don't sleep now, continue to code tomorrow, tomorrow must be 6,000 words.) Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info)
At 10:30, Lin Wei, who presided over the ceremony, took the stage under everyone's attention, she started from the history of Nanyang Commercial Salvage Company, and reviewed the company's development history.
From the treasure hunt that travelled around Spain, to the Blackstone, to the Mercedes, to the nearest Royal Merchant. Lin Wei reviewed the company's history in detail and focused on the company's development direction.
No one else paid much attention to these words, but only the guests in the same industry paid special attention. Because they also want to know the future development ideas of the company from Lin Wei's speech.
This time, Zhou You also wiped out almost all the salvage companies in the world and sent invitations to all of them. After receiving the invitation, most of the companies sent their main leaders, because the traveling Nanyang commercial salvage company was like a catfish, and now the pool was in the dark.
No company would ignore this company, which has only been in development for more than a year, and although Zhou You is young, he is richer than them, and he has found three world-class large treasures in a row, which also makes them envious.
In fact, most of the salvage companies are operating in a dismal manner, they do not mainly rely on deep-sea salvage to make a living, but more often do some auxiliary work for the state. For example, ocean-going rescue, such as deep-sea scientific expeditions.
There is only one Odyssey in the world that can operate independently and go public.
This time, the guest of the Odyssey Company is their CEO, Greg, a leader who Zhou Yu admired in his previous life. But this time, Zhou You did not give them any special treatment, the main thing is that even the Odyssey company is now far inferior to him.
And he will rob many of the Odyssey Company in the future, and there is no need to have a good relationship with them now.
This group of guests does not account for a large proportion of all the guests, because there are very few real professional salvage companies in the world. The most famous in the UK is Ocean Exploration, and the most famous in Germany is the North Sea Exploration Company.
Although the Netherlands is small, there are two large deep-sea salvage companies, and in addition to them, the United States has the most companies, with six or seven.
But with the exception of Odyssey and Deep Sea Research, the others are not large, and the total assets of many companies combined are not worth as much as a traveling Ranger.
For example, the deep-sea research company, which discovered the wreck of the Lady Accardo in 96 and established the current company. But five years later, they didn't make any new discoveries. On the contrary, they spent a lot of money on research and collecting information, so the company was almost insolvent except for the three small seagoing vessels it currently owns.
But in 2003, they discovered the shipwreck of the Maria Liberation off the coast of Florida in the United States. This time they have risen again, although not as good as Odyssey, but they have also become a leader in the salvage industry.
Because the wealth on board the Maria Liberation is almost the largest in the history of human shipwrecks, the treasure of this ship is even more quintessential than that of the San Jose.
On October 30, 1755, on the orders of King Charles III of Spain, the Maria Liberation left Havana for Spain, loaded with gold and silver treasures mined from the mines of Mexico, Peru and Colombia. After a day's voyage, near the Florida Reef, the Maria Liberation was hit by a powerful hurricane and sank, most of the more than 500 crew members on board were shipwrecked, and only a few survived.
At that time, the warship was loaded with at least 17 boxes of gold bricks weighing 437 kilograms, 15,399 Spanish gold coins, 153 gold cigarette cases, a gold-handled sword, a gold watch, six pairs of diamond earrings, a diamond ring, seven boxes of agate jadeite, and countless sterling silver blocks, silver ore, various silver items, and several large boxes of gems of various colors.
Because these are just the lists released by deep-sea research companies, many suspect that there is more wealth being hidden.
Since the ship was a warship and belonged to Spain, the American courts ruled that 50 percent of the wealth, worth more than a billion dollars, belonged to Spain.
Even so, the deep-sea research company reaped nearly $300 million in fortune from the salvage, making them rich overnight.
But now, with the exception of Odyssey, most of the deep-sea salvage companies are struggling, and they have also seen that the traveling company has found three large shipwrecks within two years, so this time they did come with a learning attitude.
Zhou You didn't have too many requirements for them, he just wanted to use the Shipwreck Research Society to bring these people together and form a primary alliance, so that even if he encountered some disputes in the future, Zhou You would not face them alone.
You must know that there are only a few developed countries in the world that have commercial salvage companies, and their existence has various factors, but one thing is the same, that is, they all have huge power in their own countries, and they have power that cannot be underestimated in black and white.
Bringing these people together and making them their own help with some small favors is also one of the main purposes of Zhou You's ceremony.
Lin Wei's speech was very concise, and although there were many things to say, the time did not exceed ten minutes.
After she spoke, it was Zhou You's turn to take the stage.
Lin Wei's height is only one meter six, and for her, the podium is still a bit tall. But Zhou You's height is now more than 1.9 meters, and as soon as he stands on the stage, he gives everyone a strong sense of oppression.
Zhou You is not an orator, and he does not have the eloquence to suppress and frustrate, so Zhou You's speech is not long, half less than Lin Wei.
This is mainly due to the fact that Lin Wei has already done most of his speech, and he only has to stand in his own position to explain the importance of Nanyang Commercial Salvage Company to Singapore, the importance of marine research, and the importance of such a company to world history.
Then, he communicated with all the guests, divided into categories. For example, with Adelson and Malaysian gambling kings, they talked about their ideas in the spinach industry, and with the representatives of Qiandu Company, Tencent Company, and Google Company, they explained their investment ideas in the Internet, and talked to these officials in Singapore about the direction of expansion in Singapore, and talked to Spanish officials about their determination to continue to invest and develop in Spain in the future.
After his speech, the Prime Minister was invited to the stage by Zhou You, and on behalf of the Singapore government, the Prime Minister also expressed his determination to support Nanyang Commercial Salvage Company and looked forward to the prospects for the development of Nanyang Commercial Salvage Company.
But in the end, he also made a request to Zhou You, hoping that Zhou You can continue to expand his business scope and make his own contribution to the development of Singapore in the future.
Subsequently, the good old president was invited to the stage, and he also conveyed to all the guests the open and moderate policy of the Singapore government, and looked forward to Singapore's future development and more internationalization.
In short, his speech is like the prime minister's two extremes, one is pragmatic and the other is pragmatic, which also fully shows everyone that their positions are different and their responsibilities are different.
In the end, it was the young head who stepped onto the podium. He has not yet become the prime minister, so he did not speak from the perspective of the whole of Singapore, but gave full play to his responsibility as the chairman of the HKMA, showing everyone the Singapore government's support for Zhou You, whether it is funds or policies, Singapore will provide them unconditionally, so that everyone can see his determination to support Zhou You.
This also caused a boiling murmur to resound in the venue, and everyone couldn't help but whisper about this matter, and they also had a clearer understanding of Zhou You's situation.
Although Singapore is small, it is also a country, and a country that supports travel in this way will envy anyone who travels at this time.
After the speech of the young leader, Barron Hilton also made a short speech on behalf of Zhouyou's partners, he focused on his appreciation of Zhouyou's business acumen, and decided to increase the scope of cooperation with Zhouyou in the future.
However, his speech is not very important, because almost everyone knows that Zhou You is equivalent to his grandson-in-law and the companion of his heir, and even if he does not cooperate with Zhou You, his family property will be left to Paris in the future, and Zhou You has considerable management power.
After he spoke, he was helped off the stage by Paris, and Zhou You, Lin Wei, and the three people in power in Singapore stood in a row, and between each of them stood a beautiful hostess.
After they collectively raised the big scissors and cut the ribbons, the sound of an electronic salute sounded at the scene. The lion and dragon dance teams in the audience also began to wave in an orderly manner, which attracted everyone's attention.
At this time, the good old man president held a brush in his hand and personally lit the eyes of the lion, and the celebration officially began.
However, most people's eyes did not pay attention to the stage, as they accompanied the guests and began to visit his brand new base.
Although there are not many other things, the newly built exhibition hall has attracted a lot of attention, and the historical relics here for hundreds or even thousands of years have attracted everyone's attention.
Even if there is no interest in these, the tons of silver coins are enough to catch everyone's eye.
Gracia was happy because her dad also represented the tour, laughing and talking to the officials in Singapore from time to time.
Paris was also very happy because her grandfather was not neglected and personally took the stage to express his appreciation for the trip to everyone.
But Yan Fangqing felt her own weakness, because her family was just ordinary farmers, and even because they couldn't get used to this kind of occasion, let alone English, Yan Fangqing didn't even let them come over this time to make a fool of themselves.
Compared with the two of them, he doesn't have any family advantages, and the only thing he can rely on is the favor of Zhou You.
Thinking of this, she also felt that she had gone too far these days, since he couldn't belong to herself, but she had been dominating him for the past few days, and she didn't let the two girls get close to him, so she seemed too cautious.
Thinking of this, Yan Fangqing even wanted to repair the relationship between her and the other two girls now. But not yet, because she wants to take these noblewomen with her and show them her strength.
Your jewelry needs to be packed in a box, a room. But the jewelry that belongs to me has to be specially built in a museum to install it.
Taking these ladies to visit, enjoying their praise and envy, Yan Fangqing couldn't help but think about the other two girls.
Why don't you let Zhou You accompany them today...... Of course not, this home belongs to her, and if you want to make love to them, you can only go to the hotel at most.
Not to mention Yan Fangqing's entanglement, Paris, a heartless and stupid girl, didn't expect to come here at all, and it was the first time she saw the newly filled exhibition hall, and as soon as she came in, she was fascinated by the antiques and gold and silver mountains in it.
Although she came from a wealthy background, she had never seen a store with so much antiques and wealth other than a museum. The silver coins piled up in the southwest corner were as big as a truck, and she couldn't help but revel in the thought that they were all her own.
As for others, they also saw the economic strength of Zhou You from this display, whether it is Qiandu, Tencent, Google, and they are also proud to have such a shareholder, at least, the company's development funds, for them will not be lacking.
And those colleagues of the salvage company, seeing these, the envy of Zhou You is even stronger, and each of them wants to figure out what skills do they rely on to travel around the local area, and they have been harvesting continuously in the past two years?
Each of them has been traveling for longer than they have traveled, but none of them have been able to find three large treasures in a row in two years.
At the same time, they are also looking forward to the meeting tomorrow, although they know that Zhou You created this shipwreck research society to use their power, but this use is mutual, cooperation is a win-win situation, as long as Zhou You can come up with something that interests them, even if Zhou You takes the lead, what does it matter!
Among all the guests, the only one who has nothing to do with the business and life of traveling is director Cameron from the United States.
This director is a real fan of the deep sea, when he was filming the big ship, he dived to the bottom of the sea layer by layer, shot thousands of hours of video data, and when the big ship succeeded, he left everything behind, drove his own private yacht, and dived all over the world.
But he is an amateur, and Zhou You is a professional, so a few months ago, he saw a video of Zhou You's salvage of the Mercedes broadcast on Spanish television, and he took the initiative to find out more underwater videos.
Of course, he is not free, but spends money to buy.
However, after Zhou You knew his intentions, he immediately instructed Lin Wei to be hospitable, and put forward another condition.
That is to say, I hope that this great director can use his ability to make a popular science film from the tens of thousands of hours of video materials shot around the world and sell it worldwide.
The big director is also very interested in this request, but it is not a simple matter to let him make a move, Lin Wei has been talking to his team for several months, but the conditions have not been negotiated.
But that didn't stop him from being obsessed with these things, and this time he came over for the celebration of the tour, and before it was over, he stayed in the mock diving pod in the corner of the hall and began to look at the deep-sea pictures they had made again.
(To be continued.) )