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So a robber is a robber.

But that's just how these foreigners are.

Our country’s English name translates to “porcelain”.

In the eyes of foreigners, we are the representatives of porcelain.

Porcelain is not only valuable in my country, but is also a priceless treasure abroad.

Ye Zhen announced the name of this foreigner.

In fact, if you know about it, it is known internationally.

“This foreigner’s name is Hatcher.

He is a world-famous marine treasure salvager.

How did Hatcher make his fortune?

In the beginning, the company he opened was actually a waste recycling company.

Specializes in salvaging some shells and rubber left on the seabed during World War II.

There are also some ships and merchant ships that were sunk during World War II.

Simply remove the metal from above and recycle it as scrap.

That's what Hatcher's company did in the beginning.

It’s just that since he was a child, Hatcher has always had a dream of treasure hunting.

Just like those families who were looking for the Golden City and Atlantis. "

Speaking of which, there are some adventurous families who once volunteered to find Atlantis.

I did come into contact with Hatcher.

Because he is also an internationally renowned treasure salvage expert.

They had collaborated before.

But later on, Hatcher's reputation was not very good.

The rest of the people rarely interacted with him.

“By chance, Hatcher got a piece of news.

It is said that some Filipino fishermen found some porcelain fragments on the seabed.

It was the 1970s.

Hatcher was very keenly aware that this time was unusual.

If it is just a piece of accidental news to others.

Hatcher then began to study my country's ancient shipping and the Maritime Silk Road.

There are also various ancient maritime trade routes and records.

Sure enough, Hatcher finally discovered a shipwreck from the Ming Dynasty.

There are as many as 20,000 pieces of Ming blue and white porcelain on this shipwreck alone.

Hatcher took the porcelain to England.

This batch of porcelain earned Hatcher millions of pounds.

That was 70s pounds.

Before this, Hatcher had no idea that these porcelains were so valuable.

After earning his first pot of gold, Hatcher completely fell in love with this feeling.

He also hired many archaeologists and historians.

The purpose is to study China's shipwrecks from ancient books.

Hatcher already had a salvage team, and now he had his first pot of gold.

Sure enough, Hatcher's team discovered a second shipwreck.

It was a ship that departed from Shisanhang.

A ship sailed from Guangzhou in 1752, during the reign of Emperor Qianlong.

Merchant ships loaded with all kinds of Chinese goods, including porcelain, silk, tea, timber and gold bars.

Unfortunately, the merchant ship capsized after 16 days of sailing.

Before reaching its destination, Amsterdam, it accidentally hit a reef and sank.

This merchant ship from the Qianlong period became Hatcher's second target.

After spending more than two months, Hatcher and his team finally figured out the route and the location of the shipwreck.

This time he salvaged more than 45 pieces of porcelain, kilograms of gold ingots, and two bronze cannons.

Finally, these things were secretly dragged to the high seas for a year.

He claimed it as his own on the grounds that no one claimed it.

According to international conventions, unclaimed shipwrecks can be legally auctioned within one year.

Hatcher exploited such a loophole.

That was the 1980s.

Our country has also received the news, and the government plans to buy back some of our cultural relics.

So he sent someone with 30,000 US dollars to the local auction.

But at that auction, the starting price was never lower than $30,000, and Hatcher finally pocketed more than $20 million.

It was this time that made Hatcher famous.

He became the most famous and richest salvager in the world at that time.

Then comes the story of the Taixing that I just told you about."

After hearing about Hatcher's rise to wealth, I have to say it is very enviable.

In fact, many people wanted to imitate Hatcher back then.

Want to make a fortune in the ocean.

Unfortunately, they don't have Hatcher's professional team and luck.

It is said that in his 40-year salvage career, Hatcher salvaged more than 80 shipwrecks.

It can be said that the profits are countless.

Why does Ye Zhen want to tell this story?

Ye Zhen said slowly, "Now everyone knows how many treasures there are in the sea.

Hatcher and his team once discovered a strange thing on the seabed.

You know, Hatcher and his salvage team are one of the most experienced teams in the world.

They were searching for an ancient shipwreck.

I accidentally discovered that there were other things on the bottom of the sea.

They generally rely on tools such as sonar to explore the seabed.

Undersea sonar and radar showed that there was a disc-shaped object on the seabed.

The diameter is about 60 meters and the height is about 8 meters.

Such a thing appears very abruptly on the seabed.

At that time, their crew members were very curious about what this thing was.

It looks like a tree stump. I've never seen anything like this before.

And it's not very deep, only about a hundred meters.

When the crew on the ship saw this thing, they immediately thought of it.

Could this be a USO? That is, a flying saucer on the bottom of the ocean.

Indeed, from the appearance, it looks very much like a flying saucer.

The incident quickly attracted the attention of local media.

Said they found a UFO on the ocean floor."

After seeing this, everyone felt that something was wrong.

"Is there really a ship stranded on the seafloor?"

"This guy named Hatcher is really too lucky."

"How come I haven't found anything? I've never picked up 50 cents since I was a child."

The local media soon reported the incident.

It was 2001.

Not only the local media, but the whole world's attention is focused here.

They thought they had discovered something incredible.

This is the discovery of the century.

Some people said, could it be a shipwreck?

But no one has ever seen a round ship.

Some people said at the time, could this be the legendary Noah's Ark?

Later a geologist came out and said.

I thought it was something, but it's just a naturally formed terrain.

Not worth paying attention to.

But Hatcher's team is convinced that this is not a natural formation at all.

Because according to their sonar detection, this thing is very smooth.

The curvature of the edges doesn't look like it was formed naturally.

It’s actually very simple. I just want to know what is under the sea.

Just dive down and take a look.

After all, it’s not deep, only a hundred meters.

For frogmen with rich diving experience.

This is far from their limit.

But in this sea area, it is in that kind of dangerous area.

It is difficult even for experienced divers to go down.

After all, the sea is a place where you can lose your life if you are not careful. (End of this chapter)