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Chapter 304 Odyssey Corporation

Along the way, Wu Tianyuan was eye-opening. It was the first time he saw such a large-scale professional red sandalwood museum, the turrets of the Forbidden City, and the Qianqiu Pavilion and Wanchun Pavilion in the imperial garden of the Forbidden City, all of which showed the royal style.In the archway of Longquan Temple in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi, there are 320 dragons with different postures, exquisite round carvings, relief carvings, and openwork carvings, which are rare in the world; the antique BJ courtyard house, the Shanxi Feiyun Tower that soars into the sky, and the large-scale old BJ ancient city gate architectural models are all available.

"This is the exhibition area on the first floor. It fully demonstrates the characteristics of red sandalwood furniture from elements such as shape, art, material, and rhyme. Through multimedia interaction, the public can understand and recognize red sandalwood culture and furniture."

"From Zheng He's voyages to the construction of the Forbidden City, the exhibition on the second floor inherits the essence of furniture culture in the Song and Yuan dynasties, integrates the connotations of literati and craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty, and comprehensively displays the pinnacle of Chinese classical furniture, the materials, design, craftsmanship and cultural connotations of Ming-style furniture. .

"The third floor fully displays the literati atmosphere of Jiangnan garden furniture, the daily life of the four great talents in Jiangnan and the culture of mahogany furniture.

"The fourth floor shows the classic display and furniture of contemporary neo-classical red sandalwood furniture in important places, halls of fame, and art galleries. It displays dozens of high-end furniture exhibition areas from different countries, different levels, and different choices. Experience the fusion of history and reality. The cultural implication of classic furniture, enjoy a strong cultural atmosphere and quality life."

"On the fifth floor, you can enjoy high-level leisure and entertainment, tea-tasting cultivation, and music appreciation. The clubhouse integrates Chinese herbal cuisine, physiotherapy, and health care, and provides themed cultural accommodation services. What you hear and see is all about the history and history of red sandalwood and redwood culture. culture."

Not to mention anything else, Chen Lihua really loves red sandalwood, a museum basically has all the projects that can be developed and utilized to the fullest, even Wu Tianyuan admires it.

Wu Tianyuan's main target after the trip was Ming and Qing furniture. There are at least a few hundred pieces here. He looked at them and found that a few are from the same period, but most of them are antiques.In the end, two hundred pieces were selected and purchased in one package.

All the collections were transported back to the art center and stored in the warehouse, and they will definitely be used in the future.Originally, Wu Tianyuan was going to continue to visit several other private museums, but suddenly Old Qiao called him to change the itinerary.

"You received an invitation from Odyssey Company to attend the celebration banquet?"

"Last month, the global deep-sea wreck salvage giant Odyssey announced that they found the largest shipwreck treasure in human history on a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean, worth more than 5 million US dollars!"

Old Qiao said enviously: "Odyssey has always been the leader in the industry, both in terms of hardware and talents. Every year, they take the lead in organizing an industry gathering to exchange ideas among colleagues. Boss, let's go and have a look together?"

Wu Tianyuan was also very interested, to see with his own eyes the demeanor of salvaging the overlord, and the two of them set off to New York together to attend the banquet.

"This is Mr. Wu, the famous treasure hunting master? I have heard of you for a long time!"

The founder Greg personally greeted Wu Tianyuan's arrival, and it has long been heard like thunder. The invitation to Old Qiao this time means that he hopes to meet the treasure-hunting master who is in full swing.

"Mr. Greg is an old-timer in the circle, and he is here this time to learn a lot from you."

The three came to the VIP room to chat. Wu Tianyuan watched the salvage clips on the screen with great interest. Greg explained with a smile: "On the Atlantic Ocean, the 250-foot-long treasure hunting ship "Odyssey Explorer" is working hard. , you see that floating next to the boat is a huge underwater remote control robot, that high-tech thing is as big as a truck. It will be sunk thousands of feet under the sea, code-named "Black Swan" "The site of the wreck, which we believe, when it surfaces, will bring back gold and silver treasures worth over $5 million and more."

"Oh? How did Mr. Greg determine the catch of this salvage?"

Greg whispered: "In fact, thousands of silver coins have been salvaged by robots, and the value of 5 million US dollars is calculated in this way. About 50 silver coins and hundreds of gold coins in good condition were found on the sunken ship. Odyssey The company consulted well-known coin collectors for advice, and according to their estimates, the average market value of each silver coin is about 1000 U.S. dollars. Since most of the coins have not been salvaged, for the sake of safety, we can only refuse to disclose the details of the sunken ship Location and identity, as well as the origin of these gold and silver coins."

"There was some trouble at the beginning of the salvage. The newly purchased foam buoyancy ring was too buoyant, and the underwater remote control robot could not dive. The crew had to hoist it to the deck and tied 40 pounds of lead weights to the buoyancy ring. yards, but it still doesn’t work, the robot is like a cork floating on the water, wobbling and refusing to dive.”

"Then someone came up with an idea, try dumbbells? Move the dumbbells from the gymnasium in the boathouse, tie them tightly, and then put the underwater remote control robot on the surface of the sea. Finally, it succeeded, the engine of the robot started, and it Dive slowly to the bottom of the sea."

Greg said proudly: "Don't rush to envy other people's discoveries of 5 million US dollars. You must know that among the tens of thousands of sunken ships on the seabed, only a very small number, less than 12% of the sunken ships have tradable wealth. Gold and jewels. Big projects like this don’t just come across, and it took Odyssey [-] years to find the first valuable shipwreck, the Republic.”

"At that time, another partner, Morris, and I were laymen. One was the owner of an advertising company in Florida, and the other was a real estate developer. They had nothing to do with wreck salvage. The only thing in common was that we liked driving boats, so we became good friends. .”

“A boat broker told them in 1986 that a college in Florida was going to sell an 85-foot expedition boat for $10, and we bought it. It was just a recreational boat at first. , drink gin on deck and watch the sunset or something."

"It didn't take long for me to discover that the ship was equipped with underwater exploration equipment, so I began to rent the ship to some scientists doing underwater research and underwater treasure hunters in my spare time. After seeing more stories about other people's treasure hunting, the two of us decided to do it ourselves. Go experience the fun of treasure hunting. In the waters of Florida, a shipwreck was actually found, but luckily, there was almost no property on board. This success aroused our interest and decided to look for underwater shipwreck treasures as a business do it."

Even Old Joe heard these stories for the first time, curiously waiting for Greg to write, looking forward to knowing their family history.

"The purpose of the company is to treat treasure hunting as the development of oil fields! This is so different from other businesses. No one can be sure when the large investment will pay off? But the company has established a principle from the beginning, and hopes that Odyssey will find The process of making a fortune can become routine like Exxon discovering oil."

"When we can keep finding new wrecks, the face of subsea wreck salvage will change. It's no different from oil companies finding oil fields. It's a risk at first, but as long as they find the first oil field and repeat their mission This kind of discovery, accumulation of experience and technology, will succeed.”

(End of this chapter)