Chapter 208 Shipwreck Treasure
"I have some impression of those people. They seem to be members of the Motorband of the Titan Game Hall in the Sixth Block. They should also be hired to do things. Have you offended anyone?" Zhang Ailun asked.
"I don't remember offending anyone." Amanda replied, wiping away tears.
"That means someone is simply targeting you. You are just unlucky. After all, Los Angeles is not short of perverts. If you have any connections on the street, I suggest you find someone to help investigate, or find a professional detective to help you settle this matter."
Zhang Ailun then looked at the director and producer and waved at them, "Hey, guys, I have helped you get rid of those people. Now you can pay me $5000."
"Of course! Sir, I have to say you are very brave. Your figure and personal image are also pretty good. Have you ever considered coming here to film a short drama?" the director said eagerly.
"Filming a skit? Sorry, I probably don't have that interest."
Zhang Ailun thought that his acting skills were still not that good. He felt restrained in front of the camera and that being an actor was not suitable for him.
How much money can you make working for others?
"That's such a shame. Hollywood has lost another rising star. If you ever change your mind and want to make some quick money, you can contact me. I'm the head of Arctic Fox Pictures in West Hollywood." The director felt a little regretful after being rejected, but still took out his business card and handed it to Zhang Ailun.
The chief took the business card and took a look at it. It was a small company that he had no impression of. It was called a company, but it was more like a private studio. They hired some 18th-tier actors and made some pay-to-watch skits to make money.
Really big companies invest hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in projects, so they simply can't afford it with their size.
Zhang Allen accepted the business card and nodded, "I'll consider it."
"I'll pay for that. Thank you very much for saving my life, sir. Can I add your contact information? If I have time, I'd also like to treat you to a meal. Once the police come and take care of these things, I'll have some free time."
Amanda stopped the director from taking the money and said gratefully.
"I'm sorry, but I probably don't have time right now."
Zhang Ailun refused: "I still have some things to deal with. When I finish my work, maybe I will have time."
"Okay, this is my social software ID." Amanda was not discouraged. She took out her mobile phone and wanted to add the leader as a friend.
Zhang Ailun did not refuse, and took out his phone to add her as a friend, and the other party also transferred $5000 to him. After receiving this extra reward, he said hello to several people with satisfaction, turned around and drove away.
A few minutes later, the sirens of police cars and ambulances were heard in the streets.
The police received a call from a passerby, saying that there were gunshots at the filming location of the unfinished building and a black motorcycle gang was racing. The South Branch's dispatch center also urgently dispatched patrol officers from nearby blocks to investigate.
Unfortunately, even though their response speed is world-class, the chief has already learned the unique martial arts of solving problems on the street! Jimmy, a Texas man, teaches by example, and his simple and rough working style and efficiency are two blocks away from them, even faster than the police!
If Los Angeles police officers were sent to work in Austin, Texas, they probably wouldn't even have time to get a hot meal.
"Well, the police always arrive late after the time is up, and we taxpayers always suffer from disasters and our safety is not guaranteed. The problems of drug abuse, robbery and racial discrimination among black people will never be solved." The director couldn't help but complain as he watched.
They originally wanted to continue to complete the filming task, but the filming equipment had basically been smashed by Lao Hei, and some staff members were injured. The conditions did not allow them to continue filming, so they could only give everyone a day off with pay to go to the hospital for bandaging and treatment.
Of course they won't let those black men go! They will definitely report the identity information of those who accused them to the police.
The rest of the matter has nothing to do with the leader. There is a new female celebrity friend in the address book and an extra $5000 in pocket money in the bank card.
Zhang Ailun drove to the port area in southern Luo and sent a message to Sig, asking him to go fishing with him.
Sig: Boss, you didn’t buy another blind container box, did you?
Zhang Ailun: What are you talking about? Do you think I am the kind of gambler who makes money by luck? Can I make a lot of money easily? I must have also worked hard to read a lot of learning materials in private! You only see that I can make money by buying a blind box casually, but you don’t see my serious study and hard work in private!
Sig: Did you? When did you try? I only saw you dating beautiful women and staying out all night.
Zhang Ailun: Stop talking nonsense. There is a shipwreck fishing event going on in the port area. The ticket is only one hundred yuan per person. Alpha's chartered boat is free within 2 hours in the morning. If you exceed the time, you need to pay an additional fee of 200 US dollars per hour. But as long as we stick to this time, we can take a free boat ride on the sea!
Free little-known facts.
Sig: A $100 ticket is considered free, right?
Zhang Ailun: The fuel consumption of a fishing boat is more than $100. I have a feeling that we may have unexpected gains in salvaging treasure from the sunken ship this time! A while ago, a Matson clipper capsized accidentally.
Sig also checked the information and replied: There was indeed news about the accidental sinking of the Matson Clippers, but it has been several days. Even if there were valuable items, they were basically fished out of the containers by professional salvage companies and transported to the port for auction.
Sig: In the past, things were often left behind in that port area. Many gold diggers would rent boats to go out to sea. It was no secret. In the last century, a cargo ship carrying silver accidentally sank, and someone found silver bricks worth 200 million US dollars there! However, some people later suspected that the people from the boat rental company were putting on a show. People like us who went there basically couldn't salvage anything except paying the boat fee.
Zhang Ailun: I am a person favored by God! Otherwise, how do you think they make money? Call Qiao Sen and Melvin over. The four of us are enough. We still have some business to do later.
Sig: OK.
I didn't ask the leader what the business was, they were all profitable projects anyway.
After Boktu and other Beggars' Sect disciples had their own escort vehicles, they had sufficient manpower. In addition to accepting door-to-door delivery work within the city, the Armed Nation could also accept cross-regional escort orders.
Even the lowest-paying smuggling job can earn at least $2!
As long as there are no accidents that cause serious damage to the vehicle or personal injury, after deducting the consumption of bullets, fuel, maintenance costs and dividends, the chief can make at least 10000 US dollars in net profit from one order!
A security truck was responsible for delivering goods in the city, and Bailey could handle it all by himself.
There are three cars and six people, two people in a group. Each car can go out for at least one trip a day, with a profit of 10000 per trip, and the minimum profit is 3 US dollars.
If the reward for escorting private goods is relatively high, it can be a definite side income.
The leader doesn't have to take care of other things. Jennifer will solve the problems in the store, and with Irene's help, she won't be too busy.
Originally, Qibatu wanted to take the little antelope and the leader's Wrangler for repair and maintenance and some modifications, but the little antelope had already been sold, and the leader was driving the Wrangler and had no time to modify it. He could only ask him to take the drones to the suburban cabin for modification and install explosive triggers to be on the safe side.
200 self-destructing drones, the electromagnetic radar controlled by the matrix, and then let Blitz program and optimize it. Form a formation, isn't this a suicide bombing air force kamikaze squadron! Anyway, the cost price is there, plus the cheap clay explosives only cost a few hundred dollars, which is equivalent to smashing a cannon, even if it breaks, it doesn't matter.
The chief blew up a drone, but you lost your lives!
Zhang Ailun drove to the port area in southern Luo, parked the Wrangler on the side of the road, and walked to the estuary. He saw some people going out to sea in small fishing boats.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, Sig and his men drove over in a silver-gray van.
This car was donated by the Black Panther team. Another Highlander has been donated to a disciple of the Beggars' Sect and is now considered an asset of the Beggars' Sect.
Zhang Ailun found the staff of Alpha Leasing Company and explained to them his desire to rent a boat.
When the other party saw that there were four of them, they also charged them a ticket fee of US$400 and explained the safety knowledge of fishing at sea.
Melvin had served in the navy and had some experience in driving ships out to sea. Driving a small fishing boat like this was certainly no problem for him, but he kept a low profile and didn't say anything.
What's more, Alpha Corporation is fully equipped with pilots, so you don't have to worry at all. As long as you pay, you can go wherever you want. As long as you don't leave the California waters and have enough fuel, you can drive on the sea as you like!
The farther you run, the better. For every hour beyond the 2-hour free trial, you have to pay an additional $200 per person. For four people, that’s $800 per hour. We run for you from morning to night, and all the money earned in between is profit.
Several people received the necessary safety equipment for going out to sea from the staff, including life jackets, lifebuoys, safety belts, protective gloves, kayaks, fishing gear, and optional diving suits and calcium carbide self-igniting buoy lights.
Zhang Ailun did not buy any diving equipment. After all, he knew very well that those who drowned in the sea were those who could swim.
It is not easy for fishing boats to let people go into the water. The water pressure alone can crush people in the deep sea hundreds of meters underwater. Radar and special instruments are used to detect sunken ships and fish.
We boarded a fishing boat named Fox 009, which looked like it had been in service for a long time. Even the gate was a little rusty, but this did not affect its performance.
The person driving the fishing boat was a hook-nosed white old man from the Mediterranean, wearing a sailor suit and smoking a pipe. He warmly welcomed the people on board.
The crew on board started the boat to warm up, raise the anchor, and prepare for sailing.
The old man took Zhang Ailun and others into the cockpit, took out a yellowed plastic nautical chart, and began to introduce it to them.
There are many writings and drawings on the nautical chart, and it has been marked many times, including reefs and some uninhabited deserted islands that are not suitable for living or landing. The coordinates of the sea areas marked with crosses are also places that have been explored.
"Why not use professional measuring tools and electronic instruments?" Zhang Ailun took a few glances and couldn't understand the coordinates at all.
"It's too humid to drive on the sea. This is also an old ship from the last century. It's not convenient to install advanced instruments. Electronic instruments will be easily damaged if they are not maintained. But it is still a qualified fishing boat. It has salvaged jewelry worth $32!"
"That was a Maersk freighter. The valuables were accidentally lost in 08 and were salvaged in 14 by a team of treasure hunters from San Francisco. The fishing boat they were driving at the time was the Fox! I was there!"
The old man proudly described the scene at that time, and took out a photo to verify its authenticity.
Zhang Ailun took a look and saw a group photo of several people. He could clearly identify that one of them was the old man.
There were two tattered boxes on the gate of the salvage ship. The jewels inside were covered with mud, shells, corals and seaweed, and it was impossible to tell what they were.
"The sea areas recorded on this nautical chart are also places that many gold prospectors often visit. Where do you want to go?"
The old man asked, and pointed out the direction to the others: "A small- to medium-sized cargo ship of CSCL sank in this place to the east in 09. The containers contained some precious metals, and people often catch good things from there."
"In this area to the west, a COSCO cargo ship sank and lost a batch of antiques. Perhaps you have heard of the news. It was a few antiques worth $1600 million that were auctioned by collector Madison. No one knows how the ship sank, but no one has salvaged the antiques so far. At most, they have only found the personal belongings of the victims on the ship."
"The incident also alerted the California Navy, which dispatched several helicopters to cooperate with fishing boats to conduct a long-term salvage operation, but in the end nothing was found. Many people speculated that the antiques might have been washed away by the whirlpool rapids on the seabed!"
The old man spread his hands.
There is really everything in the sea, gold, jewelry, diamonds, silver, it all depends on whether you can find it. But most people go out to sea excitedly, but in the end they return disappointed. The probability of salvaging treasure from a shipwreck is actually less reliable than winning the lottery.
Zhang Ailun was thoughtful after hearing this. He did know what the inside story was. It was the billionaire Jehovah Priam who hired someone to do it. As for the batch of antiques, no one knew where they were hidden on the seabed.
The old man continued to introduce: "Many people choose to visit and try to fish in the area. It is related to the gold shipwreck treasure of Somali pirates more than a hundred years ago. It is said that there are 20 tons of gold on that ship! Some people have also salvaged some gold nuggets there."
Zhang Ailun took a look at the map coordinates. It would take at least an hour to get to the destination from here. Fishing was also very time-consuming. Half a day would have passed in total.
Are you fishing here?
He took out his phone and called up the detailed coordinates, "We are going to this place."
"The area where the Matson Clipper sank a while ago?"
The old man couldn't help laughing after taking a look. "Recently, many people have gone back there to try their luck, but the containers have been salvaged in time, and basically nothing good has been found. However, your location is quite detailed."
"Many people only search within a nautical mile of the wreck. Your location is so far away from the wreck. It is estimated that nothing can be salvaged except a pile of sand, shells and iron boxes."
The old man advised them to choose carefully.
"I'm not like those people who are not prepared at all. I have prayed to God and it told me to go there," Zhang Ailun replied.
Seeing that Zhang Ailun was determined, the old man didn't say anything else. They had seen many people like him. It would be better to just take a few more turns and salvage some stones and shells from the water. It would be better if they could return home without hitting a wall.
The staff was immediately asked to start the fishing boat and set sail.
(End of this chapter)
