Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1651 Salvage is a Good Business

The report that Han Li glanced at was about a person from Hong Kong who found a 1.2-carat brown diamond while visiting the Crater of Diamonds National Park in Arkens, USA.

This person didn't dare to say a word while in the United States, but after returning to Hong Kong, he boasted about his luck everywhere, which led to a newspaper reporting on it in a short article.

Han Li had heard of this Diamond Crater Park; it seemed to have been opened to the public in 72.

Although the tickets are expensive, it still can't stop people who want to get rich. Every day, there are many people digging around in the park with shovels and spades, and news of people finding diamonds can be heard from time to time.

Han Li felt that those messages were more like bait deliberately released by Diamond Park to attract people who wanted to get rich and have a surprise. They could not only earn money from ticket sales, but also from retail, food, accommodation, and other sources.

Even if he could actually find diamonds there, Han Li wouldn't go. However, this report reminded him that there was a lot of wealth waiting for him to salvage in the waters surrounding the United States.

The most famous one seems to be the Madame de Atoca, which was one of the gold transport ships that carried goods back to Spain during the colonial period in the Americas.

In 1622, the fleet, including the Lady of Attoca, sank in a hurricane shortly after setting sail laden with treasure.

It is said that the Lady Attoca carried a total of 400 tons of treasure, including nearly eight tons of gold and more than 500 kilograms of various gemstones.
The treasure on board was worth nearly several hundred million Bells, making it one of the world's largest treasure shipwrecks.

If Han Li remembered correctly, the Lady Attoca was salvaged by a company called "Treasure Rescue" in 85.

Regarding the location of the shipwreck, some say it is in the waters near Florida, while others say it is in the waters near California.

If Han Li wants to intercept it, he first needs to figure out the current operational area of ​​the "Saving the Treasure" operation.

However, this is not difficult. This company seems to have been established in 1955 and has been searching for traces of the sunken ship, the Lady Attoca.

Over twenty years, no matter how discreetly they operated, many people in the area would still know. Han Li only needed to inquire in those two places separately.

Knowing their operating area, all that's left is to use your cheat code to intercept them.

As for what Han Li has to do with the other party's efforts over the past twenty years, what he needs now is funds that can be auctioned off and used openly and legitimately.

There are countless undiscovered treasures in this world, and these will become Han Li's open sources of funding in the future.

Therefore, the Lady Attoca was just the beginning.

But that's all for later. Talking about shipwreck treasure is like trying to quench a thirst with water from a distant source.

The main reason is that Han Li has spent too much money these past two days. What he needs to consider now is that the Hong Kong government will soon release the funds needed for those land plots.

How much did it cost?

To put it simply, Han Li was caught in the midst of a sharp drop in the Hong Kong real estate market, especially in some areas where the price of industrial land fell by more than 90 percent, and the price of high-end residential properties in the South Island fell by nearly 60 percent.

Therefore, Han Li didn't spend much money to buy the land in Huangzhukeng, including the dock and bay, as well as the five plots of land under the name of Jia Ning Group. As for that almost empty shell film production company, it was worth even less.

However, the taxi company that Han Li bought was expensive; the company had a total of 580 red boat license plates.

Each license plate is currently worth around HK$200,000, and the total market value is approximately HK$116 million.

Although the owner of Jia Ning Group was eager to cash out, Anita Koch pressured for lower prices, and there were also depreciation costs associated with the vehicles.

Han Li ultimately acquired the entire company at 45% of the market price, but it still cost him nearly 52 million. Fortunately, the stock market provided a safety net, and the money would eventually go to Jia Ning Group; Han Li had only temporarily covered the cost.

However, regardless of the circumstances, all of Han Li's expenses over the past two days have brought him back to where he was in the early stages of his struggle.

Han Li was used to spending money lavishly, and now that he didn't have enough money in his pocket, he couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency.

Moreover, it's almost September 24th, and after that day, before England sets a course for its next series of money-making schemes in Hong Kong.

Those foreigners in the British Hong Kong government would definitely engage in all sorts of money-making and profit-seeking activities, and selling land was just one of them.

In addition, Han Li estimated that the number they released this time should be quite large, so his top priority now is to get enough money to buy land from those foreigners in Hong Kong.

The day after tomorrow is the 24th, and the Hong Kong government will release information about the land in three days at most.

It sounds like he has five or six days, but it's unrealistic to go abroad to make money in that little time. Besides, Han Li has an interview with Ji Zehao in a couple of days.
Therefore, after thinking it over, Han Li felt that if he wanted to resolve his current predicament, he would eventually have to take a trip to Macau.

After pondering these trivial matters, Han Li began to read and study. To be honest, he now somewhat regrets choosing to pursue a doctorate.

Because there are so many tedious books to read that it's impossible to finish them all, let alone select the essence from them, refine one's own viewpoints, and write a paper of hundreds of thousands of words.

Regret is regret, but this is the path Han Li chose, and he has to continue on it no matter what.

While Han Li was studying at home, the Chung sisters returned from the company.

"husband."

"Brother-in-law."

"You are back."

Han Li didn't know what Zhong Chuhong had said to Zhong Chudan, but after returning from the sea, she greeted him as usual.

Apart from squeezing it in a little when sleeping at night, everything else is the same as before.

The next day, after seeing the Chung sisters off, Han Li made his usual rounds of calls to their contacts.

When Han Li called Attorney Jin, he told him to increase his short selling of Jia Ning Group's stock from now on.

When Han Li called Anita Koch, he told her he would give her a big red envelope when he came over to settle the bill another day.

When Anita Koch asked about the Jia Ning Group indirectly, Han Li gave a vague and ambiguous answer.

Anita Koch listened to the busy tone on the phone, sat at her desk for a moment, and then picked up the phone to call her stockbroker to increase her short position in Jia Ning shares.

After making a round of phone calls, Han Li changed into some inconspicuous clothes and set off for Haojiang to find a kind-hearted person to help him.

Liu Xiaoqing is leaving soon, aren't you going to see her?

If I don't go, not only will Liu Xiaoqing be sidelined, but even if Fu Xiaoyaoji came, she would have to step aside now.

(End of this chapter)