Chen Yiyang detected the concern in the leader’s words.
Internationally, it’s well-known that piracy runs rampant in Southeast Asia.
But whether it’s stealing or non-violent robbery, no matter how harsh the punishnt, it’s not a death sentence.
If Chen Yiyang’s team opens fire on anyone trying to forcibly board the ship,
the consequences could be severe. So countries might even intervene and put Chen Yiyang and his team on trial.
"Here’s what we’ll do: I’ll make a few calls." Chen Yiyang told the security team leader to head back, while he started reaching out to contacts.
A few days later, the salvage ship entered Southeast Asian waters.
The trailing ships were following more closely.
Moreover, news of the salvage of Ancient Roman lead ingots was already causing a stir internationally.
A bunch of nations surrounding the shipwreck area produced docunts to claim jurisdiction over the waters, asserting that the shipwreck’s resources should belong to them.
As the information beca public, many pirates in Southeast Asia also learned about the salvage ship, beginning to gather nearby.
They figured if they could just board the ship and grab a few lead ingots, they’d be set for life.
Under such circumstances, everyone on the salvage ship was extrely tense, and Chen Yiyang’s hired security team was on edge as well.
With a mob assaulting the ship, they wouldn’t be able to stop them just by opening fire.
After all, these security teams didn’t carry heavy firepower, only pistols and semi-automatic rifles.
Okay against lone pirates but not much help against a large force.
Yet in this situation, Chen Yiyang remained unusually calm, often strolling leisurely on the deck.
That day, the surrounding waters saw ships gathering en masse, no longer even pretending otherwise.
Dozens of ships were visible to the naked eye.
Among them were several disguised as fruit vendor ships edging closer to the salvage ship, pretending to sell fruit.
This kind of small boat selling fruit to passing cargo ships was common in these seas.
So, it was challenging for the salvage ship to turn them away, only stressing no unauthorized contact with other vessels.
But despite this, these fruit-laden boats kept getting closer, beginning to hinder the salvage ship’s navigation.
The security team leader ca to ask Chen Yiyang what to do about it.
In such a situation, they didn’t dare to fire indiscriminately.
If things went wrong, Chen Yiyang could flee ho to hide.
They might, however, face trouble from so national organizations.
"Look," Chen Yiyang suddenly pointed into the distance, "Isn’t that warship beautiful?"
"Beautiful." The leader nodded.
On the distant horizon, a warship flying the national flag of Huaxia slowly appeared, starting to escort the salvage ship.
Hundreds of years ago, the Ming Dynasty fleet had already conducted activities in these Southeast Asian seas, protecting rchant ships.
Back then, all mariti rchants in Southeast Asia conducted trade under the protection of the Zheng Family Fleet.
Now, with Huaxia’s warship reappearing, the previously trailing, unclear-intentioned boats swiftly began to disperse upon seeing the warship.
They knew they had now lost their chance completely.
The salvage ship safely returned ho.
Manager Xu had been waiting at the dock for quite so ti for Chen Yiyang.
"I really can’t thank you enough this ti." Chen Yiyang shook hands with Manager Xu, continuing, "And, of course, many thanks to the country."
"What a pity." Manager Xu looked at Chen Yiyang, smacking his lips, "If you’d told about this sooner, perhaps our navy could’ve taken the opportunity for so training, escorting you back from start to finish."
"How was I to know things would get so complicated later on?" Chen Yiyang wore a bitter smile.
He originally thought that with the shipwreck in international waters, there wouldn’t be too much trouble.
Yet, it was clear Chen Yiyang underestimated so international organizations’ shalessness.
Through satellite internet on the ship, he learned that salvaging the Ancient Roman wreck had beco hot news internationally.
Many European archaeologists ca forward, claiming these lead ingots were significant European relics with high scientific value.
They hoped Chen Yiyang would send these salvaged lead ingots to Europe for free research.
"Free my ass for their research." Chen Yiyang couldn’t help but roll his eyes at this, "Soon I’ll lt them all down and sell them."
"I’ve almost got buyers finalized, selling a portion to several dostic research institutions, and I’ll auction the rest off."
Chen Yiyang hadn’t just been idling on the ship these days.
Recently, he arranged buyers for his batch of lead ingots.
Many dostic research institutions showed interest, but their offers were based on prices from several years ago on the international market.
Certainly lower than if Chen Yiyang sold them directly, but it could earn him so goodwill, so he didn’t fuss over the price.
The rest of the ingots, Chen Yiyang planned to auction off batch by batch, maximizing profit, possibly even fetching record-breaking prices.
"Currently, so international organizations are contacting our country, citing the 2001 Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage, prohibiting comrcial exploitation of historical shipwreck artifacts.
Your batch of lead ingots cannot be publicly sold and can only be used for research. Public sales would cause a negative international impact."
"I researched these legal texts before," said Chen Yiyang. "They only prohibit comrcial exploitation, not physical experints.
In fact, when Roman lead was discovered in the Sardinia seas, a part was lted by European labs for experints."
"But nominally, those ingots were donated, not sold," Manager Xu reminded.
"So?" Chen Yiyang picked up on Manager Xu’s implication.
"So the lead ingots you planned to sell to dostic labs need to be donated to these labs. In return, these labs will grant you so technical patents.
I’ve arranged for a company to acquire these patents, and once you have them, sell them to the company to get your money."
Manager Xu’s arrangent was mainly to prevent international troublemakers.
After all, using historical artifacts for experints is fine when Europeans do it, but when others dare to, they would face criticism.
So officially, the lead ingots couldn’t be part of monetary transactions.
"Alright, that’s fine with ," Chen Yiyang nodded.
"What about the sale of the remaining ingots?" Chen Yiyang asked.
"You’ll have to handle that yourself," Manager Xu replied.
"Got it," Chen Yiyang nodded imdiately, having already figured out his solution.
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