Chapter 806: Departure for Ryukyu, the Foundation’s First Business

On the boundless sea, a medium-sized cruise ship is moving slowly.

The noise of the engine, the sea breeze, and the cry of seagulls are intertwined. Even if you close your eyes, you can know that you are in the ocean.

Zhou Rui stood on the observation deck in front, closed his eyes and felt the sea breeze.

It is one thing to be on the sea for a long time, but it is still very refreshing to sail into the sea occasionally.

This cruise ship belongs to a Chinese ship merchant. The maximum passenger capacity is 1,000 people. The current passenger capacity is about 200 people, including 120 security personnel, 50 troops, and about 20 actual guests. It can be said to be quite spacious.

This is a 20-hour voyage, and it will arrive in Ryukyu tomorrow morning. At this time, it has not left the offshore range. Some other ships can still be seen at the limit of vision, but they are all kept at a considerable distance.

Probably because of the two 052C destroyers escorting together.

Khalid stood behind Zhou Rui, holding a telescope and looking at the iron-gray warship in the distance, and his heart could not calm down for a long time.

He has been high-profile all his life, and finally met a real master.

What is the level of a missile destroyer leading the way?

If he knew that from here to Ryukyu, the clear airspace created by "Weilong" + "Kunpeng" and an aircraft carrier formation was forced to retreat, I wonder what he would think.

This time the organization showed off its strength and attitude, which can be said to be a retreat for all evil.

After Zhou Rui was attacked, Khalid was always worried that the Ryukyu trip would be cancelled. Of course, he would understand if it was really cancelled.

If he were in their shoes, if he had suffered such an attack, he would have to go back to his hometown for a year or two before he dared to come out again.

But Mr. Zhou obviously chose another way to deal with it.

Zhou Rui stood at the bow and drank the wind for a while, but he had no desire to jump down. He turned back to the observation deck and lay on the lounge chair.

This cruise ship itself is for sightseeing, so it is comfortable to sit on, with small round tables, parasols, and dried fruit drinks.

Most of the "actual guests" on this trip are here, including Khalid and his five men, the engineering team led by Wang Tao, and some members of Kaiming Intelligence.

Zhou Rui turned on his phone, and took advantage of the last bit of internet access to post a message and x-on:Guan Ge.

"Zhou Rui (CEO of Kaiming Intelligence)"

"I am very excited to tell you that the 'Real History Foundation' just announced last night has its first winner"

This is quite funny. He himself did not expect that the foundation's first business would come so quickly.

At the press conference last night, in the early morning, the foundation's official website received the first reliable "report".

The reason is that three months ago, an archaeological team from the UK claimed that they had excavated a 2,000-year-old bronze artifact in Rome, a lifelike one-to-one male sculpture.

It probably has the following characteristics: 30 cm from the ground, in a pool of mud for 2,000 years, shiny black and without a single rust or corrosion mark, no clothes, no defects, no accompanying cultural relics, the form and structure are exactly the same as many stone statues, and the unearthed address is next to the hot spring resort.

(Attached photo)

This major discovery filled the gap of Rome's lack of bronze artifacts and once again raised the world's estimate of the glory of Roman civilization. This civilization was once so great, and its artistic level and smelting skills were so excellent.

At that time, this news was popular on the Internet for a while, of course mainly on the Internet. Many people compared it with the Terracotta Warriors of almost the same period, and found that the goods were worth comparing. Western things were exquisite, and the Terracotta Warriors were ugly and earthy.

Some scholars also said that Qin Shihuang wanted to build the Terracotta Warriors because he obtained the exquisite sculptures from Rome, but it was a pity that the level of civilization was not up to standard, and he failed to draw a tiger but drew a dog.

The archaeological team that discovered the cultural relic received many honors.

Originally, there would be no follow-up to this kind of thing. It was impossible to verify historical facts and had no connection with previous achievements. Anyway, it was just dug out in one piece. What's wrong?

But when Zhou Rui announced the establishment of the foundation last night, a member of the team who had been prepared for it had an idea.

I don’t know if it was because of the uneven distribution of spoils or some internal conflicts, but after seeing the news of Zhou Rui’s “True Historical Materials Foundation”, a peripheral member named Royce in the archaeological team was enlightened.

If this “foundation” was established by someone else, it is estimated that he would not be easily trusted, let alone spread so quickly, but with the help of the [believers] entry, the peripheral member named Royce paid attention to it that night.

And he believed it without a doubt. This is what Master Zhou said, how can he deceive me.

Because of internal conflicts, he had secretly collected a lot of evidence, including that this sculpture came from a modern factory, and the team chose to dig in the mud because it was easy to dig, how to bury it, and then direct and dig it out

The complete chain of evidence and a large number of photos had been prepared long ago, but he was still a little scared because he lacked an opportunity.

Until he saw the news of the “True Historical Materials Foundation”, he took decisive action and uploaded it to the official website with one click. While taking revenge on his colleagues, he could also make a fortune.

Since it was the first report submitted in the world, Guan Ge informed Zhou Rui directly after seeing it.

Only three hours had passed since the press conference, which was extremely fast.

And Guan Ge also consulted some domestic archaeological experts remotely.

Domestic experts: Do we need to consult? Any carbon-based organism can see that it is fake.

The National Treasure Gang didn't dare to use this to "appraise treasures".

Zhou Rui also read the information, which was very detailed. Even Bao Zheng couldn't overturn the case.

As the first case, he waved his hand and quickly transferred money, 200,000 US dollars!

This case has a general influence. It is not a long-known cultural relic or legend. 200,000 is not a small amount, which is equivalent to about 8 times the average annual income there. (I have checked)

I guess that Royce is already excited. Isn't this better than going to work?

Zhou Rui himself also decisively forwarded it, posted it online, and even shot a video himself to ensure that the spread is sufficient.

This is just a small step. As the saying goes, a thousand gold buys horse bones. I believe that more and more righteous people will stand up.

As for what the team that has just gained some reputation thinks, Zhou Rui doesn't care. No matter how rampant similar behaviors there are, as long as they are hammered, they will be nailed to the pillar of shame.

In the past, no one cared about it.

This is the effect Zhou Rui hopes to achieve. If someone wants to do this in the future, they should consider whether everyone around them is so strict. Maybe they will be reported by the "manufacturer" and make extra money.

Zhou Rui happily posted the content. A slender metallic "tentacle" stretched out from the suitcase next to him, trying to grab the peanuts on the table. Zhou Rui raised his hand and knocked it, and the tentacle retracted into the suitcase and stopped moving.

This scene did not attract the attention of the passengers. Only Linto, who had been observing Zhou Rui, grinned.

Khalid next to him looked at Zhou Rui with a smile on his face and asked curiously, "Is there anything happy about Mr. Zhou?"

Zhou Rui said, "My 'Real Historical Materials Foundation' has made some progress, and the response speed is very fast."

Khalid was thoughtful. It seems that Mr. Zhou is really interested in history.

I am a person who is good at giving people what they like.

He has always tried to curry favor with Mr. Zhou, but he can't figure out what Zhou Rui's personal interests are.

Like technology? He doesn't have it either?

Previously, sending famous horses and jewelry, which are traditional upper-class hard currency, didn’t seem to have any effect.

If Mr. Zhou is really interested in history and cultural relics

I heard that there are many cultural relics lost overseas in China. I wonder if we can pay attention to them and send them back to Mr. Zhou

(I didn’t censor it the first time, but it didn’t pass the review. I’m really impressed)