The matter of "Yongle Dadian" came to an end. After Mr. Wen obtained Zhu Yu's consent and released all the photocopies, a trend started in the academic world.
After all, many of the contents appear for the first time, and there is really a lot that can be studied.
It is not modest at all to say that I have written many papers that can be published in core journals.
But this has nothing to do with Zhu Yu.
After the two volumes of "Yongle Dadian" were restored, Zhu Yu put the things into the space. Unless necessary, it would be impossible to take them out in a short time.
As for making contributions, Mr. Wen didn't mention it, and Zhu Yu didn't mention it either.
In fact, both parties know that being able to photocopy its contents for research is already considered a contribution in itself.
After all, cultural inheritance is the most important thing. As for the carrier, leave it to yourself.
In the next period of time, Zhu Yu finally settled down.
I go to the goods yard every day, and when Joanna finishes class, I pick her up to go shopping, watch movies, buy things, and have sex.
In fact, Zhu Yu had already thought about getting married, but firstly, Joanna was still in college, and secondly, she didn't want to get married so early, so she had to wait.
In the cargo yard, the auction of five containers had just ended.
The auctioneer happily took his share and left.
Jason smiled and said to Zhu Yu:
"Boss, it's better when you are here. In these few auctions, every time there have been high bids of more than thirty thousand US dollars - this kind of situation was really rare in the previous period!"
Zhu Yu knew that after he went to the jungle to hunt for treasure, Jason had worked very hard, but after all, he did not have the advantage of his own clairvoyance, and secondly, there were more competitors, which reduced the profits.
So in the later period before I go to the jungle and come back, basically if every auction can bring in tens of thousands of dollars, it is considered a success.
Now I come back and auction the unclaimed containers purchased from various cargo yards in piles. Basically, in every auction, there will be large cargoes, neither bunching up nor running empty.
Therefore, every bidder has an "unexpected gain". Over this period of time, the reputation of this goods yard that specializes in auctions has once again risen. Just look at the number of treasure hunters who came to participate in the auction today, reaching more than 40 people, you can almost understand it.
How many treasure hunters are active in the entire New York Harbor?
At least half of them came today!
This is awesome!
In fact, Zhu Yu felt that such a life was quite good. Although it was not exciting, it was at least stable.
In the distance, Ran Jiefei and Qin Fei had no objection, but Cao Dalong, who was standing with them, had an objection.
The salary for protecting Zhu Yu is naturally higher than that in the goods yard, but compared to the hundreds of thousands of dollars that Ran Jie and Qin Fei received last time, it is really child's play.
Cao Dalong thinks that he is no worse than his two comrades, but the money he gets is different, so he must have some ideas.
However, he couldn't decide whether Zhu Yu went out to hunt for treasures, so he could only hold back his thoughts.
Fortunately, it is better than being a security guard.
The auction ended and it was still early to watch. Jason invited Zhu Yu:
"Boss, will you come to my house for lunch? Freya said that she has learned a new Chinese delicacy and wants to show it to you."
"Okay. Let her do more." Zhu Yu thought that there was nothing to do anyway and there was an auction in the afternoon, so he nodded in agreement.
Jason happily called. At this time, Zhu Yu's cell phone also rang.
He picked it up and saw that it belonged to old John. Zhu Yu picked it up and John said over there:
"Zhu, someone comes to you and wants your help in hunting for treasure. Look..."
"Is he someone you know well?" Zhu Yu is fine with everything, whether he is looking for treasure or not, it doesn't matter.
"I was introduced by an old friend of mine, and of course it's because of your reputation." John said, "You should look at this kind of business matter yourself, and don't take my factors into consideration."
It's impossible not to think about it.
Old John had already said it, so Zhu Yu naturally wanted to go over and take a look, so he asked:
"Where is the person? I want to talk carefully before deciding."
"In my bar."
When Zhu Yu, Ran Jie and others passed by, Old John looked at the other three people and said to Zhu Yu:
"They are all good boys. You really need them around."
Then he pointed to a thirty-year-old white man sitting by the window and said: "That's him, his name is Luke Paris. According to my old friend, he is a reporter. He occasionally got clues and wanted to find someone." The object of cooperation.”
Zhu Yu nodded, indicating to Ran Jie and the others to do whatever they wanted, while he went to Luke's table.
Luke is almost 1.8 meters tall but relatively skinny. The suit he wore looked very decent. But Zhu Yu, who had the blessing of the Heavenly Eye, could tell that the suit was old, and the few shallow stains had not been cleaned, or could not be cleaned.
Luke must have had a fresh shave, but whether it was due to anxiety or a problem with the razor, there were a few tiny cuts on his chin.
His eyes were bloodshot and the circles around his eyes were blue, probably because he had not rested well for a long time.
"Hello, I'm Zhu Yu." Zhu Yu took the initiative to introduce, "I heard that you have clues to the treasure?"
"I didn't expect you to be so young!" Luke didn't mention the treasure, but said with a surprised look on his face, "Are those rumors true?"
Zhu Yu shrugged: "If you believe it, it's true. If you don't believe it, it's just a rumor. I don't think I need to explain."
Luke didn't expect Zhu Yu to say that. He hesitated and explained in a low voice:
"I'm not questioning your ability, the main thing is that this is a very huge fortune. I don't want more people to know - I mean, I don't want the wealth to be lost in the end, but the news will spread all over the sky."
"I think you should understand, or be able to think clearly; the things that are spread about me in the treasure hunter circle now are all successful. Although I have not been in this industry for a long time, at least I have not failed yet."
Zhu Yu has this proud capital.
How many veteran treasure hunters and treasure hunters have failed in front of treasures such as Peter and Hans, but in the end it is only themselves who harvest the gold.
This alone is enough to be proud of more than 99% of his peers.
Luke thought for a while and then said seriously:
"Then I think I can trust you."
"Let's talk about the situation first. I may not necessarily take over." Luke thought that by agreeing to cooperate with Zhu Yu, he gave Zhu Yu a chance, but unexpectedly, Zhu Yu also needed to choose a collaborator.
Seeing Zhu Yu treating him like this, Luke couldn't help but feel a little angry.
"Do you know that if I release this news, a large number of treasure hunters will come to me for cooperation?" Luke raised his voice.
"Then you can go find them." Zhu Yu really didn't care at all and was not in a hurry. "We can end the conversation happily. By the way, I'm here today."
Luke opened his mouth wide. He really didn't expect Zhu Yu to have such a personality!
But thinking about Zhu Yu's "record", Luke had to admit that Zhu Yu had the willpower!
"Then, let me tell you something first." Luke finally decided that he could try to cooperate with Zhu Yu, so he decided to release limited information:
"I am a reporter who writes autobiographies part-time for some old people. One time, when I was writing an autobiography for an old banker, I got a piece of news."
Luke said this and looked at Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu motioned for him to continue.
Luke continued:
“He said that when he was young, his bank was responsible for part of the task of storing and transporting the Federal Reserve’s gold.
Then, one time, robbers came to the bank, armed with heavy firepower, and stole almost five million U.S. dollars worth of gold from their vault—five million at the time. "
Luke looked at Zhu Yu and explained:
"That was more than 30 years ago. Now, it has increased seven to eight times."
Zhu Yu nodded and didn't ask any further questions.
Zhu Yu's attitude made Luke a little anxious.
If the other party maintains this attitude, then the initiative will not be in your hands at all, and the rest of the plan will not be carried out.
We must arouse this person's interest!
"According to my analysis, this batch of gold was not actually spent by the robbers in the end!"
"Huh? How did you analyze it?" Zhu Yu reluctantly became interested.
"Because according to the old banker, when these robbers robbed the bank, two of them were injured, but no one died.
Afterwards, the police traced and determined the whereabouts of the robbers, and then gathered police forces to surround the robbers' residence, and the two sides started a gun battle.
According to news reports afterwards, three police officers died and all four robbers were shot dead.
But in fact, although the robber died, the gold was not recovered, and the matter became unresolved. "
"The gold was not recovered? Where was it hidden?" Zhu Yu asked again.
Luke smiled and said nothing.
Zhu Yu understood, knocked on the table lightly, and then said:
"You mean that the treasure you need to find is actually this gold, right? Or, in fact, you have already defined a rough range, but you need professional people to help you find it, right?"
"That's it." Luke said with a wise expression on his face as he took a sip of wine, "For this matter, I spent about two years investigating the matter, and finally succeeded in narrowing the scope down to an unknown number of people. In a large area. As long as there are professionals, I believe we can get that gold soon! Once we get it, we can retire!"
Zhu Yu lightly knocked on the table again.
In theory, things do work.
But when you think about it, it's a bit like a castle in the air. It all depends on Luke's mouth. He can tell all the clues and information.
Whether it will be all in vain in the end, no one can say for sure.
"I advise you not to have other ideas. Except for me, no one should remember that incident now. Even if you search it on the Internet, you may not be able to find it. After all, it happened more than thirty years ago. And at that time, in order to cover up The official report on this matter did not mention the gold. The police officers involved were basically retired or passed away, and almost no one knows about this matter anymore.”
Luke's meaning was obvious, and there was no way around him.
"If we cooperate, how will we share the shares?"
"I want 70%." Luke raised his chin. "I did all the early work. For this matter, I did almost nothing else in the past two years and devoted myself to it. .My whole life is staked on this thing——"
He did not continue speaking, but his eyes were firm.
"Shall I take the remaining 30%?" Zhu Yu was already planning to give up.
Tens of millions of dollars, 30%, ten million?
In fact, it can be done.
"No, you take 20%. There is also a collaborator. He has been helping me in the past two years. We will also need his cooperation next time, so he will take 10%."
"Then you can find someone else." If it's 30%, Zhu Yu can barely consider it, but if it's 20%, forget it, it's not worth it.
Luke didn't expect Zhu Yu to give up immediately. He lowered his voice and said eagerly:
"Have you figured this out? We've done all the preliminary work!
You just need to find the gold within the range we have defined! Twenty percent, that’s almost tens of millions of dollars!
It may only take you half a month, or even a week! Even among those billionaires, how many can make money like this? "
Zhu Yu shook his head:
"I participate in treasure hunting. As long as there is something, I will definitely find it. Therefore, my lowest offer is 30%! Otherwise, you can find someone else for this matter!"
Zhu Yu was not short of money, so he had no intention of breaking his own rules.
Luke hesitated.
He knew that intellectually, he should talk to another treasure hunter now.
However, this matter delayed him for two years, and his family was almost falling apart.
He couldn't afford it.
"Then...I'll give you 25%..." Luke planned to compromise.
After all, among the treasure hunters, he had heard that Zhu Yu was currently the most popular and the luckiest.
Luke feels that his luck has been relatively bad in the past two years, and he needs a lucky person to guide him.
"No, thirty percent, no less." Zhu Yu insisted.
"Okay, okay." Luke finally compromised. But he comforted himself that even if he took 60%, if he really found the gold, it would still be 20 to 30 million, which would be enough for him to improve his current bad situation and live a good life for the rest of his life!
"Okay, let's make an appointment tomorrow. I'll take you to meet the other partner and then talk about the cooperation contract."
Since Luke had agreed, he was a little excited and happy. He drank the wine in front of him in one gulp, stood up and said:
"Leave your contact information and I will contact you tomorrow."
"Okay." Zhu Yu left his cell phone number with him.
After Luke left, Ran Jie and the other three sat over.
Cao Dalong asked impatiently:
"Boss, are you going to hunt for treasure?"
"Yes." Zhu Yu looked at his eager eyes and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I will take you with me this time."
What Luke said was very vague, but Zhu Yu felt that he was now considered to have a small fortune. If a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, having three bodyguards is nothing.
In the worst case, just say that he is your assistant.
"Great!" Cao Dalong waved his fist fiercely, "Finally I have a place to use!"
Ran Jie patted him and said calmly:
"If you have this attitude, then I suggest you don't go. Don't be impulsive when it comes to treasure hunting!"
"Don't worry!" Cao Dalong smiled: "It's not like you don't know when you do things. I've never held you back!"
Seeing that the three of them knew what was going on, Zhu Yu didn't say much.
All that's left is preparation.
In fact, Zhu Yu was still looking forward to it.
