73 Treasure Again (2/2)
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”Young man, 1.5 million RMB is really the lowest that I can go!” Wearing a thick gold chain on his neck, a forty-plus year old man with a big belly and a crew cut hairstyle said as he tapped on the seventy by twenty meter metal dock behind him. ”Look at the material, they're all pieced together with original 0.8 centimeter steel plates. This steel material alone cost me more than 1 million RMB, and there is also cost of the land and cement.”
”Come on, we're both locals, there's no need to cheat me.” Chen Fan tapped on the silver-painted iron sheet. ”Let's calculate based on 1 RMB for a pound, your dock couldn't possibly use 1 million pounds of steel materials.”
”Well…” The man touched his chin and said, ”There's also the transportation fee from the steelyard, labor cost, painting cost…”
”1.3 million RMB. Are you selling or not?” Chen Fan couldn't be bothered to talk more. If the dock had been located in the city, 3 million RMB would have been reasonable, but it was near the sea…
”Young man, this price really won't do…” The man pulled a glum face. ”At least...at least 1.4 million RMB…”
”Alright, bye.” Chen Fan walked off.
”Hey, hey young man, don't go…” The man quickly ran forward to grab Chen Fan's arms and said in a fawning tone, ”Let's discuss, let's discuss further!” In the end, Chen Fan got the dock at 1.3 million with his relentlessness.
After getting the man to sign the transfer document and the intermediary to stamp on it, Chen Fan asked for things such as the land certificate and ownership certificate, but he couldn't be bothered to do the transfer of ownership. Chen Fan was now powerful and bold. If the man dared to do come up with any tricks, Chen Fan would not let him off! All the documents were in his hands anyway so there was no way the man could get away with it.
The silver steel dock had been used by the man previously to dock cargo ships. Other than having sufficient space inside to unload goods, the part adjoining the sea had a thirty-meter long and ten meter deep gully dug out by a water excavator. After changing the locks of both the front and back doors, Chen Fan took a cab back to Bolin Gardens and shifted his thoughts onto the electric eel again.
It was strange. According to Chen Fan's assessment of the shipwreck, there was no reason it would sink. Other than being corroded by seawater all over, there was no other damage. The puzzling thing, was that it sank, and it was during the Qing Dynasty. Nonetheless, these superficial questions did not stop Chen Fan from plundering the treasure.
Even if a few gods of the sea, like Poseidon from Greek mythology suddenly appeared now holding a trident sitting in a golden horse carriage, Chen Fan would not hesitate to electrocute them with high discharge before swallowing them alive.
After swimming a few times around the shipwreck, Chen Fan controlled the eel to use its claws to spread the rope on the seabed before flipping the shipwreck to the left so that it laid on the rope. After going around the shipwreck and twisting it tightly with the rope, the electric eel grabbed the fifty-meter-long shipwreck like an eagle holding onto a lamb and swam toward Zhongyun City with all its might.