Prague, Peter, and Guret experienced riding on the wind for the first time.
They felt that the huge beast under their feet was Poseidon's mount.
Only Poseidon had the right to ride such a huge beast.
"West, remember that I told you last time that I went out to sea for treasure?" Chen Zhao said. "Find some art experts and relic experts and bring them to Hawaii … Yes, we found it. Now we need to appraise it and estimate its value."
Chen Zhao and West had discussed this before. They would use 200 million as an example.
Using $200 million as an example, they would have to pay at least $25 in fees.
Of course, this would be done in the name of the association. The association could get around 15% of the money, which meant that the actual fee to be paid was around 10%.
This was much lower than the fees of money laundering organizations. It was also within Chen Zhao's acceptable range.
However, the income this time shouldn't be that much.
Chen Zhao and Guret had both estimated their income this time.
The value of the treasure shouldn't be more than $400 million.
Among them, gold was the easiest to sell, while art and collectibles would be relatively cheaper.
This time, they had to sell all of them. Neither Chen Zhao nor Guret could sell them one by one.
If they were put up for auction one by one, they could increase their value. It might even reach $500 to $600 million.
However, Chen Zhao and Guret didn't have the time to do that, so they would only sell for half of the actual market price.
Chen Zhao couldn't say whether he was happy or unhappy.
He was happy to find the treasure, but the income wasn't as big as he'd imagined. This made him slightly disappointed.
Plus the loss of the yacht, Chen Zhao had only bought Fali for $12 million.
However, the actual cost of the yacht was at least $40 million. The market price would definitely reach $60 million.
This meant that Chen Zhao's actual income after deducting the loss this time was less than $100 million.
Chen Zhao sat on Amon's head, holding the golden awl.
In Buddhism, the Guardian Vajra wielded a Vajra awl or a Vajra axe. It could shoot out thunderbolts and release monstrous karmic fire.
Chen Zhao used magic to test it. There was nothing special about the awl.
When Chen Zhao saw the awl, his instincts told him that there was something special about it.
However, after trying a few times, he didn't find anything special about the awl.
Chen Zhao was somewhat disappointed. He put the awl away.
By this time, Amon had already left the vicinity of Nanqi Island and the sky was already bright.
Amon's speed was very fast, exceeding two hundred nautical miles per hour.
What did that mean?
This was basically the speed of an express train.
However, the sea was stormy and rough, so Guret, Peter, and Prague weren't very comfortable.
The novelty of the beginning was gone, and all that was left was boredom and pain.
Thankfully, Chen Zhao could always take out food and water. At least they didn't have to starve.
The next morning, everyone arrived at the waters of the Hawaiian Islands.
However, the four of them pretended to be drowned in a shipwreck and were rescued by a nearby ship.
They arrived in Hawaii on the same day.
"Peter, I hope the money you promised can be transferred to my account as soon as possible. If I don't get the money before I return to Los Angeles, I'll get it from you personally. Do you understand?"
"Of course … I understand."
You don't want to pay what you owe?
Pete didn't think he was qualified.
Not to mention, it was only two million dollars.
He could afford it. He had no idea how he could survive if he offended Chen Zhao for two million dollars.
Prague also left, but she didn't take the same flight as Peter.
She was disappointed in Pete during this trip.
Chen Zhao stayed in Guret's pirate hotel.
The next day, West arrived.
At the same time, he brought two experts with him.
From West's introduction, Chen Zhao knew that they were appraisal experts working for a large auction company.
They were experts, not scholars.
They wouldn't ask about the origin of the appraised item, nor would they say that the item should be handed over to the country.
Of course, if possible, they would persuade the person to hand the item over to their company for auction or sell it directly to their company.
Guret's specialist had also arrived. To everyone's surprise, Guret's specialist knew Chen Zhao's two specialists.
They were also in the same field, but they belonged to different companies. They probably communicated with each other before.
Guret led everyone to the warehouse, where Chen Zhao and Guret's harvest was placed.
Apart from the gold, Guret and Chen Zhao had already split the gold in half.
The rest were the big-bellied family's collection.
There were more than a thousand of them, so appraising their origin and value would be very tedious work.
Some were intact, while others were severely damaged or had been corroded by seawater.
For Chen Zhao and Guret, this was a huge loss.
The value of a complete collection and a damaged one were not the same.
Rare and non-rare items had different values.
In this collection, there was no lack of priceless treasures.
However, most of them were only worth a few thousand or tens of thousands of dollars.
Perhaps one or two items weren't worth much, but when put together, the total value was still very high.
Another type was unappraised, which meant that their origin and age couldn't be appraised.
Chen Zhao and Guret were specially picked out and split the loot evenly between them.
The three experts appraised the items for five days.
It wasn't like the three experts appraised the items together. Chen Zhao and Guret's experts appraised separately. They would only appraise the items with different prices at the same time to confirm the value.
In the end, they got a total value of 235 million dollars.
With an actual price, it was easier to distribute.
Chen Zhao and Guret started to distribute the items.
Then, under West's control, the items were all sold to the auction company that the two experts worked for.
With the auction company's participation, the money was easier to handle.
However, the money couldn't be seen yet. West still had to find a professional finance company to handle it.
Chen Zhao didn't know how to do it, so he didn't know how to do it.
Anyway, he just had to sit and collect the money.
What made him happy was that the income this time wasn't too different from his expectations.
Chen Zhao had expected to earn 200 million dollars. Now, he'd sold the items for 120 million dollars. Together with the two tons of gold, it was almost 200 million dollars.
After deducting the middleman's fees, there was at least 150 million.
Of course, Chen Zhao had to include the yacht that he'd lost.
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