NFBE Chapter 2862: Cracking the Code and Finding Treasures
Chapter 2862: Cracking the Code and Finding Treasures
Chapter 2862: Cracking the Code and Finding Treasures
After watching the ending of "White Moonlight", everyone felt comfortable from the bottom of their hearts.
"That's better!" said No. 1.
"Yeah, this Bai Yueguang is really damnable!"
As their fame grew, a prestigious old billionaire soon invited them to a private party.
Naturally, everyone agreed.
After all, this should be the main storyline of the world.
The rich man then sent someone to take them to a luxury cruise ship.
This cruise ship was converted from an abandoned aircraft carrier. Its vast area and luxurious facilities are comparable to a palace on the sea.
Generally speaking, the space at sea is narrow.
However, this common sense is completely broken here.
Each person has a bedroom comparable to a three-star hotel.
A small number of VIP personnel even have their own suites.
When everyone walked onto the deck, it was like entering a garden on the sea. The fences were all covered with vines and were full of green.
The receptionist was a beautiful lady, one of the rich man's many assistants.
She personally led everyone onto the aircraft carrier cruise ship.
"This is the Sea Garden that Mr. Smith spent 20 billion dollars to rebuild."
"It is said that there are all kinds of puzzles in here. Solving a puzzle will lead to finding the corresponding treasure. The smallest treasure is worth $100,000."
"Mr. Smith's personal wealth ranks 67th in the world, and his family's wealth ranks in the top ."
Wuqing smiled and said, "You are really rich, but it's a pity that you can only live for more than a hundred years."
The receptionist was stunned, then smiled awkwardly.
But in her heart she despised: a bunch of poor people who could only comfort themselves.
She naturally didn't know that the actual wealth these people possessed was much greater than that of the so-called rich people.
But Wuqing was "indeed" being sarcastic - as soon as he saw the profession of "receptionist", he wanted to make a sarcasm.
The receptionist quickly changed the subject and said, "Mr. Smith, four other detective teams have also been invited."
"There is another important matter at this gathering. I hope you can help the gentleman solve a problem."
As she took everyone on a tour of the aircraft carrier cruise ship, she said,
"Mr. Smith has a wealthy friend who he has known since childhood."
"They are good friends who can talk about anything."
"They made a bet when they were twenty years old."
"They bought antiques from all over the world that were quite valuable at the time."
"Then, like playing hide-and-seek, they were placed in an area of the sea as pirates' treasure."
"This sea area is about 100 square kilometers."
“There are five small islands in there.”
"They each devised a set of riddles."
"They pledged their family's honor to help them find the treasure by solving the riddle."
"They agreed to play this high-level game of treasure hunting fifty years later."
"And now, fifty years later, the two old gentlemen remembered this incident."
"The antiques they bought have greatly appreciated in value, at least dozens of times."
"And they made a bet. They would go find each other's treasures. Whoever found more would take all the treasures."
"These treasures are very valuable, probably only one percent of their family's wealth at that time."
“But now, they have become valuable liquidity.”
"Because of the economic downturn, both gentlemen need this treasure and want to mortgage it to the bank in exchange for working capital."
Everyone suddenly felt that something was very strange.
At first he was talking about how rich his boss was, and now he is saying he is short of working capital.
However, the two are not contradictory.
Many wealthy people are short of liquidity.
It seems that there are a lot of assets, but in fact there is a lack of liquidity, and the valuation seems to be very high.
However, once the auction begins, the price will plummet immediately.
"For this purpose, Sir has brought in a world-famous detective to solve the mystery."
"If you solve the treasure puzzle, you will get a huge share of the income."
Vincent nodded, while the others looked indifferent.
They don't care about money at all.
What they value most is the mission.
And at this time.
A teasing voice sounded:
"Oh, isn't this the fishing detective agency that has just become popular recently?"
I saw a yellow-haired young man, looking sloppy and wearing a windbreaker, leaning against the fence.
His eyes revealed three parts of contempt, three parts of disdain, three parts of ridicule, and ninety-one parts of disregard.
Behind him were four young men wearing "rare skins".
There were both men and women, all with colorfully dyed hair and large tattoos.
Vincent and others looked over.
"Anger" also looked over, frowned, and walked in front of the crowd.
Just as the receptionist was about to introduce something, unexpectedly, he rushed over, held the young man's head, and threw him to the ground.
Then, in front of everyone's stunned eyes, he punched and kicked him!
"You kid, do you want to die?"
"Who do you think you are, still mocking us here?"
"Which one are you losing hair?"
"Asshole, today I will let you know how close you are to death!"
"rough!"
Huangmao was beaten so badly that his face was bruised and swollen and he could hardly speak.
It took his companions a long time to react.
"Don't fight again!"
"You can't kill anyone by beating them like this!"
"Hit with this!"
"You are committing a crime!"
My goodness, four companions gave four different opinions, but not one of them came forward to help with the rescue.
It was the receptionist who cautiously waited for the anger to be vented before calling for help to the young man.
The cruise ship quickly dispatched a medical transport vehicle to rescue the injured yellow-haired man.
And at this time.
His companions came over stealthily, and said cautiously one by one:
"Sorry, the yellow-haired guy just now didn't mean it." said a blue-haired guy.
"We are really sorry. Huangmao is always like this."
"We are the Colorful Detective Agency. We are very happy to cooperate with you. Let us find the treasure together."
He nodded angrily: "What you said is quite human."
"Remember next time, be careful when you speak outside."
“Don’t become a victim.”
The colorful detectives didn't dare to say much.
The receptionist shook her head and she didn't call the police or anything.
Because force is also an important indicator for detectives.
In fact, it is often the most important indicator - if force fails, people will die.
What's the point of finding out the truth?
Moreover, at this moment, their cruise ship has already set sail.
Right on the high seas.
In other words, even if you want to call the police, you need to wait until you return home before calling.
Moreover, conflicts between detectives, as long as no human life is involved, are often not referred to patrol officers for arbitration.
Because that's embarrassing.
In something like a beating, if you can't beat the other person and still talk badly, you can only blame yourself.
Moreover, detectives will often violate a lot of rules when investigating. If the case is really handled by the patrol police, everyone will perish together.
Just like those investigations, if you break into a private residence, even if you are forgiven, you may be given a suspended sentence.
This kind of thing is not uncommon for detectives.
The receptionist then led the two detective teams to a luxurious restaurant on the sea. This restaurant was of high standard, with an aquarium in the middle.
Inside, there are all kinds of marine life.
There is also the “hairtail with skin” – a highly venomous sea snake.
"Here are the fresh ingredients we're going to eat this time. I guarantee they're all non-toxic after processing."
In the restaurant, they saw three other detective agencies.
The other three are relatively normal.
The detective in it is considered a relatively normal person, and he doesn't mock anyone when they meet.
One is called the "Apple" Detective Agency, another is called the "Watermelon" Detective Agency, and the last one is called the "Banana" Detective Agency.
Judging from the name alone, the name of the Huangmao Detective Agency, "Seven-Color Detective Agency", is actually the most normal.
These three detective agencies are mainly composed of middle-aged people.
The two sides exchanged courtesies and shook hands and introduced themselves to each other.
The president of Apple Detective is a fat man.
He is apparently the leader of the three fruit detective agencies.
He smiled and said to everyone: "I used to want to lose weight, but after I was hit by three small-caliber pistol bullets, all of which were blocked by my fat layer, I gave up the idea."
"Losing weight may make me live longer, but staying fat will make me live into old age."
Anger teased: "Why don't you wear a bulletproof vest every day? Isn't that better than fat?"
"Haha, bulletproof vests are too hot." The fat man shook his head, "And how do you know I'm not wearing it?"
After exchanging pleasantries, the fat detective said, "You all know the mission this time."
"The goal is simple, it's a detective game of finding treasure and cracking codes."
“We have a lot of experience with this type of thing.”
"Many wealthy people have quirks and devise certain codes and riddles to hide their wealth."
"They're all a bunch of idiots."
"We can provide you with technical support as long as you pay for it."
"If you find the treasure, we won't ask for a cent. We just want the service fee for deciphering the riddle code."
Vincent and the others all laughed when they heard this.
My goodness, isn’t this the equivalent of merchants specializing in selling water and tools during the gold mining craze?
No matter whether you make a profit or a loss, he definitely makes a profit.
The fat detective has a really good mind.
No wonder he can make money and become the leader of three fruit detective agencies.
No wonder so many detectives work for him.
Everyone then decisively purchased the code cracking service they provided.
After all, they are not short of money.
……
Three days later.
Their cruise ship sailed slowly and finally entered the designated sea area.
And within this sea area, they discovered more and more small islands.
They are all barren volcanic islands, and it would be nice to have a little green.
It's mostly hills and rocks, nothing useful.
The seabirds were too lazy to stay.
Not long after, they saw another equally huge cruise ship.
"This is a converted 20-ton cargo ship. It's bigger than ours, but it doesn't have our ability to withstand wind and waves," the receptionist introduced.
When Vincent looked over, he saw that the cruise ship was also very luxurious and immediately shook his head.
They clearly lack working capital, yet they are still so extravagant and wasteful.
It's almost like Dream of the Red Chamber.
Everyone knows that the family’s financial situation has deteriorated, but the inertia of luxury still persists.
If you don't live this extravagantly, outsiders will see through you and you will fall faster.
He had a feeling that a brutal game was about to begin.
The antique from fifty years ago actually became the life-saving straw for the two tycoons.
Even though their assets are among the largest in the world, that is just valuation.
Once liquidity breaks down, fixed assets will have to be auctioned off.
Once the auction begins, it would be great if those items with an estimated value of 100 million could be sold for 30 million.
This is what it means to buy when the market is rising and sell when the market is falling.
This is how many huge companies fell.
A company that seems to be worth hundreds of billions or trillions of dollars finally died due to a lack of working capital of just tens of billions.
And now, this treasure is worth tens of billions in cash.
And the most important thing is that when they are auctioned, they can be sold at a higher price thanks to gimmicks and stories, as well as the recent market conditions.
Obviously, "a rich man fell into bankruptcy and made a comeback by buying antiques from fifty years ago" is another good market story.
This is the fundamental motivation for this treasure hunt.
Soon, the two cruise ships docked successfully.
Five detective agencies also appeared on the opposite side.
They are even more bizarre, they are an animal detective agency, with lions, bears, wolves, eagles, leopards... but no tigers.
An old butler appeared.
"Now, let's do a test."
"This is where the first treasure is."
He then posed a riddle to the group.
“There is a forest at the foot of the mountain, where ancient trees are the most luxuriant.
There is a secret hidden in the stone tablet under the tree, with three stars engraved on it.
Follow the starlight northward, with the gurgling stream accompanying you.
There is a corpse on the boulder by the stream, and the treasure is to be found under the corpse."
"Now you have to find the treasure based on this riddle."
……
At this moment.
Wen Rensheng was also looking at this riddle.
He saw immediately that the problem was not with the riddle.
And the "corpse" after the riddle.
Dead bodies invite murder.
……
Sure enough, everyone started to solve the riddle.
Of course Vincent and the others were too lazy to guess and simply outsourced the matter to the Fruit Detective Agency.
The fat detective immediately gave the answer: "This is a typical riddle that points the way."
"Look for it according to the surface meaning, Gaoshan. There are no mountains here. That's the name, Gaoshan Island."
"There is a high mountain island here, and at the foot of the mountain there is a forest. This refers to the underwater forest. The foot of the island is naturally the seabed."
"What are the ancient trees in the sea? They are coral reefs. The ancients called corals trees."
"In the Jin Dynasty, some people even compared their wealth with corals several feet high."
"The stone tablet hides secrets. There are three stars engraved on it. What is a stone tablet? I think there is a tablet on a sunken ship. If there are three stars, it means the treasure of the sunken ship."
"The stream represents the flowing water in the ship, the bodies are the crew members, and the treasure is obviously the antiques under the crew members."
After hearing this, everyone was very happy.
Very naughty.
No wonder the other party is so confident as to provide technical services to crack the code.
This is something they cannot do.
At least this group of people couldn't figure it out.
But Wen Rensheng, seeing this, smiled again.
Because he knew that the fat detective was making up the story based on the answers.
This all seems to make sense.
In fact, they are all far-fetched, but of course they do seem to be true.
(End of this chapter)