Seeing three boxes, Billy asked cautiously: "Where did you find this?"

Qin Shiou didn’t want to hide from Billy. He noticed when he was touring on the Titanic last night. Many things on this ship bear a nameplate with the words'WHITE-STAR-LINE'. As the owner of the Titanic, the White Star Company will His figure was brought to every corner of the ship.

  Even if Qin Shiou didn’t say anything, when Billy saw the White Star Company’s mark, he could still think of the source of these things.

Because the Titanic was the only shipwreck of the White Star Company with a treasure-like nature. Later this company was acquired by the American chaebol Junius Pierpont Morgan’s IMM International Shipping Company, and the logos of all ships were changed to IMM.

   So Qin Shiou said, "This is something from the Titanic. My little white whale went there recently and brought me these things."

"Titanic?" Billy was pleasantly surprised. "Can your little white whale take out the things inside? God, do you know the value of the sunken treasure inside? Our company once evaluated its value in conjunction with the four major salvage companies in 2008. , At least 20 billion, U.S. dollars!"

  Qin Shiou said impatiently: "What's the use? The small white whale is too big to get in in many places. Even if it gets in, it can't bring it all out. Don't forget, it's just a whale."

   "Smart whale." Billy said cheerfully, "I love it to death."

  The argon filling chamber is not directly flushed with argon, but first filled with nitrogen for adjustment. Qin Shiou operated, and soon nitrogen was released from 200 small holes. The warehouse was evenly flooded in the first time.

  When the nitrogen concentration in the box reaches the set value, the system will automatically cut off the nitrogen supply. At this time, argon will be released, and Billy will open these boxes.

  He first carefully opened the small box the size of a TV box. After opening, there are some exquisite letter paper, bordered with gold silk, and patina.

After Billy saw it, he explained to Qin Shiou: "This letter must have been written by a rich man. This paper was introduced by the XIP paper mill in 1890. It has patinas around it. So it will not be torn easily. Generally used to record important events."

  Opening the letter paper with gloves, Billy found the signature, which was written with a flowing line of letters: Nathan-Straus.

   Seeing the name, Billy was taken aback. He turned his head and said, "Nathan-Strauss, we won’t be so lucky, will we?"

  "This is a letter from Nathan Strauss? To whom?" Qin Shiou was also stunned.

  Who is Nathan Strauss? To talk about his more bullish identity, that is, the founder of the famous American chain store "Macy's Department Store".

  When the department store opened on 7th Avenue in 1924, it was advertised as "the world's largest store". Although the scale is average now, there are more than 1,000 chain stores, and it ranks 417th in the recent Fortune Global 500 list.

But it was the Titanic that really made Mr. Nathan-Strauss famous all over the world. He and his wife were on this ship at the time. When the ship hit an iceberg, Mrs. Strauss was immediately sent to lifeboat No. 8 At the same time, a sailor said to the 67-year-old Mr. Strauss, "We think you can board the boat early. No one would object to an old gentleman with a reputation as a philanthropist like you getting on the boat..."

  Someone later recalled that after receiving the guarantee from the sailor, Mr. Strauss replied firmly: “I will never get on the lifeboat before other men. As the captain pledged, the children and women go first.”

Seeing that her husband did not want to board the ship, Mrs. Strauss, who had already boarded the ship, also changed her mind and returned to be with Mr. Strauss, saying, "For so many years, we have all lived together, where you went. I will go too!"

  This way. She gave her place in the boat to a young maid, and also gave her fur coat to the maid, saying, "I don’t need it anymore. May it help you through this cold Night!"

   Then. An old couple humbled to the wicker chair on the deck and sat down, spending their last moments peacefully with their hands clasped together.

  This plot is also shown in Cameron’s "Titanic" movie. It is one of the most moving plots in the movie, and the "New York Times" once selected this incident as one of the ‘ten historical real stories that best demonstrate the gentleman’s demeanor and masculinity’.

  It is conceivable that if this letter was really written by Nate Strauss on the Titanic, it should be more valuable!

  Because of the good sealing and the bonus effect of the argon tank, the content on the letter paper is very clear. Billy and Qin Shiou looked together with their heads, and the more they looked, the more pleasant they were.

Judging from the content, this is indeed a letter written by Strauss, and it is also a letter from his family. This is a letter he wrote to his second son Richard Strauss who was exploring the market in London at the time. Mailed. Unfortunately, as the Titanic hit the iceberg, the letter sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean with his master.

  In the letter, Strauss told his second son, ‘the United States has a developed economy and great potential. Although the world’s focus is on Europe, it must pay more attention to the U.S. market. This is the real buyer’s market, etc.’.

There are eight pages of letter paper, which is amazing. It seems to be foreseeing that he will be about to die soon. In this book, he also tells his understanding of the retail industry throughout his career. I talked about how to develop the retail industry in ten aspects: ingredients, manufacturing process, use of goods, serviceability and durability, protection and use of goods, prices and types of company history and policies, and competitive goods.

  After reading this letter, Billy looked at Qin Shiou and asked, “This is a very important letter from the family, how do we deal with it?”

  Qin Shiou thought for a while and said, "Stop it first, and continue to look down to see what's in the other two boxes."

The   LED ultra-bright digital display showed that the temperature, humidity and gas density of the argon-filled tank are now suitable for the protection of paper materials, so Billy put the letter paper aside and opened the largest box.

  This is a heavy safe, but it is now decayed. It opened the box with a tap with a crowbar, and then a pile of large and small gray-black lumps appeared inside.

  Billy crushed a piece, looked at it, sniffed, and guessed: “This seems to be activated carbon. It was very popular as a desiccant for oil paintings and statues a hundred years ago. There should be a piece of art in it.”

  While talking, he cleaned up. The activated carbon may have been powder before, but now it has condensed into lumps. After cleaning to the middle, a picture scroll carefully wrapped in plastic film appeared in the box.

  Billy became more careful, opened the plastic film, and thick linen appeared inside, so he was sure, and said: "There is an oil painting, activated carbon plus plastic film plus linen, it must be an oil painting..."

  The more he speaks, the more his tone of voice trembles. The rich merchants on the Titanic used such rigorous methods to collect an oil painting, can the value be low? (To be continued~^~)