50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 525 Join in the fun

If someone truly possessed such a strong intelligence-gathering ability as him, they would be kept hidden away like a treasure, only to be used in crucial moments.

Haven't you noticed that there are fewer and fewer tasks coming from China in the last two years? This is actually a form of protection for him.

But whenever he is given a task, it is always an urgent and important one, and the intelligence he obtains becomes the key information for his family to formulate strategies.

His family was already taking the impending Falklands War seriously, but he felt it wasn't serious enough.

In his mind, there were two major wars after World War II that needed to be learned in detail.

The first battle was the Falklands War, the only modern naval and air force battle since World War II.

Afghanistan deployed second-generation supersonic jet fighters and also launched air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles.

While the UK does not have third-generation fighter jets, it has deployed aircraft carriers and the most advanced second-and-a-half generation Harrier vertical takeoff and landing fighter jets.

These advanced weapons essentially represent the prototypes of modern warfare weapons, and they offer valuable insights for the development of our country's future weapons.

Another major battle was the Gulf War in the 1990s, which was an even more overwhelming modern war.

Sun Zhiwei needed to obtain complete combat data from beginning to end, so he had to go to Britain.

Before the war broke out, he quickly made arrangements at home, especially for the perfectly cut 'Moon Angel' that he had created using spatial cheats.

Just by putting this thing in the store, wealthy people will flock to visit, effectively increasing the store's brand awareness.

He had already finalized the promotional strategy for 'Moon Angels' and given it to store manager Theodore Ellis, instructing him to prepare for the opening of tours during Easter.

He also set a price: a flat price of two hundred million US dollars, with no room for negotiation.

The price he offered was twice as high as the original selling price of De Beers.

This brings us to the shortcomings of De Beers' 'Centennial Diamond'.

The original 599-carat stone was reduced to 273.85 carats after being carved, a reduction of more than half.

He didn't know which cutting company they hired, and he suspected that De Beers had been ripped off, and that the cutting company might have cut off a lot and kept it for themselves.

The 'Moon Angel' was designed, cut, and polished by Sun Zhiwei himself, saving him more than a million in labor costs alone. Moreover, he would not arbitrarily reduce the weight of his own gemstones.

Therefore, the 'Moon Angel' weighs much more than the 'Centenarian Diamond', at 420.5 carats, and his asking price of $2 million is not unreasonable.

Historically, only two diamonds have sold for a higher price: the Koh-i-Noor and the Doom Diamond.

Both of these ancient diamonds have legendary stories to back them up, so this new diamond can't compare.

He created the 'Moon Angel' simply to promote the Rose Jewelry store; he didn't care whether it sold or not.

If a wealthy person were willing to pay $2 million, he would sell it and then build an even bigger one later.

After explaining the jewelry store matter, it was already March 31st. The following day, April Fool's Day, Sun Zhiwei boarded a direct flight to London.

Upon arrival that day, he assumed a new identity: Chang Jialiang, a Chinese-American chef.

This man was originally all alone, and at the beginning of the year, he died in an accident during a gunfight between two gangs in London.

One of our comrades was his friend, and he secretly collected his body without reporting his death to the London police. He then handed over the identity. When Sun Zhiwei returned to China last time, he obtained several similar identities from Xu Yimin, which can be used as appropriate in the future.

The reason he thought of using this identity was because he wanted to infiltrate the British expeditionary fleet.

But he wasn't in the British Navy and wasn't familiar with things in the British military, so the only way he could get in was to become a cook on a warship.

For cooks on warships, the best environment is on an aircraft carrier.

Just two years ago, Britain commissioned a new aircraft carrier, HMS Invincible.

This is a small aircraft carrier of 2 tons, about the same size as the HMAS Melbourne sold by London to Australia, but with more advanced technology.

HMS Invincible is currently docked at Portsmouth Aircraft Carrier Base, 100 kilometers southwest of London, and the crew and staff have all disembarked and gone home to rest.

One of the chefs was of Chinese descent and lived in London. Sun Zhiwei found his home through connections at the embassy.

It wasn't difficult to persuade the other party; he simply stated the truth: Britain was about to go to war with Argentina, and HMS Invincible was in the expeditionary force.

Ordinary people are afraid of war, and this Chinese-American chef is no exception.

He used to board the aircraft carrier during peacetime, which was no different from any other job. But now that war is about to break out, he wouldn't dare to go.

So the two sides hit it off immediately. The old chef would take a six-month leave of absence on the grounds of poor health, and Sun Zhiwei would take his place as a chef in the fleet for a few months.

Six months later, the war ended, and he was able to go back to work. During this time, the embassy would also give him a sum of money as compensation, which was a huge windfall.

The only difficulty here is that Sun Zhiwei doesn't have any cooking skills and can only make some simple home-style dishes.

However, he had made many notes on how to cook Chinese food, some from books and some from watching others cook, but he had never actually tried them out.

If there's an emergency requiring Chinese cooking skills, it's not that he can't make it, as long as the people eating it aren't actually Chinese.

Given that the British are used to mediocre food, his cooking might actually be more popular.

Moreover, there's basically no need for culinary skills in the aircraft carrier's kitchen; it's just about making all sorts of fast food, like 1000 steaks an hour.

Ordinary sailors on British aircraft carriers eat frozen foods like bread, coffee, and steak.

The officers ate much better, but that was cooked in the small kitchen, and had nothing to do with the main kitchen where Sun Zhiwei was on duty.

On April 2, the Argentine navy occupied the Falklands and expelled the British troops. The news was relayed back on April 3.

April 3rd was a Saturday, and according to convention, the British Parliament does not convene on Saturdays.

However, after news of more than 4000 Argentine troops landing on the islands came, the British Parliament held an unprecedented emergency meeting on April 3 to hear and review the Cabinet's report on the Falklands issue.

After discussions, the British Parliament approved Margaret Thatcher's report, and Britain will send a task force to the Falklands to retake them by force.

On the very day Parliament approved the order, the first wave of the British task force had already set sail.

On that very day, the old chef received a call from the fleet, ordering him to immediately return to the team and prepare for the expedition. Sun Zhiwei naturally boarded the "Invincible" aircraft carrier at the last minute.

(End of this chapter)