The fish are not the point.
The point is that among the countless beautiful fish, there is a mermaid.
A mermaid with a human upper body and a fish lower body.
A head of long green hair floated on the bottom of the water, the fish tail was shining with golden light, and it was nimble and agile in the circular water column. The surrounding fish were not afraid of her and played with her in groups.
Of course Xiang Yang knew that it was not a real mermaid, but was played by a human. However, Xiang Yang was still very surprised, because Xiang Yang looked all over the mermaid's body and did not find any oxygen tank or breathing tube, as if the mermaid could breathe in sea water.
"How about it, Brother Xiang? Are you surprised enough?" Li Chao said with a smile.
Xiang Yang nodded slightly, "It's quite realistic."
Li Chao continued to laugh and said, "Just realistic?"
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes, "Are you trying to tell me that's a real mermaid?"
"That's not the case." Li Chao said proudly, "You are also an expert underwater. Guess how she breathes?"
Xiang Yang thought about it for a while but did not come to a conclusion immediately.
China has always been home to countless extraordinary people. Although Xiang Yang tends to believe that those who perform real mermaids underwater use some high-tech equipment, such as a miniature oxygen respirator that can be hidden directly in the mouth, or a tiny oxygen cylinder hidden behind the hair, it is ultimately just speculation, not fact.
"You can't imagine it, right?" Li Chao laughed: "Look at their diving cycle. Although it seems that they can swim underwater all the time, in fact, they will surface every one or two minutes. This is a more profound diving breathing technique.
In fact, diving is still a technical job for many people. Just breathing underwater is daunting for many diving enthusiasts.
Underwater breathing is a relatively advanced lesson in the diving course. If you want to master diving proficiently, you must learn to breathe underwater. The underwater breathing technique of mermaid performers is about abdominal breathing for one and a half minutes, keeping the chest cavity still, and only relying on the expansion of the abdomen to pull the lungs down; after one and a half minutes, start abdominal breathing + chest breathing, first keep the chest cavity still, and when the abdomen is inflated to the maximum, add the chest cavity to inhale more air. Each breath can last for about half a minute, and then start holding your breath.
When they come out of the water to breathe, they will quickly inhale a full breath of air, and the air will not stay in their chest for more than half a second, and then they will exhale it explosively within half a second, repeating this process to quickly restore oxygen supply to the body.
Xiang Yang shrugged his shoulders to indicate that he didn't understand at all.
Li Chao stopped explaining and casually sighed, "How can this skill be so easy to master? Each of these artists who play mermaids is a treasure. I spent a lot of effort to invite them. How can you think it's so easy to learn?"
Xiang Yang was immediately amused, "Is it difficult for me to learn it?"
"You want to learn?"
"It's useless for you to learn this thing. It can only be used when performing in the underwater world. Once you are at the bottom of the sea, any set of oxygen tanks will be more useful than this set of skills." Li Chao said.
"I don't need to learn, I can do it." Xiang Yang decided to show off his skills in front of Li Chao.
"Oh?" Li Chao became interested. "Brother Xiang, do you know anything about underwater breathing techniques?"
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "After all, I grew up by the sea, and I grew up in the sea water. Later, I studied oceanography in college, so I naturally know a little about these things."
"Show me your skills, bro?"
"That's exactly what I meant. I won't bother you with the French Blue Dragon. I will go down and fish it out myself." Xiang Yang said, rolling up his sleeves.
"Let's go up and change into a diving suit."
Xiang Yang followed Li Chao through the spiral corridor to the top floor.
There is a glass door on the top floor, and there is a security guard guarding the door.
The security guard immediately called out when he saw Li Chao, "Mr. Li."
"Open the door." Li Chao ordered.
"Yes, Mr. Li." The security guard entered several passwords on the glass door and the door opened immediately.
After entering through the glass door, there is an empty hall above with many compartments around it.
There are many sofas and coffee tables above the hall, and some of Li Chao's employees are sitting on the sofas playing with their mobile phones.
"Mr. Li."
"Hello, Mr. Li."
"Boss Li, are you here to inspect the work?"
When the employees saw Li Chao, they put down their phones and stood up to greet Li Chao.
"Well, hello, everyone." Li Chao nodded slightly to everyone, then explained to Xiang Yang: "The artists who play mermaids and divers cannot stay in the water for a long time. They work in shifts. When they are not working, they usually stay here to rest. There are the most advanced diving equipment in those compartments. If you want to go into the water, you can go to the compartment to change into the diving equipment."
Xiang Yang nodded slightly, "Just give me a diving suit, I won't need any diving equipment."
The employees looked at Xiang Yang in surprise. What did he mean? Was he a new employee
A tall woman who looked like a foreman said, "Sir, the glass water column under our feet is six meters deep. If you have not received professional training, for your safety, you must wear a full set of diving equipment when you go down."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm a professional."
"Mr. Li, this?" The woman looked at Li Chao.
Li Chao nodded, indicating that what Xiang Yang said was true.
The woman immediately stopped trying to persuade him, and turned to the two young men and said, "Xiao Li, Dai Shen, the two of you go put on your diving equipment and protect this gentleman after you go into the water."
"Yes, team leader." Without saying a word, the two young men immediately ran towards the two compartments.
Li Chao joked, "Brother Xiang, go down there without worrying about anything. If my people drown, I promise to bring you out of the water safely. But if you can't fish out that French blue dragon, then I can't do anything about it!"
Several hotel employees were a little surprised after hearing what Li Chao said. The other party was not a new employee, but a big boss who could talk to Li Chao on an equal footing.
Sure enough, the next moment Fang Youqun verified the hotel staff's guess.
"Our boss can go into the sea and ride a whale, so going down into the water column to catch a lobster is as easy as picking up a piece of soap in your bathroom," Fang Youqun said loudly.
Xiang Yang: “…”
Li Chao: “…”
A group of employees: "..."
"Fang Youqun, shut up." Xiang Yang shouted.
Li Chao smiled bitterly. "How could I have forgotten about this? Brother Xiang, your brother is right. It looks like my French Blue Dragon is doomed to fail. Be gentle when you attack it later. Don't damage it."
Fang Youqun’s words are ambiguous.
Xiang Yang felt it was weird.
Li Chao immediately thought of the video of Xiang Yang climbing onto a whale to collect barnacles in the ocean.
As for the hotel employees, they thought Fang Youqun was bragging.