Xiang Yang looked at the flat-headed man with a smile.
The man with the flat head was also straightforward. He asked Xiang Hui to report his account number and asked the finance department to transfer the money.
When Xiang Hui received the bank's text message reminder, he held his phone and looked at it from left to right, but it didn't seem real. A pearl was sold at a sky-high price of more than 100,000? This was too crazy, and it almost overturned his worldview.
"Brother, I will transfer 12,000 yuan to you when we get back." Xiang Hui said after watching the flat-headed man get into the BMW and leave.
Fang Youqun looked at Xiang Hui with great envy. When they were at sea, they had opened so many pearl oysters on the boat but had not found any golden pearls. He did not expect Xiang Hui to be so lucky.
Xiang Yang smiled and nodded. Since Xiang Hui asked for the money, Xiang Yang would not refuse it. He also felt at ease taking it. If he had not negotiated the price with the flat-headed man, the pearl would not have been sold for so much money.
"Let's go. I'll treat everyone to something to eat, and then we'll go back to Yanlong Village." Xiang Yang said.
Xiang Hui was a little too proud of himself, "I'll treat you. I made 100,000 today."
This time Xiang Yang didn't nod again. He patted Xiang Hui on the shoulder and said, "I brought you up. Even if you make a million, it's still my treat."
Because Xiang Hui had already been a stooge once, Xiang Yang didn't plan to disturb Wu Shiwen from selling clam shells again. He planned to have lunch at a random restaurant in Longcheng City with the four of them and then return to Yanlong Village.
At the dinner table, Xiang Hui's face was flushed as if he was drunk, and he kept bragging to Chen Qingsheng, "You don't know, when I was selecting clams, I vaguely saw a hint of gold in one of the clams, and I knew at that time that there must be a golden pearl in that clam shell. Sure enough, when the clam shell was opened, a golden pearl as big as a ping-pong ball fell out. You don't know, the people around were dumbfounded at that time. When have they ever seen a golden pearl as big as an egg in their lives?"
"Your golden pearl was the size of a longan at first, then became the size of a lychee, and just now it changed from the size of a ping-pong ball to the size of an egg in just one sentence. Will it be the size of a basketball in a while?" Xiang Yang said while eating.
"Metaphor, wasn't that a metaphor?" Xiang Hui said immediately.
Upon hearing this, Xiang Yang, Chen Qingsheng and the others all laughed.
"This kid is too happy." Xiang Yang said to Chen Qingsheng after laughing.
"You should be happy." Chen Qingsheng was also amazed at Xiang Hui's good luck. He couldn't even remember how many pearl oysters he had opened in his life, but golden pearls? He had never come across one before!
But luck is something that cannot be compared. Some people have bought lottery tickets all their lives and never won, while others win after buying once.
After lunch, the group returned to Yanlong Village.
On the way, Xiang Yang summarized what he had gained from this trip.
The most important gain, of course, was getting to know Mr. Peng, which opened up a sales channel for ornamental fish in the future.
Secondly, the Christmas tree worms were sold at a price higher than Xiang Yang had imagined. This money did not need to be shared with He Mingde, and all belonged to Xiang Yang.
Finally, a batch of biological electric guns were obtained. With the biological electric guns, Xiang Yang's safety will be guaranteed when he performs underwater operations in the future.
The next time Xiang Yang goes out to sea, he can find the nests of some beautiful ornamental fish in advance and take people directly into the sea to catch them. He doesn't have to worry about encountering dangerous marine predators underwater, nor does he have to worry about not being able to sell them.
Of course, in addition to these visible gains, Xiang Yang also had some invisible gains.
For example, he has now joined the World Animal Protection Association.
After returning to Yanlong Village, Xiang Yang finally had some free time. The catch had been sold and the crew members had all been on holiday. It was more than enough for Xiang's father to purchase the seafood alone, not to mention Xiang's mother. For a moment, Xiang Yang actually felt like he had nothing to do.
Xiang Yang, who had nothing to do, wanted to take a walk on the beach, so he said hello to his mother and walked towards the beach with a net bag.
When he arrived at the seaside, Xiang Yang saw that many people were gathered on the beach. Fatty Zuo, Village Chief Zuo, and many crew members from Xiang Yang's ship were all there. They were fiddling with a strange instrument.
The instrument was towed by a tractor, with a large water tank connected to both ends. There seemed to be a burning boiler under one of the water tanks.
Xiang Yang walked over in confusion. Are they desalinating seawater? Their operation is very simple. Xiang Yang can tell at a glance that they are using the principle of seawater distillation to desalinate seawater.
Seawater is an almost inexhaustible resource, while fresh water on land is gradually becoming scarce due to waste, pollution, drought and other reasons. Therefore, desalinating seawater is not a very rare thing. However, what Xiang Yang finds strange is that Yanlong Village does not lack fresh water. There is tap water supply all year round and the water supply is rarely cut off. Why do these people want to desalinate seawater, and even use the extremely costly distillation method
The distillation method was a common method used by people living in coastal areas to desalinate seawater in the early years when the tap water system was not yet fully developed. However, it was costly and could only produce a small amount of fresh water, so it was gradually eliminated. Now the most widely used method for desalinating seawater resources is reverse osmosis.
The reverse osmosis method first uses a semipermeable membrane to separate fresh water and seawater. Fresh water will penetrate the semipermeable membrane to raise the water level on the seawater side. At this time, pressure can be applied to the seawater to reverse osmosis the pure water in it to the fresh water side. This method of desalinating seawater is simple to operate and has lower costs.
"Brother Yang."
"captain."
"Boss Yang."
When the crowd saw Xiang Yang, they all greeted him, even Village Chief Zuo was polite.
"Are you desalinating seawater?" Xiang Yang asked doubtfully.
"No." Fatty Zuo shook his head and said, "Am I refining salt?"
"Refining salt?" Xiang Yang asked doubtfully.
"Didn't you say that when you are poor, you must think of change. If one way doesn't work, then only change can make you rich?" Fatty Zuo said proudly, "I have thought about it for a long time. At first, I wanted to get a bigger fishing boat like you, but it was too expensive. I couldn't afford it, so I thought about doing something else. Look, I bought this machine. I will become rich soon. What do you think, Brother Yang, do you want to invest in me?"
Xiang Yang's mouth twitched, "Do you know that the cooking oils sold in the market are all refined salt? What you extract is coarse salt, a kind of large-grained industrial salt that can only be used in the chemical industry. The wholesale price in the market is only 20 or 30 cents per pound?"
After investing a little more, Xiang Yang's face turned green. "Have you been cheated? How much did this machine cost? How many kilograms of salt can it extract in a day? How much does it cost?"
"How could I be cheated?" Fatty Zuo said proudly, "I've calculated it all. This machine works day and night. It consumes less than 20 yuan of coal every day, and it produces at least 100 to 200 kilograms of salt every day. Do you think I can lose money?"