Xiang Yang was ultimately unable to convince his parents. In the eyes of his father and his parents, three million was more than enough for a lifetime and there was no need to gamble like a gambler.
Of course, Xiang's father and others were unable to convince Xiang Yang, as Xiang Yang longed to carve out a vast world for himself on the sea.
Moreover, the village has been poor for generations. As the saying goes, the poor have no roots for poverty and the rich have no foundation for wealth. Once people reach the end of their rope, someone will surely step forward to lead everyone to open up new ways out. Now that Qinglongwan's fishery resources are exhausted, Xiang Yang feels that since he has the ability to step forward, he has the responsibility to step forward and lead the villagers to open up offshore fisheries and even global fishing.
The family parted ways unhappily after the meal, and Xiang Yang walked towards the ocean on the pretext of digesting his food.
On the way, Xiang Yang met many fishermen who were also walking towards the beach or carrying seafood back from the beach. When the villagers saw Xiang Yang, their eyes lit up and they hurriedly greeted Xiang Yang. Xiang Yang naturally responded with a smile.
Among them, many people asked Xiang Yang again for information about diving equipment. Xiang Yang did not seem impatient. As long as Xiang Yang knew and could tell, he would tell him everything.
Of course, if a villager asked Xiang Yang for advice or suggestions on whether or not to buy a set of diving equipment, Xiang Yang would just smile and say nothing. Xiang Yang was not a diving equipment salesman. He could explain the interests involved, but he could not help people make choices.
Even so, the villagers pestered Xiang Yang for a long time before they were willing to let him go.
Xiang Yang continued walking towards the beach and could faintly hear the villagers' whispers behind him.
"There really is a golden house in the book. The kid from the Xiang family has been doing field research quietly for a year since he graduated and returned home. Look at him. He makes millions of dollars a year without spending anything, which is equivalent to the income of others working for several lifetimes."
"Who said it wasn't true? At the beginning I said that the Xiang family would become prosperous, but you didn't believe me. Now it has come true, right?"
"That's right. Luckily, the blue lobster was caught by the kid from the Xiang family. If we had caught it but didn't recognize it, and sold it for more than a hundred yuan per pound in town, I think we would cry when we found out."
"If you ask me, this is his insight and ability."
"Yes, that's right. Besides, the boy from the Xiang family is kind and righteous. He is rich but not arrogant. He is also polite to us villagers. Maybe our Yanlong Village will also have a decent person in the future."
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Xiang Yang's mouth twitched and he subconsciously quickened his pace. It seemed that the people who had said that studying was useless and that he was not ambitious were also these people.
Arriving at the beach, Xiang Yang looked at the endless sea and his heart suddenly became broad. He opened his hands and took a deep breath of the slightly moist air, then he jumped into the sea and swam freely in the seabed.
Xiang Yang was swimming very fast on the seabed. Since he got the mysterious jade shell, he had never swam at full speed on the seabed. He didn't know how far he swam until he saw a group of colorful small sea fish on the seabed, and then he suddenly stopped.
"Spotted finfish?" Xiang Yang looked at a group of colorful fish swimming around him. Their bodies were mostly green, with many colorful patterns and spots in the middle. They looked charming from every angle. He had a lot of questions in his head, "Have I swam to the Ryukyu Islands?"
The spotted finfish is also called the colorful unicorn. It also has a very common name called the crown frog. It is a small and brightly colored marine fish with large and protruding eyes and a head outline that resembles a frog. It likes to hide near reefs.
The main production areas of the spotted fin are roughly distributed in the waters south of the Ryukyu Islands to Australia.
What is very interesting is that although the spotted silverfin ray lives in the ocean, it is not very good at swimming. Its swimming speed is not even as fast as that of crabs. Due to its small body and lack of attack power, its food is very simple, basically small immature shrimps and crabs and shellfish that cannot swim on the seabed.
The spotted fin has little edible value, but is popular in aquariums because of its beautiful appearance.
Xiang Yang swam over and grabbed one, held it in front of his eyes to look at it, and then let it go. Although the spotted silverfin mullet can be used as an ornamental fish, the value of marine ornamental fish is generally not as good as that of freshwater fish.
One reason is that marine ornamental fish are more difficult to raise than freshwater fish after they are brought ashore, the breeding costs are too high and there is a lack of mass support.
Second, marine ornamental fish do not have the foundation accumulated through long-term artificial breeding like tropical freshwater fish.
Take the discus fish for example. This common and easy-to-raise tropical freshwater fish is the most representative of all ornamental fish.
Discus fish is one of the most popular species among consumers among many tropical fish, and there is almost no tropical fish store that does not sell Discus fish.
In fact, the original discus fish was round in shape, with a blue pattern on one side of its body, and was not very popular among consumers.
After artificial breeding, the discus fish became an improved variety with blue lines all over the body. Up to now, more than ten excellent varieties have been artificially bred, including tomato red, golden discus, blue diamond, and royal blue.
What really made the Discus fish a household name and popular among consumers was the creation of the "Dreaming of You" variety.
I dreamed that you were a colorful fairy with golden color all over, and beautiful tiny red patterns on the sides of your body. You were extremely popular and admired by countless women all over the world.
As for the spotted silver carp, Xiang Yang could only enjoy it with his eyes. Before the issue of purchasing a boat was resolved, Xiang Yang had no mood to find a shipping channel for the ornamental fish. The most important thing was that this kind of fish was extremely difficult to raise after being brought ashore, and Xiang Yang didn't have the time to take care of such a delicate thing all day long.
After swimming around the seabed, Xiang Yang felt much better and started to return along the same route.
When they got home, Xiang's father and mother were still sulking about Xiang Yang. Xiang Yang greeted the two elders. Xiang's mother looked up at Xiang Yang and then lowered her head. As for Xiang's father, he pretended not to see or hear anything.
Xiang Yang returned to his room in silence.
On the way back, Xiang Yang had already thought it through. No matter whether his father and mother agreed or not, Xiang Yang would definitely buy the fishing boat, and if he was going to buy one, he had to buy a big one.
Xiang Yang returned to the house and began to contact major shipyards, inquiring about the various parameters of various fishing boats in the shipyards, and began to work on the ship purchase plan.
Xiang Yang planned to bypass Xiang's father and mother and make the matter a done deal and buy the fishing boat first.
Xiang Yang spent the entire night communicating and negotiating with major shipowners on his mobile phone. Finally, Xiang Yang selected a medium-sized drift net fishing boat with a total length of 39.5 meters, a beam of 7.1 meters, a height of 3.5 meters, a draft of 2.4 meters, a total tonnage of 207 tons, a speed of 11 knots, and equipped with fish attracting lights, searchlights, and sonar detectors.
The fishing boat was priced at 5.5 million yuan, but the manufacturer said that a down payment of 3 million yuan would be accepted, and the remaining 2.5 million yuan would be mortgaged with the fishing boat itself and repaid in five years at 500,000 yuan per year. Xiang Yang, who was willing to take a gamble and risk his life to make a living, did not hesitate to pay a deposit of 200,000 yuan through bank guarantee after confirming the authenticity of the manufacturer.