Xiang Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry after listening to the middle-aged man's explanation.
It turned out that the middle-aged man was named Song Chaoshu. He said he was a small businessman. This time he invited his friends to his house to play and boasted to his friends that he was very good at sea fishing. As a result, he accidentally lost his fishing rod when he was at sea.
He felt it would be embarrassing if he went back empty-handed.
He went ashore to buy a fishing rod, but according to him it was too late. Just when he was at his wit's end, he happened to see Xiang Yang's fishing boat on the sea. So he thought of buying a few fresh sea fish from Xiang Yang's fishing boat and saying that he had caught them.
Xiang Yang discussed it with He Mingde for a few words.
He Mingde said: "When you are out at sea, it is different from being on land. If something happens, usually no one can help you. Therefore, we fishermen have always been willing to help if we can."
Chen Qingsheng also said: "Captain, let them go aboard and pick some fish. We are not afraid even if they are bad guys."
What Chen Qingsheng said was true. There were only two people on the other side, while there were more than twenty people on their side. As long as the other side did not carry guns or anything like that and dared to do anything bad on the boat, even if Xiang Yang arranged ten people to fight one, he could just sit back and watch the show.
"Okay, then come up and take a look. I do have some catches on my boat." Xiang Yang shouted towards the bottom of the boat.
"Thanks, brother." Song Chaoshu clasped his fists towards Xiang Yang, turned his head and ordered, "Xiao Zhao, you go up first."
"good."
The young man named Xiao Zhao looked a little fat, but he was really good at martial arts. He stepped on the edge of the speedboat, jumped forward, grabbed the side of Xiang Yang's fishing boat, and then climbed onto the boat flexibly.
"Hello, Captain. Hello everyone. My name is Zhao Ye."
Xiang Yang nodded, "My name is Xiang Yang, I'm the captain of this ship, ask your friend to come up."
"Okay, thank you."
Zhao Ye glanced at the deck, then turned around and shouted to the bottom of the boat, "Boss Song, come up."
The ladder on Xiang Yang's fishing boat was quite high, and Song Chaoshu took a lot of effort to climb up.
As soon as Song Chaoshu came up, he saw four or five oversized clam shells piled on the deck. His glasses lit up and he quickly asked, "Are these pearl clams? Are you on a pearl ship?"
"This is my fishing boat. I just happened to pick up these clams." Xiang Yang said with a smile, "Boss Song, you are fishing in such a big speedboat. You are a big boss."
"It looks big, but it's actually cheap." Song Chaoshu was obviously not willing to talk about his identity. He squatted in front of the pile of clam shells, stretched out a finger to touch one of the shells, then looked up and said, "Boss Xiang, do you want to sell these clam shells?"
Normally people would call the captain of a fishing boat "boat boss". If they knew the captain, they would replace the word "boat" with his surname. But Xiang Yang always felt it was weird. He said, "Boss Song, just call me Xiang Yang. Why, are you interested in these clams?"
"Our boss is in the jewelry business." Zhao Ye said.
"Oh?" Xiang Yang looked at Song Chaoshu with some surprise.
"I lost my fishing rod when I went out fishing, but I didn't expect to encounter an unexpected surprise." Song Chaoshu stood up and said with a smile: "These clams are very big. Clams of this size usually produce pearls. It would be a bit of a loss for you to sell them as ordinary clams. Sell them to me."
"We never sold these clam shells as ordinary clam shells," said Fang Youqun.
Xiang Yang also nodded and said, "Boss Song has a good eye. These clam shells do produce pearls. I opened a clam shell before and found more than a dozen pearls inside."
"Oh? Can you show me the pearls?"
Fang Youqun immediately took out two milky white pearls from his pocket.
Song Chaoshu took one look and said, "Pearls like this are worthless."
"I know this pearl is worthless, but my captain has a valuable one."
"How valuable is it?" Song Chaoshu asked with a smile: "Could it be a black pearl?"
"It's not a black pearl, it's just a bigger pearl." Xiang Yang asked Xiang Chen to go to his room in the cabin and take out the pearl to show it to Boss Song.
Song Chaoshu didn't take it seriously at first. Milky white pearls were the most common pearls in the sea, and he could have as many of them as he wanted.
As a result, he saw Xiang Chen handing Xiang Yang a box, and Xiang Yang took out a pearl as big as a ping-pong ball from the box, and he was stunned.
"Here, here." Song Chaoshu was stunned when he saw the pearl as big as a ping-pong ball in Xiang Yang's hand. After a while, he said, "Boss Xiang, can you show me this pearl of yours?"
Xiang Yang handed it to him.
Song Chaoshu immediately held up the pearl and pointed it towards the sun.
The crew members who had been in the water earlier also came over and asked, "Captain, when did you get such a big pearl? How come we didn't know about it?"
"I came up here just now, and it was Master Xu who opened this pearl for me."
Song Chaozhu looked at it for a long time before putting his hand down. He said to Xiang Yang, "It is indeed a real natural pearl. Do you want to keep it for yourself or sell it to others?"
this.
Xiang Yang hesitated for a moment. According to Xiang Yang's original idea, he wanted to give this pearl to his mother. His mother still didn't have a decent piece of jewelry for so many years.
"How much are you offering?" Xiang Yang decided to listen to the price offered by Boss Song before making a decision.
"This is a seawater pearl. Although it is a natural pearl and the pearl body is very full, it is the most common milky white pearl after all, so the price of this pearl is not very high. Hmm, how about 500 yuan per carat for a milky white pearl of this size?"
"ah?"
Many people gasped. Since they caught pearls last time, many of them have looked at the pearl size and weight comparison table. Generally, a pearl with a diameter of five or six millimeters weighs about one carat, a pearl with a diameter of ten millimeters weighs six or seven carats, and a pearl with a diameter of fifteen millimeters definitely weighs more than 20 carats. The diameter of this milky white pearl is larger than a one-yuan coin, at least twenty-five millimeters in diameter. According to the weight, it may be close to fifty carats. By this calculation, the price of this pearl will be more than 20,000.
Xiang Yang was not surprised. This price was what Xiang Yang had expected a long time ago. The price given by Boss Song was not much different from what he estimated.
"No." Xiang Yang shook his head and said, "I already have a use for this pearl."
This pearl is the largest one Xiang Yang has found so far. It has a different meaning to Xiang Yang, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Xiang Yang wants to polish this pearl into a piece of pearl jewelry for his mother. This is a pearl he fished out with his own hands, and it has a different meaning when given as a gift. I believe his mother will like it too.