Zhao Ye held some large milky white pearls in his hand.
Each of these milky white pearls is plump and round, exuding a rich luster and is extremely large in size.
"That's good. With these pearls, Boss Song shouldn't suffer a loss." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
"Indeed, although these pearls are just the most common milky white pearls, they are plump and relatively high quality. The most important thing is that they are all natural pearls. I will take them back and process them a little. It will be no problem to make a few thousand dollars from each pearl. The most important thing is not the profit itself, but the reputation earned." Song Chaoshu said with a smile.
Xiang Yang nodded. Indeed, wild regular-shaped pearls are hard to find in the market.
After Zhao Ye handed the pearls to Song Chaoshu, he was about to open the next one, but was stopped by Song Chaoshu.
Song Chaoshu said: "Let's wait until we get back to open the remaining pearl oysters." He was actually afraid. The pearl yield of this batch of pearl oysters was much higher than he had expected. He was worried that Xiang Yang would have evil thoughts if he found a good pearl. After all, he only brought Zhao Ye with him. If Xiang Yang really had evil thoughts in this vast ocean, killing him would be no more difficult than killing a chicken, and it might not be possible to investigate afterwards.
Xiang Yang understood Song Chaoshu's true thoughts immediately. In order to dispel Song Chaoshu's worries and make more money, he took the initiative to answer, "Yes, the clam meat tastes pretty good. You can open them after you get ashore and have a good meal of clam meat. If you open the clam shells here, I'll give you a bargain."
"Yes." Song Chaoshu nodded and said, "My speedboat has not been modified, and there is no freezer on it. The clam meat will probably go bad if I bring it back."
"Let's go ahead and get the clams for you."
Xiang Yang chatted with Song Chaoshu for a few more words and then ordered the crew to go into the water again.
In the next two hours, Xiang Yang and several crew members fished out more than eighty clam shells the size of two palms from the bottom of the sea. As for those that were smaller, Xiang Yang ordered them to be released. Catching everything in one fell swoop has never been his style.
Song Chaoshu paid 80,000 yuan to Xiang Yang very readily. In just a short while, Xiang Yang earned 80,000 yuan. Everyone was amazed at the speed at which he made money.
The cost Xiang Yang paid was just a little bit of his employees' wages.
As for the bonus
Except for the first time when Xiang Yang went into the water and went to see the dugong, which allowed Master Xu to take advantage of the opportunity and catch the first place, in the remaining times when he went into the water, Xiang Yang caught the most fish every time.
The other crew members led by Xiang Chen were not without gains as well. After more than two hours, they caught more than 100 kilograms of tiger crabs and three relatively large lobsters, which added up to an income of over 10,000 yuan.
After Fang Youqun and several crew members who were not on duty helped Song Chaoshu move the clam shells and other things onto his speedboat, Xiang Yang and Boss Song exchanged phone numbers and the fishing boat continued to set sail.
Continuing to sail eastward, the sea water became less clear and garbage such as disposable lunch boxes and plastic bags could be seen everywhere on the sea. Zhou Wang did not receive Xiang Yang's orders and continued to throw a manual fishing net at the stern.
A few hours later, Chen Qingsheng found Xiang Yang and said, "Captain, Master Zhou just tried to cast a few nets, but the catch was really pitiful. Do you think we should go underwater to have a look? But I think that because of the pollution in this sea area, our vision will be affected even if we go underwater, and we won't be able to catch anything good. How about asking Master Xu to change the route a little to the south?"
Xiang Yang walked to the side of the boat and looked under the boat.
There was a layer of unknown substance floating on the water, which was difficult to describe. It gave off a smell somewhat similar to rotten rice. From time to time, the sea breeze blew the waves up and down, and white foam would emerge from the turbid sea water.
Xiang Yang immediately shook his head when he saw this scene, "I'm not going down anymore." Even though he was wearing a fully wrapped protective suit, Xiang Yang felt nauseous in such a sea.
But rushing on without casting a net or going down to the bottom of the sea to do underwater work is not a solution.
So Xiang Yang raised the intercom and asked Xu Fang on the other end of the intercom: "Master Xu, if our current route is a little bit south, how long will it take to detour?"
"It depends on how far you want to deviate, Captain. The further south you go, the more you will detour."
Xiang Yang thought for a while and said, "Let's go a little to the south." He didn't say anything about speeding up. Xu Fang also didn't like this kind of sea area with serious water pollution. When passing through this kind of sea area, he must have driven the fishing boat to the maximum speed.
The scope of this polluted sea area is larger than Xiang Yang had imagined. The sea water was still turbid until night. Under the harassment of the strange smell, the crew had no appetite for dinner. Even Fang Youqun, who usually loves seafood, felt that the tiger crab was not fragrant. He only ate two crab claws and said he was full.
At night, when Xu got off work, Xiang Yang and He Mingde walked into the cab. Normally, fishing boats would sail during the day and rest at night, but tonight Xiang Yang and He Mingde decided that each of them would drive for half the night and get the fishing boat out of this sea area as soon as possible.
"Is this shore all a heavy industrial area?" Xiang Yang asked He Mingde while driving the fishing boat. Xiang Yang thought that the sea water pollution was so serious that there could only be industrial wastewater discharge and oil pollution.
"There are some industrial areas, but which place has more industrial areas than Pengcheng?" He Mingde obviously guessed Xiang Yang's thoughts. He said, "Industrial wastewater has been prohibited from being discharged into the sea for many years. Most of these polluted sea areas are not polluted by industrial wastewater."
"Oh?" Xiang Yang looked at He Mingde strangely.
"It's a tourist area." He Mingde smiled and said, "The entire coastline is a tourist area. There are all kinds of coastal tourism and seaside hotels. The entire coastline is full of them."
Xiang Yang understood immediately after hearing it.
In recent years, seaside tourism has indeed driven economic growth in many coastal areas. However, while seaside tourism has driven economic growth, it has also caused a sharp increase in solid waste on the coast.
It would be fine if the solid waste was piled up on the beach. The organizers of the tourist attractions would send people to clean it up on time so as not to affect the beauty of the coast. But the fear is that some tourists will throw their garbage into the ocean. These marine garbage cannot even be retrieved, and will only accumulate more and more over time.
In the early years, there was a coastal style street in Huhai Town, which was filled with barbecue stalls at night. After twelve o'clock every night, the barbecue stall owners would dump the wastewater, garbage and other things produced by barbecue into the sea nearby.