Xiang Yang looked at Wu Shiwen, "Brother Wu, what do you think about this?"
Wu Shiwen looked at Manager Li and saw that Xiang Yang had no intention of avoiding Manager Li, so after a moment's silence, he said ambiguously: "Brother Yang, if you are interested, I think you can go over and take a look, but the price of 12 million is a bit too expensive. In addition, if it can really support the net abalone, the annual profit will easily be millions. I don't think someone would give such a piece of fat meat to transfer. I think there must be other factors. As for the specific situation, I still suggest that Brother Yang take a look after you go there."
Xiang Yang nodded. He understood what Wu Shiwen meant. He wanted to go over and take a look first and then talk about it after seeing it.
"Mr. Xiang, do you want to go over and take a look?" Manager Li asked immediately.
"Yeah." Xiang Yang nodded, "Let's go over and take a look. How long does it take to get there from here?"
"We will be there soon, before the big musical is over. We don't have any activities tonight. As long as you, Brother Yang, don't chat with the boss there for too long, we won't affect tomorrow's activities." Manager Li said.
"Then go over there and take a look."
Xiang Yang thought so. It didn't matter now anyway, and Xiang Yang would engage in aquaculture sooner or later. Even if he didn't contract it, it would be good to take a look at other people's business models.
Manager Li hurried to the bridge and arranged for the cruise ship to change its route.
soon.
Xiang Yang saw a fishery patrol ship coming towards the cruise ship. On the ship, a sailor in white uniform was using a flag to signal.
Xiang Yang understood the meaning of the flag signal: no one was allowed to pass through this area.
Then, Xiang Yang saw Manager Li responding to the other party with flag signals, saying that he had a pass.
Soon, both ships stopped. A small boat was lowered from the fishery patrol ship, and three people drove the boat towards this side.
"Where are your passes?" The other party came straight to the point.
Manager Li immediately said, "We don't have a pass, but we have an appointment. Please wait a moment. I will send a telegram now."
After a round of interrogation that took about ten minutes in total, the other party finally released the person.
Manager Li was quite proud. "Mr. Xiang, you see, unregistered boats are not allowed to pass through here. You don't need to worry about your abalone being taken away by other fishermen. Of course, if you are really worried, you can hire two people to look after it nearby. After all, abalone also needs to be fed. You need to hire people anyway."
Xiang Yang nodded, "Let's take a look first. I haven't decided to transfer it yet."
Twelve million is not a small number for Xiang Yang. If he wants to contract it, he will have to borrow money or take out a loan. Of course, even if he borrows, Xiang Yang is confident enough to pay back the money as soon as possible.
After entering the sea ahead, Xiang Yang soon saw a small island that was less than the size of a playground.
A few hundred meters away from the island, there were two medium-sized fishing boats.
There is a small two-story building on the island.
"Let's go, Mr. Xiang. There are coral reefs everywhere underwater here. The cruise ship can't go through. We can only take a lifeboat to the island." Manager Li handed Xiang Yang a life jacket and said.
"I don't need a life jacket." Xiang Yang waved his hand and walked straight to the side of the ship.
Manager Li did not hesitate because he knew Xiang Yang was a fisherman. He still believed in Xiang Yang as the distance was several hundred meters. Even if the lifeboat capsized, Xiang Yang would be able to swim to the island.
"Boss Zhang, are you home?" Manager Li, Xiang Yang and Wu Shiwen arrived on the island, and Manager Li shouted directly towards the bungalow.
The door opened, and an old man in his fifties or sixties, wearing camouflage uniform, with a flat head, a straight back, and a slightly lame leg, walked out of the building. He smiled heartily and said, "Brother Li, why are you here? Who are these two?"
Manager Li quickly said, "Boss Zhang, didn't you say you wanted to transfer this reef? These two bosses are here for a field inspection. This is Mr. Xiang, and this is Boss Wu."
The boss was surprised. "So young?"
Manager Li quickly reminded Boss Zhang, "Boss Zhang, don't underestimate Mr. Xiang because he is a deep-sea fisherman. Look, the cruise ship in my company was chartered by Mr. Xiang to entertain his crew."
The old man quickly extended his hand, "Mr. Xiang, nice to meet you."
Xiang Yang smiled and shook hands with Boss Zhang, then said, "Boss Zhang, I heard that you can raise net abalone here? And you want to sell it?"
Boss Zhang looked at Xiang Yang and sighed, "Let's go inside and talk."
Xiang Yang followed Boss Zhang into the small building.
Although this small building looks simple from the outside, the decoration inside is quite luxurious, with various exquisite furniture and air conditioning installed, it is like an island villa.
Boss Zhang made tea for Xiang Yang and the others, and then said, "Boss Xiang, I'm a real person, so I won't beat around the bush with you. We could indeed farm abalone here before, including net abalone and black abalone, but now we can only farm grouper."
"Hmm?" Xiang Yang asked doubtfully, "Did the higher-ups forbid us from raising them?"
"No one cares about this." Boss Zhang shook his head and said, "There is a problem under the reef. Let me tell you this. I put more than 700,000 abalone seedlings this year. As a result, my people found that these abalone could not eat all the feed. I sent people to check and found that many abalone were left with only empty shells. I don't know what had eaten the meat long ago, and the shells were neatly piled together."
Xiang Yang glanced at Manager Li.
Manager Li was slightly embarrassed. He told Xiang Yang that Boss Zhang had released more than two million abalone seedlings this year. He never expected that Boss Zhang was so honest and told him the real number.
"In order to find out what had done it, I invited more than a dozen divers to go down there, and I also sent people down there myself. But as you know, the reef is shallow in the middle and unfathomable around it, so no one found anything."
"I can't afford such a loss. I contracted this reef because I felt relaxed and wanted to pass the time in my old age. Now my children have their own things to do, so I don't plan to keep this reef. If you want it, I'll give it to you. But now I can only raise groupers here."
"Don't think grouper is bad. Grouper grows fast here, and when it grows up, its meat is very fat and it sells very well."
Xiang Yang hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Boss Zhang, can I go down and take a look?"
"You want to go down?" Boss Zhang was stunned, then nodded and smiled, "Of course you can, but you can only go inside the reef. The reef is several hundred meters deep outside, so you absolutely cannot go down."