Xiang Yang shook his head and said with a smile: "Isn't this still up to me?"
The breeding technology is not difficult. These technologies are not patented. On the contrary, the motherland even strongly advocates it. It is very easy for Xiang Yang to get a complete set of marine breeding technology.
Xiang Yang took on the contract himself, and then Boss Zhang provided technical support, which had no appeal to Xiang Yang at all.
The biggest problem with this reef is not a technical problem, but that there are too many purple sea stars and it is too difficult to deal with them.
Of course, if he didn't need to invest so much money at once, Xiang Yang would be willing to use this reef to raise some other aquatic products.
"The transfer fee is too expensive. Boss Zhang, if you can rent it out, then I can give it a try." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Water rentals are nothing new.
Many people who are engaged in aquaculture now no longer have contracts.
After all, the price of land is too high and not everyone can afford it.
In the coastal areas of Longcheng, there are many fishermen who rent fish for farming on an annual basis. The advantage of this is that they do not have to spend a large sum of money at the start.
"Rent? If you rent, the price won't be this high. Besides, grouper and abalone take a long time to grow. You'll have to rent it for at least five or ten years. I think you might as well contract it." Manager Li looked at Xiang Yang and said.
Xiang Yang smiled and ignored what Manager Li said. He was waiting for Boss Zhang to speak.
"That's right. If you rent it, the price won't be this. If you rent it for five years, it'll be two million. If you rent it for ten years, I can give you a discount, three million." Boss Zhang said after thinking about it.
"How about we exchange contact information and discuss the details after I return from this trip to the sea?" Xiang Yang asked.
"Of course that's fine."
Boss Zhang readily exchanged his contact information with Xiang Yang.
Back on the cruise ship, Wu Shiwen asked Xiang Yang in a low voice, "Brother Yang, are you really going to rent that reef?"
"Three million and ten years, do you think it is a loss or a profit?" Xiang Yang asked back.
"We can only know this after actual operation. Otherwise, no one can tell whether it is a profit or a loss." Wu Shiwen shook his head.
"There is no such thing as a guaranteed profit in business. As long as there is a possibility of profit and the cost is within my acceptable range, then I can do it."
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go to bed early tonight and watch the sunrise tomorrow morning."
The sunrise over the sea is very spectacular.
Xiang Yang has watched it many times, but he never gets tired of it.
"But it's too early now." Wu Shiwen said speechlessly: "It's not even dark yet, how can I sleep?"
"Hey, why did the boat turn around?"
Xiang Yang suddenly discovered that the cruise ship was actually returning to its original route.
Manager Li quickly said, "Mr. Xiang, there is a rare fish protection area ahead. Fishing boats are not allowed to pass through it privately. If we bypass the protection area, we might as well return to the previous route. Don't worry, we will definitely reach the set destination before tomorrow morning."
Xiang Yang was stunned. A natural reserve for rare fishes means that the sea area ahead is the main habitat for some very precious fishes, and maybe even the main spawning ground for that rare fishes.
The cruise ship returned to the location where the fishery patrol ship had previously patrolled, then turned around and headed due north.
As we head north, the color of the sea becomes darker and darker.
Various kinds of tropical marine fish swam in groups past both sides of the yacht. Standing on the boat and looking at the dark school of fish underwater, it looked like a deep-sea monster that devoured people.
"Oh my God, look, what is that?"
There was a sudden commotion on the deck, and Xiang Yang heard the crew shouting something.
"What happened?" Xiang Yang quickly stood up and strode from the restaurant to the deck.
When he reached the deck, Xiang Yang finally understood what the crew were shouting about.
More than a hundred meters away, under the illumination of the cruise ship's searchlight, a huge fish with a body length of more than 20 meters and a very strange appearance was floating on the water and playing.
"This fish looks like a big eggplant." Fang Youqun muttered.
Xiang Yang heard Fang Youqun's muttering and laughed, "Yes, this is a sperm whale, the strangest-looking whale. Its entire body is cone-shaped, with a heavy head and a light tail, and it has no dorsal fin. It looks like an eggplant that has been magnified countless times."
Xiang Yang was truly amazed.
The body of this sperm whale is really disproportionate. When it floats above the water, its huge head accounts for almost one-third of its entire body.
"Compared with other whales, the sperm whale is more like a submarine than an air-breathing mammal. Generally, sperm whales like to stay in the cold and dark deep sea, and rarely play on the water surface. It was really worth it for us to see a sperm whale on this trip." Manager Li said with a smile.
Xiang Yang nodded, "Indeed, sperm whales particularly like to eat squid, sharks or other large fish. Their prey is generally concentrated in the deep sea. It is really not easy to see sperm whales on the sea surface."
Sperm whales can dive as deep as 3,000 meters below the sea. They can stay underwater for nearly two hours after taking a breath, making them true diving masters.
"Turn around immediately. We're not going over there. Don't provoke that sperm whale." Xiang Yang said to Manager Li.
"Why?" Manager Li asked puzzledly.
"Sperm whales have very aggressive personalities, which are completely different from those of blue whales and humpback whales. They are very aggressive and aggressive. Once we get close to them, they may regard it as a provocation and will really attack the cruise ship," Xiang Yang explained.
In fact, the yacht Xiang Yang is on is very large, so even if the sperm whale hits him with its head, Xiang Yang is not afraid.
What Xiang Yang was really worried about was the habits of the sperm whale.
Even the sperm whale, a marine overlord, has the habit of living in groups.
Now that we have seen one on the sea, it is very likely that a second and a third will appear soon.
If multiple sperm whales attacked the cruise ship together, Xiang Yang didn't know whether the cruise ship could withstand it.
There are precedents of sperm whales attacking human ships.
Moreover, if it really goes crazy, even warships may not be able to withstand its attack.
In 1945, during World War II, a British fleet supporting Burma somehow provoked a group of sperm whales playing on the sea. At that time, more than a dozen sperm whales launched a death charge towards the warships, ramming into the warships without caring about their own injuries. Eventually, the entire fleet was forced to return to the Bay of Bengal for repairs.
Although the attack did not cause any non-combat casualties in the fleet, there were many casualties and several warships suffered extensive damage.