The price of black gold abalone depended on whether it was alive or dead.
They had good vitality and could survive for about two days in a professional preservation box after leaving water. Live black gold abalone was twice as expensive as dead black gold abalone.
Generally speaking, when people harvested black gold abalone, they would first quickly put it in a preservation box and then bring it to the market within 24 hours, where buyers were constantly looking for black gold abalone.
This was the first time a black gold abalone had been priced. As long as it was alive, it could be sold for at least $500.
Five hundred dollars was the base price. The middle-aged man wanted to buy Li Du's abalone at the base price, but it was a dream.
Next was the size and weight. According to the rules of the Fish and Hunting Bureau, black gold abalone had to be at least five inches, or 12.5 centimeters long, to be sent to the market.
In fact, the market did not only have this kind of big abalone, but also smaller ones, which were sold on the black market.
Once it entered the black market, black gold abalone was worthless. The black market was full of people who would do their best to lower the price to gain profit margins.
Abalones between five and six inches had a price. Basically, for every centimeter longer, the base price could be increased by 100 dollars.
From six inches to seven inches, there was another price. For every centimeter longer, the base price could be increased by 200 dollars.
Black gold abalone over seven inches was very valuable and rare, often selling for tens of thousands of dollars.
The reason for this was that seven-inch black gold abalone often lived for hundreds of years, which showed that they lived in a place rich in natural resources and abundant food.
Black gold abalone was a very lazy creature. As long as the water quality was fine and the food was fine, they would certainly not change their living area and would continue to live there.
Living in a place for hundreds of years, they would basically grow there and would no longer be any different from the surrounding environment.
In this case, tools could not be used to catch abalone, and it was almost impossible to find this kind of abalone.
In fact, an abalone was not worth more than 10,000 Australian dollars in recent years. Coupled with the rise of a large number of rich people in East Asia and the Middle East, who liked to eat these novel things, the price of century-old black gold abalone remained high in the market.
In addition to length, black gold abalone had another measure, which was the ratio of mass to diameter, which was the weight of impurities on the shell.
This ratio reflected the plumpness of the black gold abalone's meat. Obviously, the higher the ratio, the plumper the meat, and the higher the price.
The abalones that Li Du had here were all about six inches long, and the meat was plump. Each was worth about two thousand dollars, and in order to preserve the vitality of the abalones, he did not even remove the impurities on the shell.
Hearing the price, the middle-aged man's eyes widened. "Two thousand?! Buddy, that's a crazy price. No one would pay that price! "
Li Du shrugged. "I think if someone knows what's good for them, they'll be willing to pay."
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "You're too optimistic. Fine, you won't sell it for five hundred dollars? I can swear that the price I gave you was the market price. If you want to sell it for 2,000 yuan, you'll have to fly to Europe, East Asia, or the Middle East and sell it to the Source Hotel. "
Not to mention 500 dollars, Li Du would not even sell it for 1,500 dollars.
The middle-aged man reluctantly raised the price and asked him if he would sell it for a thousand dollars.
He could see the value of these abalones. They were all famous abalones of good quality. If he sold them, he could make a profit.
Li Du insisted on two thousand dollars, and the middle-aged man left angrily.
Later, people came to inquire about the price. When they heard Li Du's offer, they could not accept it and left one after another.
People kept persuading Li Du to sell the abalones. "Look, they've been out of the water for a while, right? They're about to die. Once they die, you can't even sell them for two hundred dollars. "
Li Du said calmly, "It doesn't matter. Look, I have a cat and a dog. If the abalones die, I can give them to them to eat."
He waited in the market for more than an hour. Under the scorching sun, the number of people coming and going in the market gradually increased. Previously, people had gone to have lunch.
Li Du finally met a real buyer. It was a man who looked like a Middle Eastern Arab. He had a big beard and a serious face. He came up to look at the abalones and asked, "Can I pick them up and try the texture?"
"Yes, sir."
The Arab rolled up his sleeves and looked at the abalones one by one. He asked, "How much are you going to sell the abalones here?"
Li Du said, "Two thousand dollars each, a total of 22. If you buy them all together, I can sell them to you for a total of 40,000 dollars."
The Arab said, "If the mass to diameter ratio can reach 120, I'll buy all of them. Can you test them?"
Hearing this, Li Du knew that this was a big customer.
The mass to diameter ratio was the ratio of mass to diameter. Mass was measured in grams, and diameter was measured in inches. Generally speaking, a five-inch black gold abalone that could grow to 600 grams would be considered a fat type.
Li Du nodded. The Arab brought two men who carried small tools with them. The two men carefully knocked on the abalone's shell and removed all the impurities attached to it.
It was like polishing a diamond. After the impurities were removed and then washed with water, the black gold abalone's beautiful shell was revealed.
And this was not its final form. The black gold abalone's shell could be polished like jewelry. They absorbed calcium carbonate from seawater to create layers of ultra-thin pearlescent to form the inner wall.
In this case, the color and luster of their shell were incomparable to other abalones. In recent years, these shells had even begun to be used to make high-end jewelry at a high price.
After some measurement, the two men calculated a list and handed it to the Arab.
The man glanced at it and smiled. "Okay, I'll buy all of them for 40,000 dollars."
One of his two subordinates gave Li Du some money, while the other cleaned up the black gold abalones. They handed over the money in a serious manner.
With 40,000 dollars in hand, Li Du snapped his fingers and said, "Pack up. Let's go to the island."
When it came to harvesting black gold abalone, King Island was a place that could not be avoided. The surrounding sea was vast, the seabed terrain was complex, and there were underwater volcanoes scattered around.
The underwater volcanic area was the black gold abalone's favorite habitat, which was rich in minerals they needed to survive, as well as aquatic plants and seaweeds.
After leaving the market, they first had to find a place to eat lunch and wash up.
After staying in the market for a while, Li Du felt that he was already stinky!
There were many places to eat on the island, and there was a lot of seafood, big crabs, lobsters, and so on. It was like a buffet.
However, Li Du brought Godzilla and Big Quinn, so the owner raised the price to 200 dollars and said that they could eat whatever they wanted for 200 dollars.
Li Du asked, "Really? My two guys can eat whatever they want for 200 dollars each? "
The owner nodded. "Yes, yes."
Li Du waved. "Let's go!"
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