More than a million Australian dollars was nothing to Li Du. He did not take out a loan, so he paid in full.
Rooney was overjoyed. This may not have been the biggest yacht business he had ever handled, but it was the best one. Li Du went to pay the money that day, and Monster Marine Heavy Industries was responsible for handling the formalities. The business was done!
"Do you have a yacht license? If you don't, you have to hire a pilot. I can help you get in touch with one. "
Li Du and the others were depressed when they heard this.
At first, they just wanted to buy a small fishing boat, which ordinary people could drive after training. Now to buy a yacht, they needed a yacht license. How could they have one?
Fortunately, Li Du had his men. Brother Wolf, who had been silent all the time, said, "Boss, I have one, but it's a German one. I have to translate it in Australia."
Just like a car license, Australia also recognized many countries' yacht licenses, but they needed a translation.
Rooney said, "Leave it to me. I'll get it done for you for five hundred dollars."
More than a million dollars had been spent. Who cared about five hundred dollars? Li Du paid quickly.
Two days later, they came to sail, and Rooney gave them the translation of the license.
During these two days, Brother Wolf learned how to drive the Sea Star 60 from the pilot Rooney found at Monster Marine Heavy Industries. At the end of March, they went to the dock of Monster Marine Heavy Industries, and the Sea Star 60 passed by and they boarded together.
The Sea Star 60 had a full displacement of 30 tons, a depth of 1.5 meters, and a load of 10 people. However, Li Du and the others were mostly children, so it was not much pressure for a group of people to go up.
With the new yacht whining, they left Melbourne and headed for King Island.
"This time, as long as there is no storm, we can eat and live in the sea, and we will have a lot of harvest!" Hans said confidently.
After two days of calming down, Li Du was no longer as excited and irrational as when he first came into contact with the yacht.
He said gloomily, "The place where we harvest black gold abalone is at most two or three hundred meters from the shore. Do we need to stay in the sea for such a short distance?"
His subtext was: Do they need to buy a yacht for such a short distance?
The answer was no, it was not necessary at all.
The speed of Sea Star 60 was 25 knots, about 40 kilometers per hour, which was slower than a fast ship. It took four hours to finally arrive at King Island.
When Li Du arrived at the area where the jet rocks were, they happened to encounter the underwater jet. Like a fountain, several huge water columns flew up from the surface of the sea one after another.
"Wow, that's so cool," Sophie exclaimed.
Just as Li Du was about to explain this geographical phenomenon, a large rubber raft appeared behind their yacht. A young man was holding the paddle and staring at their yacht.
The young man was Cruz, who had saved Li Du underwater once.
Seeing that the other party was staring at his yacht, Li Du waved and said, "Hey, buddy, how have you been?"
Seeing Li Du standing at the bow of the ship, Cruz frowned and asked, "Why are you back? I thought after the lesson last time, you wouldn't go into the sea again. "
Li Du shrugged and said, "I can't help it, buddy. I have to make money to support my family. You see, I have so many people here who rely on me to make money."
Although the young man's tone was not very good, Li Du did not care. After all, the young man had saved his life. As long as he was not bullying him, no matter what the tone of voice was, Li Du would respond with a smile.
Cruz stared at Sea Star 60 doubtfully and said, "You drive a yacht like this, and then you tell me how to support your family? But you are really a rookie, driving a yacht to catch black gold abalone? Are you afraid that no one will notice you? "
Li Du laughed and said, "Driving a yacht is more comfortable. By the way, buddy, how have you been recently?"
Cruz said bitterly, "Not much, damn it. You see, there has been a lot of activity on the seabed around here recently. I haven't been in the sea much."
Li Du motioned for Brother Wolf to pull the boat over and asked, "Would you like to come up for a beer? Maybe we can talk and exchange information about black gold abalone. "
Cruz curled his lips and said, "Drink it yourself. Go into the sea after drinking? How dare you! I want to live a few more years, so I never drink! "
That was true. Max had told them that freedivers could not smoke or drink. Smoking would affect lung function, and drinking would affect the nervous system.
However, Li Du and the others were not professional freedivers. At most, they would dive ten or twenty meters to dig abalone. Drinking and smoking were not a big deal.
Cruz, a young man with a lot of character, rowed away. As he passed the yacht, he suddenly turned around and shouted, "Don't be so proud. I don't have a Sea Star, but I have a Faraday! But who would drive a yacht to catch abalone? This is so stupid! "
Faraday and Sea Star were both yacht brands, but Sea Star was a second-tier brand, while Faraday was the world's top yacht brand.
Li Du laughed. This guy is very interesting. How am I proud? I am obviously very grateful to this guy, okay?
In addition, he felt that there was something wrong with Cruz's words. It sounded like he was showing off, but in fact, he seemed to have no confidence and no money.
However, as far as Li Du knew, these black gold abalone fishermen should be very rich.
Also, black gold abalone fishermen generally went in groups. First, it was dangerous underwater, and second, someone had to guard the harvested black gold abalone. The last time he saw Cruz with his father, he was alone this time, which was a little strange.
However, it had nothing to do with him. He sailed to a black gold abalone area and motioned to Brother Wolf to anchor there. Then he and Hans changed into diving suits and prepared to go into the water.
Brother Wolf had to control the boat, so the assistant was replaced by Sophie, who accompanied them into the water.
Jumping into the sea on his flippers, Li Du quickly locked on to a large black gold abalone.
This black gold abalone lived more than ten meters underwater, which was relatively shallow. After training, Li Du was no longer a problem for freediving at this depth.
Out of vigilance, he landed slowly, held his head up, and stretched out his arms. He used his arms to feel the water. If there was an undercurrent or turbulent current, as long as he straightened his chest and used the strength of his abdomen and his head to change direction, he could leave the water.
This time, he encountered an undercurrent. Using the undercurrent estimation method taught to him by Max, he felt that the speed of the undercurrent was D-class, relatively slow, and had little effect on diving.
Li Du returned to the surface and took a breath. He took the three-breath method, which was to take two small breaths first and then take a big breath on the third.
With air, he returned to the water, took out a pry board, and pried up the black gold abalone's buttocks. Then he stuffed it into the abalone card and gradually pushed it in.
After a few times, he held his breath and had pried off half an abalone, which was a great improvement from the last time.
After another breath, he returned to the water and continued to work. After he floated, he raised his arm before he came out of the water, and a black gold abalone came out of the water.
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