As Li Du thought, Hans deliberately teased him and deliberately avoided his topic. He did not believe that Li Du was not anxious.
At this point, Li Du was not in a hurry. He knew that Hans would tell him the truth sooner or later.
However, he could not show it. He had to pretend to be anxious, which would make him happy.
Sure enough, after Li Du repeatedly led the topic to the photo and the black opal, Hans gradually became happy and told Li Du the truth.
He had taken the photo and found the gem.
Before Li Du left, he asked Hans to take the sea woman to harvest black gold abalone around Seagull Island, which had the most black gold abalone, and he told Hans where several black gold abalone colonies were located.
With his guidance and the strong diving ability of the sea woman, the two of them worked together on Seagull Island and were able to harvest a large number of black gold abalone every day.
However, the harvesting process had nothing to do with Hans. He provided the location, the sea woman went into the sea to harvest, and Big Quinn went out to sell the abalone.
After a long time, Hans got bored.
So, he learned underwater photography and bought a diving camera. When he had nothing to do, he jumped into the water to take photos at noon when the weather was warm.
Seagull Island was rich in black gold abalone, indicating volcanic and geothermal energy. Although it was already autumn, the surrounding waters were not cold.
Hans took a lot of photos. He accidentally took this black opal, but he could not determine the identity of the gem, so he sent it to Li Du for him to see.
However, Li Du did not take it seriously, which made him very angry. What made him even angrier was that when he took the initiative to call, Li Du always hung up and did not give him a chance to explain the situation.
At this point, he began to complain again.
What could Li Du say? He could only listen in silence.
Judging from the photo, this gem should be a black opal, but there were too few things that could be shown in the photo, and there was a problem with the underwater lighting, so he was not too sure.
In this case, he had to go to Seagull Island to see if there were gems underwater. If he found another gem mine under the sea, he might be able to make another fortune.
After attending the luxury salon, he saw the real rich and understood that his value was still low and that he needed to continue to struggle.
It just so happened that he had spent enough time in Lightning Ridge. The local mine owners and miners were even more ostracized. When they found out that Li Du had become the owner of the surrounding mines, they were even more convinced that Li Du had sent Blanchett and the others to prison.
It was not a problem to send these people to prison. The mine owners were afraid of what Elson would do. After all, their asses were not much cleaner than those in prison.
Li Du expressed that this was an undeserved calamity. He did not have such a strong killing intent.
But who would listen? Why should he explain it to others?
Just in time, ten days later, Big Ivan thoroughly overhauled the Mi-8 helicopter.
The helicopter's engine, transmission system, fuel system, and other major components were in good condition. Big Ivan replaced and maintained some of the aging parts, then reassembled the rotor and tail fins. After that, the helicopter could fly.
When the helicopter first appeared over Lightning Ridge, many people were shocked because they found that the helicopter had taken off from the town, which meant that the helicopter had always been in the town.
The owner of the machinery rental company next door to mine 408 was the most surprised. The sound of the helicopter's engine was very loud, and the rotor rotation caused a lot of turbulence, which greatly affected him.
The owner ran out to see, and then watched a big iron bird take off from the next door.
And he recognized the identity of the helicopter, which was the ride of his neighbor, a real estate tycoon. His neighbor had ridden in this helicopter many times in the sky above his head.
Soon the people in the town guessed why Li Du had to take over the mine. There was a helicopter in it.
The price of this helicopter was not comparable to that of the mine. People regretted it and questioned how Li Du found the helicopter.
According to Australian law, access to land seized by the state was not allowed, and they guessed that Li Du must have climbed into the mine to see it before he found the helicopter.
So the mine owners and miners had another reason to hate him. They thought that Li Du had no morals and broke into a seized mine, which was very contemptible.
Li Du would not explain it, and he was too lazy to be on good terms with the people in town. He didn't care if they despised him.
Big Ivan flew the helicopter for a day, and when he was sure that there was no problem, Li Du took it to Seagull Island.
Godzilla and Lu Guan stayed there to continue to dig for gems with Aubrey and the others. Li Du told Godzilla about the direction of the vein and let him work according to his arrangements.
After the successful formation, the Mi-8-AUx became an even larger behemoth: including the tail, its length was more than 25 meters, and its height reached 5.5 meters. An ordinary person standing in front of it was like a rabbit lying next to a tiger.
Before boarding the helicopter, Li Du repeatedly asked Brother Wolf, "Is this thing okay?"
"Absolutely," said Brother Wolf confidently. "Big Ivan is an expert in helicopters, and I have full confidence in him."
After this period of contact, Li Du also had some confidence in Big Ivan. This guy was very strict, and although he spoke a little carelessly, he was reliable.
Big Ivan and Brother Wolf got into the cockpit, and Li Du took Sophie, the four little ones, and Ivana into the cabin. With a strong gust of air, the helicopter flew up.
Ah Ow looked down from the window, wagging her tail as she looked down. She looked very proud and did not seem to be afraid of heights at all.
The helicopter briefly adjusted its flying position in the air, then sped up and flew southeast.
The Mi-8 Eagle could fly to an altitude of 4,500 meters, and Big Ivan also pulled the helicopter up as much as possible and prepared parachutes for everyone.
With a parachute, there was no danger to life. At this height, it was not dangerous to jump. At most, one would break a leg, but not die.
It was 1,200 kilometers from Lightning Ridge to Seagull Island, and the helicopter could fly up to 4,500 kilometers. For safety reasons, it was divided into four sections and landed three times to replenish fuel and supplies.
However, the helicopter was fast and could fly in a straight line in the air.
Even with the time wasted by the helicopter's many takeoffs and landings, they set off in the morning and arrived at Seagull Island in the afternoon.
There was no helipad on Seagull Island, no roads or man-made flat land, so the average pilot could not land.
Big Ivan landed on the beach, and with the strong wind blowing up a lot of sand, the helicopter landed steadily without any turbulence.
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