After some exploration, Li Du waved for Hans to leave.
The little bug had flown as far as it could. If he wanted to continue exploring, he would have to go to the reef, which was very dangerous. There were many sea snakes around the reef.
Looking at the sea snakes, Li Du suddenly remembered the scene of the snakes approaching the underground opal mine in Lightning Ridge. Perhaps the local legend was true, and there was a relationship between snakes and black opal!
Since there were many snakes on Seagull Island, could it be that there were also veins on the island? Especially the places where the snakes gathered. Why did they gather there? Perhaps there were gems in the gathering place?
With a series of questions, he swam out of the water, took off his diving suit, and changed into dry clothes that Sophie had prepared.
Hans asked, "Did you see that? Is that an opal? "
Li Du nodded. "Yes, if I'm not wrong, you found a piece of natural black opal. Let me guess, then I guess that there should be an opal gemstone vein here."
Hearing this, Hans suddenly became excited and asked, "What does this mean? Man, we're rich, we're going to be rich, right? "
There was no need to hide this from Hans, who had contacted him after discovering the black opal.
So Li Du said, "If the gem vein exists and can be excavated, of course we will be rich. But you have to know the problem, do you understand? Seabed gems are not easy to excavate. "
Hans said, "Who cares about that? As long as we find a black opal vein, it's like sitting on a mountain of gold. As long as there are gems, we can always find a way to develop it. "
Li Du felt the same way. Finding black opal was far more difficult than mining. They had found the gems, and although it was difficult to develop them, it was not impossible.
There was a prerequisite for all this: he had the little bug to locate the gems. Otherwise, it would be a pipe dream to mine at the bottom of the sea.
He had to tell Hans the reality, so he said, "Black opal veins are generally not widely distributed. I guess they are spread all over the seabed. It is difficult to mine at the bottom of the sea. Big Fox, get ready."
After the excitement, Hans calmed down and finally realized the difficulty of mining at the bottom of the sea.
Li Du told him that it was very difficult to mine black opal because it was wrapped in raw stone, and it was very rare to see a gemstone like the one he saw exposed.
"We have to break the stones under the sea, collect the stones on the island, and then crush them to search. We have to consider the weather and water temperature, protect the environment here, and expel the snakes. In short, there are many problems."
Hans sat down in melancholy and said, "What should we do?"
Optimism was optimism, but there was still a problem.
They discussed for a while, and Li Du continued to introduce him to the problems of digging for black opal on the seabed. Hans gradually understood the difficulty of mining, which might not be as profitable as harvesting black gold abalone from the seabed.
Black gold abalone was actually outside the reef, so it was relatively easy to find. Although black opal was expensive, it was too difficult to find.
Li Du told Hans about the distribution and quantity of black opal. Even in a vein, it would often take several hundred cubic feet of ore to find a small piece.
It was not difficult to mine a few hundred cubic meters of ore on land, but what about in the water? Conventional crushers could not be used underwater, and excavators were even less likely to be useful.
After figuring out the problem, Hans became dispirited and said, "Forget it, d * mn it, I'd better look for my black gold abalone."
Li Du said, "There are many problems, but there are also many solutions. I'm saying this to let you understand the current situation, not to dispel your enthusiasm."
After pondering for a while, he said, "The most important thing right now is to buy this island and occupy the gemstone mines. As for the mining problem, we can take it slowly."
Those words shocked Hans. "Buy an island? Man, do you know how much it will cost?! Who knows how many gemstones can be mined from the vein below, and then you want to buy the whole island first? "
Li Du knew that the vein here was rich, but it was difficult to develop.
He said, "Let's listen to the price of this island first. If we can afford it, we will buy it."
There were many islands in Australia, and the sale of islands could be carried out like the sale of real estate, but of course, it was more difficult.
Li Du had to study this aspect of the plan to buy an island.
There were many small islands up for sale in Australia, and the prices varied greatly. The lowest was 5,500 Australian dollars, and the highest was 130 million Australian dollars.
Among them, the 5,500 AUD island had an area of about 1,500 square meters and was located in an inland lake. It also had a neighbor, which was also an island for sale. The price was 19,000 AUD, and there was a small house on the island.
The price was very low, and many people could buy it with a month's salary. However, there were very few people who would really buy it. It was used to fool people.
The private island, which was priced at 130 million Australian dollars, had an area of about 250 square kilometers, and had luxury villas, swimming pools, docks, and other facilities.
Not to mention the price, Li Du was confident just by looking at the trading information of these islands.
Now there were quite a lot of people around the world buying islands, such as the famous pirate captain Johnny Depp.
As early as 2005, after filming Pirates of the Caribbean 2, Johnny Depp announced that he and his family would move to the Bahamas, where the film was shot. There, he bought an island worth three million American dollars and officially changed from a pirate captain to an "island captain."
Depp's private island was named "Little Holden" on the map. It was 45 acres, with six private beaches, a private port, a villa, and a backup generator. To get close to the island, one had to rely on boats, helicopters, and sea planes.
The most famous private island owner was the world magician David Copperfield, who once spent 65 million American dollars to buy the Exuma Archipelago, which consisted of four small islands in the south of the Bahamas.
Now, it had become a vacation spot for the top rich and celebrities, with weekly rent exceeding 300,000 American dollars.
Seagull Island belonged to the Tasmanian government. To buy the island, one had to first go through the state government's approval, and then go to the national level to be approved by the Land Bureau, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Tax Bureau, and even the Department of Defense.
Li Du carefully studied the policies and procedures for buying islands in Australia. Hans saw it and asked, "Do you really want to buy this island? What if there are no gems underneath? "
"Then I'll make this a resort. In the future, every spring, summer, and autumn, I'll bring my family here for a vacation. Wouldn't it be beautiful?" Li Du said casually.
Hans gave him a thumbs up. "You're awesome, man. I don't have that much money to take risks with you. I quit."
Li Du smiled and said, "No need, I won't treat you badly. If there are no gems here, that's fine. If there are, I'll give you a 10% commission every year."
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