Everyone decided to dive, so they drove the yacht to find a suitable place nearby.
Mo Qiong immediately pointed the direction of the big pearl and let the yacht get closer to the target.
Without a doubt, the pearl shell was not at the bottom of the sea. It must be ten to twenty meters above the sea surface.
There were no islands nearby, but there were pearls. Mo Qiong guessed that there must be a high island base under the sea.
It was an island below the sea level. Only when the sea level lowered would it become an island. Otherwise, it would just be a high seabed.
At noon, Mo Qiong looked at the sea surface and said, "This should be very suitable for diving."
Zhang He jumped down and dived a little, saying, "There are many schools of fish. It shouldn't be too deep."
"How deep is it?" a girl asked.
Zhang He estimated, "At most thirty meters."
The four girls immediately said, "That's too deep. We can only dive ten meters at most."
They were brought out by the boys to have fun. They were not people who often went out to sea.
"It's okay. If you feel uncomfortable, go up. We didn't ask you to go down," a young man called Xiao Kun said.
The girls asked, "What's the deepest you can dive?"
"I've dived a hundred meters," Xiao Kun bragged, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Zhang He smiled and said, "Don't listen to him. A hundred meters deep, he came up after thirty meters."
"Forget about the girls. We're all prepared to go all the way, right? I've dived fifty meters. Thirty meters is nothing, "someone said.
Zhang He said, "Whatever. What does Xiao Mo say?"
He crashed into Mo Qiong's yacht and was saved. In addition, Mo Qiong believed and respected his dream. This made Zhang He treat Mo Qiong as a friend. He was even closer to him than the friends who went out to sea together.
Mo Qiong smiled and said, "I'm fine with it."
Everyone laughed and changed into their diving suits.
Mo Qiong naturally had one too. He deliberately kept it when the boat sank.
"Plop!"
Everyone took turns to go down. After getting used to the water pressure, they began to dive.
At a depth of ten meters, they could see schools of fish passing by. They passed through the schools of fish and chased after them, having fun.
After taking a few photos, everyone continued to dive.
At a depth of twenty meters, the girls couldn't go on.
Everyone laughed and floated to the surface again.
"How about this? You guys can swim around the boat. We'll go down and take some pictures for you guys," Xiao Kun said.
"We saw a lot of fish. Let's take a few more pictures," the girls said.
Lil 'Kun said, "No problem. Just wait here."
After leaving the girl behind, the five men held hands and dived down.
He didn't stop until he was about 30 meters away from the rock.
They held on to the towering rocks at the bottom of the sea and groped around for sightseeing. There was a large amount of vegetation here, and schools of fish swam back and forth.
Everyone chased after him for fun, but they didn't go too far.
No one noticed that there was an undercurrent around Mo Qiong that flowed along the rocks into the darkness far away.
"Pearl shells are usually only ten to twenty meters deep. This one seems to be particularly deep."
Mo Qiong endured the water pressure and groped around the rocks as he chased after them.
After walking for about ten meters, Mo Qiong finally saw his target. A few meters away from him, there was a large sea of shells.
One after another, they were covered with rocks.
Among them, there was a particularly large one that had a hole smashed into it by a jar …
"I've taken protective measures. Pearl should be fine, right?"
Mo Qiong went over and looked through the hole in the shell. He could see a large pearl and his canned food beside it.
Forget about the canned food. He found a place to bury it and dug out the pearl. As for the meat of the shell, it had already been eaten by the schools of fish. Now, only the empty shell was left.
Holding the pearl, Mo Qiong checked it with the help of the light above his head. There was no obvious damage.
"I wonder how much this alone is worth. If there are more of these beside it …" Mo Qiong scanned the hundreds of pearl shells around him and thought that this trip was worth it.
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Half an hour later, they were tired of playing and wanted to go up.
However, Zhang He looked around and couldn't find Mo Qiong.
But they didn't mind. Mo Qiong was such a good swimmer. How could he get lost? They wanted to go up first.
However, when they reached the surface, they didn't see Mo Qiong.
After waiting for a while, Zhang He was a little anxious. "Where is he?"
"He swam very fast. Did he swim far away after the fish?" Lil 'Kun said.
Just as everyone was about to go down to look for him, they saw a large Spanish mackerel rush out of the water and appear in front of them anxiously.
Mo Qiong floated up. He held the mackerel in one hand and threw it onto the deck.
The girls screamed. Zhang He smiled and said, "You really went to catch fish? That's amazing. How did you catch fish with your bare hands? "
Of course, humans couldn't swim as fast as fish. Although a large school of fish seemed to be within reach, when one tried to catch them, one would realize that one couldn't catch a single fish.
The few of them tried at the bottom of the water, but soon gave up. Small fish were slippery and difficult to catch. Big fish were strong and even harder to catch.
Catching fish with bare hands was a skill. At most, they could only catch fish with a net.
Everyone thought that Mo Qiong went to catch fish. Little did they know that this fish was just a tool for him to increase his speed.
Mo Qiong shook his head and said, "I caught this fish along the way. I mainly found this."
As he spoke, he stretched his other hand out of the water. A large white pearl broke out of the water.
"F * ck!" Everyone was in an uproar. The pearl was round and full in his hand. When the sun shone on the water droplets, the pearl was even more dazzling.
The women all screamed and leaned on the railing to look at it.
"You found such a big pearl?" Little Kun exclaimed.
Zhang He also said, "It doesn't matter how big it is. I've seen bigger ones. But this round one is really valuable!"
Everyone hurriedly asked Mo Qiong to go up, and then they surrounded Mo Qiong and stared at the pearl.
Several girls wanted to touch it, but Mo Qiong didn't care and handed it to them.
The girls took turns to examine it and said, "The color is quite good. It's really beautiful."
"It's a pity that it's worn. There are obvious scratches here."
Zhang He said, "It's okay if there are scratches. But if it's this small, it can't be seen if it's placed on the tray facing down."
"Brother, you're so lucky. This kind of natural pearl is very rare. I didn't expect to find it here. Usually, no one would come to this place to pick pearls."
This sea area belonged to the deep sea area. The nearest shoal was more than 200 kilometers away. They didn't expect to find pearl shells below.
"There should be more, right? There can't be only one shell, "Little Kun suddenly said.
Mo Qiong smiled and said, "There are hundreds of them, but they're not as big as this one. You can go and have a look."
He didn't mind pointing out the direction. Everyone was pleasantly surprised. They sailed the boat over and went into the water again.
"Bring your tools. Won't it be tiring if you use your hands to pry them open?" Mo Qiong reminded them.
He had already opened dozens of shells. Some had no pearls, and some were very small. He couldn't find a second one as good as the one in his hand after half an hour of searching.
There wasn't even one that was slightly worse, let alone one that was good.
However, if hundreds of shells were opened, there should be some that were in good condition. But compared to this one, those were just peanuts.
After he pointed out the direction, everyone immediately dived down to look for it.
Including the girls. They couldn't go down more than 20 meters, but they actually dove down to 30 meters.
They didn't lack money. Looking for the pearl map as a surprise was a kind of treasure hunt.
After going up and down a dozen times, this group of people had destroyed all the pearl shells in the area.
Hundreds of pearls of all sizes were brought onto the boat.
Mo Qiong took the opportunity to say, "This is Philubin's exclusive economic zone. Fishing on such a scale …"
Little Kun hurriedly smiled and said, "It's okay. Who knows where this place is? Let's just go back from the open sea. "
Mo Qiong nodded. He had dragged everyone down with him. Everyone had gotten pearls, so no one would think that there was anything wrong with it.
Moreover, this group of people had connections. Mo Qiong could also take advantage of this batch of pearls.
Two hours later, they entered the open sea again and headed back to their country.
In the cabin, everyone gathered around the table, appraising the results of their harvest.
Zhang He had also harvested pearls before, so he was very familiar with the market.
He said, "These 200 or so are useless. Girls, take them and put them on your face."
In one breath, he picked out 200 or so that were of average quality.
"These are okay. And this, this …" Zhang He picked out 30 that had commercial value.
Little Kun said, "I want all 30 of them. Name a price."
Zhang He said, "These are only 10,000 yuan, but you're going to bleed for these four. The roundness and luster of the skin are perfect. Just this one alone is 100,000 yuan. For the others, every millimeter bigger than it is, double the price. Do the math yourself."
Little Kun smiled and said, "It's nothing. I can't afford this."
As he said that, he pointed at the biggest one in front of Mo Qiong.
Mo Qiong was stunned. He looked at that small pearl and then at the one in his hand.
The difference between the two was at least 30 millimeters.
Mo Qiong said, "Double the price for every millimeter bigger? Then mine … 3 million yuan? "
"Hmm? 3 million yuan? I'll take it then! "Little Kun said hurriedly.
Mo Qiong looked at him and knew that it was more than 3 million yuan.
However, if it was troublesome to sell it, it was not a bad idea to sell it to this group of rich second-generation heirs. It was okay even if it was cheaper.
Zhang He glared at Little Kun and said to Mo Qiong with a smile, "He's joking. I was talking about the size of jewelry. This huge one is different. It's a collector's item. If it's auctioned, 6 million yuan won't be a problem."
Mo Qiong took a deep breath and said, "I'll sell it to you for 6 million yuan. Will you buy it?"
Zhang He was stunned and said, "You really want to sell it? If it's auctioned, it's possible for it to be even higher. It depends on whether there's a buyer who likes it. "
"If you want it, I'll sell it to you directly. After that, you can auction it or keep it. It's up to you," Mo Qiong said.
To him, 6 million yuan was enough. He knew that if he auctioned it, he might not get the money for a long time. After all, the auction house needed a long time to promote and prepare.
Zhang He smiled and said, "I have no problem taking it. I won't lose out anyway. Think about it carefully."
"I've thought about it. If you want it, take it." Mo Qiong acted as if he was selling vegetables.
At that moment, Little Kun suddenly said, "How about this, I'll take 6 million yuan too. I'll give you the money when I return."
Zhang He smiled and said, "He sold it to me. I didn't say that I won't take it."
"7 million yuan. I'll take it."
Little Kun rolled his eyes and said, "Are you crazy? Why are you raising the price with me? "
Zhang He smiled and said, "No matter what, you'll pay 7 million yuan if you want it. I don't want it."
Little Kun hesitated for a moment and said, "Alright, I'll take 7 million yuan. However, if you owe him a favor, just give him the money. Why do you have to harm me? "
Mo Qiong was stunned. Anyone could tell that Zhang He's words had helped him raise the price by 1 million yuan.
Zhang He smiled and said, "Don't listen to his nonsense. I'm not returning a favor. I treat you as a friend and don't want you to lose out."
"To tell you the truth, if he takes this pearl for 7 million yuan, he'll definitely make a profit."
Mo Qiong asked, "Why? He'll definitely find a good buyer?"
Zhang He said, "It doesn't matter if he can't find one. His family runs an auction house. If it doesn't reach the price he wants, he'll buy it for 10 million yuan."
"After some time, he'll send someone to take it out for auction. If it doesn't work, he'll buy it back and hide it."
"He'll do this once every year. If he does it twice, the price will go up. In the end, someone will definitely take it. Don't worry, he'll make it back sooner or later."
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