After a meal, Kim Jae-in and his son rushed back overnight. They didn't have much time and had to recruit a large number of stone carving masters to complete the carving of such a large stone statue of Mazu within two weeks.
Boss Liu, on the other hand, is not in a hurry, he still wants to collect orders here!
I learned from the village director that if you want to supply building materials here, you cannot avoid one person.
Early the next morning, he went to prepare some gifts and walked towards Zhang Yaohua's home. When I arrived, I was told that I had gone out to record the program and was not at home for the time being.
A trip in vain.
But he still insisted on waiting in Sharon Village.
At this time, Zhang Yaohua and the program crew were on a luxury yacht. The yacht is Zhang Yaohua's private yacht, and it is no problem to board the show crew.
Only when everyone arrived at Shalang Village could they truly see how wealthy Zhang Yaohua was.
They not only have villas and luxury cars, but also private yachts and private islands. Moreover, I heard that the jewelry processing industrial park being built in the village is also closely related to Zhang Yaohua.
Liu Yifan's attitude towards Zhang Yaohua was even more respectful.
After the first episode was aired, Liu Yifan's fans almost wanted to expose Zhang Yaohua online when they saw Zhang Yaohua teaching Liu Yifan a lesson.
This frightened Liu Yifan half to death. He quickly updated his news and said that it was the effect of the show. He and Brother Hua have a very good relationship in private and there is nothing like that. He called on fans to calm down.
Those disobedient fans may even be banned, kicked out, etc. by the administrators.
Now, viewers watching the live show are also sighing at Zhang Yaohua's wealth. No wonder, all the remuneration from this recording of the program was donated.
This matter is not a secret, after all, Sister Han has announced the donation information.
"It's drizzle for the island owner! Do you know how much he sold for the red diamond a few days ago?" an insider wanted to reveal.
As soon as this was said, many viewers were really curious.
"How many?"
"150 million." The person familiar with the matter revealed.
There were a lot of question marks on the public screen in the live broadcast room, and they were obviously shocked to the point of disbelief.
The person familiar with the matter was very satisfied with the effect, and he had the same expression when he learned the news. You can't be shocked yourself, you must let others be shocked too.
Hence, this exposure came about.
"You said 150 million, just 150 million? With today's network, you can't attract traffic even if you don't need 100 million units."
An insider continued to explain: "My uncle is a member of the show team. He saw it with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears. Is it wrong? Go and check how much the red diamond is worth before you question it!"
Later, someone actually checked the price of red diamonds.
You won’t know if you don’t check, but you’ll be shocked if you check.
Red diamonds are really ridiculously expensive.
Judging from the size and quality of the red diamond Zhang Yaohua picked up, 150 million is not even a sky-high price.
"Oh my god! How many millions per carat? Are you serious? Don't you think diamonds are worthless now? They can be synthesized artificially."
"It can be synthesized artificially, but the synthetic ones are still different from the naturally occurring ones, and the prices are very different."
"It's different. Synthetic diamonds are purer and of better quality. As for not being valuable, it's entirely because of everyone's misconception that synthetic diamonds are not good."
"Wrong. Colorless diamonds can be synthesized, but colored diamonds cannot, especially red diamonds."
…
There is also diving equipment on the yacht.
"Brother Hua, do we need to dive to see dugongs?" Liu Yifan came over and asked.
He had never learned to dive and was a little panicked.
Zhang Yaohua shook his head: "You don't need to dive all the time. Dugongs will come up for air every once in a while, and you can also see them on yachts."
Dugongs live at the bottom of well-hidden seagrass areas, surfacing regularly to breathe. It usually surfaces every 1 to 2 minutes, but sometimes dives for more than 8 minutes.
When they float up, only the tip of their snout is exposed out of the water, and when they dive, their entire body rotates vertically like a dolphin.
"When you arrive, please don't make any noise. Dugongs are timid and afraid of people by nature. If they are even slightly frightened, they will immediately run away." Zhang Yaohua reminded again.
Of course, dugongs move very slowly, usually about 2 nautical miles per hour, and only 5 nautical miles when escaping.
Zhang Yaohua didn't know that there were even wildlife experts watching their program at this time.
Professor Liang looked at the live broadcast and was a little puzzled.
His team specializes in dugongs, and over the years they have found them only in the Gulf of Tonkin.
If it was before, it was indeed found in the sea of Guangdong, and even in Hainan. But to this day, there is no trace of them even in Hainan.
More than ten years ago, his team, together with other scholars, searched for dugongs in the eastern and western waters of Hainan, but found nothing.
And now, his students tell him that there is a program that finds dugongs in the sea of Guangdong. At this moment, he still had a skeptical attitude. I think the show is just a gimmick to attract everyone.
"We seem to have been to the position they are in before, so it must be a lie." Professor Liang was exposed to this program for the first time and didn't understand it yet.
Next to him, his student said: "Teacher, don't rush to a conclusion yet. I have watched this program two or three times, and all the wild animals they are looking for have been found so far.
Especially the man named Zhang Yaohua, he is very good at finding animals.
I inquired and found out that he has been in the sea all year round and is very familiar with the situation of the sea. "
"Well! Let's take a look again!" Professor Liang did not refute.
The students are right. It is irresponsible and imprudent to make casual conclusions before the program is over. As a scientific researcher, I attach great importance to rigor.
As a professor, you should follow this principle.
If this program really discovers a new dugong group, it will be very important for the reproduction of dugongs in our country.
You must know that the dugong group in the Beibu Gulf can only reproduce with inbreeding, and extinction will be a matter of time.
In fact, around the world, dugong numbers have plummeted in most areas, leaving only isolated populations that are close to extinction.
Most of the existing dugongs are along the northern coast of Australia. According to survey estimates, there are more than 80,000 dugongs there.
At this moment, on the yacht, Zhang Yaohua ordered the yacht to shut down.
Professor Liang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. If he could find dugongs, he would have traveled so many places in vain over the years.
Even if you know that the nearby sea is the habitat of dugongs, can you guarantee that they are there?
You know, dugongs are called manatees and eat an astonishing amount of food. They consume more than 45 kilograms of aquatic plants every day and spend a large part of their time eating.
Sometimes they leave a trail of gnawing that can be seen when the seagrass forest emerges from the water at low tide. Dugongs generally eat during the day or at night, but in areas with frequent human activities they mostly forage at night.
As a result, a group of dugongs is destined not to stay in a certain sea area for a long time, because the seagrass there simply cannot support them from gnawing.
"That's too casual." He shook his head and laughed.
But his student said: "Teacher, this person is a bit evil. He rarely speaks out of nowhere, and everything he does is basically based on science."
Professor Liang felt that his student was a bit crazy.
Just as he was about to start preaching, suddenly...
In the live broadcast, a head emerged from the sea.
If others don’t know it, aren’t they still familiar with it?
That damn thing is a dugong!
"Ah! This..."
Seeing his teacher's shocked expression, the young man beside him smiled.
Soon, other dugongs popped up, and some even spied on the yacht on the sea.
Professor Liang counted them and found eight in total.
"Can you contact the person in charge of this program? We will also go there to study and research." Professor Liang said.
He didn't expect that his team had been searching hard for so long but couldn't find it, and now an amateur program would find a new group of dugongs.
Although the number is a little small, it is of great significance to the reproduction of wild dugongs in China.
"Let me try to contact you!"
Professor Liang nodded, and then told others to get ready to go.
Once they find out through research that the sea area belongs to the fixed living area of this dugong group, this sea area must be applied as a protected area.
…
On the yacht, Zhang Yaohua, Shui Wang and one of the photographers had already put on diving equipment.
"Relax, the sea water in this area is not deep, only more than thirty meters." Zhang Yaohua said to the photographer.
That's right! Knowing that he could be on TV, he shamelessly followed him, pretending that he was helping out with odd jobs. The program team knew that this was Zhang Yaohua's loyal younger brother and he was very familiar with the ocean, which was really helpful, so they invited him.
Shui Wang also patted the photographer on the shoulder: "Don't be nervous, just follow me and Brother Hua."
The photographer nodded, understanding.
The three of them entered the water one after another.
The live broadcast equipment of the program team is still very good, and the live broadcast will not be affected at all. On the yacht, Teacher Huang, Zhou Ziqi, Liu Yifan and others can also see the underwater footage through the lens.
At this time, the live broadcast screen was divided into two, one half was the scene on the yacht, and the other half was the scene underwater.
As soon as they entered the water, a group of unknown and beautiful fish appeared in front of the audience.
Someone from the program team did some popular science. It was the Yangfan Butterfly Fish, commonly known as the Herringbone Butterfly.
The adult dorsal fin of the herringbone butterfly often emerges from the water, hence the name Yangfan butterflyfish. It is a very popular butterfly fish and is relatively easy to raise. In the wild, it usually lives around coral reefs. Like other marine fish, the colors vary depending on the region.
The photographer's camera turned to Zhang Yaohua and Shui Wang in front.
I saw a bulge in the buttocks of Shui Wang's snug-fitting diving suit.
Shui Wang probably forgot that there was someone filming behind him, and his behavior was a bit eye-catching. He reached into his diving suit and pulled it, and a series of bubbles came out.
The photographer ducked aside in panic.
Many viewers were stunned for a moment, then understood what it was and burst into laughter.
"What is that? Isn't it a fart?"
"Otherwise, what do you think it is?"
"Damn it! How brave! Fart in front of so many people?"
…
After Shui Wang finished all this, he seemed to have come back to his senses. He remembered that there was a camera behind him and quickly looked back, hoping not to be photographed.
See his panic expression.
The audience who could still hold back could no longer hold back.
When Director Wang saw this, he immediately laughed. Isn’t that right? Will the show’s effect come soon? And surprisingly good.
After the interlude, everyone finally saw the dugongs on the seabed, eating lush seaweed.
Careful observation will reveal that they do not use their incisors to bite off seagrass, but rather use their large, prehensile snouts to feed. They forage for seaweed in a manner similar to that of a cow, bobbing their heads as they chew.
On the yacht, Teacher Huang said with a smile: "The movement of eating grass is a bit like that of a cow. Did you notice? I used to let cows off when I was a child, and this is how cows eat grass."
The program team has professionals to provide science popularization.
"Teacher Huang is right. That's exactly what happened. Dugong also has the name 'manatee'."
He also told everyone that dugongs have certain requirements for sea temperature and do not go to cold seas. Sensitive to cold, if the water temperature is lower than 15℃, it is easy to contract pneumonia and die; poor water quality is also easy to cause skin ulcers, internal parasites, etc.
On the yacht, the three guests started playing games again to enhance the effect of the program.
However, many viewers focused on Zhang Yaohua and Shui Wang underwater, or the dugongs and scenery on the seabed.
Some viewers even complained, why do we need to split the live broadcast screen into two? Wouldn't it be better to just broadcast the live broadcast directly to the bottom of the sea? What's so cool about those people on the yacht?
Noticing someone coming down, the dugongs that were munching on seaweed suddenly stopped eating grass and "raised their heads" to look at Zhang Yaohua and the other three uninvited guests.
This action looks a bit cute, silly, and cute.
A little dugong was very curious about the diver. Regardless of his mother's call, he swam towards Zhang Yaohua and circled around him.
Zhang Yaohua touched its head with his hand.
This harmonious aspect between man and nature made the audience watching the live broadcast express love.
Shui Wang pulled a handful of seaweed and reached out to the little dugong, hoping to please him and leave a classic scene to make up for the scene where he had made a fool of himself before.
However, the little dugong didn't give him face.
Seemingly having satisfied his curiosity, he turned back to his mother.
The other dugongs felt that Zhang Yaohua and others were not threatening and continued to eat comfortably.
The photographer filmed around the entire dugong group, taking care of each dugong, and photographed them eating, allowing the audience to have a deeper understanding of this marine life.
After almost half an hour, just as he was about to call it a day, Zhang Yaohua stopped him and pointed in the distance.
Although the photographer didn't know what Zhang Yaohua wanted to do, he still followed him.
They swam forward for a while, and what caught their eyes was a sunken ship on the bottom of the sea.
Shui Wang swam over excitedly and landed on the edge of the sunken ship.
Unexpectedly, when I went out to film a show this time, I could also hunt for treasures and discover a sunken ship on the bottom of the sea.
Not only were the people on the yacht confused, but the audience watching the live broadcast also looked at each other.
Can it still be like this?
What kind of luck is this?
I saw that it was a huge iron ship, which had been corroded to the point where its original appearance could not be seen, leaving only the outline of the ship.
There were some powerful people in the audience, and they quickly revealed the information about the sunken ship, saying that it was a British warship from a hundred years ago.
(End of chapter)
