864. 863. Buy An Island (2/5)

Chapter 864 863. Buy an Island (25)

After some investigation, Li Du beckoned Hans to leave here.

The little flying insect has already flown to the limit distance, if he wants to continue to explore, he will go to the reef, but that is very dangerous, there are many sea snakes around the reef.

Looking at these sea snakes, Li Du suddenly remembered the scene of snakes approaching the underground opal mine that he saw in Lightning Ridge. Maybe the local legend is true, and there is a relationship between snakes and black opal!

In this way, he further imagined that there are many snakes on Shaou Island, could there be mineral veins on the island? Especially where several snake groups gather, why do they gather there? Maybe the enclave also has gems?

With a series of questions, he swam out of the water, took off his diving suit and changed into the dry suit that Sophie had prepared.

Hans asked, "Did you see that? Is that Opal?"

Li Du nodded: "Yes, if my vision is correct, you found a piece of natural black opal, guess, then I guess there should be an opal gemstone vein here."

Hearing this, Hanston suddenly became excited and asked, "What does this mean? Dude, we're rich, and we're going to be rich, right?"

Facing Hans, there is no need to hide this aspect. After all, Hans contacted him first after discovering the black opal.

So Li Du said: "If gem veins exist and can be excavated, we will certainly get rich. But you have to know the problem, do you understand? Seabed gems are not easy to dig."

Hans said: "Who cares about this? As long as we discover the black opal veins, it is equivalent to sitting on a golden mountain. As long as there are gemstones, we can always find a way to develop them."

Li Du felt the same way. Finding black opals was far more difficult than mining them. They had already found gemstones. Although it took a lot of effort to develop them, it was not impossible.

There is a prerequisite for doing all this, that is, he has small flying insects to locate the gemstones, otherwise mining under the sea is just a dream.

He had to tell Hans the reality, so he said: "The black opal veins are generally not widely spread. I guess it is permeated around the seabed. It is difficult to mine the seabed. Boss Fu, be prepared."

After the frantic excitement, Hans returned to calmness, and finally discovered the difficulty of seabed mining.

Li Du told him that black opal mining is very difficult because it is surrounded by rough stones, and such exposed gemstones as he saw are too rare.

"We have to crush the rocks under the sea, collect the rocks on the island and then crush them for search. We have to consider the weather and water temperature, we have to pay attention to protecting the environment here, and we have to drive away the snakes. In short, there are many problems."

Hans sat down melancholy and said, "Then what should we do?"

Optimism is optimism, the problem always exists.

They discussed for a while, and Li Du continued to introduce him to the difficult problem of mining black opal on the seabed. Hans gradually understood the difficulty of mining, and doing so might not be as profitable as fishing black gold abalone on the seabed.

Black gold abalone really stays outside the reef and is relatively easy to find. Although black opal is expensive, it is too difficult to find.

Li Du told Hans about the distribution of black opal. Even if it is in a vein, it often takes hundreds of cubic meters of ore to find a small piece.

It is not difficult to mine hundreds of cubic meters of ore on land, but what about in water? Conventional crushers cannot be used underwater, and excavators and the like are even less likely to be useful.

After figuring out the problem, Hans became less interested and said, "Forget it, damn it, I'll just honestly look for my black gold abalone."

Li Du said: "There are many problems, but there are also many solutions. I said these to let you understand the current situation, not to discourage your enthusiasm."

After pondering for a while, he said: "The most important thing at the moment is to buy this small island and occupy these gemstone mines. As for mining, let's take our time."

These words startled Hans: "Buy an island? Dude, do you know how much it costs?! How many gemstones can be developed from the mine below, and then you want to buy the entire island first?"

Li Du knew that the mineral veins here were very rich, but it was difficult to develop them.

He said: "Let's listen to the offer of this island first. If we can afford it, we will buy it."

There are many islands in Australia. Island trading is just like real estate buying and selling. It is feasible, of course, it is more difficult.

It is planned to buy the island, so Li Du has to study this aspect.

There are quite a few small islands in Australia that are listed for sale. The prices range widely, ranging from A$5,500 at the lowest to A$130 million at the highest.

Among them, the small island of 5,500 Australian dollars has an area of ​​about 1,500 square meters and is located in an inland lake. It also has a neighbor, which is also a small island for sale. The price is 19,000 Australian dollars. There is a small house on the island.

The price is very low, and many people can buy it with one month's salary, but there are very few people who actually buy it, or almost none, it is just to fool people.

The private island, priced at 130 million yuan, has an area of ​​about 250 square kilometers. There are luxury villas, swimming pools, docks and other facilities on the island.

Leaving aside the price, Li Du gained confidence only by looking at the transaction information of these islands.

Now all over the world, there are quite a lot of people who buy islands, such as the famous pirate captain Johnny Depp.

As early as 2005, after Johnny Depp finished filming "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", he announced that he and his family would move to the Bahamas, where the film was filmed, where he bought an island worth 3 million US dollars and officially transformed from a pirate captain to a "Island Captain".

The name of Depp’s private island on the map is "Little Hall Down". It covers an area of ​​45 acres. It has 6 private beaches, a private port, a villa and backup generators. It is necessary to rely on boats to get close to the island. , Helicopter And Sea Plane.

The most famous private island owner is world magician David Copperfield, who once bought the Exuma Islands consisting of 4 small islands in the southern Bahamas for US$65 million.

Now, it has become a resort for the top rich and stars, with a weekly rent of more than 300,000 US dollars.

Seagull Island belongs to the Tasmanian state government. To purchase the island, it must first go through the approval of the state government, and then enter the national level, which is approved by the Land Bureau, Environmental Protection Bureau, Taxation Bureau and even the Ministry of Defense.

Li Du carefully studied the policies and procedures for buying islands in Australia. After seeing it, Hans asked, "Do you really want to buy this island? What if there are no gems underneath?"

"Then turn this place into a resort, and from now on, it will be beautiful to bring your family here every spring, summer and autumn for vacation?" Li Du said relaxedly.

Hans gave a thumbs up: "You are awesome, buddy, I don't have that much money to take risks with you, I quit."

Li Du smiled and said, "No, I won't treat you badly. It's fine if there is no gem production here. If there is production, I will give you 10% commission every year."