Chapter 530 Diving (1)
Li Xiaochao also brought a female companion, and everyone just lived on a yacht instead of staying in a hotel. The luxury here is more advanced than all the hotels in Lucheng. Perhaps when the super hotel on Phoenix Island is built in a few years, it will have a more luxurious style?
Guo Tailai and others lived comfortably, but when they set off the next day, Guo Tailai noticed that three of the four crew members had changed, but they were also very strong and good-looking guys. Captain Li explained that these three crew members were senior divers and could do some auxiliary and rescue work when diving in the Dragon Cave.
In addition, Guo Tailai's security staff also changed to a man in his thirties who was gentle and gentle with glasses. He was a surveyor and also brought surveying equipment. It doesn't matter whether James and Li Xiaochao were immersed in the next surprise. With professionals, it would be best to prepare more fully, and they could enjoy the fun of diving more perfectly.
Guo Tailai and Zhao Yanyan were both very clear that the people who were replaced must be from the South China Sea Fleet. This is the South China Sea, the territory of the South China Sea Fleet. It is definitely impossible for General Li to conduct a test here quietly. Good things must be shared! Whether it is Guo Tailai or Zhao Yanyan, he has no objection. Anyway, the meat is rotten in the pot and will not run outside.
After breakfast, the yacht set off directly and headed straight to Yongle Dragon Cave on the Xisha Islands. The distance is not far, only more than 300 kilometers, and the comfortable speed can be reached in just four hours. However, in order to let Li Xiaochao feel the extreme speed, Captain Li still increased his speed after leaving the dock and entering the outer sea.
For the first time, Li Xiaochao and his girlfriend felt such a fast yacht at sea, screaming in excitement.
The three new crew members and the surveyor also felt this speed for the first time. It can be seen that although they tried their best to suppress their surprise and ecstasy, the smile that could not be held back at the corners of their eyes and mouth betrayed their mood. Two of the crew members also deliberately entered the engine room while the yacht was rushing at high speed and observed for a while.
"Where are we going to dive?" After the speed, Li Xiaochao was satisfied. In August, the weather was so good and it was too hot outside, so he could only go back to the living room to cool down. After drinking a few sips of iced drinks, he asked curiously. With James here, everyone speaks English, and there is no problem at all. James was also curious about this question, but he kept holding back and didn't ask.
"Do you know the Ocean Blue Hole?" Guo Tailai asked everyone.
Everyone nodded. The ocean blue cave is a huge "deep hole" that suddenly sinks under the sea. When viewing the surrounding waters from above the sea, this deep cave under the sea presents a dim and mysterious dark blue tone, so it is called a blue cave.
So far, the world's proven depth rankings of ocean blue holes are: Deans Blue Hole in Long Island, Bahamas (202 meters), Hadabu Blue Hole in Egypt (130 meters), Belize Big Blue Hole in Honduras (123 meters), and Gozo Blue Hole in Malta (60 meters).
Whether it is James or Li Xiaochao, they all like to play. Even if they don’t know so many names, they still know one or two of them. Especially the big blue hole, the entrance of the cave is almost perfectly round, and it looks like a beautiful garland from a high place. It is famous all over the world and is also a good place for travel. They all know it.
"There is a blue hole in the South China Sea?" Li Xiaochao couldn't believe it at all. When did there be a blue hole in the ocean in China? Why doesn't he, the person who lives by the Xiangjiang River, know?
"You will know after you go." Guo Tailai kept it a secret and didn't say anything more.
However, General Li and the crew did not find it strange. They had already studied the target that Guo Tai said. Many old fishermen had said that the place was where the Dinghai Dinghai Sword Needle was. Sun Wukong pulled out the Dinghai Sword Needle to make the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, leaving behind an unfathomable dragon cave. Some fishermen also said that the dragon cave was the eye of the South China Sea and contained the treasure of the South China Sea. The place had known for a long time, but there was no conditions before and there was no surveying and mapping. This time, he happened to take advantage of Guo Tai's opportunity to visit and do the surveying and mapping.
"This yacht is great. Are you planning to sell it?" Li Xiaochao was still immersed in excitement and asked Guo Tailai.
"I don't plan to sell it for the time being." Guo Tailai smiled and shook his head: "I want to enjoy it for a while."
"Okay!" Li Xiaochao knew that he could not force Guo Tailai, but he was still curious: "How much is your yacht worth? Have you calculated it?"
"In addition to the cost of raw materials and design and manufacturing." Guo Tailai did not hide this and quickly gave a number: "The minimum is about 150 million to 200 million US dollars."
The original yacht is worth 28 million US dollars, but this is Guo Tailai's skill. In addition, the two original engines were purchased, and these two engines were newly built by Guo Tailai. US$150 million to 200 million are already the extremely conservative figures that Guo Tailai was afraid of scaring James and Li Xiaochao. Otherwise, there is no need to calculate too much, how much does a new and mature marine gas turbine need to be invested in design and manufacturing? Multiplying this number by ten is probably not an exaggeration.
After saying this number, Guo Tailai saw four stunned guys as expected. James and his assistant, Li Xiaochao and his girlfriend all had the same expression.
"Okay!" Li Xiaochao recovered first: "I suddenly realized that I am a poor person compared to you!"
"Ha! I have known this a long time ago." After living on the boat all night, everyone has become familiar with each other, and there is no secret of their identity. James was also worried when he saw the son of the richest man in Xiangjiang say this.
Guo Tailai gave the two of them a middle finger without hesitation. Two hundred million US dollars. Is it a very difficult thing for both of them? Bitch!
Three hours later, under the command of General Li, the experienced captain, the yacht accurately drove to the area of Yongle Dragon Cave. Yongle Dragon Cave is located in the middle of a reef plate of Yongle Atoll. The water depth of the atoll around the dragon cave is only 1.3 meters. This time the yacht came here, just to calculate the time of the high tide. The deepest draft of the yacht was 1.88 meters. Captain Li was also very cautious in commanding the yacht. Guo Tailai visually selected the deepest place before driving over carefully and driving to the sea above the blue hole.
Chapter completed!