Icebreakers sail in the Arctic Circle, unlike fixed flights, they do not happen every day.
They will only appear in the waterway when delivering supplies to the Arctic scientific research station or performing scientific research missions.
Su Xiaofan's luck was obviously not very good this time. He waited for more than half a month before he saw the shadow of a fleet.
Fortunately, this is a returning fleet, otherwise Su Xiaofan might have to accompany them on another trip to the Arctic Circle.
Su Xiaofan didn't want to stand on the iceberg waving a towel to attract the attention of the fleet, so he quietly boarded the icebreaker at night and came to the room where he lived before.
There were only three or four rooms on the entire top floor, one of which belonged to the captain. Su Xiaofan knocked on the captain's door politely.
"Oh, God, you...how did you get up here?"
Looking at Su Xiaofan, who was in ragged clothes but with a refreshed face, Leonid screamed as if he had seen a ghost.
"Captain Leonid, won't you buy me a drink?"
Su Xiaofan smiled and squeezed into the room from the captain. He took a bottle of vodka from the wine rack and drank it without looking for a cup.
Su Xiaofan is not an alcoholic, and he is not very interested in vodka, which is almost alcoholic and has no taste at all. But after holding it on the iceberg for more than ten days, he just wanted to drink some wine at this moment.
"Damn Lao Maozi wine, it doesn't taste good at all."
Su Xiaofan muttered something and put the bottle of vodka back.
"God, you Chinese people can do magic."
It was obviously not the first time Leonid encountered this situation, and he returned to normal after the initial surprise.
"Shouldn't you be happy to see someone who gives you money?"
Su Xiaofan took a long breath and said, "Captain Leonid, there is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"
"Of course it's good news. I hope to hear good news every day."
Leonid laughed loudly and took out a bottle of wine from the cabinet at the bottom of the wine rack. "I also have good news here. Look, your Chinese Erguotou is very strong."
"For Erguotou's sake, there's no more bad news."
Su Xiaofan's eyes lit up. After staying in the Arctic Circle for such a long time, he finally understood why the drinks in the restricted area were so scarce.
Because no matter how much wine was sent in, it would not be enough for the cultivators to consume. In that freezing environment, having a sip of wine was definitely the supreme enjoyment.
"That's great, what's the good news?" Leonid poured a glass of wine for Su Xiaofan with a hopeful look on his face.
In fact, if he had a choice, Leonid would not want to deal with these Chinese people, because in front of them, Leonid felt like a lamb to be slaughtered, without any sense of security.
"The good news is that you only need to give me a mobile phone, and your $100,000 will be available immediately."
The mobile phone Su Xiaofan used before may have been frozen by the extremely cold weather, but now he only has a mobile phone card in his hand.
"It's really good news."
Leonid's eyes lit up, and he took out his mobile phone directly, "Satellite phone, you can make any calls, the signal is all over the world."
"This is a good thing. Can you get me one?"
Compared with Su Xiaofan's mobile phone which has no signal in many places, the satellite phone is undoubtedly more practical.
"It's possible, but it requires a lot of money, and the usage fee for another year is $20,000."
Leonid's satellite phone was provided by the company. Although he was eligible to apply for another one, he had to pay for it himself.
"Forget it, I'll figure it out myself."
Su Xiaofan shook his head. He didn't feel confident using Lao Maozi's things. Who knew whether they might be monitored.
After receiving the phone call, Su Xiaofan called Brother Gang first.
"Xiaofan, where have you been in the past two months?"
He seemed to be sleeping, but after receiving the call from Su Xiaofan, Brother Gang woke up immediately.
"Brother Gang, do you have a knife in your hand? I'll add 100,000 to this account later." Su Xiaofan reported the account number given by the captain.
It was only natural to give money by boat. Su Xiaofan didn't want to go to the dock to carry a big bag to pay back the money like his father did.
"Okay, I'll do it in a minute."
Brother Gang agreed, and then said: "Xiaofan, I found a big shot in the meteorite collecting community in the United States. He has many rare meteorites in his hands..."
"Well, then buy it, won't he sell it?"
Hearing Brother Gang's words, Su Xiaofan suddenly became excited. He really wanted to doze off and gave him a pillow, but it came at just the right time.
"Sell it, but we don't have enough money."
Brother Gang hesitated for a moment, "I did the math, that man has a rich collection of meteorites.
If we want to take it all down, we need at least 200 million U.S. dollars. I scraped together, and we only have less than 30 million U.S. dollars in total."
Although I made a lot of money from jade auctions before, that little money is still not enough to make trouble in the international meteorite collection market.
Especially this year, Brother Gang spread the word through the auction house that he wanted to purchase rare meteorites, which suddenly made the meteorite market hot, and the price also skyrocketed.
"I'll take care of the money. Where are you now?"
Su Xiaofan was not afraid that the other party would ask a high price, but he was afraid that the other party would not sell it.
Of course, Su Xiaofan is not really afraid. At worst, he can just be a gentleman.
"I'm in Los Angeles, and that person is a professor at the University of Los Angeles."
Brother Gang was originally traveling in South America with his wife. After receiving the call from the auction house, he immediately rushed to Los Angeles.
In the past few days, Brother Gang has been asking people to appraise the meteorites collected by that person. There are still some parts that have not been appraised, but the price given has exceeded 200 million US dollars.
Although Brother Gang is now somewhat wealthy, he was still shocked by this figure. He has been desperately looking for Su Xiaofan these days.
"Okay, give me your hotel, and I should be able to get there within a week."
Su Xiaofan asked for Brother Gang's hotel address. According to the speed of the icebreaker, he could return to Green Island within five days, and the remaining two days were enough for him to arrive in Los Angeles.
Of course, if he wanted the journey to go smoothly, Su Xiaofan still had to trouble Minister Hua, otherwise he might not be able to enter the beautiful country even if he got on the plane.
However, after calling Minister Hua, the person who answered the phone told him that Minister Hua was not available for the time being, and Liu'an was not available either, and he had to make an appointment three days in advance to find them.
Su Xiaofan was a little speechless. Fortunately, it would take five or six days to return, so he left his name and made an appointment for the next call with Hualong.
In the past few days, Zheng Dagang had been helping him exchange American knives through the auction house, and he had plenty of money. A few minutes later, Leonid received the payment information.
For foreigners, beautiful swords are the best language.
After receiving the money, Leonid sent Su Xiaofan back to the room and had someone send him a pair of brand new clothes. Su Xiaofan was attentive to his service.
Hualong's call came faster than Su Xiaofan expected, at noon the next day. Of course, it was still on the captain's phone.
Not knowing whether he would be monitored, Su Xiaofan didn't say much. He just asked Hualong to help him arrange a flight route to Los Angeles and other immigration matters.
It seemed that Minister Hua had done this kind of thing a lot, and actually asked Su Xiaofan if he wanted to enter the country legally or if he wanted to sneak in secretly.
Su Xiaofan naturally chose to enter the country legally. He was doing business, and he didn't want to cause a 911 incident in the United States. There was no need to hide his head.
In addition, Su Xiaofan asked Minister Hua to help him solve the phone problem. In modern society, it is difficult to live without a mobile phone.
Everything has been handed over to others, so Su Xiaofan can only follow the icebreaker back to Green Island.
At this time, the North Pole has entered the polar night environment.
There is only one hour at noon every day when you can see a little light, and the rest of the time is shrouded in darkness.
After more than four days of sailing, the icebreaker finally docked at Green Island.
Su Xiaofan came to Frank's cafe with a familiar face, asked him to help book a ticket to Damai Country, and left Green Island on the same day.
After two months of lonely and cold life in the restricted area of the glacier, Su Xiaofan returned to human society to see who felt friendly.
Squatting at the airport and looking at the aunt who weighed almost 300 pounds, Su Xiaofan felt like a beauty.
At the international airport of Damai Country, an inconspicuous-looking Damai man handed a suitcase to Su Xiaofan.
There was a satellite phone in the suitcase, a few changes of clothes, and a direct ticket to the beautiful country.
In addition, there was a stack of American knives and a bank card. According to Hualong, the beautiful country does not use cash very much and usually pays by credit card.
Su Xiaofan didn't mention borrowing the knife. He planned to go over first and see how much the difference was, and then think of a solution.
The most important thing is that Su Xiaofan needs to see the meteorites first. If he buys a bunch of useless meteorites, wouldn't he be taken advantage of?
More than ten hours later, Su Xiaofan himself arrived at the hotel where Brother Gang was staying.
Su Xiaofan's English dictation was very good, but his speaking was poor, and he used a shameless spirit to bounce out single words, but he was able to communicate with the taxi driver without any problems.
Brother Gang had already opened Su Xiaofan's room and went to get the room card with his passport. Su Xiaofan took a comfortable bath and then called Brother Gang.
"Oh, you miss me so much, brother." Zheng Dagang gave Su Xiaofan a hug as soon as they met.
"Where's sister-in-law? Don't tell me you're here alone for the honeymoon?" Su Xiaofan looked behind Brother Gang.
"Hey, your sister-in-law is here, I let her rest in the room."
Brother Gang smiled very proudly. He took his wife to the hospital in the beautiful country for a checkup yesterday. She was pregnant with a boy, which made Brother Gang very happy.
"Brother, we have to make an agreement first. After Zheng Xiaogang is born, you have to accept him as your disciple."
Brother Gang said with a look of regret: "I should have taken Uncle Jing as my disciple before, then we would have been brothers. I can't do that now, but my son is okay."
Brother Gang is not stupid, he can see that Su Xiaofan's changes all happened after he started practicing.
Moreover, during the contact with Su Xiaofan, Brother Gang felt the change in Su Xiaofan more and more. The change in temperament was like a different person.
Although when getting along with him, Su Xiaofan was still as cordial as usual.
But Brother Gang knew that it was difficult for him to get into Su Xiaofan's inner circle, or that they were no longer the same type of people.
Only now did Brother Gang realize that Su Xiaofan and his so-called cultivators have a much higher status than businessmen and politicians.
Su Xiaofan didn't expect that Brother Gang would raise this issue as soon as they met. He couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Brother Gang, this road is not easy to walk, and it may be dangerous."
"What are you doing? It's not dangerous. I saw a video yesterday. Someone was walking on the road and was killed by a stone falling from the car next to him."
Brother Gang gave a bitter smile, "So this man, sometimes he has to believe in fate. Our ancestors said that life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are in the sky. This sentence is really true."
"Brother Gang, I believe more in the saying that everything depends on man, and man can conquer nature."
Su Xiaofan let Zheng Dagang into the room. Brother Gang booked him a suite with a living room outside.
"If you really want my eldest nephew to practice, ask your sister-in-law to take this with you later."
Su Xiaofan thought for a moment and took out a spiritual stone, but after taking a look at Brother Gang, Su Xiaofan took out another one.
"If you think of a way to make a pendant or something like that, it must be worn close to your body."
Su Xiaofan explained: "In addition, I will get you some meat when you get back, and let my sister-in-law drink broth once a week. Remember, don't drink more."
Although the spiritual stone is not an amulet, the spiritual energy contained in it is very mild. The amount that is usually released is very small, and if absorbed by the human body, it will only be beneficial and harmless.
Although this subtle change will not allow Zheng Dagang and his wife to embark on the path of cultivation, it will be of great benefit to the baby in the belly.
Based on the relationship between Su Xiaofan and Brother Gang, since he wants to accept a disciple, he naturally has to raise the starting point of this disciple's qualifications so that he can go more smoothly on the road of cultivation in the future.
"Brother Gang, don't take this thing out to show off, remember, never do it."
Seeing Brother Gang fondly playing with the two spiritual stones, Su Xiaofan shook his head slightly and gave him a few more words.
Ordinary people can't recognize this as a spiritual stone, but cultivators can. If Brother Gang is touched by a cultivator after drinking wine and bragging, it will actually bring disaster to him.
"Don't worry, my parents won't let them see it."
Brother Gang, whose face was reddened by what Su Xiaofan said, waved his hand and said, "Where have you been during this time? I can't find the phone number. Xiaoxiao just said you went abroad."
"Me? I went to a place where no bird lays eggs."
Su Xiaofan laughed bitterly when he heard this. Not only were birds unable to lay eggs in the Glacier Restricted Area, there were no birds that could survive there. All birds would be blown into ice cubes by the cold wind from the sky.
"Come on, stop talking about me. What happened to the meteorite? Has the value been calculated?"
The matter in the Glacier Restricted Area was too far away from Brother Gang, so Su Xiaofan didn't want to talk about it anymore and brought the topic to meteorites.
"This man was also introduced to me by the auction house, but I didn't expect that he had collected so many."
When it came to business, Brother Gang also became serious and told Su Xiaofan what happened.
In the past year or so, the story of a Chinese collector looking for rare meteorites has spread in the international meteorite collecting circle.
Last time Brother Gang was in London, he bought a few pieces, which directly pushed the price of meteorites to a new height.
So this time Brother Gang came to Los Angeles, the meteorite collector also paid more attention to it and took Brother Gang to visit his meteorite collection.
This collector is called Robert. He is only in his early forties and can be considered a legend. He has been very successful in both fields.
Robert's job is actually a professor at the University of California, and he is considered to be a member of the upper class in the United States. However, the major he teaches and researches has nothing to do with meteorites.
Robert, on the other hand, is the most authoritative meteorite collector in the world.
Robert began collecting meteorites when he was in his twenties. After nearly two decades, Robert became the largest private meteorite collector in the world.
Although there have been others entering the industry over the years, no one can compare with Robert in terms of strength and collection size.
At first, Robert collected meteorites just out of interest and hobby, but later he discovered that meteorites were rare and valuable and could be sold for a good price, so Robert also started trading meteorites with others.
The reason why Brother Gang said that this guy is a legend is because his process of searching for meteorites is really full of thrills, excitement and legend.
In search of the wealth that fell from the sky, Robert traveled to all continents on the earth except the North and South Poles. In many countries, Robert had the experience of narrowly avoiding death in the wilderness.
As long as NASA predicts that there will be a meteor shower somewhere and at what time, Robert will get there at the exact time, no matter where he is or what kind of transportation he takes.
When there are no meteor showers, Robert will also search for meteorites by himself. He mainly searches in the desert areas of Africa, because meteorites there have never been picked up.
Robert will fly a gliding landing soft-wing aircraft slowly at a height of 120 meters above the desert. He will land whenever he sees a protruding object, and then search for it with a metal detector.
In addition to searching for meteorites himself, Robert also purchases them from local people. As long as the locals find meteorites, no matter how big or small, he will buy them with cash.
The most famous thing Robert did, and the thing that brought meteorite collections into people's attention, was that he purchased a 37-ton meteorite in Argentina for a large sum of money.
But when the meteorite was transported out of customs, the Argentine government arrested Robert on smuggling charges, believing that the rare meteorite belonged to the Argentine state.
"Wait a minute, Brother Gang, are you saying that there is a rare meteorite weighing 37 tons in Argentina?"
When he heard this, Su Xiaofan interrupted Brother Gang.
"I don't know if it's a rare meteorite, but it must be 37 tons."
Brother Gang shook his head, "Robert showed me the photo. He is indeed a big guy."
"This Robert is quite interesting."
After hearing what Brother Gang said, Su Xiaofan also felt that Robert was quite a legend, and his persistence in meteorites was even more intense than Su Xiaofan's.
For such a person, Su Xiaofan decided to use legitimate means to buy meteorites from him. He could not dispel Robert's love for meteorites.
I believe that with the motivation of money, Robert will help Su Xiaofan find more rare meteorites.
"Brother Gang, make an appointment with Robert. I want to see his meteorite collection tomorrow!"
Although Su Xiaofan felt that if he went to Africa to search for meteorites, he would definitely do better than Robert.
But thinking of her mother in the restricted area, Su Xiaofan was not in the mood to search slowly. Spending money to buy it was undoubtedly the most convenient way to get the meteorite.
"I hope this guy won't disappoint me."
Su Xiaofan is looking forward to meeting tomorrow.
Compared with the geological institutes in China that only search for meteorites nearby, Robert casts a net all over the world, and he may have searched for meteorites that fell in China.
There are still more than a hundred monthly passes to make up the whole number. Let's take a look and see if there are any more monthly passes. I will try to write another chapter tonight. You don't have to wait. You can read it tomorrow!
