Chapter 192 [Under the Ambergris]
Just because the ambergris sperm whale was almost wiped out by humans, you can see some novel reports in the major newspapers every once in a while. When walking on the coast, he picked up a stone that exuded a peculiar smell, and then after an expert appraisal, it was actually a priceless ambergris.
How many 10,000 times more sensitive is the nose of a canine than a human? The subtle smell that cannot be smelled by the human sense of smell seems to Simba, who has a sensitive nose, to flicker like a neon sign. That's why the little guy smelled this smell, felt very novel, and wanted his owner Yang Nianzhong to take a look.
But the language of humans and dogs is incomprehensible, no matter how anxious Simba is, Yang Nianzhong can't accurately understand what Simba means. Even if Yang Nianzhong understands that he doesn't have Simba's ability to jump a few meters at a time, he can only wait for the tide to recede before he can follow Simba behind to see these strange stones.
Fortunately, the owner Yang Nianzhong finally followed and finally got these stones back, but there are many such stones in the cave, and it is no problem for others not to understand ambergris.
But for Yang Nianzhong, who makes a living from Taobao, these are the basic common sense of making a fortune, if you don't understand the origin of these strange things, how can you rummage through the garbage heap and find those inconspicuous treasures to exchange for money.
Therefore, Yang Nianzhong has chosen to work warehousing and auctions, and has begun to dabble in a wide range of professions, and when he has nothing to do, he takes the computer to query all kinds of interesting stories. Anything with a certain collection value, Yang Nianzhong will have an in-depth understanding, how did these things come from? How to distinguish the authenticity from the fake.
If you put it on ordinary people, you will definitely feel very strange when you see these gray-white rocks, ambergris is a substance secreted by sperm whales, and when it is just secreted, it is sticky and soft. Only under the immersion of sunlight and seawater, it will become a stone-like substance, and only when it is soaked in seawater for a long time will the quality of ambergris will slowly improve.
That is to say, the longer it is soaked in seawater, the higher the value of ambergris, the fewer impurities, and the surface will form a layer of gray-white rock-like material after soaking for a long time.
It looks like dried cement, and it has a fresh fragrance, and if it has not been soaked in seawater for a long time, it will smell a foul smell, after all, the smell of substances excreted from the intestines can be cured, then hell.
And all the ambergris in the world is monopolized by French perfumes, especially Chanel, which is the world's leading perfume, accounting for more than 70% of the world's share. But it does not prove that all good perfumes are produced by Chanel, but he occupies a large proportion, and the important source of control is ambergris.
Yang Nianzhong said to his woman Anne, what are these gray stones? Anne was also stunned. Because he uses Chanel perfume, can he not know that ambergris is the most important component of perfume? Is it an all-natural flavor? And it's quite expensive.
These ambergris are money by the gram, and its value is much higher than the same weight of gold, and the two of them are really excited at this moment. I didn't expect to come to this small island and spend the last stage of the honeymoon period.
Actually found so much ambergris on the coastline, listening to Yang Nianzhong's description that if it weren't for the high tide, Simba would have entered the cave to find these smelly stones, then it can be inferred that there are still a lot of ambergris in the cave.
I don't know what kind of charm this isolated island exudes in the sea? Why is there so much ambergris? Yang Nianzhong is not a biologist who studies sperm whales after all. It is not known why sperm whales congregate in large numbers in the Hawaiian Islands, and then excrete ambergris, a waste product in their bodies, and gather on this small island.
You just let Yang Nianzhong know that he is not interested, what Yang Nianzhong is interested in is how much these ambergris are worth? Good fellow, happy. Yang Nianzhong said that Simba has made a great contribution, and this is true, a stone is several times the weight of gold, these are not ambergris but large dollars, floating on the sea and then dragged to the shore by Simba.
This little guy usually only eats and drinks, but he didn't expect it to really play its role at the critical moment, so that Yang Nianzhong can make a lot of money. I didn't expect to be able to go out on a honeymoon with my woman Anne, and by the way, it was a big deal, how could Yang Nianzhong not be excited, the excitement was a little too much.
Who doesn't like money, who has a grudge against money in this world, Yang Nianzhong was even more excited when Anne was excited. But after the joy was over, the two of them began to worry, how did these stones get out of Hawaii? What about bringing it to your hometown of New York? How can we get these stones out of this small island?
Why? Because the value of these ambergris is too high, you can't let others know, try to reduce the exposure, and don't make a fortune in a muffled voice. This is Yang Nianzhong's consistent purpose to make a fortune, what kind of character is Yang Nianzhong? Anne, who was the wife, knew best, so the two of them sat down cross-legged again, looking at the stones in front of them in a daze.
As the sky got later and the number of mosquitoes began to increase, Yang Nianzhong couldn't help but pat his thigh, looked at Anne on the side and said. "Anne isn't a big deal, didn't we bring a lot of suitcases? Put those luggage away and empty two suitcases for these stones, and if it really doesn't work, I'll make another trip to Honolulu. ”
"Go buy some trolley boxes and ship the stones back by air. Why bother thinking about this and that, it's a big deal to pay more taxes. ”
What Yang Nianzhong said is really reasonable, Hawaii also belongs to the territory of the United States, although the plane coming back from Hawaii has to go through the security check, it will not be troubled by the customs. This is like buying things from Tianjin all the way to Shijiazhuang, whether we can only pass the customs inspection is a reason.
If Yang Nianzhong takes Anne to play in other countries, if he wants to bring these ambergris back to the United States, he will definitely be strictly inspected by customs. When the time comes, you don't have to pay huge tariffs, you don't want to take these ambergris for yourself, fortunately the two of you are in Hawaii.
That's all we can do now, what's the problem? Let your family help you solve it, but it's a problem to get these stones back now. You can't let Yang Nianzhong wear swim trunks and be naked, and carry these things through the primeval jungle to the small hotel, so that Yang Nianzhong will not be able to feed the mosquitoes.
When I went back, I had to go back to the tropical disease, so I had no choice but to put these stones on the corner of the beach and bury them in sand. Then he got dressed, and then took Anne and Simba back to the hotel, and when they got back to the hotel, it was already completely dark, and neither of them would have been able to cross the jungle if it weren't for Simbade's road.