“Young man, that snail is pretty, how about selling it to me for two hundred yuan?” When Su Jing was selling fish, some tourists from the beach came to join in the fun, because those stonefish were so eye-catching, but a middle-aged man saw the snail Su Jing had picked up.
“Not selling,” Su Jing said.
“One thousand.” The middle-aged man thought about it and said.
“Not selling.” Su Jing shook his head.
“Three thousand.” Su Liang, Su Xiaolin, and some of the villagers around them are watching this calm scene as the middle-aged man tripled the rate all at once. What’s the value of this insignificant snail that they neglected? Is it more expensive than lobster?
Unexpectedly, Su Jing still faintly said: “Not selling.”
Su Liang and Su Xiaolin both secretly pushed Su Jing, they were all anxious for Su Jing, a snail is worth three thousand yuan and he is still not selling?
“You don’t sell a snail for 3,000 yuan. How much more do you want to sell it for? I want to buy it for my wife. She likes strange and beautiful things, otherwise, I won’t spend 3000 yuan on this. The middle-aged men complained that Su Jing was asking for a lot of money.
“What do you want to buy for three thousand yuan?” A woman wearing a swimsuit came up and asked.
“Wife, do you think this snail is very beautiful? Do you like it?” The middle-aged man laughed.
“It’s beautiful, but 3,000 yuan is too expensive. Don’t spend that much money on it.” The middle-aged woman smiled. Obviously, her husband was happy to buy her a gift, but she didn’t want to waste money. She said, “Boy, how about a thousand yuan for it?” Don’t think that you can con us just because we have money. What’s the value of a snail? If you don’t sell it to us then it will be useless.”
“Not selling.” Su Jing still shook his head.
“Forget it. Keep it for yourself.” The middle-aged woman turned her eyes and pulled the middle-aged man away.
“A’Jing, what kind of snail is it worth so much? You didn’t even sell it for three thousand yuan?” Su Liang asked, and Su Xiaolin Su Hu and others looked closely.
“If I’m not mistaken, it should be Nautilus.” Su Jing said that as he didn’t recognize the snail at first, but after checking online, he found out that Nautilus had a smooth, disc-shaped shell and a parrot-like mouth, hence its name “Nautilus”.
Nautilus is an ancient mollusk with a life history of hundreds of millions of years, but its shape and habits change little. It is known as a “living fossil” and has great value in the study of animal evolution. Their ancestors were over thirty different groups of Nautilus, but they were wiped out with dinosaurs in the catastrophe 65 million years ago. A few surviving descendants of Nautilus inhabit the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, leaving “Ponzi Nautilus”, “Deep umbilical Nautilus”, “Bighead Nautilus” and two uncertain species.
Nowadays, Nautilus is as rare as giant pandas. How can Su Jing sell it for thousands of dollars? In fact, his heart is tangled, he doesn’t really care about money as Nautilus are endangered species and comes under National Animal Protection program, If he sold a Nautilus and was reported then he will be in great trouble.
“What snail is Nautilus?” Su Liang asked strangely.
“I will tell you later.” Su Jing took Nautilus from the bucket to Zheng Great Seafood Restaurant, Su Liang and Su Xiaolin followed curiously. They knew Su Jing best and knew that Su Jing never lost money. At the Great Seafood Restaurant, Su Jing kept Nautilus in a fish tank. Su Zhenhong and others were glad to learn that Su Jing had made tens of thousands more in the blink of an eye. They thought that the kid had spent a lot of money, but his ability to make money was really good.
“A’Jing, what kind of snail is this? Are you using it as a pet?” Zhao Mengxiang saw Su Jing put the snail into a fish tank. He thought the snail was beautiful and asked.
“I haven’t seen this kind of snail,” Su Zhenhong said.
“A’Jing didn’t sell it when someone just offered 3000 yuan for it.” Su Liang laughed.
“Three thousand?” Su Zhenhong, Liu Shu and Zhao Mengxiang were all stunned. Unexpectedly, Su Zhenhong and Liu Shu thought about whether Su Jing was too greedy. Zhao Mengxiang suddenly remembered the purple Sandalwood thing a dozen days ago. She thought that if Su Jing didn’t sell it then he must have had a reason for it.
Su Jing took a picture of Nautilus and sent it to the forum of Zhongyun Oceanarium. He did not want to cover it up. The Nautilus was either not sold or sold legitimately and fairly. Otherwise, even if it sold tens of thousands of dollars, it would be worthless to break the law.
Su Jing didn’t expect that a phone call came in shortly after he sent the picture and the caller’s display was Zhongyun Oceanarium. Su Jing was overjoyed and answered the phone: “Hello, hello.”
An old and exciting voice came from the phone: “Hello, I’m Ye Bo, a paleontologist and doing my research at Zhongyun Oceanarium. Did you send that post about Nautilus on the forum?”
Su Jing said: “Yes.”
The voice on the other end of the phone seemed more exciting: “Nautilus is still there, right? Where are you now? I’ll go to your place right away. And don’t sell or break Nautilus. Keep it safe…”
The old man’s voice was worse than the incantation of the Tang monk, and Su Jing was dizzy.
Finally, Su Jing told him his address. Less than an hour later, a grey-haired old man and a middle-aged man came quickly to Zheng Great Seafood Restaurant. Although the old man was old, his eyes were bright. At first glance, he saw Nautilus in the fishbowl and walked up quickly.
“It’s really is a Nautilus. It’s unexpected that this area has Nautilus, and it’s so big.” Ye Bo’s eyes were bright and he was staring at the Nautilus left and right. Suddenly, his pupil suddenly shrank and burst into a brilliant light. He said excitedly, “This Nautilus must be sent to the aquarium immediately, Little Ming. Come and help me.”
“Teacher, You haven’t even asked the one who caught it.” The middle-aged man was speechless for a while. His teacher was good at what he did but once he got excited, he will forget everything else.
“Oh, who got this Nautilus?” Ye Bo asked.
“Me.” Su Jing raised his hand.
“This Nautilus can be sent to the ocean hall. It’s a contribution to scientific research.” Ye Bo said.
“It’s not impossible to send it to the ocean hall, as long as you can afford it.” Su Jing smiled and said that he had learned that Nautilus could not be sold absolutely under the Aquatic Wildlife Protection Law, but could be legally sold as long as it was approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and paid only 30,000 yuan for the protection of resources to the state. If sold to private people, it may not be easy to get approval from the Ministry of Agriculture, but it is easy to sell to the ocean hall. All formalities of the ocean hall can be easily completed.
“How much do you want to sell it for?” Ye Bo looked at Su Jing with a smile.
“150,000.” Su Jing said and it made Su Zhenhong, Su Liang, Su Xiaolin, and others suddenly open their mouths. It was too expensive, but what was more unexpected was coming in the future.
“Deal, I will transfer the money to you right away.” Ye Bo replied very simply without any pause.
“That’s all right.” According to Su Jing’s estimate, the price of 150,000 yuan is much higher. He thought Ye Bo might bargain. As a result, Ye Bo will feel like he was losing money, but what he said was like spilled water, which was not easy to recover.
“The 30,000 yuan resource protection fee…” Su Jing asked.
“You’re not selling Nautilus, Zhongyun Oceanarium is state-owned, and submitting an ocean museum is equivalent to submitting a state. I’m not buying it, just subsidizing you.” Ye Bo was very serious and gave Su Jing 150,000 yuan.
“…” Su Jing was stunned for a while, but it could still be like this, so that resources protection fees and taxes would be exempted.
“Can I have this little fishbowl?” Ye Bo asked.
“Of course.” Su Jing nodded, He had earned 150,000 yuan. It’s also right if he took a fish bowl.
“Little Ming came to help, bring this Nautilus to the aquarium as soon as possible. She’s pregnant and she’s going to have a baby.” Ye Bo said, moving Nautilus with a middle-aged man and a fish tank.
“…” Listening to Ye Bo, Su Jing finally understood. No wonder Ye Bo didn’t even hesitate to give him 150,000 yuan. Su Jing realized that Nautilus was pregnant. Su Jing realized that he might have really lost. But on second thought, he was relieved. After all, only a few or dozen of Nautilus eggs will be laid and the hatching success rate was not high. It was not easy for people to do scientific research. At most, he should contribute to scientific research. Well, 150,000 worth of it anyway.
Nice. We need to save more of those endangered species. Just like Chinese Panda, Mongolian Mazaalai(Gobi bear) and lot more species.
how about start by teaching people about their existence? then again i’m pretty sure people like these would just hunt them even more cause they’re more expensive
mc doesn’t tell everyone that he’s not selling it because it’s illegal, such shit behaviour
these fishermen can’t recognize a nautilus, so they have no idea about any protected species, no wonder so many endangered species go extinct, these chinese country bumpkins just genocide them without a know or a care