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Chapter 229 Meteorite Collector

Icebreakers sail on the seas of the Arctic Circle, unlike regular flights, they do not happen every day.

It will only appear in the waterway when it is sent to the Arctic scientific research station or when performing scientific research missions.

Su Xiaofan's luck this time was obviously not very good, and he waited for more than half a month before seeing the shadow of a fleet.

Fortunately, this is a returning fleet, otherwise Su Xiaofan might have to accompany them to the Arctic Circle again.

Su Xiaofan didn't want to stand on the iceberg and wave a towel to attract the attention of the fleet, so he boarded the icebreaker quietly at night and came to the room where he lived before.

There are only three or four rooms on the top floor, one of which belongs to the captain, Su Xiaofan knocked on the captain's door very politely.

"Oh God, you... how did you get up here?"

Looking at Su Xiaofan who was dressed in rags but looked refreshed, Leonid screamed as if he had seen a ghost.

"Captain Leonid, won't you buy me a drink?"

Su Xiaofan squeezed into the room from the captain with a smile, took a bottle of vodka from the wine rack, and drank it to his mouth without looking for a cup.

Su Xiaofan is not an alcoholic, and he is not very interested in this vodka, which is almost alcoholic and has no taste at all, but after holding back on the iceberg for more than ten days, he just wants to drink at this moment.

"Damn old Maozi wine, it's not good at all."

Su Xiaofan muttered something, and put the bottle of vodka back.

"God, all of you Chinese people can do magic tricks."

It was obviously not the first time Leonid had encountered such a situation, and he returned to normal after the initial surprise.

"Shouldn't you be happy to see someone who gave you money?"

Su Xiaofan let out a long breath, "Captain Leonid, there is good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear?"

"It's good news, of course, and 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 quite strong."

"For Erguotou's sake, the bad news is gone."

Su Xiaofan's eyes lit up, after staying in the Arctic Circle for such a long time, he finally knew why the alcohol in the restricted area was so scarce.

Because no matter how much wine was sent in, it would not be enough for those cultivators to consume. In that kind of freezing environment, drinking a sip of wine is 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 waiting to be slaughtered, without any sense of security.

"The good news is that you only need to give me a mobile phone, and your $[-] will be credited to your account in no time."

The mobile phone Su Xiaofan used before may have been damaged by the extreme cold weather, and now he only has a mobile phone card in his hand.

"It really is good news."

Leonid's eyes lit up, and he took out his mobile phone directly, "Satellite phone, call casually, the global signal has no dead ends."

"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 takes time, and another year's usage fee is [-] dollars."

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 at ease when using Lao Maozi's things, who knows if they will be monitored.

After answering the phone, Su Xiaofan called Brother Gang first.

"Xiaofan, where have you been for the past two months?"

He seemed to be sleeping, but after receiving Su Xiaofan's call, Brother Gang woke up immediately.

"Brother Gang, do you have a beautiful knife in your hand? After a while, transfer [-] to this account." Su Xiaofan reported the account number given by the captain.

Giving money by boat is a matter of course, Su Xiaofan doesn't want to go to the pier like his father to carry big bags to pay back the money.

"Okay, I'll do it in a moment."

Brother Gang agreed, and then said: "Xiaofan, I found a big shot meteorite collector in Laomei, and he has many rare meteorites..."

"Well, then buy it, won't he sell it?"

Hearing Brother Gang's words, Su Xiaofan became excited immediately, he really wanted to doze off and give him a pillow, it was just right.

"Sell, but we don't have enough money."

Brother Gang hesitated for a moment, "I figured it out, that man has a rich collection of meteorites.

If you want to win all of them, you need at least 3000 million US dollars. I made up the money, and we have less than [-] million US dollars in total. "

Although he made a lot of money from auctioning jade wares before, that amount of money was not enough to make trouble in the international meteorite collection market.

In particular, Brother Gang released rumors through the auction house this year that he wanted to buy rare meteorites, which suddenly made the meteorite market hot, and the price also skyrocketed.

"I'll figure out how to deal with the money, where are you now?"

Su Xiaofan is not afraid that the other party will ask a high price, but he is afraid that the other party will not sell.

Of course, Su Xiaofan wasn't really afraid, at worst, he would 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 with his wife in South America, and immediately rushed to Los Angeles after receiving a call from the auction house.

In the past few days, Brother Gang has been asking someone to appraise the meteorites collected by that person, and some of them have not been appraised, but the price given has exceeded [-] million US dollars.

Although Brother Gang is now quite wealthy, he was still taken aback by this figure, and he is desperately looking for Su Xiaofan these days.

"Okay, give me the hotel you're staying at, and I should be there within a week."

Su Xiaofan asked for Brother Gang's hotel address, according to the speed of the icebreaker, he can return to Green Island within five days, and the remaining two days are enough for him to reach Los Angeles.

Of course, if the journey is to go smoothly, Su Xiaofan still has to trouble Minister Hua, otherwise he may not be able to enter the beautiful country even if he gets on the plane.

However, after calling Minister Hua, the person who answered the phone told him that Minister Hua was not in for the time being, and that Lu'an was not there either, and that he had to make an appointment three days in advance to find them.

Su Xiaofan was a little speechless, but luckily the return trip would take five or six days, so he left his name and made an appointment for the next call with Hualong.

Zheng Dagang has been helping him exchange American knives through the auction house for the past few days, and he has plenty of money in his hands. After a few minutes, Leonid received the receipt information.

For foreigners, American knife is the best language.

After receiving the money, Leonid sent Su Xiaofan back to the room, and asked someone to send a brand new dress over. Su Xiaofan was attentive to every detail.

Hualong's call came a little faster than Su Xiaofan expected, and he called at noon the next day. Of course, it was still on the captain's phone.

Not sure if he would be monitored, Su Xiaofan didn't say much, just asked Hualong to help him arrange the flight route to Los Angeles, and there was also the matter of entering the country.

It seems that Minister Hua has been doing such things a lot, and actually asked Su Xiaofan whether he wants to enter the country legally or secretly.

Su Xiaofan naturally chose to enter the country legally. He was doing business, and he didn't want to have a 911 incident in Laomei, so there's no need to hide his head and hide his tail.

In addition, Su Xiaofan asked Minister Hua to help him solve the phone problem. In modern society, it is difficult to move without a mobile phone.

The matter has been explained to others, Su Xiaofan can only follow the icebreaker back to Green Island first.

At this time, the North Pole has entered the environment of polar night.

There is only one hour at noon every day, and a little light can be seen, and the rest of the time is shrouded in darkness.

After more than four days of sailing, the icebreaker finally docked on Green Island.

Su Xiaofan came to Frank's coffee shop with familiarity, and asked him to help book a plane ticket to Damai Country, and left Green Island on the same day.

After two months of lonely and cold life in the glacier restricted area, and returning to human society, Su Xiaofan sees who feels kind.

Squatting at the airport and looking at the aunt who weighed almost three hundred catties, Su Xiaofan felt like a beautiful woman.

At the international airport of Damai Country, a very unremarkable Damai man handed over a suitcase to Su Xiaofan.

In the trunk was a satellite phone, a few changes of clothes, and a non-stop ticket to the beautiful country.

In addition, there is a stack of American knives and a bank card. In Hualong's words, the beautiful country does not use cash very much, and usually pays by card.

Su Xiaofan didn't mention borrowing a dollar knife, he planned to go there first to see how much it was short of, and then figure out a solution.

The most important thing is that Su Xiaofan needs to look at the meteorites first, if he bought a bunch of useless meteorites, wouldn't he be taken advantage of.

More than ten hours later, Su Xiaofan came to the hotel where Brother Gang was staying by himself.

Su Xiaofan's English dictation is very good, but his spoken English is almost poor, and he used a shameless spirit to jump out a single word, but he was able to communicate with the taxi driver without any obstacles.

Brother Gang has already opened Su Xiaofan's room, took his passport to get the room card, Su Xiaofan took a bath comfortably, and then called Brother Gang.

"Oh, you miss me so much brother." As soon as they met Zheng Dagang, he gave Su Xiaofan a hug.

"Where is sister-in-law? Don't tell me you came alone for the honeymoon?" Su Xiaofan looked behind Brother Gang.

"Hey, your sister-in-law has it. I let her rest in the room."

Brother Gang smiled very proudly. He took his wife to the hospital in the beautiful country for an examination yesterday. She was pregnant with a boy, which made Brother Gang happy.

"Brother, let's make an agreement first. After Zheng Xiaogang is born, you have to accept him as a disciple."

Brother Gang said with regret: "I should have worshiped Uncle Jing as my teacher before, then we would be brothers and sisters. I can't do it now, but my son is okay."

Brother Gang is not stupid, he can tell that Su Xiaofan's changes all happened after he started practicing.

And in the contact with Su Xiaofan, Brother Gang felt the change of Su Xiaofan more and more, the change in temperament was like a different person.

Although when getting along with him, Su Xiaofan is still as cordial as usual.

But Brother Gang knew that it was difficult for him to get into Su Xiaofan's inner circle, or they were not the same kind of people anymore.

Only now did Brother Gang realize that Su Xiaofan and his so-called cultivators have far higher status than businessmen and politicians.

Su Xiaofan didn't expect Brother Gang to bring up this issue as soon as they met, he couldn't help shaking his head, and said: "Brother Gang, this road is not easy, and it may be dangerous."

"Why is it not dangerous? I saw a video yesterday. Someone was walking on the main road, but he was crushed to death by a stone falling from the car next to him."

Brother Gang smiled wryly, "So this person, sometimes he has to believe in fate. The old ancestor's saying that life and death have fate, and wealth and honor are in the sky are really true."

"Brother Gang, I believe even more in the saying that everything depends on man's efforts, and man's determination can overcome 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, you can ask your sister-in-law to carry this with you later."

Su Xiaofan thought for a while, and took out a spirit stone, but after glancing at Brother Gang, Su Xiaofan took out another one.

"You find a way to make a pendant or something, and you must wear it close to your body."

Su Xiaofan confessed: "I'll get you some meat when I go back, let my sister-in-law drink broth once a week, remember, don't drink too much."

Although the spirit stone is not a talisman, the aura contained in it is very gentle, and the amount that is usually released is very small, and it will only be beneficial and harmless if it is absorbed by the human body.

Although this kind of subtle change cannot make Zheng Dagang and his wife embark on the path of cultivation, it is of great benefit to the baby in the womb.

Based on the relationship between Su Xiaofan and Brother Gang, since he wanted to recruit a disciple, he naturally had to raise the starting point of this disciple's aptitude higher, so that he could walk more smoothly on the road of cultivation in the future.

"Brother Gang, don't take this thing out to show off, remember, don't."

Seeing Brother Gang fondly playing with the two spirit stones, Su Xiaofan shook his head slightly, and then told him a few words.

Ordinary people can't recognize it as a spirit stone, but cultivators can. If Brother Gang drinks alcohol and brags and forces the cultivator to touch him, it will bring disaster to him instead.

"Don't worry, my parents won't let them see it."

Brother Gang, who was told by Su Xiaofan that his face was blushing, waved his hands and said, "Where have you been all this time? I can't find the phone number. Xiaoxiao just said that you went abroad."

"Me? I ran to a place where no bird lays eggs."

Su Xiaofan laughed wryly when he heard the words, the restricted area of ​​the glacier is not only where birds do not lay eggs, there are no birds that can survive there, all birds have to be blown into ice cubes by the cold wind from the sky.

"Come on, don't talk about me, what happened to the meteorite? Has the value been calculated?"

The matter of the glacier restricted area is too far away from Brother Gang, Su Xiaofan didn't want to talk about it, so he brought the topic to the meteorite.

"This person was also introduced to me by the auction house, but I didn't expect him to have so many collections."

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 collection circle.

Last time Brother Gang bought a few pieces when he was in London, 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, and he is only in his early forties, and he can be regarded as a legend. He is very successful in both fields.

Robert's job is actually a professor at the University of California. He is considered a member of the upper class in the beautiful country, but the major he teaches and researches has nothing to do with meteorites.

On the other hand, Robert is the most authoritative meteorite collector in the world.

Since his 20s, Robert has been collecting meteorites. After nearly 20 years, Robert has become the world's largest private collector of meteorites.

Although there have been other people entering this business over the years, no one can compare with Robert in terms of strength and collection scale.

At first, Robert collected meteorites just out of interest and hobbies, but later he discovered that meteorites are rare and precious, and can be sold at a good price, so Robert also began to trade meteorites with people.

The reason why Brother Gang said that this buddy is legendary is because his process of searching for meteorites is really full of thrills, excitement and legend.

In order to find the wealth that fell from the sky, Robert traveled all over the earth except the North and South Poles. In many countries, Robert had the experience of narrowly dying in the wilderness.

As long as the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration predicts where and when there will be a meteor shower, Robert will arrive there at the exact time, no matter where he is, no matter what means of transportation he takes.

When there is no meteor shower, Robert will also search for meteorites by himself.He searches mostly in the deserts of Africa, where meteorites have never been picked up.

Robert will drive a gliding and landing soft wing plane, slowly fly at a height of 120 meters above the desert, land as long as he sees a protrusion, and then use a metal detector to search.

In addition to searching for meteorites by himself, Robert also buys them from locals. 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 one of the things that brought meteorite collections into people's attention, was that he bought a meteorite weighing 37 tons in Argentina with a lot of money.

However, when the meteorite was transported out of the customs, the Argentine government arrested Robert on charges of smuggling, believing that this rare meteorite belonged to the Argentine state.

"Wait, Brother Gang, are you saying that in Argentina, there is a 37-ton rare meteorite?"

When hearing this, Su Xiaofan interrupted Brother Gang.

"I don't know if it is a rare meteorite, but there must be 37 tons."

Brother Gang shook his head, "Robert showed me the photos, he is indeed a big guy."

"This Robert is quite interesting."

Hearing what Brother Gang said, Su Xiaofan also felt that Robert was quite a legend, and his obsession with meteorites was even stronger than Su Xiaofan.

For such a person, Su Xiaofan decided to use legitimate means to buy meteorites from the other party. He could not dispel Robert's love for meteorites.

I believe that coupled 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 collection of meteorites tomorrow!"

Although Su Xiaofan thinks that he is going to Africa to find meteorites, he will definitely do better than Robert.

But thinking of his mother in the forbidden zone, Su Xiaofan didn't have the mood to search slowly, buying it with money is undoubtedly the most convenient way to get meteorites.

"I hope this buddy won't disappoint me."

Su Xiaofan is looking forward to the meeting tomorrow.

Compared with those geological research institutes in China who only searched for meteorites nearby, Robert cast a net all over the world, and he might have searched for meteorites that fell in China.

　There are still more than 100 monthly tickets to round up. Let’s see if there are still monthly tickets. I will try to write another chapter tonight. You don’t have to wait, you can read it tomorrow!
　　
　
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