Hong Kong Island

Zhang Gui was driving his Audi A8 on the road to his mistress's place on Blue Island.

"Hello~ darling, I'm coming over tonight, hehe."

After hanging up the phone, he hummed a tune, feeling like a winner in life. He was only 35 years old and already the most prominent businessman in Pinghai County.

With the contract signed with Su Mei today, the profit he would make in a year would be at least several million.

Just then, Zhang Gui's phone rang urgently. He tapped the car's system to answer, "Hello~"

Before he could finish, the person on the other end spoke hurriedly.

"Mr. Zhang, it's bad! There are no fish left in our fish farm. We don't know what happened. The guys delivering goods this morning found that the fishing nets were broken somehow, and all the fish were gone."

Screech! Zhang Gui slammed on the brakes, and the A8 stopped in the middle of the road. Since it was a ring road, the cars were not moving slowly. The car behind couldn't react in time and crashed into him.

Zhang Gui's head hit the steering wheel, and his phone call was cut off.

Enraged, he got out of the car. Just as he was about to speak, he saw the car behind him – a Land Cruiser.

The Land Cruiser wasn't the scary part. What was terrifying was its license plate with five dazzling sevens.

Zhang Gui recognized the owner of the license plate; he was a well-known second-generation rich kid in Blue Island City. If he angered him, he would be in for a lot of trouble.

A young man with dyed white hair got out of the car, smoking a cigarette. Upon seeing Zhang Gui, he immediately started cursing, "Fuck~ Zhang Gui, you son of a bitch, are you trying to die?"

As he cursed, he lunged at Zhang Gui and slapped him across the face. At that moment, Zhang Gui couldn't care less if his face hurt.

He immediately apologized, "Young Master Zhang, I'm truly sorry. I was blind and blocked your way. I'll pay for the car repairs, and how about an additional 100,000 as compensation for the shock?"

"100,000? Are you trying to bribe a beggar? 500,000, not a penny less, or I'll break your arm."

"Okay, 500,000," Zhang Gui gritted his teeth and agreed.

After speaking, the young man took the car keys from Zhang Gui and drove the A8 away.

Ye Yuan was on a plane to Hong Kong Island.

After "playing" with Little Shark for two hours last night, he returned home and saw many missed calls on his phone, all from Wang Yueshan.

When he answered, Wang Yueshan told Ye Yuan that he had made arrangements for the auction. Because it was added at the last minute, and it had already entered the promotion phase, there were only a few days left.

It was best for Ye Yuan to bring the abalone over as soon as possible, as many things couldn't be judged just from pictures. Ye Yuan had no choice but to book a ticket for the next day overnight and rushed to the airport early in the morning.

This was Ye Yuan's first time going to Hong Kong Island. When he left, his father's health was no longer a problem. Ye Yuan specifically reminded his mother.

He told her to give his father more of the vegetables he brought back from home these few days. His mother was quite puzzled at the time, but Ye Yuan made an excuse, saying, "These vegetables are very nutritious and will help Dad recover."

Soon, the plane landed at Hong Kong Island Airport. Wang Yueshan personally came to pick him up. Wang Yueshan was very enthusiastic and involved in this auction.

In the Mercedes-Benz van, Wang Yueshan teased, "I say, Little Yuan, you're quite a boss now. Why do you always travel alone? You should at least bring a secretary."

"What boss am I? I'm just a fisherman," Ye Yuan replied, shaking his head.

The van stopped at the entrance of the Pearl Hotel, a famous five-star hotel in Hong Kong Island.

It was also the venue for the upcoming auction. The auction would be held in the grand conference hall on the 10th floor of the Pearl Hotel in three days. Many wealthy individuals would attend. It was heard that this auction had been planned long ago. Wang Yueshan had used some connections to forcefully add Ye Yuan's abalone to the schedule during this period.

The two of them went to a business suite where some of the auction staff were staying. When the person in charge saw the abalone and the exquisite packaging that Ye Yuan brought out, they were all stunned.

Especially the Petrified Wood packaging that contained an abalone – they couldn't believe that someone would use such good Petrified Wood for packaging.

This packaging was handcrafted by Ding Er. The exterior was the same as the one Li Hui had custom-made, but the difference was that there was an additional gift inside the packaging.

It was a Petrified Wood pipe. The entire pipe was made of Petrified Wood, with exquisite carvings on the surface. A lifelike dragon ran through the entire piece, with the mouthpiece being the dragon's tail. The overall impression was that it was simply a work of art.

Ye Yuan believed that this pipe alone, if auctioned, would not fetch a low price. This time, Ye Yuan wanted to make his abalone famous in one go, as he still had a lot in his spatial dimension.

After signing some consignment agreements, the staff quickly called a professional photographer to take pictures and upload them to the promotional website.

Ye Yuan booked a room directly at the hotel. Wang Yueshan had many things to attend to, so he didn't stay long at Ye Yuan's place, leaving him some information about the auction before departing.

Ye Yuan sat in his room, sipping his coffee and slowly flipping through the auction's promotional brochure.

At this auction, many items were being auctioned. As he flipped through the pages, he saw ginseng, dendrobium officinale, high-end tea leaves. When Ye Yuan saw a page, he couldn't help but be stunned. This page also introduced a Painted Spiny Lobster. He hadn't expected such a large Painted Spiny Lobster.

Painted Spiny Lobsters generally have a body length of 20cm-30cm, with dark brown and yellow stripes on their abdomen, first antennae, and walking legs. The base of the antennae has four pairs of tubercles, with the posterior pair being smaller. The body color is colorful and bright.

Their distribution range is very wide. In Huaguo, they are mainly distributed in the South China Sea and the waters around Hong Kong Island. They live on the slopes outside coral reefs to deeper muddy bottoms.

They usually inhabit depths of 1 to 10 meters, with the deepest recorded being 145 meters. They are often found in still waters on rocky reefs and reef slopes. Sometimes they can also be found in muddy bottoms with more turbid water near river mouths.

However, the one in the promotional brochure was clearly marked as 58cm, which was already extremely rare.

Flipping further, there were many other good ingredients, and of course, Ye Yuan's abalone was among them.

Looking at these promotional brochures, Ye Yuan suddenly had an idea: he could cultivate all these things.

He had a spatial dimension, and the lake water could speed up the growth of plants. Vegetables that originally took a month to mature could be ready in a few days in the spatial dimension.

So, if he planted some high-end crops like ginseng in there, wouldn't they also mature quickly? He couldn't test it now; he could only do it when he got back.

Thinking about it, he really didn't have much time this month. Many things he thought of were put aside due to busyness and then forgotten.

Although he now had Li Hui helping him, as his business grew, manpower would still be an issue. Crew members could be robots, but what about external communication?

Of course, robots could handle it, but Ye Yuan was afraid they would be exposed. If they interacted with too many people, it would be hard to hide their tracks.

Thinking of this, Ye Yuan shook his head helplessly. It seemed he needed to find someone he trusted and who was capable.

These were not things he could solve immediately. Since he was in Hong Kong Island, he might as well relax. After returning, Ye Yuan would have to go out to sea again. After all, what kind of fisherman would a fisherman be if they didn't go out to sea?

ps: Thanks to brother 08a for the reward.