Chapter 1176: 1176. Meteorite Hunter (5/5)

Chapter 1176 1176. Meteorite Hunter (55)

The Ford brothers wanted to know Li Du, but they didn't want to talk too much about meteorites with him.

When they talked about meteorites, they only talked about the difficulty of finding meteorites, where they searched, and never talked about the purpose of finding meteorites, and how they planned to use them after finding meteorites.

Coincidentally, Li Du didn't care about these things either.

He felt that searching for the fifth dimension, traveling through time and space, and searching for the origin of life were unreliable and all nonsense.

Anyway, he wouldn't waste his energy and financial and material resources on doing this kind of thing. He would rather make money, and then, like these people, build a comfortable living area in a place he likes.

He believes that both Steve and the Ford brothers have money to burn, and for them, taking risks and exploring these so-called unsolved mysteries may be a kind of spiritual sustenance.

The Ford brothers were called by Steve to study this meteorite.

Encouraged by this meteorite, they decided to search the surrounding area where Li Du found the meteorite the next day to see if they could find another piece.

Newman invited Li Du to go with him, and Li Du readily agreed. He was quite interested in the job of meteorite hunter. If he found another ten or eight yuan, the amount of his bank card could be increased again.

As long as there are no big storms in the Antarctic warm season, life is quite moist.

The sun was shining brightly outside, many seabirds flew over the camp, and Antarctica ushered in a period of life explosion in a year.

Li Du and Sophie walked on the glacier. After lunch, they took a dog sled along the glacier to watch the natural wonders on the ice sheet.

There are many uplifted icebergs distributed on the flat ice sheet, and their postures are ever-changing, which is a great spectacle.

After spending the day, they met Steve and rushed to the beach again in the same direction as yesterday.

The Ford brothers brought more people, plus the two of them came fourteen or five.

After the two parties met, Newman gave a brief introduction to Li Du, and they brought these people are hired meteorite hunters, professional meteorite hunters.

When I had nothing to do yesterday, Li Du went online to learn about this industry.

The collection of meteorites is very historical. Since ancient China, craftsmen and royals have consciously collected these extraterrestrial visitors.

In medieval Europe, people became more curious about meteorites and paid more attention to collecting them. However, there were not many meteorites over the years.

Until modern times, more meteorites were discovered.

Here I have to explain that the reason why people have discovered more meteorites in modern times is not that more meteorites have landed on the earth in modern times, but that it is easier for people to identify meteorites now.

With the development of the aerospace industry, humans can fly into space and retrieve specimens from other planets in the solar system. With reference to these specimens, the identities of some meteorites were recognized.

That is to say, it is not that human beings discover meteorites first, and then know the situation of other planets, but understand the structure of other planets, and then they can recognize the meteorites that fell on the earth.

In terms of weight, historical value and scientific research value, meteorites are very valuable, and they are very rare, which has caused their value to rise further.

Most meteorites are very similar to earth rocks, so it is generally difficult to distinguish them. The probability of finding a meteorite is very small. Even experienced meteorite hunters may take several years to find a meteorite.

In this case, finding a meteorite can make a fortune, but more meteorite hunters fail to find one after years of work, usually in vain.

Therefore, unlike other jobs, meteorite hunters are rare.

However, those who can survive in this industry must make money. At least they have found a meteorite, which is enough to maintain their family and keep them in this industry.

Due to the small number of practitioners, meteorite hunters are inevitably proud of their talents, and no one is convinced.

After Steve brought Li Du there, the meteorite hunters didn't come over to curry favor with them, they just stayed lazily in their sleigh.

The Ford brothers didn't seem to feel very good about them. After seeing Li Du's arrival, Newman said coldly: "This Mr. Li has just discovered a meteorite weighing more than five kilograms. As far as I know, he is still a layman in this industry. , I don’t understand why you are so expert, but you don’t get much.”

Li Du could understand his feelings. It was not free to support these meteorite hunters. The Ford family paid them a high salary.

In addition, because they come to work in Antarctica, which is a dangerous area, their wages are doubled.

In other words, the Ford family had to pay hundreds of thousands of salaries to these people every month, and as a result, they didn't reap it for a long time. A straightforward person like Newman was naturally very upset.

The Ford family is a big capitalist in the United States. They are willing to pay wages for workers, but they have to create matching value. Like these meteorite workers, they only take money and get nothing. They are definitely not happy.

A hunter took off his fur hat to reveal his big shaggy beard. He stroked his hair and said, "Master Ford, you need luck to get a meteorite. We made it clear from the beginning, not to mention that we used to work in Siberia and the North Pole. It’s not a working environment we’re used to.”

Hearing that they were working in Siberia and the North Pole, Li Du's heart moved. He and Steve made an appointment to go to the North Pole. Maybe he should chat with these people to gain experience.

Newman rolled his eyes and went to discuss today's search plan with Steve. The hunters became lazier again, and some of them started to puff and smoke with cigarettes in their mouths.

Li Du walked over and kindly reminded: "The ecosystem in Antarctica is very fragile. It is not easy to solve the pollution here. It is best not to smoke."

The hunter gave him a cold look and said, "Pollution? Can we smoke a cigarette as much as the pollution produced by the factories of you big capitalists in one second?"

"Tread less and mind your own business. Your good luck can guarantee that you will find a stone, but it won't guarantee that you can avoid my fist." Another big man said carelessly.

Brother Lang's expression was indifferent. He walked out from behind Li Du, ready to teach the big man a lesson.

Li Du didn't expect his reminder to make everyone so hostile to him, so he laughed and said, "Hey, I'm not a big capitalist. I'm a meteorite hunter just like you."

A big man raised his middle finger at him and said with a contemptuous smile: "Same as us? Wow, we are so honored to be able to do the same job as a rich man like you. But, do you know meteorites? Do you think this is just a coincidence?" A rock, and then you can be a meteorite hunter, right?"

Li Du rubbed his chin. These people seemed very unruly. It might not be so easy for him to get some news about Siberia from these people.