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Chapter 136 Monk Seal

During Suri's trip to Los Angeles.

Two professional wave-making boats were added to the island at a total cost of more than 80 US dollars.

With the help of a wave boat, its wake can be surfed directly, regardless of weather factors, and the gameplay is simpler, even for novices, it is particularly easy to learn, both exciting and safe.

During wakesurfing practice with Daddario.

When she learned from Su Rui that Daju had the opportunity to negotiate an advertising endorsement with a car company at a price of two to three million US dollars, her mood really collapsed.

After being speechless for a while, Daddario said:
"It's fine if you can't compare to others, but you are not as good as your pet cat. This shows that accepting endorsement ads is really very profitable. I will work hard in the future and hope to pay off the bank loan as soon as possible."

It was also the first time for Suri to wakeboard.

Compared with the fear of being dominated by huge waves last time, today's situation is much milder. It is almost the difference between a jumping machine and a bumper car in an amusement park, not on the same level at all.

He has practiced twice before and after, and he is not flustered at all.

The main reason is that you no longer have to worry about being swept into the sea by waves, and finally experience the taste of riding the wind and waves.

After hearing Daddario's words, Suri said with a smile:

"So I always tell you not to worry too much. Like Angelina Jolie, who endorses luxury goods and cosmetics, the annual fee is as high as tens of millions of dollars. There are also Tom Cruise and others. The price should be similar. Even if they need to pay taxes, they can make money very quickly."

Miss Thalia, who was draining the waveboat, interrupted and asked, "Then what about you, boss, it seems that you haven't seen the advertisement you shot, is it because the quotation is too expensive?"

Su Rui pointed at his face, and said helplessly:

"As a Chinese, it's always difficult to get big fat deals. Even when I was the most popular a few years ago, no big names contacted me, and the endorsement prices quoted were lower than the last. Later, I made a fortune on my own, and no one asked me to shoot commercials. If it was online games, famous watches, etc., if I was offered 500 million US dollars a year, maybe I would agree. It took a day or two to finish the shoot, it was like a waste of money."

Daddario was wearing a slightly loose black surf suit.

Tight in the upper half, loose at the waist.

no way.

The surfing suit that fit her size really couldn't fit in, and the zipper could only be pulled up to the abdomen, so I picked a two-size-larger one and barely squeezed it in.

At this moment, she took out the water in her ears and joked:
"If I were the brand owner, I wouldn't invite you either, lest I make you unhappy and turn around and buy my company after getting angry. This is similar to how no one would find Warren Buffett as an endorsement. Compared with powerful businessmen, actors are obviously on the weak side."

"If I invite Buffett to visit the headquarters of Netflix Entertainment, the valuation may immediately rise by two to three billion U.S. dollars, attracting the attention of countless people."

Su Rui thought of the movie "The Richest Man in Xihong City". There was a clip of teasing Buffett's charity lunch in it. If he develops into the film industry in the future, he might be able to adapt and remake it.

Thalia is only responsible for driving the boat. In order to prevent sunburn, she is very tightly packed today.

After checking the data on the display, she told:
"Are you still going to continue surfing? The overheating warning of the engine has disappeared. This kind of wave boat is too heavy. Even if you choose the best model, the life of the engine is only about [-] hours."

"Hey, the time is so short, isn't the price charged?"

"Counting the cost of fuel and labor, chartering a boat will cost at least [-] US dollars an hour, so as not to lose money. The price is estimated to be set at more than [-], and a maximum of five passengers will be carried by then, and the average cost is tens of dollars per trip."

After listening to Talia, Suri spoke again:

"Then this project must not be included in the package. Two wave-making boats are barely enough, and then they will be charged separately, so tourists can make an appointment to experience it. The ultraviolet rays are too strong today, so go back to the pier first."

Not finished yet.

On the surface of the sea next to it, a round head popped out, with big nostrils opening and closing, looking a bit silly.

Hawaiian monk seal, Suri once saw this rare animal on the unopened pristine beach of Lanai Island, and today is the first time to observe it up close.

Daddario was taken aback, and when he saw what it was, he patted his chest and said angrily:

"Fortunately, it's daytime. Why did this guy only show his head? He thought he had encountered a sea monster."

It was like understanding what she said.

The monk seal in the sea floated nimbly on the surface of the sea and patted its belly.

Talia knew the monk seal.

From the storage box of the wave boat, he took out a small ice box, opened the lid and threw a fish to it, and said:

"When a resident found it last week, the little guy was entangled in a rope, and his flippers were strangled to the point of festering. I gave it medicine for treatment for a few days, and then put it back into the sea to find that it was not flexible enough to swim, making it difficult to catch prey. We had to bring some fish to feed it, so as not to become food for sharks due to lack of physical strength."

When he discovered the Hawaiian hawk, Suri looked up animals in Hawaii on the Internet.

Hawaiian monk seals are one of the local endemic species. Due to food shortages and man-made damage to the marine environment, their numbers have been declining year by year. Currently, there are only about [-] left.

He got up and took a fish, and fed it to the monk seal by lying on the side of the boat. Suri asked, "They seem to rarely come to Lanai Island. Where do they usually live?"

"Korea Atoll, Midway Island, and Pearl Harbor. There should be many other islands in the past. Unfortunately, they were used as food and almost disappeared. Unless some of them are captive and let them live in a safe place, otherwise they will be killed by sharks, entangled in fishing nets, and food shortages will cause more deaths than births, and eventually go extinct."

Different from the mass extinctions caused by natural disasters in the history of the earth, with the rise of modern human civilization, countless species have completely disappeared.

Su Rui and Seng Haibao stared at each other with big eyes and said in their mouths:

"Talia, you usually feed more fish, let this guy call relatives and friends together, and move to Lanai Island to settle down. There are several beaches on the island that are not open to the public, which have been designated as protected areas. I can donate some money to protect them."

Daddario laughed dumbfounded and reminded:

"The pier on Lanai is full of fishing boats, speed boats, motor boats, sailboats, and they get scared off halfway."

Thalia went on to say:

"There is also the threat from stray dogs. When they can't find food, stray dogs will attack monk seals. I saw them kill a young monk seal on the beach when I was 12 years old. Dogs are only friendly to their owners. Once they are hungry, they will become very aggressive and like to chase and bite people."

Su Rui only knew that there were hundreds of stray cats living in Lanai Town, but he had never seen a stray dog. He probably had been captured because of provoking public outrage.

After feeding the monk seals, take the wave boat back to the pier.

You can see many tourists near the sea, who are practicing surfing and renting sailboats to go out for a ride, all of which can generate income for Su Rui.

(End of this chapter)