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"This is settled then. I will notify them right away. I'm sure they will be more than happy to help!" With a slight smile, Old Kong stood up and turned to leave.
Watching the two of them, Old Liu was already used to their antics. It was quite generous of them to provide a few free laborers and even reimburse their airfare.
Stepping out of the room and running to the conference room, Professor Bai, who had been called over from the capital, was busy playing back the brief surveillance footage from last night, enthusiastically explaining the living habits and physical characteristics of the White-Finned Dolphin to his students.
As he spoke passionately, he was suddenly interrupted. Professor Bai raised his fist as he opened the door, then spread his fingers and slapped his own forehead, scratching it vigorously while chuckling.
"Old Kong! You're here! Thank you for giving me this opportunity to see a live White-Finned Dolphin this year! Rest assured, I’ve made arrangements with my students. Even during the New Year, we won’t go back; we’ll stay by the river to record and protect the White-Finned Dolphin, conducting serious research to ensure the survival of their population!"
Old Kong's reason for coming over was unclear to Professor Bai. However, he needed to express his determination first: they were committed to staying by the river and would not leave! No matter who came, they would not budge! After all, they bore the mission of ensuring the continuation of the White-Finned Dolphin!
With one statement from Professor Bai, a group of students below were left dumbfounded.
"How is it settled? When did this happen? Aren't we just here for a ten-day survey? Our families are waiting for us to go home and make dumplings for the New Year!"
If they could capture a White-Finned Dolphin and keep it in a tank for a few months, it would be no problem. They could observe and record daily, write papers, and as long as they produced some results, they could graduate with their doctorate!
Three White-Finned Dolphins were not many, but there wouldn’t be enough if released into the Yangtze River. After freezing for several days, there were only a few seconds of surveillance footage; who knew when they would surface again?
This wasn’t what they wanted; what mattered most was that all three old men had unanimously stated that these three White-Finned Dolphins could not be captured. So why stay here? Were they supposed to write papers based on those few seconds of footage? Would that even have an impact factor?
Listening to Professor Bai's declaration, Old Kong felt like pointing fingers in frustration! Wasn't it this group of experts who caused the death of that Ban Jia a few years ago?
There were only three Ban Jia left in the world; currently, China had only one male Ban Jia. The other female had died a few years ago.
Vietnam had two Ban Jia, but they weren’t even in the same lake. Last year, it was confirmed that one female was in Dong Mo Lake; it was captured and then released back into the lake, and now they were searching for another one.
"Professor Bai," Old Kong said solemnly, "we're getting old and don’t have much experience in this area. You are professionals; I trust your expertise! From now on, protecting the White-Finned Dolphin will be entrusted to you!"
With those words from Old Kong, Professor Bai nearly jumped for joy. Did this mean they were allowed to stay by the river?
However, Old Kong’s tone seemed somewhat casual; he only mentioned protection without mentioning research.
Noticing that Professor Bai seemed lost in thought, Old Kong cleared his throat: "The reason we can attract the White-Finned Dolphins is because of those Xiao Yu we released these past few days."
Those weren’t ordinary fish; they were specifically cultivated to lure in White-Finned Dolphins. Since you all are confident about taking on the responsibility of protecting them, you need to start learning how to raise these Xiao Yu.
At this time of year, this type of fish can only be raised in Sanya. If you’re confident about doing this, I will personally cover your airfare and take you to Sanya so you can start learning how to cultivate these bait fish.
The Yangtze River is long; there are White-Finned Dolphins in Huanggang because someone fished there. Are there any other places along the river with White-Finned Dolphins? If we have enough Xiao Yu and scatter them along the banks of the Yangtze River several times, could we attract a fourth or even a fifth White-Finned Dolphin?
Having spoken slowly yet confidently, control over the situation subtly returned to Old Kong’s hands.
"Are you confident about this? Then come with me to raise fish! Not going to raise fish? That’s not a genuine commitment to protect the White-Finned Dolphin; it’s just a pretense to gain some fame or churn out a few articles!"
In front of Old Kong, Professor Bai had no authority to hesitate. You can pursue knowledge, but if you play tricks, Old Kong could sell you out!
"Old Kong, let’s go to Sanya right now! I’ll book the tickets immediately! You shouldn’t have to pay for this; our school has dedicated research funds! The funds should be used wisely, and what’s wiser than protecting the White-Finned Dolphin?"
With that, Professor Bai quickly pulled out his phone to book the tickets. However, when he opened the ticketing app and saw the prices for flights to Sanya that day, he winced a little. The tickets were quite expensive! Just for a few academic expenses, nearly ten thousand was gone!
"Then we’ll head back to Sanya today! But we can’t go together; we need to make a trip to the capital first. There are some important matters to handle. Once in Sanya, contact this person; he will arrange everything for you!"
After leaving Yi Laotou's number, Old Kong turned and walked away. He had saved nearly ten thousand yuan, which he could use later to buy feed from Shi Tian!
The fish raised on Shi Tian's feed had already shown promising results. After feeding them for a while longer and confirming their growth, they could expand the breeding scale.
Once back, all three ponds would be filled with Xiao Yu. As for the shrimp inside, they could be fished out later and moved to the Air Force Yard's fish pond!
With free labor at hand, there would be more time for fishing in the future. The shrimp couldn’t go to waste; after the New Year, once the long-term feeding experimental data came in, they could expand a few more ponds solely for raising fish and shrimp!
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