Pick up bargains in Chinatown and make 10,000 times the profit at the beginning

Chapter 15: Rhino Horn Cup
Lin Yuan returned the jade Buddha to Henry and told him that it was a treasure worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Henry was very surprised. He bought it for only 500 RMB, less than 100 USD, but it was actually worth tens of thousands of USD. That was hundreds of times the profit!

In fact, after his Chinese classmate told him that he was cheated, he didn't expect the item to be worth much. The reason he didn't throw it away was to keep it as a souvenir, which felt meaningful.

Now someone told him that this thing was worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Although the income in the United States is high, it is not so high that tens of thousands of dollars are not worth considering, right? For example, Henry himself currently earns about 10,000 US dollars a month.

Those who say that you can drive a luxury car and live in a luxury house just by washing dishes in the United States are simply talking nonsense.

In this way, Henry's income was already much higher than the average level.

Here, there is a huge income gap between people from different states, people of different age groups, people of different occupations, and even people of different races.

For example, Mississippi has the lowest income and Massachusetts has the highest income. You read that right, the state with the highest average income is not California or New York.

又比如，挣得最少的通常是16到24岁的年轻人；挣得最多的年龄段是35到44岁，他们的收入比全美平均水平高出13.8%。

"Is that accurate?" Henry asked.

Don't let him be happy for nothing!

"It's almost the same." Lin Yuan said.

Fortunately, Henry's Chinese is pretty good, otherwise he probably wouldn't have understood what "almost the same" meant.

Since learning Chinese, Henry discovered that Chinese is the most profound language in the world. The same sentence can express many different meanings.

Some of them seem to be compliments on the surface, but are actually ridicule and mockery.

For example, "great intelligence".

"Excuse me, everyone. Are you selling the jade Buddha?" Suddenly, a voice came from behind.

Lin Yuan and the others turned around and saw that it was a middle-aged couple.

I saw that the man was holding a small five-star red flag in his hand and was wearing a very interesting piece of clothing, or rather, there was a very interesting slogan on the clothing: Chinese people will not buy this.

The woman took a photo with her mobile phone in one hand and held her bag in the other.

Seeing the two people, Lin Yuan and his friends were basically certain that they were Chinese tourists out for a trip.

"Uncle, what's your price? I won't sell it if it's too low!" Henry said.

Seeing the uncle's attire, Lin Yuan knew that he was a patriot, so he greeted him, "Uncle, are you traveling? How was your trip?"

The middle-aged man shook hands with Lin Yuan and the others and said with a smile, "It's just so-so. I thought the United States was so developed, but it's just so-so."

This is probably the first impression of many Chinese people when they travel abroad. It seems that foreign countries are not as good as everyone imagines. Many facilities are old and the air is filled with the smell of urine, etc.

Then the middle-aged man said to Henry, "How about I offer $5?"

Fifty thousand dollars is still attractive to Henry. This is the annual income of ordinary Americans.

Henry thought about it seriously, and finally couldn't help but nodded and agreed: "Okay!"

The transaction was smooth and quick.

After receiving the jade Buddha, the middle-aged couple said goodbye without much communication.

Middle-aged people understand the principle of "no need to be too talkative with people you just met", especially when they are abroad and meet compatriots, they should never be too open-hearted.

Henry was very happy.

Fifty thousand dollars was a windfall, enough to buy him a nice car.

Obviously, Henry didn't understand the principle of "no need to talk about deep things when you are just friends". He wanted to exchange contact information with Lin Yuan, told Lin Yuan his address, and invited Lin Yuan to visit his home. Even Lin Yuan couldn't stand his enthusiasm.

However, Lin Yuan did have a good impression of Henry and was willing to make friends with him.

Lin Yuan and his friends continued to stroll around, but there was a foreigner named Henry around them. His fluent Mandarin made many viewers in the live broadcast room feel ashamed.

Not long after they started shopping, Lin Yuan and his friends ran into the middle-aged couple who had bought the jade Buddha before.

At this time, the uncle was taking a fancy to an item, but he seemed unsure and was hesitating.

A yellow light appeared on Lin Yuan's treasure-hunting instrument, confirming that it was a treasure. However, Lin Yuan followed the rules of the antique business and did not say anything, even though he was abroad.

When a buyer holds a product he likes in his hands and negotiates with the seller, other buyers who are also interested in the product cannot express any opinions or participate in the bidding. They should keep a proper distance and wait. If the transaction is not completed, the product will be returned to its original place before the buyer can hold the product and negotiate with the seller.

In the end, the uncle restrained himself.

He is more cautious about items that he is not sure about, and would rather miss them than pay the tuition.

Seeing the uncle put the things back and everyone stood up, Lin Yuan spoke up: "Uncle, don't you like it?"

The uncle laughed and said, "My eyesight is not good enough to see it clearly."

"It should be a treasure for opening the door. If you don't want it, I'll take it!"

The uncle made room for us and made a "please" gesture.

"Please."

The two chatted unscrupulously in front of the stall owner, bullying him because he couldn't understand Chinese.

Lin Yuan picked up the thing, it was a rhino horn cup.

China's wine culture has a long history. As one of the most precious traditional Chinese wine utensils, the rhino horn cup has enjoyed great glory in history.

The rhino horn cup is made of precious materials and has exquisite carvings. It is known as the best antique piece and is a luxury item used by emperors, generals, wealthy businessmen, and literati to show off their wealth.

As far as Lin Yuan knew, rhino horn was the horn of a rhinoceros, and it was one of the most precious horn materials in the world. Rhino horn was rarer than ivory, and in ancient times it was on par with the Night Light Bi and the Bright Moon Pearl.

Uncle Chen Shiquan disliked his nephew for not knowing how to bargain, so he took the initiative to bargain with the stall owner.

How could that foreigner be a match for Chen Shiquan!

The stall owner saw that Lin Yuan and the others were Chinese and was about to make a fortune! Unexpectedly, he was stunned by what Chen Shiquan said. His thing was said to be worthless, but he was unable to refute it. The other party even knew where the thing was "purchased".

In the end, the item was sold for just $150.

The stall owner chased Lin Yuan and others away like chasing away flies so as not to interfere with his business.

The audience in the live broadcast room looked at Laojiu with admiration.

That’s right! Now everyone affectionately calls Chen Shiquan “old uncle”.

"Little brother, what do you think of this rhino horn cup?" the uncle asked with a learning attitude.

Lin Yuan asked him back: "Uncle, what do you think is wrong with it?"

Since you gave up in the end, there must be some doubts.

"Look! There is a groove in the upper part of the front of this corner, and you can often see a concave section on the edge of the bottom of the cup. There is also a bulge in the lower part of the back of the corner.

I've seen real rhino horn cups in museums before, and they're not like this." said the uncle.

(End of this chapter)