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

Chapter 51 Money brought by the strong wind
Miaoman's figure gradually disappeared, and Zhou Zhiming couldn't help asking: "Qiu Shui, what's the name of that cheerleader? Do you have her contact information?"

Li Qiushui rolled her eyes and said, "No, she and I are not from the same college. I only know that her name is Talia Zorn. If you want her contact information, go ask her yourself!"

As a girl herself, Li Qiu Shui had to admit that she had a beautiful figure and was easy to attract the opposite sex.

Zhou Zhiming did not give up: "Just knowing the name is not enough, you have to tell me what college you are from, right?"

"She's from the Business School. There's an inter-school American football game today, and she's leading the cheerleading team to dance and cheer." Li Qiu Shui glanced at Zhou Zhiming with disdain.

Just then, a gust of wind blew.

Something was blown over and covered Paul's face.

Paul took it down and felt like cursing.

Who has no sense of public morality? Throwing garbage wherever you want.

Paul just threw it away. There was no trash can nearby, so he couldn't hold it in his hand. Besides, he didn't create the trash, so no one could blame him.

"Paul, wait!" Lin Yuan suddenly shouted.

Paul paused and looked at Lin Yuan in confusion.

Lin Yuan stretched out his hand: "Let me see."

Upon hearing this, Paul handed over the newspaper in his hand.

Yes! It's a newspaper.

Lin Yuan took it in his hand, a little surprised that the newspaper was also a treasure. The treasure hunting instrument would not lie to him. The value of this newspaper was within 10 US dollars. Judging from the color of the light spot, it was probably worth about to US dollars.

He spread out the newspaper and found it was an old newspaper that dated back more than two hundred years.

Yes! This is an old newspaper from more than 200 years ago.

"Brother Lin, is there anything special about this newspaper?" Qiao Yufan asked.

"Take a look at the publication time." Lin Yuan asked everyone to look.

When everyone came over to take a look, they were all a little surprised. It turned out to be a newspaper from more than 200 years ago, published when the United States was just founded. It mainly talked about the news of the founding of the United States, as well as the "Declaration of Independence."

"It's not easy for a newspaper from more than two hundred years ago to be preserved until now! But, are newspapers valuable?" Qiao Yufan asked when he didn't understand.

My uncle said: "If there are people collecting it, there is a market and it is valuable."

Although he didn't know how to identify them, he knew that collectibles came in all shapes and sizes, including some rare and eccentric ones. It was normal for newspapers, as a cultural carrier, to be collected by people.

In fact, as a direct witness of history, the contemporary attribute of newspapers is far stronger than that of other publications. This contemporary attribute gives newspapers unique historical value and makes them a favorite collection object for many people.

Generally speaking, the earlier the newspaper is, the fewer there are that have survived to this day, and therefore the more collectible it is.

Take domestic newspapers for example, the Beijing News is a favorite of many newspaper collectors.

"Jingbao" was a famous newspaper in the Qing Dynasty.

Although it is called a "newspaper", its content comes directly from the Qing government, and mainly includes palace copies, imperial edicts, and memorials from ministers that can be made public. Therefore, strictly speaking, it cannot be regarded as a newspaper in the modern sense, but more like a bulletin board.

Most of the existing Beijing News were published during the reigns of Emperor Guangxu and Emperor Xuantong, and some were published during the reign of Emperor Daoguang. Beijing News is an indispensable collection for many early newspaper collectors.

Another example is Shen Bao, which is the oldest and most influential newspaper in old China. It is known as the "Encyclopedia of Modern History". It has gone through the three dynasties of Tongzhi, Guangxu and Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty and is a powerful witness to the social changes in the late Qing Dynasty.

As for foreign newspapers, it is actually similar. The older they are, the fewer they are preserved, and the more precious they are.

Lin Yuan: "Newspapers like these that report major events of the time are also popular for collection and are relatively valuable."

My uncle seemed to remember something, slapped his head and said, "I remember that an old newspaper that published an article about George Washington, the founding father and first president of the United States, was sold at a high price of $17.3."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes, except Lin Yuan, were focused on the old newspaper in front of them.

Paul laughed so hard that the corners of his mouth almost split to his ears.

I didn’t spend a penny, but a great gift was delivered to my door. My luck today is so good!

Even Henry was displeased with him and kicked him and cursed at him.

Paul didn't care about that and was just happy.

Lin Yuan: "It's not that valuable. I estimate it's only about 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars. This kind of newspaper reporting on the founding of the United States must have had a large circulation at the time. Although not many copies have been preserved due to the long time, there must be some."

Having said that, it does not affect Paul's happiness.

After all, free stuff is the best!

Lin Yuan returned the old newspaper to Paul.

Paul folded it carefully, and that movement, I'm afraid he won't be so gentle to his wife in the future?

Walking forward, Lin Yuan and his friends saw people fishing in the lake.

"Does your school not care?"

Li Qiushui: "Why bother? They are all carp. The school is hoping someone can clean up all the carp in there. Brother Lin, you don't know how rampant carp are in the United States. They are like scavengers in China."

Many people don’t know that carp is an invasive species in the United States, introduced there in the 1970s.

Originally, the hope was to use these carps to purify the water, but unexpectedly, they have now become the most troublesome alien species in the area.

Since Asian carp have no natural enemies, they have no competitors in the North American watersheds. 60 years after the American “war between man and fish”, the problem of carp infestation has not only not been solved, but has become more and more serious.

It is said that in order to resist the invasion of carp, the United States has spent huge sums of money to build various dams.

My uncle said disdainfully: "Americans don't know how to cook or eat."

Otherwise, why would there be so much trouble? Just pick it up and eat it.

Just like what happened to crayfish in China, everyone has seen what happened to them. They can only survive through artificial breeding.

"It seems that the carp living in the United States cannot be eaten." Li Qiu Shui said.

She heard that carp were originally introduced to improve water quality and control pollution, and that the heavy metal content exceeded the standard, so they cannot be eaten.

Many Americans believe that carp grow to such a large size by eating "garbage" and "feces", which is unhealthy.

My uncle rolled his eyes and said, "Bullshit! In the final analysis, they just don't know how to eat. Of course, they really don't like to eat fish, and carp has a lot of bones, so they like it even less."

If you say it's unhealthy, do you think those farmed fish are healthy? They are often fed medicine, but we still eat them, right?
In my uncle's opinion, the food safety of Americans is just average, not necessarily very good. He has lived for decades and has a say.

"The fisherman is here, shouldn't we be overjoyed?" Lin Yuan couldn't help but say.

(End of this chapter)