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

Chapter 52: Bought it specifically as a gift?

Lin Yuan, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and narrowed his eyes slightly.

He felt a flash of light in his eyes, and when he looked closely, he found that it was a bald head.

The man looked to be in his fifties or sixties. His head was as smooth as marble carefully polished by time, with only a few sparse strands of hair left around his ears.

There was a gleam of wisdom in his deep eyes, his long and thin eyebrows were slightly raised, his nose was straight, his lips were clearly defined, and he often had an imperceptible smile on his face.

The students passing by greeted him proactively, and Lin Yuan knew that he was a professor.

Li Qiushui introduced him, "He is Professor Logan. I have attended his classes."

After saying that, she took a few steps forward and greeted him, "Hello, Professor Logan!"

Although Professor Logan didn't know the name of the student in front of him, he still smiled and nodded in response.

Lin Yuan and others followed.

Professor Logan was seen smoking a pipe, crossing his legs, with a dozen items on his stall. One of the items was quite scary, it turned out to be a skull.

Huo Qingtong tugged at Qiao Yufan and asked, "Do you think that skull is real?"

"How should I know?" Qiao Yufan rolled his eyes.

Paul moved closer and touched it: "Is it fake? A prop?"

Professor Logan exhaled a puff of cigarette and said slowly, "It's absolutely genuine!"

As soon as these words came out, Paul retracted his hand instantly, and his face became a little stiff.

The audience in the live broadcast room went wild upon hearing this.

Putting aside other things, isn't this too disrespectful to the dead?
"Fuck! Aren't you afraid that someone will come looking for you at night?"

"It's too bold!"

"What a fuss! Indonesians dig up their ancestors every few years and dress them up."

Generally speaking, the dead should be buried and we hope they can rest in peace in the grave.

However, in some places in Indonesia, there are different customs.

There, when a loved one dies, there is no quick funeral. Instead, the body is kept for days, even weeks, but it can last up to several years.

Not only that, even if the bodies have been buried, their relatives will dig them out every three years, clean them, dress them in new clothes, and dress them up. This has evolved into a festival - Manene.

In addition, if the deceased is of high status, a parade will be held and many people will take photos with the corpse.

"It made me break out in cold sweats." Attached to the end was a shivering .gif.

"I'm so scared, can someone give me a hug and comfort me?"

……

It turned out that some curious people in the live broadcast room couldn't help but search for that special Indonesian custom, and as expected, they were greatly shocked.

You know, we may feel a chill on our backs just by passing by a grave, as if something invisible is following us. However, this special custom in Indonesia is so horrifying that it will definitely cause discomfort to most people.

All I can say is that different religions and customs lead to different views on the deceased.

Lin Yuan looked around, and his eyes finally stopped on a tea cake in a box.

He squatted down, picked up the tea cake and put it to his nose to sniff it, confirming that it was not the tea cake that was valuable, but the box.

"How to sell it?"

Professor Logan: "Five thousand dollars."

This tea cake was given to him by a Chinese student, and he liked it very much. Later he found out that such a tea cake would cost at least 5,000 US dollars. Recently, Logan saw something, but he didn't have enough spare money, so he sold it.

"Can it be cheaper?"

Logan shook his head and told Lin Yuan that this tea cake was given to him by his students and that was the price. It couldn't be cheaper. If he didn't believe him, he could ask Lin Yuan to check.

When the people in the live broadcast room heard this, they all laughed. Such tea cakes can be picked up for just a few dozen yuan in China.

Some even say that the maximum is twenty, no more.

Lin Yuan glanced at the comments in the live broadcast room and almost laughed. These bastards are really good at insulting others.

However, he also heard that the tea industry had collapsed in the past two years and prices were getting lower and lower.

Overcapacity and serious inventory are the biggest problems facing the domestic tea market.

You should know that my country is the world's largest tea producer and the world's largest tea consumer market. The most important point is that it is also the world's largest tea inventory country.

Looking at the current tea inventory, it is difficult to consume it just by drinking. On the one hand, it is because the demand of ordinary people is limited, and on the other hand, it is because there is too much tea inventory in China. Some tea shops are even willing to "buy one free", but the number of people who buy is very small.

Therefore, we can see that some teas that were originally very expensive are starting to plummet in price and be sold at a discount.

This kind of tea cake might have been sold for thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan in the past, but now it may not even be sold for a few dozen yuan.

Seeing the professor's serious look, Lin Yuan realized that it would be difficult to bargain.

"Okay! Let's pack it up!" After saying that, Lin Yuan put the tea cake back into the box.

Professor Logan picked up his pipe again, and quickly closed the box and handed it to Lin Yuan, saying something nice: "Student, you have good taste!"

Obviously, he thought Lin Yuan was also an international student in this school.

Lin Yuan's action made the people who were laughing in the live broadcast room freeze.

No, I’m just messing around!

This tea cake costs five thousand dollars? Do you think it's still ten years ago?

"Anchor, I have a lot of these tea cakes at home. I'll give them to you for 100 yuan each. I'll give you as many as you want." Someone sent a private message to Lin Yuan, and sent several messages in a row, as if they were afraid that Lin Yuan wouldn't see it.

Lin Yuan was speechless. Everyone was treating him as a sucker!

Zhou Zhiming couldn't help but remind him: "Brother Lin, tea cakes are not valuable now, unless they are relatively old and there are few in existence. It is undeniable that kind of tea is indeed not affected and is still very expensive. But that kind of tea is a collection-level tea, which is different."

Especially Pu'er tea cakes.

The longer Pu'er tea is stored, the better it tastes, the mellower its taste becomes, and it will never deteriorate, so Pu'er tea has the reputation of being a "drinkable antique."

Due to the limitations of natural conditions, very few tea trees can live to 30 years old, and the tea will become moldy and deteriorate due to poor storage.

Therefore, the value of aged Pu'er is extraordinary, and aged Pu'er with a history of more than 30 years is even rarer. Scarcity makes things valuable, so the high value of aged Pu'er is understandable.

Lin Yuan nodded gently: "I know."

Qiao Yufan and others: "..."

You know that and still buy it? Are you schizophrenic?

After leaving Professor Logan's stall, Lin Yuan opened the box, took out the tea cake from it, and asked Henry and others around him: "Who wants tea?"

what?
What is this operation?
Bought it specifically as a gift?

This time, even my uncle couldn’t understand Lin Yuan.

"You don't want any of it? You can give it to someone else!" Lin Yuan added and continued to look at Paul and the others.

(End of this chapter)