vstars Chapter 324 Scalpers
Chapter 324 Scalpers
At that moment, on the playground, Boss Qian was studying the Q-version keychain when his phone suddenly started vibrating wildly. When he saw it was Old Wu, he was so startled that he almost dropped his phone.
"Feed? Mr. Wu, what are you doing...?"
"Enough talk! Lots of money!"
Wu Lao's hoarse voice, almost roaring, came through the phone.
"Where is that photo? Who signed it?"
Mr. Qian was stunned by the yelling:
"Huh? This... This is a little girl's signature. It was from a charity sale booth at my son's school. It cost fifty yuan for a blind box."
"Fifty dollars?! What a waste! This is blasphemy against art!!"
Old Wu was so anxious on the other end that he almost passed out.
"Listen carefully, the artistic value of those three words would be at least six figures at a Sotheby's auction!"
"That's an original work by a top master!"
"Where are you now? Shanghai Theatre Academy? Just you wait! I'm flying over from Kyoto right now!!"
After hanging up the phone, Boss Qian looked at the photo he had casually stuffed into his pocket and was terrified.
"Starting at six figures?! Holy crap!!"
He screamed and quickly took out the photo, carefully wrapping it with his silk tie.
"One hundred thousand... fifty dollars turned into one hundred thousand dollars?!"
Qian Duoduo looked down at the thin, even somewhat plastic-like, autographed photo in her hand.
Then she looked into the distance and saw Jiang Baizhi giving the students a healing smile.
His mind raced at that moment, and his business acumen kicked in.
A blind box costs fifty yuan.
The free gift photos that came out were actually worth 100,000?!
This isn't a charity sale at all!
This is practically like the goddess Bai Zhi giving away money for charity on the playground!
Thinking back to how she had just thought those students were crazy to offer 5,000 yuan for the poster, Qian Duoduo wanted to slap herself.
Five thousand yuan?
That's a steal! That's a huge bargain!
"This is insane, the world has truly gone mad."
Qian Duoduo swallowed hard, his eyes instantly turning extremely fierce.
As a man worth hundreds of millions, he understands the meaning of "original shares" better than anyone.
Jiang Baizhi is only eighteen years old now, and she has already achieved such a level of success before even officially entering the entertainment industry, signing a name that starts at least in the six figures!
Once she becomes a global superstar, the value of these first batch of autographed items will probably be enough to buy an apartment in Shanghai!
"Buy! We absolutely have to buy it!"
Qian Duoduo suddenly turned around, his belly, a symbol of wealth, jutting out, and plunged headfirst into the group of boys who had just opened their blind boxes.
"Hey! Wait a minute!"
Qian Duoduo grabbed a dark-skinned physical education student who was about to stuff the photo into his pocket, his face full of smiles and his tone urgent.
"This photo, five thousand yuan! Uncle will buy it!"
"Cash transfer or QR code payment are both accepted, and the funds arrive in a second!"
The PE student was stunned. He looked at the photo he hadn't even warmed in his hand, and then at the old man dressed in designer clothes.
"Five thousand?"
The PE student stared wide-eyed.
That's two months' worth of his living expenses!
However, this is also a signed photo personally written by the goddess Jiang Baizhi!
Autographed photo...living expenses...
The physical education student gritted his teeth and shook his head in refusal.
Selling the autographed photo would only add five thousand to the price.
He can get the five thousand by asking his parents.
But who knows when we'll get autographed photos!
"No, I won't sell."
"fifty thousand!"
Qian Duoduo is raising the price again!
What? Fifty thousand?
I asked my parents for 50,000 yuan, but they said they couldn't give me that much!
The sports student is a little tempted!
however.
Just as he was about to fall in love, a top student next to him adjusted his glasses and suddenly said:
"Brother, hold on!"
"The popularity of Goddess Bai Zhi is phenomenal right now; it's a miracle!"
"Give me a few years, and I might just become a global pop diva!"
The top student had deep, penetrating eyes, and spoke as if he were explaining a stock that had hit its daily limit up:
"The one you have in your hand right now is a 'unique piece' she kept before she became famous worldwide!"
"Being in the first batch is of great significance!"
"And look at this golden ink, Brother Dapeng just said it has an 'ethereal quality' about it."
"You're happy selling it for 50,000 now, but in a few years, this piece of paper might have a starting bid of 500,000 at a Sotheby's auction!"
"This is real estate! This is a pension fund!"
"Selling it for 50,000 will only allow you to live comfortably for a while, but why not keep it and try for a chance at financial freedom?!"
The PE student was jolted awake. His hand, which had been reaching for his phone to collect the money, recoiled as if electrocuted, and he clutched the photo tightly to his chest.
"Not for sale! Not for any amount of money!"
The physical education student roared at Qian Duoduo.
"Sir, if you have money, go buy that Rolls-Royce over there. Don't even think about getting my autographed photo!"
"All the dowry money I'll need for my future marriage is on this piece of paper!"
Qian Duoduo: ? ? ?
I, a real estate tycoon in Shanghai, was actually glared at by a poor student who looked at me like I was a "robber"?
Undeterred, Qian Duoduo set her sights on a second target.
"Miss! Yes, it's you!"
"I'll offer 50,000 for that photo you have! Want to sell?"
The senior student rolled her eyes, elegantly placed the photo on her Chanel bag, and said in a cool tone:
"Boss, you're someone of status, how come you have such a narrow mindset?"
"Bai Zhi just spoke to me; she called me 'senior sister'!"
"This photo is imbued with her divine power. If I take it home, it will protect me from failing my exams. Can you?"
"Besides, those of us who can afford blind boxes aren't exactly poor. Some things are more precious than money, you know!"
It's more precious than money, you understand?!
Do you understand...?
Qian Duoduo was dumbfounded.
He had seen all sorts of deceit and treachery in the business world his whole life, and he was even willing to slam his fist on the table and curse at someone over a piece of land.
But now, looking at the hands that were tightly protecting the posters and photos, he felt a sense of frustration for the first time that he had money but couldn't spend it.
Just as Qian Duoduo was sweating profusely and even considered raising the price to 100,000 yuan per ticket in public,
Suddenly, a shifty-eyed middle-aged man appeared from the side.
The man was wearing a wrinkled dark shirt, carrying a black shoulder bag, and his eyes scanned the crowd like radar.
Finally, the arrow landed precisely on Qian Duoduo's designer suit.
"Hey! Boss, Boss!"
The man lowered his voice and quietly moved closer to Qian Duoduo.
Then, he pulled open a corner of the bag in his arms, revealing the edge of a very familiar purple cloth bag.
Qian Duoduo frowned and glanced sideways: "Who are you?"
The man chuckled, his expression a mixture of extreme lewdness and professional shrewdness.
"Boss, who I am isn't important. What's important is that I have the goods here."
"I saw you looking around trying to buy photos. These poor students don't know anything about the market. I have two 'family bucket' meals that I just managed to snag through connections. How about it? Interested?"
Qian Duoduo's eyes narrowed: "Are you a scalper?"
"Hey boss, don't put it so harshly. I'm just doing manual labor and earning a little extra for my hard work."
The scalper chuckled and carefully took a bag of blind boxes out of his bag.
"I think everyone's gone crazy right now, prices are going up everywhere."
"Okay, let's skip the fluff and go for a flat price of 50,000 yuan! The photo inside the blind box, along with the keychain and poster, I'll give it all to you!"