38: Hmm? There's no vinyl record in the disc?
Chen Kai tidied up a bit, lit a cigarette, and fastened the lid on the Guppy tank. He supported the bottom of the small plastic tank with one hand and held the lid's handle with the other.
He quickly went downstairs. As soon as he reached the bottom, he saw two refined-looking men standing there, their demeanor clearly marking them as research institute staff.
Seeing Chen Kai emerge from the unit door, the two men wearing black-rimmed glasses immediately walked up to him.
"Are you Mr. Chen? May we examine the fish?"
Chen Kai nodded and handed the Guppy to the two men.
After the two took a flurry of photos and lifted the lid of the tank to inspect it, they didn't waste any time and directly transferred the remaining 10,500 to Chen Kai's Bank account.
"Ding, Bank, 10,500 Yuan received."
Chen Kai picked up his phone, glanced at the notification text, and a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
He shook hands with the lab personnel, who were carefully carrying the tank. "Alright, the money has arrived. I wish you success in developing a new breed soon."
"Thank you. We hope we can cooperate again. Mr. Chen, apart from Guppies, we will purchase any mutated ornamental fish that have research value."
The researcher also smiled. "Then we better hurry back to the lab to report to the professor."
Chen Kai nodded, turned back to his Rental House, and transferred the money from his Bank card into Green Bubbles, only then feeling at ease.
The power of TikTok is quite strong; he had managed to sell the fish just like that.
If a single lab had come to buy it, the price definitely wouldn't have been this high.
He really is a genius.
He thought for a moment and hid that TikTok video. Since the goal had been achieved, there was no use in keeping the video up.
"Ding-dong."
Just after deleting the video, his WeChat suddenly chimed, and he picked up his phone to take a look.
He didn't expect a message from Liu Yunshang.
[Liu Yunshang: Little brother, do you want to come over to my place tomorrow? It's a holiday tomorrow, you know~]
He thought it over carefully; he didn't have anything to do tomorrow, so he just agreed.
"Okay! Then I'll come see Sister Liu tomorrow night."
"Sister Liu, is the jade exhibition going smoothly?"
[Hmm... It's alright. The bidding hasn't started yet. Others have veteran masters to help them check, but I'm just relying on luck (bitter smile emoji)]
Chen Kai frowned and could only offer a few words of comfort to Liu Yunshang.
The next moment, Tang Yunshu sent him two more messages.
He switched screens to take a look; the Pop Mart Stocks were indeed continuing to rise.
[Tang Yunshu: It has already risen to 324 per share. I think it's time to sell. Many Retail Investors and financial giants are already selling off.]
[If we sell now, we've made over 120,000, which is already a great profit! Making 120,000 in two days is very impressive!]
[There's a trend of falling again just now. If we don't sell now, it's very likely we'll earn less because of greed.]
Chen Kai curled the corner of his mouth and replied, "Don't sell. Keep monitoring. I know what I'm doing."
[Uh... Alright.]
Chen Kai could clearly see that this little girl, Tang Yunshu, didn't understand what he was thinking.
But she would understand by next Tuesday, so there was naturally no need for too much explanation.
Chen Kai continued to lie on the bed scrolling through short videos. Since he had to go Score a Bargain for vinyl records in the afternoon, he decided not to deliver food and took a day off.
...
At four in the afternoon, Chen Kai changed into simpler clothes and hung his Hermès outfit in the small wardrobe.
When going to Score a Bargain, it's definitely better to dress as plainly as possible; otherwise, these vendors would really rip him off as if he were a rich tourist.
He lit a cigarette, slowly went downstairs, got on his Electric Scooter, and headed toward Yunshang Pavilion.
In less than half an hour, Chen Kai arrived at Antiques Street, parked his vehicle in front of Yunshang Pavilion, and pulled out the key.
He scanned Antiques Street. There were shops on both sides of the street, and quite a few small stalls gathered along the roadside.
Calling them stalls was generous; it was just a piece of cloth with various bronze artifacts laid out on it, with more varieties than even a museum.
There were dozens of such small stalls on this street, but Chen Kai quickly locked his gaze onto two or three stalls directly opposite Yunshang Pavilion.
"Huh?"
"Why isn't that old man who sells the sword of goujian setting up his stall?"
Chen Kai paused, then casually crossed the road and wandered over.
As he walked, he looked down at what was displayed on each stall, checking if there was a chance to Score a Bargain.
The results were all uniform bronze ware and last week's porcelain.
On some stalls, they were even selling bowls meant for microwave ovens.
"Young man, come here, come here. I have some good stuff here."
Just then, an old man sitting on a small stool suddenly beckoned to him.
Chen Kai paused, then curiously took two steps forward.
"Look, I have good stuff here. Do you want it?"
"Oh? You aren't going to try to fool me with glass beads and tell me they're night-luminescent pearls, are you?"
Chen Kai joked with a smile.
"That's not it... I see you're young and full of vigor. Do you want some discs of Wong Fei-hung?"
Chen Kai paused. Was this not the stall that sold the sword of goujian?
He immediately put on an interested expression. "You have that kind of thing here? Bring it out and let me see."
The old man immediately and mysteriously took out a small circular disc storage booklet from under the cloth spread on the ground.
He looked around, then quietly handed the disc booklet to Chen Kai.
Chen Kai took it excitedly, but as soon as he opened the disc booklet, he froze.
The cover of these discs... it really is Wong Fei-hung?
He thought it was Wong Fei-hung!
He quickly flipped through the discs.
"Not this, not this either, this isn't it either..."
He flipped all the way to the last page, but there were no vinyl records.
"Was the intelligence wrong?"
Chen Kai muttered to himself, then flipped through it again, but still didn't find the vinyl records of Jay Chou.
"Thanks, old man. There's nothing I like."
He returned the disc booklet to the old man and scratched his head. Could it be that this wasn't the right stall?
Or maybe it wasn't time yet, and the person hadn't arrived?
Just as he walked a few steps forward, his phone suddenly rang.
He took out his phone and saw a message from Zheng Liu Chang.
[Don't try to Score a Bargain on the other side! The stalls on the other side are all scams!]
[I don't even dare to go Score a Bargain on the other side. Our Pawnshop has even given a nickname to the stalls on this street: 'Clean Stalls' — because they are all clean of anything real!]
A smile curled the corner of Chen Kai's mouth. "Got it. I'm just here to look around."
[Okay! That's fine. The water here is too deep; you can't handle it!]
Chen Kai casually replied with an emoji, put down his phone, and checked the time. It was only seven o'clock.
He would keep walking around for a while longer; maybe the person would arrive by eight o'clock.
Just then, a childish voice came from behind him.
"Grandpa, do you buy discs here? I stole my dad's discs to trade for money to buy spicy strips. My dad always hides them and won't let me watch them, saying kids can't watch Wong Fei-hung, so I might as well sell them to buy spicy strips!"