73: Arrived on time

As for bringing his girlfriend home, Wan Yuanliang had no ideas for the time being.

To shut his father up, Wan Yuanliang could only choose to try his luck and see if he could pick up a couple of items to take back.

"There's nothing here. How is it that Ye Su can always find treasures?"

After walking around the Guangchang Ceramic Jade Stone Craft Market and finding that not a single stall had anything worth buying, Wan Yuanliang began to doubt himself.

"Could it be that I'm really that much worse than Ye Su, or is it just that there are no good goods in the market today?"

Just as Wan Yuanliang was sinking into self-doubt, the phone in his pocket vibrated several times in succession.

"How did he find another good item?!"

Seeing the messages and photos Ye Su sent, Wan Yuanliang wailed in his heart.

"Ancient coins, jade wrapped in stone, sandwich paintings, and now natural South Sea golden pearls—is his range of expertise really that broad?"

When it came to antiques, Wan Yuanliang could handle things with ease, and he had a little research on jade, but jewelry really touched upon his blind spot of knowledge.

Only after searching online based on the photos and information Ye Su sent did Wan Yuanliang understand what natural South Sea golden pearls were.

"Around eleven millimeters—he's picked up another good one!"

After wandering around for half a day with nothing to show for it, and then having Ye Su send over such a high-quality golden pearl, Wan Yuanliang lost the mood to continue shopping.

Turning to leave the market, Wan Yuanliang marveled at Ye Su's ability while replying to his message.

[Wan Yuanliang: Is this golden pearl authentic, or is it some tech and harsh work?]

[Authentic, just opened.]

Ye Su sent Wan Yuanliang another photo of himself holding the golden pearl box, along with the gold-lip pearl oyster from just before.

Wan Yuanliang didn't understand golden pearls either, but seeing the evidence of the pearl being opened that Ye Su sent, he had no choice but to choose to believe him.

[Wan Yuanliang: My family doesn't collect pearls, but if you want to sell it, I can post it to my Moments to help you ask around.]

[Wan Yuanliang: Same old rules, I'll take a five-point commission after the deal is closed.]

[Deal.]

[Wan Yuanliang: What's your target price?]

[Forty thousand, I guess.]

[Wan Yuanliang: Alright, I'll post it and see.]

When Ye Su put the golden pearl into the cabinet, he took a few photos of the commemorative silver coin of the founding of the republic that he had obtained on Sunday and sent them to Wan Yuanliang.

[I also have a commemorative silver coin of the founding of the republic, but there's a scratch on the back. Do you want it?]

There's more!

This is too fierce!

Old items were within Wan Yuanliang's familiar territory.

After looking at the photos Ye Su sent, Wan Yuanliang was amazed by the endless stream of items in Ye Su's hands, yet he also felt regret for the condition of this commemorative silver coin.

If it weren't for that scratch, this commemorative silver coin could have been considered a boutique item, and the price could have at least doubled or tripled.

However, the quantity of commemorative silver coins of the founding of the republic minted in 1912 was limited to begin with, so even with a slightly worse condition, it still had resale value.

Wan Yuanliang considered it for a moment and decided to accept the commemorative silver coin.

[Wan Yuanliang: What's the price?]

[Twelve thousand.]

[Wan Yuanliang: That works.]

[Then I'll wait to see if the golden pearl finds a buyer, and then I'll bring the silver coin over together.]

[Wan Yuanliang: No problem.]

Having communicated the sale of the golden pearl and the silver coin all at once, Ye Su felt light and carefree, and only then did he turn to go to the kitchen to dispose of the gold-lip pearl oyster he had opened.

The AI said the gold-lip pearl oyster might contain red tide toxins or heavy metals, and Ye Su didn't know if it was true or not.

But regarding food safety issues, Ye Su chose to rather believe it than not, packing up the clam meat and shells and throwing them into the trash can downstairs.

After cleaning up, Ye Su curled up comfortably on the sofa, picked up his phone to read his novel, but a message from Chen Xinyi appeared at the top of the phone screen.

[Chen Xinyi: Have you seen the news? The mask brand owner and the channel agent have really fallen out!]

[Chen Xinyi: Both sides have issued official announcements, intending to sue each other to determine the issue of channel agency.]

[Chen Xinyi: Now all Salesperson channels of the channel agent, including flagship stores on several platforms, have been completely closed. Many loyal users are crying online, saying they can't find a place to buy the masks.]

After reading the several messages Chen Xinyi sent in succession, Ye Su also opened his phone to check the news related to the masks. Sure enough, he found that it was the same as the intelligence prompt: because the channel agent cut off the Salesperson channels, the masks began to go out of stock.

It was expected that only after the dispute between the brand and the channel agent had a result under the mediation of the Court would the brand owner be able to regain the agency rights and reopen the Salesperson channels themselves.

"Scalpers are scalpers; their reactions are indeed swift."

In addition to the news about the internal brand dispute, Ye Su also saw people starting to scour the internet for masks; at a glance, they were scalpers wanting to hoard goods.

Various third parties also smelled the business opportunity one after another and started to raise the terminal price of the masks.

The joint push from third parties and scalpers caused the price of the masks Ye Su had hoarded to suddenly jump from 298 to 350, and the speed of the price increase showed no signs of stopping.

"Money is about to go into my pocket again."

Ye Su finally deeply realized the saying, [The underlying logic of making money is actually information asymmetry].

When countless scalpers smelled the business opportunity and began to scour the market for supply, he had already hoarded the goods in advance by relying on the advanced information brought by the intelligence, and was now sitting back with his legs crossed, waiting to collect the money.

[Isn't this something expected? What's there to be surprised about?]

Ye Su sent back a smug emoji wearing sunglasses.

[Chen Xinyi: Fine, fine, fine, you're the best, you're the most amazing, you can guess everything, is that okay?]

Chen Xinyi replied with an [eye-roll].

[Daring to speak to me with that attitude, I think you're asking for an injection, aren't you?]

[Chen Xinyi: You forgot what time of the month it is these few days, right?]

[Chen Xinyi: What, do you want to go down together?]

Ye Su knew exactly what this meant—relatives were visiting again.

[Fine!]

[I'll tolerate you for these few days!]

While chatting aimlessly with Chen Xinyi out of boredom, Ye Xin also saw the news and sent a message to Ye Su.

[Ye Xin: Just as you guessed, after the brand owner and the channel agent fell out, the price of the masks rose with the tide, and now they can be sold.]

[Ye Xin: Are you really planning to sell them for 499 each? Won't this price be too high?]

The brother's message came later than Chen Xinyi's, and Ye Su guessed immediately that Chen Xinyi was slacking off at work again.

[Don't worry, this brand, after years of operation by the channel agent and finding people to publish so many papers, already has a group of loyal fans. They have made using this mask a habit; once it's out of stock, they will definitely look everywhere to see where it's still available.]

[In this situation, since they can buy a 300-yuan mask, we can dig another two hundred yuan out of their pockets.]

[Compared to an extra two hundred yuan, these loyal fans with decent economic status definitely care more about their own faces.]

Ye Su's seemingly logical analysis also temporarily dispelled Ye Xin's concerns.

[Ye Xin: Alright then, I'll follow your instructions and list it at a price of 499 first.]

[Ye Xin: You should also pay attention to the third-party prices these few days. If you want to adjust, just let me know.]

[Alright.]