Li Du was shocked by the price. He exclaimed, "Worth millions?! My God, Professor, you must be joking! "
"No, I'm not joking. That is a complete skeleton of a Mauritian dodo! There are no more than five in the world that have been preserved so well! "
Hearing this, Li Du was excited. "Huh? My specimen is so rare? But you said that this is a Mauritian dodo. Are there other dodos in other places besides Mauritius? "
Professor Clinken said, "Yes, in addition to the Mauritian dodo, there is also a Rodrigues dodo on Rodrigues Island. This guy is thinner than the Mauritian dodo, but it also can't fly.
"In addition, there is a white dodo. In fact, it is not a dodo, but a Réunion pigeon. It belongs to the Ibis family, but it is also extinct …"
The professor said a lot of things, but they were all very professional terms. Li Du did not understand much.
All in all, he understood the most important point, which was that the Mauritian dodo went extinct too early. It was discovered in the 17th century and soon became extinct.
At that time, people did not have the concept of species conservation. There were very few relevant specimens, and even fewer specimens that had been preserved for hundreds of years. Hence, it was very precious.
At this point, the professor was curious. "How did you preserve your specimen? It has been preserved for hundreds of years without rotting. That is very rare. "
Li Du smiled bitterly. "I didn't preserve it. I just got it from the Amish …"
He told the professor how he got the specimen from beginning to end. The professor was amazed.
After talking to the professor, he now understood that Ricky Tacoma and Ashley were not lying.
When they were eating, Ricky had said several times that the specimen had been around for hundreds of years. He had always thought it was nonsense, but it turned out to be true!
Both sides were very excited at first. Professor Clinken was excited because he found a complete rare specimen, and Li Du was excited because of the great value of the specimen.
However, when both sides calmed down, the professor told Li Du one thing: the specimen was indeed very rare and worth millions. However, it would be difficult to sell it for a million dollars.
"As you know, this thing is very rare, but only museums are willing to pay a high price to collect it, and museums will not pay that much," the professor said.
This made Li Du very disappointed. He said, "If your museum were to buy this specimen, how much would you be willing to pay?"
Professor Lincoln hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe around 100,000."
Li Du had the urge to smash his phone. This was too much of a scam. It was worth millions, but it could only be sold for 100,000? What kind of world was this?
However, when he thought about it, even if he could only sell it for a hundred thousand, it would still be an unexpected fortune. He felt better.
He had only traded for this specimen because he was curious as to why the little bug's Time Replay ability could not be fully used on it. At that time, he had never thought that this specimen would be worth so much money.
After talking to Professor Lincoln, he roughly figured out what was going on.
There was a limit to the little bug's ability to reenact the past. It could only reenact a certain point in time, for example, a hundred years ago. If it exceeded the limit of a hundred years, it would not be able to reenact it.
In this way, the money from selling the specimen would be additional income. Thinking about it this way, the price of 100,000 yuan was not bad.
But in the end, he was still a little unwilling. It was worth more than a million, but he could only sell it for a hundred thousand. This kind of discount was a little too much. It was better to keep it for himself.
He honestly told Professor Lincoln about this idea, and the latter said, "First of all, buddy, it is worthless in your hands. Forgive me for being blunt, but I'm afraid you have no interest in it.
"Secondly, I think you might not know how to preserve this specimen. The cost of preserving it is quite high, and if it is not preserved properly, it will become trash.
"Thirdly, its true value is to let people know about the dodo bird, and the damage that humans have done to nature and other creatures over the past few hundred years. From this point of view, it should be kept in a museum, right?"
Li Du hesitated and said, "What you said makes sense, professor, but I still don't want to sell it at such a low price."
Professor Lincoln heard the hesitation in his voice and said, "How about this, kid, give me an address, and we can talk about it face to face?"
Li Du said, "Let me think about it, professor. We'll contact each other later."
After hanging up, he returned to his room and looked at the large specimen on the table. He felt a little excited.
This thing was worth millions!
Unlike the watch and the Batmobile, the specimen on the table had been obtained by pure luck. He had never thought that it would be valuable.
Therefore, the surprise that the specimen brought him was greater than the watch and the Batmobile.
Ah Meow jumped onto the table, looked at the specimen lazily, and stretched out his paw to scratch it a few times.
Li Du slapped him and sent him flying. "Don't touch this thing in the future! Both of you, come over here and watch carefully. Whoever touches it, I'll lock them up! "
Crispy Noodles nodded vigorously, while Ah Meow was a little angry. Its emerald eyes rolled around, and it was obvious that it was up to no good.
Li Du did not want to spoil it. Without another word, he threw it into the cage and killed the dangerous idea in the cradle.
Ah Meow was stunned. It stayed in the cage and used its paw to pull the door open, meowing, "Meow, meow!"
Crispy Noodles squatted outside the cage and looked at it with pity. At the same time, he was gloating. Aren't you a cow? Aren't you awesome? Are you stupid now?
In the afternoon, Hans left a message for him: I found information about the collector of Coke bottles. Tomorrow, I'll go to Phoenix for a discussion.
The next morning, when they met up, Li Du asked in surprise, "You found a buyer so quickly? Coke bottle collectors are rare, aren't they? "
Hans shrugged and said, "This is the benefit of joining the Hundred Thousand Club. The association has a database of customers. We can look at more information now, so it's easier to find such customers."
Speaking of this, Li Du was a little confused. "Is that so? Why does the association's database have different levels? Isn't it better to open it up unconditionally? "
Hans shook his head. "Of course not. Customer information needs to be kept confidential. Some customers' identities cannot be made public. Also, some of the things they like are either rare or valuable. Ordinary treasure hunters have little contact with them, so the information doesn't need to be made public. "
Li Du felt that this reason was quite far-fetched. However, the importance that Americans placed on personal information was something that the people of China could not understand. They were very particular about the protection of privacy.
But then he realized, "Didn't we not join the Hundred Thousand Club?"
Hans chuckled and said proudly, "Valerie increased our privileges. She knew that we should have joined in the first place. Sometimes, the Association is flexible."
They drove straight to Phoenix. In addition to selling antique Coke bottles, they also wanted to attend an auction.
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