How?
Looking at the bag of valuables in front of him, Chen Jin was troubled.
How could he turn these things into usable cash?
In fact, apart from the gold jewelry, the five platinum rings, and the pearl necklace, the rest of the items in the bag were worth a little and could be sold easily.
Other items like mechanical watches and diamond rings belonged to the category of "luxury goods," but not only were they difficult to sell, their value would also decrease.
Especially diamond rings. When you buy a diamond ring from a jewelry store, a few tenths of a carat would sell for tens of thousands. Heavier ones would sell for hundreds of thousands. Furthermore, the store promised that diamond rings were the same as gold. Not only could they maintain their value, but they also had the potential to appreciate in the future.
But in reality?
People who bought a diamond ring would know when they went to a jewelry store to return it. Not only would most jewelry stores not take it back, but even if they did, the price would be greatly reduced.
It could even be as low as 30% or 40% of the selling price.
It was far worse than gold.
The talk about "diamonds maintain their value" was simply a joke.
Therefore, the eight diamond rings in Chen Jin's hand could not be sold for a high price. In fact, it would be more valuable to give them away.
Mechanical watches also did not have a high value. In modern society, there were screens everywhere that displayed the time. Except for a small number of people in the upper class, who would need a watch that was mainly used to show off?
The front of the 100 mechanical watches in Chen Jin's hand seemed to be made of titanium alloy and the back was made of black carbon fiber. They were waterproof and spring-loaded. They were coated with a fluorescent coating and could be seen at night. There were 12 time scales with hour and second hands. After cleaning off the dirt on the surface, the appearance was very exquisite. It was ergonomically designed and very comfortable to wear.
"Although there are no gold or diamonds on the inside, with this appearance, I should be able to sell it for $10,000 a piece."
…
Downtown.
Fu Gui Pawnshop.
"The workmanship and materials of this watch are not bad. The design is ordinary. I've never heard of this brand before. Is it made by some counterfeit watch factory? $300 a piece, do you want it? "The middle-aged appraiser behind the counter pushed his reading glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"Nani, $300?" Chen Jin was shocked. Are you f * cking kidding me?
"That's right, $300. Do you want it?" The appraiser put on a profiteer's face.
"No, give me back my watch!" Chen Jin was furious. $300, this was a watch from another world!
"Young man, why don't you go somewhere else and try? If you can sell it for 200 RMB, I'll change my surname to yours," the middle-aged appraiser said in a mocking tone as he handed the watch back.
Chen Jin took the watch and turned to leave.
…
In the evening.
Chen Jin returned home.
He had sold all the items in his backpack that he could sell.
Gold rings, gold bracelets, gold jewelry … A total of seven pieces of 55 grams, sold for 15200 yuan.
Five platinum rings weighing 135 grams were sold for 4,887 yuan.
Chen Jin thought about it and sold five of the rings that were of lower quality. He sold them for an average of $2,500 each, earning him $12500.
Not a single mechanical watch was sold … Indeed, no one offered more than 300 yuan per watch.
Chen Jin did not sell the most valuable pearl necklace he had.
After a while, it would be his parents' 25th wedding anniversary. They had agreed to go to the photography studio to take a set of wedding photos. Chen Jin planned to give his mother a "surprise."
That was to say …
Through his exploration in the other world, Chen Jin had actually earned his first pot of gold: $32587.
F * ck you ….
Chen Jin was so depressed that he wanted to hit someone.
He had been busy for almost a month, but the income from his exploration in the other world was only about $30,000.
His overnight wealth had gone up in smoke.
It wasn't even his first pot of gold.
In other words, it was the salary level of the working class.
"30,000 yuan. Do you believe that I can spend it all for you in ten minutes?"
Shaking his head, Chen Jin sighed. The road to poverty was easy, but the road to riches was long.
He could only stop being impetuous and think about the long road ahead.
…
Haierfa in the other world.
After waiting for about two days.
The exploration team led by Da Li finally returned from the City of Tereese.
They brought back a "small car" as per Chen Jin's request.
They used the method of half pushing and half carrying. The five robots worked together to bring back an abandoned car.
By the time they arrived at the camp, the batteries in the five robots had all dropped below the safety line. They hurried to the charging station. The charging station was something Chen Jin had gotten from Earth. It had five modified charging ports with a power of one kilowatt per line. It could charge up to five robots at the same time.
The high-efficiency battery charger was connected to a power line that extended from the charging station. It had a power of five kilowatts and could charge up to ten high-efficiency batteries at the same time.
All in all, Chen Jin had spent tens of thousands of yuan on this entire set of charging equipment.
His gaze fell on the "small car" that Da Li had brought back.
The small car looked squarish from the front, but from the side, it looked like a bullet. It had two doors and four wheels. The body of the car was low and flat, and its appearance was smooth and sleek. The pebble-shaped headlights were embedded at the front and the back, and there was a blue angel printed on the trunk.
The entire car looked like it had been designed with fluid mechanics in every corner, displaying the beauty of industrial design.
After scraping off the thick layer of dust that covered its exterior, Chen Jin asked Da Li to wash it with a hose, brushes, and car wash fluid. They washed the car five or six times until it was as good as new, both inside and out.
Chen Jin liked its sapphire color very much.
"Compared to this, the Maserati, Bugatti Veyron, and other luxury sports cars on Earth are nothing, right?"
But … it was not a luxury car, nor was it a sports car. It was just a private car that could be found everywhere in this world. At least on the streets of the City of Tereese, it was very common.
Moreover, it was a pure electric car. In the battery compartment of its chassis, there were ten large high-efficiency batteries that weighed ten kilograms.
The total weight of the car was no more than 15 tons.
It was equipped with an electric motor with a maximum output of 500 kilowatts (about 680 horsepower).
One could imagine how much power it had and how long it could last.
But this electric car could not be driven right away.
Due to long-term exposure to the wind and the sun, all four of its rubber tires were rotten. None of them could be used!
The motor in the engine compartment, as well as the related transmission and braking systems, had long aged oil and lubricants. A lot of them had also been lost. They had to be disassembled, cleaned, and replaced with new oil and lubricants.
Therefore, in the next few days, Chen Jin was busy repairing this car that he named "Blue Angel."
He bought three pairs of tires with a diameter of 70 centimeters. In order to fit them, he asked Da Bao to cut off two millimeters of the wheel hub before installing the tires.
Then, he bought seven or eight barrels of oil and lubricants. He poured them into the cleaned motor, transmission, and brake systems. Then, he started the car and tried to start it.
"Vroom, vroom, vroom ~"
The Blue Angel was successfully started. It could be driven, but there were still some small problems.
For example, two of the four headlights were broken. They had to be replaced.
There was a strange noise coming from somewhere in the engine compartment.
The leather interior of the car was badly damaged and rotten. It had a pungent smell. It had to be replaced.
Chen Jin had no choice but to go to the car market in Shang Hai City. He shopped around, bought some parts that could be replaced, and did some research on car repair …
Two days later.
The Blue Angel in front of him had all its problems fixed. It could be used normally. The driving experience was many times better than his dad's Passat.
He ran around the bottom of the pit and easily reached a speed of 220 kilometers per hour. It was so fast that he thought he was floating.
But the price he paid was huge.
In order to repair this Blue Angel, Chen Jin actually spent nearly $40,000!
Not only was he penniless, but he also owed a good friend more than $5,000.
Looking at his empty wallet and the single-digit balance in his Alipay account, Chen Jin was stunned.
He murmured, "So playing with cars is so expensive? I've only done so much. "
He used to think that there was no activity that would burn more money than playing with 2D figurines.
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