For three days.
Chen Jin visited all the shops, jewelry stores, pawn shops, and auction houses in Shang Hai City.
As long as it was a shop with a little bit of fame and power, he would visit it and find the owner or manager to sell the gold, silver, and jewelry he had brought with him.
To avoid attracting attention, he only sold a small amount of jewelry in each shop. The transaction value was limited to about $100,000.
He avoided going to more than three stores of the same brand, even if they were very far away from each other.
In order to get a good price for his most valuable items, such as the watch that was inlaid with a natural sapphire the size of a pigeon's egg, Chen Jin entrusted them to Sotheby's, a foreign auction house with hundreds of years of history, to auction them off on his behalf. This was because Sotheby's promised to keep his personal information strictly confidential.
In addition, Chen Jin also took five oil paintings and three antiques to Sotheby's. These paintings and antiques had unknown signatures, origins, and strange styles. Although they had a certain artistic value, their origins were unclear. The person in charge of the auction house told Chen Jin that they could help with the auction, but they couldn't guarantee a high price. There was even a possibility that they wouldn't be sold.
"It's okay. As long as they can be sold, $50,000 or $100,000 is fine. It's better if they can be sold at a high price. Try not to be sold," Chen Jin said.
The other party agreed.
Just like that, within three days, Chen Jin went to more than 30 commercial organizations and basically sold all the gold, silver, and jewelry that were easy to sell.
So … how much did he sell them?
Not much, not even $3 million.
More than 1400 grams of gold were sold for $260,000.
286 kilograms of silver were sold for $50,000.
300 pieces of platinum and diamond jewelry were sold for $680,000.
350 pieces of jewelry and different types of gemstones were sold for $1.65 million. Chen Jin didn't know much about the industry, so he probably paid a lot of money for them. But he still sold them for $1.65 million.
Apart from the sapphire watch that was sold to the auction house, the rest of the 50 gold-plated and diamond-plated watches were not sold at high prices. They were sold for a total of 320,000 yuan.
The total was $2.96 million.
The dozens of items that he handed over to Sotheby's had not been sold yet. It would take some time for the money to arrive.
So up until now, Chen Jin's profit from plundering the City of Tereese was less than $3 million.
what？
A city with a population of a hundred thousand could only be sold for less than three million after all the high-value items were taken out?
What kind of joke was this?
But that was indeed the case.
On one hand, most of the valuables in the City of Tereese had been taken away by the residents, so there weren't many treasures left.
On the other hand, it was also related to the customs and habits of the people in Camino.
After running around for the past few days, Chen Jin came to a conclusion: Most of the people in Z country were extremely fond of the new and tired of the old.
Apart from cultural relics and antiques, the older they were, the better they were. When other things were old and used, they would be severely devalued.
For example, watches, cars, clothes, computers, mobile phones, and so on, the depreciation rate was quite high.
In Camino, there were very few people who liked second-hand items. If some items had been passed through many hands, they would depreciate to the level of trash and cheap goods. People would express extreme disdain for them.
Naturally, it wouldn't fetch a high price.
So, Chen Jin could only shake his head. "The depreciation is too great. If you want to buy those things, you might need more than 30 million. But when you sell them, you won't even get 3 million. This is simply … f * cking."
Moreover, after he sold this batch of gold and silver treasures, he did not intend to sell them the next time he found more gold and silver treasures on Haierfa.
Or rather, he wouldn't show his face in public and sell his treasures.
He was worried that it would attract the attention and investigation of people with ulterior motives.
"Mom works in the tax bureau. She's a middle-level official. If I sell so many gold and silver treasures, what will people think if they notice it?
There's a law in Camino that says, 'Huge amount of property of unknown origin'. If I can't reasonably explain the source of these gold and silver treasures, I definitely won't be able to escape this crime. Maybe I'll be arrested and sent to jail for a few years.
I'll even implicate Mom. "
So, this was the last time Chen Jin would personally sell. He was doing a one-time deal.
If he wanted to make money next time, he would have to find another way.
"3 million. Although it's not a lot, it's enough for me to spend for a while. Sigh … It's still a little long to achieve the small goal of 100 million."
Chen Jin shook his head and sighed. He complained in his heart, Mr. Wang, are you sure that 100 million is really a 'small goal'? Why do I feel that this goal is a little too big?
…
During dinner.
Mom He Li suddenly put down her chopsticks and said to Chen Jin,
"Son, how did the blind date yesterday go? Are you still in contact with Lin Lin? "He Li's face was full of concern.
"Uh …"
Chen Jin pondered for a while and said, "We had a good chat yesterday. I also left her my WeChat ID. But she didn't add me after I got home. Maybe she's too busy." He made up a lie.
His father, Chen Gang, raised his head and interrupted, "If she hasn't contacted you until now, she's probably dead."
Chen Jin nodded. "Yes, I'm dead too."
He Li glared at Chen Gang and then looked at Chen Jin. She said in a drawn-out tone, "Son, I talked to Lin Lin's mom on the phone and asked about your blind date. From what she said, it seems like they're not very satisfied with your performance."
He Li asked, "Son, did you say something wrong?"
Chen Jin shook his head and denied, "No, Mom, I didn't say anything wrong."
"Then why would Lin Lin's mom say that you and her daughter aren't compatible? Son, tell me about yesterday's blind date. Mom will analyze it for you and see what's wrong. "
"Mom, what's there to analyze? If it failed, then it failed. What's there to analyze? I also don't think that Yuan Lin is suitable. We don't have anything in common … "Chen Jin was getting impatient. He muttered," There are so many women in Z country. Why are you so fixated on her? "
"You —"
He Li glared at Chen Jin. She was annoyed by his nonchalant expression.
That was the blind date that Mom had carefully selected for you. Is it easy to find someone who matches your family?
You actually didn't take it seriously and played dirty tricks.
I thought you were sensible before, but you're still so naughty.
He Li was full of depression and dissatisfaction.
But she did not lose her temper. She put on a smile again and said gently, "Okay, since this one isn't good, Mom will arrange another one for you next weekend. Maybe you'll like the next one."
"Don't, don't, don't."
Chen Jin waved his hands. "Mom, don't arrange anymore. I don't want to go. Plus, I'm busy next week. I don't have time for a blind date."
"What about the week after next?"
"It should be busy too."
"Son, I'm planning to buy another house in the northern part of the city. The down payment is about $1 million, and the monthly mortgage is $30,000. But I don't have that much money on hand. Son, do you think I should buy it?" He Li used her trump card again. She didn't believe that she couldn't deal with this disobedient boy!
"Buy it. You have to buy it. If you don't buy a few more, you won't be able to buy it when the government comes out with a purchase restriction policy."
Chen Jin was surprised and expressed his support. He even took out his phone from his pocket, opened Alipay, and transferred $50,000 to Mom.
"Ding dong ~"
The notification of payment rang.
Chen Jin said to He Li, "Mom, I'll return the $50,000 you borrowed from me. I have money to use now."
Chen Gang asked in surprise, "Where did you get the $50,000? You have the money to return it to your mom? "
"I've been working recently and earned a little, about $100,000," Chen Jin explained.
"$100,000. That's not bad. How do you make so much money?" Chen Gang was very curious.
"That's a secret, hehe ~" Chen Jin scratched his head.
Suddenly.
He heard the sound of sobbing.
"Sob ~"
"Sob ~ Sob ~ Sob ~"
The sobbing became louder and louder, more and more heartbroken.
Chen Jin turned his head to look and was immediately shocked!
His mom, He Li, was already crying her eyes out.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
"Wife, why are you crying?"
"Sob ~ Sob ~ Sob ~" He Li continued to cry.
Chen Jin stood up in a panic and walked to her side to comfort her. "Mom, don't be like this. What did I do wrong?"
Chen Gang shook her shoulders. "Wife, wife, what's wrong?"
"My son doesn't want me anymore!" He Li threw herself into Chen Gang's arms and wailed.
"Mom, you've misunderstood. Your son doesn't want you anymore!" Chen Jin stamped his feet. He was so anxious that sweat beaded on his forehead.
"Wah ~ wah ~" He Li was still wailing to herself.
"Quick, brat, take your money back! You stinking brat, can you return what your mother gave you? Can you afford it? "
Chen Gang was the first to understand. He scolded Chen Jin.
"Yes, yes, yes, Mom, I was wrong. I'll take the money back. I'll take it back immediately!"
Chen Jin picked up his mom's phone, opened Alipay, and returned all the $50,000 he had transferred.
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