Chapter 21 21. Ten Thousand Club (Happy Lantern Festival)

Brothers and sisters, whether you are at home or abroad, today is our common Lantern Festival! Happy Lantern Festival everyone! ****

"Queen? What is its model? Yamaha-Queen?" Hans asked a series of questions, and Sophie's expression lifted his spirits.

The female doctor shook her head vigorously and said, "No, that's her nickname. In fact, her model is CFX, Yamaha-CFX."

Li Du folded his arms and signaled: "Maybe you can get in the car and open it to have a look, play it, and try the feeling of the keys."

This piano belongs to the grand piano, which is the masterpiece of the piano. It is 2.7 meters long and weighs more than half a ton. It is too laborious to lift up and down from the car, so it is left in the car.

Hans said: "You have underestimated our little Sophie. She has been exposed to the piano since she was a child. She can confirm the identity of the piano just by looking at it."

Sophie smiled and said, "Your friend saw my love for her, so he invited me to play it for a try. It's not that he doesn't believe my vision."

Li Du really meant that. The expression on the female doctor's face after seeing it for the first time made him understand how much she liked the piano.

He said that casually, but Sophie didn't expect to hear what he meant.

Hans blinked and said suddenly: "Dude, you have a crush on Sophie."

Li Du and Sophie were stunned together, the former shouted: "Boss Fu, why are you crazy! It's the second time I met Dr. Sophie, and you brought me to see her!"

"Don't deny it, I can tell, buddy, I support you in pursuing little Sophie, she is the princess of our Flagstaff City." Hans encouraged, but his smile was a bit malicious.

Sophie raised her hands in a gesture of surrender: "OK, OK, let's continue discussing CFX, shall we? Don't you want to know the value of this piano?"

For the sake of money, Hans finally shut up.

"CF is a series of Yamaha. The concept of the grand piano in this series is beauty and power. Beauty is used to describe the timbre and richness of the sound expressed by the piano, and power refers to its tone projection."

"You should know that the CF series has excellent musical expression and enough tonal presence. Even in a large concert hall, its performance is hard to ignore when working with the entire symphony orchestra."

Speaking of this, Sophie closed her eyes and showed a look of aftertaste on her pretty face: "When I was studying at the Juilliard School, I was fortunate enough to hear Mr. Browning play "Diabelli Variations" with CFX. God knows , That is really the joy of the sky!"

Hans said: "Then how much does this piano cost? Let me tell you that this piano is worth millions."

Sophie laughed and said, "How is it possible? The new CFX is only worth more than 100,000 yuan. If this one sells for more than one million yuan, then it's unless it's the handmade piano in the Yamaha Music Memorial Hall."

"Then how much do you think this piano is worth?" Hans asked expectantly.

Sophie glanced at him hesitantly, and said, "Can I go up and take a closer look? You know Hans, I'm not very good at valuation."

"sure."

Li Du kept looking at Sophie's expression, and when she showed hesitation, he felt something was wrong.

Sophie turned on the piano and pressed a few keys, but nothing came out.

Hans also knew that the situation was not good, he was surprised: "Is this piano broken?"

Sophie bit her lips lightly with her white teeth, and said, "No, she's not broken, it's just not what you expected, she's a training piano."

"What?" Hans was at a loss.

"It means that this piano is used for training and display, and it can also be used as home decoration, but it cannot be used for performance." Sophie shrugged regretfully.

Hans and Li Du gasped at the same time. The blow was too great, bigger than the broken massage chair they picked up the first time.

Sophie hurriedly added: "But this does not mean that she is worthless. Even if it is a training piano, the CFX still needs more than 30,000 yuan to buy. It is made in a one-to-one ratio. Except for the different sound structure, other The parts are exactly the same as the real CFX."

"Then how much do you think this piano can sell for?" Hans asked.

Sophie hesitated for a moment, and said, "If you ask me to quote, I'm willing to give you 20,000 yuan."

Hans was overjoyed and said, "19,000 yuan, Sophie, I'll sell it to you at a discount of 1,000 yuan."

Sophie's pretty face was confused: "..."

The sales market for training pianos is relatively narrow, either to musical instrument collectors, to piano schools, or to the rich, or to the rich who need decoration.

If Qin asked Li Du to handle it, it would definitely fall into his hands.

Hans really had a lot of connections. He contacted an insurance company in Flagstaff City the next day, and after another day, he sold the piano on the third day.

The final price of this violin was 15,000 yuan. Sophie estimated the price was higher in order to comfort the two of them. Hans knew her well, so he made that joke at the beginning.

The drum set also sold for a good price. When Li Du checked online, he knew that the minimum price could be 3,000 yuan, but it finally sold for 7,200 yuan.

In this way, the total is 22,200 yuan, and Hans is very satisfied with making so much money just by going to Phoenix.

Considering that Li Du had at least two thousand yuan to eat and drink at the Mexican restaurant, he was even more satisfied.

Excluding the 250 yuan for gas, bribes and car rental, they earned 22,400 yuan, and Li Du got more than 13,000 yuan.

The speed of getting money is fast enough. At night, he touched the small insect tattoo in his palm and thought to himself, if he got this thing earlier, he would still be a bird's graduate student.

After distributing the money, Hans took a form to Li Du and asked him to fill it out.

Li Du took a closer look and found that the title of this form was "American Warehousing and Treasure Picking Association", and it contained private information such as name, ethnicity, address and contact information.

"What's this?"

"Application for the Ten Thousand Yuan Club."

Li Du became curious and asked, "What is the ten thousand yuan club?"

Hans said: "Oh, I forgot that you are a rookie. Speaking of which, your performance is so good, I always think you are a master of storage and treasure digging."

"First, let me introduce you to the Warehouse and Treasure Picking Association. As the name suggests, it is the trade union of our industry. The Ten Thousand Yuan Club is the most basic VIP member of the association. There are also the Hundred Thousand Yuan Club, the Million Dollar Club, and even the legendary Ten Million Dollar Club. club."

"To join the 10,000 yuan club, treasure diggers need to earn at least 10,000 yuan in one warehouse auction. We have done it now, so we can join."

Li Du was stunned, and said: "Then do we have to pay the membership fee? What rights can we enjoy? What responsibilities should we bear?"

"There are a lot of rights, let's get to know them slowly. As for responsibilities, members need to help each other, and the association needs to help each other if it suffers a major blow. In short, it's all bullshit." Hans grinned.

"In terms of rights, tell me one." Li Du didn't stalk a rabbit if he didn't see a rabbit.

"Okay, let me give you an example. You see that it is very easy for me to handle these goods every time, right? It is easy to find the channels for processing, right? In fact, these channels are obtained from the club, and everyone will share them. Relevant information to facilitate each other's handling of goods."