Chapter 253 252. Benefits of the Hundred Thousand Club (Time Alliance +2)

Li Du was shocked by the price, and he was surprised: "It's worth a million?! My God, professor, you must be joking!"

Professor Klinken said: "No, I'm not joking, you are a full-skeleton specimen of the Mauritius Dodo! There are absolutely no more than five such well-preserved specimens in the world!"

Hearing this, Li Du was very excited: "Huh? This specimen of mine is so rare? But you said that I am a Mauritius dodo, so besides Mauritius, are there other dodos?"

Professor Klinken said: "Yes, in addition to the Mauritius Dodo, there is also a Rodrigues Dodo on Rodrigues Island. This guy is thinner than the former Dodo, but he can't fly either. .”

"In addition, there is a white dodo, which is actually not a dodo, but a solitary pigeon of Réunion. It belongs to the genus Ibis of the stork family Ibis, but it is also extinct..."

The professor said a lot of things, all of which were highly professional words, and Li Du half understood them.

In short, he understood the most important point, that is, the Mauritius dodo was extinct too early, and became extinct soon after it was discovered in the seventeenth century.

At that time, people did not have the concept of species preservation, and there were very few related specimens, and even fewer specimens have been preserved for hundreds of years, so it is very precious.

When it came to this, the professor was very surprised: "How did your specimens be preserved? It has not deteriorated for hundreds of years, which is too rare."

Li Du smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't save this, I just bought it from the Amish..."

He explained the process of obtaining the specimen from beginning to end, and the professor was amazed.

After talking to the professor, he now understood that Ricky-Tasima and Ashley were not lying.

During the meal, Ricky said several times that this specimen had existed for hundreds of years. He always thought it was nonsense, but it turned out to be true!

Both parties were very excited at first, Professor Klinken because he found a complete and rare specimen, and Li Du because of the great value of the specimen.

But when the two parties calmed down, the professor told Li Du one thing: this specimen is indeed very rare and worth millions, but it is very difficult to sell for millions.

"Because you know, this thing has a price but no market. It's very rare, but only museums are willing to pay a high price to collect it, and museums don't pay that much," the professor said.

This disappointed Li Du, and said, "If your museum buys this specimen, how much are you willing to spend?"

Professor Klinken hesitated and said, "Maybe around a hundred thousand."

Li Du has the urge to drop his phone. This is too much of a trap. It's worth a million but can only be sold for 100,000? What kind of world is this?

But thinking about it, even if it could only be sold for 100,000, it would be a windfall, and he felt better again.

He changed to this specimen only because he was curious about why the bug's time reappearance ability could not be fully used on it. At that time, he didn't think that this specimen would be very valuable.

After talking to Professor Klinken, he probably figured out what was going on.

The little bug's ability is limited in reappearing the old time, it can only reappear to a certain point in time, such as a hundred years ago, if it exceeds the limit of a hundred years, it cannot reappear.

In this way, the money from selling the specimens is extra income. Thinking about it this way, the price of 100,000 yuan is not bad.

But after all, he was a little unwilling. The value of millions can only be sold at a price of one hundred thousand. Such a discount is a bit steep, so he might as well collect it himself.

He told Professor Klinken of this idea frankly, and the latter said: "First of all, buddy, it is worthless in your hands. With all due respect, you may not be interested in it."

"Secondly, I think you may not understand how to preserve this specimen. It costs a lot to preserve it. Once it is not preserved properly, it will become garbage."

"Again, its real value lies in making people aware of the dodo bird and the damage humans have done to nature and other creatures over the centuries. From this point of view, it should be in a museum, right?"

Li Du hesitated and said, "You are right, professor, but I still don't want to dispose of it at such a low price."

Professor Klinken heard the hesitation in his tone, and said, "How about this, kid, give me an address, how about we have a face-to-face meeting?"

Li Du said: "Let me think about it, Professor, we will contact you later."

After hanging up the phone, he went back to the room and looked at the large specimen on the table, somewhat excited.

This thing is worth millions!

Unlike getting watches and Batmobiles, the specimens on the table were obtained entirely by luck, and he never thought that these things would be valuable.

Therefore, the specimen brought him more surprises than watches and chariots.

Ah Meow jumped onto the table. It lazily glanced at the specimen, then went up and stretched out its paw to scratch it twice.

Li Du slapped it and flew it away: "You are not allowed to touch this thing in the future! You two come over here, watch it, I will put anyone who touches it in confinement!"

Crispy Noodles nodded like a pounding garlic, while Ah Miao was a little angry, her emerald-like eyeballs rolled around, thinking of some bad idea at a glance.

Li Du was not used to it, so he threw it into the cage without saying a word, strangling the dangerous thought in its cradle.

Ah Meow was stunned, she stayed in the cage and pulled the door hard with her paws, yelling: "Meow meow meow!"

Crispy Noodles squatted outside the cage, looked at it with pity, and gloated at it at the same time: Aren't you a bull nose? Aren't you crazy? Are you stupid now?

In the afternoon, Hans left him a phone message: I found the information about the collector of the Coke bottles, and I will go to Phoenix tomorrow for a discussion.

When they met the next morning, Li Du asked in surprise, "You found a buyer so quickly? Collectors of this kind of Coke bottles should be rare, right?"

Hans shrugged easily and said: "This is the benefit of joining the 100,000 Club. The association has a database of customers. Now we can check more information, so it is easier to find such customers."

Speaking of this, Li Du was a little confused, and said, "Is that so? Why is the association's database divided into levels? Isn't it better to open it unconditionally?"

Hans shook his head and said: "Of course not. Customer information needs to be kept confidential. Some customers' identities are inconvenient to disclose. There are also some things they like that are rare or valuable. Ordinary treasure hunters have little chance of getting in touch with them, so the information It doesn't need to be made public."

Li Du thinks this reason is far-fetched, but the Chinese people can't understand the importance that Americans place on private information. They are very particular about the protection of privacy.

But he immediately realized: "Didn't we not join the 100,000 club?"

Hans grinned and said proudly, "Valerie has raised our authority. She knows that we should have joined, and the association sometimes changes things."

They drove straight to Phoenix, part of their trip to sell antique Coke bottles and attend an auction.