Chapter 51 Money brought by the strong wind
Miaoman's figure gradually disappeared, and Zhou Zhiming couldn't help but ask: "Qiu Shui, what's the name of that cheerleader? Do you have her contact information?"
Li Qiushui rolled his eyes: "No, she and I are not from the same college. I only know that her name is Talia Zorn. If you want to contact her, go and ask yourself!"
As a girl, Li Qiushui also had to admit that her curvaceous figure could easily attract the opposite sex.
Zhou Zhiming did not give up: "Just knowing the name is not enough, you have to tell me which college you are from, right?"
"From the business school, there is an inter-school American football game today, and she led the cheerleading team to dance and cheer." Li Qiushui glanced at Zhou Zhiming with disgust.
Just then, a gust of wind blew.
Something was blown over and covered Paul's face.
When Paul took it off, he felt like cursing her.
Who is so unethical? Just throw away the trash.
Paul happened to throw it away casually. There was no trash can nearby, so he couldn't hold it all the time. Besides, he didn’t make this garbage, and no one can blame him.
"Paul, wait!" Suddenly, Lin Yuan shouted.
Paul stopped moving his hands and looked at Lin Yuan doubtfully.
Lin Yuan stretched out his hand: "Show me."
When Paul heard this, he handed over the newspaper in his hand.
That’s right! That's a newspaper.
Lin Yuan held it in his hand and was a little surprised that the newspaper was also a treasure. The treasure hunter would not lie to him. The value of this newspaper was within 100,000 US dollars. Judging from the color of the light spots, it was probably worth 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars.
He opened the newspaper and took a look and found that it was an old newspaper, dating back more than two hundred years.
Yes! This is an old newspaper from more than two hundred years ago.
"Brother Lin, is there anything special about this newspaper?" Qiao Yufan asked.
"Look at the time this was published." Lin Yuan asked everyone to read it.
Everyone came over to take a look and were a little surprised. It turned out to be a newspaper from more than two hundred years ago, published when the United States was first founded. It mainly talked about news about the founding of the United States, as well as the Declaration of Independence.
"It's not easy for newspapers from more than two hundred years ago to be preserved until now! But are newspapers valuable?" Qiao Yufan asked without understanding.
The old uncle said: "If someone collects it, there will be a market and it will be valuable."
Although he doesn't understand appraisal, he knows that there are many kinds of collectibles, including some weird ones. As a cultural carrier, it is normal for newspapers to be collected by others.
In fact, as a direct witness of history, newspapers have far stronger contemporary attributes than other publications. This contemporary attribute gives newspapers unique historical value and makes them a favorite collection object for many people.
Generally speaking, the earlier the period of the newspaper, the smaller the number that has survived to this day, and therefore the more valuable it is for collection.
Take domestic newspapers as an example. The Beijing News is the favorite target of many newspaper collectors.
"Beijing News" was a famous newspaper in the Qing Dynasty.
Although it is called a "newspaper", its content comes directly from the Qing government, mainly including palace transcripts, imperial edicts, ministers' memorials, etc. that can be made public. Therefore, strictly speaking, it cannot be regarded as a newspaper in the modern sense, but more like a bulletin board. .
Most of the existing Beijing News were published during the Guangxu and Xuantong years, and some were published during the Daoguang period. "Beijing News" is an indispensable collection for many newspaper collectors who collect early newspapers.
Another example is Shenbao. It is the oldest and most influential newspaper in old China. It is known as the "encyclopedia of modern history." It has gone through the three dynasties of Tongzhi, Guangxu and Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty. A powerful witness to change.
As for foreign newspapers, they are actually similar. The older it is, the less it is preserved and the more precious it is.
Lin Yuan: "This kind of newspaper, which reported major events at that time, is also a favorite for collection and has a relatively high value."
The old uncle seemed to have remembered something, slapped his head and said, "I remembered that there was an old newspaper that published an article about the founding father and first president of the United States, George Washington, and it sold for a high price of 173,000 US dollars."
As soon as these words came out, everyone except Lin Yuan focused on the old newspaper in front of them.
Paul laughed so hard that the corners of his mouth almost split to the base of his ears.
I didn’t spend a penny and got a big gift at my door. My luck today is so good!
Even Henry didn't like him and kicked him and cursed him.
Paul didn't care about that, he just wanted to be happy.
Lin Yuan: "It's not that valuable. I estimate it's only twenty to thirty thousand US dollars. This kind of newspaper reporting on the founding of the United States must have had a large circulation at the time. Although not many have been preserved because of its long history, there must still be some."
Having said that, it did not affect Paul's happiness.
After all, the thing you get for free is the smell!
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Lin Yuan returned the old newspaper to Paul.
Paul folded it up carefully. With that action, I'm afraid he won't be so gentle to his wife in the future, right?
Going forward, Lin Yuan and the others saw someone fishing in the lake.
"Doesn't your school care?"
Li Qiushui: "What does it matter? They are all carp. The school hopes that someone can clean up the carp inside. Brother Lin, you don't know how overrun the carp is in the United States. It is comparable to domestic scavengers."
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Many people don’t know that carp is an invasive species in the United States and was introduced to the United States in the 1970s.
At first, we originally hoped to use these carps to purify water quality, but unexpectedly, they have now become the most troublesome alien species in the local area.
Since they have no natural predators, Asian carp have no competitors in North American watersheds. Sixty years after the "mermaid war" between Laos and the United States, the problem of carp flooding has not only not been solved, but has become more and more serious.
It is said that in order to resist the invasion of carp, the United States also spent huge sums of money to build various dams.
The old uncle said disdainfully: "Americans don't know how to cook or eat."
Otherwise, how could there be so many things? Just fish it out and eat it.
Just like crayfish in China, everyone can see what will happen to them. They can only survive through artificial breeding.
"It seems that carp living in the United States cannot be eaten," Li Qiushui said.
She heard that carps were originally introduced to improve water quality and control pollution. The heavy metals exceeded the standard, so they could not be eaten.
Many Americans believe that carps grow so big because they eat "garbage" and "feces" and are unhealthy.
The old uncle rolled his eyes: "Bullshit! In the final analysis, they just don't know how to eat. Of course, they don't really like to eat fish. Carp has many spines, so they don't like to eat it."
To say that they are unhealthy, do you think those farmed fish are healthy? If they are often fed with medicine, why don’t they still eat them?
In my uncle's opinion, the food safety of Americans is average, not necessarily great. He has lived for decades and has a say.
"The fisherman is here, shouldn't you be overjoyed?" Lin Yuan couldn't help but say.
(End of chapter)