Chapter 8 – Black Star Pearls
The screen was full of negative information, which left Jiang Ge dumbfounded.
“Did he offend some big boss? Why was he slandered so badly?”
Such uniform blackness was not normal at first glance. No matter how bad a person was, it was impossible for him to have no merits. Besides, Jiang Ge felt that Lin Jiu was a good person and was not as bad as people said on the Internet.
Si Xu remembered that once when he went to a recording studio, he heard the staff talking about an artist named Lin Jiu who had emerged from Creation Star. This person was very powerful. He ignored the contract and would disappear if he was not satisfied, completely disregarding the consequences.
Si Xu’s memory has been far superior to his peers since he was a child, and it has become even better in the past two years. He can remember a lot of things, and everything he wants to remember or doesn’t want to remember will remain in his mind. He knows that his memory is abnormally good, and he often has it checked, but nothing abnormal has been found until this time when he was suddenly diagnosed with an brain tumor. This is when he found the answer to his abnormality.
Only three months had passed since the last check-up, and nothing was found at that time. However, the disease broke out three months later. The location of the tumor was very bad and the success rate of surgery was too low. The Si and Song families invited many domestic and foreign experts during this period, and the one with the highest success rate only had a 20% chance of success. The experts did not recommend surgery, but recommended taking medication to control the disease.
Si Xu recalled a scene in his mind…
The boy was surrounded by a group of reporters, who bombarded him with leading questions.
The boy’s eyes were very beautiful, black and white, big and bright, but at that moment they were full of panic and helplessness. His face was pale, his fists were clenched tightly, and he kept repeating stubbornly, “No, not me, not me…”
The look in my eyes at that time was so similar to this photo.
Jiang Ge saw Si Xu staring at Lin Jiu’s photo for a long time without saying a word, and looked at him strangely.
“You also think he was badly criticized, right?”
Si Xu’s voice was very low, “How was he at that time?”
“Condition…” Jiang Ge tried to recall, “He covered himself too tightly. I couldn’t see anything except his eyes. How could I know what his condition was? If I had to say, maybe he was in a hurry to sell the fish?”
Jiang Ge scratched his head. “It doesn’t look like he’s selling the fish because he can’t finish it. On the contrary, he seems reluctant to sell the fish…”
First he took the initiative to come to the door to sell fish, and then Jiang Ge wanted to buy fish, but Lin Jiu didn’t want to sell it anymore.
Lin Jiu’s behavior was too contradictory, and Jiang Ge was a little confused.
Jiang Ge couldn’t figure it out, but Si Xu could figure it out, “It should be because he’s short of money.”
“No way, if he was short of money, shouldn’t he sell fish? He sold three silver carps for more than four million.” Jiang Ge couldn’t understand.
Si Xu glanced at him and asked him to read Lin Jiu’s report carefully.
Lin Jiu disappeared without caring about anything, which seriously affected his work. It was very difficult for him to pass the Creation Star stage when he came back, and he had to pay compensation for breach of contract.
Si Xu called his agent Wen Qin and asked him to find out about the situation of Lin Jiu, a former Dream member of Creation Star.
Wen Qin looked puzzled, “Who is this? Do you know him?”
Wen Qin didn’t know how Si Xu knew the people from Creation Star. He was still sick, but he was thinking about others.
“I am not sure. Can you help me find out?”
Wen Qin asked him to concentrate on recuperating and he agreed.
*
Lin Jiu threw away his phone and slumped on the sofa like a salted fish.
He originally quietly logged into his account and joined the fan group of Si Xu, wanting to ask where he could get tickets for Si Xu’s concert.
Then he saw a group of hungry fans, crying and shouting for tickets.
Lin Jiu, who was also short of tickets: “…”
He had no choice but to leave quietly. Concert tickets is really just a luxury.
After lying down for half an hour, his stomach growled with hunger. Lin Jiu weakly got up and prepared a big meal for himself.
Lin Jiu had been eating silver carp these days and was tired of it, so he wanted to change the taste.
After releasing the fish from the pond, Lin Jiu took a spatula, identified a magic clam that he liked, take the spatula and try to pick it up. However, a magic clam nearby opened its mouth wide and clamped the spatula with a “click”. The silver carp’s sharp teeth bit towards Lin Jiu’s arm.
Lin Jiu raised his hand and dragged a big magic clam out of the fish pond, splashing the magic sea water all over the ground.
Lin Jiu: “…”
All right, if you’re looking for death, then I’m going to eat you today.
The shell of the magic clams is as big as a basin, dark surface, and has plump meat. Lin Jiu has eaten a lot of this kind of magic clams. In the past, he didn’t have knives, so he used his claws to compete with the magic clams with strength every day. This time, he finally didn’t have to do that. He took a knife and cut along the gap and easily opened the shell.
Separate the clam meat from the shell. There is a big piece of clam meat, enough for Lin Jiu to have a full meal.
Remove the inedible internal organs and place them in the shell for the system to recycle.
Lin Jiu found black shadows in the clam meat and knew they were pearls. He took out the round black pearls from the clam meat and threw them into the shell.
When eating this kind of magic clams, Lin Jiu hates eating pearls the most. Once, a small pearl almost broke his tooth by accident. Fortunately, not every magic shell has pearls, otherwise he might refuse this kind of food.
The moment he got the magic clam, various ways of eating it had already formed in his mind. Lin Jiu was too hungry and didn’t want to eat it so delicately. He washed the clam meat, grabbed it and took a bite out of habit.
[Scanned the host’s discarded shells, organs, and black pearl. ]
[Monster Name: Black Star Clam]
[Personality: Free traveler]
[Features: Delicious meat, occasionally produce black star pearls]
[Danger level: None (You can’t even beat the black star clam, are you still a siren?)]
[Effects: 1. Meat strengthens the body; 2. Wearing black star pearls can make your skin smooth, delicate and elastic; wearing black star pearls can deepen your sleep, eliminate fatigue and keep your body full of energy; wearing black star pearls for a long time can prolong your life, delay aging and solve various skin problems. 3. Apply black pearl powder will have better effect.]
[Do you want to recycle shells, organs and black star pearl?]
Lin Jiu ate a few bites of the delicious shellfish meat and washed his hands.
“Leave the black star pearls here, and take the others.”
This black star pearls looks like a treasure, why would it be recycled?
[Shells and organs are successfully recovered, and 0.5 magic points are awarded. ]
Lin Jiu: “…”
There is actually a decimal point?
Lin Jiu rinsed the black star pearls left on the table under the faucet.
Considering the fish pond was too small, he picked the small black star clams when catching them. The pearls in it were not big either, only about 30 or so. The pearls he had eaten before were much bigger than these, and he casually placed them on an island or a reef. He couldn’t remember which island or reef they were. The Magic Sea was too big and had no boundaries. He often got lost in the Magic Sea, and he swam to wherever he went.
Lin Jiu’s impression was that the bigger the pearls, the more valuable it seemed. He couldn’t return from the Demon Sea, so no matter how big the pearl was, it would be useless. He couldn’t eat it or use it, and it would just take up space.
Compared with the big pearls he had before, these pearls were pitifully small and would fall if he was not careful.
Lin Jiu held the pearls in his hands, and was in a dilemma. “System, are these black star pearls valuable?”
[Compared to the quality of pearls from Earth, black star pearls are top-quality. The top-quality pearls from Earth have no other use except for viewing.]
Lin Jiu corrected the system, “It actually has medicinal value.”
[The medicinal value of pearls in Earth can be ignored. ]
Lin Jiu: “…”
Lin Jiu: “So, how much can these black star pearls be sold for?”
[33 black star pearls were detected, with the largest diameter being 26mm and the smallest being 9mm. The system compared the quality, efficacy and value of pearls from Earth and recommended a transaction price of 50 million. ]
Lin Jiu: “…”
Lin Jiu: “Where did you get the price of 50 million? Is it because your pearls are darker or rounder than others?”
[The highest proportion of pricing is determined by efficacy.]
Even if the efficacy of the black star pearls is really better than that of the Earth pearls, it cannot be seen or touched, so even if he said it, not everyone would believe it. He can only wait for the people who wear it to discover its efficacy, thereby increasing the value of the black star pearls. But that is a matter for the future. It is impossible for the black star pearls to be sold at such a high price now.
*
Lin Jiu sat on the sofa and did some homework before going out with the black star pearls.
The first jewelry store Lin Jiu went to was Kerry Jewelry.
Although the name sounds foreign, it is actually a domestic brand and one of the top five domestic jewelry brands. This year, it launched the Tiannu pearl series, targeting the young female market, taking a fresh, gentle and elegant approach. It hired the popular actress Han Shiqing as its spokesperson. Since its launch, it has been deeply loved by young women and its reputation is almost as good as the top three brands.
What Lin Jiu values ??is the “pearl fever” that Kerry has set off in China. Presumably, they must be very eager for good pearls.
But Lin Jiu thought wrongly.
When he entered the store, he was greeted warmly by the salesperson. However, when he asked whether the store accepted pearls, the salesperson immediately became less enthusiastic.
Li Na tried to be as polite as possible and told Lin Jiu, “We only sell pearls here, we don’t collect pearls.”
Then she went to greet the new guests enthusiastically, leaving Lin Jiu there without even a chance to take out the pearls.
Lin Jiu said no more and turned to leave.
When Lin Jiu was leaving, he heard Li Na complaining to her colleagues, “What luck I have! I thought he was a big star because he was so secretive, but he turned out to be a door-to-door pearl salesman. My sales this month are terrible…”
Li Na was pulled away by her colleagues, and only shut up when she saw Lin Jiu passing by.
Diagonally opposite Kerry Jewelry is the domestic old jewelry brand Blue Duke Jewelry. Seeing that these two stores are located right next to each other, they have the momentum to compete with each other.
Lin Jiu stood on the roadside and observed that the customer flow entering Kerry was obviously higher than that of Blue Duke. The customer flow of Kerry tended to be younger, while that of Blue Duke was very average. The customers entering Blue Duke were not curious about the bustle of Kerry at all, and their purpose was very clear. These people were obviously old customers of Blue Duke.
A group of people came out of the Blue Duke store, surrounding a young man. Everyone was very cautious. The man in a suit next to him stretched out his hand to block the young man from time to time, worried that the customers entering the store would bump into him. Isn’t this respectful attitude standard for leaders’ inspections?
The light turned green, Lin Jiu crossed the sidewalk and quickly chased after him, “Excuse me.”
The way was blocked, and everyone looked at Lin Jiu warily. He was wearing a black hat and a black mask, and holding a paper box in his hand.
Lin Jiu looked at the young man in the lead, “Are you a senior executive of Blue Duke Jewelry?”
Ji Anchen glanced at him, but didn’t see his face. “I am. What do you want?”
“Does Blue Duke accept pearls? I have some fine pearls. Do you want them?”
