Li Du was shocked by this price, and he was surprised: "Worth millions?!" Oh my god, Professor, you've got to be kidding! ”

Professor Clinken said, "No, I'm not kidding, you're a whole skeleton specimen of a Mauritian dodo!" There are definitely no more than five in the world that are so well preserved! ”

Hearing this, Li Du was excited: "Huh? Is this specimen of mine so rare? But you say I'm a Mauritian dodo, so is there a dodo anywhere else in Mauritius? ”

Professor Clinken said, "Yes, in addition to the Mauritian dodo, there is also a species of Rodrigues dodo on the island of Rodrigues, which is a bit thinner than the former dodo, but it can't fly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"In addition, there is a white dodo, which is not actually a dodo, but a lone pigeon in Réunion, which belongs to the genus Stork ibis, although it is also extinct......"

The professor said a lot of things, all of which were highly professional words, and Li Du didn't understand them.

In short, he learned the most important thing, that the Mauritian dodo went extinct too early, and that it became extinct soon after it was discovered in the 17th century.

At that time, there was no concept of species preservation, and there were very few relevant specimens, and even fewer specimens that have been preserved for hundreds of years, so it was very precious.

At this point, the professor wondered, "How are your specimens preserved?" It has been preserved for hundreds of years without decaying, which is all too rare. ”

Li Du smiled bitterly: "This is not what I kept, it is the ...... I just got from the Amish people."

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

After talking to the professor, he now understands that Ricky Tasima and Ashley are not lying.

At the beginning of the meal, Ricky said several times that this specimen had survived for hundreds of years, and he always thought it was nonsense, but it turned out to be true!

Both sides were initially excited, Professor Clinken because he had found a complete rare specimen, and Li Du because of the great value of the specimen.

However, when the two sides calmed down, the professor told Li Du one thing: this specimen is indeed very rare, and the value is indeed million, but it is difficult to sell a million.

"Because you know, this thing has a price, it's rare, but it's the only museum that is willing to pay a lot of money to collect it, and the museum won't pay that much." The professor said.

This made Li Du very disappointed, and said: "If your museum buys this specimen, how much is it willing to spend?" ”

Professor Clinken hesitated and said, "Maybe about 100,000." ”

Li Du has the urge to drop his mobile phone, this horse is too pitiful, worth millions but can only be sold for 100,000? What kind of world is this?

But thinking about it, even if he could only sell 100,000, it was a windfall, and he felt better.

He switched to this specimen simply because he was curious why the worm's time-reproducing ability couldn't be fully used on him, and he didn't think it would be valuable.

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

The bug's ability is limited to how much time it can recreate at a certain point in time, like a hundred years ago, and it can't be reproduced beyond the boundaries of a hundred years.

In this way, the money from the sale of specimens is additional income, and if you think about it, the price of 100,000 yuan is not bad.

But he was a little unwilling after all, and the value of millions could only be sold for 100,000 yuan, so the discount was a bit powerful, so it was better to collect it himself.

He was very frank about the idea to Professor Clinken, who said, "First of all, man, it's worthless in your hands, and with all due respect, you're probably not interested in it." ”

"Secondly, I think you may not understand this method of preserving specimens, the cost of preserving it is quite large, and once it is not stored properly, it will become garbage."

"Again, its real value is to make people aware of the dodo, of the destruction of nature and other creatures by humans over the centuries, so it should be in a museum, right?"

Li Du hesitated: "What you said makes sense, Professor, but I still don't want to dispose of it at such a low price." ”

Professor Clinken heard the hesitation in his tone, and said, "Why don't you give me an address, son, and we'll have a meeting?" ”

Li Du said: "Let me think about it, professor, and we'll contact you later." ”

Hanging up the phone, he went back to his room and looked at the large specimen on the table, feeling a little excited.

It's worth millions!

Unlike the watch and the Batcart, the specimen on the table was obtained by pure luck, and he had no idea that it would be valuable.

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

Meow jumped on the table, and it lazily glanced at the specimen, and went up to scratch it twice with its claws.

Li Du slapped it out with a slap: "This thing is not allowed to be touched in the future!" You two come here, look at it, whoever touches it I'll lock it up! ”

He simply nodded his head like pounding garlic, and Meow was a little indignant, her emerald eyes were rolling around, and she was thinking about some bad idea at a glance.

Li Du was not used to it, so he threw it into the cage without saying a word, and strangled the dangerous thoughts directly in the cradle.

Ah Meow was stunned, stayed in the cage and pulled the door with his paws, and shouted: "Meow meow meow!" ”

Simply squatted outside the cage and looked at it with pity, and at the same time a little gloating: Aren't you a bull nose? Aren't you hanging to the sky? Are you stupid now?

In the afternoon, Hans called him and left him a message: I have found information about the collector of the Coke bottle, and I will go to Phoenix tomorrow to talk about it.

The next morning they converged, and Li Du asked in surprise, "You found a buyer so quickly?" This kind of cola bottle collector should be rare, right? ”

Hans shrugged lightly and said, "That's the benefit of joining the 100,000 Club, the association has a database of customers, and we can now view more information, so it's easier to find such customers." ”

Speaking of this, Li Du was a little puzzled and said, "Really? Why is the association's database still hierarchical? Wouldn't it be better to be unconditionally open? ”

Hans shook his head and said, "Of course not, customer information needs to be kept confidential, and some customer identities are inconvenient to disclose." There are also some things they like, which are either rare or very valuable, and ordinary treasure hunters have little chance of contacting them, so the information does not need to be made public. ”

Li Du thinks this reason is quite far-fetched, but the importance that Americans attach to private information is incomprehensible to Chinese, and they pay great attention to the protection of privacy.

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

Hans grinned and said proudly, "Valerie has elevated our privileges, she knows that we should have joined, and that the guild can sometimes be flexible. ”

They drove straight to Phoenix, a trip that was not only to sell antique Coke bottles, but also to attend an auction.