Chapter 6: The Magic of Ice
Half of the onlookers didn't get to a place where they could get shade, and they were still crammed there to watch.
They all heard the bet just now, as long as the ice melted a little, even if Chen Yuan lost, this kind of weather under the scorching sun, not to mention on the iron plate, even if it was put on the hand, it would begin to melt after a while.
Laugh at!
Some people were afraid that Chen Yuan's iron plate used special means, and splashed some water on the iron plate, and immediately "snorted", and the little water was immediately evaporated and dried.
Many people couldn't help but gasp, the temperature of this iron plate was higher than they imagined, but fortunately they didn't touch it directly with their hands just now.
However, the water was evaporated instantly, why did it take half a minute for this ice cube to be put on it, and there was no change at all?
"Don't worry, the ice doesn't melt that fast, and it's going to start melting in another minute." The middle-aged man confidently and chiseled himself to the person next to him.
However,
A minute passed.
Two minutes passed.
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Five minutes passed.
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Ten minutes passed.
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Fifteen minutes passed.
The five-centimeter-long cube of white ice still hasn't changed at all, showing no signs of melting.
The temperature of the iron plate was getting higher and higher, and several people tried to pour the water on it, but the result was that it evaporated in the same instant.
The middle-aged man's cold sweat came out, and he stared at the white ice cube as if he wanted to see some flowers from it.
There were more and more onlookers, and they were no better, all staring at the white ice cube with disbelief in their eyes.
"Okay, I'm throwing in the towel."
After another ten minutes, seeing that the white ice cube still had no possibility of melting, the middle-aged man turned around in a daze, looked at Chen Yuan, and took out five hundred yuan: "Your ice cube is really special, I want to buy five pieces and go back to study it." ”
Study?
Chen Yuancai was not afraid, the prompt in his mind yesterday had already told him that the material structure of this white ice cube was no different from that of ordinary ice cubes, and he couldn't study anything at all.
Chen Yuan had a good impression of the middle-aged man's attitude, he shook his head and said: "This ice cube is indeed a little special, it's not to tempt you to bet, but I really want to advertise and make a name for myself, everyone forgive me, forgive me." ”
Seeing that Chen Yuan was so sincere, the middle-aged man also smiled, picked up five ice cubes and left.
"Little boss, I'll take you these ice cubes that don't melt, wrap me five pieces too." It was the boss who was betting with the middle-aged man just now, and he also spoke up at this time.
Seeing that he just took out the money and took the ice cubes with a nonchalant expression, Chen Yuan smiled and said: "This boss, if these ice cubes are just difficult to melt, how dare I take them out and sell them, and sell them at this price, you can go over there and try the effect yourself." ”
There was an empty stall fenced with small wooden shelves in front of the supermarket, with an area of about ten square meters, and no one used it, so Chen Yuan put a piece of ice there.
Now the place where it is sold is outside under the big sun, this boss was also standing next to the middle-aged man just now, he has been sunbathing in the sun for a long time, and the sweat on his body has soaked his shirt, hearing Chen Yuan's words, his brows furrowed, and then he walked a few steps, came to the wooden frame stall, was slightly stunned, and suddenly shouted.
"Is this the effect of this ice cube?" The boss walked around a few times inside, saw the white ice cube inside, and immediately came out again, and asked urgently.
Chen Yuan nodded, pointed to the sign in front of him and said: "It's the effect written on this, it's warm in winter and cool in summer, you also felt it just now, otherwise I wouldn't dare to take it out and sell it." ”
"Give me another five, no, ten!"
The middle-aged boss immediately took out another ten hundred-yuan bills and handed them to Chen Yuan, but his eyes were fixed on the box full of white ice cubes behind him.
Seeing the reaction of the middle-aged boss, the onlookers who were about to leave after watching the excitement just now also came over, and many people also walked around the wooden stall, feeling the coolness of spring, which was a little unbelievable.
"Is this ice really not going to melt? A hundred dollars a piece is too expensive. ”
Some people are hesitant to feel the effect.
"This is really not expensive, this thousand-year-old ice will melt more than 100 degrees, and it will lose its effect after a month, the general three-bedroom and one living room are only two pieces, which is much better than air conditioning, you look at the electricity bill for a month in summer is more than so little, if there is no such effect, you come to me then, I will refund you double the money."
"Alright then, give me a piece to try."
After hearing Chen Yuan's words, people suddenly began to buy it.
The middle-aged man and the boss who bought fifteen yuan just now were all gambling with Chen Yuan, and now they are the first official customers, after someone buys it, someone follows, and the white ice cubes in the box next to Chen Yuan are decreasing piece by piece.
But the buyers were still a small fraction of the crowd of onlookers, but fortunately, there was a lot of traffic here, and after an hour, all 50 white ice cubes were sold out.
Looking at the empty box, Chen Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, don't look at his careful planning, he was also calm and calm just now, but he didn't have a bottom in his heart, if it wasn't for the middle-aged man who "did a favor", I'm afraid it would take a lot of effort to sell it.
Fortunately, it was sold faster than expected.
Chen Yuan packed up the iron plate and the box, and temporarily put it at a fruit seller next to him, this vendor also bought a piece of ice just now and knew Chen Yuan, of course he would not refuse, Chen Yuan went directly to the supermarket to buy some cooked food and two cans of cold beer, one can was given to the vendor, and then walked back to the place where he lived with the box.
Quickly returned to the dormitory, closed the dilapidated door, threw the boxes and food, Chen Yuan couldn't wait to pour out the money in his pocket, he didn't prepare in the morning, and stuffed all the money into his pants pocket, and now there is a lot of bulging money.
Directly on the bed, Chen Yuan began to count, carefully counting one by one, in the morning he filled the box with fifty white ice cubes, all of which were sold out just now, which means that the money is five thousand in total!
Five thousand is not much, Chen Yuan had a good benefit in that company before, he was also more diligent, and his monthly salary plus bonus also had this amount, but this was the money he earned in just one day.
5,000 a day, then 150,000 a month?
Before, Chen Yuan worked overtime every day for only 60,000 or 70,000 yuan, and he had to be deducted five insurances and one housing fund, if an ordinary white-collar worker like him wants to reach 150,000 a year, it usually takes five or six years of work experience to make it possible, and now it's only a month!
After packing up the money, Chen Yuan's excitement slowly cooled down, turned on the computer, clicked on a movie, and ate the cooked food he bought, accompanied by cold beer, which was the most comfortable meal he had eaten in the past six months.
After eating, Chen Yuan began to count the remaining white ice cubes, and picked up a lot of them from the castle, he didn't count how many there were, and now when he counted, the number was not very much, just a few hundred.
He thought about it for a while, in addition to leaving one piece for himself, packed five more pieces, walked to the express office outside the street, and delivered the five white ice cubes back to his hometown, his house is not empty, on such a hot day, in order to save electricity bills, I'm afraid my mother is reluctant to even turn on the fan.
And my sister is in her third year of high school next semester, and she is in the midst of intense revision, and she also needs a good sleeping environment at night.
After doing this qiē, Chen Yuan was not idle, and began to plan for tomorrow's ice cube sale, judging from today's situation, the sales are not very good, even if there is a bet from a middle-aged chemistry teacher, the last person who bought it is only about forty, compared to such a large flow of people, this is very little.