I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

Chapter 29 An unexpected gain
If too many people discover this way to make money, the prices of these home appliances will quickly rise.

It is better not to have too many people know about these things. Fortunately, information in Australia is relatively closed, and this is not the era of rapid information transmission like in the past.

"Don't you want these things anymore?" Chen Xi pointed at the old gadgets on the ground, such as pipes and wood carvings.

"Yes, I plan to sell it in Victoria Market." The foreign customer said decisively.

Victoria Market is very large and is divided into several sections, selling all kinds of things, including vegetables, seafood, clothes, etc.

Stall owners can get a good stall by paying some fees. Of course, there are also free stalls, but the location may be worse.

This foreigner obviously wanted to take the stuff over and sell it for a little money.

"How much do you plan to sell these things for?" Chen Xi looked at the foreigner.

"I'm not sure. I haven't looked at it carefully. They are all left by my father." The foreigner thought about it and shook his head.

Chen Xi didn't run a pawn shop, so he didn't know whether many things were valuable or not, but he took a fancy to a pocket watch that looked to have some history.

The pocket watch is printed with the Zenith company name and the serial number "D 8413348 H", which looks like a product from World War II.

There was also an old machine that looked like a toy and was similar in size to the keyboard.

"What is this?" Chen Xi asked, pointing at the machine on the ground.

"Miniature steam engine." The foreigner thought for a long time before saying its name.

"What is that?" Chen Xi looked at the foreigner in confusion.

"It's a model, but it can really work, just that it's damaged." The foreigner said after looking through the machine.

Chen Xi was very interested in this novel thing when he saw it for the first time.

After discussion, he decided to spend two hundred dollars to buy all those small items.

The other party was also very happy because it would be very time-consuming and laborious to sell it at the Victoria Market.

"Wow, why did you buy this pile of junk? It's all rusty." Dongdong widened his eyes and looked at Chen Xi.

"It can be refurbished. There are many antique shops and second-hand goods dealers in the city center." Chen Xi smiled.

Dongdong shook his head. No matter how he looked at it, these things looked like junk. However, Chen Xi wanted to take a gamble.

In his previous life, he visited several antique shops in the city center. The items sold there were very expensive. For example, an old diving suit was priced at more than a thousand, and a seemingly inconspicuous silver coin was priced at five thousand.

When the time comes, I can show these things to other people and maybe sell them for a high price. Even if they are not antiques, I can still make some money by selling them online.

"We only posted the advertisement on the Chinese forum. How did you know about us?" Chen Xi suddenly remembered something and immediately asked the foreigner next to him.

"My son found it for me. He's a student at Didi University." The ghost said with a smile.

Chen Xi was surprised to find that his moving service was already well-known at Didi University, and even foreigners had heard of it. The news spread really fast.

Three days later, inside the warehouse.

"The old appliances are almost piled up. Let's clean them out and sell them first. Otherwise, the pile will keep growing and we will run out of cash."

"These old sofas are difficult to clean." Dongdong looked at Chen Xi with resentment.

"There are cleaning tools in the warehouse. Just add some cleaning fluid and clean it at high temperature. You guys do it first. I'll take these things to a store to have a look." Chen Xi looked at the storage room nearby and pointed at the debris on the ground.

There are ten refrigerators piled up in the warehouse. Except that the inside is a little dirty, there is no problem using them.

We originally collected quite a few microwave ovens, but these things were in great demand and were sold out as soon as we collected them.

As for washing machines, he charges less because there are many self-service laundromats on Tuao Street.

After packing the gadgets he had collected during this period into a cardboard box, he headed straight for the city center.

In the antique shop of time.

An old man with white hair and gold-rimmed glasses moved slowly.

His eyes gazed upon every item on the counter.

"The pocket watch is three hundred, the pipe is fifty, the model is two hundred..." After a while, the old man gave a quote.

This is the fourth store Chen Xi has visited today.

The owner of this shop was quite friendly and offered him a higher price than the previous shop. Asians are often discriminated against in Australia.

The owners of the first few stores were very cold to him, and all the items in total were worth less than two hundred yuan, which made him very dissatisfied.

However, the Time Antique Shop offered a total price of one thousand yuan, which made him overjoyed.

I only spent two hundred dollars to buy it, and now I sold it for one thousand dollars. I've made a fortune.

Although he knew that these things were worth far more than a thousand dollars, he was too lazy to care about it and he didn't know how to repair them.

For example, the steam engine was rusty, and the pocket watch was obviously broken. If others took them back, they would need to be repaired and refurbished. He didn't have the energy to do these things.

"Hello, let's take a look at the new cell phone plan."

After leaving the antique shop, Chen Xi took a flyer from an Asian girl.

She has fair skin and a baby face, looks very cute, and is about the same age as me. She should be working while studying.

I took a look at the flyer in my hand. It was a new package from Optus. It now focused on international calls, and there were discounts for domestic calls.

He used to be charged one Australian dollar per minute for domestic calls.

However, next year is 07, and Apple will release a mobile phone, and virtual Internet calls will appear at that time.

Therefore, this new package is a waste of money for international students.

"Smartphones will become more popular in the future, so I think we need to put some effort into mobile phone software." Chen Xi frowned.

After thinking about the future development direction, he decided to return to China during the holidays to inspect domestic software companies.

You know, some wealthy people in the country made their fortunes through these things.

However, the most important thing at the moment is to accumulate financial resources.

In Australia, the Internet industry is not suitable for development.

"Did those pieces really sell for a thousand dollars?"

"You are so awesome!"

"It's just like the scene in the novel where you find a bargain at the antique market."

After returning, Chen Xi reported today's results to Dongdong and the others. The two did not believe him at first, but when they saw the colorful banknotes in front of them, they couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Work hard, and you will have plenty of money in the future!" Chen Xi patted their shoulders.

"Well, if you want to succeed, you must first go crazy and rush after money at all costs!"

The two had been successfully brainwashed and started shouting slogans very consciously. Chen Xi couldn't help but worry whether these two guys would be cheated of all their money by the pyramid scheme organization in the future.

"What should I do for tomorrow's work? I still have classes." Chen Xi said after looking at his phone.

"Class? What class? School is suspended tomorrow." Xiao Ming stretched.

"Ah?" Chen Xi opened his mouth wide, a look of disbelief.

"Didn't you read the email? The teacher said we would take to the streets to march." Dongdong said as he opened his email.

Chen Xi suddenly thought of one of the characteristics of Australia, that is, strike.

When they were in high school, they often missed classes because of a bus drivers' strike.

In addition, it is not surprising that teachers go on strike.

Most strikes are caused by demands for better benefits, such as wages and vacation time.

People here are lazy and usually don't work on weekends. Shops close early and even some restaurants close on weekends.

There are some homeless people on the streets who don’t need to do anything every day. They just need to lie there and they can get a thousand yuan in relief money from the government every month.

He remembered that before returning to China, official reports stated that if this situation continued, there would be no relief funds to be paid out in ten years.

In short, the money of high-income people is used to support these people.

(End of this chapter)