Chapter 132 Chapter 132 Spending Money Day 132
Liu Yue had been back from Xinjiang for five days. Sang Yu told her that several mutton-fat jade collectors who were interested in trading with her would visit her today.
She responded. Although she didn't draw a large amount of task funds today, it was not a big problem.
But after being reminded by Sang Yu, Liu Yue suddenly remembered that she had not yet posted the vlog of her trip to Xinjiang.
She also has a long-term team working with her to edit her videos. Her assistant will first review the footage, send it to her after it's been sorted out, and then review the finished product again and send it to her.
Liu Yue operates all her accounts herself. The outsourced personnel are only responsible for editing the music. She decides whether to publish and when to publish it.
She logged into her account, and sure enough, under the travel photos, there were fans asking her why she hadn't updated yet, as everyone was waiting impatiently.
Some people also say that because she hasn't been updating frequently lately, bloggers who copy and plagiarize her have popped up. If the original version doesn't step up its game, it might be outshined by pirated versions.
Huh? There's such a thing?
After uploading the video, Liu Yue looked at the comments section and felt a little confused. What was she talking about? Someone plagiarized her content?
She searched for the IDs mentioned in the comments section and found that these people were indeed rich daughters. Some showed their faces, some did not. Like her, they often posted daily travel posts, and several of them even had their blue passports pinned at the top of their homepages.
However, these elements should not constitute plagiarism of her.
After all, she didn't apply for a passport patent, and she's not the first wealthy person on the Internet who likes to travel.
All I can say is that a large number of similar bloggers appeared in a short period of time, and there is indeed suspicion of following the trend and imitating others... But Liu Yue has no intention of becoming an Internet celebrity to make money, so naturally she doesn't care that the traffic may be divided up by others.
Someone also sent her a private message to remind her that it would be better to delete the comments that mentioned other bloggers.
This kind of comment seems to be helping her to plead her innocence, but in fact it is helping others to attract traffic, because many netizens go online just to have fun, do not have such a strong sense of morality, and do not care about who plagiarizes whom.
Moreover, such comments are suspected of inciting violence. The barrier to entry to the internet is so low these days that many young users are prone to impulsive behavior and follow the crowd. Whether her fans are scolding others or other people's fans are scolding her, she will ultimately be accused of inciting cyberbullying.
If Liu Yue doesn't care, it means she has failed to guide her fans and fulfill her social responsibilities as a public figure. The other party will keep pestering her by saying "I was cyberbullied by Xinyue fans";
If Liu Yue took charge, she would personally confront the issue and provide traffic to the other party. The media companies on the other side of the bloggers would definitely be very happy.
Celebrities also have to consider the direction of public opinion, but internet celebrities don’t have to care so much. As long as they have traffic and can monetize it, that’s enough.
Liu Yue opened her mouth wide, no way, it’s so complicated?
She had never imagined that this seemingly ordinary comment could lead to such a complex game... But it did make sense...
As a precaution, Liu Yue deleted those comments and even sent a screenshot of the private message to the commenter, blurring it out. Regardless of the person's motivation for leaving the comment, she had to explain why she deleted it.
Liu Yue has long been accustomed to a life without internal friction. After doing what she should do, she quickly put the matter behind her and turned to reading the comments from fans under her new video.
Some people said that they saw her RV while traveling in Xinjiang. At that time, they didn’t know it was her, but now after seeing the RV in the video, they can basically confirm it.
The picture this netizen posted in the comment section also blurred the license plate number of her RV. Others replied that it was meaningless to blur it out here. After all, this RV was customized exclusively for Liu Yue. With its appearance and size, it is difficult to find the same model in China.
Liu Yue did not specifically take a panoramic photo of the RV, but clever netizens still roughly drew the interior design of the RV from the details in every frame of her video - the premise is that what Liu Yue showed did include all the functional rooms in the entire RV.
If her RV is actually bigger and more luxurious, but she never took any photos of it, then there's nothing we can do.
Despite this, this incomplete version of the RV from a netizen's perspective is enough to open the eyes of many people.
Everyone was impressed and said that this is a real "house car". It is so fully functional that it can completely replace a house.
And its price... although the blogger didn't say it, according to the speculation of several netizens below, it must be at least tens of millions, which is indeed equivalent to a house in a big city.
Some people have been arguing that living in an RV isn't that convenient. For example, you have to clean the sewage tank connected to the toilet, and you have to consider driving to the wilderness to resupply supplies and dump garbage...
But some people refuted him, saying, "Does the blogger need to worry about these things? She can afford such a large RV, and even has another RV when she travels. Do you think she needs to do this herself?"
Some netizens watched Liu Yue's video and were fascinated by RV travel. If you can't afford this giant car, you can buy a basic version worth hundreds of thousands of yuan and still take it away.
People who know RVs are pouring cold water on them. They have to face the problems mentioned above, which bloggers don't have to consider. Moreover, many functions of the basic RVs are not as good as expected. Let alone buying one, renting one and driving it for a few days is enough to make them feel frustrated.
The blogger's water tank is so big that he can use water at will. The water tank of an ordinary RV can use half of it after taking a shower. The same is true for energy and fuel. It is really troublesome to find water and electricity every time you park.
The beds in regular RVs are small and hard, the air conditioners are noisy and the cooling is poor, and the soundproofing is not very good, so it can be very noisy outside. Plus, many roads have height restrictions. Unless you have a car in your garage like the blogger does, so you can seamlessly move between places, many places are either impossible to reach or require a long detour...
To sum up, if you want to buy an RV, buy a good one. It is a toy for rich people. People who are chasing novelty and buying basic models are just asking for trouble.
Many people discussed RVs, and quite a few discussed Xinjiang's scenery and food.
Liu Yue ate roasted whole lamb on the Nalati Grassland, and this segment was shot by Sang Yu. Comments on the video said, "I can tell it was definitely shot by a professional, and the quality of the whole video is different."
Some people even questioned whether she had a team. Not only Liu Yue, but all the fans in the comment section were too lazy to respond.
She definitely has a team—otherwise, who would take care of her when she travels? If someone insists on calling her personal team a marketing team, that's fine. It doesn't affect her.
The sizzling roasted whole lamb can arouse the appetite of netizens even through the screen, and Liu Yue also wants to eat it now.
This is easy, just ask someone to send one over and you should be able to eat it tonight!
Liu Yue only needs to say a word, and others will take care of the busy work.
She was in a good mood and even gave away a few bags of apricot peel tea in the comment section. This is a treasure drink she only tasted after visiting Xinjiang. It is super delicious.
She played with her phone for a while, then got up to change her clothes and meet up with the mutton-fat jade collectors.
They had already arrived at the hotel, and Liu Yue met with them one by one in the conference room.
They are called "collectors", but some of them look like middlemen. Liu Yue doesn't care about their identities, as long as the source of the mutton-fat jade is legal.
The people present probably already knew her personality and her preferred trading style in advance. They just exchanged a few pleasantries without saying too much nonsense, and directly opened the box and got down to business.
Liu Yue first saw a seed-material mutton-fat jade bracelet. The seller specifically emphasized that this was a seed-material product. Only seed-material jade could be considered the real mutton-fat jade. The others were all counterfeits that confused the concept.
Well... Liu Yue certainly wouldn't argue with him. After all, the Xinjiang and national jade industry had been arguing for years about what constituted mutton-fat jade, and no concrete conclusion had been reached.
For Liu Yue, she doesn't care what other people's standards are. As long as the things in front of her can impress her and she thinks they are worth so much money, she will pay for them.
The bracelet in front of her was indeed very good. It was a natural white, and it achieved the effect of "white as fat, smooth as cream", which made Liu Yue's eyes light up and she couldn't let it go.
Wow, these collectors have quite something in their taste and aesthetics. No wonder people who like mutton-fat jade can form a small circle. Even without considering the investment appreciation, mutton-fat jade itself is very collectible.
Seeing that she was satisfied, the seller continued, "This is truly top-grade mutton-fat jade. Its tremolite content is over 99%, and there are basically no impurities. You can definitely send it for testing."
"The delicate and warm texture of mutton-fat jade lies in its tremolite crystal content. It has a unique fibrous felt-like structure, and because of the extinction phenomenon, it can produce such extreme purity."
Liu Yue didn't understand the specific principle, but judging from Ren Zhen's expression next to her, he should be right.
She nodded, meaning she wanted the bracelet. This white color was truly beautiful. No matter from which angle you looked at it, its whiteness, smoothness, oiliness, fineness, purity, and maturity were all top-notch.
Jade gave her a cool feeling, while mutton-fat jade gave Liu Yue the impression of being gentle and smooth, and it was not industrially bleached, but a pure white like melted snow from a glacier.
The price per gram of top-grade mutton-fat jade would be no less than five figures, and that's just the cost of the raw materials. The bracelet was also perfectly shaped, fitting her perfectly, so it would probably cost several million.
Of course, the negotiation of price was left to the assistant team, and Liu Yue was still waiting to see the next item.
The next item to appear is also a bracelet, but this bracelet is not pure white, but has a hint of candy color.
It is normal for mutton-fat jade to have sugar color. For example, the mutton-fat jade seed material in the Shanghai Museum is particularly large and is said to be worth 300 million yuan. It has obvious sugar color.
This does not affect its price, and some buyers like it. If the sugar color is distributed just right, it is a big plus for mutton-fat jade.
The sugar-colored bracelet in Liu Yue's hand is very beautiful. There is not too much sugar color on it, just a slight trace is left, and the edge has a gradient effect of blending. The color is not very dark, it is closer to light brown.
Its smoothness and luster are still perfect, and the sugar-colored part is like honey melting in the bracelet, adding a touch of sweet everyday atmosphere to the sacred pure white; at the same time, its white part is still very delicate, without any intrusion of other colors. It is very rare that the material can be cut into this way.
Sang Yu whispered to Liu Yue that the price of this sugar-white mutton-fat jade bracelet was a little more expensive than the pure white one just now.
Liu Yue continued to nod, indicating that she could go and talk.
These mutton-fat jades have been screened by the assistant team. The ones that can be presented to her are all the best of the best. Liu Yue was not dissatisfied when she got the real thing.
When the collectors met, they were still worried about her budget - are you kidding me? When did Liu Yue ever consider this when buying things?
Even if the system didn't give her money today, she would spend her savings without blinking an eye. After all, money in the bank is meant to be spent.
Liu Yue looked at several beads, pendants, hair accessories... and the last thing that came out was a pair of mutton-fat jade covered bowls.
Hey, the previous ones were all jewelry-type items. It turns out that mutton-fat jade can also be made into tea sets?
Theoretically, yes, mutton-fat jade is also jade, and the ancients seemed to use jade to make tableware and tea sets.
Liu Yue's association was correct, because this pair of covered bowls was from the Qianlong Emperor's period.
She was stunned when she heard this. You even dare to sell antiques. This is too cruel!
The person on the other side quickly explained to her that although this covered bowl was made during the Qing Dynasty, it was not used by Emperor Qianlong.
The Qing Dynasty court must have used a lot of tea sets for drinking tea. After Emperor Qianlong quelled the Dzungar Rebellion, the palace had a stable supply of jade materials and produced a large number of white jade covered bowls, which is why there was the pair in front of Liu Yue.
This thing can only be considered an antique. It is a heirloom, not an unearthed object, and can be legally traded in China. If Liu Yue usually pays attention to auctions, she will know that jade artifacts from the Qing Dynasty often appear on the exhibition stand.
Oh, so that’s the case. Liu Yue felt relieved.
It is pure white and smooth as fat, without any lines on it, and it even seems a bit inconsistent with Liu Yue's stereotype of Qianlong's aesthetic taste.
But if you think about it carefully, all those fancy things that Qianlong made were porcelain, while his jade wares were still very fresh and elegant.
Liu Yue couldn't determine whether this pair of covered bowls could be considered mutton-fat jade, but she liked them very much when she saw them in person, so she asked the other party to quote a price.
The man on the other side smiled and said, "If you like, I'll give you this pair of covered bowls as a gift."
Huh? Liu Yue instantly became alert.
She and he had never met before, and it was only the first day they met, so how could he be so generous?
Liu Yue asked Ren Zhen, "Is he in some trouble and needs help from my parents?"
Otherwise, it’s hard to explain.
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