"Do you know what this is?" Gong Xueer asked Eve and Susan. She didn't play with Lego, so she didn't know what it was.
Eve chimed in, offering a helpless reply: "I'm not really sure either."
A short while later, Susan replied: "It must be a puppet made by a dragon, otherwise how could it be ranked number one in the world in terms of value?"
"But can dragons make puppets?" Lin Ling asked.
“I just checked online, but there’s no relevant information. It was just mentioned casually at the end of the film, so it’s hard to verify,” Eve said.
"How strange! This puppet is clearly related to dragons, but we had no idea about it at all," Gong Xue'er said in surprise.
"How about we ask online?" Lin Ling suggested.
Lin Ling posted a Weibo update, and Susan and two others were online, waiting for a reply.
It's quite rare that among the questions about dragons, we've encountered one that none of the four of us knew.
Lin Ling's post and the subsequent replies from the three individuals immediately attracted the attention of many netizens.
"I'm not seeing things, am I? How could I know something that even the four biggest dragon fans don't know?"
"I think I saw this question on Tieba, it was just posted, and I was just thinking of asking you guys about it."
"I hadn't noticed until you pointed it out; it seemed to be mentioned casually in the cartoon, without much further discussion."
"Yes, maybe you're overthinking it. It was just something the reporter mentioned unintentionally."
"This isn't a casual question; what everyone wants to know is the connection between this puppet and the dragon."
"..."
The four looked at the comments from netizens. There were many participants, but also a lot of nonsense, and almost no one knew the truth.
"I doubt they know either," Susan said dejectedly. What happened to the internet's supposed all-knowing nature?
"Wait a little longer, the hype is just starting to build." Eve was quite patient.
Half an hour later, Lin Ling's Weibo post climbed to the bottom of the trending topics list and was seen by more people.
Although the buzz has increased, the answer the four people want to know still hasn't appeared.
The discussion among netizens was quite heated, but these were all just speculations, without any evidence, and didn't seem to be true.
As the buzz grew, it climbed to the top five on the trending topics list in about three hours, but the four of them looked increasingly disappointed.
Because so far, no answer has come that satisfies them.
"Forget it, let's go to sleep. We'll see tomorrow; maybe the answer will come out then," Lin Ling said in the group chat before logging off.
...
Li Feng naturally saw the heated discussion online. He frowned and stared at the screen. The doll that Long mentioned seemed somewhat familiar to him.
"Where, where exactly did I hear about this?"
After thinking it over, Li Feng turned off his computer and lay alone on the bed. As he pondered, a sudden inspiration flashed through his mind.
"By the way, I heard about it from my roommate."
Li Feng quickly picked up his phone and dialed his roommate's number. A familiar voice came from the other end of the line. He didn't reminisce but went straight to the point.
“Son, I remember you mentioned a puppet to me before, something like Master Wu puppet, do you still remember it?”
There was a moment of silence on the other end, then someone said, "Call me Daddy and I'll tell you."
"Damn it, son, how dare you slander your father like mud! This is unfilial!"
"You're kidding me, you son of a bitch!"
Li Feng didn't speak, but the person opposite him said, "It's about that topic trending on social media, right?"
"That's right, hurry up and tell Daddy!" Li Feng urged.
"I won't say, I won't tell you. And believe it or not, very few people know about this, at least no more than a thousand in the country, and that's a conservative estimate," the other person said smugly.
"Could it be related to Lego?" Li Feng blurted out, because the other party was extremely obsessed with Lego and was already a die-hard Lego fan before Lego became popular in China.
"Not bad," the other person replied, seemingly expecting something.
"Daddy..." Li Feng mumbled, but at the other party's insistence, he said it again, this time clearly.
"Good boy/girl." The person on the other end smiled with satisfaction.
"This Master Wu puppet is no ordinary object."
The very first line seems to echo the conversation between the two characters at the end of the animated film, highlighting the preciousness of the puppet.
"In the list of most expensive LEGO minifigures, this wooden Master Wu minifigure ranks second at $100,000. Even the platinum Star Wars minifigure is not as expensive as this wooden carving."
What's the ranking of LEGO's most expensive minifigures?
Wow.
This thing even has leaderboards!
Li Feng was astonished. He now understood why only children from wealthy families played with Lego.
However, what surprised him even more was...
A wooden doll worth $100,000!
"Are you sure the value is correct?" Li Feng asked, taking a deep breath.
"Nonsense, I'm a professional, of course I'm right," the other side retorted mercilessly.
"No, it's just a wooden doll, made of wood. How could it be worth so much?" Li Feng said, as if the other person was teasing him.
“A simple wooden doll certainly doesn’t have that much value, but what if it’s associated with dragons?”
The voice on the other end spoke slowly and deliberately, which startled Li Feng.
"Related to dragons?"
Before Li Feng could ask, the other person said, "Because when Dragon made a cameo appearance in 'The LEGO Ninjago Movie,' he used this minifigure to open the movie's curtain. It's a limited edition of only 3 pieces worldwide."
There are only three in the world.
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