The origin of the star lotus world

Chapter 2553 Main Text
Chapter 2392 of the main text

Tong Yang smiled and asked, "Would the master in the mortal world possibly recycle and convert some of their precious metals into cash? They could use that money to buy nice electronics or other items. If the precious metals continue to appreciate significantly, don't blame me if they cash out too early." He was a hedonist and felt that converting some of his precious metals into cash would allow him to buy whatever he wanted; if it were him, he would do just that. He knew it wasn't the best solution, but it was still acceptable.

I told Tongyang, your idea is clever. Many people are like you, selling off a portion of their precious metals without considering their future value, converting them into cash to either use or store. Although many merchants say that gold prices will continue to rise and appreciate rapidly, thinking it doesn't matter whether consumers buy or not, and that if they don't buy now, they'll regret it. But investment is risky. The value of mining and refining precious metals is limited; they are valuable, but shouldn't be ridiculously expensive. If they far exceed their intrinsic value, then we must be rational. Those who cashed out their precious metals have already made substantial profits, choosing to stop before they became greedy. Some have upgraded their retirement lifestyle, paid off debts, or bought what they wanted. What's wrong with that? Real profit comes from converting assets into cash. Thinking back, the platinum diamond ring the author bought in the summer of the Year of the Dragon for a little over a thousand yuan had a buyback price in the winter of the Year of the Snake that was roughly the same as the purchase price—not a profit, but not a loss either. I remember when I bought the platinum diamond ring, the price per gram of gold jewelry was a little over 600 yuan. The salesperson recommended it, but I didn't buy it. The price has since risen to 1600 yuan, and I can no longer afford it. The platinum diamond ring is genuine; I plan to keep it.

Later, in the Year of the Snake, the author acquired over five grams of gold jewelry. Two small pieces were purchased at a fixed price, while the rest were bought at a price per gram plus a craftsmanship fee. The lowest price was over 700 yuan, and the highest price was over 1200 yuan for a small gold ring bought during the Lantern Festival in the Year of the Snake. Two small gold lucky beads bought on Double Twelve in the Year of the Snake averaged nearly 1000 yuan per gram. If sold, the net profit would only be a few hundred yuan, making resale pointless. The small Möbius strip has already been exchanged for gold, while the others will be kept for future gold or cash exchange. Without gold jewelry, I don't know, but the more I look at it, the better it seems. Wearing pure gold jewelry looks quite nice, can boost confidence, and attract wealth.

Hua Zhu said that her master lives in the mortal world, protected by family who provide him with money. Her family owns so many properties, yet they don't liquidate them; it's just wishful thinking. They imagine the properties will appreciate in value, but that's unlikely to be the case. People who used to be business people probably owned precious metal jewelry, hoping to liquidate it and improve their material lives.

I mentioned that the author's mother, in the mortal world, had a gold necklace weighing 61 grams. It's said that she bought it in the 1990s for nearly 10,000 yuan, which was too expensive, as pure gold jewelry cost around 180 yuan per gram at that time. In December of the Year of the Snake, when the family returned from an overseas trip, they saw the gold jewelry I had bought at the mall—0.76 grams—for over 900 yuan. So, instead of waiting until her children's weddings, her family dug out the pure gold necklace, which had been gathering dust for twenty years, to pass on to her children. The author doesn't like things that have been used by others, so she went to a gold shop in the mall and paid to exchange it for gold. Her family gave her children a 37.1-gram pure gold necklace. As I write this, the author is already wearing gold jewelry worth tens of thousands of yuan, upgrading from her original 5 grams to over 40 grams. If she were to buy a mid-to-high-end mobile phone, she could buy a dozen of them. Even now, it's still very valuable; real gold and silver certainly have a price.

Jin Huyue was the first to stand up, followed by Fan Xingkong, Mo Di, Hua Zhu, Tong Yang, and Qi Cai Xing Lian.

They all congratulated the author in the mortal world, wishing him great wealth in the Year of the Horse. They believed that the author's life in the mortal world, both in the Year of the Horse and thereafter, would be filled with abundant riches and ever-improving fortune.

I raised my glass, inviting the six distinguished guests to once again savor the New Year's drinks and celebrate the author's arrival in the mortal world with high-end gifts worth tens of thousands of yuan, bringing him wealth and good fortune.

The six distinguished guests were all very happy, speaking kind words and offering their blessings to the author.