Carrying his entire net worth of over two thousand yuan, all on WeChat.
Ye Chen did not immediately head to the Sports Center.
After all, the concert didn't start until eight in the evening.
In his previous life, those few fanatical idol chasers also bought the sky-high priced tickets with heavy money after eight o'clock.
So going now would be completely useless.
Not going to the Sports Center.
Ye Chen turned his attention to Lingnan Guwan City.
That place was similar to Panjiayuan in Beijing.
They were all of the same nature, filled with all sorts of antique items.
Of course, while called antiques, they were mostly modern fakes used to swindle gullible fools and easy marks.
However, the reason Guwan City could survive the currents of history for decades was clearly not because it was full of misleading fakes and counterfeits; there were still some genuinely overlooked treasures and items. At least occasionally, people would find bargains there and buy things far exceeding their value!
The former Ye Chen had been to Guwan City, and quite a few times, but it was always with the mindset of striking it rich overnight by finding a bargain.
Unfortunately, the result was that he repeatedly became a genuine easy mark and gullible fool.
But this time, it was different!
Carrying sixty years of prophetic memories, in that sharp memory that recalled every detail.
He remembered that in his previous life, someone had found a bargain in Guwan City using thirty thousand yuan that multiplied sixteen times, and that lucky person was even a gambling friend of his!
Unlike him, although that gambling friend's initial state was pretty much the same as his, both half-dead with gambling debts that could get them killed by high-interest loans at any time, it couldn't compare to the luck from their ancestors' graves smoking (a Chinese idiom for extreme luck). They got several million from demolition compensation, not only paying off their gambling debts but also finding a bargain worth four hundred eighty thousand yuan with thirty thousand yuan while wandering around Guwan City!
It is said that when he was paying, the people around him were looking at him with strange eyes. After he finished paying and took the item, he immediately heard the sellers at other stalls shaking their heads and quietly mocking the idiotic easy mark and gullible fool!
At that moment, he knew he had definitely been tricked, but returning the item was already impossible...
Leaving Guwan City in frustration, just as he was about to throw away that Buddhist bead bracelet, a middle-aged man who was about to enter Guwan City suddenly stopped him. First, he asked to examine the Buddhist bead bracelet, and finally, he actually offered four hundred eighty thousand yuan and bought it from him!
Although that gambling friend always liked to brag and talk nonsense, that time was different from the past. With several million yuan from demolition compensation, Ye Chen believed he would absolutely not brag about this matter.
Because of this, Ye Chen, who was deeply threatened by high-interest loans at the time, believed it without a doubt, and even secretly cursed the unfair heavens, wondering why such a good thing didn't fall to him, why it benefited that bastard...
At that time, Ye Chen, whose eyes were purple with envy, asked out of curiosity what kind of Buddhist beads they were. Although the other party didn't explain too clearly, they provided an extremely important piece of information: it was a bracelet made of eighteen Buddhist beads strung together, with a carving of an Arhat on each bead, and the eighteen beads corresponded exactly to the Eighteen Arhats!
Now, reborn and back in the past, Ye Chen felt this was a heaven-sent opportunity!
If he seized this opportunity, those two hundred seventy thousand in high-interest loan debts would be solved immediately!
But there was a problem: he didn't know which day his gambling friend from the previous life found the bargain...
But calculating the days, it shouldn't be this soon. After all, he was bragging about finding the big bargain three days later.
Based on Ye Chen's understanding of the other person, something worth showing off like this definitely wouldn't be kept quiet for long!
So, it was highly likely to be these two days!
Although there was still a problem at this time, which was that the gambling friend at that time found the bargain with thirty thousand yuan.
And he now had less than three thousand yuan for his entire net worth, so he obviously couldn't afford to buy it...
However, he wasn't in a hurry to find the bargain immediately. What he needed to do was first find where that Buddhist bead bracelet was. As long as he could locate which stall had that Buddhist bead bracelet, it would be easy, because the sky-high priced concert tickets tonight were enough to accumulate the capital for him to find the bargain!
Otherwise, if he waited until tomorrow to search, he was afraid the opportunity would be long gone by then!
Because that gambling friend very likely found the bargain tomorrow!
"Boss, a Tongbao coin from the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era, want to take a look?"
"Brother, a vase from a Qing Dynasty princely mansion, interested? Name your price, easy to talk!"
"Handsome guy, take a look at the stuff on my stall, they're all good things, see if anything satisfies you!"
"Brother, early this morning, we're not looking to make a lot, just to get the market started and open for business. A Pixiu consecrated by an enlightened monk during the Republic of China period, put it at home and you're guaranteed to have prosperous wealth. Only three thousand, want to take a look?"
Stepping into Guwan City, since it was early in the morning, there weren't many people coming and going looking for bargains.
So as soon as Ye Chen entered, there was a barrage of shouts.
It wasn't in the form of shops, but stalls set up one by one.
Even though many stalls were empty due to the time, the sudden chorus of shouts still made Guwan City feel lively and bustling.
However, Ye Chen scoffed at things like Qianlong era Tongbao coins, vases from princely mansions, and Pixiu consecrated by enlightened monks that could bring prosperous wealth.
If they had these items, would they need to shout and hawk them here?
Let alone a super tycoon who had accumulated four hundred billion in personal wealth in the later part of his previous life.
Even the early Ye Chen from his previous life, who was such a scoundrel he deserved a thousand cuts, wouldn't believe it.
It was mainly because he had been scammed many times that he had gained experience!
Hmm, even if one could find a bargain in Guwan City, it would absolutely not be the kind of item they claimed came from some dynasty or princely noble mansion. As for items that could bring prosperous wealth and change luck, that was even more nonsense.
These were just used to trick inexperienced newcomers and gullible fools who hadn't been scammed many times yet!
Upon reaching each stall, Ye Chen would stop, and then silently scan the items on the stall.
After finding that the string of Buddhist beads he was looking for wasn't there, he moved on to the next stall!
In contrast, the initial enthusiasm of those stall owners gradually turned into annoyance, to the point where they almost directly drove him away!
After consecutively looking at over twenty stalls, Ye Chen still hadn't found the Buddhist bead bracelet carved with the Eighteen Arhats.
But this did not affect his state of mind.
From morning until noon, he found nothing.
After rushing out of Guwan City to quickly eat a cheap, bland lunch of clear soup and plain water, he returned to Guwan City.
"Damn, that fool is back again!"
"Tsk tsk, look at his face, it's practically screaming 'I'm here to find a bargain'!"
"With that shifty-eyed look, he still thinks he can find a bargain? Go dream his mother's spring and autumn dream!"
"These kinds of idiots are the most annoying. If Guwan City had fewer of these morons, our business would be easier to do!"
"Don't say that. Aren't they also contributing to the popularity of Guwan City, haha!"
Seeing Ye Chen's figure appear again.
Whispers and discussions arose from all directions.
Ye Chen even heard quite a bit of it.
However, he couldn't be bothered to pay attention.
He continued searching for that Buddhist bead bracelet of the Eighteen Arhats!
Unknowingly, several more hours passed.
The setting sun was like blood, and the sun's shadow slanted westward.
The hot summer evening also welcomed a rare wisp of cool evening breeze.
After the whole day, Ye Chen had almost walked through all of Guwan City, but he still couldn't see a single trace of the Buddhist beads!
"Could it be that guy in the previous life was just bragging?"
Under the setting sun, Ye Chen stopped.
After muttering to himself.
Immediately, he shook his head again, "He described it so vividly, and could even mention the details of the Eighteen Arhats. It doesn't sound like he was making it up!"
While muttering to himself, Ye Chen couldn't help but carefully recall the expression and eyes of that guy from his previous life when he recounted finding the bargain, trying to discern whether the other party had made it up.
However, just at this moment.
The corner of his eye suddenly caught sight of the stall owner at a stall two or three meters away patting his head.
"Damn, how could I forget that thing!"
Immediately following that stall owner's mutter.
The next moment.
He unfolded the burlap bag next to him.
From inside, he took out a string of bronze-colored antique Buddhist beads!
Swish-!
In an instant, Ye Chen, whose peripheral vision just happened to catch this scene, felt his heart tighten!
A few meters away, although he couldn't see if the Eighteen Arhats were carved on that string of Buddhist beads.
But it also made Ye Chen unable to contain his excitement