American Warehouse Taobao King

   After the inexplicable efforts of a small group of 10 people, a total of 8 warehouses were all sorted out before 4 pm, and two trucks were pulled for the useless garbage. Some valuable second-hand items also filled the two Mercedes-Benz vans.

  Yang Yong walked out of Thompson Storage Company with all his earnings at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and it was impossible to deal with these second-hand items. Only after a night of rest can he be able to deal with these second-hand items and exchange them for a large amount of cash tomorrow. Fortunately, Yang Yong has sufficient funds and is not in a hurry to exchange money.

   Instead, I used a little afternoon to return to the hotel and put on my casual clothes. He brought his personal bodyguard, Smith, to the No. 1 van, opened a 25-kilogram paint bucket, and filled a small test tube with five grams of metal that he had never seen before. Then came to a store in downtown Pittsburgh that recycled gold and silver jewelry.

  Yang Yong's idea is very simple, that is, to find a jewelry store appraiser to identify what the metal in his hand is. Is it hazardous and radioactive? After all, the more valuable the metal is, the more radioactive it is, and the greater the chance of harming the human body. Yang Yong doesn't want to get cancer at a young age. He must be identified to determine whether it is safe or not to decide whether the metal will go or stay.

  Yang Yong walked around the city of Pittsburgh several times and finally saw a very qualified jewelry company. Only then did Smith walk into the jewelry with a mysterious look on his face, because it was already past 6 o'clock in the afternoon, and the jewelry store would close in an hour. Therefore, there were no customers in the store. All the staff were sorting out the goods and preparing to close the door for a rest. The sudden appearance of Yang Yong and Smith shocked the saleswomen who were sorting the goods in the store. He almost didn't press the alarm, but fortunately, Yang Yong explained his intention in time, and was led by the frightened foreman to the lounge on the second floor.

   After being seated in the lounge, another staff member served two cups of instant coffee. Yang Yong was not interested in these instant coffees. Smith only drank pure water and all kinds of alcohol, and never drank some irritating beverages, so the two cups of instant coffee hardly moved.

After waiting for less than 5 minutes, the foreman knocked on the door and came in, followed by an old white man with glasses as thick as a bottle bottom. When he saw the other party wearing thick glasses, he knew that this little old white man must have outstanding abilities and a lot of knowledge. There is more than enough to answer your own questions. So Yang Yong quickly stood up first, and after the introduction of the foreman, Yang Yong respectfully extended his hand and shook hands with the white old man and said respectfully. "Thank you for answering my question and giving you trouble, Professor Javier,".

And this Professor Javier, who was wearing glasses as thick as the bottom of a bottle, laughed and patted Yang Yong's hand and said, "It's okay, young man, if you are another half an hour late, I will get off work. I can identify what you have. Speaking of special metals, I am also very happy. After all, there are too many metals in nature. There are hundreds of kinds of them, and even a professional like me has no chance to identify all natural metals. This is a very interesting topic, so you don’t need to be too nervous. "

  After the two sides chatted, Yang Yong asked Professor Javier to sit on the sofa in the center, and then carefully took out a sealed test tube from his purse. Inside was some flaky rose-red metal. The color of the metal was very beautiful, causing everyone present to be amazed.

  Professor Javier carefully took the test tube that Yang Yong handed over, and watched it carefully, the more he saw the more smiles on the corner of his mouth. After 3 minutes, the old man laughed and took out the precious metal electronic scale he carried with him, then pulled out the cork on the test tube, and poured a small pile of rose-red wire-shaped metal on the electronic scale for weighing.

   The weight displayed on the electronic scale shocked everyone. I didn't expect that a small pile of sheet metal as good-looking as purple bamboo salt actually weighed as much as 15 grams. This weight shocked everyone. I didn't expect that the density of these flakes of purple-red metal was actually higher than that of gold.

Seeing Yang Yong here, he couldn't help asking Professor Javier in surprise, "Professor Javier, what are these metals with such high strength? Such a small pile weighs only a few grams at best, but I didn't expect it to be as much as 15 grams, can you give me Find out what kind of metal this is. Is there any radioactive element, and is it safe to keep it by your side? What is the name of the most important metal? How high is its price."

  After seeing the weight displayed by the electronic scale, Professor Javier kept nodding as I expected, and then listened to Yang Yong's question with a smile on his face, and then answered. "Young man, you have asked a lot of questions. I just have some time, and it is very rare to see such a fun thing, so I can answer your questions,"

"The first question is whether this metal has a source of radioactive contamination? I can tell you very accurately that there is no radioactive material in this metal. It can be used as a metal for jewelry to be accompanied by people with radioactive materials. That's fine, hahaha!"

  I didn't expect the old man to be so humorous, he made everyone laugh, and then he answered Yang Yong's question seriously. "Your second question is what is the name of this metal? I can tell you responsibly that this metal is the rarest resource in the world, and its name is rhodium."

   This time, Yang Yong was completely covered, Yang Yong couldn't help but smile bitterly after thinking about it for a long time, shook his head and said. "Professor Javier, your statement is too general. I have heard of this metal rhodium for the first time. What kind of substance is it!"

   Not only Yang Yong could not understand what kind of substance rhodium was in all the people present? No one else knows! Everyone stared blankly at the Harvard professor, waiting for the professor's answer. The old man Javier also said, "Metal rhodium is a kind of platinum, but it is more precious than platinum. Metal rhodium is a kind of silver-white hard metal, opaque, chemically stable, with a hardness of 4 to 4.5, and a relative density of 4 to 4.5. 12.5, melting point as high as 1955 degrees.”

"Because the metal rhodium is corrosion-resistant and has good luster, it is mainly used in electroplating enterprises to electroplate on the surface of other metals. It is not only strong in color and luster. It has been worn away and has a good reflective effect, because the metal rhodium will appear a rose red when it encounters a salt solution, which is very pretty."

   Having said that, the old man took a few more sips of coffee and let out a long breath. He took the top Cuban Cohiba cigar handed over by Yang Yong and lit Meimei and took a sip. Then he said energetically, "Things are rare and precious, this is the law of nature, the reserves of platinum in nature are very rare, reaching five parts per billion, and the metal palladium also reaches one part per billion, and the rest The 6 precious metals of china all exist in one billionth of a billion, and the metal rhodium is also at this level. You can imagine how valuable it is, and this metal rhodium is a very scarce precious metal.”

"It can be used in industry and jewelry processing. It is very versatile and durable, so its price is more than double that of gold, and the price of metal rhodium has risen particularly sharply this year. The New York Stock Exchange's price The price of metal rhodium has reached $3,500 an ounce, facing the highest point in history, you have made a fortune, hahahahaha!"

  Yang Yong is now blindfolded and overwhelmed, with a demented expression and a big mouth open, staring at the small amount of metal on the electronic scale, and he doesn't even feel the drooling.