Shanghai was an international metropolis and the nation's commercial center.
People said that if you tossed a brick in the Imperial Capital, you might kill three department-level officials, whereas in Shanghai, that same brick could kill three billionaires.
That said a lot about how many rich people Shanghai City had.
Huang Youmin was a traveling enthusiast, and a wealthy man.
Well, he was definitely the most seasoned traveling enthusiast among the wealthy, and among seasoned traveling enthusiasts, he was definitely the richest.
His basement storeroom held millions of yuan worth of top-of-the-line outdoor gear, including world-class hiking boots, outdoor knives, and survival equipment.
But his greatest obsession was telescopes. Almost every top-tier telescope in the world could be found there. They were mostly handheld models, of course. He had no astronomical telescopes or anything like that; he wasn't an astronomy enthusiast.
A few days earlier, he had come across an online advertorial that still made him feel a little sick. After all, not everyone could stomach a beautiful woman turning into a dog.
Despite his disgust, Huang Youmin had noticed the Spirit Vision Telescope mentioned in the article. Watching two pet dogs in a high-definition action flick from two kilometers away? That sounded a little supernatural.
After his initial skepticism, his interest had been piqued.
If a domestically produced telescope really performed that well, it would be a groundbreaking product worth collecting.
"I'll buy one to try first! If it really is as ridiculously good as that bullshit article claimed, I'll buy another eight or ten as gifts right away." Huang Youmin's thinking was pretty straightforward. If he didn't use something this good to show off, he'd be letting himself down.
As for the telescope's price, Huang Youmin hadn't considered it at all. How expensive could a domestic telescope be?