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KEYWORD:

Expensive

Pinyin:

guì

Actor:

gu- (Fictional Character)

Set:

-ei

Room within Set:

Bathroom or Backyard

Prop(s):

中 (Dartboard -OR- Malcolm in the Middle)

一 (Razor Blade)

贝 (Seashell)

Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Della Fuller

Gandalf is in the backyard of my "ei" set. He has entered a contest. The contestant who can throw a razorblade closest to the dartboard bullseye wins an EXPENSIVE shell. He steps up to the line and concentrates. He positions the razorblade carefully into his fingers and throws it. Amazing! It lands right in the center of the dartboard! He is presented with a glowing, beautiful, EXPENSIVE shell as the grand prize.

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Chad Ressler

Location: Faith Inn (Former workplace): Back Parking Lot
Actor: Guan Honfeng (Detective from the show Day and Night)
Props: Chinese Flag, Razor Blade, Seashell
*See Ija's Scene Below for Backstory*
Guan Hongfeng has come to America as he is on the trail on Gru from Despicable Me who has been selling fake Chinese artifacts and claiming they are very EXPENSIVE. He had heard he was now selling them out of his trunk in this parking lot. He brought a sample with him as well as a razor blade and showed me how Gru made them using the razor blade and seashell and then he wrapped them in the Chinese flag. He also showed me a printout of the ebay bids and how EXPENSIVE they sold for. I told him I didn't know where to find Gru, but that I did see some minions walking around downtown.

Mandarin Blueprint

Here's the link to where Phil & Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast: https://youtu.be/F7fyD0xLDdw?t=1997

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Ija

For backstory, refer to Chad’s 并 scene.
Actor : Gru of Despicable Me
Set : My home AWAY in another state
Props : Chinese flag, razor blade, seashells.
Gru had also fallen on hard times and was listening to the The Mandarin Blueprint podcast. He was intrigued to hear that Fan Bing Bing had her own HGTV show to sell made-up Chinese antiques but failed to pawn them off.
He knew that he could do better. He picked up seashells from the backyard of my “away” home and used razor blades to engrave Chinese characters on the shells.
He then wrapped those shells in a Chinese flag, described it as “authentic, collectible, antique shell currency from China” and tried to sell them on eBay for $1000 (expensive!!!).
He had multiple bids and managed to sell them off for $10000, only to be asked for a refund via PayPal much later after the buyer realised the characters on the shells were all wrong.
He hasn’t been doing his Anki.

Mandarin Blueprint

Here's the link to where Phil & Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast: https://youtu.be/yRUKOhbi0uk?t=1880

Chad Ressler

Been waiting to get to this character to comment that this is awesome! Love it!

Ija

The idea came when I was listening to your story. Thanks for the inspiration!

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