Man Loses House and Belongings on Boastful Bet
Xin Liangkun, 53, of Dalian city, boasted on national television that no person could recreate the five-layer ball he spent 10 years to create.
“If anyone can reproduce it, I’ll give him my three-story building, and the collections within it.”
The ball is so amazing because all five balls can turn without touching each other.
It took less than six months for Sun Zheng, a young porcelain amateur from Luoyang city, to step up and challenge Xin’s public boast. Sun created the exact same ball and demanded his prize.
“At first he said my replica had internal noise. So I improved the technique, and created a perfect one. Then he said the procedure must have been different.”
So he took Xin to court. The court ruled that Xin’s TV pledge just the same as if he signed a contract, and ordered Xin to give up the house and belongings to Sun.
(中国日报)
Hey i am not play with that ball. It look like a old version of the hellraiser box.
cool man…..i wana see that!!
Poor dude, he lost everything.
what the fuck, he risked everything with a stupid bet, he deserved it
He did not lose everything…not at all the case. I believe he gained some honesty and humility.
Just because it took you 10 years to do something doesn’t mean someone smarter can’t do it in less time.
YO look at his pinky nail.
haha, yeah, he snorts coke. Good eyes on that pinky nail.
What’s so special about this ball? Just sounds like some sort of gyroscope. Anyone know more?
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Ha! The Chinese are as crazy as the Koreans.
How is it possible that the balls don’t touch each other? I have an ivory version I picked up in China years ago that is 10 balls deep (saw one that was 100 balls deep) and they touch each other. Wonder what is between them that keeps the spacing?
Ah, arrogance. Thy name is “man”.
is that a webcam?!
My thoughts exactly.
I would publicly announce this article is bullsh*t!
A television boast is not going to be the same as if he signed a contract at all.
Yea it is, its called a verbal contract. In the US they can hold up in court, and apparently in China they can as well. I really dont get whats so special about the ball, they should explain that part of the article better.
yes rick, it is. this is a prime example of a unilateral contract - a promise for a performance. And as Dan also pointed out oral contracts are just as enforceable as written ones.
too bad man, if you say something its the same as if you signed a contract. Hard part is to prove that you promised anything without paper, in this case, he said it in video, so hes busted.
Well it looks as if the court never agreed with you Rick. Oh dear what a shame, now shut up
Long pink nails are indicative of drug use/abuse, most typically cocaine.
Also, I don’t believe a word of this story.
A long finger nail is quite common on the younger male generation in China. I don’t think that it has anything to do with drugs. Just an afectation-fashion thing, more to do with ‘look at my long nail, no way am I a manual worker’.
Yes. And please someone tell us how these mens balls are so special. And did the first guy loose his balls when his house went, and if so, why the hell does the second guy want the first guys balls. And does first guy now speak with a squeeky voice? Or is that just a load of old balls.
My balls are bigger and better than your balls.
Yeh but mine are quieter and go round and round without touching…. Anything apparently
Sounds like a personal problem to me…
i have three… :]
Anyone know of any developments?
Haha I remember when he finished that ball and he put out the offer. Now it is pretty funny to see that someone actually took up the offer and decided to recreate the ball.
That is cool. Why did he think no one could do it?
tonupkid, you are cool, and the balls are pretty odd to say the least
all your house are belong to us.
A verbal contract ain’t worth the paper its written on.
But what on Earth was in it for him? If you can do it then the house is yours; if you can’t, then ……what? Dum shit!
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Umm verbal contracts are worth exactly the same as a written contract except in certain circumstances where statutory contract law expressly requires a writing to validate it as is sometimes the case in UCC contract law in the United States. But fundamentally verbal contracts are 100% the same considering they meet the common law definition of a contract with an offer and acceptance.
Also what kind of jerk would take someones house and possessions just because of a stupid challenge like that.