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.
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By Sirius on 30-08-2007
Comment by darkwing duck
August 30th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Hey i am not play with that ball. It look like a old version of the hellraiser box.
Comment by Allen
August 30th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
cool man…..i wana see that!!
Comment by Heather
August 30th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Poor dude, he lost everything.
Comment by chenry
August 30th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Just because it took you 10 years to do something doesn’t mean someone smarter can’t do it in less time.
Comment by Gwyn
August 30th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
YO look at his pinky nail.
Comment by Guy Martin
August 31st, 2007 at 2:11 am
What’s so special about this ball? Just sounds like some sort of gyroscope. Anyone know more?
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Comment by SeoulBuffoon
August 31st, 2007 at 2:17 am
Ha! The Chinese are as crazy as the Koreans.
Comment by paddler
August 31st, 2007 at 5:37 am
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?
Comment by Trish
August 31st, 2007 at 7:40 am
Ah, arrogance. Thy name is “man”.
Comment by anonymousgirl
October 9th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
is that a webcam?!
Comment by Rick Rodgers
January 21st, 2008 at 1:17 pm
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.
Comment by Dan
January 21st, 2008 at 2:56 pm
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.
Comment by David
January 21st, 2008 at 3:22 pm
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.
Comment by nate
January 21st, 2008 at 3:51 pm
haha, yeah, he snorts coke. Good eyes on that pinky nail.
Comment by anon
January 21st, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Long pink nails are indicative of drug use/abuse, most typically cocaine.
Also, I don’t believe a word of this story.
Comment by tonupkid
January 21st, 2008 at 4:26 pm
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.
Comment by aslothmonk
January 21st, 2008 at 4:44 pm
My balls are bigger and better than your balls.
Comment by tonupkid
January 21st, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Yeh but mine are quieter and go round and round without touching…. Anything apparently
Comment by zen
January 21st, 2008 at 5:30 pm
what the fuck, he risked everything with a stupid bet, he deserved it
Comment by Chuck
January 21st, 2008 at 7:37 pm
He did not lose everything…not at all the case. I believe he gained some honesty and humility.
Comment by sam
January 21st, 2008 at 8:56 pm
i have three… :]
Comment by Max
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:14 am
Anyone know of any developments?
Comment by Thyhack
January 22nd, 2008 at 8:46 am
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.
Comment by Pertrucci
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:47 am
My thoughts exactly.
Comment by Hyrum
January 24th, 2008 at 10:40 am
That is cool. Why did he think no one could do it?
Comment by Dude
January 27th, 2008 at 9:36 am
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.
Comment by James
January 29th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Sounds like a personal problem to me…
Comment by reino
February 1st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
tonupkid, you are cool, and the balls are pretty odd to say the least
Comment by steve webb
February 6th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Well it looks as if the court never agreed with you Rick. Oh dear what a shame, now shut up
Comment by dungo
March 7th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
all your house are belong to us.
Comment by The Baldchemist
March 14th, 2008 at 2:41 am
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!
The baldchemist – living life in all of its superlatives.
Comment by Jack
April 4th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
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.
Comment by Cyclonus
December 30th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
LOL he shouldn’t of made that bet. Watch what you say in public.
Comment by ANON.
January 4th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
photoshopped
you can tell by the pixels
Comment by Kat
January 8th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Why is it that whenever something unusual is pictured on the internet someone feels the need to claim the image was ’shopped? And why is it that the person making that claim so often opts to go nameless? Give me a break!
Comment by someone
January 9th, 2009 at 1:35 am
its an internet joke thing, kat.
and verbal contracts are binding.
his pinky nail rules. but i was told its some religious thing in china.
Comment by Interwebs
January 9th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Well look closer, it seems pretty ’shopped to me. stupid.
Comment by Mark
January 11th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
My understanding of contract law is that there must be ‘consideration’ on both parts – i.e. something of value must move in each direction. It does not matter what the value of each item is and the courts give no thought to whether it is a ‘fair’ exchange. So in this case “I give you a ball thingy and you give me your house and everything in it” would be a valid contract.
Comment by heitz
January 12th, 2009 at 12:09 am
if the balls touch, it means they’re gay.
Comment by Kat is really dumb
August 22nd, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Kat, don't be a stupid shit. Get with the times.