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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darkwing duck
Hey i am not play with that ball. It look like a old version of the hellraiser box.
Allen
cool man…..i wana see that!!
Heather
Poor dude, he lost everything.
zen
what the fuck, he risked everything with a stupid bet, he deserved it
Chuck
He did not lose everything…not at all the case. I believe he gained some honesty and humility.
chenry
Just because it took you 10 years to do something doesn’t mean someone smarter can’t do it in less time.
Gwyn
YO look at his pinky nail.
nate
haha, yeah, he snorts coke. Good eyes on that pinky nail. 😉
Guy Martin
What’s so special about this ball? Just sounds like some sort of gyroscope. Anyone know more?
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SeoulBuffoon
Ha! The Chinese are as crazy as the Koreans.
paddler
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?
Trish
Ah, arrogance. Thy name is “man”.
anonymousgirl
is that a webcam?!
Pertrucci
My thoughts exactly. 😀
Rick Rodgers
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.
Dan
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.
David
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.
Dude
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.
steve webb
Well it looks as if the court never agreed with you Rick. Oh dear what a shame, now shut up
Mark
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.
anon
Long pink nails are indicative of drug use/abuse, most typically cocaine.
Also, I don’t believe a word of this story.
tonupkid
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.
aslothmonk
My balls are bigger and better than your balls.
tonupkid
Yeh but mine are quieter and go round and round without touching…. Anything apparently
James
Sounds like a personal problem to me…
sam
i have three… :]
Max
Anyone know of any developments?
Thyhack
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.
Hyrum
That is cool. Why did he think no one could do it?
reino
tonupkid, you are cool, and the balls are pretty odd to say the least
dungo
all your house are belong to us.
The Baldchemist
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.
Jack
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.
Cyclonus
LOL he shouldn’t of made that bet. Watch what you say in public.
Steve
Shouldn't HAVE made that bet. "Shouldn't of" makes no sense.
ANON.
photoshopped
you can tell by the pixels
Kat
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!
Interwebs
Well look closer, it seems pretty ‘shopped to me. stupid.
Kat is really dumb
Kat, don't be a stupid shit. Get with the times.
someone
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.
heitz
if the balls touch, it means they’re gay.