Consequently, fishermen realized that these shells would fetch a high price. A few days later Chang Fu-chuan went to a shell dealer in Taipei and timidly asked NT $ 40,000 for the shell. To his surprise, the dealer immediately agreed.
隔幾天張福全拎著龍宮貝到台北找到一位貝殼商，不太有自信地開價 4 萬元台幣，沒想到貝殼商二話不說就答應了。