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MENTAL MODEL · M1781

Hoarding Rare Goods for Profit

Hoarding Rare Goods for Profit
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

Lü Buwei regarded the Qin hostage prince Yiren as a 'rare commodity,' hoarded and invested in him, ultimately helping him ascend the throne and reaping enormous rewards himself.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

Venture capital thinking. Seek assets (people, technology, land) that are undervalued by the market but have huge potential, position early when no one is optimistic (angel investing), and add value through resource injection.

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Anchor fast decisions

From the 'Records of the Grand Historian: Biography of Lü Buwei,' it refers to hoarding rare goods and waiting to sell at a high price for great profit. The mechanism is to exploit scarcity and information asymmetry to obtain monopoly rent.

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