Qi Tian stared at the shoes silently for a long time......

Thinking that if these shoes really cost nearly 10,000 yuan, the old man would definitely not be able to afford it, so it would be better to discuss with this fat man and let him have less money, so as to reduce the burden on the elderly.

But in retrospect, it doesn't seem realistic.

Even if the man gives a discount, it is nearly a thousand yuan, and the old man doesn't look like a rich man, so this is really difficult for people.

"What's your name?" Before Qi Tian could react, Gu Chen had already begun to take notes.

"Meng Yang. The man said.

"Report the ID number ......"

After completing the basic procedures, Gu Chen also asked kindly, "Since the matter has happened, how do you want to solve it?"

"This ......" the man hesitated suddenly.

"Let me be clear, the old man may not be able to get that much money. Gu Chen also told the truth, and said: "Besides, sneakers were originally just a tool to buy and wear, and now they have become a hype tool, I think this is a bit unreasonable." ”

"This kind of price may be worth a lot in your circle, but it only exists in your circle of shoe speculators. ”

"And the part of the hype price that has been coaxed up, here you have to squeeze out the water, and also, your shoes have been worn, and judging from the wear and tear of the shoe lines, it is definitely not more than two days of wear, and it stands to reason that the price must be discounted. ”

Looking at Gu Chen's serious thoughts, the man was also stunned for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "I'm also a good talker, it's rare to meet a shoe expert in Jiangnan City, so ......"

The man also gave a shocking idea, and said: "Just let this old man apologize to me, and then pay me a dollar, this matter is over, do you think it's okay?"

"You only need a dollar?" Qi Tian was also shocked.

More than 10,000 yuan of basketball shoes, this guy was indignant just now, and now he only needs people to lose a dollar?

This attitude contrasts too quickly, right?

And many onlookers around also invariably heated their minds, as if this is too dramatic, right?

"This sky-high price of shoes is scrapped at first glance, and wearing it also affects the appearance, but losing a dollar is indeed a conscience price. ”

"Mom, basketball shoes are so expensive these days, the next time I see someone wearing basketball shoes, I have to stay away from him. ”

"I used to think that everyone who wore basketball shoes was a student, but now I feel that as long as I wear basketball shoes, they are all local tyrants?"

"This old man is lucky, he only needs to pay a dollar for scraping a pair of basketball shoes, if it weren't for Officer Gu's understanding of shoes, the ghost knows how much money this fat man had to blackmail just now. ”

"The main reason is that the old man was still blackmailing this guy just now, and the two were arguing for a long time, and it is estimated that the man was also angry, so he called the police. ”

There are people who have any point of view on the spot, but one thing is undeniable, if it weren't for Gu Chen, who knew how to put his shoes on, this Meng Yang would definitely not give up.

"Uncle. Gu Chen called him.

"Alas!" the old man stepped forward when he heard the voice.

"Do you have a dollar?" Gu Chen asked.

"Yes...... Some. The old man took it out of his pocket, took a white oilcloth bag in his hand, and then opened it and handed a one-yuan coin to Gu Chen.

"Take it. Gu Chen handed the coin to Meng Yang.

"Haha, in fact, this dollar is like asking the old man to buy a lesson, so that he can say that I blackmail or something, can I do it?" Meng Yang looked down at his broken shoes and said, "I'm really good, pity my shoes." ”

"Disperse, don't gather around here. Seeing that the matter was resolved, Qi Tian hurriedly dispersed everyone, and then together with Gu Chen, he lifted up the old man's overturned three-wheeled bicycle and asked the old man to go home early.

Gu Chen walked up to Meng Yang, smiled and said: "Thank you for your understanding and cooperation, your shoes are indeed expensive, but the number of releases is a bit large, if it is Undefeated x air jordan 4 or Jordan 4 Laser, I'm afraid I won't be able to save this old man." ”

"You even know about the Jordan 4 Laser?" Meng Yang was excited when Gu Chen said this: "Let me tell you, the most expensive pair of shoes I have ever bought is the Jordan 4 Laser, and there are only 4 pairs in the world." ”

Qi Tian on the side was also startled: "Limited to 4 pairs? Crazy, aren't you? This is a routine with a limited sports car, it must be fake." ”

"Senior Brother Qi. Gu Chen also explained with a smile: "Meng Yang is right, there are indeed only 4 pairs of Jordan 4 Laser shoes in the world, and the issue price at that time was about ...... You can buy it for about 200,000 yuan, these shoes are equivalent to the holy relics in sneakers, and they are hard to find. ”

"Officer Gu is really knowledgeable. Meng Yang chatted with Gu Chen quite closely, and couldn't help but smile and said: "At that time, I bought it at a price of about 220,000 yuan, and then a rich second generation wanted to buy these shoes, and he offered a price that I couldn't refuse, 600,000 yuan." ”

"Oh my God. Qi Tian was stunned, and said: "This rich second generation is crazy, right? He paid 600,000 yuan for a pair of shoes? With this money, he can buy a good luxury car." ”

Qi Tian has always been a person who lives a life, and today's police situation has completely subverted some of his cognitions.

Or rather vision.

A pair of shoes has to be thrown away for a few years at most, but ten years is enough to drive a luxury car.

I feel that now I can understand what Gu Chen just said, what is a shoe flipper.

Isn't this the same as speculating in real estate? It's more profitable than speculating in stocks, not so much about shoe speculation, but as a collection of cultural relics.

But is this thing collectible? Qi Tian doesn't look like it means anything.

"Then what happened later, you sold those shoes?" Gu Chen was also curious and asked.

"Of course. Talking about these, Meng Yang was also quite proud, and said: "In the end, I asked him to add 50,000 yuan and sell it to him at a price of 650,000 yuan, making a net profit of 430,000 yuan." ”

"Crazy. Qi Tian was completely confused by this shoe circle culture, and said: "Then your industry is very profitable, and the pick-up men are all this kind of rich second generation." ”

"Not really. Meng Yang lit a cigarette, took a deep breath and said: "Just like what Officer Gu just said, sneakers were originally a tool that was bought and worn and used to show off, but now it has become a tool for hype, the whole people fry shoes, and the whole people sell shoes." ”

"You are and should be a senior seller?" asked Gu Chen.

"I can understand it that way. The man took a deep puff of his cigarette very proudly and said, "There is a son of a big star in Europe who asked me to buy shoes, and I said that I will not sell them to you, because the price you give is too low." ”

"A few years ago, doing this was like picking up money, like the Jordan 4 Laser, which was the most expensive pair of shoes I sold...... 650,000 yuan, just like buying an antique plate, small businesses are called cutting leeks, and the real money is made by those big merchants, so the golden age of sneakers has passed. ”

"In our Jiangnan City, there seems to be a store that specializes in the consignment of sneakers, and I remember it was on Fuqian Street. Gu Chen had the impression that when he was passing by Fuqian Road, he noticed a special shop.

"That's what I drove. Meng Yang smiled and said: "It's not a secret, that's just a façade, but I have taken care of a total of 250,000 to 300,000 pairs of sneaker inventory, and the industry has commented on me: there are no sneakers that I can't buy." ”

"I see. Watching Meng Yang drive a sports car, Gu Chen could also understand how this guy earned it.

This kind of sneaker caretaker, every day has to struggle with which pair to wear out of five or six hundred pairs of shoes, and the sneakers are handled in tens of thousands of pairs.

Selling sneakers is actually no different from selling tickets at the concert gate.

Do you say that people use him? You really use him, but do people scold him?

When Gu Chen was a child, he had heard that a certain sneaker in Jiangbei was on sale, and 4,000 people lined up to grab a pair of shoes.

At that time, you just had to buy shoes and stand at the door and you could sell them.

Shoe scrambling customers earn 200 for 1400, which is equivalent to an increase of more than 10%.

It's an exaggeration for a stock to rise by a board......

Just two months ago, Gu Chen heard that the original price of 1,299 yuan for the barb was sold, and the highest price was 15,000 yuan.

So it's a super lucrative industry.

Gu Chen just didn't expect that a big guy in the shoe speculation circle actually lived in Jiangnan City, so he was also curious to ask a few more words.

"No wonder you disdain more than 10,000 shoes and ask for a dollar, presumably the first thing you do when you get up every day is to think, how to choose a pair of shoes to wear today among hundreds of pairs of shoes, right?"

"Haha, Officer Gu really understands me very well. Meng Yang was also very impressed.

For shoe sellers, the daily distress is how to choose a pair of shoes from hundreds of pairs to wear today.

Like many fashion bloggers, it's all technical work if you don't have the same clothes every day.

"Officer Gu, to be honest, since five or six years ago, it has been difficult to buy shoes at the counter, so I have increased the price and bought them, since 6 years ago, I started selling sneakers full-time. ”

"In the past few years, it was equivalent to picking up money, there were no shoes that could not be sold, and if you could buy a pair of Jordan shoes by lottery, you would not be able to sell them without adding 200 yuan. ”

"But as far as I know, shoe speculators were first born in the United States, and Mr. Meng should have been in the United States?" asked Gu Chen.

"That's a must. Meng Yang threw away his cigarette and said with a smile: "I started liking sneakers 11 years ago, and I really started selling them 8 years ago." ”

"At that time, there were not many Chinese who sold sneakers in the secondary market in the United States, and the profit margin at that time was at least 30%, or even 100%. ”

Meng Yang said that Gu Chen also wrote the police handling form and handed it to Meng Yang for him to sign.

After writing his name, Meng Yang said again: "Officer Gu, do you know Nike's Air Yeezy?"

Gu Chen hesitated for a moment, using his specialization-level memory, recalled what he had seen in a basketball magazine, and suddenly said: "At that time, the price in the United States should be around $1,000 to $1,500, and it might be sold for $2,000 to $3,000 when I return to China." ”

He looked down at the shoes on Meng Yang's feet, and said, "It's about the same price level as your shoes." ”

"Yes, that's right. Meng Yang handed the list to Gu Chen and said with a wry smile: "But 4 years ago, the market changed somewhat, the sneaker industry began to mature, and a large number of people began to sell sneakers. ”

Shaking his head and shaking his head, Meng Yang was even a little desperate: "Then the price in the United States also began to rise, and in this year, the platforms you just mentioned GOAT StockX Stadium Goods appeared in large numbers, so for individual and retail merchants like us, there is basically no profit margin at all, and I am equivalent to giving up." ”

"So are you losing or earning now?" Gu Chen smiled and asked him.

"Well...... It's all about the previous capital accumulation, otherwise I would have been crushed by these inventories a long time ago. ”

"As you mentioned earlier, the Undefeated x air jordan 4 was only sold in 72 pairs that year. ”

"There is a pair of shoes that I bought for 30,000 or 40,000 yuan, and sold for 90,000 yuan, and 72 pairs of these shoes were made all over the world, which is like a collector's item for me, just like buying an antique plate. ”

"But now in this market, this situation may not exist, because it is a trendy derivative, but it is sold intensively. ”

"In the very early days, these sneaker brands fried culture, maybe one pair a month, two pairs a month, now two or three pairs a week, the original pair of shoes 980, then rose to 1250 yuan, and now it has risen to 1400 yuan, isn't it cutting leeks?"

"Then you can't be considered a sure win?" Qi Tian also couldn't help but say.

Meng Yang pointed at Qi Tian and shook his finger, and said with a smile: "Those who say that they don't lose money by flipping shoes are laymen, 4 years ago, 9 out of 10 people made money, and 2 years ago, half of them made money." ”

"In the past two years, shoe speculation has become a very risky industry, because it is difficult for you to buy a pair of shoes at the original price, and you can only buy it at the market price, so you can only see whether it falls or rises, just like buying stocks, it is really a bit of a gamble. ”

"And now fried shoes, 7 out of 10 people lose, only large businesses can make money, small businesses are called cutting leeks. ”

When Meng Yang said this, he was actually venting his dissatisfaction with Gu Chen and Qi Tian.

It can be seen that Meng Yang was brilliant at the beginning, and now he is living by primitive accumulation.

"I don't think the sneaker market is formalized enough. Gu Chen walked up to Meng Yang, smiled and said: "A platform is doing the work of shoe frying in the entire industry, you sell and fry, trade and appraisal, and in the end it must be divided, but forget about shoe frying, just treat it as a collection and love, which is also a niche culture." ”

"Officer Gu is right, let's buy shoes now, just a hobby. Meng Yang looked down at his shoes and said, "I'm really a little distressed about these shoes, but fortunately, there are two pairs of the same shoe of other colors at home, otherwise I won't give up today no matter what." ”

"Okay, that's not right, but you can be magnanimous, and you can be considered a gentleman. Qi Tian, who knew that Meng Yang was at a loss, couldn't help but praise a few words.

After the two gangs finished handling the case at the scene, they left separately.

Return to the Haitang Police Station office.

Qi Tian's whole person began to fall silent.

Graduated from the police academy, he used to be a member of the school basketball team, and the most expensive pair of shoes he wore was only more than 400 yuan.

Although this cannot be compared with the moisture of shoe fried, it also subverts the existence of his own three views.

Now once something is "fried", the price will definitely soar.

Just like real estate, stocks, Bitcoin, blockchain, etc.

All of them are leeks from small households, but there is still a steady stream of people coming and going.

However, looking at the overall loss of money in the shoe speculation industry, Qi Tian is relieved.

He was afraid that he would not even be able to wear sneakers one day......

Gu Chen had already gone to the nearby data room to sort out the files.

At the Haitang Police Station, this is the best way for Gu Chen to learn about his work as quickly as possible.

However, there is a lot of freedom at the Haitang Police Station, as long as Gu Chen asks for it, Qi Tian will not mind. Whatever work Qi Tian does, Qi Tian will let it go.

Old Tan passed behind Qi Tian with some curiosity and patted him on the shoulder: "Great Sage, how is that newcomer Gu Chen doing?"

"Old Tan, are you questioning Gu Chen's ability?" Qi Tian couldn't help but ask him curiously.

"It's not. Officer Tan waved his hand and said, "What do I mean? Gu Chen is a signature police officer transferred from the Furong Branch, I think it must have been deliberately arranged by the superiors in order to gag other people's mouths." ”

"Huh?" Qi Tian couldn't help but be stunned: "What do you say?"

"Great Sage, do you think, if I am the leader, do I want to keep Gu Chen by my side?"

"That's right. Qi Tian didn't deny this, but suddenly said: "According to what you said, let Gu Chen come to work at the Haitang Police Station to monitor our work?"

"Khan!" Officer Tan didn't know how to explain, so he could only say lightly: "I don't rule out this possibility, compared to Gu Chen's representation of the Furong Branch, and what is the Furong Branch?"

"Where is it?" Qi Tian said stunned.

"It's the place where we manage the Begonia Police Station. Officer Tan also squinted and said: "Our Haitang Police Station was not under the jurisdiction of the Furong Branch before, but now it is included in the Furong Branch, is the leader of the Furong Branch questioning the work ability of our police station, do you say?"

"Huh?" Qi Tian said as if his brain had opened up, "Hearing you say this, it seems that it really looks like that?"

Officer Tan hurriedly walked to the door, glanced at the corridor for a few moments, and then immediately closed the door and returned to Qi Tian's side, saying, "I'll tell you Lao Qi, I can find that this guy Gu Chen doesn't rest at night, guess what happened last night?"

Qi Tian's head shrank back: "How would I know what happened last night?"

"Didn't I work the night shift last night? When I passed by the office building of our Haitang Police Station, in the data room, guess what? This kid was still checking the information, and it was already two o'clock in the morning. ”

"I think about it, when Gu Chen was on duty at night, he slept on the sofa in the office, which was affirmed by the Gao Institute, so he ordered everyone to be on duty at night, and the phone line could not be unplugged. ”

"But when I woke up and was about to buy breakfast, this Gu Chen was still in the data room, and it was already 5:30 in the morning at that time. ”

"In other words, Gu Chen didn't sleep last night, and he was still able to come to work full of energy today?" Qi Tian was also taken aback by this information.

It feels incredible.

"Isn't that the case?" Officer Tan also complained bitterly, and it took him a long time to explain the matter to Qi Tian, and said: "It's this kind of energetic guy, it's the first time I've met it after so many years of being a police officer!"

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