Chapter 56: Bartering
The night was dark, standing outside, Zheng Zheng didn't feel much about the feeling of this villa, but he also had a rough idea in his heart. Although W City can't be regarded as an inch of land, such a villa with an independent garden and an independent courtyard may not be able to buy it without 18 million. However, Zheng Zheng still thought wrongly, and at most, 18 million would buy 100 square meters of this villa.
Walking into the villa, Zheng Zheng casually looked at the furniture arrangement inside, and the corners of his eyebrows twitched. Although he doesn't understand the decoration industry, he understands the value of all kinds of wood. Not to mention anything else, just the solid wood coffee table in this living room, if you are not mistaken, it should be made of old sandalwood, and it has been old enough, and if it is brought to the world, it is worth at least one million or more.
Zheng Zheng secretly said in his heart: "This is a coffee table, this is clearly a stack of money." With such a large amount of money every day, I put a cup...... It's a lot of money!"
"Come, brother, I'll take you to the study to see the thing I received earlier. ”
Wang Siqi said hello to Zheng Zheng, who was a little stunned, Zheng Zheng came back to his senses and agreed to him, and followed him towards Wang Siqi's study.
"That's it," Wang Siqi walked into the study with Zheng Zheng, turned on the light in the room, and pointed to the most eye-catching object in the study.
His study said it was a study, but there were not many books, and all that was in the room were wooden shelves, which looked like they should be for antique decorations. But now these shelves are empty, which should be what Wang Siqi said before, "someone stole the bottom and dropped it".
But none of this mattered, what attracted Zheng Zheng's eyes tightly was a large silver ball placed in the open space in the middle of these shelves.
This ball is almost half a person high, it is difficult for a person to hold it, and there are some carvings on it, but it has been worn out a little, and it is not clear to see.
Zheng Zheng took a closer look at the silver ball, gasped, and said to Wang Siqi on the side...... Is it silver?!" Although Zheng Zheng had already determined nine points in his heart, he still couldn't believe his speculation.
"Yes, it's sterling silver. Wang Siqi nodded helplessly, and seemed to regret the acquisition of this ball: "I was expecting this to come to the town for fortune, but I didn't expect it to be stolen from my home two days after I bought it, grandma's." ”
"This kind of silver ball, I think I've heard something like that. Zheng Zheng approached the silver ball and tried to push it with his hand, but he couldn't push it at all. He took a few closer glances at the silver ball, only to find that there were two palm-sized words on it.
"Stone ...... Chong?" Zheng Zheng recognized those two words and unconsciously whispered them.
Shi Chong...... Shi Chong!
Zheng Zheng patted his head, and he finally remembered where he had heard of this kind of thing.
This thing should be called "helpless", according to the ancient weighing method, each weighs three thousand taels. "Helpless" means that no matter what you do, one or two people can't steal this thing at all, so they can only look at this large pile of silver and sigh "helpless".
This thing was pioneered by Shi Chong, and in order to ensure that his family wealth was not lost, he smelted silver and cast silver into such silver balls to ensure that no one could steal it. This kind of thing has appeared once in Chinese history, and no one has used this method since him, and because it can't be an antique type, there is very little talk about this thing in the antique shop, so Zheng Zheng didn't react when he first saw this silver ball.
"Little Brother Zheng, you also know this thing?"
Wang Siqi shook his head and said: "This is the 'helpless' made by Shi Chong, I originally wanted to buy the fortune of the house in the town of Jiajia, but I came back from a business trip for two days, and when I came back, I saw that the bottom of the house had been stolen." I'm not going to keep this thing, but I still have to ask your little brother to help me get through it, even if I sell it, I can't lose money, right?"
"What ...... this?"
Wang Siqi asked this, but it made Zheng Zheng not easy to answer. This "helplessness" rarely appears in the antique world, and Zheng Zheng has never heard of similar rumors. But I've seen some things similar to this "helplessness" - such as gold bars made of gold, gold cakes and the like. And these things are in an awkward position in the antique shop.
Let's say it's an antique, but it's not a statue made of gold, and the collection value is not high; it's not an antique, but it's a very old thing, and it can be regarded as an antique.
And because of this embarrassing situation, this kind of item is also very difficult to value, whether to value it as an antique or simply to price it with its own gold and silver? If this price is not set well, there will be a lot of disputes between buyers and sellers. Therefore, although the antique shop knows that the acquisition of this kind of thing will not generally not lose money, they are not very happy to accept this kind of antique.
Zheng Zheng thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "How much did you spend when you bought it?" As he spoke, Zheng Zheng took out the bronze balance and asked it to temporarily act as an ashtray.
"This thing was sold to me for silver, not for antiques, and those people said they were anxious to use the money, and they didn't say much to me, and it was sold for 900,000 yuan. ”
"Those people...... Anxious to use the money?" Zheng Zheng sensitively heard the question in Wang Siqi's words, he thought about it, and suddenly smiled: "Brother Wang, I seem to know why your house was stolen now." ”
Wang Siqi was surprised, and he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Is it because this silver ball is hindering the master?"
"No, no, no," Zheng Zheng shook his head again and again, and said, "Were you here when you traded with those people before?"
"Yes......" Wang Siqi replied subconsciously, he looked at Zheng Zheng's expression that seemed to be smiling, and suddenly understood in his heart. Wang Siqi slapped his head and said in annoyance: "Oh! so that's the case...... I hadn't thought of these two things together!"
To have such a family business, Wang Siqi is not a stupid person, he just didn't think in this direction before, but now as soon as Zheng Zheng guided him, he immediately understood: those who sold him the silver ball were nine out of ten of the same as those who came to steal things later, or they simply came to steal it.
After trading here at that time, those antique dealers who were part-time antique thieves saw so many antiques in Wang Siqi's study, and immediately became interested, and then took advantage of their business trip to sneak in and steal these antiques.
After figuring this out, Wang Siqi's long-puzzled question finally had an answer. But now that those people are in prison, even if he wants to take revenge, there is no way to do it now. So after Wang Siqi scolded angrily for a while, he stopped.
After Wang Siqi calmed down a bit, Zheng Zheng smiled and said, "I don't understand this aspect of feng shui, but obviously this matter has nothing to do with this silver ball." You can just keep this at home, it's a pretty rare thing. ”
"Nope. ”
Wang Siqi was resolute: "This thing is too obscure, what should I keep it for? I have to dispose of this thing as soon as possible, so as not to put it in front of my eyes." ”
"That's ......"
Zheng Zheng looked at the silver ball, his heart moved, and his eyes looked towards the bronze balance.
Seeing that Wang Siqi didn't want this silver ball, Zheng Zheng had some ideas about this silver ball. Although this silver ball can't be sold as an antique, the advantage is that it is eye-catching. If you put such a big silver ball in a newly opened store, customers who come in will be shocked when they see it.
However, Zheng Zheng was still a little cautious, although this silver ball was very suitable for his current requirements, Zheng Zheng always felt that those antique dealers who relied on stealing antiques and then making a profit, the things they sold to Wang Siqi may not have a good mind. Although this silver ball looks like pure silver on the outside, who knows what's going on inside?
It is very troublesome for others to test whether this silver ball is really solid sterling silver, but for Zheng Zheng, it is simple.
Zheng Zheng looked at the silver ball, and then at the bronze balance that was placed in his hand as an ashtray, and the result was beyond Zheng Zheng's expectations.
According to the judgment of the bronze balance, the age of this silver ball is indeed the number of the age in which Shi Chong lived, and its value, the bronze balance also gave a judgment of 1.3 million. From this point of view, those people were really in a hurry to use money at that time, otherwise they would not have made a deal with Wang Siqi at a price of 900,000.
After knowing the approximate value of the silver ball, Zheng Zheng quickly calculated it in his heart, and then said to Wang Siqi: "If you want to dispose of this silver ball, it should be sold for up to 1230,000 yuan." However, if you are in a hurry to make a move, it is estimated that you will only save the capital at most. After all, there are many people who buy antiques, and there are fewer people who buy this kind of big silver pimple, and it is estimated that it is more difficult to find a suitable buyer. ”
"I don't care about earning 100,000,200,000, I can make a move as soon as possible, and I can protect my capital. Wang Siqi said indifferently, with his financial resources, he would not change his mind about disposing of the silver ball as soon as possible because he sold an extra 100,200,000, and 100,200,000 was indeed nothing to him.
Zheng Zheng patted the silver ball and said with a smile: "I have an idea, Brother Wang, do you want to hear it?"