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Chapter 535: Antique Shop (Part II)

The last time Zhuang Rui saw Boss Zhao, he remembered that he was still white and fat, and his face looked very blessed, but when he saw him again at this moment, he had changed his appearance. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Boss Zhao's face is still quite white, but it is miserable white, his body has also lost weight, his eye sockets are deep, and his hair is a bit like a literary young man in the late eighties, and he doesn't know that he hasn't washed it for a few days, and he is about to form small braids.

After Boss Zhao entered the house, he saw that the inner room was full of people, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and after looking at it again, these people didn't seem to know each other, and he was not in the mood to talk nonsense with others now, so he looked directly at the boss and said, "Old man, this is a big New Year, it's really troublesome for you......"

"It's okay, Lao Zhao, this is the money for your set of utensils to be sold on consignment, a total of eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight yuan, you can order it......"

I don't know if it's because of the presence of Zhuang Rui and others, the boss didn't charge the consignment fee, but gave all the money to Lao Zhao, so that a few people in the room had more respect for the boss.

This person, there are many icing on the cake, but there are too few charcoal in the snow, and there are even some people who like to fall into the well, so the boss can do it to this extent, and he is a very kind person.

"Don't order it, old man, this money can be regarded as New Year's money for children......"

This amount of money is just a drop in the bucket for Boss Zhao, and it can't solve his problem, and it is estimated that this is also the master who can't fall down, so he casually divided a small stack of money and handed it to the boss.

"I can't help it, old man, we have been friends for more than 10 years, and I introduced you to open a store here, you can keep this money for your own use......"

The boss paused for a moment, and then said: "If you want me to say, brother, you better sell this store cheaper, remove the money to repay the debt, and you can leave hundreds of thousands, and there is a chance to make a comeback......"

This Boss Zhao has a very lively brain, and in the past few years, he has also accumulated a net worth of four or five million, but this time he looked away, and he lost a bottom, and he still owed more than two million outside, which shows that it is not only gambling on a stone and a knife in heaven and a knife in hell, playing antiques, it is also like walking on a thin steel wire, and if you are not careful, it is a situation where there are no bones left on the cliff.

"That brother, it's not that I don't want to sell them, it's just that those items in the store are also worth 1.8 million, my store is gone, how can I sell those things? If I don't transfer them out together, what am I doing with those things......

After Lao Zhao heard the boss's words, he shook his head helplessly, and then said: "I'm bad luck during this time, don't block you, brother, you are busy, I'll leave first......

Although this person was down, the etiquette had not been lost, Lao Zhao arched his hand to the surroundings, turned around and was about to go out.

"Hey, Boss Zhao, please stay......" Since Zhuang Rui had moved his mind, he wanted to ask a little more detailed, so he opened his mouth and called Lao Zhao.

"You are ......"

Boss Zhao looked back, he seemed to be a little familiar, and he didn't give him this time to be anxious, plus he saw so many people in the store every day, he really couldn't remember who Zhuang Rui was.

"Hehe, you noble man forgets things, I once bought a set of study utensils in your shop......"

"Oh...... Oh, it's you......"

Lao Zhao also remembered such a thing, but he couldn't remember Zhuang Rui's name clearly, and then said: "What else does my brother have to do? If you still want to buy those things, I'll open the door of the store, and you can pick ...... at will."

Boss Zhao doesn't want to close the door, he can make money for a day by opening the door for a day, but he has too much debt, if he dares to open the door, the threshold of the store will be trampled on immediately.

"Brother Zhao, sit down and say, Boss Zhuang is interested in taking over your shop......

The boss pulled Lao Zhao back, put him in a chair, and brought him a cup of tea.

"Hmm, Boss Zhuang wants to buy my shop?" Lao Zhao looked at Zhuang Rui suspiciously.

Zhuang Rui waved his hand and said: "It's a bit of an idea, let's not talk about the price, Boss Zhao and the boss are both seniors in Panjiayuan, can you introduce me to the business of the façade in Panjiayuan?"

"It depends on what kind of objects you operate, like the stationery I used to sell, it is still more popular with foreigners, and you can earn hundreds of thousands of ...... a year on foreigners."

Lao Zhao paused when he said this, glanced at the boss, the boss waved his hand, motioned for him to continue, and then continued: "That brother's shop, there are more regular customers, and there will be some foreigners who patronize it, as for how much you can earn, you have to ask the old brother......

"Hehe, my porcelain workshop is generally a regular customer, thanks to Professor Meng's guests to help, this accounts for 60% of my turnover, as for the remaining 40%, most of them are some individual customers and foreigners, don't hide a few, those objects sold to them, it really doesn't cost a few dollars......"

The boss's words, Zhuang Rui and the others laughed, this so-called can't spend a lot of money, that is, what is sold is fake, because the flow of people in Panjiayuan is too huge, those individual customers can bring 14% of the turnover of business, not less.

After hearing the words of the two, Zhuang Rui's heart moved, and took over this "Shuyazhai", but it was nothing, the four treasures of the study are different from porcelain, and there are also porcelains abroad, but the study utensils are the only unique culture in China.

"Boss Zhao, can I take the liberty of asking, how did you come up with this matter?"

After everyone laughed, Zhuang Rui suddenly asked.

Lao Zhao showed a wry smile on his face, thought about it and said: "Alas, let's be honest, this is a set by others, and for this set, those people have been preparing for two years, even if I don't know people accurately, planted in their hands, I have nothing to say......"

It turns out that Boss Zhao has a lot of friends, often a group of people drink tea together and chat about business, on the occasion two years ago, he met a friend, surnamed Nangong, is playing bronze Buddha statues, although it is not very consistent with Boss Zhao's business, but everyone is a Tibetan friend, and they are familiar with each other.

Nangong often came to Lao Zhao's shop to chat and drink tea, and coincidentally, once when Nangong was in Lao Zhao's shop, someone came to Lao Zhao's store with a bronze candlestick from the Warring States period to sell, the price was not very expensive, only sold for 12,000 yuan, but Lao Zhao was not proficient in this, so he didn't want to accept it at that time, and he didn't play all the way.

It's just that at that time, after seeing the bronzes, Nangong urged Lao Zhao to pay for it, saying that it was a leak, Lao Zhao and Nangong had known each other for more than a year, and it was nothing to buy it after thinking about it, so he paid for this candlestick at that time.

After a month or two, Lao Zhao took the bronze to an auction house for appraisal, but he didn't think that this thing was really good, and then it was auctioned for a price of 200,000 yuan, so Lao Zhao was naturally grateful to Nangong, and the relationship between the two became more and more intimate.

In this antique shop in Panjiayuan, it is often possible to meet people with objects to sell, and Boss Zhao is also accustomed to it, but in the past, he never accepted anything other than the stationery.

And since he met Nangong, if someone came to sell bronzes, he would call Nangong to help him palm, and he actually picked up several leaks in a row, and he made more than 300,000 yuan, and Nangong's attainments in bronzes are extremely deep, and he has not bought fakes once by eye.

After two years of dating, Lao Zhao already seems to regard Nangong as a confidant, and he admires Nangong's appreciation of bronze even more.

Just last month, someone took an object to Lao Zhao's store, this person Lao Zhao also knew, it is said that there is a little way, and he has sold things twice, and they are all true, so that Lao Zhao Xiao made a profit, but this time the object sold, Lao Zhao was a little apprehensive in his heart, because this thing is too valuable.

The man was holding a gilded Buddha of Amitayus, in very good condition, wearing a crown on his head, inlaid with all kinds of precious stones, in the form of a knotted stumbling sitting, below a lotus pedestal, the whole item is very exquisite.

The thing is good, but the man's price is not low, opening his mouth is 10 million RMB, and there is no discount.

Lao Zhao has been with Nangong for the past two years, and he has also learned some knowledge of bronzes, and at that time he suspected that this object was from the palace, so he called Nangong to come over and help him palm.

After some identification by Nangong, it was determined that this object was indeed an official Buddha statue burned by the palace office during the Yongzheng period.

Because Emperor Yongzheng once became a monk on behalf of his father, he was a devout Buddhist, so the Buddha statues he burned and cast were all meticulous workmanship, regardless of the cost of work, and very few were handed down to future generations, which can be said to be priceless treasures.

After Nangong saw it, he pulled Lao Zhao into the back room and said his estimate, if this thing is auctioned, it will be at least more than 12 million.

Because he has been in a relationship with Nangong for more than two years, and Nangong has never looked at bronzes, Lao Zhao is convinced of his words, and this object, he himself has seen it like a royal item before, and he has a preconceived idea, and after hearing Nangong's words, Lao Zhao decided to buy it.

However, Lao Zhao still had some doubts about the price of this Buddha statue, so he called a friend from an auction house and asked about the value of the official Buddha statue during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty.

The thing is real, and the price will be negotiated later, the seller is asking for the price, and Lao Zhao has also done business for so many years, so he naturally pays back the money on the spot.

After some verbal war, Lao Zhao, with the help of his "friend" Nangong, successfully lowered the purchase price to 8 million RMB.