Chapter 1053: Jade Pendant
There was a jade pendant lying in the box, although Xiao Ping didn't know much about this kind of thing, but he still judged at a glance that this jade pendant must be from China. After all, the countries that love jade jewelry are basically limited to a few countries in East Asia, and the Chinese style of this jade pendant is so obvious that even a layman like Xiao Ping can see its origin at a glance.
Of course, with Gregory's status in Kuning, it was not surprising that he had a piece of Chinese jade pendant, but what really surprised Xiao Ping was the shape of this jade pendant and the patterns carved on it. For Xiao Ping, the shape and pattern of the jade pendant are too familiar, and it is obviously carved by imitating the demon refining pot!
"How is this possible!?" Looking at the jade pendant in the box, Xiao Ping set off an uproar in his heart. If this was just a coincidence, Xiao Ping would never believe it. The only explanation is that this jade pendant is most likely the previous owner of the Demon Refining Pot, or at least someone who has seen the Demon Refining Pot asked someone to make it, or even carved it by their own hands.
Xiao Ping immediately realized that this jade pendant meant a lot to him. Although he was still calm on the surface, he had secretly made up his mind to get this jade pendant in his hands.
"Calm down, you must be calm!" Xiao Ping reminded himself in his heart not to show interest in this jade pendant, so as not to be seen by Gregory.
You must know that the other party is not a serious businessman, but a local black-hand-party leader. He had just sunk the four of them into the Black Sea in front of Xiao Ping. If Xiao Ping shows that he is very interested in this jade pendant, he will definitely be knocked out of a bamboo bar, and the result of losing money and goods is also very likely.
So Xiao Ping quickly retracted his gaze and said with an indifferent look: "It turned out to be a jade pendant." It looks like it's still in Chinese style!"
Ever since Xiao Ping opened the box, Gregory had been paying attention to his expression. Seeing Xiao Ping's unfazed look. Gregory couldn't help but be a little disappointed. The greater the buyer's interest in the goods, the higher the price will naturally be. However, judging from Xiao Ping's performance, this jade pendant may not be sold for a high price.
However, Gregory is not a person who will give up easily, he quickly said to Xiao Ping with a smile: "Mr. Xiao, this jade pendant is an antique of your country! My ancestor was a soldier, and he was stationed in Qingdao back then, and this jade pendant was bought by him in Qingdao at that time, and it has been at least a hundred years now!"
Gregory's words are true and false. This jade pendant was indeed brought back from Qingdao by his ancestors, but whether he bought it or robbed it, no one knows what to do.
Listened to Gregory's words. Xiao Ping seemed to be a little interested, looked at the jade pendant in the box and said, "It turned out to be an antique, then I have to take a closer look." Mr. Gregory, may I take it out and look at it?"
"Please!" Gregory seemed to generously agree to Xiao Ping's request, but in fact, he secretly thought to himself in his heart: "As long as this Chinese touches Yupei, it will be easy to do, and when the time comes, he will say that he has damaged Yupei, and if he doesn't buy it, he will have to buy it, let alone squeeze hundreds of thousands of dollars from this guy!"
In fact, Gregory, like Valentin's gang, just wanted to get some benefits from Xiao Ping, an outsider. However, he is the leader of the local gang-hand-party in Kunin. Gregory's appetite is much bigger than that of the thugs. He would never be satisfied with just getting a few thousand euros in cash from Xiao Ping, but wanted to get more benefits.
As for this jade pendant, it was just a tool for Gregory to blackmail from Xiao Ping. The Russian doesn't understand the value of jade, and in his opinion this little thing can be worth thousands of euros. If Xiao Ping can really come up with a satisfactory price. Even if this jade pendant is given to him, it is not impossible.
Xiao Ping carefully picked up the jade pendant, and immediately felt that the demon refining pot had an induction on it. The degree of induction was so intense, even better than when he got close to the god bone before.
"Could it be that this jade pendant can also help the evolution of the demon refining pot?!" Xiao Ping was shocked. The idea of taking it for yourself is even stronger.
However, in the face of the ruthless Gregory, Xiao Ping certainly didn't dare to reveal his true thoughts. Instead, he calmly looked at the jade pendant in his hand.
The shape and size of the jade pendant completely imitate the demon refining pot, and it can be said that it is exactly the same. On the front of the jade pendant. The three words "Demon Refining Pot" are also engraved, and even the font is exactly the same. On the back of the jade pendant, there is naturally a specific and subtle scenery engraved with it, but it is obviously different from the demon refining pot that Xiao Ping has now.
In this picture, springs, huts, flat land, hillsides, rivers, lakes and seas can be said to be everything, and these are no different from the situation in the demon refining pot. The only difference is that there is an extra island in the sea of jade pendants, which is obviously a change that will only occur after the demon refining pot continues to evolve.
"It turns out that when this jade pendant was carved, the evolution of the demon refining pot was higher than it is now!" Looking at the pattern on the back of the jade pendant, Xiao Ping couldn't help but murmur in his heart: "It seems that the demon refining pot will not only evolve, but also have the possibility of degeneration." It's just that I don't know what the conditions for the degradation of the road are, whether it is without jade or anything, or if it will only degrade without an owner......"
Although Xiao Ping seemed to look at the jade pendant again, his mind actually flew to the demon refining pot completely.
Gregory was still very patient at first, but soon became impatient, coughed heavily, and said, "Mr. Xiao, if you really like this jade pendant, you can buy it back, so that you can look at it like this every day!"
Gregory's words brought Xiao Ping back to reality, he glanced at the impatient Russians, carefully put the jade pendant back in the box and said: "I won't tell you Mr. Gregory, I am a merchant in the animal products business, and I really have no concept of jade pendants and antiques. However, since I will often come to Kunin for business in the future, and I am honored to meet a friend like you, of course, I hope that we can make this deal smoothly. Well, you make a price, and I'll buy it as long as the price is right, what do you think?"
Xiao Ping's words were polite, but the meaning was already very clear: Because I often come to Kuning to do business, I am willing to take out some money to make you a friend, so I should spend money to buy peace. But the price can't be too high, otherwise it's a big deal that I won't come in the future, and none of us will get any benefits.
Of course, Gregory understood what Xiao Ping meant, and was quite satisfied with this Chinese's knowledgeable and interesting performance, and after a little thought, he muttered: "Since Mr. Xiao is so sincere, I will also offer you a real price." Two...... Three hundred thousand euros, how's that?"
Gregory originally wanted to offer 200,000 euros, but thinking of Xiao Ping's performance in Kuning in recent days, he temporarily raised the price to 300,000 yuan. In a small place like Kuning, that's a lot of money. So after reporting this number, Gregory also looked at Xiao Ping a little nervously, waiting for his answer.
"Three hundred thousand euros?!" Xiao Ping had a shocked expression on his face, then shook his head again and again and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Gregory, this price is too high. I'll tell you the truth, there's really no way I'm going to spend that much money on an antique and my business won't be able to function. ”
"Bastard!" Before Gregory could speak, his subordinate named Brenov said viciously: "Mr. Gregory is looking up to you when he does business with you, and the price he offers is already very fair, what else do you want?!"
Brenov yelled at Xiao Ping and deliberately exposed the handle of the gun at his waist to scare him. In his opinion, Xiao Ping's entry into the boss's villa is equivalent to meat on the chopping board, or is he not allowed to slaughter himself? This Chinese actually dares to bargain with the boss, it is simply looking for death.
Facing the hideous Brenov, Xiao Ping also narrowed his eyes slightly. Of course, he doesn't want to clash with the other party, but he definitely won't sit back either. Xiao Ping began to estimate the distance between himself and Gregory, calculating how much time it would take to subdue him. In case there is a real conflict between the two sides, only by controlling Gregory at the first time can the other members of the underworld-hand-party be jealous and dare not mess around.
Just as Xiao Ping was secretly preparing, Gregory pretended to reprimand his subordinates: "Brenov! Mr. Xiao is my guest, how can you talk to him like this? Mr. Xiao is not a foolish person, he should know what he is doing, and he doesn't need you to talk too much!"
"Yes!" Brenov replied, but glared at Xiao Ping fiercely while Grigory was not looking.
Xiao Ping clearly saw the trick of the two of them singing red face and white face singing, and also knew that Doug Gregory had no plans to do it to himself for the time being. Speaking from the bottom of his heart, he really wanted to get this jade pendant, and after a moment of silence, he said to Gregory: "Mr. Gregory, 300,000 yuan is indeed too expensive. I came to Kunin this time with a cashier's check of 150,000 euros, which is also all my working capital. If you want, I am willing to use the 150,000 euros to buy this jade pendant. ”
Speaking from the bottom of his heart, this price has already satisfied Gregory, and last time he kidnapped a businessman who came to Kunin to buy caviar, and only got a benefit of 100,000 euros. And it's illegal to do that, and even if Gregory gets the local police, he always has to take a certain risk.
And this time, Gregory is completely "doing business" with Xiao Ping, and it is already a surprise for him to be able to exchange a useless jade pendant for 150,000 euros.
What's more, Gregory heard from Xiao Ping's words that he would often come to Kuning to do business in the future. Gregory thinks that it seems to be a good idea to go a long time - even if he doesn't make that much money from Xiao Ping this time, he can make up for it slowly in the future!
Thinking of this, Gregory stopped talking to Xiao Ping, smiled and stretched out his right hand to him and said, "Deal!" (to be continued......)