Chapter 29 Diseased Strains
It took a moment to figure out what was going on on outside the perimeter.
It turned out to be a diseased strain!
The seller was a middle-aged man in his forties, who looked polite and learned. Now standing next to the table, there is this laurel tree on the table.
The seller looked at the onlookers next to him with a slight impatience between his eyebrows. But no one stood up to ask the price, because the osmanthus tree was not selling well, and the leaves were almost gone, who else would come forward to ask the price if there was nothing to do.
Zhang Taiping saw this and had an idea!
Finally, someone stepped forward to ask for the price.
"Your laurel tree is obviously not lightly ill, I don't know how much you want it to cost?" A young man stepped forward and asked.
When the middle-aged man saw that someone was advisory, he loosened his brow and said.
"I have been raising this laurel tree for several years, and many friends who often come here may know that a few days ago, someone offered 180,000 yuan to buy it, but I didn't sell it."
sighed and said, "Who would have thought that it would be like this within a few days of going back." If that friend wants it, five thousand will do. ”
The young man smashed his mouth and said: "Judging from the appearance and growth of this laurel tree, it is worth the price of 180,000 yuan, but now it is different, and it is still a question of whether it can survive or not in its current condition, and 5,000 is a bit high." ”
"How much is appropriate for that little brother?"
"Five hundred!" The young man stretched out his five fingers and said that the middle-aged man's face couldn't be erased, and he said a little unhappily: "Five hundred is too little, I spent 80,000 yuan when I bought it two years ago, and now I sell it for 5,000 yuan, and it's just a maintenance fee that has been spent on it in the past few years." ”
"Presumably you have been treated, and you only sold it after you couldn't save it, if you took it out and sold it at the beginning, maybe it would be worth five thousand, but you look at it now, it's really not worth the price."
The boss didn't say anything more, closed his mouth and shook his head.
The onlookers lowered their voices and waited for things to unfold.
The young man said: "I bought it back with a fluke mentality, the chance of saving may be zero, and I am purely throwing money." How about eight hundred, after this price, it is not worth grabbing the possibility of one in ten thousand. ”
The middle-aged seller insisted on a fixed price, "Three thousand, this is already the minimum price, if it is lower than this price, it is better to let him end it in my hands." ”
When the young man heard this, he shook his head and retreated into the crowd, no longer bargaining, this price was obviously beyond the bottom line in his heart.
The crowd of onlookers around them began to talk again, nothing more than the high price of the main seller, the low price of the young man, and so on.
Zhang Taiping carefully looked at this sick cinnamon on the empty space of the middle-aged man and the young man's bargaining.
To be honest, this is indeed a good bonsai laurel tree. As the young man said before, it is worth 180,000 yuan just from the appearance and growth, no wonder the middle-aged man did not sell it.
This is a golden cinnamon, the root is divided into three forks and pierced into the soil in the pot, although it is not as profound and auspicious as the five-clawed golden dragon root, but it is not bad. The branches above are scattered in the garden, and the appearance is also good, and it can be taken in a conspicuous place.
It's just that now there are almost only branches left, and there are not many leaves, and the seller must have tried his best to treat it before, and now he still takes it out at a low price, which means that the possible surname of the cure is not big. If the price is high, it will simply throw money into the water, and it is still okay to try your luck at a low price like a young man.
It's just that these are for ordinary people, and it's the opposite for Zhang Taiping.
Because he has space, he has a spiritual spring! As long as the plant has not completely cut off its vitality, and there is still a little bit of life, it is possible to be cured. And it's not impossible to make it more than ever.
Therefore, this diseased strain is a rotten money thing for the seller, but for Zhang Taiping, it is seventy or eighty thousand or even more banknotes.
The middle-aged man waited for a while to see that no one asked for the price, guessing that there was no hope, and was about to pack up and leave.
Zhang Taiping pushed aside the crowd and squeezed in to stop the middle-aged man who was about to turn around and said, "Don't be in a hurry to leave first, and then discuss." ”
The middle-aged man turned around and replied, "It's still the price just now, it's okay, if it doesn't work, I won't delay here." ”
"The price just now is a bit high, and you can understand that the possibility of saving this plant is not big. Two thousand," Zhang Taiping said.
The middle-aged man was just about to turn around and stopped, a little moved and a little hesitant.
Zhang Taiping hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot: "I have already made a great sacrifice of two thousand yuan." Besides, if you bring it back, you won't die of illness, but I might be able to save it. You don't want the baby who worked so hard to inject so much emotion to die suddenly, do you? ”
The middle-aged man finally made up his mind and said: "Okay, the deal, two thousand is two thousand." It's really reluctant to let it die like this. It's just that I'll leave my phone number with you, and if you can save me when you go back, contact me and let me see you again. ”
"No problem!" Zhang Taiping agreed.
Then Zhang Taiping reached into his arms, took out two thousand yuan in the space, counted it and handed it to the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man took it, just looked at it casually and put it in his bag without repeating it, and then gave Zhang Taiping a business card.
Zhang Taiping took the business card and looked at it, the business card was very concise, with only one name and phone number on it. Xing Weiping, a rare surname.
Seeing Zhang Taiping put the business card in his pocket, Xing Weiping stretched out his hand and shook Zhang Taiping, and then left in a hurry.
Zhang Taiping's eyes followed until Xingwei Ping got into a silver Mercedes-Benz. It turned out that he was still a rich man, and he didn't lack this money at all, so he probably really wanted to find someone to heal this laurel tree.
Seeing that the matter was over, the onlookers dispersed, most of them were not optimistic about Zhang Taiping, this laurel tree obviously could not survive, unless there was a dead wood rejuvenation technique. But Zhang Taiping didn't take the onlookers' comments to heart, because he really had the ability to bring plants back to life.
Zhang Taiping took the diseased plant and found a bathroom to go in, and put the diseased plant into the space. After coming out, I walked around the market as if nothing had happened.
Although there are also good things on the stalls outside, after all, a few, like today, will only get to the stalls to sell if there is a problem or really can't sell them. Generally, good things are in the more formal stores, but the price is much more expensive, but there is also a minimum guarantee, not too bad.
The prices in the stalls outside are cheaper, and the relative security is weaker, and some even have no security at all, and there is a large flow of people selling things. Buying things is not as reputable as in the store, purely based on personal deeds and eyes, with good luck, you can find good things, and it is not impossible to earn tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars by changing hands. Just like Zhang Taiping today, the things bought for 2,000 yuan can be sold for more than 100,000 yuan after being cured after a period of time, and they will increase dozens of times as soon as they enter and exit. It's easy to make money!
Of course, this is placed in Zhang Taiping, and others are not so easy. At least as it is today, although the profit is very large, no one is sure that they can make this money.
During the period, I met a lot of gadgets, there were handicrafts, and there were beautiful plant specimens Zhang Taiping saw a young man set up a stall, the stall was full of all kinds of wood carvings, Zhang Taiping was very curious, I didn't expect wood carvings to be used to make money. After stopping and watching for a while, business was not bad.
Most of them are sold to young couples.
The young carver is good, the carved zodiac signs are vivid, and there are cute pen holders, inkstones, characters from comics or cartoons, and so on.
The price of one varies from 10 to 200 yuan, mainly depending on the quality of the wood and the difficulty of the object. Like a small pendant and the like, there are only twenty or thirty pieces, and the twelve zodiac signs carved by red pine are a little more expensive but not more than two hundred.
Wood carvings are cute and inexpensive, and are loved by many girls. Couples can also ask young carvers to carve what they want according to their own preferences. So the business of the youth is not bad.
Zhang Taiping squatted down and found a dragon in the zodiac, which was obviously a master-level item, and the others were not on the same level. Compared with the two, this dragon is like a college student's work, and the others are like the memoirs of elementary school students who have just begun to write essays, which are very different.
Zhang Taiping rubbed the dragon that had already been polished with his hand. The dragon's demeanor is true and lifelike, as if it really has a momentum that soars into the sky.
There are still master-level figures in the people, Zhang Taiping couldn't help but sigh. At least now his own carving level is far inferior.
After the young man greeted the other guests, he turned around and saw Zhang Taiping looking at the dragon, and said embarrassedly.
"I'm sorry, sir. This one is not for sale, you can pick one of the others. ”
Zhang Taiping couldn't help but ask, "Oh? Is there anything else that doesn't sell? ”
"This piece was given to me by someone else, and I usually rely on observing this piece to improve my carving ability."
Zhang Taiping's hands itched for a while after hearing this, so he took the carving knife and found a piece of red pine. The knife flew up and down in his hand, and in a moment a small figure was carved. Naturally, she is still the most familiar girl in my heart.
Although the carving is not as good as the dragon, it is much better than the young one, one is the level of high school students, and the other is the level of elementary school students. The young man looked embarrassed for a while.
The people next to him applauded after seeing it, and immediately several people asked to carve one for him.
Zhang Taipingsuo sat down and met the demands of these people. Of course, all the money was given to the youth, and then he left in the eyes of the young man who wanted to speak and stopped.
I didn't expect wood carving to be able to sell for money, and the price is not bad, carved so many a day, if it sells well, the salary of a month is more than that of ordinary white-collar workers, and this is also a way to make money in the future, even if the space suddenly disappears that day, you can also make money to support yourself without having the ability.