Chapter 249: The City Chief
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In a few days, at this Brimfield Antique Exhibition, he gained so many good things, and Jin Muchen didn't expect that he would have such luck.
It seems that this antique fair in the New England region is indeed worthy of its name, and it deserves to be known as the most affluent antique exhibition in the United States.
After only two days of participation, I received an antique bronze cup from Napoleon, two sets of 18th-century Chinese-style silverware, a cigarette case for the Japanese imperial family, and a superb American gold coin.
And what made Jin Muchen happiest was that he collected these two ancient knives the next night.
One is the Japanese national treasure Juwen one-word Zezong knife, and there is also a Qianlong royal treasure knife.
In foreign countries, sword collection has always been a popular project in the collection industry, and in China, this is also a new collection category that has just become popular in the past two years, and these two knives in his hand can be said to be from extraordinary backgrounds.
Needless to say, this is a national treasure of Japan, and not only collectors in the European and American collecting circles like it, but also in Japan itself.
Needless to say, the other Qianlong treasure knife has no scabbard, but with the origin of this knife, his market price will not be low.
In the next few days, Jin Muchen's enthusiasm for this antique exhibition became even higher, and he got up early almost every day to go out, and did not come back until the exhibition was closed.
It's just that during this time, he hasn't found anything eye-catching, as if his good luck has run out in the first two days, and he has found nothing at the antique fair in the past few days.
It's not that there aren't any good things at the antique fair. It's just that he can see it. The asking price is not low. He didn't think it was a good deal to buy it, or there were some things, which could only be considered half-good or bad, and he didn't look down on them at all.
In this way, the antique exhibition of the sixth is over, and it is time for Jin Muchen and Candace to return to New York.
During this time, he kept in touch with Fang Bo on the phone, keeping an eye on the situation at home, as if he had gone to see that Valcro that time. Kate's words worked, and the guy hadn't sent anyone to harass their shop since then, so he didn't have to worry about safety when he got home.
In this way, the day after the end of the antique fair, Jin Muchen returned to New York with Candace.
Uncle Fang was also very happy to see them come back, and the three of them went out to eat and celebrate that night.
The people at the glass company were quite efficient, and they sent someone over the day after receiving Jin Muchen's call and replaced the glass windows for them.
On the third day after they left, Fang Bo opened his doors from the beginning.
However, the shooting a few days ago still had a certain impact on the store's business, and the number of customers who came to the door in the past few days was obviously not as good as at the beginning of the opening.
Although Jin Muchen was a little angry, there was nothing better to do. After all, when such a thing happens, only time is the best healing elixir.
However, Uncle Fang also brought him good news. Just a few days ago, Wang Xueming brought a few domestic friends to his store for a walk.
After Jin Muchen went to the Brimfield Antiques Fair, several people were still a little disappointed, they came to the set of snuff bottles that Jin Muchen won from Treasure Zhai, Jin Muchen was not there, and Uncle Fang couldn't be the master.
And a few of them were in a hurry, plus because they didn't know what the prospect would be at that time, Uncle Fang didn't plan to call Jin Muchen back, so a few people could only leave in a huff, but they made an appointment with Uncle Fang before leaving, and after a while they were busy with the things at hand, they would come back.
They passed through Uncle Fang to leave a message for Jin Muchen, that is, during this time, if Jin Muchen received any good things, he must keep them for them, as long as the things are good, money is not a problem.
It can be regarded as getting a small order, which finally alleviates Jin Muchen's unhappiness.
However, regarding the unhappiness in business, under the comfort of Uncle Fang, it gradually calmed down.
Fang Boke is a person who has been in the antique business for decades, and he is very experienced in this area.
The same is true for doing business, especially for the antique business, which is originally particular about not opening for three years and eating for three years, so to do this business, you have to endure loneliness and understand the truth of long flow.
Although Jin Muchen was very unhappy about the previous incident and the impact on his business, Uncle Fang's words also made sense, so he could only calm down and wait for the business in the store to get back on track.
In the following period, the days gradually returned to calm, Candace also started school, and Jin Muchen began to learn from Fang Bo how to run the antique store business.
In addition to learning how to run the business of an antique store, Jin Muchen and Fang Bo continued to learn about Chinese antiques, and Fang Bo also learned a lot of insights about Western antiques from him, after all, the longer Jin Muchen entered the industry, the more Western antiques he found, and the more he understood Western antiques.
As the shopkeeper of this store, if you don't know a little about Western antiques, it will definitely not work, so Fang Bo also rejuvenated the second spring of his career at this time, and began to actively learn the knowledge of Western antiques with Jin Muchen.
In addition to school time, Candace will help in the store as long as he has spare time, and the three of them are also happy together.
After finishing business that night, Fang Bo and Candace went upstairs to make dinner together, while Jin Muchen stayed downstairs, sorted out the day's turnover, and then started to clean up and close the store by the way.
Just when he was about to lock the door and put down the anti-theft fence outside, a person suddenly appeared at the door of the store, Jin Muchen was startled by this guy who came out of nowhere, took a closer look, and his heart jumped, it turned out that he knew the person standing at the door, it was his new store opened some time ago, and he followed David. Mayor Michael of Hearst came to his house to congratulate him. Left Fenberg.
How did he get here?
Looking at the mayor who was standing at the door and signaling him to open the door, Jin Muchen had a trace of doubt in his mind, and at the same time reached out and unlocked the door.
"Hello, Mr. Mayor, welcome to your visit."
"Huh! Mu Chen, you don't have to be so polite, my friends all call me Mike, you can call me that. ”
This Michael. Zuofenberg is worthy of being a veteran politician, and he is very good at communicating, and two sentences have brought him and Jin Muchen closer together.
"Alright then, Mike, please, what's the drink? Coffee? Tea? Or whiskey? ”
Jin Muchen smiled and greeted the mayor, and directly took him to the VIP room on the second floor, after the opening that day, he and Fang Bo moved some important good things upstairs, and only put some ordinary antiques on the first floor.
"It's still whiskey, right? Drinking coffee so late, I went back and had to lose sleep again. ”
Mike arrived casually, and instead of sitting down, he hugged his arms and began to walk around the VIP reception room.
In fact, it is more like a high-end gallery than a VIP reception room, with Arthur on the walls. Pinaren's paintings, as well as Professor Chen's high-imitation oil paintings.
There are several bulletproof glass display cases on the wall, which are displayed in turn, two Qianlong pen holders, two Qianlong table clocks, and a copper gilt egg vase, as well as a set of KPM porcelain, and a set of Qing Qianlong's imperial snuff bottles.
There were two knives on the table under the northernmost corner, and in the glass case next to it, there were two sets of silverware and a strange-looking copper cup......
The area of this showroom is large, but the exhibits are not many, but they are all high-quality.
Although Zoufenberg doesn't know much about antiques, he has also heard that these things are very remarkable, and if you really want to estimate the price of these treasures, the total price of the things in this room is definitely more than 100 million......
This made him look at the young Asian shopkeeper, and just when he was thinking about how to win over Jin Muchen, Jin Muchen had already walked over with two wine glasses with a smile.
Michael smiled and took the quilt handed over by Jin Muchen, and then sniffed it under his nose: "Hmm." The Macallan 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky, Mu Chen, you are really good at it......"
Jin Muchen smiled and then complimented: "It should be said that your taste is good, I don't have the ability to identify whiskey just by smelling." ”
In fact, he doesn't know much about whiskey, but this second floor is a special VIP reception room, which specializes in receiving wealthy people, so there must be a lot of high-end coffee and wine.
If Michael hadn't said the brand of this wine, he wouldn't have known what this Macallan 12 years old was.
"I heard that you had some trouble here some time ago?"
Michael was not in a hurry to drink, but kept shaking the wine glass, and at the same time heating the wine glass with his palm, so that the golden liquid in the wine glass could give off a more mellow taste.
"Yes! It's some blind guys who came looking for trouble, but it's been solved. ”
"Well, it's fine, if they dare to come again next time, you can call me directly."
Michael put it in hindsight, but Jin Muchen didn't debunk his meaning, just smiled and thanked him.
"By the way, Mu Chen came to you this time, mainly to ask you to do a favor."
After a few idle words, this Michael went straight to the point, Jin Muchen was stunned when he heard it, looking for me to help?
What do you want? You don't want Lao Tzu to donate to you, right?
"Well, if there's anything I can do, just say it, as long as I can do it, I'll help you do it."
Jin Muchen replied with a smile, although he was a little reluctant in his heart, he didn't show half a point on the surface.
"That's the case, Mu Chen heard that your antique appraisal skills are good, so do you know anything about antique jewelry?" (To be continued......)