Chapter 25: Bargaining

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This black buddy's style of speaking is the same as before, and when he introduces the goods, he always introduces them in the unique rap style of black people, and the speed of speech is very fast.

But as soon as this guy opened his mouth, he leaked timidity.

Although Jin Muchen doesn't know much about Western antiques, he also knows that this tea set is not Rococo style.

The Rococo decorative style is generally used in architecture, but it is also common in Western antiques, especially on silverware.

The Rococo style is characterized by delicate and feminine, often using asymmetrical techniques to decorate the design, like to use arcs and S-shaped lines, especially love to use shells, whirlpools, mountains and stones as decorative themes, curly grass and flowers, lingering and coiling, connected into one.

And this set of tea sets, is obviously not Rococo style, first of all, this set of tea sets are all square handles, teapots, coffee pots, and sugar cans, and the marks on it, that is, the lid of the pot, or the round mark of the French samurai helmet, Rococo style is common, whirlpools, mountains and stones and other themes have not been seen.

So after just one glance, Jin Muchen knew that this tea set was definitely not Rococo style, and it was definitely not from the UK.

The old black next to him was still chattering, but Jin Muchen took all his words as a deaf ear, because in his opinion, this guy was a layman who couldn't even count as two knives.

Sensei listened to him blowing the ceiling, in fact, he didn't know anything about this tea set.

He carefully inspected the three tea sets, the shape is exquisite, the craftsmanship is exquisite, at the bottom of the pot, there is also a French signature in flower characters, although he can't understand it, but it is estimated that it should be the bottom of the work.

But no matter what, these three tea sets can definitely be regarded as antiques, and they should be good things.

"Well, man, you look okay with this thing, you can make a bid!"

"Forehead ......"

Lao Hei didn't expect Jin Muchen to be so happy, and he was also stunned.

"Man, you should also know that these three are antiques, good things that have been around for years, so I don't want much, a thousand dollars each, a total of three thousand dollars, how about it?"

Lao Hei's own tone was a little questioning and unconfident, obviously even he himself was not sure about the true value of these three tea sets.

Jin Muchen has been wandering around this 39th Street for several weeks, and it is the first time he has seen such a rookie seller.

In fact, in the past few weeks, he has indeed seen a lot of good things, and even a few pieces of porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties have been seen here, but whenever he goes up to communicate with the stall owner, the final result is not so pleasant.

The guys who set up stalls here are generally more proficient in antiques, and they generally have a very clear understanding of the true value of their goods, especially when they see that he is a Chinese, they are all ready to slaughter fiercely.

You must know that the image of the Chinese in the eyes of the Americans in recent years is a mobile wallet, so those guys generally treat him as a wronged boss.

The slick strength of those stall owners is not half a point worse than the money strings in Panjiayuan in the capital.

And if you want to use the domestic set of bargaining, or the trick of attacking the west, it is not easy to do it here in this group of foreigners.

Buying antiques in a small stall in China, buyers generally like to play tricks, such as falling in love with item A, but not revealing it, but directly selecting a B item whose price is not high, and the stall owner will generally treat the buyer as a sheep withered and give a high price to item B, and then the buyer will ask the stall owner to treat item A as an additive.

This trick is skillful in domestic buyers and sellers, but in the United States, people don't recognize you at all.

If you want to buy this, then you have to buy this, as for wanting me to add a head, that's a dream, as for the price, it's a fixed price, if you like to buy it, you can buy it, if you don't buy it, you will get out.

So after a few weekends, Jin Muchen has thoroughly understood the difficulties of these small stall owners in the United States, no wonder many Americans say that New Yorkers are bad, and they only have money in their eyes, these small traders have a really strong sense of business in their heads.

The set in the domestic antique circle can't be played by them at all.

And the old black he met today was obviously a rookie seller, and from the lack of confidence in his tone, Jin Muchen knew that this set of tea sets must have room for bargaining.

"Man, your tea set is good, but I must tell you, first of all, this tea set is not used by the English nobles, because you look at the square handle, and the round lid of the French samurai helmet, which are the obvious features of the French tea set......"

Now that he has seen through the essence of the other party, Jin Muchen will of course quietly sacrifice the butcher's knife, and he must not be merciful in bargaining.

When Lao Hei heard him say this, he immediately knew that he had met an expert, and his face changed.

"Uh...... It's not for the English aristocracy, but it's probably used by the French aristocracy, isn't it? Nabs? ”

"Uh...... Well......"

Jin Muchen was choked by the old black words and rolled his eyes.

"Second, your tea set is obviously not a Rococo style ......"

"Uh...... It's not Rococo, it's also Baroque......"

Lao Hei's reaction was very fast, and Jin Muchen almost jumped up in anger without being surprised by his words.

"Man, do you think this is a castle? It's not Rococo, it's Baroque, we're talking silverware. The most valuable silverware is the eighteenth-century Victorian style of the British aristocracy, and the Rococo style is the most valuable, you don't match either, you ask for three thousand dollars, don't you think it's an exaggeration? ”

Jin Muchen flickered like this, and the old black on the other side lost his confidence, to be honest, he couldn't figure out what style this tea set was, let alone whether it was British or French.

The most he used to do was carry this tea set and bring drinks to his master.

"Okay, okay, dude, come on, how much can you pay?"

Lao Hei finally relented, and the pricing entered the communication stage.

"Well, I'll give you a thousand dollars."

"What? Dude, you're not kidding me, are you? Is this the finest silver tea set used by the French aristocracy in the 18th century? You're going to pay a thousand dollars? ”

This old black is really selling quickly, and Jin Muchen can only smile helplessly when he is also made by him.

"No, no, at least two thousand dollars."

Seeing that Jin Muchen didn't speak, Lao Hei's head shook like a rattle, but of course Jin Muchen couldn't just give in, he knew that there was still room for bargaining.

So he took out his phone directly and opened e-bay.

"Hey! Dude, see for yourself, on e-bay, a silver tea set similar to yours is $35 to $380 a piece. In this way, I can pay a maximum of 15,000, if you can accept it, then make a deal, if you can't accept it, then forget it. ”

"Oh! Damn e-bay, I hate e-commerce......"

Lao Hei looked at Jin Muchen's quotation for silverware like this, raised his hand to stroke his forehead, and then said with a curse in his mouth.

In fact, how did he know that the links to those tea sets that Jin Muchen found out for him were all links to some low-cost silver tea sets, in fact, the quality of those tea sets was really much worse than his set.

It's just that at this time, this old black obviously doesn't have the patience to take a closer look, and he himself is not a person who is proficient in these antique knowledge.

Facing Jin Muchen's final offer, thinking that he hadn't opened all day today, this old black gritted his teeth.

"Okay, deal, brother!"

Jin Muchen smiled and took the box containing three tea sets from Lao Hei's hand, put them in his big backpack, and then took out a wad of cash and counted them and handed them to Lao Hei.

Lao Hei looked at him and smiled while counting the money: "Hehe, buddy, do you know, I like to do business with you Chinese, because you all like to bring cash...... Looking at these green Franklins, no matter how bad the mood is, they can disappear into the sky immediately......"

Lao Hei took the ticket, and then counted it himself: "Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty......"

"Huh! No, didn't you say a thousand and five? How is it two thousand here, hey! Dude, don't you know how to count when I do? ”

Bullying us black students is poor! But as soon as the words came out, Lao Hei immediately regretted it, and when he looked up again, he just saw Jin Muchen looking at him with a smile.

"That's right, it's two thousand, and the extra five hundred is to sell a message from you."

Lao Hei was stunned for a moment, a message was worth five hundred yuan, well, this business has to be done, so he drew a gesture of raising his hand to shoot.

"Say it!"

"That's good man, my question is very simple, where did you get these tea sets?"

"What do you mean by that?"

Lao Hei's face changed suddenly, as if he was a little angry, while Jin Muchen smiled.

"Man, don't get excited, I'm actually in the antique business too, and to be honest, it's really good that you got these things, so I want to know, your purchase channel, if it's convenient, I also want to collect a few pieces."

When Jin Muchen said this, the black man's face looked much better, it turns out that you kid wants to dig out the old house!

However, the black man was a little hesitant, and Jin Muchen decided to work harder.

"What? Dude, you don't think these five hundred dollars are easy to earn, do you? Well, give me the money back! ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Lao Hei's hand, and Lao Hei hurriedly blocked his hand away.

"Well, well, I tell you that these things come from Mr. Friedrich's house, which is on the fourth floor of No. 30, 15th Avenue in Uptown Manhattan, and that whole floor is Mr. Friedrich's house."

When Lao Hei talked about that place, the expression on his face was a little embarrassed, and it seemed that he had a lot of affection for that place and which other Mr. Friedrich