Japan, early March 1999

Walking alone on the streets of Tokyo, Japan, Joseph suddenly felt very relaxed, with his pockets in his pocket, just like an ordinary young man here, but a little different from the youth here is that he is too leisurely, far less nervous and hurried than the Japanese citizens here.

Japan's economy has begun to recover, the devastation of the 80s has passed, and the streets have returned to their former prosperity, but everything is no longer in place.

"Joseph?"

Suddenly, some uncertain shouts came from behind him, and Joseph turned his head with doubt, and that familiar face appeared in front of him, but it was a little surprising to see her here.

White shirt and black skirt, white and tender skin, and long vertical black hair, she is still so beautiful, but compared to the little girl who blushed as soon as she spoke, the big girl in front of her was already a slim girl and a social elite.

"Nami, long time no see!"

"Yes! Long time no see! ”

The two greeted each other like old friends, and there was a girl of the same age with short hair next to Nami, both of whom were in their twenties, and their appearance was also pure and cute, and their fleshy little face was a bit kawaii.

"This is my friend Rika Ando, this is Joseph, my ......"

"I'm Nami's friend Joseph. Ragnar, you can call me Joseph. ”

He stretched out his hand very kindly, but soon he was a little embarrassed, because when Joseph stretched out his hand, Rika Ando had already bowed and said crisply: "Hey! Joseph-kun! ”

Seeing this scene, Asa Kanami naturally helped suppress Joseph's outstretched hand: "We don't have a handshake in Japan, don't you know this?" ”

She said this because she understood that it was not the first time that Joseph had come to Japan, and she felt that he should be aware of these customs, but now she misunderstood that Joseph's habit of shaking hands had not changed.

"It's just a habit, every time I come to Japan, I shake hands and bow down, but very rarely. Where are you going? Nami ...... Already working? ”

"Yes, Joseph-kun, Nami and I are both middle school teachers now. This weekend, we're going to go shopping and buy some groceries. ”

"Teacher ......"

Thinking back to the Japanese teacher, the only thing that came to Joseph's mind was the pictures, and he couldn't help but look at the bodies of Asa Kanami and Rika Ando.

"Joseph-kun, it's rude for you to behave like this!"

Rika Ando was a little angry, and Nami Asa was a little embarrassed, she didn't want to let someone mistakenly think that Joseph was a lewd person, why she cared so much about Rika Ando's opinion, and Nami herself didn't know.

"Sorry, I've seen a lot of things like that. Thank you for your understanding. ”

"Something like that...... Mr. Joseph was not a serious man either. ”

Rika Ando, who was a little unhappy, didn't even say anything about Joseph-kun anymore, and directly said Mr. Joseph, but this can also be seen that Rika Ando has a good upbringing.

Rika Ando's words made Joseph a little speechless, but fortunately, there was Asa Kanami in the middle to help change the topic, and the three gradually returned to the state they had when they first met.

"This is the Tokyo Hatojudo, there are a lot of handicrafts in it, and customers who come to Tokyo like to buy some of them, Joseph-kun, don't you want to buy some for your friends?"

"Friends don't need to send. But it's also good to buy some of your own. ”

Joseph, who didn't hear the temptation in Ando's mouth, replied very casually, and then walked inside, Ando Rika helplessly glanced at her friend and immediately followed, and Asa Kanami could only step forward in disappointment.

"This is Duan Yan?"

Rika Ando is really not an ordinary person. As soon as she entered the door, she took a fancy to a piece of inkstone, and her involuntary words successfully attracted the attention of an old Japanese man in the lobby, and the old man nodded and said: "The little girl has good eyesight, and it is the tribute of the Emperor Duan Yan of Zhaoqing, China." ”

Looking at the old man's smug appearance, Joseph was a little puzzled. It's just an inkstone, and it's worth being so proud? But looking at the glowing eyes of Rika Ando next to her, I couldn't help but want to buy this inkstone.

"150,000 yen?"

Looking at the list price, Joseph didn't hesitate too much and was ready to buy it, but Rika Ando, who saw this scene, hurriedly stopped his move. He whispered, "You're going to buy it!" ”

"Questions?"

"There's no problem, but it's priced at 80,000 yen - about 120,000 yen, 150,000 is a bit expensive, and it's not an antique, so it's not collectible."

Duan Yan is right, but this is just something that has been processed in recent years, not an antique thing to see is whether the craftsmanship is superb or not, Joseph doesn't understand, but in Ando Rika's opinion, it is only worth tens of thousands of yen, in short, it is not more than 100,000, and her words just now just dare not guarantee that she will deliberately say more.

"If you're ready to buy, I can help you lower the price, but I don't recommend it."

"How do you know so much?"

Rika Ando looked up proudly, and Nami Machanami explained very cooperatively: "Rika's father is the deputy director of the museum, she has liked Chinese culture since she was a child, and she has some research on the four treasures of the Chinese study. ”

I see, Joseph nodded and said, "Then you help me pick a set of valuable study four treasures, a complete set." ”

"A complete set? Are you going to want Japanese or Chinese? ”

Think about what Kanami said just now, Joseph said: "Huaxia's! It doesn't matter in terms of price, you just look at the selection. ”

Rika Ando did not shirk, she understood that Joseph was a rich man, nodded at Joseph and walked directly towards the manager, whispering a few words The manager hesitated but still led them to the direction of the elevator.

Rika Ando, who came back, looked at Joseph with a puzzled look on his face and explained: "None of the good things are here, he is now taking us to some high-value treasure rooms, and these are things that only laymen buy." ”

Receiving such an explanation, Joseph couldn't help but laugh dumbly, it turns out that this kind of practice is not only in China, but also in Japan or the whole of Asia, and what is put out outside is just to coax the layman.

"Lake pen, Hui ink, rice paper, Duan inkstone, this is the top thing in the four treasures of the study, if this set is all bought high-quality, it is impossible to have five or six million yen, and if you use it alone, there is no need to buy antiques."

"10 million yen, let's buy according to this standard!"

Hearing Joseph's wealthy words, Rika Ando shook her head: "Buying the four treasures of the study is a matter of luck, and it has nothing to do with money, if there are good things below, a few million yen is fine, if not, it is useless to spend any money." ”

Rika Ando's words of not giving face made Joseph blush a little, and Nami Machanami also noticed that her sister's words were a little hurtful and hurriedly pulled the corner of her clothes, and then Rika Ando, who reacted, looked at Joseph apologetically, and Joseph shook his head to indicate that it didn't matter.

"So, we're going to leave it all to luck?"

"Hopefully there will be some good stuff, if not, I suggest you only buy a single piece, after all, it's hard to get together in a good set."

Joseph shrugged his shoulders casually and signaled that these were all watched by Rika Ando, who seemed to have received some important responsibility, took a deep breath and nodded heavily at Joseph.

"She's always been so serious?"

"Well, especially in this regard, she may feel that she can't live up to your trust, but in fact, no one actually believes in her like this, not even her father."

Joseph nodded very understandingly, the choice of cultural relics is very important to knowledge, a little girl who has just graduated not long ago, who will believe her and let her help buy something worth millions of yen?

The conversation between the people was very soft, so the manager who led the way in front did not hear it, and came to a small collection room, and looked at the delicate objects in the room, Joseph was very interested in admiring it.

Seeing Joseph staring at a porcelain jar, Rika Ando, who was still selecting things, casually explained: "That's the Song Tianqing glazed halberd, 3 million yen?" The price is ok, you can buy one as a gift or collect it yourself. ”

"Song Tianqing glazed out of the halberd? That's a good name, wrap it up! ”

It is estimated that the manager has never seen such a buyer, and he was stunned and did not come back to his senses, and Rika Ando, who chose rice paper, couldn't help but be a little speechless, maybe he couldn't describe the friend of the friend in front of him because of his money.

"Nami, are you sure you're going to be her girlfriend? He doesn't seem to be ordinarily rich! ”

"I ......"

The current Ma Kanami is no longer the little girl she was back then, she doesn't have the courage to say that she was Joseph's girlfriend when she understands the identity and money gap, so she is a little overwhelmed by her friend's inquiry.

Seeing Machanami's appearance, Rika Ando knew that she had said the wrong thing and hurriedly added: "An! Ann! Nami is so beautiful, it's a fake that he doesn't move, don't worry, he'll open his mouth himself. ”

"This ......"

"Don't affect me here, he seems to have taken a fancy to another thing, stop him, you can't spend money like this!"

Joseph's behavior is indeed a bit of a nouveau riche, even the managers are beginning to feel a little distressed, will these things be sold to Joseph will be dusty?

"Blue and white colorful dragons and phoenixes wear patterns? Why are these two prices so different? ”

Looking at the two things that are almost the same, the prices are completely different, one is close to 10 million yen, and the other is 1.2 million yen, the difference in price is nearly 10 times.

Seeing Joseph ask such a childish question again, Rika Ando patted her head a little embarrassed, and then explained: "They are all porcelain plates from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, but one is a tribute and the other is not." ”

Forehead......

It turns out that the royal family can increase the price tenfold if it is used, and it seems that the things that have been used by themselves in a hundred years can also be worth a lot of money. (To be continued......)

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