Chapter 7: Hanks' Antique Shop
Sixty-five-year-old Hanks wears glasses and meticulously wipes down a silver kettle. It is an antique from the Middle Ages in Europe.
Suddenly, the light dimmed, and two people walked in front of the antique shop.
Hanks was a little annoyed, looked up, frowned, and said, "Joseph, you are blocking my light." ”
Joseph, the owner of the seed shop, is a big fat man in his forties.
Joseph shrunk his neck, looking a little scared of the sixty-five-year-old Hanks. He hurriedly said, "Mr. Hanks, I have brought you a big business, and you will definitely be interested." ”
"Oh?"
Hanks put down the silver kettle and looked through his glasses to Chang Wei, who was beside Joseph.
He looked carefully and found that Chang Wei, a half-breed, did not have any refreshing surprise except for the fact that his body looked very strong, except for the big bag in his hand.
"Is that him?" Hanks said, "You'd better not lie to me, Joseph. You know, what will happen to lying to me. ”
"Never!" Joseph said, "Mr. Hanks, I swear in my grandfather's name!" ”
He hurriedly said to Chang Wei: "Take out your American ginseng!" ”
Chang Wei lifted the bag, gently put it on the counter, and untied it silently, and suddenly, a strong medicinal fragrance came out of the pocket, which lifted Hanks' spirits.
"Good stuff!"
Hanks did not hesitate to praise: "It's American ginseng?!" ”
"Yes." Chang Wei smiled harmlessly and said, "Mr. Hanks, my batch of American ginseng is of excellent quality, but there are very few people who are qualified to buy them, especially in St. Edward. I guess it's just you. ”
"Of course!"
Hanks reached into his pocket, grabbed a American ginseng, sniffed it, and looked at it with a magnifying glass, and said, "No one in the whole of St. Edward has the ability to eat them except me!" ”
After a moment, he gently put down the American ginseng in his hand: "What price do you want?" How many do you have? ”
"More than two hundred and thirty-five pounds." Joseph on the side hurriedly said: "Mr. Hanks, although my eyesight is not as good as yours, I also know that this batch of American ginseng is unique. At least $500 per unit! ”
Hanks glanced at him and said to Chang Wei, "What's your name?" How much does he take a cut? ”
Chang Wei smiled: "Mr. Joseph has helped me a lot, and I am willing to give him a cut." My name is Chang Wei, you can call me Chang. ”
"Okay." Hanks nodded: "You're a nice lad, you know the Entu." Joseph said five hundred dollars a pound, what do you think? ”
"I think Mr. Hanks must be a generous gentleman." Chang Wei complimented.
"Haha," Hanks laughed loudly, "a gentleman is not as important as Franklin." But I agreed. This batch of American ginseng of yours is worth the price. ”
Chang Wei was not happy, Joseph on the side heard that Hanks agreed with this price, and almost jumped up all of a sudden, and even regretted a little in his greedy heart, was he hasty before, six hundred? Eight hundred? Or even a thousand? The lion should open his mouth!
"Five hundred and one pounds of fresh ginseng, my old man is also the first time in his life." Hanks said, let Chang Wei take the weighing scale in his pocket, weigh it without a fraction of the difference, and then write a check happily.
"One hundred and seventy-seven thousand five hundred dollars." Hanks pinched the check and handed it to Chang Wei, but he didn't let go immediately: "I want to know if you planted this batch of American ginseng yourself or..."
Chang Wei had expected this.
It is impossible not to attract attention to such a large batch of excellent American ginseng. If he said that he picked it by chance in the wild, he didn't plan to do it just once. $110,000 was a lot, but it wasn't enough for him to build his own farm, let alone buy back the land he had sold.
But if you admit it directly, it will attract covetous eyes.
Don't admit it, there will also be people who covet it - you are a hairy boy mixed race, how can you have such a high-quality American ginseng? Speak up!
In any case, there is some kind of hidden danger to bear.
He thought about it and felt that he still couldn't expose himself.
When you encounter trouble like this, you can deal with it quietly.
He smiled honestly and said, "I'm lucky that I ran into it when I was on a wild trip." ”
Hanks hands loose checks. The old eye behind the glasses flashed: "Wild Tour... Well, it seems that you are a man of God's favor. ”
"yes, I think so too." Chang Wei is like a really fledgling hairy boy, who doesn't seem to be able to hear the deep meaning of others' mouths: "The situation is not good during this time, so I went to the wild to relax, but I didn't expect good luck to finally come to me, it's really a happy thing." ”
"It's a joy indeed." Hanks said, "That's it. I see that your batch of American ginseng is all grown, and I imagine that there must be no mature plants in the place where you found them, and you will sell them to me in the future, how about it? ”
Chang Wei looked very happy: "Of course, thank you, Mr. Hanks." ”
After Chang Wei left, Hanks left Joseph behind.
asked him: "What does this person named Chang Wei have to do with Chang Kun?" ”
Joseph was in a hurry to get the commission, and hurriedly said, "He is Chang Kun's son." ”
"Oh." Hanks muttered, "I heard that Chang Kun had a car accident and the two of them died together. ”
"Yes. Chang Wei used to study in New York, but he had to take a leave of absence from school, and he was blackmailed, and even the farm was about to be sold out in compensation. Joseph said.
"How much do you know about this batch of American ginseng?" Hanks gets to the point.
"This..."Joseph hesitated for a moment, and said, "He approached me before and said that he was willing to give me a cut and let me help him match. As for where this batch of American ginseng came from, I don't know. By the way, more than ten days ago, he bought a few packets of seeds from me, including American ginseng. ”
Hanks waved his hand: "The seeds I bought for more than ten days definitely have nothing to do with this." What do you think American ginseng can be harvested in more than ten days, and there is such a quality? ”
"Then it could only be God's favor." Joseph spread his hands: "Mr. Hanks, I'm going to get my take, what if... I mean, this batch of American ginseng is most likely just accidental, and even if there is any left, there won't be too much, there's no need..."
"." Hanks waved his hand.