Chapter Seventy-Eight: Reverse Scales
The boss asked me, have you thought about it?
"I've figured it out." I said firmly. After experiencing strong winds and waves, life and death, weird, and making me go to work from 9 to 6, it is really a waste of life, and this may be the improvement of values.
Even if you resign, with more than 200,000 yuan in your hand and some savings, it is no problem to live for a while.
To be honest, if you really want to quit, I think the most sorry person is the boss. When I first entered the department for internship, my performance was not outstanding, smart and capable interns abounded, all of them were like Monkey King, but in the end, the boss only left me, he just said a word, watching Lin Cong work steadfastly.
He is also my mentor and a leader in my career. But how to say it, my realm is different now, my vision and platform are different, although I am grateful, I will not be tied to this place, it is time to change to a broader road.
The boss finally gave me another day off to think about it and give him an answer after really thinking about it.
After hanging up the phone, the sun was shining outside, and I lit a cigarette and smoked quietly. I originally wanted to go to Li Damin, but I don't think I'm in a hurry, let him enjoy a period of time in Gentle Township first, and I'll do my own thing first.
After breakfast, I went out and took a taxi to the antique street in the city.
In the past, when my father was still around, he used to take me here to hang out, he was very knowledgeable, and he also studied antiquities and old goods, and told me how to see if these things were real or fake, and also told me some means of counterfeiting. On top of that, he took me to visit the owners of several antique shops, all of whom were good friends of his, and my father told me that these people really did business to the point of being a child.
I found this antique shop called "Jubao Zhai", the owner's surname is Zhou, I heard my father say, this person was mixed in the antique circle in Beijing in the early years, at that time and a big antique stubborn owner on an equal footing, and later because of other things returned to Jiangbei from Beijing, opened such a shop. There is nothing new in looking at it, the boss is a real master in hiding, and he is hidden in the world.
The door of Jubao Zhai was open, and I couldn't see anyone, so I hesitated at the door, but I still mustered up the courage to knock on the door and walked in.
When I entered the inside, I found that it was actually someone, and a middle-aged man behind the counter was explaining the porcelain vase to a girl. The bottle was so full that the man held a magnifying glass and asked the girl to look at the details.
I was a little embarrassed, my throat was tight, and I coughed a few times.
The two men behind the counter looked up. The middle-aged man and girl whispered a few words, and the girl nodded and went out the back door with the porcelain vase. He turned: "What advice does this gentleman have?" β
I took a deep breath: "I have something I want to make a move, I don't know ......"
"Let's see." The man said, "When the things are ready, we will naturally take them." But the origin must be correct, our shop is small and small, and we don't want to take responsibility. β
"The way to come must be the right one." I hesitated, and pulled out the black nail from my pocket, the same thing I had brought out of the bardo.
The man took it, looked at it, and gasped: "Sir, sit down quickly." β
His attitude had changed, and he was not as superficial as he had just been.
I was sitting on the wooden sofa, and the man shouted, "Chunhui, serve tea." β
The girl who had just walked through the back door came back and began to make tea in the corner of the room, in front of a special tea set. Being messed with by them like this, I'm still a little uncomfortable, thinking that this boss is too snobbish, seeing that there are good things coming to the door, and I am sitting and asking for tea.
After waiting for a while, the girl named Chunhui put it in front of me with hot tea, and when she raised her nose and smelled it, ho, it was fragrant but not strong, and the tea leaves were all rooted in the water. The white smoke on the tea surface is faint, like a bonsai. Needless to say, it's definitely a fine tea.
I peeked at the man, this old boy is so snobbish, don't drop my things, say bad things.
The man was behind the counter, looking over and over with a magnifying glass, and carefully dusting something on it with a cotton swab. I took a sip of tea and quickly put it down, "You're the boss?" β
"Ah, my surname is Zhou." Boss Zhou hurriedly came over and handed me the business card, I glanced at it without looking closely, and my eyes were staring at the black hard film in his hand.
Boss Zhou was really exquisite, and immediately saw my concerns, and said: "Don't worry, this gentleman, you don't have to question my professionalism, and it will definitely not damage your things." Sir, haven't asked for your last name? β
"Forest." I say.
Boss Zhou said: "Mr. Lin, let me take the liberty of asking, where did you get this thing from?" β
"Well...... "I would never tell him that I got it from the bardo realm, and I'm not a fool."
I cleared my throat: "I don't want to lie, and I can't say it, so it's better not to say it." β
"Good!" Boss Zhou nodded: "Mr. Lin is outspoken and fast-talking, and he is a cheerful person." Then I'm going to take the liberty of asking, do you know what this is? β
"What do you say?" I asked rhetorically. Thinking about coming to our army, I think it's too naΓ―ve.
Boss Zhou smiled, put the hard piece on the coffee table, and sat opposite me: "Mr. Lin, the name of this thing is called dragon scales." The name is already apt, it is the scales of the dragon. β
The girl named Chunhui was shocked and said, "Dad, these are dragon scales, is there really a dragon?" β
It can be seen that Boss Zhou is very fond of his daughter, and he nodded: "Dragons do exist, but the changes are invisible, and it is difficult to see them without a big opportunity." Some pseudo-scientific speculations that dragons fly without wings and belong to another dimension, and these conjectures will not be said one by one. In Chinese legend, the dragon is a horned deer with rabbit-like eyes, especially the back has 9981 carp scales, with 99 yang numbers. If I hadn't looked away, Mr. Lin would have brought a piece of scales from the dragon's back. β
I heard a gurgling sound, "Boss Zhou, have you ever seen a dragon?" β
Boss Zhou smiled: "I am a little blessed and have no chance to see the dragon." But I've seen dragon scales, and there's a collector in the city who specializes in collecting them. Mr. Lin, I see that you are not a person in this trip, and it is nothing to tell you, the grandfather of the collector was from Yingkou, Liaoning Province earlier, and he was fortunate to see the flying dragon fall to the ground, and he also helped the dragon splash water at close range, so their family has a relationship with the dragon, this collector has been ambitious since he was a child, collecting things on the dragon, and even having the fate to see the dragon. If this thing were given to him, it would be worth a lot. β
"That," I coughed twice, "how much?" β
Boss Zhou groaned: "Mr. Lin, I won't deceive you, don't ask for a price from the sky, both of us are honest." I'll buy you this scale for 100,000 yuan. β
To be honest, 100,000 is fine, but I am still a little disappointed. This is not an ordinary dragon scale, I made it in the bardo realm for nine lifetimes, and I almost never died.
Boss Zhou saw that I didn't speak, so he said: "Mr. Lin, this is just a scale, it is worth much, it is worthless, it is not worth much, what do you say it can do?" It's nothing more than selling goods and knowing home. β
What he said seems to be reasonable, dragon scales are precious, but it is not like ordinary antiques that can set a price, it is completely a seller's market, and people say how much is how much.
I was silent, and Boss Zhou said: "Mr. Lin, if you really want to sell it for a good price, this dragon scale is almost meaningful, if you can get something from the dragon, it will be worth a lot of money." β
"What? You're not going to let me see the horns, are you? "My throat moved.
Boss Zhou laughed: "It's not that exaggerated. It's also a dragon scale, but it's more special, it's called reverse scale. Under the dragon's neck, there is a palm-sized white scale, in the shape of a crescent, and that scale is valuable, and that value is not something that can be imagined now. β
When I heard this, I was deflated, and asked me to buckle the scales, it would be better to see the dragon's horns. I've heard the name Reverse Scale, it's not an ordinary thing, touching the Reverse Scale generally refers to offending the emperor, and the corner of the emperor's mouth is crooked, and the door is full of beheading, who dares to do this.
I rubbed with Boss Zhou for a while, and he thought for a while and said, "That's it, I'll add another 20,000, 120,000, that's all." If you feel like you're at a loss, go to another house. β
"Okay, so be it." I say.
This week, when the boss was talking, he was grinding and showing his true colors as a businessman, but once the price was settled, he was very happy to pay, asked me for a bank account, and immediately asked his daughter to operate it.
It didn't take long, and a text message reminder came, and my 120,000 yuan arrived.
I breathed a sigh of relief, and drank two more cups of tea.
Boss Zhou kept me to chat, but I also had a good chat. I asked him who the collector was, and I knew it was a bit presumptuous. Boss Zhou smiled: "Mr. Lin is an outsider, he may not know the rules of our industry, if I tell you the family, how can I make the difference as a middleman, haha." β
At noon, he wanted to leave me for dinner, but I politely declined. I floated out of the antique store, it was really comfortable and sunny.
I found a way to make money, which is to enter the bardo realm, even to the underworld, bring out the contents of it, and then sell it in the yang!
What will happen to the things in the underworld when they reach the yang world, this is not considered at all. Even if I can turn it back by myself, it will not cause an imbalance between the two worlds of yin and yang, it is useless to think so much, it is true to earn two money.
A piece of dragon scales was sold for 120,000 yuan, plus the previous 200,000 yuan, and I had a lot of money at once. The next step is to pay my mother's medical bills first and then consider buying a house. I have found a way to make money, and my life will get better and better in the future.