Lost in Southern Sichuan Chapter 1 A big deal
In the year and a half since I arrived at Sambozhai, I have been working as an apprentice.
I escaped the classes in the fraud den, but I didn't avoid the learning here.
We learn all kinds of routines in the industry, learn how to identify the authenticity of antiques, learn lip codes, and even learn various survival methods in the wild.
Why study these? Because after I came, I found out that Sambao Zhai is actually not a simple antique chain store.
It has some very complex backgrounds, the boss is black and white, and the network is extensive. Therefore, while reselling antiques, Sambao Zhai will also buy some things of unknown origin. And the more unknown the source, the more intense the response in those fixed buyer groups.
As for some objects that have not yet been born, as long as the exact location can be provided, Sanbao Zhai can also go out to pick it up in person, but it needs to charge some more labor fees.
Anyway, as long as you can make money, Sanbao Zhai will do it.
But studying, it's actually very boring, but I can eat and eat meat every day, so easy and comfortable, I enjoy it.
As for Zhang Genhuo, he is not very interested in these, but goes to the gym every day to masturbate iron. In his words, if he enters that kind of den again in the future, he will fight it himself.
I only started to take over the first business when I entered the thirteenth month of Sanbaozhai, and I remember very well that it was a Qing Dynasty snuff box, which didn't make a lot of money and didn't get much commission.
After that, it was all this kind of small object one after another, and the commission he got was not enough to buy cigarettes and smoke.
It wasn't until nearly a year and a half after I came, that is, in May 2011, that Lao Ma finally agreed to take me to a rural village in Shaanxi to collect a wave of antiques.
Although I can't bear it, I'm just trying to be lively. After all, those old folks took out pickled vegetable jars and other useless objects for them, exchanged them for thousands of dollars, and they were already smiling from ear to ear.
In the same month, I received another porcelain, selling things thief eyebrows, at first glance is not a serious person, sneaking in the door, looking left and right, a body of earthy smell, at a glance is just into the industry "salted fish" (tomb robbery).
I repeatedly confirmed that he was not carrying a copper coin and that he was not a guest from the main hall. And so the mind came alive.
I deliberately didn't look at him squarely, picked at my nails and asked, "What is it?" ”
The man put the coarse cloth wrapped porcelain vase on my desk and said with a smile, "You have long eyes. ”
I picked up the porcelain vase and looked at it carefully, although the wear was a little serious, but it is not difficult to see that the glaze of this porcelain is gorgeous and the workmanship is also very exquisite. It looks like an official kiln.
It's just that why hasn't this porcelain vase been signed? Is it gone......
I coughed twice and said, "Ahem, I've seen the things, brother make a price." ”
The man swallowed and said nervously, "I, I, I want 100,000!" ”
I didn't speak, just stared at him all the time, and the man was even more nervous by my staring, so he simply stood up and shouted: "Okay, okay, okay, pull down, anyway, I must ask for 100,000!" ”
In fact, I stared at him not to use any psychological tactics, but my eyesight is really not good, if this porcelain is really an official kiln, from the glaze must be the Tang Dynasty or after the Tang Dynasty, because the earlier porcelain is mainly cyan, there will not be such a brilliant color.
But no matter which dynasty's official kiln, 100,000 yuan is supposed to at least guarantee that I won't lose.
Moreover, this porcelain vase is mainly yellow, and it stands to reason that it should be the official kiln of the emperor...... So the question goes back to the beginning, why didn't this porcelain vase get paid? Could it be that you forgot to engrave it after it was burned? It's impossible, this is an official kiln...... Could it be a high imitation? If it's really a high imitation, wouldn't I lose money if I take it back, and I have to deduct my salary...... Alas! I wish I had someone who knew how to do it now.
This time I was in a war between gods and men, and I thought that I would try to get him out of the way.
But at this moment, the old horse suddenly walked in from the door.
I asked, "Didn't you go to the main hall to play?" You've been running around all the halls every day, why did you come back again? ”
Lao Ma glanced at me and said, "Lao Tzu has always gone wherever he wants, Bao Sanye has never taken care of me, it's your turn to take care of me?" Bastard! What about Lao Li? ”
Lao Li is the hall master of this hall, and he is not in the store at this time, otherwise it would not be my turn to be the shopkeeper here.
I replied: "I went to 'load the goods', and Ming'er came back, not only Lao Li, but they went to fifteen people together, and I don't know how big a deal is waiting for them...... Huh? You're coming just in time, you're coming, you're showing you something. ”
I turned my head and said sorry to the thief-eyed guy, picked up the porcelain vase and walked quickly to the old horse, and said to myself, isn't this a knowledgeable person?
I saw that the man really didn't move, so I whispered to the old horse: "He wants 100,000 yuan, I can't get it, you can show it." ”
The old horse took it, looked at it more carefully than me, and after about ten minutes, he returned the porcelain vase to me, and whispered: "This is a mallet, you kid picked up a leak today, this thing must be eaten!" ”
I frowned and muttered, "This bottle doesn't even have a payment, I suspect it's a high-imitation official kiln." ”
The old horse looked like he hated that iron could not become steel, and said, "You look at Liang'er inside the bottle." ”
I followed what the old horse said, and secretly let the sunlight shine into the bottle, and sure enough, I vaguely saw two words at the bottom of the bottle: Daying.
"I'll you!"
I stumbled and almost didn't hold it steady, so I hurriedly wrapped the bottle.
Daying, this is the official kiln of the Tang Dynasty court!
I almost laughed out loud when I thought that this mallet would only cost 100,000 yuan, thinking that this deal must be won.
I walked back to my seat with the bottle in my arms, put it back on the table, took a sip of my tea, and tried to calm myself down as my whole body trembled. Daying, I haven't seen it in my life......
I smiled and said, "Brother, just 'branch the pot' (just started to rob the tomb), you want a sky-high price, isn't it appropriate?" Do you think 80,000 is okay? ”
Who knew that the man seemed to be a little anxious, so he directly picked up the bottle and said, "I want 100,000!" If you don't give it to me, you won't sell it! ”
I hurriedly pulled the rich man back and said, "Well, if you have the heart to sell, I have the heart to buy it." Besides, if you look at your bottle, you don't even have a payment, it's possible that it's a high imitation, and we are also taking a big risk. Let's take a step back, what do you think of 90,000? ”
The man knew that the bottle had not been paid, and seemed to be a little relieved, but he gritted his teeth and said, "I want 100,000!" Not a single point less! ”
I was embarrassed and said, "One hundred thousand...... Don't make money...... Alas, okay, count me unlucky, whoever let me fall in love with your bottle, 100,000 is 100,000! You wait for me. ”
I hurriedly ran to the backyard to find Master Chen, who was in charge of the accounts, to explain the situation, and spent 100,000 yuan and packed it back in an opaque bag.
When the man saw that I had taken the money back, he couldn't wait to grab it, and when he counted ten yuan, he stuffed it into his clothes and ran away, and the big belly looked quite funny.
"I just said that I can't lose a point, and I don't even count if it's a thousand."
Looking at the back of him leaving, I couldn't help but sigh that there are really a lot of fools like Zhang Genhuo and Bai Yunfei in the world.
I hurriedly ran back to my seat, wiped my hands with my clothes, carefully stroked every texture on the bottle, felt the slippery and cold from the bottle, sniffed deeply, I never thought that the earthy smell would make me so intoxicated, unconsciously "Ah! Exclaimed.
Lao Ma coughed and said: "I said that you have never seen the world, you will earn it, moaning a fart, it's disgusting!" ”
I was in a good mood, I didn't take his words seriously at all, and asked shamelessly: "Old horse, old horse, how much do you think I can sell this bottle?" ”
The old horse groaned for a moment and said, "Hmm...... This porcelain vase is well preserved, although it is a little worn, but the glaze is still quite clear. This porcelain vase for the court of the Tang Dynasty can be sold for 18 million to say the least......"
"Thousand ...... One thousand eight hundred ...... Ten thousand? ”
I slumped into my chair, staring at the vase with my eyes, speechless for a while.
Back then, the old horse gave 1.5 million to the people in the den, I thought it was already a sky-high price, and now I have actually made a 10 million-level transaction, my heavenly ...... I hurriedly twisted myself to see if I was dreaming.
Lao Ma laughed and scolded me for being unproductive, and I said in a daze: "Lao Ma, do you say that I am too miserable, I began to think that this bottle is worth seven or eight hundred thousand, at most, that is, more than one million." I didn't expect it...... I...... Now I'm a little unsure. ”
Lao Ma handed me a cigarette, lit one himself, and said: "There is nothing unrealistic, doing our business depends on eyesight and experience, so 'walking treasure' and 'picking up leaks' are common things, and I have no ability to lose money, that is, to pay tuition." Besides, the man was not a serious person at first glance, and the things that came from the salted fish were not clean. But your kid is really lucky today, I don't know which one is not eye-opening, and he actually carved money in the bottle, which made you make such a big profit. ”
After the old horse finished speaking, my heart was a little relieved, I was not afraid that the person would find out that he would lose money and come back to find trouble, because this line has never counted the old accounts, and if you find Sanbao Zhai to settle the old accounts, you have to weigh how many catties and taels you have.
Lao Ma said again: "But I said you kid, who did you learn from that set just now, even I was almost fooled by you, and it is good to use it if you want to catch it, you are really a profiteer!" ”
I extinguished my cigarette and said with a smile: "I've been with you old oilmen for a long time, and I'll be able to get rid of it." If I had promised him 100,000 yuan at the beginning just now, he would have been suspicious, and my 'bargaining' would make him feel that he had only made a profit in this transaction. ”
Lao Ma nodded with satisfaction, and I took advantage of the situation and said tentatively: "I said Lao Ma, you see that I have earned so much money for Sanbao Zhai this time, it must be enough to cover my ransom, you see...... Can I terminate my contract with Sambozhai? ”
Lao Ma stood up directly and said, "If you enter this industry, you can't get out, terminate the contract?" Think beautifully! You signed a deed of sale, unless the owner let you go, otherwise you will have to die and die. Although this deed of sale has no legal effect, the rules on the road are the rules, and this is the principle everywhere. ”
The answer is as expected, okay, let's not go first, I'll go to the well-off first......