At the door of Longsheng Commercial Bank, Du Sheng got off the rickshaw, gave the driver two cents casually, and walked into the spacious hall with his hands in his trouser pockets in the other party's thanks.

"What do you buy, sir?" A clever guy put down the goods he was placing in his hand, walked up quickly to meet them, and asked respectfully.

"Can you pawn things here?" Du Sheng looked around, took off his brand-new watch and shook it at the other party.

"Yes, you wait, I'll go and ask the palm master."

The fellow's eyes lit up at the sight of the delicate watch in his hand, and he walked briskly inside.

After a while, the guy came out with a middle-aged man wearing a long shirt and leather shoes, and his hair was neatly combed.

"This gentleman said he wanted to pawn." The guy whispered to the side.

The palm-eyed master nodded slightly, waved his hand to signal the guy to go about his own business, and then smiled politely and nodded at Du Sheng and made a gesture of please: "This gentleman, surnamed Wang, is mainly responsible for the pawn business of this shop. I don't know what Mr. wants to pawn? ”

Presumably, the guy had already told him in advance that he was going to pawn the watch. However, since the other party pretended not to know and asked again, he didn't mind handing over the watch that cost more than 600 yuan.

"American goods, I bought them in New York for $300 before I returned home." Du Sheng said nonsense without blinking.

In order to be more realistic, he also deliberately used the American English pronunciation of the word New York.

He didn't know why the main characters in the novel were able to exchange dozens of dollars for dozens of silver dollars from their stalls. At that time, when he went to choose a watch, he found that the watch for dozens of dollars could not be read at all, and the workmanship felt very inferior at first glance.

In Du Sheng's view, the pawnshops or shopkeepers of commercial houses in Shanghai during the Republic of China must have seen a lot of good things. Although the manufacturing process in modern society is much more advanced than that time, it can still be seen whether the workmanship is fine.

You know, the pawnshop's palm-eyed master's eyes are more poisonous than the other.

Although the watch chosen by Du Sheng is not a famous brand, the workmanship is indeed very fine, the strap and dial are made of gold and steel, and the back is hollowed out, and the mechanical gears in some of the dials can be seen.

The shopkeeper surnamed Wang took Du Sheng's watch and looked at it over and over for two or three minutes, and then took out a magnifying glass and carefully looked at the hands in the dial and the gears exposed by the hollowing out. After doing all this, he also picked up the watch and put it on his ear and listened to it for a while before he asked with a polite smile: "Sir, do you plan to live or die?" ”

"How do you say about life, and how do you say about death?" Du Sheng asked puzzled.

"There is a time limit for redemption, usually one month. Death is no different from selling to our shop, and you have no right to redeem it. However, in general, the price of a dead pawn is higher than that of a live pawn. Shopkeeper Wang patiently explained, while speaking and secretly looking at Du Sheng's expression.

The watch was meant to be what he was going to use to earn his first start-up capital, and deep down he had no doubt that he had chosen to die.

Although he thought so in his heart, he asked with a tangled and reluctant look on the surface: "How much can you do?" ”

This time, Du Sheng kept an eye on it, and deliberately only asked about the price of the job.

"Sir, your watch is in new condition, accurate and exquisitely made. However, this brand is rare. I beg your pardon for being clumsy, I have never seen this brand of watch in Longsheng for so many years. As far as I know, the most popular in the United States right now are the brands of sweat and ton, fossil, and Gales. So, the estimate I give you may disappoint you. ”

Shopkeeper Wang first praised his watch a few times, and then changed the conversation, and immediately said a few brand names that Du Sheng had never heard of at all.

"Damn, miscalculated. It turned out that in the thirties, it was also popular to pursue famous brands, and I knew that I would make a high-imitation watch that was the most popular in this period. Du Sheng's face was silent, but he was secretly a little bitter in his heart.

Online novels kill people, and a watch of dozens of dollars a piece on a certain treasure can be exchanged for a small yellow croaker in the Republic of China?

"Hehe, the whole Shanghai Tang knows that Longsheng Commercial Bank is the fairest store. I believe that Shopkeeper Wang will not bully me that I have just returned from abroad and do not understand the market of Shanghai Beach, so you can offer a suitable price. ”

Du Sheng said this, in fact, to find a step for himself. Just now he said that this watch was bought for 300 US dollars, if the other party quoted him a price of five or ten yuan, would he be deserving or not?

If you don't do it, you will lose everything. When it is, a fool will feel that there is a problem.

It's like if you go to the second-hand car market to buy a car, a brand-new BMW 7 Series, as long as 18,000, do you dare to buy it?

"To be fair, our Longsheng Commercial Bank is really ranked first in Shanghai. Sir, you can only give you a maximum of 38 pieces of ocean for my life, and 45 pieces for death. ”

Shopkeeper Wang pondered for a moment and quoted a price that made Du Sheng secretly relieved.

"It seems that technology that is seventy or eighty years ahead is still worth some money. The purchase price of a silver dollar in the 21st century is about 400 yuan, and 45 oceans is 18,000. The cost of this watch is only more than 600, and it makes 30 times as much as it changes hands. Crossing is really the only way to make a fortune. ”

Du Sheng's heart was already happy, but on the surface, he looked entangled and sad.

Shopkeeper Wang seemed to be accustomed to such an expression, but did not urge, but just put his watch on the counter and waited quietly for his reply.

"Okay, according to your price, when I bought this watch, I fell in love with its fine workmanship, relatively speaking, I am more nostalgic and prefer pocket watches with a sense of age. Then let's just die. ”

Du Sheng thought about it for nearly half a minute, and said as if he was deliberately making excuses for himself to save a little face.

"Yes, sir, please wait a moment." Shopkeeper Wang didn't do much more, and after opening a slip quickly, he took out a stack of brand-new fiat currency from under the counter and counted them.

Seeing him counting the money, Du Sheng rolled his eyes speechlessly, and hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper Wang, I only want the ocean, not paper money." ”

"Huh? 45 oceans are very eye-catching on the body, sir, Shanghai Beach is not as safe as abroad, and everyone has it. ”

Shopkeeper Wang was slightly stunned, stopped counting the money, and kindly reminded.

In fact, what the shopkeeper said is also true, not to mention 45 oceans, even 45 coins are big in their pockets.

"Then please change me a small yellow croaker, and give me the rest of the ocean."

Regarding this point, Du Sheng specially checked the information before crossing. At that time, the small yellow croaker weighed more than 31 grams, which was about 12,000 yuan according to the real-time gold price in the 21st century. The exchange ratio between the silver dollar and the small yellow croaker is basically 30 to 1, even if it fluctuates, it is a difference of less than 5 silver dollars.

"Okay, just follow Mr.." Shopkeeper Wang smiled politely, put down the fiat currency in his hand, took a small yellow croaker for Du Sheng in the small cabinet at the bottom, and counted 15 oceans separately.

"Sir, you order." The shopkeeper Wang handed Du Sheng the gold bars, Dayang and pawn bills.

The latter first looked carefully at the little gold bar, then counted the oceans, and when he saw that the number was accurate, he put it in his pocket.

With the money in his pocket, he could only bother to see what was written on the bill.

"It turned out that it was the autumn of 1936." When Du Sheng saw the period at the bottom of the bill, he completely figured out the specific period in which he had crossed over.