Chapter 51 Doing Business
Jinling City, Hanlin Street. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Hanlin Street is the largest luxury market in Jinling City, just listen to the name, this street is not a general street of steel and cement, but a retro-style Chinese building, red brick glazed tiles, the whole street is full of flags at the door of the major shops, there is no lack of century-old shops, but there is no modern technology, it looks like there is a different scenery, but although there is no high-tech thing on the street here, there is still high-tech in the store.
On the surface, it is an auction of luxury goods, but secretly it is the largest black market in Jinling. Of course, all this is under the control of the state, as long as there is no chaos here, no social stability is undermined, and some special contraband is not sold, ordinary contraband is only turned a blind eye. After all, there are dragons and snakes here, and there are some monster news, and the relevant government departments still need to get it from here.
Special contraband, generally refers to psychedelic drugs, exotic animals, powerful weapons, and some controlled things, such as enriched uranium. As for the rest, no one bothered.
This kind of black market exists all over the world, relatively speaking, there are still rules in the black market in China, and there are almost no rules in other countries, and everything is sold.
Lin Shaobai didn't know what the black market was. He came here because there were places where he could buy his jewelry.
Lin Shaobai, who was carrying a backpack of jewelry and treasures, walked on the street, looking east and west, obviously looking stunned.
Lin Shaobai's posture certainly attracted the attention of some people, an old man smoking a pipe looked at Lin Shaobai, who was holding his backpack tightly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he knocked on the pipe gently, and when Lin Shaobai passed by him, he said loudly: "Young man, do you need any help?" ”
When Lin Shaobai heard someone greeting him, he couldn't help but tighten his backpack and smiled: "This uncle, I'm just looking at it casually." ”
Seeing Lin Shaobai's small movements, the old man showed a kind smile and said: "Young man, it's a good thing to come here to have a look, after all, this is a famous place in Jinling City, you see those well-dressed and successful people, they often come here to buy and sell goods, and it is good to have a long experience." ”
Speaking of this, the old man sighed and said: "However, there are more black shops here, and some young people are not knowledgeable here, and they are easy to be pitted." ”
Lin Shaobai smiled, and turned his eyes to look behind the old man, there was an antique storefront. There is a plaque hanging on it, with the words "Yi Bao Ge" written on it.
"Uncle, is this your shop?"
The uncle smiled bitterly: "It's mine, it's a pity that I'm too honest, and the business is about to go on. ”
"Honest man?" Lin Shaobai's eyes lit up, and he said with a little shortness of breath: "Uncle, why don't you finish my order and then leave?" ”
"You?" The uncle was a little stunned, and then smiled: "Young man, seeing that you don't dress like a rich family, what good things do you have?" ”
"Don't hide it from you, uncle, when I was planting trees in the yard of my hometown a month ago, I dug up something from the yard and wanted to sell it. I don't know if I can help me identify what this thing is. What is the price? ”
The old man was a little silent, pondered for a moment, and reluctantly said, "Okay, I'll be a good person again!" ”
Inside the store, the green smoke is filled, and the aroma hits people, obviously lighting a rather precious aroma, which makes people feel shocked.
The old man took out a magnifying glass and other treasure-appreciating things and put them on an antique wooden table, and said to Lin Shaobai: "Young man, take out your things, let the old man identify them first!" ”
Lin Shaobai reached into the bag and fumbled for a while, Lin Shaobai took out a crystal the size of a child's fist from the bag and put it on the table with some excitement, looking at the old man a little nervously.
When the old man saw the crystal clear, his eyes flashed, and then he pretended to examine it as if nothing had happened. After carefully examining it for a moment, the old man sighed and said, "This is just an ordinary crystal, although it is quite precious, but it is not worth much. ”
Lin Shaobai heard the old man say this, and his face, which was originally a little nervous and excited, showed a sense of loss.
"How much is that worth?"
The old man was silent for a moment, gritted his teeth, seemed to have made a lot of determination, and said: "This stone contains some crystal stones, in this way, I will suffer a little loss, 200,000 yuan, you sell it to me!" ”
Lin Shaobai was silent after hearing this. The silence made the old man's heart beat wildly.
"This is a natural loose diamond, although modern technology can synthesize a fist-sized diamond, and the price is much cheaper than a hundred years ago, but this is a natural formation, although it is not as collectible as the Star of Africa, the Light of the Mountain and the Star of Hope and other famous diamonds of the century, but even if it is cheaper, it can be sold for millions." The old man said secretly in his heart.
The old man even suspected that the diamond had been obtained by an interstellar expedition from a diamond mine discovered on Pluto a month earlier. But it doesn't feel realistic to think about it, after all, the expedition has not yet returned to Earth, and even if there are diamonds, they cannot be sent to Earth, and those diamonds have reportedly been destroyed. But the old man didn't believe that the money glutches would destroy the diamonds.
"How?" The old man asked rather painfully.
Lin Shaobai grabbed the diamond at this time, and smiled at the old man: "I'm sorry, I don't sell it!" ”
"Not for sale? Why? The old man was a little anxious.
Lin Shaobai sighed and said: "I went to two stores before I came to this store just now, one bid was five million, and the other bid was four and a half million, because it has not been polished, so the price is not high." As for you, an 'honest man', who only bid 200,000 yuan, I'm not stupid, of course it's impossible to sell it to an 'honest man'. ”
After speaking, Lin Shaobai left the stunned old man and left the shop.
Lin Shaobai shook his head slightly after leaving. There really is everyone on this Hallym Street. This diamond is one of the jewels he brought from the world of the Great Zhou, he has gone through a few shops, the price is not ideal, there is a way to shop around, although he has already set the object of sale in his heart, but it is also good to see the atmosphere of this Hanlin Street, but who would have thought that he would meet such a superb old man, and really treat him as a fool.
Lin Shaobai didn't know that this kind of cheating thing happened here almost every day. It's not uncommon.
Returning to the shop where the price of five million was offered, a young man greeted him directly, beckoned Lin Shaobai to sit down, and a beautiful girl in a cheongsam made a pot of tea and put it in front of Lin Shaobai.
The young manager said with a smile: "How about Mr. Lin, shop around, do you think the price of our Qizhen Hall is more fair?" ”
Qizhentang is one of the most economically powerful shops in this Hanlin Street, Lin Shaobai chose here, in fact, it is not because of the high price here, when he came here, he had checked almost all the shops here, and found that only this Qizhentang had the deepest background, thinking that he would have to transport treasures from other worlds to sell in the future, Lin Shaobai felt that it would be best if he could find a store with a deep background to cooperate.
This manager's name is Li Yifeng, handsome, and eloquent, very good at marketing, this kind of person is a talent wherever he is placed, and his attitude of not being humble or arrogant makes Lin Shaobai have a good impression of him.
Picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, only felt the fragrance of his teeth and cheeks, and agreed: "Manager Li, it is true that as you said, the price of your store is the fairest among the three, especially the one I just went to, it only cost 200,000 yuan, I am really stupid!" ”
Li Yifeng smiled slightly, but didn't comment much on the other stores, but said, "So you are going to sell that natural diamond to our store?" ”
Lin Shaobai shook his head slightly, which made Manager Li's heart stagnate.
Putting the bag on the table, Lin Shaobai smiled: "I don't just sell diamonds, I have to sell all the things here." ”
Manager Li opened the backpack curiously, and when he saw the things inside, he was so shocked that he took a few steps back, his face was a little ugly, and he said to Lin Shaobai: "I can't be the master of this, and the things inside also need to be identified, you wait a minute, I will notify the appraiser to identify the things inside, and then sort it out, and I will give you a quotation." But there's so much stuff in there, I have to get in touch with the owner. ”
"I understand."