"The antiques in stock are all here, the shopkeeper has a look. Lao Dingtou took Qian Yang to the treasury of Qingling Pavilion, and his tone was indifferent.

Qian Yang nodded and went to pick up antiques by himself, and the old Ding Tou stood in the corner of the wall with his eyes squinted, but he showed eight points of sleepiness.

If you want to say that Lao Dingtou is very interesting, when you first contact him, you will feel that this person is very professional appraiser, neither humble nor arrogant, abide by his duty, do not fall a word when he should say, and do not say a word about what should not be said. The current Qian Yang probably has such an impression of Lao Dingtou.

But if you have been in contact with Lao Dingtou for a long time, you will find that this person is actually quite soft, honest like potatoes, you let him stew with whomever he wants, he stews with whomever he wants. At the beginning, Luo Hong probably had such an impression of Lao Dingtou.

But if you really have an in-depth understanding of Lao Dingtou, then you probably won't easily use these two simple faces to define this unremarkable old man.

The person who really knows something about Lao Dingtou is Luo Ji. Twenty years ago, when Lao Dingtou first arrived in the eastern part of the mainland, he met Father Luo. After so many years, although these two are still just simple working partners, it is difficult to say that they have any personal relationship, but from the information revealed in the usual words, Daddy Luo can easily draw a conclusion: Lao Dingtou is definitely an old man with a story.

Of course, Lao Dingtou's story has little to do with Daddy Luo, and Daddy Luo never deliberately asks. He just needs to know that this old man is an old guy who has lived for almost two hundred years, and this old guy has been fighting in the wind and waves for one hundred and seventy years, and in the end he has not been able to get out of the way, but he has not been trampled to death.

Now that people are old and can't mix around, they find a place in the countryside and talk about it as an appraiser to make a living. All day long, he wore an expression worthy of remuneration and did a job worthy of remuneration. He is not happy when you praise him, and he does not take it to heart if you hurt him, and he will always be the same as if he did not pay for his life.

However, if you think that Lao Dingtou is an honest person because of this, it is very wrong, and Daddy Luo can tell you very responsibly that this Lao Dingtou's temper is definitely not as harmless as you imagined. People usually look like that because they don't want to meet you in general, behind his professional packaging as an appraiser, there may be a lot of shady things hidden!

Rawn is an example of a hanging on the wall.

Lao Ding Tou is indeed not a good-natured person, he is just too lazy to show it, just like now, the temporary shopkeeper who doesn't know anything about the fart is pretending to look at antiques there, and he is very unwelcome.

"With just those broken antiques, can you still tell what the flowers are from?

"I don't know if the money shopkeeper can get anything?" this is what the old Ding Tou said.

"I didn't get anything, but there were some puzzles. Qian Yang held two black things in his hand and looked at them over and over.

"Yo he! I don't know how to ask, this is still better than the previous two hundred and five. "That's what the old man thought.

"The money shopkeeper is humble. "This is what the old Ding Tou said.

Qian Yang didn't know that this old man was such an old man, he walked straight to the old Ding Tou with two things and said: "Uncle Ding, look at these two things, this is a bronze mirror engraved with "Lianzhao Noble", although the workmanship is rough, but the style should be something from the end of the Ming Dynasty. And the other is the old silver pendant, full of black rust, what is painted on it is not clear anymore, but it can be vaguely seen that some effort has been put into the pattern. ”

"Huh?" the old man was stunned, and said in his heart, do you really know something?

Qian Yang still frowned and said: "These two things are really not good, and now they are so ugly that it is normal for ordinary people to look down on them." But these two things are still worth some money, according to my estimate, their value should not be much different, they are both around a thousand spirit stones. But the price tag on it is 500, 1,000, what is the reason for this?"

Lao Dingtou was silent, he thought that Qian Yang was a kid who didn't understand anything, so he didn't even dare to say anything serious after being here for half a year. Who knew that today's casual remarks revealed the bottom, without a considerable degree of appraisal level, it is absolutely impossible to say this.

You must know that Qian Yang has not stopped reading and studying over the years, since he got the countless collectible books at the bottom of the broken ice, he has to find time to read for half an hour almost every day, and over time, now Qian Yang has seen some ways to identify antiques.

It just so happened that the two things he was holding in his hand now were all rotten street goods, and Qian Yang had also seen something similar to them in a certain book. In his opinion, the value of these two strange and ugly objects is similar, they are about a thousand spirit stones, the old silver pendant seems to be slightly better, but the gap is definitely not half so exaggerated, the appraisal conclusion given by the old Ding Tou is very puzzling to him, how can the bronze mirror only be worth five hundred yuan?

"That price was set by Shopkeeper Luo himself. What Lao Ding Tou thought in his heart was not on his face, and he still had a faint smile that rejected people thousands of miles away.

"Oh?" Qian Yang was stunned: "Why?"

"Indeed, the aura content in these two antiques should indeed not be much different, but their content is a little embarrassing, and they are just at the critical point. Old Ding Tou said.

"Critical point?" Qian Yang didn't understand.

Lao Dingtou nodded: "Generally speaking, the antiques that monks buy with a thousand spirit stones are all in order to break through the bottleneck of the seventh layer of qi refining, and whether the spiritual energy contained in these two antiques is enough for the monk to break through the seventh layer of qi refining. If it's natural enough, it's best, if it's not enough, it's a semi-waste. ”

Lao Ding glanced at Qian Yang casually: "According to industry practice, for some antiques that have a high chance of becoming semi-waste, they will often be downshifted, and this bronze mirror is like this." ”

"Downshift?" Qian Yang suddenly understood: "Is it said that because the aura content in this bronze mirror may not be enough for a monk to break through the seventh layer of qi refining, it can only be sold to a monk who is used to break through the bottleneck of the third layer of qi refining?"

"That's right. Lao Dingtou nodded: "If it goes well, this bronze mirror may be able to enable the monk to directly reach the fourth layer of qi refining when he breaks through the bottleneck of the third layer of qi refining, so the shopkeeper finally set the price of five hundred." ”

"I see!" Qian Yang nodded, this time he understood the account, the price curve of antiques was not smooth, but in a stepped manner, and each level of the ladder corresponded to a monk of the same rank. Just like these antiques in the warehouse, the five hundred spirit stones of the bronze mirror are the highest price in the grade of the third layer of qi refining. And the price range of five hundred to one thousand is blank, and one thousand spirit stones and above are things of the seventh grade of qi refining.

This price ladder is almost fixed, and even if the price adjustment said by the old Ding Tou, it will definitely not break the original price range. Originally, one thousand and two could be sold for one thousand and one, or even one thousand at all, but if it was less than one thousand, it would be downgraded.

Qian Yang shook his head and sighed lightly: "That is to say, this bronze mirror originally had a value of close to one thousand, but the price was set at five hundred and it still couldn't be sold!"

Lao Dingtou nodded, but then a hint of narrowness flashed in the corner of his eyes, and he suddenly thought: Since he has said this, maybe he can just try what kind of goods this second-hand shopkeeper is.

Lao Ding raised his head and raised his eyes, and spoke slowly: "Perhaps, the price of this bronze mirror is set at eight or nine hundred spirit stones, and it has already been sold, what does the money shopkeeper think?"

"This ......" Qian Yang was stunned and thoughtful.

The aura content in this antique is indeed worth eight or nine hundred spirit stones! Moreover, selling eight or nine hundred spirit stones is equivalent to telling customers that this antique can be used to break through the bottleneck of the seventh layer of qi refining, but it may not be successful. You can buy it back and gamble on it! If it does, then you will save one or two hundred spirit stones. If it doesn't work, then God can only blame it for not favoring it. Bet on whether you bet or not, anyway, the store has clearly told you that there is a possibility of failure, no problem!

Lao Ding Tou continued: "In fact, antiques like this that have been downgraded are not easy to sell at all, and those who buy antiques are all to break the bottleneck, and they can be broken through by spending three hundred spirit stones, but you have to let people buy five hundred, and most people are reluctant." Therefore, there are quite a few such antique shops, and if the money shopkeeper agrees, we can adjust the price of these antiques, and sell 800 for 500 and 3,500 for 1,005. Of course, what was originally sold for 1,000 can also be sold for 900, and what was originally sold for 5,000 can also be sold for 4,000. As for which one to buy, it's up to the customer to decide, how?"

"Uh......" Qian Yang subconsciously shook his head: "Cherish life and stay away from gambling." ”

Lao Ding Tou smiled: "You get what you pay for, there is nothing foolproof in the world, the probability of success is greater if the price is high, and the chance of success is smaller if the price is low." Wouldn't it make sense for the customer to choose?"

Qian Yang's mind was a little confused: "Uncle Ding, how do other antique shops deal with things like this?"

Old Ding Tou shook his head: "All antique stores are priced in the same way as we used to, but they are very different in nature from us. Except for our Qingling Pavilion, I am afraid that half of the antique shops in this world are fakes. What they want is price consistency, so that the fakes are hidden in the real thing. And we don't sell fakes, so I wondered if we could change the pricing rules?"

"Is there no precedent for changing the pricing principle? Let me think about it. Qian Yang frowned, unable to make up his mind for a while.

However, he vaguely felt that this pricing method was not appropriate. If you do this, will there be a lot of people who are greedy to gamble on those bargains? Those who dare to be greedy for cheap in such a big matter as breaking through the bottleneck, I'm afraid that they won't be rich in their pockets, right?

Naturally, you have the right to set prices when you open a store, and there is no problem with the principle of getting what you pay for, but Qian Yang thinks that it is not a bit unkind to do this? It is good to have the right to set prices when you open a store, but if you exercise your power, it will have a corresponding impact. And if the effect is negative, isn't that appropriate?

But since it's a store, making money is the first thing, there's nothing wrong with it, and it's not cheating, it's not forcing people to buy, you can decide what you buy, and there's nothing wrong with it!

"But I really don't think it's very suitable!" Qian Yang suddenly felt that he still didn't live well enough, and fell into a deep entanglement for a while: "Or is it because the cultivation has grown too fast recently?"