"Who told you I have no money?" Ling Cang took out a stack of banknotes and waved them provocatively in front of the stall owner, then immediately put them away again: "Bring out some good stuff, sixteen thousand won't be a problem. , but for something like this, I have to consider it for 16 yuan,"
Ling Cang learned this method from the nouveau riche in school. Although it was extremely tacky, it was very useful. The stall owner followed the pile of bills with greedy eyes until he couldn't see them anymore, and then he swallowed. Said: "Wait a moment..."
In less than five minutes, the stall owner turned around, holding a necklace in his hand that looked exactly like the one just now: "As you said, I'll give you sixteen thousand for the good stuff."
"This..." Su Mengqing compared it and shook her head in confusion: "There is no difference."
"The difference is huge," Ling Cang smiled slightly, took it and told Su Mengqing: "The beads in this necklace are mixed with many precious stones such as glass, agate, jade and garnet, especially the pendant below. It is carved from a block of agate, and the carving is very good. If I am not mistaken, the string just now is a copycat of this string. If you encounter people who don’t know how to do it, they will use it to fool people."
"You are indeed a good person," the stall owner couldn't help but feel proud after hearing this introduction: "Ten thousand and sixty thousand, I'll sell it to you."
"Sixteen thousand..." Ling Cang smiled and shook his head: "It's too much, I can only give you six thousand,"
"Why are you like this?" the stall owner said anxiously, "you said good things should be given good prices,"
Ling Cang was not in a hurry and talked slowly, picking out a lot of problems with the piece of agate. There were a lot of professional terms mixed in. The stall owner could understand it at first, but later he was confused and looked at it stupidly. With Ling Cang.
Su Mengqing and Zhao Xinru didn't understand what Ling Cang was talking about, but they could barely tell that it was all about something wrong with the agate.
This intelligent and rational analysis attracted many listeners, and more and more people came to this stall.
"Is there really so many problems with this agate?" Su Mengqing shook her head and said in confusion: "But it looks very beautiful..."
"Actually, this piece of agate is very good, but..." Ling Cang leaned into Su Mengqing's ear, feeling the intoxicating aroma, and said softly: "This is the art of bargaining,"
"Okay, okay, don't say any more," the stall owner waved his hand vigorously: "Sixteen thousand in total, if you don't buy it, you should leave quickly."
"Of course I will leave, but I still want to say a few words, your business is too unrealistic," Ling Cang said with a straight face, and lectured the stall owner word by word: "First use the counterfeit goods to deceive you, and use the real ones to hide the trouble." How can you make money by taking out goods and ruthlessly robbing people?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the onlookers nodded their heads one after another: "It's not that bad..."
"Hey, there are more and more profiteers in Guanhai Temple now, and there are fewer and fewer good things."
Today is not a weekend or a holiday. People who can come to Guanhai Temple to hang out, or those who like to play with such things, or the wealthy and leisurely class, often come here. If they identify a stall with good products, the business of this stall will be will be seriously affected.
The stall owner was not only anxious now, but also a little scared. He said hurriedly: "Okay, you young man is very good at bargaining... It's only 10,000 yuan. Do you want it?"
"I sincerely want to buy it, you sincerely want to sell it," Ling Cang returned the necklace to the stall owner and said coldly: "Let's make friends. Isn't it worth four thousand yuan?"
"Six thousand yuan is really too little,"
"I come here often to take care of your business, and I have spent a few 4,000 yuan,"
"Okay, I'll give in one more step, seven thousand,"
"Seven thousand..." The stall owner hesitated for a moment. Seeing more and more people gathering around him, he finally gritted his teeth and stamped his feet: "One price, eight thousand."
Ling Cang immediately agreed: "Okay,"
"As you said, you will come to take care of my business from time to time,"
"I'll know who you are from now on. I'm here to pretend to be rich and cheat celebrities. Do you really think you have spare money to buy these things?" Ling Cang thought to himself and nodded to the stall owner: "Deal."
Su Mengqing immediately opened her bag to get money, but Ling Cang stopped her and said, "I'll do it." Then, Ling Cang took out the money from his pocket and gave it to the stall owner, and then handed the necklace to Su Mengqing: "When we meet for the first time, treat it as a meeting gift. I hope you don’t dislike it,”
"This...how is that good?" Su Mengqing took out the money and forcibly handed it to Ling Cang: "It's our first time meeting, why do I want your things? I'd better give you the money."
"He said he gave it to you, so just accept it," Zhao Xinru became polite for Ling Cang at this time and said generously: "We have known each other for so long, and I haven't given you anything. This time I just borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha. "
"Then...thank you," Zhao Xinru took back the money in embarrassment and put the necklace on her neck: "I like this necklace very much. It turns out that if the copycat one sold so much, I would buy it too."
Zhao Xinru is very generous to others, but Ling Cang's doing this really added a lot of face to Zhao Xinru.
Ling Cang was a little strange at first, but Zhao Xinru showed up in front of his peers without any scruples. Wasn't he afraid that people would go back and spread some scandals?
But soon, Ling Cang understood that Zhao Xinru was indeed out of date now. If someone really came out to hype up the scandal and attract everyone's attention, it might be of great help to her to regain her popularity. Zhao Xinru made an appointment to go shopping by herself. She just wanted the paparazzi to follow her and take pictures, which is why she always looked behind her unconsciously.
A few people chatted for a while. Su Mengqing still had something to do, so she left. Ling Cang and Zhao Xinru continued shopping. Zhao Xinru asked meaningfully: "Are you interested in Su Mengqing?"
Ling Cang has never considered this problem, because to him, various celebrities have always only stayed on the TV screen, or in some photos secretly circulated on the Internet. For Ling Cang, the lives of celebrities are far away from him. It’s really too far away: “I… didn’t have much chance to meet people in the entertainment industry in the past, so I wanted to leave a good impression on everyone,”
"Now that you know me, you will have a lot of opportunities to get in touch with the entertainment industry in the future," Zhao Xinru said, her expression suddenly stagnated: "It's just that this circle is not what it seems at all. If you think that everyone in it is Everything is as bright and beautiful as the surface, I'm afraid I will be disappointed."
"Yeah,"
"Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore," Zhao Xinru looked at Ling Cang and suddenly smiled mysteriously: "If you want to get to know a celebrity, I can introduce it to you, but this Su Mengqing, forget it..."
"Why,"
"We stars all work hard on our own, but Su Mengqing's background is different,"
"What's different,"
"You'll find out later,"
While the two of them were talking, they came to the door of a Jubao Pavilion, a four-story classical building decorated in an antique style.
Ling Cang pointed to the sign: "Go in and take a look,"
"This place is very famous. There are many good things, but the price..." Zhao Xinru smiled and shook her head: "I don't specialize in this, and I can't afford to come to a place like this."
Ling Cang felt that if Zhao Xinru really liked something, as long as she was willing to open her mouth, she would not be afraid that Jiang Mingxian would not buy it. The meaning of her crying for poverty now was obvious, so Ling Cang said with a smile: "I will give it to you if you like it. "
"Why is this so embarrassing? A sister should give something to her brother,"
"Let's talk about what you want to give me later," Ling Cang waved his hand and said seriously: "If I accept you as my sister, I must first show my affection."
Zhao Xinru said noncommittally: "Then let's go in and take a look before talking."
Jubao Pavilion is very famous in the Guanhai Temple area. Usually not many people come in and out, but every time a business is done, there will be an astonishing number.
As soon as Ling Cang and Zhao Xinru appeared in front of the door, a tall girl wearing a white cheongsam came over: "You two, welcome to Jubao Pavilion, please come in,"
This girl is very beautiful. If it were in the past, Ling Cang would definitely have looked at the slender legs exposed outside the cheongsam. However, Ling Cang is pretending to be a rich man at this time, so he must have a well-informed style, which naturally includes Beauty.
So Ling Cang could only look at the ceiling, pretending to be awesome and said: "Just take a look,"
"I don't know what you two like, antiques, calligraphy and painting, or..."
Zhao Xinru asked casually: "Is there any jade?"
"You two are really here, we just got a batch of Xiuyu here..."
"You think I'm a layman," Ling Cang interrupted Miss Zhike without politeness: "Don't talk to me about worthless things, take some good jade out and look at it,"
"I don't know how much price you mean when you say good,"
Ling Cang said one word at a time: "Let's talk about it when we see it."
"Then I don't know if you want to see a handle, a pendant, a bracelet or something else,"
"Bracelet," Zhao Xinru immediately told Miss Zhike: "Good bracelet,"
"Hold on,"
While Miss Zhike turned around and went in to get something, Zhao Xinru told Ling Cang: "I don't know much about these things. If you understand so well, you must give me a good eye."
"no problem,"
Ling Cang had never been to an antique market, but during those years in the mountains, there was a teacher who specialized in teaching antiques.
It was this teacher who told Ling Cang that antique shops mostly watch people order dishes, and different people introduce different things. Those who are rich, calm, and seem to be quite knowledgeable will usually offer genuine products. As for those people who talk and act like a nouveau riche, even if they buy cheap Xiu jade, they may be sold as fakes.
Not long after, Miss Zhike came out, holding a tray with two jade bracelets, one yellow and one white.
Zhao Xinru took the white bracelet directly and exclaimed: "It's so beautiful."
This jade bracelet is completely white and flawless. It looks warm, dense, translucent and pure, like gelatin.
Miss Zhike immediately introduced to the side: "Madam, you are really discerning. This is a piece of mutton-fat white jade, which is the best of Hetian jade. Hetian jade is the best of jade. Since ancient times, it has symbolized benevolence. "Righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness are the virtues of justice, so people say that a gentleman is like jade. In ancient times, only emperors and generals were qualified to wear mutton-fat white jade."
Zhao Xinru played with it for a while, then handed it to Ling Cang and asked, "Do you think this is what it looks like?"
"Not bad," Ling Cang put it in the sun to look at, then tapped it lightly with his nails: "It is indeed the best mutton-fat white jade,"
"You know so much, can you give me a detailed introduction?"
"As this beauty said, mutton-fat white jade has always been the best among jade," Ling Cang introduced while playing with it: "If you have the opportunity to go to Xi'an, you can visit the History Museum. There is a piece of Western Han Dynasty in it. The Queen's Seal can be called the treasure of the palace. It is made of mutton-fat white jade. The seal is very small, not much bigger than a fingernail. If the material used for this bracelet were to make a seal like that, I'm afraid seven or eight pieces could be made. ,"
Zhao Xinru raised her eyebrows slightly and asked curiously: "Oh, the Queen's Seal,"
"Guess who the owner of that seal is,"
"have no idea,"
"Lü Pheasant, the wife of Han Emperor Liu Bang, one of the strongest women in Chinese history," Ling Cang looked at Zhao Xinru and introduced with a pun: "She has been a queen all her life and has not ascended the throne to become emperor, but her power is not inferior to that of Every emperor, including Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, was afraid of her. After Liu Bang died, she actually held power in the Western Han Dynasty for more than ten years, and the Western Han Dynasty was the most powerful and prosperous dynasty in Chinese history."
Zhao Xinru nodded with a half-smile: "That's it,"
Miss Zhike hurriedly followed: "This gentleman really knows the goods."
"Okay..." Zhao Xinru took the bracelet and asked Miss Zhike: "How much does it cost?"
"Because you know the goods so well, I will give you the lowest price, three hundred and sixty thousand,"
Hearing the price, Ling Cang broke into a cold sweat. He knew that this bracelet would definitely not be cheap, but he didn't expect it to be so expensive.
Perhaps for a child of an aristocratic family like Shen Fanlei, 260,000 yuan to buy a bracelet is not expensive, but Ling Cang, a rich man, is a fake. He only has 30,000 to 50,000 yuan in cash in his pocket, and he borrowed it from Cao Bingqi's card. from.
"It's a bit expensive..." Zhao Xinru put the bracelet back and cast a meaningful look at Ling Cang.
Before Ling Cang could say anything, there was a burst of noise, and then a short, fat, middle-aged man walked out of the room with a heavily made-up woman in his arms.
"Your Jubao Pavilion is famous, but in my opinion, it doesn't live up to its name." This fat man was covered in gold, with two gold necklaces hanging around his neck and six gold rings on his hands. His appearance was even more vulgar than Liang Xiangyu's on the day of the reception. : "After half an hour of wasting time, you just tried to fool me with some bargains. Do you think I can't afford them?"
The two people were received by another Miss Zhike. This Miss Zhike was sweating and kept explaining: "Please wait a moment and I will choose two more for you. You will definitely be satisfied this time."
"No need." The woman who was traveling with her saw the mutton-fat jade bracelet here. She hurriedly came over and picked it up: "This bracelet is so beautiful. Why didn't you see it just now?"