Zhuang Rui looked at Uncle De with a bewildered expression. Uncle De's words just now shocked him too much.
Because he was really curious, Zhuang Rui asked Uncle De if there could be any dirty things happening in the pawn shop. After all, he had been working here for more than a year. Although he didn't have much involvement in the business of the pawn shop, he had never seen anything happen.
What was unacceptable was what Uncle De said just now, but it aroused his curiosity.
After being pressed by Zhuang Rui, Uncle De finally said it. It turns out that in various pawn shops, pawnbrokers also make mistakes. After all, the methods of counterfeiting cultural relics are becoming more and more sophisticated. Many cultural relics are even better than opening the door.
It must be authentic and make it difficult for people to distinguish between true and false. This really cannot be blamed on the poor quality of these appraisers. If instruments are not used for appraisal, I am afraid that even some master appraisers will be fooled.
It stands to reason that after pawn shops collect these fake items, they should seal them up or destroy them. However, when they purchase these items, they often spend a lot of money. If they are disposed of through formal channels, the loss will not be huge.
Small, so some pawn shops, together with auction houses, auction these fake antiques, and issue the pawn shop's dead pawn documents, and the auction houses will hype them up and pass them off as genuine, deceiving some antique enthusiasts or ordinary people who are not very high-level.
Collectors.
Since most people have a mentality of taking advantage, with the dead pawn documents issued by the pawn shop, the strong boasts on the color pages of the auction house's promotional posters, and the relatively low starting price, many people flock to this type of thing.
The auction items are the easiest to sell, but the items bought by those buyers who think they are getting treasures are actually fake.
In recent years, some private enterprise owners who have become rich have begun to invest in new antique businesses. Some spend a lot of money to select "top" national treasures, some lions open their mouths and "eat all" when they come up, and some people are superstitious about "Taobao" from overseas. And this
Some wealthy people are the targets of pawn shops and auction houses.
"Why am I lying to you, old man, but you just need to know this. Don't spread it to others. It can easily offend others. Although it is said that families have their own laws and practices, not many people pay attention to this these days.
If you say you go out and ruin other people's jobs, someone will come after you."
Seeing Zhuang Rui's unhappy look, Uncle De quickly and solemnly warned him. This kind of thing involves a wide range of things, and even some large multinational auction companies are involved. They are extremely powerful, and not just one or two people can do it.
What can be shaken is that he is afraid that Zhuang Rui will be impulsive and expose this matter, and then Zhuang Rui will not be able to gain a foothold in this industry.
Even Uncle De himself, sometimes under certain pressure, will take out three or two eye-catching items and hand them over to the auction house for auction. However, this pawn shop has only been established for a short time, and this kind of thing has only happened once.
Only twice, but this is one of the reasons why Uncle De decided to step down as manager.
"Uncle De, these rich people can be considered elites. They can't be fooled so easily, right? Wouldn't they ask someone to appraise it?"
Zhuang Rui was a little puzzled. It was understandable to buy fake items from shops and stalls, but if tens of thousands or millions were spent to buy antiques, buyers would be very cautious. Pawn shops and auctions
It shouldn't be easy to fool these people.
Apart from others, Fatty Ma from Shanxi, whom Zhuang Rui knew, always brought a special appraiser with him to various auctions. At the grassland auction in Tibet, Fatty Ma was traveling during his trip.
, so there is no appraiser following.
Uncle De smiled bitterly when he heard this and said: "Xiao Zhuang, there are many things that are not as simple as you think. For example, even I can't tell the difference between true and false objects for a while. What else do you expect?"
Can an appraiser identify it in a short auction process? Many buyers keep the auctioned items at home for several years without knowing they are fake.
Let me give you another analogy. There are about four to five thousand people "playing in and out" of the jade antiques industry in Zhejiang Province now, but there are only a few dozen people who really know the goods. Most of them are folk enthusiasts, and some are amateurs.
Because his business in other areas was successful, he switched to jade and antiques for fun.
Some people in the industry take a fancy to the fact that these bosses are wealthy and face-loving, so they deliberately set up traps to let them get in. As the saying goes: Gold is valuable, jade is priceless. Many people think that jade is a priceless treasure, and their net worth will rise if they brag about it.
Yes, in fact, like gold and silver, jade also has a price, and in the eyes of experts, the general valuation will not be too different."
As Uncle De spoke, he took off a white jade Pixiu toy from his waist, handed it to Zhuang Rui, and then continued: "This thing is a piece of Hetian jade that I collected myself, and found someone to process it.
The estimated price is around 15,000 yuan. Someone offered me 22,000 yuan a few days ago, but I didn’t take part. This thing is quite exquisite, so it’s good to keep it for yourself.
Xiaozhuang, the 20,000 I mentioned is just the price within the circle. If it were taken to the market and sold in a large shopping mall or jewelry store, such a pendant would be worth at least 100,000. This is the difference between the inside and outside of the circle.
Some bosses like to buy jewelry and jade at bargain prices in shopping malls. They think they are getting a big deal, but they don't know that they make people in the circle laugh.
Let me tell you a true story, which happened around the time of the Chinese New Year. There was a "powerful" boss in Zhejiang who also fell in love with the antique collecting business. A few years ago, he spent 100,000 yuan on good food and accommodation.
We invited a jade appraisal expert from Beijing, who I also know. The boss asked the expert to put a lot of effort into appraising the jades he collected from home and abroad. After looking at it, the expert declined and said that it takes at least 10 years to identify ancient jade.
After half a year, it was hard to come to a conclusion, so I hurriedly said goodbye and left.
After the boss celebrated the New Year, he asked me to look for him and asked me to help him take a look. Did you know that among the dozens of so-called most valuable ancient jades, none of them were from before the Song Dynasty, and several of them were from before the Song Dynasty.
Jade from the Ming and Qing dynasties is already very good, and more of it is antique jade. Of course, the jade is real jade, but the value of new jade that is restored using antique techniques is very different."
Zhuang Rui was stunned by Uncle De's words. It turned out that there were so many traps in this business, but he was still a little confused and asked: "Uncle De, these people who buy antiques or, as you said, buy jade
People, can they let it go after they bought fake stuff in the auction house? These people are not ordinary people who are allowed to be bullied, so why don't they look for the blame?"
Uncle De smiled. He felt a little thirsty now. He poured himself a cup of tea. After drinking it, he said: "Xiao Zhuang, you are still too young. What can you think of? Do you only specialize in this kind of food?"
Who would have thought of those? The auction house's invoice only says "handicraft", which is completely different from the promotion on the advertising poster color page. It will be useless to file a lawsuit if you suffer a loss.
Those big bosses who collect antiques and jades may be business wizards and are leaders in their own industry, but they are very different from each other. Success in this industry may not be equally successful in other industries. Moreover, appreciating jade and antiques is a "child's skill"
, "Tai Chi", without ten or eight years of practice, you can't get into it. Old man, I have been playing it all my life, and I have been punched a lot, not to mention those bosses who think they are experts after reading a few books.
Already.
Zhuang Rui blushed a little when Uncle De said this. He is the type of person who has read a few books and considers himself to be good. However, Zhuang Rui is still different from those bosses. At least they want him to pay tuition without paying attention. Those who cheat
People, I'm afraid, have to make auras out of fake antiques.
Okay, let's go to the conference room. It's almost time. We'll have a meeting today to clarify your appointment."
After Uncle De finished speaking, he stood up, took the jade brave from Zhuang Rui, and hung it on his waist. Zhuang Rui's sharp eyes saw that there were actually three or four jade objects hanging on Uncle De's waist.
Buying jade?
Uncle De walked to the door and suddenly remembered something. He turned around and said to Zhuang Rui: "That little girl Xu Ling is a bit playful. She is now on probation. If you think it's not good, you can fire her. But she
She has been performing well during this period, so I don’t think she is average.”
Zhuang Rui nodded, and then he understood why Xu Ling was so respectful to him when he entered the pawn shop in the morning. It was all up to him whether he wanted to keep her or not, but Zhuang Rui was too lazy to argue with her.
, encountering robbers is a natural and man-made disaster. Then again, without this incident, I am afraid that my eyes would not be able to have super powers.
The conference room of the pawn shop is actually a converted office. It is not big. There is a round table that can sit around seven or eight people. At this time, only Xu Ling and Lai Jingdong are sitting next to the round table, as well as the salesperson from Juedang District.
Of the three of them, Wang Bing was nowhere to be seen. Uncle De couldn't help but pull his face down. He personally called to inform him, but he came even later than himself.
"Xiao Lai, where is Wang Bing?"
"Uncle De, a customer just came here. He has some pieces of jewelry that Wang must appraise. He is in his office right now. He may have to come over later." Lai Jindong's attitude towards Uncle De was much better than before.
However, Zhuang Rui just nodded slightly, looking indifferent.
Hearing that Wang must be receiving customers, Uncle De's expression softened and he asked Zhuang Rui to sit at the head of the table. Uncle De looked around at a few people and said: "Today I am announcing an appointment. After the leaders of the investment company
After research and decision, Comrade Zhuang Rui was appointed as the manager of the pawn shop, responsible for all daily administrative affairs. If you have any questions in the future, just go to Manager Zhuang. I also hope that everyone can support Zhuang in the future just like you support my work.
A manager’s job.”
After Uncle De said these words, Lai Jindong's originally smiling face slowly became stiff. Within the pawn shop, except for Uncle De, only Xu Ling knew about Zhuang Rui taking over as the manager of the pawn shop.
I learned a little bit about it through my relationship with the investment company, but neither Lai Jingdong nor Wang Bingding knew about it at all.
In Lai Jindong's eyes, Zhuang Rui was just a kid who had just graduated. He had no experience, no background, and no background. The two of them had never regarded him as a competitor. They did know that Uncle De had lived for a while.
In time, he will step down as the manager, so during this period, both of them have great respect for Uncle De. They hope that Uncle De can give them some kind words and score some points in front of the leaders of the investment company.
But he didn't expect that Zhuang Rui, who was injured in the robbery incident years ago, would actually become his boss on his first day at work today. Lai Jindong, who had been fighting openly and secretly with Wang Dingyi for half a year, couldn't accept this fact at all.
.
"Uncle De, for something like this, the investment company should have issued a document, right?"
Lai Jindong asked with some reluctance. He knew that Uncle De and Zhuang Rui had a good relationship, so there was no guarantee that this matter was not decided by Uncle De himself.
"Of course there is. It's been more than a month since the appointment document of Manager Zhuang came out. But he has been recovering from his injuries, so I didn't announce it. Everyone can take a look."
Uncle De took out a red-headed document from his bag. It was clearly written on the top of the document: Comrade Zhuang Rui was appointed as the manager of the pawn shop. After Lai Jindong took it, his face became as ugly as death.
"Let me say a few words. We all know each other, and there is no need to introduce myself. Now I will talk about the future work arrangements of the pawn shop. Xu Ling will continue to be responsible for the work of the cashier. She must hand over money and materials to the bank every day. Xiao
Xie is still responsible for the absolute district, as for Lai the appraiser..."
When Zhuang Rui said this, he paused and woke up Lai Jindong who was in a daze. After seeing this document, Lai Jindong understood that unless he resigned, he would have to be led by Zhuang Rui in the future. Listen at this moment
When Zhuang Rui mentioned his name, his eyes couldn't help but look at Zhuang Rui, and at the same time he secretly made up his mind that if Zhuang Rui touched his professional field, he would submit his resignation immediately.
"As for Appraiser Lai, his professional knowledge is very well-known in the industry. Let's do this. In the future, if there are auctions of luxury goods and foreign works of art, it will be up to you and Appraiser Wang to negotiate with the auction house.
Well, I won’t ask about specific matters, and I will also make suggestions to the investment company and give you full responsibility."
Zhuang Rui's words made Lai Jindong, who was originally frustrated, completely stunned. He and Wang Bing competed for the position of manager for more than half a year, firstly for the investment funds, and secondly to establish cooperation with the auction house.
There are a lot of tricks in the power of relationships. If you do it well, you can make one or two million a year, and it won't be a big problem.
In the past, Uncle De had firmly grasped this power. According to Lai Jindong's idea, after Zhuang Rui became the manager, he would definitely have a firm grip on this power. However, he did not expect that when he took office, he would actually
The right to communicate with the auction house was delegated to the two of them, and they had to formally report to the investment company, which made Lai Jingdong feel like a dream.
