Liu Xu said: "The man used napkins when he came out to check out. After he drew two, he hesitated a little, drew two more and put them in his pocket. A man who can even take advantage of such a small thing, do you think he would help?
We pay the bill? So that kind of arrogance is just an act, if it weren’t for that girl, he wouldn’t have helped us..."
"No matter what, we owe them a favor." After saying that, Han Kongque led the two people towards a shop with a big word "Paid" on the side.
"Do you really want to pawn it? That bracelet is so beautiful." Zhou Meiren was a little reluctant.
Liu Catkin said: "There are plenty of peacocks with bracelets like that, so you don't have to feel sorry for him."
Han Kongque saw that Zhou Meiren really liked her, so he said, "Why don't you just take the white jade Guanyin that I carved yesterday and take it for granted? I'll also take this opportunity to explore the market."
"Okay, anyway, we have a lot of this kind of jade in our hands. If you want it, you can carve one for me." Zhou Meiren was immediately happy.
Han Kongque said: "There are a lot of pawn shops here! And the Exit-Entry Administration Bureau actually requires a deposit."
Liu Xu said: "This is a very considerate rule. If the deposit is not collected, the gamblers who come here will lose all their money and how will they go home? So the deposit is actually the last bit of travel expenses left for them."
"How do you know?" Han Peacock asked curiously.
LiuXu smiled and said, "I guessed it."
Han Kongque let go of Zhou Meiren and took out a bracelet from his pocket, with a delicate phoenix wrapped around it. Because it was a red gold bracelet, although it had been baptized by time, it did not cover up the luxurious golden light.
"Since you like it, I'll give this to you." Han Kongque put the bracelet on Zhou Meiren's hand.
Zhou Meiren looked at the bracelet in surprise and said, "You are indeed different from before. It used to be painful to buy a two-yuan stainless steel ring."
Han Kongque said with a smile: "Every penny the two of us spent at that time was Chen Qing's hard-earned money. Can I waste it?"
At this time Liu Xu said: "I have never received a ring like that."
Han Kongque held his forehead, he really forgot about this, but he was prepared: "I prepared it for you, but I was too busy recently, so I forgot about it. When I got back, I saw that I prepared a lot of things for you.
They are all at home. They have not been sent to the ship."
"A lot?" Liuxu said in surprise.
Han Peacock smiled and said: "There are many. If I don't talk about it now, you can put this on first."
Saying that, Han Peacock took out another golden bracelet and put it on Liu Xing's wrist.
"It's exactly the same as Sister Zhou's!" Liu Xu said happily.
Han Kongque looked at her like that. He flicked her forehead and said, "The jealousy is really strong. It turns out that I never wanted to bring these things. Just because I gave one to the beauty, you want it now."
Liu Xu said dissatisfiedly: "Not taking it does not mean that I don't like it. Naturally, we soldiers can't take those messy ratings. It's different now. Maybe I will retire after returning to China."
Han Kongque said with a smile: "If you don't want to, they won't be willing to let you retire."
Liu Xu said: "Forget it, there's no point in keeping my military membership. I'd better run my hospital properly! With the support of your laboratory, it will be much easier to save lives and heal the wounded."
"Let's go, we will arouse others' suspicion." Zhou Meiren pushed Han Kongque because they had been blocking the door of the pawnshop for a long time.
Han Peacock held the catkins and walked into this pawn shop. The decoration here is similar to that of a bank, except that it does not do savings business, but pawns. However, they are as tightly guarded as a bank.
As soon as I walked into the lobby, a beautiful woman in her thirties walked up. Looking at the work badge in front of her, she was the lobby manager.
"Three guests, how can I help you?" The beautiful woman stepped forward and said politely.
Han Kongque's eyes were not attracted by this beautiful woman. His eyes were completely attracted by the various things behind the bulletproof glass.
"Are those things for sale?" Han Kongque asked, pointing to some porcelain, jade, jewelry, watches and other things.
Of course, the beautiful woman saw Han Peacock's expression, so she naturally said: "Of course, as long as it is something that has not been redeemed when it expires, we will sell it. We will not put it in the window if it cannot be sold.
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Han Kongque said: "Then let's see if we can get started?"
The beautiful woman said: "This requires fund verification. As long as there are enough funds, we have a VIP room over there."
There is nothing ordinary here, and no one pawns ordinary things, so the VIP room is essential.
Han Peacock turned to the two women and said, "Which one of you has a bank card?"
Liu Xu rolled her eyes at Han Kongque and said, "You didn't bring it with you, how can we bring it with you? If you did, wouldn't it be enough to swipe your card at the breakfast shop just now?"
Han Peacock smiled bitterly and said: "Women carry a small bag with them when walking and sitting, but they don't bring wallets. You two don't even bring your mobile phones, right?"
Liu Xu said: "We all have monitoring facilities on us, do you think we don't know?"
"That boy from Huangshan really doesn't want to live anymore." Han Kongque said fiercely.
Liu Xu said contemptuously: "If you hadn't given the order to Huangshan, it would be strange that he would do this. But now I am very happy. Han Peacock is a strong man who can live comfortably even if he is thrown into the desert. I am optimistic about you.
, behave well now."
Han Kongque said helplessly: "Now I have to pawn that Jade Guanyin, beauty. Take it out and show it to this manager."
Zhou Meiren took out the white jade Guanyin statue, which was only about ten centimeters, from her pocket and handed it to the manager next to her.
The manager didn't answer: "Sir and the two ladies, please go this way. We'll go to the VIP room to talk."
Although it was just a glance, the texture of the jade Guanyin was immediately seen by the lobby manager. People who own such things are definitely qualified to enter the VIP room. You know, it is definitely not possible to get the position of lobby manager in a pawn shop.
Simple role.
Han Kongque led the two women into the VIP room and waited for them to sit down. Tea was immediately served.
Zhou Meiren placed the white jade Guanyin on the table, and the lobby manager put on a pair of gloves before carefully picking it up and taking a closer look.
After she looked at it over and over for two or three minutes, she carefully placed it on the table.
She took off her gloves, raised her head and said, "How much do you want for the two guests?"
Han Kongque said: "Didn't you bid?"
The beautiful woman smiled and said: "You are pawning it, not selling it. If it is a dead pawn, it means selling it to us. We will appraise it and try to give you a high price. But now that it is a pawn, there is no need to take it so seriously.
Just tell me how much money you need now. If the value of this item exceeds the amount you need, we will accept the collateral and give you the amount you need.
As long as you pay back the money within the specified time limit, the things can be taken away. Therefore, it is not that the more money you pay, the better, because the more money you pay, the higher the interest you will pay."
Han Kongque nodded and said: "If this jade is worth a million, and we only need a hundred yuan, then we can pawn it for a hundred yuan. Then, including the interest, it will only be exchanged for a hundred or dozens of yuan. If we pawn it for a hundred yuan,
Ten thousand yuan, but you will need to pay back one million or hundreds of thousands yuan when the time comes, is that what you mean?"
"That's right. However, if you need one million yuan here, the interest definitely doesn't need to be hundreds of thousands, just tens of thousands. After all, the number of days we pawn will not be too long, so the interest will be natural
Not too much." The beautiful woman analyzed it for Han Peacock.
Liu Xu said at this time: "Most of the people who come here to pawn things are gamblers. These people are reduced to coming here to pawn things. Do you think they still have a chance to come here to redeem their things? So naturally, the more money you can pawn, the better."
, if you can't pay back the money then, then sell it, so that you won't suffer too much. I think people who come here should think like this."
The beautiful woman said helplessly: "You are right to think so. Now it is up to you to make your own decision, so I ask you how much money you want. We will operate this collateral according to your needs."
Han Kongque said: "Then let's take it as one million! I think this jade Guanyin should be worth this price."
The beautiful woman thought for a while and said: "I can't make the decision on this. Just wait a moment, I'll call the appraiser to re-appraise it. If the appraisal passes, one million is no problem."
When Han Kongque heard this, he was very happy: "By the way, I'll bring you some antiques here. I like that kind of stuff. Maybe the little money I pawned can be converted into something again, and then you won't have to bother giving me money."
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"Okay, you three, please wait a moment. Please drink some tea. These teas are all from the Red Mansion Restaurant. They are secret teas. They are very good. You three should have a good taste." After saying this, the beautiful woman went out.
After she walked out, Zhou Meicai looked at Han Peacock: "You didn't bring us here on purpose, did you?"
Han Peacock smiled and said: "How can I? I really forgot to bring my bank card when I went out."
Liuxu said: "You have a rat personality and will throw anything into the Xuanyuan Water Control Flag. I don't believe you would forget to bring money. What's the purpose of bringing us here?"
"I really forgot to bring money. Besides, I'm not a god. How could I have thought that it would cost money to come here? We know they follow us every day in Huangshan. Do we need to pay in person?" Han Kongque said with an innocent look.
Zhou Meiren smiled and said, "What about the secret tea from the Red Mansion Restaurant?"
Han Kongque was even more unjust, so he said: "If I brought you here on purpose, how could I let them have tea at the Red Mansion Restaurant? Isn't this exposing myself?"
Liu Xu and Zhou Meiren looked at Han Peacock with puzzled faces. Han Peacock was right. If it was intentional, how could Han Peacock let people tell people about Red Mansion Restaurant?
"Stop being suspicious. Let's have a good time today. Why are you so suspicious? Are you two still afraid that I will sell you?" Han Kongque said with an aggrieved look.
Zhou Meiren still said a little doubtfully: "When we come out to play, you won't be careless here searching for treasures. If you say it's okay, I really don't believe it."
Seeing Liu Xu nodding fiercely, Han Kongque said: "I just like Taobao, and you don't know it. Isn't it because of this that you two doubt me? So, let's make peace with it. Let's pawn the things first and explore."
Check the market, if this small jade Guanyin can be sold for one million, then we will really make a fortune."
Just when Liu Xu and Zhou Meiren wanted to continue asking questions, footsteps were heard outside the door, and soon the lobby manager walked in with a middle-aged man in his forties.
"This is Master Chen, our chief appraiser, this is Mr. Han, and these two are his wives." The lobby manager introduced several people, and Han Kongque's two wives were naturally confirmed by Han Kongque.
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It is possible to encounter even stranger things here, so Master Chen was not surprised at all that Han Peacock had two wives. When he came in, he was attracted by the Jade Guanyin placed on the table.
"Mr. Han, the things in our store will have to wait for a while before they can be delivered. Why don't you let Master Chen identify this Guanyin first?" the lobby manager said very politely.
Han Peacock nodded and said: "Okay, we are not in a hurry."
Master Chen seemed to be a taciturn man. He did not speak, but directly put on his gloves, picked up the Guanyin and took a closer look.
"Guanyin is very good, but the carving is a bit stiff, and the origin of the original jade is not easy to determine. If the customer wants to pay one million yuan, it will be a bit difficult." After looking at it for a while, Master Chen said.
Han Kongque was still a little regretful when he heard that he couldn't pawn it for one million yuan, but it's a pawn shop! Naturally, it needs to keep the price down, so the price of this Guanyin statue should be more than one million yuan.
"This is a rare and top-quality white jade. I think an appraiser of water quality like you should be able to identify its extraordinary quality. I wonder if you can comment on it?" Han Kongque said.
Master Chen pondered for a while and said: "Needless to say the quality of the jade, we can all see it. It is indeed a rare piece of beautiful jade. What I need to talk about is the carving. The carving is very good, but you can also see that.
The jade carver is not very professional and his techniques are a bit rusty.
This is a piece of work that was only recently engraved, so it has not been polished. This is also rare. It has not been polished, but it looks so crystal clear. It is really incredible.
So, the jade is good, but the jade carver made the wrong choice. If it were made by a modern master, the price of this jade Guanyin would definitely exceed one million, and now, we can offer up to six hundred thousand."
"Are you saying that this was originally a piece of top-quality jade, but its value has been reduced just because of the jade carver's workmanship?" Zhou Meiren asked.
Master Chen said: "Yes, although this carver's skills are pretty good, they are definitely not worthy of the quality of this jade. It is a pity that a jade of this quality falls into the hands of novices.
Look, does the outline of Guanyin carved by the jade carver give people a sharp-edged feeling? This shows that the jade carver’s skills are a bit stiff, and it can be judged from this that even if he is a master, he is also a long-time master.
It is a pity that this piece of jade has no master carver."
"Haha, Han Peacock, do you feel like you've been slapped in the face?" Liu Xu finally couldn't help laughing. (To be continued...)