Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Six: Mistaken Trades
Shen Shi actually likes this decoration style.
If it were to be made exactly the same as its prototype, it would be too rustic.
Again, attaching importance to inheritance does not mean completely adhering to it.
Preserving the charm and highlighting the essence is the right approach.
He and Peggy walked straight in, and were immediately greeted by someone.
He is a young man wearing a long coat. He looks quite young, has a strong body, and has a smile on his face. He exudes friendly emotions.
"Welcome to Gufang Pavilion. Are you two pawning things or looking for things?"
The words spoken were not the Dongguo dialect used in modern times, but similar to the language used by Peggy, but the whole sentence had a relatively high proportion of ancient dialects. Even without translation, Shen Shi could still get a rough idea.
"Dang." He smiled.
"If you want to buy antiques, these two customers have come to the right place. In the entire market, our Gufang Pavilion is the pawnshop with the highest price for antiques, even more than many antique dealers. Moreover, the pawnshop accepts all comers.
From inherited treasures to ordinary stones, we collect them all here." This young man was obviously quite talkative.
But Shen Shi is now a talkative person.
"Are you the boss here?" Shen Shi asked.
"The customer was joking. The people who can open a shop here are extraordinary. I'm just a hired employee. The owner is currently participating in an auction on Ximeng Street. If there are any treasures that I can't hold securely, I will notify you.
My boss is here, by the way, please call me Xiaoxi." Xiaoxi welcomed Shen Shi and the two of them enthusiastically.
"I also heard my great-grandfather say that many people want to become store employees. If successful, they can get part of the reward from the transaction." Paige seemed to have a clear longing for such a job.
Outside, she may be the head of a big family, but how can anyone here be so simple?
For example, the waiter in front of me who calls himself "Xiaoxi" might be a famous general in one of the legions.
The strong ones in the entire human civilization may not all be here, but those who are here must all be strong.
Even if it's not the case now, as long as you don't die, it will be the case in the future.
This is why Paige is so enthusiastic about Shen Shi. She is not treating Shen Shi, but everyone here deserves to be treated warmly.
"If this lady wants to find a job, maybe she can ask her employer later. As far as I know, the employer has four stores here. They are very powerful and are quite short of people." Xiaoxi seemed to have heard what Peggy said,
Not surprising either.
And from these words, he probably guessed that these two people were probably newcomers to the market.
At that moment, my thoughts were a little bit dull, but it was not noticed at all.
After all, most of these newcomers are mainly based on experience and investigation. Everyone is a person with strength and status, and they will not make large transactions right away.
"If this is really the case, then I will definitely give it a try." Paige said with a generous smile. It was obvious that she had indeed put her mind to it.
Shen Shi did not speak at the side, but silently analyzed and felt the style of the market.
Afterwards, the two were taken to a side room.
It doesn't seem like much space from the outside, but once you enter, it feels luxurious inside.
All the decorations are modern and precious wood, with antique flavor, and in the middle is a mahogany octagonal table. Xiaoxi sat on the other side of the table, slightly raised his hand to Shen Shi and said: "Guests please."
He could see that the man in front of him was the one who really wanted to trade.
Although he no longer expects the other party to come up with any good treasures, as he said, the characteristic of a pawn shop is that it accepts everyone who comes.
Even if it is a stone from the Earth and Star period, he will accept it.
However, unless the amount reaches a certain amount, no money will be given.
Shen Shi narrowed his eyes slightly.
There are still a lot of "antiques" in his personal space, but he originally wanted to take out an "ancient book" to test it out, but suddenly changed his mind.
Raise your hand and wipe it.
A jade pendant suddenly appeared in front of him.
A very ordinary Guanyin statue.
He has always had the habit of wearing Guanyin statues, and he is not superstitious. It's just that his father bought him one worth several thousand yuan when he was a child. It would be a pity not to wear it, but he got used to wearing it later.
In the black market of Future Line 1, he also traded such a Guanyin statue, but it was not very valuable because it did not have much cultural content.
But what about here?
No one can deny that this thing is an antique.
Xiaoxi seemed a little surprised when he saw the Guanyin statue in front of him.
"A statue of Guanyin has been carved for 3,036 years. It is indeed an antique from the Earth and Star period." Xiaoxi stretched out his hand and touched it, as if feeling the texture carefully, "However, it is a pity that the material
It is very common. It is carved by an automated machine and has obvious mechanical traces. If it is hand-carved, or if it has been cultivated by people three thousand years ago, the value will be more than ten times higher, or its first owner can be found.
The owner’s pheromones are used to confirm the owner’s identity, but its value is hard to say.”
He raised his hands slightly, and the entire jade pendant suddenly enlarged many times.
Everyone can clearly see that there are obvious and neat knife marks on the surface of the jade pendant.
It's so neat, it's obviously mechanically carved.
Shen Shi was not surprised, after all, he had purchased these in bulk while accompanying Ai Xin'er while shopping, and used them as return gifts for guests at the wedding.
There are dozens of yuan left, ranging from a few hundred yuan to a thousand yuan per yuan.
But what Shen Shi really cares about is what the other party said.
If it is hand-engraved, is it more valuable? If the identity of the owner can be determined, the value will fluctuate even more.
This is crucial information!
You know, such a jade pendant has no value at all in the black market of Future Line One!
Being able to exchange for a three-dimensional projection of a fixed image was given to him by the collector for the sake of his first transaction!
"It seems that the antiques here have more than just cultural value, which is good news." Shen Shi had many conjectures in his mind, but in the end he just smiled and said, "Let's make a price."
"I don't know whether the guest wants to live or die?" Xiaoxi asked again.
Is there also a saying here about living and dying?
Shen Shi didn't hesitate too much.
"Dead."
You can get such things as much as you want, there is no need to live up to them.
"Then I will offer you one hundred and twenty gold coins." Xiao Xi raised his hand.
One hundred and twenty shining gold coins appeared in front of him.
Is this the currency here?
That's right, through the conversation with Peggy on the road, Shen Shi already knew the biggest difference between this future line and the black market in Future Line No. 1 - there is a currency system here!
It is said to be a currency jointly launched by thirteen managers of the entire market. According to the style of the Earth Star Era, there are two main currencies: "gold" and "silver". Each type has a special anti-counterfeiting mark to ensure that there is no
Any forgery is possible and can only be used here.
In terms of purchasing power, Shen Shi didn't know yet. She just heard from Peggy that her great-grandfather once bought a C5-class battleship for 4.3 million gold coins.
So, with more than 40,000 of these machined jade pendants, one can buy a battleship far more powerful than the Vogt?
This value is not low.
It even surprised Shen Shi.
"This guest." Seeing that Shen Shi was silent for a long time, Xiaoxi thought that he was not very satisfied, so he said, "The price Xiaoxi gave is definitely the highest price in the entire market, even though the existing Guanyin is so well-preserved.
There are not many jade pendants left, but after all, yours is just machine-carved, and it has only one collection value at most. Of course, if you are not satisfied with the price, it doesn't matter."
More than a hundred gold coins can only be considered a better-than-nothing transaction.
Peggy on the side also said softly: "Mr. Zeren, how about we go to other stores to have a look?"
There are dozens of jade pendant antiques from the Earth Star period in her personal warehouse. The value of such antiques is indeed as Xiaoxi said.
The main value lies in collection, that is, to see if it is handmade and who its previous owners are.
However, Paige was still a little disappointed.
If Mr. Zeren hesitates for a long time even with a transaction of more than 100 gold coins, he is probably just a lucky person who got the terminal.
The name "antique dealer" should just be chosen casually.
But she and Xiao Xi didn't know that Shen Shi was stunned at this moment, not only because of what Xiao Xi said, but also because of the gold coins in front of him.
This gold coin is not a currency launched by a black market terminal, but a transaction equivalent launched by humans in the black market. It contains anti-counterfeiting technology, but on the surface it is indeed made very similar to coins from the Earth Star era.
Engraved on the front is a slowly rotating planet, obviously a blue star.
The key lies in the back.
On the back, it turned out to be Shen Shi’s own portrait!
Yes, this is the reason why Shen Shi was in a daze.
Even though I had just seen my own sculpture in the square, seeing my face printed on a gold coin now, even if it was just an internal transaction of gold coins in such a small market, was a strange enough feeling.
He seemed to have thought of something.
He raised his eyes and took a deep look at Xiao Xi.
"If that's the case, then I choose to believe you."
"Gufangzhai will not disappoint our guests." Xiaoxi smiled, but he couldn't help but complain a little in his heart.
The transaction of one hundred and twenty gold coins solemnly seemed to be one million two hundred thousand. It seemed like a newcomer who had good luck in getting the terminal.
"I have another jade pendant here."
Shen Shi didn't know what Xiao Xi was thinking, so he just said aloud. Then, the projection of a new jade pendant appeared in front of several people again.
It's slightly different from the one just now, but it looks pretty much the same.
Xiaoxi didn't waste any time, raised his hand to zoom in, took a look and said: "It's also machine-processed, and the material is similar to the one just now. If the customer still chooses to die, it will still be one hundred and twenty gold coins."
Although everything he said and did was still impeccable.
But Shen Shi shook his head, with a look of disappointment on his face.
"It seems that Gu Fangzhai is not what you said."
"Huh?" Xiao Xi was stunned.
But Paige seemed to react.
"Mr. Zeren." She looked at Shen Shi expectantly, "But this jade pendant has a mysterious connotation?"
Peggy still hopes that the first person she meets here is not that simple.
If not, there will still be some blow.
When Xiao Xi heard these words, she couldn't help but lower her head again and look at the jade pendant in front of her.
The material is just the most common Hetian jade, and the carving is also a very typical mechanical carving.
etc--!
Xiao Xi suddenly realized that this piece of jade actually contained relatively complete biological pheromones?
If the material of jade is used for a while or worn for a long time, some of the human body's biological pheromones will gradually penetrate into it and be preserved for a long time. With their current technology, they can already
Part of the pheromones can be extracted from it, and the identity of its owner can even be compared and analyzed.
"I almost made my mistake." Xiao Xi looked up at Shen Shi and couldn't help but ask, "This guest, could it be that the owner of this jade has some background?"
"Appraisal of treasures seems to be your responsibility." Shen Shi just smiled and said nothing.
"Please wait." Xiaoxi directly applied to the jade and applied for pheromone extraction at the market terminal.
The market terminal has built-in functions, but the core database does not include pheromone comparison. Therefore, he has to extract the pheromone information and then take it outside the market and compare it in the antique dealer's unique information database.
When the comparison results were revealed, even in front of the two guests, Xiaoxi was completely stunned.
What did he see?
Even if he is not weak in original energy, he cannot suppress his emotions at all!
He could hardly believe his eyes!
Because on the comparison result, the word "Shen Shi" is written clearly.
It’s that Shen Shi!
The great sage who founded the Xinghai Company, led mankind to win the Wo-Man War, and even led mankind to resist the Dekes, truly changing the destiny of mankind!
The center of the entire market is Shen Shi’s sculpture, and the gold coins are also engraved with Shen Shi’s head!
This jade pendant was actually worn by the sage Shen Shi?
Peng——!
Xiao Xi suddenly stood up and looked at Shen Shi with a red face.
You've made a mistake, you really have made a mistake!
But you can't blame him.
Who would have thought that a seemingly ordinary guest who walked in could actually take out the relics of a great sage!
This is a relic of a sage!
How many years has it passed since it appeared?
"Dear distinguished guest." He even lowered his head humbly and said with great excitement, "This jade pendant is completely beyond the scope of what I can decide. Please wait for a moment, distinguished guest. I will immediately notify my boss, Gu Fang
Zhai will definitely make compensation for wasting your valuable time."
Such words made Peggy on the side a little stunned.
Although Xiaoxi was quite polite on the surface before, but now he is no longer polite, but unabashedly hot.