Chapter 464 Xu Damao meets a foreigner in Liulichang (thanks to the boss and Nunu
After Lin Zhen and the other five left.
Xu Damao, who is eager to express himself, does not want to fall behind Liu Guangtian.
During this time, Liu Guangtian was busy purchasing, negotiating contracts, delivering construction materials, etc.
Not only can I not take care of my eldest brother Liu Guangqi and my third brother Liu Guangfu, I don't even have time to come back to see my parents.
Sometimes I would come to the hospital to ask Lou Xiaoe to sign, but he would leave immediately after signing.
He didn't pay any attention to Guang Qi Guangfu's look for help.
In contrast, Xu Damao felt like he was being lazy and was playing tricks, and he had an inexplicable sense of crisis.
So this early in the morning, as soon as Lin Zhen and the others set off, Xu Damao also set off with his briefcase.
He was going to visit Liulichang and Panjiayuan. He would go there first to get familiar with it, and maybe he could receive some good things.
The current antique market is just beginning to thaw.
Many old shops have opened their doors secretly, but the people above turn a blind eye to this.
Therefore, the earlier you go to see it, the more good things you can encounter.
Xu Damao now only collects and does not sell. As long as there are good things, he buys them from high to low.
In the past two days, Xu Damao stayed up all night to finish reading the antique illustrated book given to him by Lin Zhen.
Combined with the antique knowledge he learned from Lin Zhen before, Xu Damao can now compete with the museum staff.
More than an hour later, Xu Damao got off the bus at a bus stop near Liulichang in Xicheng.
He stretched out his clothes, patted the dirt on his trouser legs, and smoothed his hair.
With a proud smile, he took his briefcase and walked towards Liulichang Street.
Xu Damao visited this place more than ten years ago, and the scene then was different from now.
There are really not many people here now.
Several shops along the street were half-open.
Most of the people walking on the street have something to do with the antique industry.
Each one's eyes move faster than the other, and they are all people who have eyes and ears in all directions.
Xu Damao was walking around when he suddenly saw a man with deep eye sockets and an eagle nose, a pale complexion and brown hair, and gray-blue eyes coming out of the shop in front of him. He came directly towards Xu Damao.
Xu Damao was startled, thinking what a ghost it was in broad daylight!
Upon closer inspection, it turned out that he was a foreigner, about thirty years old.
‘Hey! These foreigners are so fast. The higher-ups just held a meeting to decide on the correct strategy for reopening, and now they sneak into the capital? They suddenly appeared and shocked me!’
"Ni~ Okay! Qingwen, can Ni be an interspecies person with Bangwo? Wo wants to sell Ge Dong, but they won't sell it to Wo~"
The foreigner's words made Xu Damao frown.
I looked around and saw that I was walking around happily drinking and drinking, while everyone else was avoiding the foreigners.
No wonder this guy came to find me.
If you brag a little with this foreigner, you can also show off in front of Liu Guangtian when you go back.
But he doesn't have the skills to help foreigners. He is not here to play.
Xu Damao curled his lips, "What's your name? Where do you come from? Do you want to buy it or sell it?"
"The education and correction of the nests comes from the east coast of the Pingyang River. The nests are for sale~"
"What do you want to sell?"
"Send me a jade token."
"Take it out and let me see."
"Oh~ Renjia doesn't sell to Wo, it's in this store. Can Ni help sell it? Wo gave Ni a tip of 50 US dollars."
"Oh~ If you want to buy it, straighten your tongue and say, don't be indifferent between buying and selling."
"Yes, yes, I want it, buy it~"
"Sorry, look over there!"
Xu Damao said and pointed toward the street.
The foreigner named George immediately turned his head and looked over, confused as to what was on the street.
"Is there a god there?"
Xu Damao chuckled and said: "There is a bus there, so hurry up and take it. The antiques here are the deposits of our country's history. Don't talk about you, even if your president is here, it will not be difficult to use! For 50 US dollars,
I’ll kill your uncle!”
George helplessly spread his hands, looked at Xu Damao and shook his head.
I looked around and found a young man of about 16 or 17 years old walking over. He looked a bit honest.
George immediately dropped Xu Damao and turned around to beg the young man.
Xu Damao rolled his eyes, turned around and went into the store where George came out just now.
The door was ajar, and the shopkeeper was reading a newspaper behind the counter.
A waiter was guarding the door. When he saw Xu Damao, he immediately greeted him with a smile: "Comrade, please come inside. Do you want to buy or sell?"
Xu Damao smiled slightly: "The foreigner just saw a jade plaque from you, which one is it?"
"Hey! Are you going to help him buy it? Please tell him that we won't sell it at the price he offered unless it triples and it has to be US dollars."
"Let's not talk about that first. I have to see what it looks like first, right?"
The clerk smiled and said: "Sure, but let's make an agreement first. If the business is successful, you will earn a hard-earned fee, and we will also earn a hard-earned fee. It's a win-win situation. We don't want to take advantage of each other."
Xu Damao smiled and said: "I understand the rules, don't worry, just take them out."
The store clerk immediately took out a half-palm-sized jade plaque from under the cabinet and placed it on the counter.
"Comrade, please look up!"
The rules of the antique shop are not to hand things over to each other for inspection.
Then there is a possibility that it will fall to the ground and break. No matter whether one party touches the porcelain intentionally or not, it will cause trouble.
It must be put on the counter and out of hand, and another person can reach out and pick it up.
Xu Damao picked up the jade plaque and looked at it, his smile suddenly froze.
He had received an identical jade plaque for Lin Zhen before.
Lin Zhen was surprised when he saw it. He once told him that if he saw the same thing in the future, he would buy it no matter what the price.
In fact, the material of this jade plaque is not top-grade mutton-fat jade, nor is it high-quality jadeite.
It's just a piece of Dushan sapphire. Judging from the color, it can be considered medium.
The appearance is rectangular, like an ancient waist badge.
One side is engraved with the Big Dipper, the first four are the mouth of the dipper, the last three are the handles, and a larger dot is engraved below the handle.
On the other side, there are two seal script characters, and Xu Damao only recognizes one "元".
He once asked Lin Zhen why he wanted to collect it because the material of this jade tablet was not good.
Lin Zhen just shook his head and said that he was not sure, but he would just accept it anyway.
Even Lin Zhen, who has ten thousand times the system, is not sure about the origin of the jade plaque, and others know even less.
Those who don’t know the details will naturally not think there is anything special about this jade plaque.
Maybe it was left by the Taoist priest in Guanli, or maybe it was a protective plaque given to his children by a landowner in ancient times.
Therefore, the shopkeeper did not regard this as a big deal from beginning to end. He just read the newspaper and only asked the waiter to greet Xu Damao.
Although Xu Damao didn't know the origin of the jade plaque, he knew that Lin Zhen valued it.
On the surface, he looked solemn and lost his smile, but in his heart, he was already happy. This trip to Liulichang was really the right one!
Xu Damao asked calmly: "What price did the foreigner just offer you?"
The waiter smiled slightly and held out three fingers mysteriously.
Xu Damao frowned and said, "Thirty?"
"Three hundred! Beautiful sword, please let him triple it!"
The shopkeeper put down the newspaper, walked over and smiled at Xu Damao.
"Comrade, if you can do it with nine hundred dollars, I'll give you 50 yuan for your hard work."
Xu Damao put the jade plaque on the counter.
He smiled coldly and glanced sideways at the shopkeeper.
"Do you think that less than half a year after the reform, our country will not arrest enemy agents? Do you still need me to explain to you what the crime of selling antiques to foreigners is? You are not timid!"
The shopkeeper's heart skipped a beat.
I thought to myself that the higher-ups have turned a blind eye to the antique business, so why are there still plainclothes people here to investigate?
"That, comrade, there is a misunderstanding. We are doing business in a regular manner. This is not an antique, it is a brand of Kuaidushan Jade. It is not valuable. To be honest, I got this from a child many years ago.
Bought for cents, this is a beautiful way to trick foreigners and contribute a little to the country’s foreign exchange reserves.”
Xu Damao is very good at observing words and emotions.
He said calmly: "Don't think that if the country treats you leniently, you will have no bottom line. The superiors will come to investigate at any time. Anyone who dares to sell their treasures to foreigners will be punished!"
"Don't worry, we in this business all have consciences and bottom lines, and we will never do anything that would disgrace the country!"
Xu Damao smiled coldly: "Can you believe what you say?"
The shopkeeper pursed his lips, suddenly rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Comrade, do you want to eat both ends?"
"Oh? Do you think I agreed to that foreigner and then came here to trick you? I bought your jade plaque at a low price and then sold it to the foreigner at a high price?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said nothing.
Anyone who works in a certain field has transparent eyelashes that can whistle, and each one is more powerful than the other.
Naturally, one would not easily believe what Xu Damao said.
Xu Damao didn't argue with him, and said coldly: "Well, you ask the guy to go to the door first to see if the foreigner hasn't found anyone to help with the bargaining. My ideological consciousness is not as low as yours, and I disdain it."
Helping foreigners."
The shopkeeper's cashier winked.
The guy turned around and walked out the door.
After a while, he ran to the shopkeeper and whispered: "No one paid attention to the foreigner. He was very anxious and kept looking for help."
Xu Damao sat with his angled ears and heard half of the words.
He stood up immediately and said with a gloomy face: "I hope the shopkeeper can complete this deal with that foreigner. I will bring someone over in a moment and say goodbye!"
"Hey, oh, comrade, comrade! You, you, you, wait a moment, oh, oh, that's not the case, why don't I stop earning his fortune?"
Regardless of whether Xu Damao was really a plainclothes man or not, the shopkeeper was not willing to take the risk.
Maybe the person in front of me will report it? Even if he is not a plainclothes person, it is still the same nature as a plainclothes undercover investigation.
After all, my colleagues now open the door secretly.
If the whole street is closed because of myself, then I will no longer be able to stay in Liulichang.
I am in this business to make money and pick up the slack. It is of course a good thing to meet a buyer who is stupid and has a lot of money, but being human and sophisticated is more important.
The shopkeeper can't make this kind of money, since the jade token is worthless anyway, so it's really not worth getting into trouble.
The shopkeeper handed the jade plaque into Xu Damao's hand.
He smiled slightly and said: "You just pretend that this didn't happen today, and I just pretend that I didn't spend a dime to collect it a few years ago. They are all people in the circle. I will inevitably see you in the future. Just raise your hand and let me go."
Now, no matter where the foreigner comes from, I won’t let him in!"
Xu Damao looked at the jade plaque and smiled slightly.
"Shopkeeper, I'm not a scoundrel who bluffs people. Since you spent a dime, I'll give you a hundred times more. This is ten yuan. You keep it. I won't mention the work matters.
I haven’t seen it at all, I just like the two seal characters behind the sign.”
"Ouch, why are you so embarrassed!"
The shopkeeper refused and already took Xu Damao's money in his hand.
After sending Xu Damao away, the smile on his face disappeared instantly and he spat in anger.
"Oh, that's bad luck! From now on, when foreigners come in, sell them to make money. Don't hang on. Go and follow this person and see what he does!"
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