It was another bright morning. Because he had not seen Uncle Shen for a while, Xue Chen drove to Daxing Pawn Shop. When the car just stopped at the door, a Cadillac passed by on the roadside and a pair of eyes looked out of the window. come out.
Xue Chen turned around and took a look. Although he was separated by the dark car film, he could still roughly see that the person in the car was Sun Jinyang, the boss of Zhenbaoxuan. The two had quite a conflict in the past, but as his career progressed, Externally, it is no longer limited to Haicheng City, and the entanglement between the two has been let go. But from the unkind look just now, it is obvious that Sun Jinyang is still resentful of him in his heart, and has not let go of the past.
No matter how busy Shen Wanjun is, as long as he is not on a business trip, he will come to the Daxing store to sit for a while every morning. Therefore, Xue Chen did not wait too long to see Uncle Shen. After not seeing each other for a while, Uncle Shen looked good. , with her hair neatly combed back, the smile on her face became even brighter when she saw him.
The two of them didn't exchange much greetings. After sitting down, they drank tea and chatted casually.
Xue Chen thought of Sun Jinyang and suddenly remembered one thing, that is the annual antique appreciation meeting on Yongtai Street!
In the past few years, an antique appreciation meeting was held every year on Yongtai Street. To put it bluntly, it was a competition for the interests of Daxing Pawn, Zhenbaoxuan and Jinpian.
Last year, he represented Daxing and won the first place among the three companies. Not only did he earn face for Daxing and lay the foundation for good business in the next year, he also received a lot of benefits. The ancient jade queen is truly revealed to people for the first time.
Now, according to the time, the antique appreciation meeting should be held soon, but he didn't hear any news at all.
"You said the antique appreciation party has been cancelled." Shen Wanjun put down his tea cup and squinted his eyes.
"Cancelled?" Xue Chen thought thoughtfully.
Shen Wanjun chuckled: "Yes, Sun Jinyang of Zhenbaoxuan and Shan Yunhai of Jindian both proposed that they will no longer hold appreciation meetings. You know the reason. You don't want to repeat the situation last year. You also know that if you come forward, , they have no chance of winning."
Xue Chen nodded. He was not surprised and did not take it to heart. Now, it can be said that Daxing Pawn has firmly occupied the top spot among the pawn shops in Haicheng City, completely suppressing Zhenbaoxuan and Jindian. There is no point in holding it, and even if you win, it will have no effect.
"Time flies so fast, more than a year has passed in a flash." Shen Wanjun sighed.
Indeed, last year's antique appreciation meeting was as if it happened yesterday. Everything was vivid in his mind. Xue Chen remembered it clearly, as if the cheers in the venue were still echoing in his ears.
But it was in this short period of one year that everything was different from what it used to be. In this period of more than a year, too many things happened, so many that he could no longer remember them. I have seen too many faces and seen all kinds of things in this world.
"By the way, where's Zi Xi? I haven't seen her for a while." Xue Chen turned his head and asked.
"She went to London." Shen Wanjun told Xue Chen that a college classmate with whom Shen Zixi had a good relationship had settled in London. A wedding was going to be held in London in two days. He strongly invited Shen Zixi to go and also Insisting on paying the travel expenses, Shen Zixi went to face the warm invitation. She also went to London for sightseeing and would not be able to come back for some time.
After talking about Shen Zixi, Uncle Shen stood up and said, "Lao Yan made an appointment with me and said that he got some good stuff recently. Let's go over and sit down together?"
"Okay." Xue Chen followed Uncle Shen out the door.
After going to the Wanrui Antique Shop to admire two small objects newly purchased by Yan Ruxing, he drank two pots of tea, and finally had a simple meal at the Ziyun Hotel. Xue Chen said goodbye to Uncle Shen and went to Zhuoyue in the afternoon. Wang Dongsi spent half a day hanging out in the antique shop, and the day passed leisurely and comfortably.
When the shop was about to close and Xue Chen, Wang Dong and the waiter were about to leave, a man walked in hurriedly. This man looked familiar to Xue Chen. He was also an antique dealer in Haicheng City. He seemed to play with antiques worth hundreds of dollars. Small objects worth several thousand or even tens of thousands of dollars can only be said to be an antique lover. I have only seen them in person, so I am really not familiar with them.
Wang Dong came forward politely, exchanged a few words, sat down, poured tea, and then started talking about business.
"Oh, forget it, it's really unlucky." The man looked bitter.
It turned out that this man accidentally broke one of his porcelain collections, and the damage was quite serious. He wanted to repair it, but he didn't know the repairman.
Moreover, the porcelain is not too precious. It is just a small gadget costing several thousand yuan. It is a small bowl imitated by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. I thought that the cost of repairing it might be more expensive than the price of the item. After much thought, I decided not to give up the item. , forget about selling it.
Wang Dong looked at the Republic of China porcelain that was broken into seven or eight pieces in the handkerchief that the man opened. He grinned and thought to himself, this is treating Zhuo Zhi as a collector of rags. Something that originally cost only three to five thousand yuan was broken. It's only worth three to five hundred yuan at most, so it can be sold to collectors who are just starting to practice their hands and eyes, and the profit is not enough to drink a cup of tea.
Wang Dong originally wanted to refuse, but Xue Chen said: "Please keep the three hundred yuan for your things."
"Hey, ok, Mr. Xue, it's only three hundred." The man was quite satisfied with the price. Three hundred yuan is not much, but it's better than throwing it away. If he sells it to those small vendors, he probably will Only fifty yuan.
After the man left with three hundred yuan, Wang Dong grabbed a piece of broken porcelain very excitedly, put it in front of him and looked at it carefully. He looked at it again and again and asked excitedly: "Old Xue, tell me quickly, this little Is there something behind the bowl, but I didn’t see the details?”
Seeing Wang Dong's excitement, Xue Chen was confused: "What are you talking about? Isn't this just a typical replica of the Republic of China? What's the point? No."
"Ah?" Wang Dong raised his head, "I thought it was my blindness that didn't see it, and it was another leak."
"Where did so many leaks come from?" There are four words in the word "Republic of China imitation", how could it be an omission?
"Hey, since it's not a leak, then why did you keep it? It cost three hundred yuan, and if you're exhausted, it only costs four or five hundred yuan to go out. You still have to meet someone who needs it, otherwise you'll have to spend several years on your hands. The interest of three hundred yuan is more than the profit." Wang Dong looked bored.
Xue Chen chuckled lightly, sat aside, and said casually: "I just think that since he is here, it is something that can be done or not done anyway, so don't let people go all the way in vain, just leave the things and wait until In the future, if he really makes a big deal, the first thing he thinks of will definitely be us. If I guess correctly, he may have gone to more than one store, but he has never sold it."
"Okay, okay, what you said makes sense." Wang Dong smacked his lips, glanced at the broken pieces of porcelain with some disgust, rolled his eyes, and chuckled, "I don't have any place to put this thing.
, since it’s what you want to keep, then you can take it back and keep it.”
Xue Chen took a few pieces of broken porcelain and the wrapped handkerchief in his hand without paying much attention.
After closing the shop, the two drove away in their cars.
After returning home, Xue Chen sat in the living room. While waiting for dinner, he casually took the pieces of broken porcelain and looked at them. They were indeed undisputed imitations. It couldn't be more obvious. There was no doubt about it.
He does have a way to repair it. The rejuvenation ability can be used to heal wounds and diseases. It is not only effective for people and animals, but also for antiques. As long as the entire porcelain is spliced together, it can be repaired slowly.
But he didn't intend to do that. The value of this thing was really too low, there was no need to repair it, and the effort and reward were completely out of proportion.
"I'm full! Why don't you watch cartoons!"
In the restaurant, Erniu almost finished the rice in the bowl at the speed of light in order to watch her favorite cartoons. This reminded Xue Chen of how it was not the case when he was a child, and at that time he was no more anxious than Erniu.
, because when he was in elementary school, his home didn’t have a TV, so he had to go to a classmate’s house to watch it, so he was in a hurry every time he ate. He hurriedly stripped off the rice in the bowl and ran to the classmate’s house.
Erniu jumped out of the chair like a jumping rabbit, eager to watch a cartoon. However, she didn't notice that her elbow hit the bowl, and she knocked the bowl to the ground and rolled to the table.
It went down and made a clicking sound. It was obvious that the bowl was broken.
Xue Chen knelt down to pick up the bowl under the table. Sure enough, it was broken into two pieces. He couldn't help but feel that it was such a coincidence that he had a fate with the broken bowl today. He brought one back and another one was broken at home.
Just when he got the bowl broken in half, he heard a "pop" sound, and then Sister Jiang's stern voice: "I have told you so many times, don't be impatient in doing things, why do you have such a short memory?"
, is this the first bowl you have broken?"
Xue Chen heard that it was Sister Jiang who spanked Er Niu with her hand. Sister Jiang had always been strict with Er Niu in terms of behavior. Others didn't know what Sister Jiang was thinking. Xue Chen knew what was going on.
, because Sister Jiang once said that some classmates joked that Erniu was a wild child and uneducated because she was too out of touch.
And Sister Jiang really hopes that Erniu can be like those little girls in the city and behave more gracefully, so she is so angry.
"Woo~"
Erniu pursed her lips and made a sound of grievance, as if she was about to cry.
Xue Chen stood up in a hurry and said: "It's okay, it's okay, the bowl is not broken, don't do anything. Erniu is still young and will slowly change." (To be continued)