Guan Meiling screamed, ran towards the kitchen, and shouted anxiously: "Ouch, fish, the fish is still in the pot, it's burnt."
Xue Chen usually doesn't drink, but Han Jinsheng asked him to drink two drinks, and Guan Meiling kept bringing him food, piling up a full bowl.
At the dinner table, Xue Chen once again mentioned the black pottery bowl: "Uncle Han, if you believe me, sell it to me. Two hundred thousand is definitely the market price. Although you can get more money at auction, it is still more expensive."
Trouble, after deducting the handling fees and taxes, you can get an extra thirty to fifty thousand, and there is a certain chance that it will not be sold, but not everyone will recognize the treasure."
Han Jinsheng was still a little hesitant, but after hearing Xue Chen's last words, he immediately made up his mind, "Yes, Xiao Xue, if it weren't for you, this baby of mine might really be treated like a broken bowl by Meiling in a few days."
Throw it away. Thanks to you, you helped my family recover a loss of 200,000 yuan. Since you have spoken, well, I will sell it to you!"
With the wine in full swing, Han Jinsheng kept praising Xue Chen's appreciation of antiques: "Xiao Xue, based on your ability, if you go to work in the Cultural Relics Bureau, you will definitely be valued by the leaders."
Xue Chen took a bite of vegetables and smiled lightly.
"Of course, I'm just saying that the Archaeological Bureau is a Qingshui government office. Who with great ability would suffer there? People with real talent and hard work have already gone to work to make big money. Let's talk about the talented person from the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau.
Zhou Yunfei, a top student who graduated from Huaqing University, worked steadily for ten years. However, he was dull in dealing with people, so he got a minor degree, and then he got angry and went to work." Han Jinsheng sighed.
"Zhou Yunfei?"
Xue Chen's heart moved. Isn't that the person who represented Jin Dian in the appreciation conference? He does have some real talent and hard work.
"Zhou Yunfei is very capable. Except for a few old professors in the Cultural Relics Bureau, he is the most capable. I have met him a few times. If I have a chance, I will introduce him to you. You may be able to learn from him.
He learned something." Han Jinsheng said enthusiastically.
Xue Chen smiled faintly, nodded, and said nothing more.
Han Jinsheng mentioned the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and complained again. Not long ago, a large ancient tomb was washed out by heavy rain in a mountain village in Yunzhou Province. They had to carry out protective excavation. Because there was not enough manpower, they also transferred people from their Geological Exploration Bureau.
Go over and help.
After all, geological exploration and excavation of ancient tombs are both work on wild land, so they have something in common.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Xue Chen heard that the Cultural Relics Bureau was excavating a large ancient tomb, and he immediately became interested. When he heard that there was still a lack of manpower, he felt that this was an opportunity to absorb spiritual energy!
The number of cultural relics unearthed from a large ancient tomb is very considerable, and there is no such thing as fake. If he can come into contact with it, he will definitely be able to absorb the aura that makes him satisfied.
"Uncle Han, in fact, the university I applied for is the Archeology Department of our Haicheng University. I have had a dream a long time ago, which is to be able to personally participate in an archaeological excavation. You said that the Cultural Relics Bureau is short of manpower. Can you let me join the archaeological team? What is the salary?
I don’t want anything else, I just want to experience archaeological excavation myself and fulfill a dream of mine. Uncle Han, do you have any ideas, even if it means spending some money?" Xue Chen said half-truthfully.
When Han Jinsheng heard this, he hesitated and did not speak immediately.
"Dad, if you can do it, help Brother Xue realize his dream." Han Xinyao said.
Han Jinsheng said slowly: "It's not impossible, but the archaeological excavation of the Cultural Heritage Bureau is still very serious and rigorous. If you want to go down to the tomb to excavate it yourself, I'm afraid it won't work. After all, you are a non-staff person. If you just do some simple chores,
To gain some experience, I can put it into operation and send it to you, what do you think?"
"Thank you so much, Uncle Han. If you'd like to trouble you, I'd like to propose a toast to you!" Xue Chen said, picking up the wine glass and drinking it in one gulp.
When the meal was almost done, Xue Chen called Fatty Wang and asked him to transfer 200,000 to Han Jinsheng's bank card. When he left, he also took the black pottery bowl in his hand.
"Xiao Xue, come over often from now on and treat it as your own home. There will be news about the archaeological team in a few days." Han Jinsheng, his face red from drinking and smelling of alcohol, stood at the door to see Xue Chen off.
"Goodbye, Brother Xue." Han Xinyao waved her little hand sweetly.
After returning home and sitting on the sofa in the living room, Xue Chen breathed a sigh of relief and was in a very good mood. Not only did he find a way to absorb spiritual energy, he also received a nice piece of Longshan black pottery.
He did not deceive Han Jinshan about the price of this Longshan black pottery bowl. The market price was indeed around 200,000 yuan. Even if he met a considerable buyer and sold it, he would only make a profit of 30,000 to 50,000 yuan.
Of course, his purpose of buying it was not to resell it for profit, but to keep it in the Excellence Antique Shop.
The outstanding antique store has become famous in the circle, and the number of customers coming to the store is increasing day by day, but the biggest problem is that there are too few good things to get your hands on.
Ninety-nine percent of the antiques on display in the store are fakes, used to slaughter fat sheep and fool outsiders. But if a really discerning customer comes to visit, you have to bring out the real thing.
Compared with those old stores that have been open for five or six years, Zhuoyue Antique Store is too shabby and has too different backgrounds. It is in urgent need of high-end antiques to fill it in and raise its level.
This Longshan black pottery bowl is very suitable. The price is not low, the appearance is excellent, and the cultural atmosphere is rich.
But obviously, one piece is not enough. More are needed to attract more high-end customers.
But where can he find a large number of high-end genuine antiques at once and go shopping in the antique street? Even if he has an extremely powerful tool like ancient jade, the genuine items on the antique street are just like a drop in the ocean. This way does not work. Go to the auction to buy them.
Obviously even more impossible.
After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't come up with a solution that satisfied him.
It has been some time since the antique appreciation meetings at the three pawn shops ended. Xue Chen also had a good rest and decided to go back to Daxing to go to work and start working normally.
At around eight o'clock in the morning, Xue Chen parked the car and walked into the Daxing Pawn Shop. He saw that Liu Qian had already arrived and was carefully wiping the antique porcelain on the shelf against the wall.
This made him feel sad. A month ago, Huang Pinqing was the chief appraiser in the store, and he did all these chores. Now, he no longer needs to do it.
"Brother Liu, morning." Xue Chen stepped forward and greeted.
"Xue Chen, you're back to work. That's great. Otherwise, I would be too busy by myself." Liu Qian said with a smile while wiping the antiques.
Xue Chen glanced at the antiques on the shelf. There were about ten pieces in total. The value was pretty good, almost around 100,000. These antiques were all dead or expired and used as collateral. Now, they have become Daxing's assets are used as a facade to let customers who come in see the strength of Daxing Pawn Shop.
Of course, the few items on display are only a small part. More antiques were collected and preserved by Shen Wanjun in a property in a high-end community.
Liu Qian used to work in an antique shop and was not very familiar with the operation of a pawn shop. He asked casually: "Xue Chen, why don't these people sell antiques to antique shops, but mortgage them at low prices?" Okay?"
"It's easy to understand, because if you sell it to an antique store, it is completely sold. Many customers are just in need of money and are not willing to sell their collections. Instead, they mortgage it in a pawn shop. When funds are sufficient, they can just You can redeem it by spending a certain deposit, that’s the reason.”
"Of course, a large number of customers who have been reduced to mortgaging antiques to raise funds find it difficult to redeem them. After the expiration date, they become dead pawns. Therefore, the pawn shops sell these antiques at low prices. If you die, you can make a lot of profits from it..."
When Xue Chen said this, he suddenly froze, slapped his thigh fiercely, and shouted: "Damn, how could I forget this? It's dark under the lamp!"
Liu Gan was startled, his hands trembled, and he almost threw out the piece of porcelain he was wiping: "Xue Chen, what's wrong with you?"
Xue Chen walked back and forth, murmuring to himself excitedly: "A pawn shop is not a museum after all. Most of the antiques obtained must be sold and exchanged for bills deposited in the bank. In the past, all antiques in Daxing were entrusted to For sale in a top antique shop in Haicheng City Antique Street..."
He suddenly realized that Daxing and Zhuozhou could cooperate. The antiques from Daxing Pawn Shop would be sold by Zhuozhou Antique Store. In this way, Zhuozhou Antique Store could obtain a large number of genuine antiques in a short period of time, increase the quality and obtain high-end antiques. Customers favor it.
Thinking of this, he immediately called Shen Wanjun and talked about the cooperation between Daxing Pawn Shop and Zhuoyue Antique Store.
"Uncle Shen, I remember that you entrusted Wanrui Antiques Store on Antique Street. The part that is higher than the reserve price after the sale will be divided into 30% and 70%. I can guarantee that if you cooperate with Excellence, it will be 19%. The Excellence Antique Store will only take 10%. Let Daxing Pawn Shop get greater profits, and you don’t need to worry about false accounts, I can guarantee it with my personality.”
Shen Wanjun had been listening quietly. After hearing Xue Chen's proposal, he said with a smile: "Of course I believe you. We can also consider cooperation, but the cooperation with Wanrui Antiques Store cannot be cut off at once. , let’s do this, I will give 30% of Daxing Antiques’ share to Zhuo Zhuo, and if the follow-up results are good, the share can continue to increase.”
"Okay." In Xue Chen's opinion, the share given by Shen Wanjun was a bit small, but it was not good to continue to ask for more.
Shen Wanjun also expressed his concerns. First, he had cooperated with Wan Rui for many years, and Wan Rui's boss was an old friend with him, so it was difficult to cut off the cooperation directly. Second, although Wan Rui took 30% of the profits, Wanrui has many high-end customers, so even the price of the same antique must be higher than that of other antique stores. Based on these two points, he did not completely agree to his suggestion. (To be continued)