The next day, Zhuo Zhuo Antique Shop received ten pieces of antiques entrusted for sale by Daxing Pawn Shop. The approximate value was between 100,000 and 500,000 yuan, which was considered a small boutique.
Fatty Wang stood at the door, watching the three waiters carrying the antiques packed in brocade boxes from Xue Chen's car to the antique shop, rubbing his hands in excitement.
"Old Xue, you are really timely and have solved an urgent need. You don't know that my hair is almost turning gray from worry these days." Fatty Wang cried bitterly.
"After the last Laoshantan exhibition, several groups of guests from that time came to visit again. I couldn't fool them with the things on display, but the only exquisite product in our store was Liu Songnian's painting. Apart from that,
Besides, there are only three or two big cats and kittens, and I’m too embarrassed to take them out.”
"Now I have brought the things. Although they are not from our store, they are only sold for Daxing, and there is no profit, but you have to be a hundred times more energetic. Don't make me unable to hold my head high in front of Uncle Shen."
Xue Chen warned.
"Don't worry, I'll do the work!" Fatty Wang's chest clapped loudly, "I'll definitely sell these ten antiques for a good price."
"By the way, you can help me find a jewelry company or an expert in jade carving to design several plans for the jade blank. Once the design is done, I will choose one." Xue Chen said again.
He is very tight on money now. He only has more than 100,000 yuan in his bank card. He can't withdraw it from the antique shop's account every time. It is too troublesome. He plans to process the jade rough and sell part of it to make his money more generous.
He has not planned to sell the Qi family knife yet. Jade is a natural resource and can be obtained again through raw stones, and even higher quality ones can be obtained. However, such a Qi family knife with extraordinary historical significance is difficult to find, and even
Because it was given by Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, to his captain, it can be said to be unique in the world.
Almost a week later, Fatty Wang called and told him that Tianyun Jewelry Company in Sunan City, Yunzhou Province was willing to design and carve the jadeite for free and sent a representative.
Arriving at the second floor of Zhuoyue, Xue Chen saw Fatty Wang accompanying a woman enthusiastically with a smile on his face.
Seeing Xue Chen coming, Fatty Wang stood up in a hurry and said: "Old Xue, this is Ms. Qin Lan, the director of the marketing department of Tianyun Jewelry Company, the largest in Sunan City and one of the best in Yunzhou Province."
"Director Qin, hello."
Xue Chen shook hands with Qin Qian and understood why Fatty Wang was so enthusiastic and took out all the most expensive hair tips in the shop to make tea.
Qin Lan is about thirty-seven or eighteen years old, about 1.65 meters tall, wearing a white women's sleeveless shirt and a burgundy hip-hugging skirt, tightly wrapped around her plump figure, and exuding peach-flavored perfume.
Aura, this is quite tempting to Fatty Wang.
"You are Mr. Xue Chen, right? I just listened to Mr. Wang's introduction to you. You are really young and promising." Qin Lan said with a smile. When she leaned forward slightly, her white shirt was about to fall apart, revealing a full
radian.
"Thank you, thank you." Xue Chen glanced at Fatty Wang and knew his character well. He knew everything he wanted to ask of a beautiful woman.
The three of them sat down again and the conversation got straight to the point.
Qin Lan looked at Xue Chen and lightly opened her lips: "Mr. Xue, is this the jade you want to commission for design and processing?"
Qin Lan handed over a color photo. It was his piece of jadeite, and it should have been taken by Fatty Wang.
"Not bad." Xue Chen nodded.
Qin Lan said sincerely: "If it is this one, our Tianyun Jewelry Company is willing to send the top designers to help you design and process it, and it will be completely free of charge."
"Is there such a good thing?" Xue Chen asked lightly, without any surprise on his face. He never believed in free lunches.
Sure enough, Qin Lan spoke again: "Our company has a small condition, which is that we hope to borrow the finished product for a short period of time as an entry to participate in an upcoming national jade design competition."
"Oh, that's it." Xue Chen touched his chin, thoughtfully.
“I think Mr.
Big improvement.”
Qin Lan took out a design drawing from the Kun bag at hand and pushed it in front of Xue Chen.
"This is the first draft that our company designed based on the size after seeing the jade rough pictures that were passed on. It may be slightly changed, but there won't be many changes."
The three-dimensional design shows a statue of Guanyin, with a graceful posture, a peaceful face, and full of Buddhist energy. When people look at it, they will have the urge to worship devoutly.
"The design is good." Xue Chen praised.
"In addition, the remaining scraps are enough to polish three to five ring faces. Of course, both the main design and the production of the ring faces are all free, as long as you allow our company to use this jade statue to participate in the competition, but the three
Five days, what do you think? To reassure you, our company will send you a deposit of five million," Qin Lan said.
"good!"
"not good."
Fatty Wang said yes loudly, but Xue Chen flatly refused.
Qin Lan was startled. He didn't expect Xue Chen to refuse. Fatty Wang was also surprised. In his opinion, this was a great good thing.
Since Tianyun Jewelry Company is participating in the competition, it will definitely put extra effort into making the carvings. Moreover, it is only for three to five days, and all costs are free, which is a huge advantage.
Xue Chen took a sip of tea unhurriedly: "In addition to what you just said, I have two other requirements. I will be paid three hundred thousand in cash, and all the polished rings will be made into platinum rings.
Of course, this expense is also paid by your company."
"Hiss." Fatty Wang took a breath and secretly thought that Xue Chen really dared to speak.
"Mr. Xue, are you kidding?" Qin Lan put away the smile on her lips and asked seriously.
"Ms. Qin, I'm not familiar with you, so of course I'm not joking." Xue Chen looked at Qin Lan seriously and said.
"Then don't you feel that your request is a bit excessive?" Qin Lan frowned, "I think the conditions offered by our company are sincere enough. It's just a three-to-five-day loan, which saves nearly ten
For the design and processing fee of 10,000 yuan, in order to participate in the competition, the top jade carving masters of our company will complete the carving."
Xue Chen suddenly said: "Ms. Qin, Tianyun Jewelry is a big company. It is impossible to participate in the competition without jade reserves. Why use my jade?"
Qin Lan's eyes flickered slightly, and she glanced at Xue Chen, but hesitated and said nothing.
"You are reluctant to part with it, right? Once the jade is processed, its value is fixed. In order to participate in a competition that only expands influence and has no actual benefits, it is obviously not cost-effective to use a rare piece of jade worth millions, so I was beaten.
The idea of this piece of jade is to borrow a chicken to lay an egg. It only saves tens of thousands of dollars and successfully participated in the national competition. I think you are the one who took advantage of it. So, I propose three
A reward of 100,000 yuan is not excessive."
After saying these words, Xue Chen smiled softly. After being in the antique circle for more than half a year, he had long recognized a pattern. The more it seems that he is taking advantage of something, the more careful he needs to be, because it is very likely that he will take advantage of it.
In the end, not only did I not get any advantage, but I suffered a big loss!
Fatty Wang blinked his little eyes a few times and finally understood.
Qin Lan was silent, and was shocked. She didn't expect that the young man in front of her could see things so clearly and tell the truth about their company's "conspiracy" in one sentence.
"Ms. Qin, if you can't make a decision alone, you can go back and report to your superiors. If there is no definite news within three days, I will have to hire someone else. I don't care about the processing fee of 100,000 yuan.
." Xue Chen said nonchalantly.
"Mr. Xue, three hundred thousand is too much. This is impossible. Moreover, the requirement for a platinum ring..." Qin Lan spoke slowly.
Seeing Qin Lan speak, Xue Chen secretly thought that the matter was settled.
After nearly an hour of intense discussion, the two parties finally reached an agreement. Tianyun Jewelry Company paid Xue Chen a fee of 180,000 yuan. Xue Chen needed to pay for the raw materials required for the jade ring surface to be embedded in the platinum ring, but the processing fee was waived
and design fees.
"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, our company will send someone over to sign an agreement with you, Mr. Xue. At the same time, the deposit will be deposited into your bank account. Goodbye."
Qin Lan stood up and shook hands with Xue Chen. When she thought about spending nearly 200,000 extra dollars, she felt helpless, especially when she thought that she was being manipulated by a young man in his early twenties, she felt even more uncomfortable.
"It's a pleasure to cooperate." Xue Chen was in a very happy mood.
Watching Qin Lan get into a white BMW, until the plump and charming back and buttocks were no longer visible, Fatty Wang turned back to look at Xue Chen and highly praised him: "Old Xue, you are really Grandet, Stone
Oil can be squeezed out of it."
"I'm better than you. You easily leaked my information to Director Qin. During the Anti-Japanese War, you must have been a traitor." Xue Chen said angrily and funny.
"You think you can be a traitor if you want. You have to be valuable, and the enemy will use beauty and money to corrupt you." Fatty Wang was not ashamed, but proud.
Tianyun Jewelry Company was very efficient. In the afternoon of the next day, they sent someone to sign an agreement with Xue Chen, paid a deposit of five million, paid a remuneration of 180,000, and at the same time, took away the piece of
Jade rough.
When Xue Chen returned home from get off work, Han Jinsheng from next door also came to find him and told him that the matter about the archaeological team had come to an end.
"All the procedures have been completed. I have also said hello to the leaders of the Cultural Relics Bureau. You can report to the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau tomorrow with your ID card." Han Jinsheng said.
"Uncle Han, thank you so much." Xue Chen was overjoyed and quickly returned to the bedroom. When he came out, he had a Buddha pendant polished with old sandalwood scraps in his hand. (To be continued)