Zhou Zichen's expenses are getting bigger and bigger these days, his bank card is already running out of money, and he has basically exhausted all the places he can travel in this city, so he plans to go out to wander around and pick up any missing items.
Zhou Zichen came to the store early in the morning. Mr. Cheng was no longer there, but Cheng Ye was guarding the store: "Brother Cheng, where is Mr. Cheng?"
Cheng Ye was flipping through a book called "Jade Appreciation and Evaluation". When he saw Zhou Zichen coming in, he immediately put down the book and said, "Zichen, my dad went for a walk in the antique city with someone. Do you have anything to do with him?"
"Antique city? Out of town?" Zhou Zichen didn't know that there was another antique city in Jiangdong City. The place where antiques are most concentrated is this antique street.
Cheng Ye curled his lips and said with some disdain: "It's a place that looks down on people. It just opened in the suburbs, but the things inside are pretty good, and are more than one level higher than what we have here."
Zhou Zichen immediately became interested. Since there is a nearby option, why go to another place? It would be troublesome to run back and forth: "Give me the address and I'll go take a look."
Cheng Ye gave an address and then asked, "When are we going to see Li Tingfeng?"
Zhou Zichen had already walked to the door at this time and responded casually without looking back: "Wait until I finish working for a while."
Cheng Ye still wanted to speak, but Zhou Zichen had already walked away, so he had to give up.
Antique cities are different from antique streets. Generally, antique streets are a mixed bag of good and bad people. You have to rely on your own eyesight when buying anything. There is a high possibility of missing something.
However, everything in the antique city has been appraised by experts, and there are very few fakes. You don’t have to worry about being mistaken, but the prices are relatively high.
But big leaks are usually the kind of thing that experts miss.
Of course, there are also some items that cost one to two thousand, or tens of thousands, and most of them are relatively distinctive gadgets, or well-made high imitations. For example, "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" is the one in the Forbidden City, which is impossible to find outside.
, you can also buy a good high imitation and hang it back.
As soon as I left the antique street, I bumped into Wang Ziqi: "What are you doing here?"
Wang Ziqi rolled her eyes at Zhou Zichen: "You can't come here if you have nothing to do? There's nothing to do, so I just came to see you! What are you going to do?"
"An antique city has opened on the outskirts of the city. Let's go and have a look. Do you want to go?" Zhou Zichen opened the car door and said, "If you don't want to go, I will take you back."
"Go, why don't you go!"
The Antique City is not as crowded as expected, but there are quite a few luxury cars in the open-air parking lot, almost all of which cost more than a million dollars. If you want to get in, you have to either drive a luxury car or follow someone driving a luxury car. It is really a sight to see.
A place for money.
Although Zhou Zichen's car was a BMW, when he entered the parking lot, the security guard secretly looked at the model of the car before letting him go.
"The security guard just looked at the model of your car, did you notice it?" Wang Ziqi chirped as soon as he got off the car: "All the people here are rich people. Your car is not over one million, so it is still a low-end car here.
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Zhou Zichen glanced at Wang Ziqi: "Did you see that many people who came to watch the fun were stopped by the security guards?"
Wang Ziqi pouted: "Many antique dealers don't have good cars. Look at Mr. Cheng and Dean Yang, both of them have cars worth 200,000 to 300,000 yuan. I really don't know what people here think."
"If they want more than a million dollars, they can get it at any time. If you really want to come, are you afraid that you can't come? Are you an ordinary person trying to get a million-dollar luxury car?"
Zhou Zichen and Wang Ziqi were chatting while walking into the antique city. Another person was stopped outside, and the security guard scolded him fiercely.
Zhou Zichen looked back and happened to see a man wearing a somewhat old sweatshirt with a bicycle that was about to fall apart next to him.
Two security guards were scolding the man: "Come on, you're not allowed in here. It's not cool for you to go in dressed like this. Who among the people inside is not worth hundreds or tens of millions?"
The man was still talking nice: "Brothers, I will definitely bow when I hand out leaflets."
Another security guard glared: "Is this a question of whether you bow or not? If you throw a piece of mouse droppings into a pile of diamonds, would it be an eyesore?"
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Zhou Zichen patted Wang Ziqi: "Is that a big dragon?"
Wang Ziqi looked back and said with some uncertainty: "It seems so!"
Dalong's real name is Huo Dalong, and he grew up in an orphanage with Zhou Zichen and Wang Ziqi. After leaving the orphanage at the age of eighteen, I heard that he went to work. Some people also said that he wanted to find his biological parents, but soon
There is little news from him.
However, Huo Dalong would send some things to the orphanage every year, sometimes clothes, sometimes stationery, and sometimes he would receive a small donation from him.
"Go over and have a look!" Zhou Zichen and Huo Dalong haven't seen each other for several years. This man is still very different from the Huo Dalong back then. At least he looks much stronger, and his face is much darker, with a hint of vicissitudes.
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When Zhou Zichen approached, Huo Dalong also saw Zhou Zichen and Wang Ziqi next to him. He was immediately stunned. Although the two of them were not wearing any big brands, even if they were big brands, Huo Dalong couldn't recognize them. But these days, Wang Ziqi has turned Zhou Ziqi around.
Chen's clothes have been changed almost once, and he looks like he still has the temperament of a successful person at least.
Huo Dalong no longer begged the security guard, turned around and pushed his bicycle to leave. The old bicycle made a clanking sound.
Zhou Zichen took two quick steps and grabbed Huo Dalong: "We haven't seen each other for several years, why are we leaving!"
Huo Dalong was pulled back and stammered "Ah", and then pretended to have just seen Zhou Zichen: "Zichen, you are here too, I didn't see you just now."
Zhou Zichen knew that Huo Dalong thought he was doing well, but he was still riding a shabby bicycle and handing out leaflets all over the world, not daring to recognize him.
Huo Dalong has been in this city, sending things and donating money to the orphanage, but there has been no news from him. This means that he still remembers the orphanage and is not a person who does not want to come back to see his former friends.
Zhou Zichen took the bicycle from Huo Dalong's hand, pushed it to the roadside and parked it: "Let's go in and have a look, and we'll have dinner together later."
Huo Dalong stood aside, a little at a loss. Zhou Zichen nodded casually no matter what he said.
Zhou Zichen led Huo Dalong to the antique city. The two security guards looked a little hesitant, but finally walked up with a smile and pointed at the flyer in Huo Dalong's hand: "Sir, it may not be appropriate for him to go in!"
Zhou Zichen also glanced at the message in Huo Dalong's hand, took it, and threw it into the trash can: "He is my friend!"
After saying this, Zhou Zichen asked Huo Dalong to go forward. The two security guards looked at him without daring to say anything more.
When Zhou Zichen and Huo Dalong approached, Wang Ziqi also saw what had just happened, and tried to greet Huo Dalong in a more casual tone.
Huo Dalong's response was a little restrained, and Zhou Zichen felt angry: "Dalong, we have grown up too, don't be too coy, just be the same as before."
Huo Dalong responded quickly, making Zhou Zichen even more angry, but he did not dare to say anything to him, for fear that Huo Dalong would become more reserved.
The Antique City is very large, and each store covers a large area. The decoration is more than one level higher than that of the Antique Street. The quality of the antiques is much higher than that of the Antique Street. Antiques worth millions are common, and
There is no shortage of antiques worth tens of millions.
Looking at antiques is a time-consuming task. Zhou Zichen looked at it for a long time and finally found a target, which was an jade bead about 2 centimeters in diameter.
Zhou Zichen would like this bead because it is easy for others to mistake it for modern jade, and its surface gloss looks very bright.
Zhou Zichen called the waiter: "How much does this jade cost?"
The waiter was still very polite and bowed slightly in reality: "Sir, this jadeite is worth twelve million."
When Huo Dalong heard the price, he quickly moved away from the shelf.
Zhou Zichen was a little disappointed with the price, but the other party was still mistaken. This bead has a history of at least 1,800 years, and it may be a product of the Three Kingdoms era.
Such beads, coupled with the era, are likely to be the accessories on the "crown" worn by Cao Cao.
At present, beads like this, coupled with this era, are the only beads unearthed from Cao Cao's tomb. The price of this bead starts at 15 million. If you are lucky, it is possible to sell it for 18 million.
For this kind of business that can earn more than three million through resale, Zhou Zichen can only watch helplessly because he can't come up with twelve million.
After asking about several objects in succession, Zhou Zichen thought they were all likely to be drilled, and it turned out that the expert had indeed drilled them. The eight million item was sold for six million, and the ten million item was sold for nine million.
However, Zhou Zichen still couldn't afford it.
"These three items have been accounted for and placed on the shelves." came a familiar voice.
Zhou Zichen subconsciously looked over and saw that there were really enemies on a narrow road. It was Zhang Hao. It seemed that this antique store was owned by Zhang Hao's family.
Zhou Zichen withdrew his gaze and continued looking at antiques.
Zhang Hao also happened to see Zhou Zichen. When he saw Zhou Zichen, Zhang Hao became angry. What happened last time caused his family to lose a lot of money. Fortunately, he picked up a big leak later and was still betting on stones.
It caused a small sensation in the world, otherwise Zhou Zichen would have caused misfortune to his family that time.
Zhang Hao put down the three objects in his hands and walked towards Zhou Zichen aggressively: "Some people, be careful. An inconspicuous thing here costs hundreds of millions. Don't think that just because you made two small bucks,
I can afford the compensation.”
Before Zhou Zichen opened his mouth, Wang Ziqi couldn't stand it anymore: "Some dogs, don't raise your eyes too high, if they bark when they see people, they are mad dogs."
When had Zhang Hao been ridiculed like this, and in front of so many people, he immediately became angry. He glared at Wang Ziqi fiercely, pointed at Huo Dalong, and shouted: "Security, why are you letting everyone in?"
For a person like him who understands antiques, if one item is lost in the store, it will cost tens or even millions. Who will pay for it? There is also a woman like this who has no quality. I will kick her out. This person is a bitch.
Anyone who is with them will also be driven out."
The security in the Antique City is still very good. There are almost three security guards every step of the way, and security guards immediately come up to ask Zhou Zichen and others to leave.
Zhou Zichen chuckled: "Don't get angry. I see that you have made a lot of progress recently. You know how to take care of your dad's business, but you still can't do it!"
Zhou Zichen's excitement immediately excited Zhang Hao: "Blast them all out, hurry up!"
Zhang Hao's voice was loud and immediately attracted the attention of the people around him.
The onlookers were all asking what was going on.
Zhou Zichen stretched out his hand to stop the security guard, and with a sigh, he said to the people around him: "Dear bosses, this is Zhang Hao, the young owner of this antique shop. My family is in the jewelry business. I play stone betting, and occasionally.
Look at the antiques.”
"A few days ago, at a stone gambling meeting in the city, Master Zhang lost a bet with me. It has been so long, and Master Zhang still holds a grudge."
"When doing business, you are a customer when you walk in. I talk to him in a nice and angry way, but he wants to chase me away. Bosses, please give me some feedback."
Now the people around him suddenly became lively and started talking one after another.
"Young master, this is wrong of you. I haven't made any mistakes. Why don't you let me come in and take a look?"
"That's right, if you do this business, we won't dare to speak loudly to you in the future."
"Master Zhang, let's forget about this. Winning or losing in bets is a thing of the past. It's really wrong to chase people away."
Zhang Hao was very angry at the words of the people around him, but now it was obviously impossible to catch up with Zhou Zichen, and maybe some people would actually accuse him of picking on customers in the future.
Zhang Hao had a gloomy face and glanced at the three of them: "Okay, you guys, watch these three for me. If they dare to steal anything, send them all to the police station."