Loach and I looked at each other and saw the speechlessness in each other's eyes.
In broad daylight, the door of this Zhenbao Pavilion is still open, so the shop owner can sleep peacefully without worrying that his things will be stolen?
It seems that Niyi and I chose the wrong place. There must be few things in his room that are genuine, otherwise he would never dare to sleep like this.
Although I already felt a little regretful, after all, we had already come in. Instead of going out now, it would be better to stay and ask about the situation.
Then I stepped forward and pushed the sleeping shop owner.
"Don't make trouble, let me sleep a little longer. I spent the whole night with my wife yesterday, and now I'm exhausted. Let me sleep a little longer."
The boss pushed me away, still talking in his sleep, and the most important thing is that the sleep talk was so private.
It seems that this boss is also an old pervert.
I pushed the boss again and said, "Get up quickly and don't fall asleep again."
"Oh, I told you to stop making trouble and let me sleep for a while. Go away quickly and don't disturb my boss's sleep." The shopkeeper said in a daze.
Then he turned around and continued sleeping, revealing that he was drooling all over the table.
"Dongfang, you see this guy is sleeping so soundly and has no intention of doing business with us. I think we should change places. That antique of yours is a good thing. I'm not afraid that no one will know the goods." Ni Loach shook his head and said helplessly.
said.
I thought about it, but just when I was about to agree to Loach, an idea popped into my mind.
I excitedly said to Ni Loach: "Loach, I think of a way to wake up this old guy."
"What method?" Loach asked curiously.
"Hehe..." I smiled proudly, "You'll know when you look down."
Looking at the boss lying on the table still making loud noises.
I walked up to him, then got close to the boss's ear, and suddenly shouted very loudly: "Someone has given you money, do you want it?"
"Ah, someone gave me money. Where is it? I want it. I want it. I want as much money as I want!"
The boss suddenly sat upright in his chair and shouted.
Only then did I see the appearance of the shop owner clearly. He was on the thin side, with a deep-set bird's nest, and a mustache that looked very cheerful.
After sitting up straight, the shop owner looked around and finally spotted me and Loach.
He looked at me and Niyi who were standing in front of him, "It's you!, why did you come to me? I was sleeping soundly, but I was disturbed by you. You also said that you would give me money. Where is the money?"
?It made me excited for a long time. It turned out that you two young boys were playing tricks on me."
This shop owner has a rather arrogant attitude and is not as enthusiastic as other owners. He treats his customers as his own father.
But a few people have woken up, so let’s give it a try!
I smiled and said, "Who says we are not here to give you money? I have a golden bowl in my hand. I found it in my hometown a few days ago. I felt that it should be worth some money, so I took it over and gave it to you."
Show me."
I didn't tell you the specific process of how I got this golden bowl, mainly because my encounter with the loach was so unbelievable that most people would find it difficult to believe it.
"It's not you who decides whether it's worth it, but the market." The shop owner said with a cunning look, "Forget it, let's take out that golden bowl of yours first!"
I nodded, and then took out the golden bowl that Lu Ji gave us. After the shopkeeper saw the golden bowl in my hand, his eyes lit up and his expression became obviously much more serious.
He took the initiative to reach out to me and said impatiently, "Hurry and pass the golden bowl in your hand to me."
Since he wants to see it, I will give the golden bowl to his hand.
After the shopkeeper took the golden bowl I handed over, he was not in a hurry to look at it immediately. He took out a pair of glasses and a magnifying glass from the drawer.
After the shopkeeper put on his glasses, he pointed a magnifying glass at the golden bowl and examined it carefully.
Hey, let’s not forget that the previous shop owner gave me the impression that he was a crooked old bachelor, but this one, coupled with the magnifying glass specially designed for archeology, makes him look a bit pedantic.
Seeing the shopkeeper's concentration, I also tried to figure out what was going on in his mind. The antique business is very deep, and Ni Loach and I are both young people, and we look like we are just starting out. Those scammers like us the most.
This shopkeeper looks very cunning. I have to be careful about him, but I can't let him fool me.
After about ten minutes, the shop owner put down what he was holding, sighed softly, and said: "Let me introduce myself first. My surname is Zhang. People on this street call me Boss Zhang. Of course, you can also call me
Lao Zhang, when you get to my place, you can do whatever you want."
I curled my lips and said to myself, I don’t care who your last name is, I just want to know how much my tonight is worth?
I immediately asked: "Boss Zhang, you also saw my golden bowl just now. What do you think?"
"Oh, what a pity..." Boss Zhang pretended to sigh, and then shook his head regretfully, "I'm just betting on this golden bowl of yours. It's just a fake, worthless, and it's plated outside.
It’s just a layer of gold.”
"How is it possible? This golden bowl of mine should be very valuable." The shop owner actually said that my golden bowl was fake. I really couldn't believe it.
This golden bowl is from Lu Ji's era, and Lu Ji is from the Ming Dynasty. Logically speaking, the golden bowl should also be from the Ming Dynasty. How could it be a fake, and Lu Ji is unlikely to give me such a fake.
"Young man, everyone who comes to my place to sell antiques has the same reaction as you after learning that their items are not real. But I can completely understand it. After all, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. But
This golden bowl of yours is really a fake. It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe it.
But I see that you two have traveled thousands of miles and worked so hard to get here, and I can’t bear to let you make this trip in vain. How about I pay a thousand yuan to buy this golden bowl?”
I kept staring at the shopkeeper while he was talking, and I noticed that his eyes kept moving around as he spoke.
I studied a little bit of psychology in college, and this is the most obvious characteristic when people lie.
I immediately understood that this shopkeeper was clearly trying to trick me and Loach. My golden bowl was definitely real. He deliberately said it was a fake and asked me to sell him the golden bowl for just one thousand yuan.
Being able to get it is equivalent to making a big bargain.
After I figured out what my boss was up to, I would naturally not fall for his trick again.
I sneered and said to Ni Loach: "Ni Loach, I think we should leave. This boss doesn't have sincerity in doing business with us."
Loach always listens to what I say. After I finished speaking, we both walked out together.
"Oh, don't leave!"
Boss Zhang panicked when he saw that Ni Loach and I were leaving.
He hurriedly stepped forward and stopped us, "Don't leave in a hurry. The price can be discussed later, so you young people are easy to be impulsive when doing things nowadays."
I sneered and said: "Old guy, you still want to deceive us. This golden bowl of mine is 99% real. You actually bought it for a thousand yuan. You are dreaming!"
Boss Zhang laughed dryly and felt awkward, "Haha, don't be offended, isn't this how you have to do business? We just have different positions. If you were the owner of this antique shop, you would definitely do the same thing as me."
I continued to sneer and said nothing.
Boss Zhang looked at me and Loach, hesitated for a moment, and then said firmly, "In this case, I will follow you for real. Yes, your golden bowl is real, and it seems to be of good quality. I
I’m going to accept it, you can make a price and see how much is suitable!”
After Boss Zhang finished speaking, he looked at Ni Loach and Ni Loach with a smile. This actually made us a little embarrassed. I was very surprised that Ni Loach's knowledge of antiques was just a blank slate.
"Boss, I think our golden bowl is worth..." Loach was about to continue, but I hurriedly stepped on his foot and signaled Loach with my eyes to stop talking.
Loach glanced at me and quickly understood what I meant.
"Hehe..." Nilu laughed dryly, "I actually don't know much about antiques, so you guys should tell me!"
As he spoke, Loach took a step back.
A smile typical of a profiteer appeared on Boss Zhang's plump face. He looked at me and said, "Then tell me how much I will bid before you are satisfied."
This unscrupulous boss seems to have decided that Niliu and I are college students and will eat us!
I sneered in my heart, and then said, "Suddenly I don't want to sell this golden bowl anymore, Loach, let's leave quickly!"
With that said, I took my golden bowl back from Boss Zhang, put it in my backpack and walked out.
"You two guys, don't leave!" Seeing that we were about to leave, Boss Zhang hurriedly tried to persuade us to stay, "Just tell us what price you want, we can easily discuss everything!"
"Hmph..." I snorted coldly, deliberately pretending to be aloof, so that Boss Zhang could not guess my thoughts.
Neither Loach nor I spoke, and the situation suddenly seemed very awkward. Boss Zhang just stood aside and giggled.
My plan is to see who makes the final offer first.