What Sun Chunjing said was watertight. She guessed that the person standing in front of her would definitely find another home.
This is not that he deliberately rejected this person's request. To be honest, he is very good at antique appraisal, otherwise he would not have opened his own antique shop after becoming an apprentice.
The main reason why he rejected the person in front of him was that he was not familiar with this person and did not know his background.
It would be fine if he was an ordinary customer who came to the door. Who doesn’t have something good?
When you are short of money, it is normal to bring one or two items from home to the store to exchange for some money.
However, Sun Chunjing also has to conduct probing questions verbally with those who come to the store to sell things to him. If he finds that the other person answers the question incorrectly or looks flustered, he will terminate the transaction and refuse to purchase.
Even when faced with a very good item but the person who came to sell it did not know how to sell it, Sun Chunjing always insisted on her business bottom line and turned it away.
Sun Chunjing was determined not to touch items of unknown origin or with suspicious backgrounds.
What's more, Sun Chunjing was even more wary when facing this traveling businessman who wandered the streets and villages, buying and exchanging old folk items.
Who knows if what this person brought is "clean"?
This was the biggest thought in Sun Chunjing's heart, and it also prompted him to say something that was actually a rejection of this person.
Sun Chunjing felt that there was nothing wrong with what she said, and she was considered tactful and thoughtful.
Firstly, it will not offend this person and make him care more about himself; secondly, he will give him some suggestions, which are quite satisfactory and can be followed without exception.
When Sun Chunjing thought that this person would definitely turn around and leave after listening to her words, unexpectedly, this person untied the knot of the baggage he was carrying and placed it on the counter in front of Sun Chunjing without saying a word.
Then, the man quickly unfolded the baggage, took out three things, and said to Sun Chunjing: "Boss Sun, I know you don't believe me.
Even if I tell you my name, you will think that I am making it up to deceive you.
I simply won’t say anything anymore. I’ll speak with my own things, which is worth a thousand words.
These three things I got from a good local house in Zhangqiu. They looked good to me, so I paid a high price for them.
However, after I visited several local antique shops in Zhangqiu, hoping that they would buy them, these shops said that my items were not genuine, and even if they were accepted, the price would be very low.
I don't accept this anger. It doesn't matter if I lose money. Even if I made a mistake and accepted a fake thing, my reputation still needs to be improved?
If this doesn't come to light, my reputation in Zhangqiu's antique shop will be ruined from now on. How can I still get along?
After I heard about the ten "Junci" things you did, I felt that you are a person of great ability and must be well-informed. I asked you to show me these three things again. They must be
That's right.
Therefore, I rushed here today without finding anyone familiar to recommend you. This is my fault and I apologize to you.
But I won’t lie to others. Although I, Liu Zhang, don’t have much ability, I am a man of integrity and will not do things like cheating, kidnapping, and stealing.”
Sun Chunjing observed his words and actions, and felt that Liu Zhang was a "true temperament" person, so he asked: "Brother, I wonder if you are noble this year? Now that we know our age, it is easy for us to address each other!"
When Liu Zhang heard this, he felt that his words must have impressed Sun Chunjing, and hurriedly replied: "Boss Sun, I am thirty-seven years old this year. I am the second eldest child in the family, and I have a sister above me."
"Oh! Then Sun is four years older than you. He is forty-one this year, so I won't call you my brother. Is that okay?"
Sun Chunjing looked at Liu Zhang very sincerely and said.
Liu Zhang was naturally happy when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Brother Sun is here, please pay me my respects."
After saying that, he took two steps back, put his hands together, raised his hands above his head, and bowed deeply to Sun Chunjing, showing that he had great respect for Sun Chunjing.
Sun Chunjing couldn't help him because she was across the counter, so she said, "Brother, why do you need to give me such a big gift? We don't need this. Come here quickly and let's take a look at what you have collected."
After Liu Zhang saluted, he walked back to the counter. After taking a look at Sun Chunjing, he lowered his head and pointed at the things placed on the counter and said, "Brother Sun, the three things I collected are an inkstone and a bronze mirror."
And a scroll in the nave. Come and take a look at it. It’s a good item."
Sun Chunjing was not in a hurry to reach out and take the things Liu Zhang brought for inspection, but said to Liu Zhang: "Brother, I shouldn't have asked how you got this object and your opinion on the object.
This is the rule in our industry.
But you are a person in the antique shop and are a very important supply link. You can be said to be the cornerstone of our antique shop.
The situation is different, so I still want to hear your opinions on these three things.
How about we communicate with each other and don't treat the identification of objects as a one-man show in which I play the leading role?"
This is a great trust in himself. As a person in this antique business, Liu Zhang naturally knows the truth of "the Tao should not be exposed and the knowledge should not be passed on".
People with profound antique appraisal experience and related knowledge will not easily share their specific knowledge of a certain antique with others.
The general operation is to directly give a qualitative appraisal opinion to the antique, determining its age, appearance, value, etc.
And you will not hear more detailed opinions from the mouths of these antique masters.
Unless you are willing to spend some money, under the principle of "money can make the world go round", you will get what you want to know.
This is the first time Liu Zhang has encountered someone like Sun Chunjing who can proactively invite people to discuss and study antiques since he entered the antique business.
This made Liu Zhang very unconvinced that there could be such a big-hearted person in this world, especially in the antique shop, a business where many talented people gathered together. Sun Chunjing was a very different kind of existence.
Liu Zhang felt that he was extremely lucky to meet such a person.
He didn't know whether this was due to Sun Chunjing's character, or whether it was due to her incomparable talent that she ignored the dark side of the industry.
But no matter what, Liu Zhang decided that Sun Chunjing was someone he must cherish in his life.
If not for anything else, it was because Sun Chunjing was willing to exchange appraisal opinions on the objects he had brought with him like friends.
What a sincere person this is!
Liu Zhang was thinking about this, how could he not feel emotional?