treasure hunter

Pei Miao showed a professional smile, and replied, "Accept, but first look at the appearance."

The old man took out an oval object more than ten centimeters long from his bosom. The object was wrapped in newspaper, so he couldn't tell what it was, but Pei Miao discovered through the special ability of his eyes that this object actually emitted 5 layers of light circles, which should be from the Qing Dynasty. Things from the Qianlong period, when the old man carefully peeled off the newspaper to reveal the objects inside, he saw that it was a fat doll made of blue and white porcelain.

Pei Miao asked, "Mister, can I have a look at this porcelain doll?"

"Of course." The old man directly handed the porcelain doll to Pei Miao.

Pei Miao waved his hands again and again, and said, "Don't take the antiques directly from the other party's hands, otherwise, if there is an accident during the handover, it will be hard to determine whose responsibility it is."

He pushed a thick flat towel on the counter to the old man, and said, "Please put it on this towel."

"Oh." The old man hurriedly put the porcelain doll on the towel.

Pei Miao picked up the porcelain doll with his left hand. In order to improve his skill in appraising treasures, he did not use his right hand ability, but carefully inspected it with his naked eyes. After looking at it for a while, Pei Miao concluded based on his own experience that it was a blue and white porcelain doll from a folk kiln during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. The doll held a big fish in its arms, implying a surplus every year. , If it is sold in the store, it is estimated to sell for 3 yuan.

In order to verify whether he was wrong, he lightly touched the porcelain doll with his right hand. When his right hand touched the porcelain doll, the picture of the porcelain doll immediately appeared in his mind. He was right.

On a whim, with a thought, the picture zoomed in, and he could clearly see the inside of the porcelain doll. The inside of the porcelain doll was filled with cotton wool. He felt strange, and once again zoomed in on the picture in his mind, he found a yellow stone wrapped in the cotton wool.

Pei Miao carefully observed this yellow stone, and found that this stone has a warm and lovely color and fine texture. It is actually Shoushantian Huangshi.

"This is Tian Huangshi, the king of stones!" Pei Miao was shocked.

This is a very regular rectangular parallelepiped Tianhuang stone, about 6 cm long and 3 cm wide. Judging from the shape and size of this Tian Huang stone, it should be used as a stamp blank.

Shoushan Tianhuangshi has always been known as the king of ten thousand stones. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has been regarded as one of the best materials for making seals. There is a saying in the industry, "Thousands of gold are easy to get, but Tianhuang is hard to find." This sentence is very accurate It shows the value of Tianhuangshi. The current price of Tianhuangshi per gram in the market has exceeded 2 yuan, and there is still no market for it. Many famous calligraphers and painters want to search for a piece of Tianhuangshi to make their own private seals, but few people The reason why it can be obtained is very simple, rare, too rare.

Looking at the size of this piece of Tianhuang stone, it weighs about 100 grams and is worth more than 300 million.

After a while, Pei Miao carefully put the porcelain doll back on the towel, looked at the old man, and asked, "Old man, how much do you plan to sell this thing for?"

The old man said: "My grandson is in urgent need of money for surgery, but the money is not paid enough, and the hospital does not allow appointments for surgery. I borrowed some from relatives, but there is still a shortfall of [-]. Do you think my things are worth [-]?"

Pei Miao nodded and said, "The things are good, [-] should be worth it."

At this moment, Boss Shen suddenly walked into the store and asked, "What's worth [-]?"

He showed up just in time.

Pei Miao pointed to the blue and white porcelain doll, and said, "This old gentleman is here to sell this blue and white porcelain doll."

"Let me take a look." Boss Shen walked to the counter, picked up the blue and white porcelain doll and looked at it for a while, smacked his lips, with a dissatisfied expression on his face, put down the porcelain doll, looked at the old man, and said, "Old man, you can sell it for a thousand dollars. Do not sell?"

"One thousand?" The old man looked confused, pointed at Pei Miao, and said, "Just now he said it could be worth twenty thousand!"

Pei Miao was very embarrassed when he heard the words, and didn't know what to say. Although Boss Shen used to trick people who didn't know how to do it, but the price he offered this time was really a bit harsh.

Boss Shen chuckled, and said, "He's just a clerk who doesn't understand anything. He's mistaken. This stuff is actually a folk kiln porcelain from the late Qing Dynasty. It's only 100 years old at most, and the craftsmanship is not good. Not worth much."

After Boss Shen finished speaking, he turned his head and glared at Pei Miao angrily, and reprimanded him, "Pei Miao, don't talk nonsense if you are low-level. If you talk nonsense like this in the future, your salary will be deducted!"

Although Pei Miao knew that he was putting on a show on purpose, he felt disgusted in his heart. Boss Shen cheated people not once or twice, but the price he offered this time was too outrageous.

Antique shops have the rules of antique shops, you can lower the price, but you can't deceive people who don't know how to do it. Shen Ming can quote a price of 1000, but you can't deliberately say that something from the Jiaqing era is something from the late Qing Dynasty.

The most important thing is that this cannot constitute a crime of fraud, because if the law enforcement agencies intervene in this matter, Shen Ming can completely reason that he has misread it. The water in the antique business is too deep, and most of the transactions are restricted by morality. Many regulations are helpless.

Hearing Boss Shen's words, the old man became anxious immediately: "How come, this is something that has been handed down in our family for several generations. When I was a teenager, my grandfather told me that this is something that is almost 200 years old. Now Decades have passed, how can it still be something from the end of the Qing Dynasty?"

"I can't read it wrong." Boss Shen said, "This is something from the late Qing Dynasty. It's not easy for you, an old man. How about it? I'll give you two thousand, at most two thousand, no more."

The old man shook his head again and again: "Two thousand is not enough, definitely not. My grandson is waiting for 2 yuan for surgery in the hospital. I don't want more, I only want 1. Boss, my doll turned out to be a pair. Ten years ago I sold one, and it was sold for [-] yuan at that time, how come ten years have passed, but the price has dropped..."

Hearing this, Pei Miao felt ashamed for the boss. Although everyone in the antique shop relies on their eyesight, it's a bit unkind to trick a person who doesn't know how to do it like this.

The boss didn't know how to answer the question, and said impatiently: "I only offer two thousand, if you think the price is right, sell it, if you don't sell it, please leave."

Hearing this, Pei Miao hurriedly advised, "Boss, this porcelain doll can be accepted, please add more money."

Boss Shen turned his head and glared at Pei Miao angrily, and asked coldly, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Pei Miao said: "No, I'm also thinking about our shop, there is money to be made, and this old gentleman's grandson is hospitalized and needs money for surgery, you accept this porcelain doll, earn money yourself, and help the old man, the best of both worlds thing."

"What do you know!" Boss Shen scolded with staring eyes, "This porcelain doll is not a high-quality goods, who knows when it will be sold in the store, won't it delay my capital turnover."

Pei Miao chose to shut up after hearing the words. Since the boss was determined not to buy it, it meant that the Tian Huangshi in the porcelain doll had nothing to do with him.It's not easy for him to remind the porcelain doll that there is something inside, otherwise he can't explain why he knew it.

In fact, Shen Ming has his own idea, which is also a means of bargaining. If the old man is really in urgent need of money, he will definitely not look back and go to other shops to ask the price. If the story the old man told is false, then he is very Maybe after walking out of the shop, he would come back and sell it to Shen Ming for one or two thousand.

Shen Ming has opened the shop for so long, so he naturally has his own business experience, maybe he will miss this blue and white porcelain doll, but that doesn't matter, what he cares about is maximizing profits.

"I'll go to other stores and ask." The old man said, stepped forward to wrap the porcelain doll in a newspaper, put it in his arms, turned and left.

Seeing the old man leave, Pei Miao was very anxious. Would he want to miss Tian Huangshi worth 300 million yuan?

Besides, this old man is eager to ask for 2 yuan to operate on his grandson. No matter which store he sells his porcelain dolls, it is difficult to sell them for [-] yuan, even if it is a very conscientious antique shop owner Mercy, you can only give [-] at most. This is before the trip. Antique shops pay attention to not opening for three years, and opening for three years. The price difference between receiving and selling goods is very large. There is not enough profit. Those who can easily receive or sell goods, and Shen Ming is the darker one among all the antique shop owners.

The old man had already walked out of the shop for 30 to [-] meters, and it seemed impossible to turn back, Pei Miao finally couldn't bear it, walked around the counter, ran out of the shop door, quickly chased after him, and shouted: "Old man, wait a minute! "

The old man turned his head and saw Pei Miao running in front of him, looked at Pei Miao suspiciously, and asked, "Has your boss changed his mind?"

"No." Pei Miao shook his head and said, "Mr., you porcelain doll, sell it to me. I'll pay you [-]."

Hearing this, the old man turned around and looked at Pei Miao in surprise, "Really? Are you willing to buy it? Twenty thousand?"

Pei Miao nodded, "Yes, [-], sell it to me."

The old man was overjoyed, and quickly took out the porcelain doll from his bosom, and wanted to hand it to Pei Miao.

Pei Miao smiled and reminded: "Antiques cannot be handed directly to the other party, they must be placed in a stable place first."

The old man smiled and nodded: "I'm getting old, and my memory is not good."

As he spoke, he put the porcelain doll wrapped in newspaper on the ground.

Pei Miao squatted down and picked up the porcelain doll, and probed it with the ability of her right hand. When she saw Tian Huangshi inside again, Pei Miao felt that countless banknotes were beckoning to him.

At this moment, Boss Shen suddenly came out of the store, walked towards this side quickly, and when he got close, he looked gloomy and said coldly: "Pei Miao, you have grown up, you dare to sneak in my store. Take someone else's goods?"

Pei Miao glanced at him and said apologetically, "Boss, I'm sorry, this doll is really good, but you refused to accept it, so I can only accept it, and it's on the street, not in your shop, so it doesn't count Break the rules."

Boss Shen stared and said loudly: "You are just an apprentice, I have denied everything! You actually paid a high price! Are you slapping me in the face!?"

Pei Miao frowned slightly, but said nothing.

Boss Shen continued to snort coldly: "Hmph, you dare to speak out without shame even if your hair hasn't fully grown yet. As my clerk, you actually turned against me. You've grown up!"

Pei Miao was very dissatisfied with his bad attitude, and said: "Boss, each eats according to his ability. Maybe my eyesight is not as good as yours, but I accept this thing, and the final profit and loss are all my business."

"Hey, you still have to eat according to your ability? Wings are hard? Do you want to fly?" Boss Shen looked at Pei Miao with a sneer, and said jokingly, "You don't even look at how many catties you have. What skills do you have? Dare to accept what I deny!"

Pei Miao gritted her teeth, suppressed her anger, and said, "It's my private behavior to collect things, and it has nothing to do with you, the boss. While I respect you, please also respect me."

"Respect you? Why do you want me to respect you?" Boss Shen felt as if he had heard a big joke, and sneered, "Just because you are a student of the Department of Archeology at Jinling University, you must remember that you did not graduate, you were Expelled from school, you are nothing, two years ago, if I hadn’t seen you sleeping on the bench in the antique street in the middle of the night, I thought you were as pitiful as a dog, and took you in, you would have gone home to farm Already!"

"I want to resign!" Pei Miao suddenly stared at Boss Shen and said coldly, "Now, immediately, immediately!"