roccoschili Chapter 102 Dress up as a pig and eat a tiger
Chapter 102 Dress up as a pig and eat a tiger
Lao Zhou picked his ears and pretended not to hear: "Boss Li, I am deaf, how much did you just say you should compensate me?"
"Didn't you say five hundred to my uncle?"
Li Cunxi asked back.
Lao Zhou sneered and argued: "I told my uncle that one of the porcelain bowls cost 500 yuan. The total of these things he planned is at least [-] yuan!"
Bai Maoqi said angrily: "You want five thousand for these fake antiques! Why don't you go and grab them!"
"In terms of money-grabbing skills, your brother-in-law is still very good. A 15-yuan stall costs me two thousand, but these are antiques. Five thousand is very reasonable. Boss Li, don't you think so?"
Lao Zhou looked at Li Cunxi provocatively.
Li Cunxi was speechless. He walked to the so-called antique fragments, picked up some fragments, and looked at them carefully. A hint of difference flashed in his eyes. The glaze and quality of the body were perfect, and they really looked like old things.
Maybe this old man is selling real antiques.
But he picked up a piece of bottom porcelain and immediately saw the clues. Porcelain in different periods had different glaze scraping techniques on the bottom. This is something that many counterfeiters overlook.
But he didn't expect that just after the reform and opening up, there would be masters of counterfeiting antiques.
But then I thought about it. Although the Dragon Kingdom had experienced ten years of turmoil and everything seemed to have restarted, during the Republic of China, antique trading and counterfeiting were indeed extremely prosperous. It is not an exaggeration to say that this craft has been passed down.
Seeing Li Cunxi looking around, Lao Zhou asked disdainfully: "Boss Li, do you understand?"
Li Cunxi shook his head: "I was born in a rural area and am not well-educated. I don't understand antiques. Since Boss Zhou said this is an antique and is worth 5000 yuan, then we will pay 5000 yuan."
"So happy to promise?"
Lao Zhou looked surprised.
Li Cunxi nodded: "It's so enjoyable."
A bright smile broke out on Lao Zhou's face, and he asked urgently: "Then you and I will go to the stall to get money?"
"No problem, but you have to sign a contract with me to guarantee that these porcelain fragments are antiques. If I find someone to identify them as fake, you have to compensate me ten times, which is 5 yuan. If you dare not sign, then prove this The antique is fake, I won’t make it difficult for you, I will give you 500 yuan, and the matter is over.”
Li Cunxi added.
When Lao Zhou heard this, he looked at the monkey-faced young man.
The monkey-faced young man smiled and said: "No problem, let's sign the contract."
He was confident in the antiques forged by his master, and few insiders would be able to find the flaws.
Lao Zhou hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, just sign the contract."
He bet that Li Cunxi would not find anyone to identify the antique, and he also bet that Li Cunxi could not find anyone who could identify the authenticity of the antique.
"Bring a pen and paper."
Li Cunxi asked for pen and paper and wrote quickly, drafting two contracts.
After the two of them signed, each person took one copy.
Li Cunxi whispered to Bai Maoqi: "There is a stall selling jeans at the intersection on the right. Find Jin Wen and ask him to pack 50 yuan in canvas."
"Isn't it five thousand?"
Bai Maoqi asked doubtfully.
Li Cunxi grinned and said, "Don't worry, he won't dare to accept it."
Say it.
He raised his voice again and said, "Brother, hurry up and get money for Boss Zhou."
Bai Maoqi nodded and left quickly.
Lao Zhou happily picked up the contract, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Thank you, Boss Li, for helping us open the business."
"You're welcome."
Li Cunxi replied, as if thinking about something, and asked: "Boss Zhou, I spent so much money on antique fragments, can you give me an antique to play with?"
"what?"
Lao Zhou looked at the monkey-faced young man.
The monkey-faced young man nodded.
There are some real and fake antiques in the stall, but there are not many of them. If you want to find them, you have to have good eyesight or luck.
Lao Zhou smiled heartily and said, "No problem, just pick whatever you like."
"it is good."
Li Cunxi swept through the things on the stall.
Enamel, watercolor, large pieces of blue and white porcelain, whatever is expensive and imitated, this is definitely because there is an expert behind the supply.
He picked up a thousand-leaf enamel plate.
The monkey-faced young man raised his eyebrows.
He secretly thought that this grandson was lucky. He accidentally picked out a genuine antique, and it was also the most expensive genuine item in their stall. He could have extorted 5000 yuan from the other party.
Then he smiled and said: "Boss Li has a good eye, and this thousand-leaf enamel plate is a good thing."
"Really good."
Li Cunxi smiled.
He really found a treasure today. He remembered that in his previous life, he had a friend who bought a thousand-leaf enamel bowl from the Kangxi period for more than 8000 million Hong Kong dollars. It is estimated that if he gets it in Xiangjiang now, he can sell it for more than [-]. It's a pity that he didn't buy it from Anyone who dares to sell antiques bought in a cultural relics store is smuggling cultural relics and will be shot.
"Then you want this?"
Old Zhou asked.
"Look again."
Li Cunxi put the plate at his feet, and began to pick up the antiques one by one. After a while, he chose a white-glazed lion, then took a blue and white porcelain plate, stood up and moved a few steps, picked through the stalls on the other side, and selected a few more items. He said: "I think these are good, let's make a price."
The old man looked at the monkey-faced young man.
Cold sweat broke out on the monkey-faced young man's forehead, and his eyes were full of horror.
In just six or seven minutes, he was able to identify all the genuine products on the stall. His eyesight was simply amazing.
He lowered his voice and said to Lao Zhou: "Old man, we have encountered a tough situation. This man's eyesight is no worse than that of my master."
"What do you mean!"
Lao Zhou looked puzzled.
The monkey-faced young man patted the contract in his pocket: "He can identify the authenticity of antiques, but he deliberately pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger, tricking us into signing the contract, and wants us to pay him [-] yuan."
Lao Zhou suddenly broke into a cold sweat and looked at Li Cunxi in disbelief.
Li Cunxi smiled back.
At this time.
Bai Maoqi and Jin Wen rushed over.
Jin Wen handed the canvas bag to Li Cunxi and asked, "Brother Xi, what's going on?"
"Let's watch a play."
Li Cunxi took the canvas bag and handed it to Lao Zhou: "Boss Zhou, your 5000 yuan, remember if it is fake, [-] yuan will be compensated for [-] yuan. Don't think you can cheat, I can identify antiques, and naturally I also know some who will let the court An authoritative person who is convinced by the police, you either have to accept this account, or I will treat you as a blackmailer and put you in jail."
Gudong.
Lao Zhou swallowed his saliva and said with an apologetic smile: "Boss Li, we all do business on the same street, so give me a way to survive."
"Didn't I give you a chance?"
Li Cunxi had a sarcastic look on his face.
Lao Zhou was speechless.
Think back now.
Li Cunxi seemed to have asked him to give him money twice, but he was only thinking about extorting a large amount of money from Li Cunxi to vent his anger, so he completely ignored it.
Li Cunxi said quietly: "Lao Zhou, I have never forced you to buy a stall, so don't think I cheated you out of how much money you had."
"What you're teaching is, why don't we just forget about this contract?"
Lao Zhou still misses the contract on Li Cunxi.
He sells fake antiques just to make ends meet. Who knows, he can get 5 yuan for the other party.
Li Cunxi ordered: "You two should apologize to my uncle first."
Lao Zhou and the monkey-faced young man hurriedly came to Bai Maoqi, saying all kinds of good things to beg for mercy, and their posture was extremely low.
After all, Bai Maoqi was not a scoundrel like Bai Laoer. He forgave the other party after being said a few good words.
"Boss Li, do you see this contract?"
Lao Zhou asked again.
Li Cunxi took out the contract, tore it into pieces, and took out 50 yuan from the canvas bag: "People who do business on the same street don't have such big grievances. These 50 yuan will be used as compensation for my uncle's broken things."
Lao Zhou quickly waved his hand: "These porcelains don't cost much, so please don't treat me badly. I can't accept this money."
Li Cunxi bent down and picked up the thousand-leaf enamel plate, and asked with a smile: "What if I buy this plate?"
The monkey-faced young man was obviously the one who really made the decision. He said softly: "Boss Li is very knowledgeable. I admire you very much. This thing is free of charge. Just make a friend. Besides..."
He paused for a moment and took out 300 yuan from his pocket: "The money I defrauded your uncle last time will be returned intact."
Bai Maoqi looked happy and hurriedly stepped forward to get the money.
Li Cunxi held his shoulders, moved back, and said, "This plate is at least 500 yuan. These three hundred, plus this fifty, think I'm making you an advantage."
Say it.
He threw down the 50 yuan, put the plate in the canvas bag, and left the stall.
Bai Maoqi stomped his feet angrily and hurriedly chased after him, complaining: "Cun Xi, why are you so polite to these liars? This money belongs to our mother."
Li Cunxi smiled and asked, "Guess who did our mother get the money from?"
His mother-in-law has been asking him for money in different ways recently. The reason is that she wants to buy something for Li Duoduo, and the price starts at ten yuan.
He is not a fool. The current salary in the capital is only about forty, and Li Duoduo is a child and can eat and drink as much as he can.
But who made him ruin the old Bai family in his last life, so he didn't know what his mother-in-law was thinking. He would give it to her even if she didn't ask for too much.
Bai Maoqi was speechless.