Siheyuan: a hole in the sky with you

Chapter 448 Confrontation (Second update, please subscribe!)

"Hey, let me teach you a lesson!" The boss was extremely happy and prepared to teach Zhou Jianguo a lesson and ask him to pay an entry fee.

The boss is indeed a veteran. After hearing Zhou Jianguo's price inquiry, he pretended to think for a moment before replying: "My friend, you really have a good eye. This is not ordinary porcelain. This is blue and white porcelain. The inside of the porcelain is

The best, and this is a large vessel, which is even rarer. If you look at the paintings above, they are definitely everyone’s handiwork, and then look at the decorations on them, are they beautiful? This is the best blue and white porcelain!"

The boss tried his best to describe this piece of blue and white porcelain as a unique model in the world, in order to pave the way for the subsequent price offer.

He was ready to teach Zhou Jianguo a lesson. If he didn't pay a sky-high price this time, he would be really sorry that he had been setting up a stall here for more than ten years.

"So good?" Zhou Jianguo looked at the boss with a look of disbelief.

"Is it really that good? This is blue and white porcelain, Yuan blue and white?" the boss said loudly.

"If there is such a good thing, why do you put it on the outside? If you put it on the outside, aren't you afraid of being broken by someone? If it were me, I would definitely put it on the inside, just like next to you, the boss.

Just like those pieces of porcelain."

Zhou Jianguo pointed to some porcelains next to the stall owner and said. The expression on his face was still childish, but what he said made the boss speechless for a moment.

The boss's mind was spinning rapidly, trying to find a reasonable explanation, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of any suitable explanation.

There was no way, the questions asked by Zhou Jianguo were too serious, and it was really not easy for him to answer them.

Just like what Zhou Jianguo said just now, if this piece of porcelain is really precious Yuan blue and white, then why is it placed in such a dangerous place on the roadside.

People come and go here on the roadside. There are not tens of thousands of people walking here every day, only a few thousand. With so many people walking here, it is inevitable that someone will accidentally bump into them. Therefore, under normal circumstances, things placed on the roadside

, are nothing valuable.

This is common sense, and the stall owner really doesn’t know how to explain it now.

"Boss, can you tell me a price?" Zhou Jianguo looked at the boss with a smile and said. He didn't pretend anymore at this time. Some things are too much and too much. With what he said before, I believe this stall owner will be much more honest.

"You kid, you have something!" The stall owner shook his head, feeling that he had been playing with an eagle all his life, but his eyes were pecked by an eagle today. The kid in front of him looked like a novice, but in fact he was a cunning one.

Little fox.

"Hey, boss, to be honest, I am indeed a novice when it comes to antiques, but in other aspects, I am not a novice." Zhou Jianguo said with a smile.

He didn't lie. Zhou Jianguo was indeed a novice when it came to antiques.

"I can see it!" The stall owner nodded, and he could see it.

If Zhou Jianguo was really a veteran, he wouldn't use the words he just said to lower the price.

A veteran of antiques used the phrase "the more something is on the street, the less valuable it is" when negotiating prices. If this matter spreads, other antiques will be laughed at.

Generally speaking, experienced antique experts will try their best to point out the shortcomings of the antique when bargaining. The more shortcomings the antique has, the lower the price will be, and then the antique will be bought at a very low price.

Take this Yuan blue and white painting vat as an example. If it is an antique, he will use the excuse that the Yuan blue and white surface is too new to negotiate the price. After hearing this, the stall owner will know that he cannot fool others.

Therefore, when you negotiate the price, you will naturally lower it by several levels.

Originally he would start with 10,000, but now, he can start with 1,000 at most, which makes it easier to negotiate prices later.

This is how a veteran antique dealer negotiates prices, using his professional knowledge to complete the bargaining.

Zhou Jianguo did not do this, so the stall owner knew that Zhou Jianguo was indeed a novice in antiques, but in other aspects, he was definitely a little fox. He wanted to make a lot of money from Zhou Jianguo. It seemed that

It's impossible.

Here I want to talk about the stall owners on this street. They are all honest people, or they all have the dignity of warriors. They will not be like the stall owners outside. Once exposed, they will immediately

He will fall out, and if he has a bad temper, he will directly come up and beat people.

Although the stall owner was told the truth by Zhou Jianguo, he did not get angry. He just smiled and called "little fox" before starting the next round of confrontation between the two sides.

"Well, for the sake of everyone being warriors, I think this blue and white porcelain painting vat costs five hundred yuan!" The stall owner offered a price of five hundred yuan.

If Zhou Jianguo hadn't been there, the stall owner would have at least added a zero to the price when he raised the price.

When Zhou Jianguo heard the price of five hundred yuan offered by the stall owner, he was so happy that he almost agreed.

A genuine Yuan blue and white piece, or such a high-end Yuan blue and white piece, only costs five hundred yuan. This price is really too low.

A high-end Yuanqinghua like this would fetch at least 30,000 to 50,000 yuan in the market.

Thirty to fifty thousand yuan was definitely a sky-high price in the 1960s, when the average monthly salary was only about thirty. However, don't think that this price is too high. In fact, this price is still a bit low.

Yuan blue and white, even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, were extremely precious antiques. They usually cost several thousand or tens of thousands of taels of silver. Now you can buy them for only 30,000 to 50,000. The price is really not high. (The Yuan blue and white here are not high.

It’s all about high-quality products)

Haste makes waste, Zhou Jianguo knew the truth behind this. If he had agreed directly without negotiating the price, the stall owner might not sell anymore.

Therefore, although the five hundred yuan offered by the stall owner was a very low price, Zhou Jianguo still endured it, and then began to bargain with the stall owner.

"Five hundred yuan, this is too expensive! My monthly salary is only fifty-six yuan and eighty cents. It will take me at least two years to save five hundred yuan. It is too expensive, too expensive, I think

The price of fifty yuan is more reasonable."

Zhou Jianguo's counter-offer was very strong, and as soon as he counter-offered, he got a 10% discount, fifty yuan.

The stall owner was actually a little happy in his heart. He originally thought that Zhou Jianguo would repay around five or ten yuan, and then the two parties concluded the transaction at a price between thirty and fifty. After all, Zhou Jianguo's previous behavior seemed to be something, and he was very shrewd.

If the transaction is made at this price, the stall owner is also willing.

The most he can do is earn less. Anyway, he only spent three yuan to get this painting vat.

If he sold it for 30 yuan, he would have made a full eighty-nine times profit, which is considered okay. (The labor costs must also be deducted.)

However, what he didn't expect was that Zhou Jianguo's first counter-offer was fifty, which was ten times higher. In this way, the stall owner was confident that he could raise the price to more than one hundred.

What you collect for three yuan, even if you add labor costs and other things, is probably five yuan at most. If you sell it for a hundred yuan, you will make a net profit of more than 20 times, and the stall owner will be crazy with joy.

Although he was very happy in his heart, the stall owner still had a somewhat disappointed expression on his face. He shook his head and said, "No, fifty yuan is too low. The price I charged was always forty-five yuan.

Including transportation fees and other expenses, the cost will be fifty or sixty yuan, and it really can't be sold for fifty yuan."

"Then let's take sixty yuan. This price is really fair. You bought it for forty-five yuan. There were other expenses in the middle, which was fifty yuan. Now you sell it for sixty yuan."

I, you haven’t earned ten yuan yet.”

Zhou Jianguo knew that the stall owner was pretending to be a sample, so he immediately opened a new price: sixty yuan!

The stall owner was very good at pretending. He pretended to think for a while, and finally shook his head and refused, saying: "Yes, according to what you said, I can indeed earn ten yuan by buying it for you for sixty yuan.

But you also know that if this antique business is just for making ten dollars, then I will come here to sell antiques. If it were you, would you agree?"

This sentence from the stall owner is indeed a truth. There is a popular saying in the antique industry: If you don’t open for three years, you will be open for three years!

This sentence very clearly shows the profits of the antiques industry. In other industries, a profit margin of half, double, or two or three times is already considered good. But in the antiques industry, if you can’t make hundreds of

If the profit margin is several times or several thousand times, then you should not open this antique business.

Therefore, what the stall owner said was quite sincere, and even Zhou Jianguo was not easy to defend.

If it were him, he would not sell it either.

A profit of ten yuan is not a profit, but an insult to these antique experts.

"In this case, I will offer eighty yuan, boss. This is the upper limit of what I can offer. If you accept it, then I will pay for this blue and white porcelain painting vat. If you still don't agree, then I can only express my regret.

After all, if I go to the store and buy a blue and white porcelain painting vat like this, it will only cost five or six yuan at most."

Zhou Jianguo pretended to be in pain, and gave his final price, and also reminded the stall owner that such a blue and white porcelain painting vat only sold for five or six yuan in the store. He paid eighty yuan, which was enough.

That’s ok.

The stall owner once again fell into thinking. He was thinking about whether the price offered by Zhou Jianguo was acceptable, whether what Zhou Jianguo just said was true, and how much he could increase it.

Nearly half a minute later, the stall owner finally came up with his final price. He said to Zhou Jianguo: "One hundred yuan, if you agree, we will make a deal now!"

During this half minute, the stall owner was actually thinking secretly, observing Zhou Jianguo's expression. He wanted to see if Zhou Jianguo really didn't know how to bargain anymore, as he said.

In the end, he only saw calmness, not the slightest bit of anxiety. It was obvious that this price was indeed close to this person's bottom line. If he tried to negotiate a higher price, the deal might really be scrapped.

Thinking of this, the stall owner immediately made the final decision, one hundred yuan.

Zhou Jianguo did not agree directly. He frowned and thought. When the stall owner saw Zhou Jianguo like this, he felt happy in his heart. He was glad that he did not continue to talk loudly, otherwise, the deal would really be ruined.

"Boss, I can agree to it for one hundred yuan, but you have to add those few pieces of jade pendants as compensation." Zhou Jianguo said, pointing to a few pieces of quite new jade pendants.

Zhou Jianguo had seen these jade pendants before and originally wanted to buy them, but since the boss was so 'greedy', Zhou Jianguo was ready to teach him another lesson and let him know that there is a price to pay for being greedy.

"It's a deal, consider these jade pendants as a gift from me." The stall owner concluded the deal happily.

These pieces of jade pendants are not antiques, but he bought them for meditation.

He used to be a bit impatient, so after practicing Ming Jin, he couldn't break through An Jin for a long time. At this time, his master asked him to carve a jade pendant. When he could calm down, he could break through to An Jin.

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In this way, he carved the jade pendant for three years before he could truly meditate, and then spent another two years breaking through An Jin.

Some people here may wonder why this person's story sounds like a protagonist.

Protagonist, in your world, you are the only protagonist, so if you insist on saying that you are the protagonist, you will not comment.

Oh, you said that this man has been carving jade pendants for three years, so these jade pendants of his should have some value. How could this man give the jade pendants to Zhou Jianguo so easily?

Hehe, you still think highly of him. Although he has been carving jade pendants for three years, you also know that he was an extremely irritable person before. Do you think such a person can be good at carving?

In fact, this man's carving skills, somehow, it feels like a Q version, which is quite illusory. So, when he heard that Zhou Jianguo asked for a jade pendant as a match, the stall owner agreed without even thinking about it, and even took the initiative to give him more.

A few bucks.

The stall owner never expected that he would suffer another huge loss.

Although the value of these jade pendants in his hand has not increased but has declined due to his magical carving handiwork, it will not take long for the price of jade to soar sharply after the appearance of the Demon Trap Talisman.

Now these jade pendants are worthless, but soon, each piece of these jade pendants will cost more than 500 yuan, and the stall owner gave Zhou Jianguo ten jade pendants this time.

In other words, in this transaction, the stall owner took the initiative to give away 5,000 yuan for a mere 100 yuan, and it was still a rising 5,000 yuan. Well, he also had to buy a blue and white porcelain painting vat.

It is said that from that time on, the stall owner was quite hostile to those young people. There was no way, he was being picked off by Zhou Jianguo, and it was hard to protect him.

Thirty years later, after Zhou Jianguo took out the blue and white porcelain painting vat and proved that it was the real Yuan blue and white, it is said that the stall owner left the antique business directly. He was severely beaten by Zhou Jianguo, and twice, who

Can bear it.

"Here, here's one hundred yuan!" Zhou Jianguo suppressed his inner joy and handed ten big black cards to the stall owner.

The stall owner took it over excitedly, and the deal between the two parties was concluded.

After reaching the deal, Zhou Jianguo did not take away the blue and white porcelain painting vat now. He said to the stall owner: "Boss, I want to go shopping here again to see if there are any other good things, so this blue and white porcelain painting vat,

I’ll leave these jade pendants here with you for the time being. I’ll take them away after I finish shopping, do you think that’s okay?”

"Okay, feel free to leave it here. However, I have to leave for an hour at noon. Don't get me wrong. I am going to eat. In the afternoon, you have to come and take it away before four o'clock. I will close the stall at four o'clock.

"said the stall owner.

"Thank you boss!"

Zhou Jianguo thanked the stall owner. In return, Zhou Jianguo also bought all the jade items from the stall owner. Regardless of age, new or old, Zhou Jianguo bought all the jade items. He also told the stall owner that he could raise jade items.

Before he comes back, he will buy as much jade as he can raise.

Such a generous gesture almost made the stall owner jump with joy.

But what he doesn't know is that if he is happy today, he will be very sad soon.

Before the Demon Trap came out, jade was priced at cabbage prices, but after the Trap came out, the price of jade became gold or diamond.

Amidst the thanks from the stall owner, Zhou Jianguo left and walked towards the next stall.

The stall owner sent Zhou Jianguo away with a smile on his face, and carefully placed the blue and white porcelain painting vat and the jade items in a box. After doing all this, the stall owner immediately began to contact other people and purchase jade in large quantities.

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The stall owner is quite cunning. He plans to collect a large amount of jade and sell it to Zhou Jianguo, thereby making a huge profit.

As for whether Zhou Jianguo will default on his debt, the stall owner is not worried at all.

This is not the ordinary shops outside. This is a trading place for warriors. Anyone who can come in is a warrior. If you dare to default on your debt, the consequences will be quite serious.

In the world of warriors, there are absolutely no deadbeats. If you dare to default on your debt, there will be people who will deal with you.

In the world of warriors, force is respected. Some of the lame behaviors in the ordinary world will not work here!

In the world of ordinary people, a lazy person can avoid debt through a series of shameless behaviors, but in the world of cultivation, if you dare to do this, not only will you be killed, but your family will also be killed.

They will also be killed.

Moreover, the terrible thing is that no one will pursue this matter at all. Instead, there will be countless warriors saying that the killing is good. Therefore, in the world of cultivation, there are no such things as lame ones.

Zhou Jianguo ignored the stall owner's "cunning". After he left the stall, he planned to continue sweeping the stalls, but he visited seven or eight stalls in a row and didn't get much. He just bought some jade.

Zhou Jianguo never had too much jade. If he didn't want to cause other troubles, Zhou Jianguo would really want to open a stall here to buy jade. This would definitely be a hundred times better than his current behavior of sweeping goods.

In addition to jade, Zhou Jianguo also pays attention to other things that contain spiritual energy.

This is indeed a world of cultivation, and there are indeed many things containing spiritual energy.

Things like lightning struck wood, or thunder stones, and some meteorites all contain a certain amount of spiritual energy, but most of these things cannot be used by others, so these things are now cheaper for Zhou Jianguo.

Of course, the most important thing is that the prices of these things are not low.

For example, the lowest price of lightning strike wood is calculated in terms of cubic meters. The price of the lowest grade lightning strike wood per square is about one thousand yuan.

One thousand yuan was nothing in 40 or 50 years later, but in the 1960s, it was really not a small amount of money. Families above the ninth floor could not afford it, and even warriors could not afford it. In other words, warriors could not afford so much.

Money comes.

The saying that the rich learn martial arts and the poor learn literature is not nonsense. The cost of learning martial arts is really high, and ordinary families simply cannot afford it.

Let’s calculate based on Ming Jin. If you want to practice Ming Jin, you will have to spend at least two to three thousand yuan. How many families can afford this amount of money?

Moreover, this so-called two to three thousand yuan is for those whose cultivation qualifications are above the passing line. If your cultivation qualifications are below the passing line, haha, you will have to spend at least ten times more money to have it.

Maybe you can cultivate to Ming Jin.

He Yuzhu's training qualifications are pretty good, but he still spent more than 2,000 yuan on nearly twenty years of training (the money spent in the early stage was He Daqing's, and the latter was his own), so martial arts training is really good.

A very expensive thing.

This is only the realm of Ming Jin. When you reach Dark Jin, your expenses will double. So, if you don’t have a mine at home, you’d better give up on martial arts training.

Oh, you ask why they don’t need these expenses?

This is very simple, all these expenses were borne by Zhou Jianguo.

Why do warriors spend a lot of money to practice? The most important thing is that they have to buy a lot of elixirs to make up for the huge consumption of martial arts on the body.

To put it simply, practicing martial arts requires consuming a lot of energy, and your body itself does not have so much energy. Therefore, if you want to continue practicing, you must replenish your body with a lot of energy. Otherwise, you will not only practice

If you don't go on, your body will collapse due to excessive energy consumption.

In the world of cultivation, this energy is like spiritual materials and elixirs. Without these things, you cannot practice at all.

As for Bangge and the others, Zhou Jianguo provided milk full of life spirit liquid, as well as some vegetables and meat, so the energy in their bodies was sufficient to ensure their daily practice.

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