Chapter 42 Two Time Bombs
This old man was wearing a green gown and had gray hair. He was none other than Zhou Tianyuan, the owner of this consignment house.
As soon as the clerk saw Zhou Tianyuan, his attitude immediately became respectful, and he said with a smile: "Boss, this is a broken watch and a fake bracelet. They seemed to be in urgent need of money, so I took the initiative and accepted it."
Seeing the two hundred and fifty yuan in Wu Xiulian's hand, Zhou Tianyuan frowned deeply.
Let’s not talk about how much the watches and jade bracelets inside are worth. These two brocade boxes are worth at least tens of thousands of dollars. My shop assistant is obviously cheating on honest people!
Zhou Tianyuan has always paid attention to his own reputation. If the clerk only cheated others a little, then forget it, but he obviously cheated too much.
He immediately said in a cold voice: "Return the things to others."
The clerk did not dare to disobey the boss, so he reluctantly pushed the two brocade boxes in front of Qiao Yizhao.
Wu Xiulian was anxious. She held on to the money in her hand and said displeasedly: "You have already got the money, how can you just refund it?"
"You have to have some integrity when doing business." Qiao Yizhao also felt angry.
Although two hundred and fifty yuan is not much, considering their current situation, it is enough to pay the water and electricity bills for a month.
So they don't want to give back the money they got so easily.
Zhou Tianyuan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You two misunderstood. It was our store employees who misunderstood. In fact, these two things..."
Before he finished speaking, Qiao Yizhao suddenly asked in surprise: "Isn't it even worth two hundred and fifty yuan?"
"It's your business to make mistakes. You've already got the money anyway, so you can't even think about giving it back." Wu Xiulian muttered. She just didn't want to give the money back anyway.
The clerk standing at the counter looked at the old couple and felt as if ten thousand grass-mud horses were running past.
If you don't even cheat such fools, then who will? It's like giving money to your door for free, but the boss doesn't want it, and the clerk is almost pissed to death.
Zhou Tianyuan still patiently explained to Qiao Yizhao and his wife: "You have misunderstood me. Although I don't know what is inside, these two boxes alone are worth more than 50,000 yuan."
Fifty thousand yuan...
above?
Qiao Yizhao and Wu Xiulian both couldn't believe their ears and said in a daze, "You say it again?"
At this time, Zhou Tianyuan picked up the brocade box on the counter, squinted his eyes and looked at it again and again.
Both brocade boxes are wrapped in cobalt blue satin, with shell patterns staggered and strong texture. There is also a dragon pattern drawn in gold in the lower left corner, using the wall-over-the-wall technique on ceramics, extending to the edge of the box, reflected in the light
The golden light shines below.
Zhou Tianyuan was sure that these two brocade boxes were made by famous artists.
"Wonderful. The workmanship of these two brocade boxes is really wonderful. They cost 30,000 yuan each. I'll accept them."
Qiao Yizhao and Wu Xiulian looked at me, and I looked at you. Both of them felt as if they were in a dream, and they couldn't believe whether what Zhou Tianyuan said was true.
One is 30,000 yuan, two is 60,000 yuan.
Did you really find a treasure? These two boxes are so valuable!
Even the clerk standing at the counter was very surprised.
In fact, he only roughly saw that the watch and jade bracelet were valuable. He didn't have the ability to estimate how much they were worth, let alone see that both brocade boxes were so valuable.
When Zhou Tianyuan opened the lid of the brocade box, he was suddenly stunned for a moment. After a few seconds, his expression became uncertain.
"What...what happened?" Qiao Yizhao asked doubtfully.
"I'm doing a small business. Our store is small and we can't afford these two things from you!" Zhou Tianyuan sighed.
At first he was very excited when he found out that the brocade box was made by a famous artist, but when he saw the watch and jade bracelet inside the box, he was even more shocked that his palms broke into cold sweat.
After all, he is also the vice president of the Jiangdong Province Jewelry and Antiques Association, and he still has the ability to identify treasures.
That jade bracelet is quite transparent, with little bits of fluorescence under the light, as if there is green fairy air floating in it. It is both transparent and elegant, and the more you look at it, the more flavorful it becomes.
Zhou Tianyuan could tell at a glance that this jade bracelet was expensive, at least worth tens of millions. Together with another watch, the value of the two treasures was already hundreds of millions. He simply didn't have that much cash to buy it.
Even if there was, he wouldn't dare to accept it.
Who knows whether the old couple in front of them are getting their money from the right source or not. Otherwise, if they don’t make any money and cause themselves trouble instead, then the gain will outweigh the loss.
Qiao Yizhao and Wu Xiulian were confused and had no idea what Zhou Tianyuan meant.
"Didn't we agree on a box worth 30,000 yuan? Are you going to regret it again?" Wu Xiulian asked with a frown.
"I'm really sorry. I'm afraid no consignment house in the entire Longjiang City dares to accept these two treasures. You two should please take them back." Zhou Tianyuan said very seriously.
He invited Qiao Yizhao and Wu Xiulian out of the store, not even asking for the two hundred and fifty yuan.
"If they don't accept it, we can just sell it in another store." Wu Xiulian said angrily, and then she and Qiao Yizhao went to several consignment houses and pawn shops.
Because of their previous experiences, they were no longer easily fooled, and instead confirmed a very shocking thing.
Not only are the two brocade boxes worth more than 60,000 yuan, but the price of the jade bracelet and watch is even more immeasurable.
One of the bosses of a consignment house boldly quoted the price. The jade bracelet was worth more than 40 million yuan and the watch was worth more than 70 million yuan. However, he did not dare and did not have the strength to accept these two treasures.
Qiao Yizhao and Wu Xiulian were completely shocked. Carrying two brocade boxes was like carrying two time bombs. They felt like they were breaking out in cold sweat. They walked on the road as if they were surrounded by robbers, which made them feel timid all the time.
Trembling.
"Old Qiao, where did Lin Hao get this watch and this jade bracelet?" Wu Xiulian leaned next to Qiao Yizhao and said cautiously.
"How do I know?" Qiao Yizhao smiled bitterly.
"Could it be the wrong way? Did he steal it?"
Chapter completed!