After leaving the steel rolling plant, Li Weiguo did not delay and rode directly to Beixinqiao.

Beixinqiao is not far from Siheyuan, and it takes about ten minutes to ride a bicycle.

Li Weiguo had never been here, so he asked someone several times before finding the trust store.

A two-story building with the sign "Beixinqiao Trust Store" hanging on it.

Trust shops were called pawn shops in later generations, but before liberation, they were "pawn shops". The shadows can be seen in later film and television dramas.

"Pawnshop" was a business for the old society to "explore and oppress" poor people. After liberation, pawnshops were stopped.

Later, a trust store was born, which specifically accepted commissions and sold second-hand items.

The trust store on Beixinqiao is quite large, with two floors and two stores downstairs, each with more than 100 square meters. Li Weiguo rode his car to the door and parked it directly towards the product sales department.

When I walked in, I saw that there were quite a few people here, about twenty or thirty people, all of whom were walking around, looking around, looking for what they wanted.

As soon as I entered the door, I was the product sales department, which was mainly responsible for displaying and selling various second-hand goods. As for the acquisition department, it was in a nearby store, which was mainly responsible for acquisition and consignment.

In fact, a "trust" is a acquisition. After the clerk and the customer negotiate the price, the items are sold directly to the trust store. As for how much the store sells for sale, the customer has no right to interfere.

"Trust" means that the two parties negotiated the final sale price. The store has no right to change it. Once the item is sold, the store will charge a certain handling fee. If it is not sold, it can still be redeemed intact.

In addition, there is an unwritten rule. Generally, customers can search for or buy items at the product department. However, if you do not have items for sale or entrustment, you must not stroll or stay in the acquisition department, and you must not "disguise" and intercept the items that customers want to sell or entrust at the acquisition department.

If you dare to intercept the acquisition department, and if you are caught, you will have to be labeled as a speculative person and then have a one-stop parade when you drink tea.

Looking at the various products in the sales department, Li Weiguo was not in a hurry to find someone, wanting to see what was there first.

When I walked into the counter, there were a lot of goods in the glass counter.

Old furniture, porcelain, bronze ware, clothing, shoes, hats, luggage, fur goods, clocks, musical instruments, daily necessities, etc., are all kinds of old goods or defective products that can be used in life.

Even bicycles, radios, sewing machines, TVs, phonographs, and rubber records are available, and everything in it is not allowed.

In this era of shortage of supplies, even if you have money, you can’t buy the items you need, so it became the norm to come to a trust store to buy erotic goods.

However, it is difficult to buy large items like these. Most of them are booked in advance. If you ask if it doesn’t matter, it means it has been sold.

Okay, he can't even use these big items for the time being.

Just bypass the counters that sell large items and places where clothes, shoes and hats are sold, and come to the counters that sell watches.

He wanted to see if it was possible to buy rare watches or something.

Through the glass on the counter, you can see dozens of watches with various brands, different brand quality, new and old.

There are both domestic Shanghai cards, Seagull cards, as well as foreign Rolex, Omega, Tissot, Plum Blossom cards, Peacock cards, Roman cards, Innag, Gas Needle, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin... and so on.

It is similar to what Li Weiguo thought, and any watch that can be passed here was bought.

The rest are all kinds of faults, and each one that can move can only be used as a decoration if you spend money to buy it.

However, Li Weiguo didn't care. When he saw the rare watch, he bought it and threw it into the stationary warehouse to put it in the first place. When he looked back, he would find out if there was any master of master skilled watches and let others see it.

These fault tables are not worth much money, there are more than a dozen, twenty, and better ones and thirty-four.

Nowadays, everyone is pragmatic. If you are a good person, you can sell as much as you want.

The fault has been scrapped, the original price is one or two thousand, and now it is the price.

Li Weiguo looked there with his head pressed against the counter glass, and suddenly he found a watch that looked a bit old but very delicate.

Li Weiguo used to like to pay attention to the collection and auction information of various famous watches in the world. He recognized the watch at a glance.

He pointed to the Patek Philippe and said to the salesperson: "Comrade, please help me take that piece."

The salesperson was a young man in his twenties with a pair of dead fish eyes. He was in a daze listlessly. He frowned when he heard Li Weiguo's shouting and was a little unhappy.

Li Weiguo also knew the virtues of these salesmen, so he didn't care. He took out the big front door from his pocket, handed it over, and smiled and said, "Brother, smoke a cigarette and wake up the gods."

The dead fish eyes also said, and after taking the cigarette, his face turned a lot gentler. He took out the key, opened the glass cabinet, took out the Patek Philippe from it and handed it over.

Dead Fish Eye is kind and reminded: "These foreign watches placed here are basically fault watches and cannot be used. And there are not many who can repair them, so it is likely to be a decoration if you buy them back."

Li Weiguo thanked him for his reminder. If you can’t find any watch repairs, you will find it slowly, but if you miss it, you will lose it. Take it down first.

Pick up this watch and take a closer look.

This is a Patek Philippe Ref.2523 World Time Rose Gold watch, produced in 1953, and was sold by Paris retailer Gobbi. The words PATEKPHILIPPEGENVE are written in the center of the dial.

Later generations have publicly auctioned five Ref.2523 rose gold watches, one of which exceeds one million, and tens of millions.

I don’t know why this watch has fallen here, but Li Weiguo didn’t care about this and immediately said, “Comrade, how much does this watch cost?”

The dead fish eyes were quite real. He reminded him after seeing the cigarette he had handed over: "You really want to buy it? It's seventy yuan, but it's still a bad one, but I can't get the needle."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Thank you for your reminder." Li Weiguo smiled and said, "The elders in the family like this kind of thing. I will buy it back to make him happy."

When the dead fish eyes heard this, they didn't say anything and put the watch on the counter: "Okay, you'll do it yourself. Anyway, the lowest price is 70 yuan, and you won't refund it if you buy it."

Li Weiguo didn't plan to buy it, but he regretted it. He nodded, issued an invoice, paid the money, and then bought the watch.

Put it in your pocket, then think of it, put the watch into the space and stationary warehouse, and wait until you find the watch repairer to cook it.

After buying the watch, Li Weiguo was not in a hurry to leave, and he had not finished reading the things.

I continued to watch it for a while, and this time I was interested in a pocket watch.

Li Weiguo pointed to the pocket watch and said, "I'm going to do it again, this one looks pretty good."

The dead fish looked up at Li Weiguo, as if he was looking at a prodigal son: "Comrade, this is not cheap either, it's sixty-five."

What Li Weiguo is interested in, how can he care about your price? Don’t he sprinkle water on all things: “The old man at home only cares about these things. It’s okay, this one is the one.”

It doesn't matter if you die. It's not because you don't pay the money yourself. Seeing that Li Weiguo confirmed that he wanted it, he didn't say much, so he took out a pocket watch from the counter and handed it to him.

Li Weiguo took it, looked carefully, and confirmed that he did not admit his mistake.

Vacheron Constantin, 18K gold and enamel decoration, with ivory dial, made in 1922.

This pocket watch was once sold at Christie's in Hong Kong for HK$200,000 (approximately RMB 160,000) at the 2012 autumn auction.

It is also a good collection, nothing to say, I will issue invoices, pay money, complete the procedures, put them in my pocket, and then send them into the space.

After buying two watches, Li Weiguo didn't plan to buy them again. It was eye-catching to buy too many at one time, and he would buy furniture later.

He held a cigarette for himself and handed it to the dead fish eye: "By the way, brother, Tong Dahai, are you working here?"

Dead Fish Eye took the cigarette fork and nodded when he heard this, turned around and pointed to the store next to him: "It's in the acquisition department next door. Today he is on duty, and the one on the counter is the one you can see when you go in."

"Okay, thank you."

Thanking the salesperson, Li Weiguo went out and walked around to the acquisition department next to him.
Chapter completed!