Pick up bargains in Chinatown and make 10,000 times the profit at the beginning

Chapter 2 A small test of one’s skills
There is a number in the lower right corner of the screen. Lin Yuan looked carefully and found that it was the reputation value, which was currently zero.

Reputation? What's the use? Lin Yuan wondered.

Looking again, there is a "+" sign next to it, which is gray.

Lin Yuan guessed that the “+” should be to increase the treasure hunting radius of the treasure hunter!
However, reputation points are required to increase it.

In an instant, Lin Yuan had a plan in his mind.

Lin Yuan was startled and hurried to his uncle's pile of junk, which was a mess of bottles and jars.

A green light immediately appeared on the treasure-hunting device in his mind.

This means that there is a genuine item among the pile of junk in front of me.

Lin Yuan flipped through those things and quickly found the thing that made the treasure-hunting instrument glow green.

I saw that it was a snuff bottle the size of a palm.

Since Lin Yuan learned that his uncle was doing antique business in the United States, he had been studying hard to learn antique knowledge. He certainly couldn't identify antiques. It was wishful thinking to learn how to identify antiques after just a few days of tutoring, but he did understand the most basic knowledge of antiques.

For example, the object in front of you is called a snuff bottle.

A snuff bottle is a container for snuff, which is small enough to hold in the hand and easy to carry. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, snuff was introduced to China, and the snuff box gradually became orientalized, resulting in a snuff bottle.

Lin Yuan knew that snuff bottles, as exquisite handicrafts, were made of porcelain, copper, ivory, jade, agate, amber and other materials, using techniques such as blue and white, five-color, carved porcelain, inlay, clever workmanship, and inner painting. They absorbed the advantages of a variety of crafts at home and abroad, and were regarded as precious cultural relics by connoisseurs, enjoying a high reputation both at home and abroad.

Don’t underestimate this palm-sized thing, as it is praised as “a pocket-sized artwork that integrates the best of various crafts from various countries.”

Although he knew it was a snuff bottle, Lin Yuan had no idea of ​​its market value or how much it was worth.

He planned to check it on his mobile phone. He might not be able to find out the specific price of the snuff bottle, but he could find out its approximate value.

"What? You like this? If you like it, take it." Chen Shiquan washed his face and saw Lin Yuan taking out a snuff bottle from his pile of things. Thinking that his nephew liked this kind of thing, he was not stingy and simply gave it to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan shook his head: "Uncle, this snuff bottle should be quite valuable, you should keep it!"

The golden fingers were given by his uncle. This time, Lin Yuan was unwilling to continue taking advantage of his uncle. He even thought about honoring him after he made money in the future.

Chen Shiquan laughed and said nonchalantly: "It's not real, what's the value of it?"

How could he not be clear about his own things?

He even began to pass on his experience in this industry to Lin Yuan, telling him to identify the customer base, mainly selling to the Chinese community, including overseas Chinese.

As well as some routines, rhetoric and so on.

Lin Yuan still has a lot to learn.

"Don't Chinese people cheat Chinese people?" Lin Yuan.

His uncle rolled his eyes and asked, "Are they Chinese?"

That seems to be true.

"Uncle, if it is a real antique, how do you usually deal with it?" Lin Yuan did not explain too much to his uncle, knowing that even if he said that the snuff bottle was real, his uncle would definitely not believe it.

Chen Shiquan raised his hand and pointed: "Turn left after you go out, about fifty meters away, there is an antique shop. The owner is called Uncle De, and he is a nice guy. Although he will make money from us, he is not so greedy."

After hearing what his uncle said, Lin Yuan stood up, turned around and walked out: "Uncle, I'm going to be out for a while."

Chen Shiquan knew that his nephew was going to that antique shop, so he didn't stop him and let the boy go and try his luck.

What does a young person know?
Lin Yuan went out and turned left, and soon found the antique shop that his uncle mentioned, called Debaozhai.

It was deserted inside, with no customers, but Lin Yuan did not look down on it. It was said that these antique shops would not close for three years, but would make a profit for three years after opening, and would never go bankrupt.

Inside the store, the boss was wearing a pair of glasses, had his hair combed neatly, and was wearing a Zhongshan suit, and was reading a book.

Probably hearing the noise, he looked up towards the door and saw the young man walking in. Thinking it was Liu Zi, he asked with a smile, "Young man, what do you need?"

Lin Yuan: "Boss, do you want to collect the things?" "Yes, let me see."

The boss was not surprised. Some overseas students might bring heirlooms with them when they go abroad, and when they are short of money, they would pawn them.

Lin Yuan took out the snuff bottle.

"Put it here." said the boss, pointing at the counter.

This is the rule of the antique shop.

It is said that jade never passes through the hand, gold never leaves the eyes, and the hand never points to the fish!

In fact, this is not just for jade, all fragile items should be treated this way. Don't catch it with your hands, if it falls, it will be difficult to determine the responsibility for the accident.

Lin Yuan gently placed the snuff bottle on the counter.

Uncle De then took up the snuff bottle, held up a magnifying glass with his other hand, and began to examine it carefully.

After about three minutes, Uncle De finally said, "Young man, let's get straight to the point! This snuff bottle of yours is from the Qing Dynasty, made of agate, and the workmanship is pretty good. If I buy it, I can only give you $20,000, which is slightly lower than the market price."

Lin Yuan nodded, showing his understanding that people open shops to make money.

It was lower than the market price, Lin Yuan was mentally prepared.

Although agate is a gemstone, like crystal, its reserves and output are extremely large, so it is usually not very valuable. Only some special varieties are slightly precious.

"Do you want to sell it? Maybe you can also take it to other places to ask, it's okay." Uncle De said with a smile.

"Sell!" Lin Yuan said.

Uncle De: "Do you want cash or bank transfer?"

“Cash!”

Lin Yuan’s bank card was still from a domestic bank, and he felt that he needed to get another bank card.

Uncle De didn't think much about it. He opened the safe in the store and took out two stacks of hundred-dollar bills.

"Count them."

This money should have been taken out of the bank, it has not been touched and is very new.

Lin Yuan counted them quickly, and it was fine as long as the number was right. As for whether there were any counterfeit bills, Lin Yuan couldn't tell. Some counterfeit RMB notes were hard to identify, let alone US dollars.

"Thank you boss!"

Uncle De: "I should thank you for your business. Next time, if you have something good, you can bring it to me. I may not pay a high price, but I won't rip you off either."

Lin Yuan nodded, stuffed the US dollars into his pocket, and returned to his uncle's rented house.

After returning to the house, Lin Yuan took out the US dollars and handed them to his uncle: "I sold that thing on my own initiative. The money is here."

Chen Shiquan was shocked.

Is it really a treasure?
This was beyond his expectations!

"What did Uncle De say?" he asked.

Lin Yuan: "He said it was from the Qing Dynasty, made of agate."

Chen Shiquan thought about it and gave one of the stacks of US dollars to Lin Yuan: "Take it and use it. It's pocket money from your uncle."

Lin Yuan was not polite. He was indeed short of money at the moment and needed some start-up capital.

"Thank you, uncle!"

(End of this chapter)