Chapter 149: Not a pawn
The purpose of taking a boat to Honolulu was achieved. The plan went well, depending on the price of the gold.
Honolulu now circulates US dollars. The best Remington double-barreled shotgun of this era costs about ten dollars; a Comet bicycle costs only four dollars.
These are all good things in the future. If they are well preserved, in the antique market in 2018, vintage Remington shotguns can sell for $7,000, and Comet bicycles can sell for $5,000.
Su Ming’s gold jewelry should be worth 2,000 US dollars. Of course, that is the price in the jewelry store, and the pawnshop must not be able to give it.
But Su Ming wanted to sell these jewelry at high prices.
Drilling around in the flow of people in the port, sent a few short-eyed thieves, easily broke their fingers, Su Ming walked into the pawnshop naturally.
Antique counters and fences, some vases and calligraphy and paintings were also placed as furnishings. An old man with round glasses and a gray beard was dozing in the counter.
He is wearing a mandarin jacket, a black outer cap on his head, and an abacus and a magnifying glass on his hand.
Su Ming knocked on the counter with his knuckles, took out a small cloth package and placed it on the counter.
"The shopkeeper, business is here."
The old man took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. It's weird. He was obviously a white guy in front of him. How could he open his mouth to be authentic Peiping accent?
But the rule is not to ask for the source, so he just smiled politely, took the small cloth package and unfolded.
The time was golden, and the old head took a breath of cold as if drinking soup.
"hiss..."
Not to mention that these golds are of excellent color, the gems on them are transparent and shiny, and even the carvings and designs are ingenious.
This can be regarded as one of the best treasures in the world.
Of course, this is the future of craftsmanship, and the future is more inclusive of aesthetics. Isn't it the world's first in this era? There is also a vacuum molding machine, a computer micro lathe to understand?
The old man picked up the abacus and struck it up and down. The beads on the abacus crackled, indicating that he had done the business.
"Young man, things are good things, pure gold, I don't deceive you, but our **** shop's rules are half-folded when you enter the door. Do you know how to cut?"
The old man has an accent from a certain province in the south, and Su Ming immediately changed to the same dialect. In the Internet age, who doesn’t know a few dialects?
"The shopkeeper, I naturally understand the rules, but I am not here to pawn, but to give you a way to get rich."
The old man was taken aback, okay, this is the foreign devil who has become a fellow, he wants to see what the foreigner can tell.
"Oh, I would like to hear the details."
He pulled the abacus beads and motioned for Su Ming to start his performance.
Su Ming is naturally doing his part, and the old man is willing to listen to the story. This can be more expensive.
"Let’s not talk about anything else. Look at the color and workmanship of this gold, and then look at the water and surface of the gemstone. Have you seen it before?"
The old man frowned. It is natural to make more money when going out to do business, but this foreigner said that he is not a pawn, and there is a way to make money. This is strange, he wants to hear.
Pawnshops pay more attention to eyesight, and their favorite customer is the second generation ancestor who doesn't know anything, because they don't know how to do it, they treat the baby at home.
And this foreigner who is very fluent in Chinese brings surprises as soon as he walks in, indicating that he has seen the world before.
"No, I also said that you are a good thing." The old man touched his beard: "People say that our business is doing wicked business, talking about taking advantage of the fire, but I am still a businessman, honesty makes money, you I probably have an estimate for things, and I'm willing to accept them."
Su Ming smiled and nodded, but he didn't believe a word, the old man let him be, he just wanted to cooperate in another way.
"To tell you the truth, these treasures came out of the palace, not the one in Peking, but the Louvre in France. Have you heard of it?"
In fact, the source of the jewelry is the bat cave, but can Su Ming tell him?
"Slightly heard."
The old man held up his tureen and took a sip of tea, but he felt a little dry and tongue-in-cheek, and it was hard to hear the name.
"Hey, France is the world's first army power, and it is not comparable to the Qing Dynasty. And these things used to be the jewelry of the wife of Emperor Napoleon a hundred years ago, the Queen of the First French Empire, and Mary Louisa." Su Ming continued. Foolishly, the person involved has died a long time ago, and there was no carbon 14 test this year: "But an accident happened. Napoleon was defeated and captured, and Mary was also in exile, so these pieces of jewelry...you know. "
Old man understand? In fact, he didn't understand at all, he didn't know what these foreign names represented.
But he understands the words emperor, empire, first power, queen.
"No wonder, such exquisite jewels are really for royal use."
The old man remained silent, but he was secretly delighted. He only needs to remember the story, and then resell it to make a fortune.
Su Ming doesn't care about his inner thoughts, he can see his heartbeat from the old man's eyes, and now as long as he can push one more, he will definitely not lose.
"These pieces of jewelry were later in the hands of my ancestors, but the moon was overcast and clear. My father’s fleet suddenly disappeared on the sea a few days ago. I want to buy a boat and hire someone to find him, so I took it out. Chungbao, look for a destined person."
The old man glanced at him, is this a fake foreigner? These little words come in sets.
But... is there anyone?
He did not speak, but calculated the price of the jewelry in his heart. Not to mention the way to get rich, and the truth of the story, the value of the thing itself is a guarantee.
"The shopkeeper, you are an eye-sighted person, this kind of treasure, if you hold it to Dingling, Hebei, and take a circle, Lafayette will crawl out from below and give you two thumbs up."
"噗......"
I don’t know if Lafayette will come out, but his mouthful of tea is spewing out. This is definitely a real foreigner. He is really not stingy and dare to say anything.
Although the Qing Dynasty is dead, it is too great to die.
I don’t know that Su Ming comes from the future~www.NovelMTL.com~ He doesn’t have any positive views on the Empress Dowager Cixi. Now it’s easy to just use her to wash her off. If the journey time is a few years earlier, he will definitely be better than Sun Dianying Steal her tomb first.
The funeral goods are worth more than one hundred million taels of silver. Doesn’t it mean they were picked up for nothing if the C4 bombed all the way?
The old man coughed for a while, and finally said: "Young man, do you know the way out of our business after we have received gold and silver jewelry?"
Su Ming nodded: "It's nothing more than changing hands to the rich, or melting and recasting."
"Of course, this jewelry is expensive. Now that the Qing Dynasty is gone, who can be qualified to match this kind of jewelry?"
The old man is still struggling, he wants to keep the price down, meaning that he can't find a market, and the goods are crushed.
However, this was already in Su Ming's plan. He didn't want to cheat his compatriots, so he had already prepared a clear way for the old man.
I saw him smile: "The shopkeeper, you are wrong about this. You are not in Daqing now, but in Honolulu. Although the Queen of Hawaii has abdicated, she is not dead."
The old man’s eyes lit up, and he is really a fan of the authorities. The royal family that has ruled Hawaii for hundreds of years is rich!
The United States forcibly annexed Hawaii and compensated the Queen with US$420,000 and a sugarcane field. The current Queen of Hawaii has nothing but money.
He only needs to accept the jewelry, sell it to the royal family, make a steady profit without losing it, operate well, and double the profit.
It turns out that this is the way to get rich, and it is even possible to catch up with the old nobles. These people are still very energetic in Honolulu. This is not only a way of making money, but also a ladder.
He didn't know why Su Ming went to their pawnshop, but if he couldn't agree, Su Ming turned around and went to find a foreign comprador. This financial path might be flying away.
