Chapter 4075 Qizhenxuan
There are two signs at the door of the antique store, one in standard British English and the other in Chinese. Name: Qizhenxuan
"Qizhenxuan?" Ye Haoran looked at the name of this antique store and immediately became interested. Such a name can only be found in China. Seeing him abroad, Ye Haoran suddenly felt more cordial.
Although the decoration of this antique store is simple and the number of customers is sparse, Ye Haoran has an inexplicable impulse in his heart to enter the store and take a look. Even if there are really no good things in it, they are all cheap and artificially polished. Ye Haoran Haoran also felt that he had to buy a few.
Just as Oris could buy tens of thousands of dollars worth of street stall goods in order to listen to the stories made up by a few tour guides, why couldn't Ye Haoran buy them in a store based on the words "Qizhenxuan" in China? How many items?
With such an inexplicable impulse, Ye Haoran walked directly towards Qizhenxuan.
When Oris saw this, he was slightly startled. He rarely saw Ye Haoran being interested in these things. Ye Haoran didn't even take a second look along the way.
"Director Ye, where are you going?" Oris hurriedly chased after him.
When the tour guide saw this, he frowned slightly, because Qizhenxuan, which was near Ye Haoran, was one of the few shops here that had no interest in the tour guide organization.
"Dear Mr. Ye, are you going to buy antiques? The Qizhenxuan is full of deceptive goods. Why don't I introduce some to you? They will definitely be much more reliable!" The tour guide quickly called Ye Haoran, He said with a serious face.
Ye Haoran frowned slightly. If Ye Haoran didn't know the tricks behind these tour guides, Ye Haoran would have been deceived by the tour guide's serious expression.
"Oh!" Ye Haoran looked at the tour guide. Originally, he had no dislike for the tour guide. But now he heard the tour guide openly speaking ill of Qizhenxuan to him, which made Ye Haoran feel unhappy.
No wonder the business of Qizhenxuan is deserted. Even a tour guide who is a Chinese tourist like Ye Haoran will prevent him from entering Qizhenxuan. This will definitely be the case for tourists from other countries.
"I want to know, Mr. Tour Guide, do you have any basis for what you say?" Ye Haoran asked the tour guide.
The tour guide was obviously stunned. Of course he had no evidence. He just didn't want Ye Haoran's consumption and he couldn't get the commission. Moreover, he was surprised that Ye Haoran would ask him this question.
However, this tour guide can be regarded as a veteran. It seems that he has done this kind of thing frequently. He immediately reacted and began to make up: "Of course there is a basis. Not long ago, I brought two tourists here. Among them I just spent a lot of money to buy inferior goods at Qizhenxuan, so I was scolded, so I reminded you."
In order to increase his persuasiveness, the tour guide finally added: "By the way, it was the Chinese who were fooled last time!"
If you are an ordinary Chinese tourist, after listening to the tour guide's words, you may actually turn around, follow the tour guide's introduction, and go to other antique stores. Unfortunately, the tour guide met Ye Haoran, and Ye Haoran could see the change in his expression just now.
Ye Haoran grinned inexplicably, stared at the tour guide, and said: "I hope everything is true as you said, otherwise I will definitely sue you for slander and slander for this Qizhenxuan store!"
The tour guide was shocked by Ye Haoran's words, but since the words had been spoken, he naturally couldn't take them back. So he said with certainty: "Of course I didn't lie to you."
Originally, the tour guide hoped that Ye Haoran would leave Qizhenxuan under his kind persuasion, but Ye Haoran did not stop and continued walking towards Qizhenxuan.
Oris looked at the tour guide, shook his head and said, "Hey, do you think we, Mr. Ye, are easy to deceive? I hope what you said is true, otherwise you will be in trouble."
After saying that, Oris also followed Ye Haoran's footsteps and entered Qizhenxuan. The tour guide was left standing there in a daze, not understanding what Oris meant by this.
Along the way, the tour guide had already subconsciously thought that Ye Haoran and Oris were the kind of tourists who were best deceived. Otherwise, Orris would not have bought tens of thousands of dollars of collectibles under his lobbying. The real price of these collections, all added up, is only about a thousand dollars.
The price difference of tens of thousands of dollars is enough for his tour guide to take a 30% commission. In other words, this tour guide has already earned tens of thousands of dollars from Ye Haoran and Oris.
After a brief moment of worry, the tour guide then thought that he was a local, and although the two tourists looked like wealthy people, they were still powerful people. Even if they were exposed, he had nothing to be afraid of.
After thinking about this, the tour guide felt a little more courageous, and then he also stepped into Qizhenxuan.
Qizhenxuan is not big, with only a few dozen square meters of space. The boss at the counter is a Chinese, in his early fifties, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. When Ye Haoran came in, he was still holding a a book.
Ye Haoran saw clearly that it was actually an ancient Chinese book "Book of Changes". This is not a modern translation, but an ancient version from the Qing Dynasty. There are only a few books with this kind of layout in existence today, and each one is extremely precious.
To be able to understand this version of "The Book of Changes" one must at least have a relatively deep understanding of Chinese, and secondly, one must have some understanding of the history at that time. Suddenly, Ye Haoran had some admiration for the owner of this shop.
When the boss saw Ye Haoran coming in, he put down the books in his hands, but his movements were very light, as if he was afraid of damaging the books in his hands. And this move made Ye Haoran's expression change, and he instantly knew that the owner of this store was actually an ancient warrior. Although he had not even cultivated his true energy, he was already very impressive among ordinary people. character.
"Welcome, you can look at the things on the shelves, but you can't touch them with your hands." The boss stood up and said hello to Ye Haoran.
Ye Haoran nodded, becoming even more curious about the things in the store. Then he browsed the shelves one by one. There were a lot of things on the shelves. Although they were not very rare, they were at least much better than those sold at street stalls.
After Oris came in, he looked at the things on the shelves and nodded slightly. These things could barely be regarded as collectibles. But Oris frowned slightly when he saw the price. It was much more expensive than the items on the street stalls.
Finally, the tour guide walked in reluctantly. He didn't say anything after entering, and just stood at the door of the store, waiting for Ye Haoran and Oris to select the goods.
The shop owner didn't say anything when he saw the tour guides coming in. It was obvious that he didn't like these tour guides very much.
After Ye Haoran and Oris walked around the shelves, Ye Haoran was quite disappointed. There was nothing worthy of Ye Haoran's collection here. They were all modern polished handicrafts, and the prices were a bit high. The market price was quite high. .
However, since we are doing this for a living, it is actually reasonable for this situation to occur. Otherwise, how could the store have so much money to lose money? This kind of thing relies on the power of eyesight.
However, Ye Haoran had made up his mind when he came. Regardless of whether there were real things here, he would buy a few. What's more, although the things here can be bought outside, at least from an artistic point of view, these things are of a certain standard, but they don't have the reputation and vintage.
When Ye Haoran came to the store owner's counter again, Ye Haoran smiled at the store owner and said: "Boss, you are Chinese!"
"That's right, the little brother seems to be from China too!" The shop owner nodded slightly. He said: "Little brother, have you seen anything you like? Since we are all descendants of China, I can give you a 20% discount!"
20% off. After this calculation, everything here is almost the same as the market price, and may even be slightly higher than the market price. Based on the boss's words, Ye Haoran felt that it was worthwhile to buy a few things here.
"The boss is really refreshing!" Ye Haoran said with a smile: "However, I heard from this tour guide that some Chinese people bought fake goods from you a few days ago and lost a lot of money."
The boss suddenly frowned and subconsciously glanced at the tour guide on the side. The tour guide was a little confused because what Ye Haoran just said to the boss was Chinese, and the tour guide couldn't understand it.
The boss snorted coldly and said: "These tour guides are the real vampires. I, Mr. Liang, only make money based on my conscience. I would not do such an immoral thing, let alone my Chinese compatriots?"
"Little brother, if you are here to buy something, I welcome you. But if you are deceived by these tour guides and want to cause trouble, I will not accompany you." The boss seemed a little unhappy.
Seeing this, Ye Haoran smiled and said: "Boss Liang, don't get me wrong. If I believed this tour guide, I would just come in. I want to buy things, but boss, your store is called Qizhenxuan, so it shouldn't be without anything." It’s a good thing!”
Hearing Ye Haoran's words, Boss Liang was slightly startled, and then he realized that Ye Haoran had just wandered around and didn't see anything that suited his liking. So he said: "It seems that the little brother is still a knowledgeable person. I really made a mistake."
"Of course there are good things, but I won't give you a discount on the following things. Moreover, the things inside are genuine and fake. If you take a wrong look, you can't blame me." Only then did Boss Liang take it seriously. Obviously he also knew that he had met an expert. And such customers are the real big customers in antique stores.
"Of course, I still know some of the rules in this business." Ye Haoran was very happy when he heard Boss Liang say this. Sure enough, Boss Liang had good things, but he didn't show them off.
"Okay, you ask your friend to wait outside. I will temporarily close the store and take you to my warehouse to have a look." Boss Liang said again.
Ye Haoran asked Oris and the tour guide to wait for him outside the store, while he walked towards another place after Boss Liang locked the store.
Soon, Ye Haoran followed Boss Liang to a building not far away, which was obviously where these traders lived and rested.