Chapter 63: Buying a watch at a commission shop, the money is still too little
This commission shop is very big, and there is a dazzling array of things in it. You can find everything.
There are everything from tattered clothes and cotton-padded jackets to old bicycle watches and even radios and sewing machines.
Old furniture accounts for the majority of them, and this is the most common, but they are basically furniture made of ordinary materials.
The first thing Li Jiayi looks at is the watch. Although he has a watch ticket, he doesn’t like the watches that can be bought with the ticket.
Come to the counter where the tables are placed.
There are many watches here, but basically there are more domestic watches, the most typical ones are Shanghai brand watches.
Of course, there are also some foreign brands, such as Plum Blossom, Patek Philippe, Rolex, Vacheron Constantin, etc.
Except for the plum blossoms, the rest were definitely not bought in China. They were probably brought back from abroad by those who studied abroad.
"Hello, can I see this pocket watch?" Li Jia asked the clerk at the commissioning bank.
Perhaps because he was too young, the clerk said: "You can't see this. You have to let your adults come to see it."
Li Jiayi touched his nose helplessly and said: "I have Money.”
He can’t wear the watch, but this pocket watch is fine! Put it inside your clothes and no one else can see it.
Besides, even if that doesn’t work, you can still put it into the room in the small space courtyard and take it out when you want.
"Not even if you have money." The guy shook his head.
"Hey, what's going on with you? You sell things and I buy things. Why do you need adults to come?"
"What's going on?" At this moment, a middle-aged man He walked over and asked with a frown.
"Manager, this kid wants to see this pocket watch. I'll ask his adults to come."
Hearing what the waiter said, the manager looked at Li Jiayi, who was wearing a modified military uniform. Carrying a kettle and school bag.
The most important thing is that he is clean and tidy, and at first glance he is not an ordinary child.
If Li Jiayi was asked to know what the manager was thinking, he could only say that you are overthinking and he was just wearing cleaner clothes.
No way, as a person from the 21st century, he can't stand being sloppy.
The clothes can be torn or old, but they must not be dirty and must be washed.
"Show it to this little comrade."
"Ah! Manager..."
Before the waiter could finish speaking, the manager interrupted him and said, "Take it if you want."
"Yes, manager."
This store is a public-private partnership, and the manager It should be the public manager.
Because if he were a private manager, this guy wouldn't be so obedient at all. It would be good if he didn't confront him.
When the clerk took it out, Li Jiayi took it and looked at it. Unexpectedly, it was a famous watch, a Patek Philippe pocket watch.
"How much is this?"
"Two hundred and eighty yuan."
"Hiss!" Li Jiayi took a breath.
You must know that this is an old pocket watch! It looks very old, but I didn't expect it to cost two hundred and eighty yuan.
To know that two hundred and eighty, you can buy a new plum blossom watch, or even two Shanghai all-steel watches and it won't be used up.
But after thinking about it, this is a Patek Philippe pocket watch! Although I don’t know how much Patek Philippe watches cost now, they are definitely not cheap.
In this case, it is reasonable to sell this pocket watch for 280 yuan.
“I want it, give me a ticket.”
Li Jiayi first handed over the pocket watch, and then said to the clerk.
“Ah! You want it?”
"Is there any problem?"
"No, no problem, I will issue an invoice to you right away." Seeing the money Li Jiayi just took out. There are no problems, and considering the thickness, it is enough to buy a pocket watch.
Soon the clerk issued the ticket. Li Jiayi took the ticket to the cashier counter to pay the money, and then came over with the receipt to get the pocket watch.
At this time, the guy was a little numb. This is two hundred and eighty yuan! You must know that his monthly salary is only twenty-seven and five yuan.
His salary for ten months was not that much. It would be fine if it was paid by an adult, but it turned out to be a child.
This was unacceptable to him, and at the same time he admired the manager's vision. Why didn't he see that he was a child from a rich family?
“Take this watch out and have a look.” After Li Jia got the pocket watch, he pointed at a Patek Philippe and said.
“Okay.”
This time the clerk did not hesitate and quickly took out the watch.
Li Jiayi took it and looked at it. It was a watch that was at least 80% new, but he didn't know how much it cost.
"How much is this?"
"One hundred and sixty."
"How much?" Li Jiayi thought he heard wrong, you know this is a Patek Philippe. !
And it was a watch, and the price was so much cheaper than a pocket watch, which made him speechless.
"One hundred and six," the man said again.
“I want it.”
Just kidding, don’t take advantage of the bastard, and it’s such a big advantage.
I just don’t know if this watch was entrusted by others, or if the entrusting bank bought it and then sold it.
If it is the former, it is easy to say, because the client has the right to set the price, and the entrusting bank only charges the entrustment fee.
If it's the latter, then this consignment shop is too ignorant. This is Patek Philippe!
In fact, it is normal. I can only say that Li Jiayi himself is a little fussy, because the price of Patek Philippe sold abroad is not expensive at present.
Even if it is a newly produced watch, the expensive one is more than one thousand US dollars, the cheap one is hundreds of US dollars, and the normal price is three or four hundred US dollars.
At this time, the exchange rate between RMB and U.S. dollars is 1.5 to 1. In other words, one U.S. dollar is only 1.5 RMB.
Take a watch that costs three to four hundred dollars, which is more than 400 to 600 yuan.
This is old and of course less valuable, and these people who came back from studying abroad may have bought it earlier, and the price was cheaper at that time.
As for why pocket watches are so expensive, he doesn't know, but there must be a reason.
Soon the clerk issued the ticket. Li Jiayi went over to pay and came back with the order to get the meter.
He didn't look at anything else this time, but even so, the guy was shocked.
In just a short time, Li Jiayi spent more than four hundred, which was his salary for a year and a half without food or water!
In fact, it's not that Li Jiayi doesn't want to see other things, but that he doesn't have much money in his pocket, so don't look back and ask if you can't afford it.
After coming out of the commission store, Li Jiayi hurried towards Fuxing Gate. Although he didn't waste much time, it was better to get there quickly.
Let’s sell more meat today. As for the tickets, it doesn’t matter whether he takes them or not. Now that he has spicy strips, he won’t be short of tickets.
Ten minutes later, he arrived at the Pigeon Market, carrying a basket filled with wild boar meat.
Just find a place to squat down and start selling.
"This is fat and delicious pork. Come and take a look."
"Comrade, how do you sell this pork?"
"One dollar per catty."
>Looking at the more than three fingers of wild boar meat, the middle-aged woman quickly said: "I want two kilograms."
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