Chapter 1349 Credit cards can be swiped
A plaque was hung on a storefront next to the back door of Gongmei Mall, with the five characters "Hanya Auction House" written on it.
It was said to be an auction house, but it still had the layout of an art and antiques store. When Zhou Zhi took Jasmin into the store, Zhang Cheng limped up and said with a smile: "Zhou Brother, are you here? Will you come back after this store opens?"
"Brother Zhang Cheng, are you interested?" Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "The boss is not right, run away. If you come here to work as a wage earner, what will you do with your store over there?”
Zhang Cheng shook his head: “No way, there are so many art and toys shops around, and they’re full of fakes. I am the only one who sells real things in the market. When people come in, they say that the same thing outside only sells for 50 yuan. Why do you dare to sell it for 5,000 yuan here? What do you think I should do?”
"You really can't afford to offend me." Zhou Zhi laughed so hard: "The best way is to move all your genuine goods away and rent the store to them to sell fake goods."
"But No!" Zhang Cheng was angry and funny: "That place. Now, except for the ghost market on Wednesdays and Sundays, I really can’t stay here the rest of the time.”
“Let’s just speak Mandarin, my friend is a bit lousy at listening to Sichuan dialect.” Zhou Zhi changed. Mandarin: "Let me introduce, this This is my friend from Hong Kong, named Jasmin; Jasmin, this is Mr. Zhang Cheng, the appraiser of Hanya Auction House and the person in charge of the store.”
After everyone said hello, Zhang Cheng invited the two of them to sit down and Zhou Zhi said: " Is the Kangxi emerald blue rattle still there? "
"Yes," Zhang Cheng turned around and opened the cabinet, took out a small bottle from the depth of the counter and placed it on the purple velvet table. : "This."
"Jasmine, take a look, what do you think of this thing?"
The characteristics of the Kangxi Emerald Blue are very obvious. It is green and rich. People who are used to seeing bright blue and white flowers may even have some feelings about it. I can't stand the superficial "coquettishness".
However, thanks to the advancement of craftsmen's techniques, the Kangxi Dynasty used the "color separation" technology for the first time in blue and white, which made the blue and white colors distinct and the ink color can show multiple layers of shades. The jargon is called "ink divided into five colors" .
Later on, due to the shift in royal aesthetic preferences, the requirements for blue and white porcelain were somewhat relaxed and lowered. As a result, Kangxi blue and white became an isolated peak of green blue and white in Qing Dynasty.
Just like Zhou Zhi to wine, Jasmine is also a pure layman to Kangxi blue and white. Fortunately, she still has a "sample", which is the pendant.
So Zhou Zhi used the pendant and the rattle statue as references, and then compared them with a Daoguang blue and white opera bowl, and explained the common sense of identification to Jasmin.
The Rattle Bell is a cute porcelain shape, just like the rattle held in the temple turned upside down on the table. The bottom is in the shape of an inverted small bowl, and the top is a straight, thick-handled The bottle tube has a neat flat mouth.
Because the shape of the vessel is small, the seemingly clumsy shape turns into a steady and dignified one, small in size but large in size. When paired with a branch of flowers and placed on the desk, it will be very elegant.
Jesmine held the neck of the bottle with her hand and felt very comfortable: "Can this be used to hold wine? Is Zun the name of an ancient wine vessel?"
"Uh... ...Although the name is Zun, it is far from the original bronze The shape of the vessel has changed a lot. By the Kangxi Dynasty, it had become the name of a display type of porcelain, which has nothing to do with its function. " Zhou Zhi was a bit dumbfounded: "This wine container will overflow when I pour it out... …”
"It would be good to use this." Zhang Cheng joined the conversation at the right time and took out another Guangcai small object from the counter: "This wine corner is a practical device, it was made during the reign of Guangxu, and it is good for holding and warming wine. "
"This one looks good too." Jazmin also liked it at first sight. Most of the things made by Zhijin Guangcai are rather tacky, but this wine corner is pretty good. There is only a pot of small daffodils painted on it, leaving a large area of white space.
In the Guangcai style, which advocates full workmanship and full painting, this thing is basically cutting corners, but with the addition of time, the former bargains have become more modern. Human aesthetics has turned this wine corner into a small object that can make people’s eyes shine.
"This is something from the late Qing Dynasty, and it is not an official kiln. It is not very valuable." Zhou Zhi said: "If you buy that blue and white piece, this wine corner will ask Brother Zhang to make a gift for you."
"How much does this bottle cost?" Jasmine asked.
"You are a friend brought by Jiuzi, so let's give it 126,000 yuan." Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "Although I am not the boss, I can still do this."
Zhou Zhi It's funny, this bell rattle The price is actually around 100,000. The extra 26,000 is used by Zhang Cheng to deal with the bargaining and for pocket money. If the customer is a bit more searching, then slowly remove the 26,000. If the customer is more generous, just remove it directly. Six thousand, you can also earn an extra twenty thousand.
Unexpectedly, Jasmine said directly: "But I don't have RMB, Hong Kong dollars, can I pay with a credit card?"
"Okay, okay..." Zhang Cheng's face was filled with folds. I got up and took out the POS machine from the counter: "We can swipe MasterCard and VISA. Wait for me to connect the line first..."
This thing is very rare, because although the country's financial giant has started, it was extremely slow in the initial stage. It was not until last year that the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank introduced the country's first POS machine and installed it at the credit card counter in the headquarters business hall.
It has been another year now, and there are still very few outlets with POS machines across the country, and merchants with POS machines are even rarer.
In the stage of crossing the river by feeling for the stones, merchants must have qualifications and strength, must have clear needs for settlement, and must have extremely low credit risks. The transaction volume cannot be too large or too small... With all the restrictions, it is really difficult to choose such merchants.
It is different from the situation where POS machines will be hard to find for a long time in the future. Even in the future, even small mobile phone accessories stores will be full of POS machines from several major banks. The situation is even more different. The handling fee for this thing is quite high. Most merchants would rather take customers to the bank credit card counter to use the POS machine than open the equipment on their own counter.
Only "big places" like People's Shopping Mall, Dongfeng Shopping Mall, and Heng Supermarket dare to put it up.
Now that Hanya put this machine on, he was a brave "crab eater". Zhou Zhi guessed that Fei Guan was confused by the wind in the pillow in order to solve the task target for his wife.
“That’s great. It’s very inconvenient to swipe credit cards in many places in the mainland.” Jasmine was very happy and took out her credit card: “I didn’t expect that this place is not big, but I can still swipe credit cards.”< br>
Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "Brother Zhang, Jasmin is going back to Hong Kong Island tonight. Is it too late to go through the customs procedures?"
"The customs at the airport are familiar with it. Lao Fei will do it now. Rely on this to make a business Hold on." Zhang Cheng said: "He is at the airport now, please wait for me to call him."
After that, he picked up the phone and dialed: "Hey Mr. Fei, please make two shipments here... The customers brought by Jiuzi, um, swipe and swipe cards, Citibank credit cards, are still settled in Hong Kong dollars... By the way, tell me the current exchange rate... Okay, okay, I'll ask Zhou Zhi to come find you when things are done here. .”
(End of this chapter)