Chapter 240 Strange Stone
“Isn’t it? One hundred yuan to buy such a rotten stone?”
On March 15th, at the time of the famous 315 party in later generations, Lao Dou was paying his respects to Everyone showed him a stone he bought today. After looking at it for a long time, the second brother felt that the stone was not worth the price. "Seriously, you don't know what to buy. This stone is really worth it." Lao Dou nodded to the second guy.
He picked up the stone and introduced it to everyone: "Look, the color is called chicken blood red. The appearance is childish, thin and wrinkled, and it feels good in the hand. It can be said to be a great value."
Everyone was a little indifferent. Only Tianxiu rolled his eyes and said flatteringly: "Master, I have recently fallen in love with a toy. The color is very beautiful and the feel is good. It matches you. Stones are all great value, why don’t you buy them for me?”
At first, Lao Dou wanted to praise Tianxiu for his discernment, but as he listened, he realized that Tianxiu had other plans. The smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and he didn't want to talk to Tianxiu at all. The second sister-in-law sat next to the mother and whispered: "Grandma, the master is so easy to be deceived. You should keep a close eye on him in the future." The mother nodded in agreement.
"Lao Kang, where have you been playing today? I've been looking for you all day long to play chess with you but I haven't seen you." At this time, Uncle Liang walked in and said with a smile.
"It's nothing. I went to pick up a stone today and came back to play with it." Although Lao Dou was criticized a few times by everyone, he was still very confident about the stone. "Look, how great it is. "
When Uncle Liang saw the stone in Lao Dou's hand, his eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to take it over and look at it again and again. Asked: "How much did you buy this stone?"
"Guess, I'll give you a guess." Finally someone appreciated the stone as much as he did, and Lao Dou was immediately happy and started playing with Uncle Liang. A little guessing game.
Uncle Liang thought for a while, stretched out his hand and said, "Five hundred?"
"Did you hear that? Five hundred." Old Dou said to everyone proudly, and then turned around and said to Uncle Liang deliberately: "It's only five hundred?"
"Can you give me six hundred?" Uncle Liang seemed to really like Lao Dou's stone and directly made a price. Lao Dou was naturally unwilling. After the two argued for a while, Uncle Liang raised the price to nine hundred.
The second brother was already incredible when Uncle Liang offered him five hundred. When Uncle Liang offered nine hundred, the second brother almost agreed on behalf of Lao Dou. But Lao Dou still shook his head and said: "A Liang, a gentleman does not take what others like, and I will not sell this stone."
Uncle Liang and Lao Dou have been friends for decades, so naturally they listened. It’s not that Chu Laodou really doesn’t want to sell, he’s just not satisfied with the price. So he said directly: "Just tell me how much you want."
Lao Dou stretched out a finger and said, "A Liang, I will treat you as an old friend. This is the number."
"A thousand?" asked Uncle Liang.
Old Dou nodded. Uncle Liang hesitated for a moment, looked at the stone in his hand and finally nodded resolutely: "Okay, one thousand is one thousand. I will go home and get the money right away. Don't give it to me. Someone else." Uncle Liang returned the stone to Lao Dou and left. The second guy scratched his head and asked in confusion: "Uncle Liang, are you serious?" Uncle Liang was not in the mood to pay attention to him and ran away quickly.
"Such a stone can be sold for a thousand yuan?" The second guy asked everyone, and everyone looked puzzled. The mother pushed Lao Dou, "Are you really planning to sell it for one thousand?" Lao Dou nodded decisively, and the mother was speechless. She thought she knew Uncle Liang so well, so selling it for one thousand wouldn't be a scam. ?
Kang Qirui saw his mother's thoughts and persuaded him: "Actually, the stone is mainly sold to people who are fond of it. He thinks this stone is good, but a thousand yuan is too expensive for him. If he If you think this stone is not good, he won't take it for 50 yuan. The price is very subjective, it depends on how much you like it. I can only say that Lao Dou is lucky this time. Uncle Liang thinks it is worth a thousand yuan. , Lao Dou made a profit of nine hundred yuan as soon as he changed hands.”
When the second brother and second sister-in-law heard this, they looked at each other and smiled, secretly deciding to buy a stone tomorrow too.
The next day, the two of them came to Flower and Bird Street early in the morning to buy stones. "It's strange, why do people like playing with stones so much nowadays?" The second sister-in-law asked suspiciously when she saw the stone stalls on the whole street. She remembered that in the past, there were flower and bird sellers here.
"Rich people must all want to show off their taste, so why not buy a stone to decorate the facade." The second brother analyzed, "Stop talking so much, hurry up and see which stone is better. "
After the two of them walked around for a while, the second sister-in-law said again: "I think all these stones are the same. How can I tell which one is good and which one is bad?" She looked at it a few times. Hundreds of stones make no difference at all. The second guy shrugged, he didn’t understand either. But he had sharp ears, and he heard someone in a nearby shop asking the boss how he looked at stones, and he quickly pulled his second sister-in-law and ran over to listen.
"Generally speaking, there are three things to look at." When the two came to the stone stall next to them, they heard the owner of the shop say: "First, look at the color of the stone, which must be beautiful. Second, what about the color of the stone? It must look like a good omen. Thirdly, it must look good on the inside. If these three things are present, the stone will be good.” “Did you hear that, my wife? "After hearing this, the second brother said to the second sister-in-law, who also had a smile on her face, "I know, I will choose this time. It's like going to a chicken stall to buy chickens. First of all, you have to see if the chicken's coat color is good. If it is beautiful, then feel it to see if it has a crop. If it is beautiful, then of course it is OK. You also need to use your fingers to explore its butt to see if there are any eggs.”
The second brother quickly interrupted her talk, "What are you talking about? Incoherent, let's go pick out rocks." The two of them picked around for a long time and finally chose a stone in a store. A stone with nice texture and color. "How do you like it? Are you interested in this piece? If you buy it, it will be cheaper for you." The store owner came up and said to the second brother and second sister-in-law.
“How much is it cheaper?” asked the second guy.
"It's only five thousand yuan." The shop owner said with a slap in the face.
The second guy and the second sister-in-law were shocked. Lao Dou’s piece only sold for one thousand yuan, but this one actually costs five thousand yuan? "Boss, our parents-in-law are laid off and don't have much money. Can you sell it to us cheaper, maybe a thousand yuan?" the second man said in a distressed tone.
"There's no price to negotiate. Five thousand yuan, if you want it, take it, if you don't, forget it." The boss waved his hand, determined not to lower the price. In fact, he saw that the second brother and second sister-in-law wanted this stone, so he didn't want to lower the price. After discussing in low voices for a while, the second brother and the second sister-in-law said firmly: "The fixed price is three thousand yuan. If we don't sell, we will leave." In the end, the two parties settled the transaction at a high price of three thousand yuan.
Of course, in order to raise the price of the stone, the second brother and the second sister-in-law went home and told people everywhere that they bought this stone for 10,000 yuan. Stone lovers from around Changsheng Street came to Kang's house to see his stones, including Liang Bo.
As soon as Uncle Liang saw the stone placed on the counter by his brother, his eyes lit up. After looking at it for a while, he sighed: "This stone is worth at least more than 10,000 yuan."
The second brother was happy when he heard it, and he said directly: "Uncle Liang, if you want, I can part with you, and the price can also be discussed." As a result, Uncle Liang shook his head, "Azong, you know where are we old people?" You have so much money? So I won’t buy it.”
The second guy was disappointed, but he quickly changed his smile and said, “It’s okay if you don’t buy it. If you don’t do business, you won’t be friends.” If the other friends around me are interested in playing tricks, how about you help me promote it? If the deal is really successful, I will do it." Uncle Liang was excited when he heard it, "No problem, I will promote it for you."< br>
Not long after Uncle Liang left, Azu brought a man in a suit back to visit the second brother's stone. "Mr. Huang, please come over here. This is my second brother's strange stone." Mr. Huang is a customer of Azu Company and a stone lover. In order to do business with him, Azu decided to give in to him and take him home to see the second brother's precious stone.
Mr. Huang's eyes lit up when he saw this stone, "Beautiful, so beautiful." He pointed to a pattern on the stone and said: "It not only has a good shape, but also a beautiful color. The pattern also looks like it is hanging upside down. It’s a bat, and it has a copper coin in its mouth. It’s really a blessing, a good sign of wealth and prosperity.”
The second guy was even more happy when he heard it. Before, he didn't know how to promote this stone other than raising its selling price to brag about it. Now someone came to his door and taught him how to brag about it. And Azu said with praise: "Mr. Huang has good taste. I heard from my second brother that this stone cost tens of thousands of yuan to buy."
"It's not expensive, not expensive, not at all." Expensive." Mr. Huang waved his hand and shook his head.
"Huh? Mr. Huang is interested in this stone?" The second man asked with a smile as he listened obediently.
"Kang Sheng, we businessmen don't mince words. Let me tell you directly. I like this stone very much. Can you give it to me?" Mr. Huang said.
The second guy was originally smiling, but after hearing this his expression suddenly changed, "Here it is? I bought this stone with money, how can I give it to you? Who are you?"
< br>"Kang Sheng, you misunderstood. I didn't ask you to give it to me for free. I meant to ask you to sell it to me." Mr. Huang saw that the second brother had misunderstood what he meant and quickly clarified, "In this case, I will pay 20,000 yuan." How about a piece of money?”
“Twenty thousand yuan?” The two men looked at each other and were secretly happy. But the second guy calmed down quickly. He was also a businessman, and he understood that 20,000 yuan was far from Mr. Huang's limit. So he shook his head and said: "Although I only bought this stone for 10,000 yuan, some people have sold it for 25,000 yuan in the past two days, and I haven't sold it. I really like this stone. If Mr. Huang is really If you like it, you can come and see it often when you have time. I don’t plan to sell it.”
Mr. Huang is also a businessman. When he heard it, he knew that the second guy didn’t want to sell it, but he was just dissatisfied with the price. But he was not in a hurry. He smiled and pulled Azu away from Kang's house. He planned to use the conditions of signing a contract with Azu's company to ask Azu to help him buy this stone.
(End of this chapter)