MTL - America’s Treasure King-Chapter 16 Antique Bazaar 2

Pressing the excitement, Li Xiaoshuai and his wife continued to scan the booths one by one. Suddenly, Elaine was pulling her hand and saying, "Look at what's on the other side?"

Li Xiaoshuai followed Elaine's fingers and saw that at a booth across the street, in the most conspicuous position, there was a silver coffee pot with the same style as the cup just now.

In the heart of trying it, Li Xiaoshuai walked towards the opposite side, still muttering that the stall owner is an old bird, and it is estimated that this pot is not easy to buy.

Going up to communicate, sure enough; the boss who seems to be only in his 30s has a clear understanding of the origin of this coffee pot.

He said that the coffee pot was an early Victorian work, containing 90% silver, half-manual and half-machine. He also turned over the stamp on the bottom of the pot and showed it to Li Xiaoshuai and his wife. The asking price is $1200.

"It's too expensive, it's not a complete set, you should take away more than half of the price." Bargaining is a woman's nature, without Li Xiaoshuai speaking, Elaine said it first.

The praise and criticism are all buyers, and the boss was not angry when he opened his mouth to Elaine's lion. He still explained with a smile that this pot is an antique, and the price cannot be lowered. What's more, this is made of silver, which has a very high value in itself.

Li Xiaoshuai said that the economy is sluggish now, and everyone is holding on to cash. You can see that we both just graduated. This pot is 400 US dollars.

"That's right." Elaine nodded vigorously.

When it comes to the economic downturn, the boss's face darkens and his momentum fades, saying that 400 is impossible, and the minimum is 1,000 US dollars.

There is a door!

Li Xiaoshuai cheered up and prepared for a protracted battle with this boss. "1,000 is out of the question, and I still insist that $400 is more appropriate."

"No no, you're robbery." The boss pretended to be aggrieved, gritted his teeth and lowered the price by another $100.

"450, one more point and I'll give up!"

Elaine also acted as a trustee, threatening that the boss was killing people, which was unbearable, and even made a gesture to pull her boyfriend away.

The boss was in a hurry, and the price dropped sharply: "Okay, okay, you are fresh graduates, the lowest price is 600 US dollars, and I will not sell it for one less."

"500!" Li Xiaoshuai stretched out his palm and shook it in front of the boss.

"Deal." The boss wanted money as soon as he stretched out his hand.

"500, it's still a bit expensive." Taking out a stack of money, Li Xiaoshuai made another appearance of wanting to go back and refused to pay.

Now the boss is really in a hurry. The $500 that was negotiated in the live shot flew away. He also reminded Li Xiaoshuai that he should be honest in life, and he had to pay for 500 after he said it.

Li Xiaoshuai pointed to a newspaper roll on the side of the silver pot and said, "Give me this roll of star posters and I will pay."

After all, he took out five hundred pieces and waited with them in his hand.

"Okay." The boss sighed while collecting the money. It's bad luck for me to meet you poor students.

"Who's on the poster?"

The boss said he didn't know either. He picked it up for a dollar at a garage auction in the community.

It means something for a dollar, and he doesn't bother to look at it.

After putting away the silver pot, Li Xiaoshuai could only hold the backpack with the star posters and continue to stroll around the market.

All the luck ran out. In the next time, Li Xiaoshuai didn't find anything of value, and once again met Thiago, a Mexican.

This guy saw Li Xiaoshuai holding a roll of paper, and said mockingly, "What are you buying so much waste paper for, don't you even have the money to buy a roll of paper?"

This is so annoying!

Elaine was about to go to the theory again, but was stopped by Li Xiaoshuai. "That's right, I just want to pick out the gold in the waste paper."

"I'm crazy about money." Thiago left with a wild laugh.

Frightened, many of the surrounding people who went shopping quickly ran away, fearing that they would be beaten by a lunatic and would not be able to deal with it.

"Eileen, why don't we go to Grandpa Gardner's second-hand shop, let's have a meal together." Actually, Li Xiaoshuai wanted to find treasures. He bought a lot of good things today. Don't let the old mage take a look at him. feeling terrible.

In Elaine's opinion, as long as she can be with her sweetheart, she can go anywhere. Of course, she is very satisfied with Li Xiaoshuai's suggestion.

Gardner's second-hand store in Manhattan's XC district.

Because today is a rest day, it is estimated that many people will come to the store. The old couple Gardner and Li's mother Xia Huifang are all sitting in the store.

When the three saw that Li Xiaoshuai brought his girlfriend, they all liked it very much.

Among them, Grandma Annie was especially affectionate to Li Xiaoshuai's girlfriend Elaine. It was inconvenient to walk by herself, and she had to bring tea and water to the young couple in person.

Gardner is an old mage in the second-hand business. Seeing that Li Xiaoshuai is carrying a bulging backpack and a newspaper roll in his hand, he knows that he has just come from the second-hand market.

"What did you buy today?"

This sentence scratched Li Xiaoshuai's itch. He opened his backpack and showed today's achievements one by one: "Grandpa; you can take a look."

As for the coffee utensils that still lacked a silver plate, Gardner just glanced at it and knew that he learned this trick from himself, but he picked up the bamboo pen holder and looked at it for a long time.

He said with great certainty, "This is an antique from your Rabbit Country. You have found a treasure, young man."

"Grandpa, how much is this antique worth?" Elaine couldn't help asking.

Li's mother also stretched her neck, trying to understand.

The old man asked, how much did you buy it for?

"30."

The old man was startled, and the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose slipped to his chin: "30 dollars?"

"That's right, it's $30." When he said this, Li Xiaoshuai was overjoyed and had a sense of accomplishment.

"Haha; Li, you made a lot of money today." Old man Gardner's resounding voice stirred back and forth in the spacious hall of the second-hand store.

Mama Li couldn't believe it. She asked Gardner once, "Have you really found a treasure?"

"Well, there are definitely a few thousand dollars, specific... Well, I'll find someone to take a look at."

After finishing speaking, the old man took out his mobile phone, found the contact person, briefly explained the situation here and hung up. He turned his head and told Li Xiaoshuai that a Chinese antique dealer would come over to help estimate the price in an hour.

Then the old man asked Li Xiaoshuai, do you want to make these coffee cups and coffee pots?

Li Xiaoshuai said that there is still a lack of plate, and it is impossible to sell the price now.

"It doesn't matter." The old man turned to find a silver plate of the same style from the warehouse. "Look, isn't this a complete set? Even the stamp is the same. How about selling it to me for $2,000, young man?"

"Grandpa" Li Xiaoshuai warmed his heart, knowing that it was Gardner helping him.

It is not difficult to sell without a plate, but it is estimated that the price will not even be 1,000. Li Xiaoshuai knows this very well.

Before Gardner's instructions, Mrs. Anne put away the coffee set tremblingly, and asked Mama Li to pay quickly.

500 for a coffee pot, and the four cups were bought for 20 yuan. The total amount was only 580 US dollars. After changing hands, they could earn 1,420 US dollars. The speed of making money really surprised Elaine.

Not to mention a pen holder that hasn't been fully appraised yet, which is another few thousand dollars in revenue, a few hours, more than a month of her toiling away.

Elaine looked at Li Xiaoshuai with admiration and said, "You are amazing!"

"Of course, no matter what aspect, I am the most powerful" Li Xiaoshuai said with a pun.