NOVEL WEB Treasure hunt begins in England
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
"Hey, Lawrence, how's it going? Have you made any big discoveries?"
Early the next morning, Liang En drove to the door of the emerald thrift store with yesterday's spoils in his car. As soon as he opened the door and entered, the owner Piers Murphy, who heard the doorbell ringing, came in from the door behind the counter. Step out and meet him.
Pierce is a tall, thin young man with bright red hair and gold-rimmed glasses.With the worn plaid suit on his body, he looked more like a scholar than a businessman.
"Trust me, I've finally changed my luck this time." Liang En said as he put a cardboard box on the counter, then pointed to the car behind and said.
"By the way, didn't you always say that the wooden floors in your house are broken in many places and you want to replace them? This time I found a broken oak cabinet and removed a lot of wooden boards, just enough to replace your rotten wooden floors. replace the floor.”
"Ha, you really are my best friend." Pierce opened the door next to the counter and walked out, hugged Liang En fiercely, then took the car keys from him and went out to move things.
This Pierce was a friend Liang En met in college before, and he was an Irish-British person.
Because my family opened such an antique shop, I went to University College Cork to study archeology, and ended up being assigned to the same dormitory as Liang En.
Later, after graduating from university, Liang En secretly sought career advice from his friends because of the exchange of life and the desire to open the golden finger, and finally came to London after listening to Pierce's advice.
Thanks to Pierce's help, Liang En was able to work and live in this unfamiliar London.
After all, this kind of cleanup work is not something that anyone can do if they want. If there is no reliable local manpower to help inquire about the news and guarantee it, outsiders may not even be able to inquire about this kind of news.
During the two months in London, besides self-study, the most important thing for Liang En was to learn all kinds of ways from Pierce.
Even the second-hand minivan outside was bought cheaply through his channel directly from the previous owner.
For Pierce, the family has always maintained a habit of lending a helping hand if they are able to.Not to mention to my own friends, and the help has naturally been rewarded.
Although as a novice, Liang En didn't find much valuable things recently due to lack of experience and bad luck, but he is willing to provide some help to this small shop to repay the favor when he is free.
It is also because of this incident that Pierce, who has just started to take over the family business, understands why his father taught him to be kind to others, even if sometimes it may take a little more effort.
"These wooden boards are great. Although there is paint on them, you can clean them with some simple chemical solvents." Soon, Pierce unloaded the bookcase that had been dismantled into wooden boards by Liang En from the place where the goods were stored at the back of the van .
"Okay, let me see what treasures you brought back this time." After piling up those thick oak boards with Liang En, Pierce opened the cardboard box he brought while talking.
"Ha, hardcover books, and almost all of them are about literature and history." After taking out a hardcover book wrapped in brown or black leather from the box and reading the titles on it, Pierce seemed a little excited.
"London's traditional social season of winter is coming up, so those wealthy people have been shopping around for things that enhance their status, so these kinds of books have been selling well recently, because rich people need them to fill their shelves. "
It is actually a global habit to use books to decorate the facade, especially compared with those books on science and engineering that are too professional, books on literature and history are more suitable for this kind of occasion.
So in a place like London, hardcover books that are in good condition and look good are hard currencies that are easy to sell. Even if Pierce is not a second-hand book dealer, he can find someone to sell them.
"Very good. It can be seen that the previous owners of these books haven't read them much, so the books are almost unworn." After flipping through them briefly, Pierce closed the tome in his hand and said.
"I just recently had a client ask me to look for something like this, so you have just the thing to close that deal."
"Are these books valuable?" Liang En asked curiously, because he really didn't know much about it. "I always thought it was the same thing as those cheap second-hand books we bought when we were in college."
"No, no, my friend." After hearing Liang En's words, Pierce shook his head immediately. "These books have been published for more than half a century, so they can be regarded as antiques, and antiques naturally cannot have the same price as those second-hand second-hand goods."
"So that's how it is!" Liang En nodded. Obviously, many memories from another world made him subconsciously think that these things with a history of 50 or [-] years were not antiques at all.
"By the way, how much can these books sell for?" After Pierce went through all the 12 books in the box, Liang En seriously talked about business with him.For the British, a friend is a friend, but a business is a business.
"Your books are at least [-]% new, and all of them are old books decades ago, and two of them are relatively rare editions." Pierce pushed his glasses, then looked at the books on the table and said .
"According to the current market prices, the cheapest of these books is more than 30 pounds, while the most expensive can be sold for at least 150 pounds."
"Then how much are you willing to pay?"
"520 pounds, after all, I also want to make money."
"Okay, deal." After hearing Pierce's final offer, Liang En immediately nodded his head in agreement with the price.
This price can be said to be a very honest price, although he also knows that Pierce should be able to sell these books for 900 pounds in the end, or even 1100 pounds.
But if you go to another buyer or sell it yourself, there is at least a 520% chance that it will not exceed [-] pounds.
After counting out 520 pounds in cash to Liang En and putting away the books, Pierce smiled again. "It seems that your business has finally opened. By the way, do you have any other discoveries?"
"Of course there is, or the next one is the real treasure." Liang En said while reaching into the pocket of the windbreaker. "By the way, do you have a license to sell weapons?"
Unlike the UK in another world, the UK in this world has much looser requirements for holding guns, closer to Canada.But even so, to do this kind of business, you must go through a series of procedures.
"Of course, it was done by my father back then. It's a pity that I have to pay a sum of money for this certificate every year for more than ten years, but there are not even ten guns in the store."
As he spoke, Pierce took out a certificate from the drawer and handed it to Liang En. "Did you actually find a gun this time?"
"Yes, I found this treasure from the interlayer of the oak bookcase." Liang En said and put the two boxes on the table. "Today is literally my lucky day."
(End of this chapter)
"Hey, Lawrence, how's it going? Have you made any big discoveries?"
Early the next morning, Liang En drove to the door of the emerald thrift store with yesterday's spoils in his car. As soon as he opened the door and entered, the owner Piers Murphy, who heard the doorbell ringing, came in from the door behind the counter. Step out and meet him.
Pierce is a tall, thin young man with bright red hair and gold-rimmed glasses.With the worn plaid suit on his body, he looked more like a scholar than a businessman.
"Trust me, I've finally changed my luck this time." Liang En said as he put a cardboard box on the counter, then pointed to the car behind and said.
"By the way, didn't you always say that the wooden floors in your house are broken in many places and you want to replace them? This time I found a broken oak cabinet and removed a lot of wooden boards, just enough to replace your rotten wooden floors. replace the floor.”
"Ha, you really are my best friend." Pierce opened the door next to the counter and walked out, hugged Liang En fiercely, then took the car keys from him and went out to move things.
This Pierce was a friend Liang En met in college before, and he was an Irish-British person.
Because my family opened such an antique shop, I went to University College Cork to study archeology, and ended up being assigned to the same dormitory as Liang En.
Later, after graduating from university, Liang En secretly sought career advice from his friends because of the exchange of life and the desire to open the golden finger, and finally came to London after listening to Pierce's advice.
Thanks to Pierce's help, Liang En was able to work and live in this unfamiliar London.
After all, this kind of cleanup work is not something that anyone can do if they want. If there is no reliable local manpower to help inquire about the news and guarantee it, outsiders may not even be able to inquire about this kind of news.
During the two months in London, besides self-study, the most important thing for Liang En was to learn all kinds of ways from Pierce.
Even the second-hand minivan outside was bought cheaply through his channel directly from the previous owner.
For Pierce, the family has always maintained a habit of lending a helping hand if they are able to.Not to mention to my own friends, and the help has naturally been rewarded.
Although as a novice, Liang En didn't find much valuable things recently due to lack of experience and bad luck, but he is willing to provide some help to this small shop to repay the favor when he is free.
It is also because of this incident that Pierce, who has just started to take over the family business, understands why his father taught him to be kind to others, even if sometimes it may take a little more effort.
"These wooden boards are great. Although there is paint on them, you can clean them with some simple chemical solvents." Soon, Pierce unloaded the bookcase that had been dismantled into wooden boards by Liang En from the place where the goods were stored at the back of the van .
"Okay, let me see what treasures you brought back this time." After piling up those thick oak boards with Liang En, Pierce opened the cardboard box he brought while talking.
"Ha, hardcover books, and almost all of them are about literature and history." After taking out a hardcover book wrapped in brown or black leather from the box and reading the titles on it, Pierce seemed a little excited.
"London's traditional social season of winter is coming up, so those wealthy people have been shopping around for things that enhance their status, so these kinds of books have been selling well recently, because rich people need them to fill their shelves. "
It is actually a global habit to use books to decorate the facade, especially compared with those books on science and engineering that are too professional, books on literature and history are more suitable for this kind of occasion.
So in a place like London, hardcover books that are in good condition and look good are hard currencies that are easy to sell. Even if Pierce is not a second-hand book dealer, he can find someone to sell them.
"Very good. It can be seen that the previous owners of these books haven't read them much, so the books are almost unworn." After flipping through them briefly, Pierce closed the tome in his hand and said.
"I just recently had a client ask me to look for something like this, so you have just the thing to close that deal."
"Are these books valuable?" Liang En asked curiously, because he really didn't know much about it. "I always thought it was the same thing as those cheap second-hand books we bought when we were in college."
"No, no, my friend." After hearing Liang En's words, Pierce shook his head immediately. "These books have been published for more than half a century, so they can be regarded as antiques, and antiques naturally cannot have the same price as those second-hand second-hand goods."
"So that's how it is!" Liang En nodded. Obviously, many memories from another world made him subconsciously think that these things with a history of 50 or [-] years were not antiques at all.
"By the way, how much can these books sell for?" After Pierce went through all the 12 books in the box, Liang En seriously talked about business with him.For the British, a friend is a friend, but a business is a business.
"Your books are at least [-]% new, and all of them are old books decades ago, and two of them are relatively rare editions." Pierce pushed his glasses, then looked at the books on the table and said .
"According to the current market prices, the cheapest of these books is more than 30 pounds, while the most expensive can be sold for at least 150 pounds."
"Then how much are you willing to pay?"
"520 pounds, after all, I also want to make money."
"Okay, deal." After hearing Pierce's final offer, Liang En immediately nodded his head in agreement with the price.
This price can be said to be a very honest price, although he also knows that Pierce should be able to sell these books for 900 pounds in the end, or even 1100 pounds.
But if you go to another buyer or sell it yourself, there is at least a 520% chance that it will not exceed [-] pounds.
After counting out 520 pounds in cash to Liang En and putting away the books, Pierce smiled again. "It seems that your business has finally opened. By the way, do you have any other discoveries?"
"Of course there is, or the next one is the real treasure." Liang En said while reaching into the pocket of the windbreaker. "By the way, do you have a license to sell weapons?"
Unlike the UK in another world, the UK in this world has much looser requirements for holding guns, closer to Canada.But even so, to do this kind of business, you must go through a series of procedures.
"Of course, it was done by my father back then. It's a pity that I have to pay a sum of money for this certificate every year for more than ten years, but there are not even ten guns in the store."
As he spoke, Pierce took out a certificate from the drawer and handed it to Liang En. "Did you actually find a gun this time?"
"Yes, I found this treasure from the interlayer of the oak bookcase." Liang En said and put the two boxes on the table. "Today is literally my lucky day."
(End of this chapter)
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