NOVEL WEB Treasure hunt begins in England
Chapter 5 Antique Market
Chapter 5 Antique Market
"Such a small box—wait a minute." Seeing the two boxes that could fit in the palm of his hand, Pearson first showed a funny expression on his face, and then suddenly became serious as if thinking of something.
"Are you sure it's really a gun inside?"
"I'm sure because both boxes were opened and checked."
"Wait for me." Seeing Liang En nodding seriously, Pierce immediately walked out from behind the counter, locked the door and drew down the curtains.
Then he turned on the fluorescent lamp on the counter with a look of excitement, and took out a pair of silk gloves from the drawer under the counter and put them on his hands.
"Let me see." Pierce carefully opened the box, and then his eyes widened. "Is this...a hummingbird?"
"That's right, it's the world's smallest mass-produced automatic pistol." Looking at the surprised expression of his friend in front of him, Liang En also showed a smile on his face, "I thought you didn't know this thing before."
"It's true that my family rarely touches such things, but as a half-military enthusiast, how could I not know about this special pistol?" Pierce said as he took out a magnifying glass and some tools to carefully examine the box and the gun.
"—This is the 2.7mm caliber version, and it's a high-end product with nickel plating on the surface." After checking it over and over several times, Pierce put down the magnifying glass in his hand.
"However, the output of this thing is only more than 1000, and it has been a luxury for the rich since its birth. How could it be found in the row houses in the East End of London—"
"But that's the truth, the gun is in front of you now." Liang En said with a smile and shrugged. "So you should estimate the price. As long as your price is not too high, this item will be sold to you."
"I'm very glad that you are willing to make me your first trading partner, dear Lawrence." Seeing Liang En's openness, Pierce also spoke.
"You've done me a great favor, because I've been trying to expand my business to those rich folks in Kensington and Chelsea lately. And you've got the right gun to knock on their doors."
"But the problem is, I really can't get that much cash right now." Pierce shrugged helplessly, his expression suddenly collapsed.
"A normal version just came out on the market here in London three months ago, and it sold for 29000 pounds at that time. Your nickel-plated plate is probably 10%~20 more expensive. In addition, the original bullet of the hummingbird £70 a round—”
"Well, 20000 pounds, these things are all yours." Liang En thought for a while and reported a round number, then closed the two boxes and pushed them towards Pierce.
Liang En knew that the prices of these things in the market were one thing, but whether they could be sold at that price was another.
And in his opinion, the communication between friends should be back and forth, instead of letting one party pay blindly, so after accepting so many favors from Pierce before, he should return some of them now that he has the opportunity.
More importantly, according to the previous four years of contact.Liang En also knew that the Pierce family belonged to the kind of people with a relatively high moral bottom line, and they were trustworthy.
And this is an important reason why his antique shop has been operating in London for five generations and more than 100 years, although its development is very slow.
"But what I can move here is just over 5000 pounds—" Hearing what Liang En said, Pierce became even more excited. "So you wait here for a while while I go to my father's—"
"No need, my friend." Now that he has decided to make a good sale, Liang En will naturally do it right at once. "You can give me as much cash as you can, write an IOU for the rest, and it won't be too late to give it to me when you have more money."
Fifteen minutes later Liang walked out of Pierce's shop with £15, an IOU and a metal detector.
Originally, he wanted to strengthen his equipment after he had more money, and bought the [-]% new second-hand metal detector in the store.But at this time Pierce stuffed the detector directly into his hand, and firmly refused to charge him even a penny.
The reason why I want to buy this metal detector is to prepare for the next step of treasure hunting.Because of the difference between the two worlds, some famous historical sites in history have never been discovered.
Although considering that the world is different, maybe those ruins themselves do not exist.But at least more than half of them should exist there as in the previous life, but no one has discovered them.
To give the simplest example, the "Homer Epic" in this world is not much different from the "Homer Epic" in the previous world, but Troy has never been discovered.
It was precisely because of this difference, coupled with the existence of Golden Finger, that Liang En chose the current path.
It's just that no matter how ambitious the dream is, many things have to be done from the simplest. After all, the archaeological work in this era has been very standardized, and it is no longer full of chaos and madness like it was in the 19th century.
With his current status, if he went directly to Turkey to find Troy, not to mention gaining both fame and fortune like the original discoverer, it might be the best result to lose even his underwear, and there is even a high probability of disappearing from the world.
After shaking his head and getting rid of all the things that were not in his mind, Liang En drove his own minivan straight to the Alfie Antique Market on Church Street.
In English, there are two words to describe antiques.Among them, "Vintage" specifically refers to modern antiques, which are often less than a hundred years old.
And "Antique" specifically refers to items with a history of more than 100 years, which is an antique in the general sense of the Chinese people.
Alfie Antique Market is an antique market with a long history mainly selling "Antique" antiques.
Although the overall look is a bit dilapidated, abandoned shops can be seen everywhere.But under the dilapidated building is the largest antique market in the entire Greater London area.
There are about a hundred shops in the market, selling antique jewelry, furniture, oil paintings, clothes and other old commodities of different categories.Among them are some valuable treasures.
Many fashionistas, celebrities, rich people and even aristocrats will buy their favorite good things from here.
Naturally, Liang En didn't come here to pick up on the leaks, as the level of those local businesses that are extremely professional.Those good things should have been picked out by them long ago and marked with a high price.
The reason why he came here was to understand how to use his golden finger.
I have to say that this golden finger is indeed a good thing, and the effect of using it before can already explain everything.
It's a pity that apart from a little simple description on the card, Goldfinger itself doesn't even have an operation manual, so it can only cross the river by feeling the stones and exploring a little bit.
According to previous experience, the power of Goldfinger is mainly realized through various cards.But the problem now is that Liang En doesn't know how to add new cards.
Fortunately, he had read a lot of novels in this area in his previous life, so he was able to try all the methods in the previous novels in the antique market to see if he could make a breakthrough.
Unlike ordinary antique markets, there are basically no open-air stalls in Alfie Antique Market, and all merchants have their own shops.
So I walked around inside and ate something.Liang En found a shop dealing in miscellaneous antiques and walked in.
(End of this chapter)
"Such a small box—wait a minute." Seeing the two boxes that could fit in the palm of his hand, Pearson first showed a funny expression on his face, and then suddenly became serious as if thinking of something.
"Are you sure it's really a gun inside?"
"I'm sure because both boxes were opened and checked."
"Wait for me." Seeing Liang En nodding seriously, Pierce immediately walked out from behind the counter, locked the door and drew down the curtains.
Then he turned on the fluorescent lamp on the counter with a look of excitement, and took out a pair of silk gloves from the drawer under the counter and put them on his hands.
"Let me see." Pierce carefully opened the box, and then his eyes widened. "Is this...a hummingbird?"
"That's right, it's the world's smallest mass-produced automatic pistol." Looking at the surprised expression of his friend in front of him, Liang En also showed a smile on his face, "I thought you didn't know this thing before."
"It's true that my family rarely touches such things, but as a half-military enthusiast, how could I not know about this special pistol?" Pierce said as he took out a magnifying glass and some tools to carefully examine the box and the gun.
"—This is the 2.7mm caliber version, and it's a high-end product with nickel plating on the surface." After checking it over and over several times, Pierce put down the magnifying glass in his hand.
"However, the output of this thing is only more than 1000, and it has been a luxury for the rich since its birth. How could it be found in the row houses in the East End of London—"
"But that's the truth, the gun is in front of you now." Liang En said with a smile and shrugged. "So you should estimate the price. As long as your price is not too high, this item will be sold to you."
"I'm very glad that you are willing to make me your first trading partner, dear Lawrence." Seeing Liang En's openness, Pierce also spoke.
"You've done me a great favor, because I've been trying to expand my business to those rich folks in Kensington and Chelsea lately. And you've got the right gun to knock on their doors."
"But the problem is, I really can't get that much cash right now." Pierce shrugged helplessly, his expression suddenly collapsed.
"A normal version just came out on the market here in London three months ago, and it sold for 29000 pounds at that time. Your nickel-plated plate is probably 10%~20 more expensive. In addition, the original bullet of the hummingbird £70 a round—”
"Well, 20000 pounds, these things are all yours." Liang En thought for a while and reported a round number, then closed the two boxes and pushed them towards Pierce.
Liang En knew that the prices of these things in the market were one thing, but whether they could be sold at that price was another.
And in his opinion, the communication between friends should be back and forth, instead of letting one party pay blindly, so after accepting so many favors from Pierce before, he should return some of them now that he has the opportunity.
More importantly, according to the previous four years of contact.Liang En also knew that the Pierce family belonged to the kind of people with a relatively high moral bottom line, and they were trustworthy.
And this is an important reason why his antique shop has been operating in London for five generations and more than 100 years, although its development is very slow.
"But what I can move here is just over 5000 pounds—" Hearing what Liang En said, Pierce became even more excited. "So you wait here for a while while I go to my father's—"
"No need, my friend." Now that he has decided to make a good sale, Liang En will naturally do it right at once. "You can give me as much cash as you can, write an IOU for the rest, and it won't be too late to give it to me when you have more money."
Fifteen minutes later Liang walked out of Pierce's shop with £15, an IOU and a metal detector.
Originally, he wanted to strengthen his equipment after he had more money, and bought the [-]% new second-hand metal detector in the store.But at this time Pierce stuffed the detector directly into his hand, and firmly refused to charge him even a penny.
The reason why I want to buy this metal detector is to prepare for the next step of treasure hunting.Because of the difference between the two worlds, some famous historical sites in history have never been discovered.
Although considering that the world is different, maybe those ruins themselves do not exist.But at least more than half of them should exist there as in the previous life, but no one has discovered them.
To give the simplest example, the "Homer Epic" in this world is not much different from the "Homer Epic" in the previous world, but Troy has never been discovered.
It was precisely because of this difference, coupled with the existence of Golden Finger, that Liang En chose the current path.
It's just that no matter how ambitious the dream is, many things have to be done from the simplest. After all, the archaeological work in this era has been very standardized, and it is no longer full of chaos and madness like it was in the 19th century.
With his current status, if he went directly to Turkey to find Troy, not to mention gaining both fame and fortune like the original discoverer, it might be the best result to lose even his underwear, and there is even a high probability of disappearing from the world.
After shaking his head and getting rid of all the things that were not in his mind, Liang En drove his own minivan straight to the Alfie Antique Market on Church Street.
In English, there are two words to describe antiques.Among them, "Vintage" specifically refers to modern antiques, which are often less than a hundred years old.
And "Antique" specifically refers to items with a history of more than 100 years, which is an antique in the general sense of the Chinese people.
Alfie Antique Market is an antique market with a long history mainly selling "Antique" antiques.
Although the overall look is a bit dilapidated, abandoned shops can be seen everywhere.But under the dilapidated building is the largest antique market in the entire Greater London area.
There are about a hundred shops in the market, selling antique jewelry, furniture, oil paintings, clothes and other old commodities of different categories.Among them are some valuable treasures.
Many fashionistas, celebrities, rich people and even aristocrats will buy their favorite good things from here.
Naturally, Liang En didn't come here to pick up on the leaks, as the level of those local businesses that are extremely professional.Those good things should have been picked out by them long ago and marked with a high price.
The reason why he came here was to understand how to use his golden finger.
I have to say that this golden finger is indeed a good thing, and the effect of using it before can already explain everything.
It's a pity that apart from a little simple description on the card, Goldfinger itself doesn't even have an operation manual, so it can only cross the river by feeling the stones and exploring a little bit.
According to previous experience, the power of Goldfinger is mainly realized through various cards.But the problem now is that Liang En doesn't know how to add new cards.
Fortunately, he had read a lot of novels in this area in his previous life, so he was able to try all the methods in the previous novels in the antique market to see if he could make a breakthrough.
Unlike ordinary antique markets, there are basically no open-air stalls in Alfie Antique Market, and all merchants have their own shops.
So I walked around inside and ate something.Liang En found a shop dealing in miscellaneous antiques and walked in.
(End of this chapter)
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