Rich life from scratch

Chapter 12 Poor Playing Cars and Rich Playing Watches?

After leaving the Hermès store, Lin Qishan has clothes, shoes, and bags, but he still needs to replenish the jewelry or watches that men are fond of.

It doesn't necessarily mean that you must choose a certain cutting-edge brand, it must be Hermès, it must be Patek Philippe, in order to be recognized, if this is the case, it will fall into the cliché of buying expensive ones.

The most important thing is to see whether you like it or not, and whether the design version of the brand is suitable for you, because some brand designers are very stubborn and implicitly discriminatory.

Just like the designers in the fashion industry in Paris, they always think that a thin woman is beautiful. Models must have a size zero, with their chests on their backs to walk on the catwalk, and they always insist on going their own way.

Although the top luxury goods are all in Europe, sometimes Western designs are not necessarily suitable for Chinese people. Cosmetics is an obvious field. In fact, Japanese products are more suitable for East Asian skin.

These are things that Lin Qishan needs to understand and be proficient at a little bit. Now he wants to pick one or two more watches, which will make a man more mature, because he is still young on the whole, not calm enough.

Watches are also a very large field. There is an old saying: Poor cars are rich in watches.

Lin Qishan disagreed, playing with the rare items in the car also requires a lot of money.

But to be honest, if you drive hundreds of thousands of cars and wear hundreds of thousands of watches with you, the car will make people feel that they are just needed, but the watch will give you a very luxurious feeling.

If you didn’t take the most expensive route, you can’t buy it even if you want it, because Patek Philippe, as the king brand in the watch industry, is very unique.

Patek Philippe has only two stores in the mainland, one in Shanghai and one in Yanjing. If you want to go there, you have to travel a long distance. There is not much time and it is not worth making a special trip. What's more, its entry-level watches are not so amazing.

At least in the 10,000+ level, it can play a lot more than it can.

For example, Rolex, which claims that life must have a watch, cannot be bypassed.

Lin Qishan was also curious about the green water ghost and the black water ghost, so he went to the counter to have a look.

It's a pity that these submersibles are either rare, or they need to be purchased at a premium.

His interest disappeared in an instant. Lin Qishan is actually a bit stubborn. He has never eaten the bait of hunger marketing. No matter how good a thing is, if he needs to rush to buy it or queue up, his interest will be gone!

So Blancpain's Fifty Fathoms, isn't it fragrant?
What Rolex do you want?
The world only knows the Rolex Black Water Ghost, but few people know Blancpain Fifty Fathoms!
Although the Blancpain brand is somewhat niche in China, in terms of brand positioning, Blancpain is higher than Rolex.

The industry usually lists Blancpain as the same brand as Vacheron Constantin, Audemars Piguet, and Breguet.

Although Blancpain will sell second-hand watches at a discount in the future, Rolex may still make money.

But having said that, if you have the money to buy it, you can buy it according to your heart's desire, so Lin Qishan chose Blancpain.

The main purpose of buying a watch is to match it with clothes, and the Zhenxiang series "Fifty Fathoms" is very suitable.

"噚" is an imperial unit of length, one fathom is equal to 6 feet, about 1.8288 meters, and fifty fathoms is about 91.88 meters, which means that this watch can operate normally on the seabed at this depth.

As the originator of diving watches, Lin Qishan feels that it is more compelling.

The Blancpain store in Taikoo Li is simple and elegant, with wooden houses and blue tiles, which is very old-fashioned, which is also in line with the integration of their 200-year history and Chinese culture.

The store isn't very big, but it's still quite exquisite. For Lin Qishan, who came in with a compelling luxury suit, the clerk showed great enthusiasm.

Don't talk about why the clerk knows that Lin Qishan wears a famous brand. For those in the luxury service industry, the study of luxury goods and the popular elements of each season are all necessary homework and the ability to eat.

If you can’t grasp this well, it’s better to go home and raise pigs.Basically, at a glance, you must understand the origin of the customer's dress, and be able to quickly form a judgment of style and strength.

Sales are human beings too, so of course they have their own different attitude towards treatment. If it’s just a tourist who strays in and doesn’t have the strength to buy, of course it’s not worth selling with all your enthusiasm. Otherwise, wouldn’t you be exhausted every day?

With Lin Qishan's current appearance, strength, confidence and demeanor all exuding, he naturally became an ideal customer in the eyes of the clerk. Even if he didn't buy it, he still needed to promote the brand culture.

"Hi sir, what do you need to know?"

The salesman is also a young lady, very temperamental, but a little flat, not Lin Qishan's style, which makes him focus more on the other party's professionalism rather than appearance.

"Let me take a look at your diving watch. It is the kind that can make Rolex not arrogant. I recommend it."

Customers are very personal, and the young lady also shows her personality:
"We highly recommend Bathyscaphe. In the eyes of collectors, it is a strong enemy of water ghosts. It has a higher positioning and higher configuration. More importantly, Rolex has no price advantage for it."

The young lady was very specific, and Lin Qishan felt comfortable listening to her.

There are many styles in the 50 Fathoms series, and he didn't focus on any one.

But I found that Blancpain’s watches still have some magic, especially in their models with moon phase functions. Lin Qishan always feels in a trance after watching the strange moon phase faces. This is learned from domestic emoticons.

It always feels like the panda head in the expression pack is staring at you, no matter how strange it looks, there is a magic everywhere, as a young man, he likes to be unique!

interesting!
Lin Qishan started to wear it directly, the more magical the more he likes it, he doesn't care what others think, he is comfortable with his own personality, and then he still asked: "Is there a more magical moon phase face?"

The word magic made Blancpain's sales lady smile constantly. I didn't expect rich people to choose Blancpain just because of its magic. Things worth hundreds of thousands are so capricious!
So I recommend the classic models in their store: "This is our classic series, 18K red gold case, with moon phase and date display functions."

"Would gold be a bit exaggerated?"

Lin Qishan wore a mirror.

"Then you can choose another one with a platinum case." The sales lady said.

Platinum is directly twice as expensive, 80 million. Lin Qishan certainly likes it, but it hasn't reached the level of necessity.

If it was Patek Philippe, then he would be willing to pay for it, but Blancpain was not so attractive to him, so he shook his head: "I can't afford it."

The sales lady answered immediately: "It is because this watch is not destined to be assigned to you."

She doesn't think that a rich man who wears a Hermès bag and is full of luxury goods will lose this little money.

Her answer made Lin Qishan laugh, but he still wouldn't buy it.

He will not rush to buy something that he does not particularly need. He will use it to match formal clothes or more formal occasions.

The other is the Bathyscaphe, known as the conscience of heaven and earth, with a public price of 300 and a water resistance of [-] meters. To wear this watch, you must dive to use it to reflect its style. Lin Qishan just wants to learn diving.

The two watches add up to 40 yuan. Before releasing them, he would restrain consumption rationally, but now he prefers to buy them as soon as he likes them, without hesitation or worry.

(End of this chapter)