The Proud Life of Rebirth

Patting the thick dust on it, Mo Shaokun hastily unzipped the zipper and rummaged inside.

This leather bag is all the relics left by his mother. Except for some clothes, there are only a few yellowed old photos and a simple square wooden box.

Soon Mo Shaokun stood up holding the small square wooden box the size of a palm in both hands. He had a complicated expression on his face as if he was hesitating, but after a while he gritted his teeth and opened the box.

Inside the box was inlaid with red gold velvet, and a quaint jade carving about two fingers wide and half a finger thick and about one finger long was quietly lying in the middle of the box.

In the past, Mo Shaokun didn't take this jade carving seriously at all, and kept it by his side only because it was his mother's relic.But one day in 2009, he knew that this jade carving was worth a lot!

That day a business partner came to visit at home, and the friend in Mo Shaokun's study fell in love with this jade carving at a glance. After careful study, the friend wanted to buy it at a high price of one million, but it was a pity that Mo Shaokun was no longer alive at that time. I'm short of this little money, not to mention it's my mother's relic, so how could he sell it?

The friend who couldn't buy it was very sorry, so he chatted with Mo Shaokun casually about his views on this piece of jade.This is a top-quality Hetian jade carving with excellent appearance. Its shape is a typical dragon shape of the Han Dynasty.

Rao is this friend who has seen countless antique jade wares, but has never seen such a quality ancient jade.

The dragon shape has a special meaning in China and is a symbol of imperial power. He even guessed that this piece of ancient jade is very likely to be a personal plaything of a certain emperor.It's a pity that judging from the shape, this jade carving should have been a pair, and without the other half, the value would be greatly reduced.

If there were other options, Mo Shaokun would never have the idea of ​​playing with this piece of ancient jade, but he really has no other choice.

Chapter 4 Pawn shop

In the morning of the next day, Mo Shaokun went straight to Baihai Road Commercial Street after eating something hastily. He vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a large pawn shop here when he was in high school.

Anping in June is already hot, the scorching sun tirelessly bakes the earth, even if there is an occasional wind blowing, it is mixed with waves of heat.Mo Shaokun walked around Baihai Road and easily found the pawn shop named Qinyuan.

This pawn shop occupies the first and second floors of the Golden Horse Building. The lobby on the first floor is decorated in a very unique way. Whether it is the pool with various ornamental fish or the khaki-colored circular sofas, it all shows the taste of the boss, even in his new life. It doesn't seem dated at all.

Rows of glass showcases are hung on the walls on both sides of the hall, which are full of photos. These are all pawnshop items. If you value something among them, you only need to find the staff to negotiate the price. its taken away.Generally speaking, the price of these extremely pawned items is lower than the market price. Later, many rich people like to go to pawnshops to find treasures. It is cheap and safe. After all, the things that can enter here are certified. ensure value.

"Hello, sir." As soon as he entered the gate, a young girl greeted him.

Mo Shaokun squeezed the small square wooden box in his hand and said to the girl, "Hi, I have something to pawn."

"Okay, please this way." With a professional smile on her face, the young girl welcomed Mo Shaokun to the side of the sofa and said: "Please sit down first, please tell me what you want to be , so I can help you find the corresponding master to appraise."

"A piece of ancient jade."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Not long after, a white-haired old man in Tang suit followed the girl down from the second floor. The old man was kind-hearted and always had a peaceful smile on his face. After sitting down opposite Mo Shaokun, he laughed and said, "Hello, little friend!" , Take out your things and let the old man see."

Mo Shaokun nodded and handed the square wooden box to the old man.

"Huh?" The old man seemed a little surprised when he saw the small box, picked up the box and looked at it for a long time, touched and smelled it, and finally nodded and said: "Well, the high-quality red sandalwood has been around for some years, and the carving is not bad. It should be made by a famous artist, and this box alone is worth tens of thousands of yuan."

As the old man opened the box and took out the ancient jade, Mo Shaokun felt a little nervous.

The old man looked at the ancient jade carefully, with a look of surprise and regret on his face. After about ten minutes, he sighed and said: "Excellent, really exquisite. Young man, do you really want to be it?"

"En." Mo Shaokun nodded, and hurriedly said: "But I will redeem it soon."

"Hehe, in that case, I will give you an estimate. This jade should be from the Han Dynasty. The quality of the jade is exquisite and exquisite, and the most rare thing is that it is in good condition. However, there are quite a lot of Han jade on the market at present. The starting price is hard to sell, even if this jade is one of the high-quality goods, I estimate that it will cost seventy to eighty thousand at most, and I can give you seventy thousand if you count the discount rate and this red sandalwood box."

"Seventy thousand?" Mo Shaokun frowned slightly. This price was much lower than his psychological price. According to his original plan, it should be at least one hundred thousand, right?

In fact, he doesn't know much about the antique market. The so-called gold in prosperous times and troubled times, the domestic antique market just emerged in the early 90s is far from as prosperous as it was later. Even the largest antique market in the country was gradually formed in 95. At this time, the price of antiques Far less exaggerated than later.

"What? Too little? If you can bring the other half with you, the value can be tripled at least!"

"I only have this one." Mo Shaokun smiled wryly, and was about to continue speaking to see if he could ask for more, but a beautiful female voice intervened.

"Old Xue, it's been a long time since you've been sitting in court." Following the words, a beautiful woman in black professional attire walked over slowly.

"Xiao Qin is here, hehe, Xiao Zhao has something to go out, I'll take a look on his behalf, I didn't expect to come across a good thing." The old man smiled at the woman, waved and continued: "Come on, come on, You also come and see."

"It must be a great treasure to be able to fall into the eyes of Mr. Xue." The woman was a little surprised. Mr. Xue is the chief appraiser of the pawn shop, and even if he looks at the whole country, he is also a well-known figure in the industry. What can he praise? You can't go wrong.

Taking the object handed over by Mr. Xue with both hands, the woman looked down and couldn't help being slightly taken aback. After a while, she looked at Mo Shaokun with some doubts in her eyes and said, "Little brother, where did you get this thing from?"

little brother?Mo Shaokun suddenly had the urge to want to die. Although he looked young, his actual age was nearly forty, and now he was called a little brother by a girl in his twenties, which made him feel dumbfounded. What was even more depressing was Doesn't this beauty know that the little brother represents something else?

"Things are inherited from my family." Mo Shaokun said in a muffled voice.

"Oh?" The beauty frowned, and stared at Mo Shaokun for a long time as if trying to tell whether his words were true or not.

"My name is Qin Qin, and I'm the consultant of this pawn shop." The beauty stretched out her hand to Mo Shaokun.

Mo Shaokun hurriedly got up and handed out the dog's claw to give him a light grip.

"As Mr. Xue said, this is indeed a rare and good thing. Since it is your family heirloom, why do you want to keep it?" Qin Qin asked suspiciously.

"Do you have to indicate the reason for coming to your place as something?" Mo Shaokun said a little dissatisfied. Qin Qin's eyes made him very uncomfortable, as if he was looking at a thief. Did she think she stole something? Came here to sell stolen goods?

Qin Qin seemed to have realized something, and said with a chuckle: "Little brother, don't get me wrong, I just asked casually."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Mr. Xue again and asked, "Mr. Xue, what is your estimate for this object?"

"Adding [-] yuan for this box, this is a very reasonable price, but this little brother doesn't seem to be satisfied."

"Consultant Qin, if I can pawn the family heirloom, you can guess that I am in urgent need of money. If possible, I hope you can give me more."

"Then how much do you want?" Qin Qin smiled slightly and looked at Mo Shaokun playfully.

"15 million!"

Both Qin Qin and Mr. Xue were taken aback. After a long time, Mr. Xue couldn't help laughing and said: "Little brother, the market price of your object and this box is at most 15. If you are given [-], you will run away and we will find you." Who makes sense?"

"I will definitely redeem the item. It has special meaning to me. If you are worried, you can send someone home with me. Are you afraid that I will run away if you know where my home is? I will never Don't you even want the money?" Mo Shaokun said.

"It's against the rules." Old Xue shook his head and smiled, while Qin Qin played with Gu Yu in silence.

After a long time, Qin Qin raised his head and said, "Xiao Wang, take him to go through the formalities, and give him 15 as he said."

Mo Shaokun was taken aback for a moment, and then a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He just had the attitude of giving it a try. He didn't expect this beautiful consultant to be really easy to talk to.

After he followed the clerk to go through the formalities, Mr. Xue looked at Qin Qin strangely and said, "Xiao Qin, I always thought you were a shrewd person, but I didn't expect you to be confused sometimes."

"Old Xue, you are wrong to say that. The so-called gold is hard to buy. I like this piece of jade very much. Even if he turns around and really runs away, I will treat it as buying something I like at a high price."

Chapter 5 Ancient Jade

"It's so fucking black." Mo Shaokun walked out of the pawn shop a little depressed.

Although Gu Yu had pawned 15 yuan, the money he really got at this time was far from that much.According to the rules of pawnshops, the shorter the current period, the lower the handling fee. If it exceeds one month, the highest standard of 4% per month will be charged.

莫少坤需要等到九月份股市达到今年最高点时才能赎回古玉，也就是说他需要三个月的时间。以每月4。5%的手续费来计算单是三个月的手续费便是13。5%！再加上每月0。5%的利息，这15万中他需要支付给典当行15%的费用！

In this way, he actually only got 12 yuan!