145: Who should I contact to sell my jadeite?
Chen Kai quickly walked into the room, took the Gold-Thread Anklet out of his pocket, and held it up in front of the Old Man.
"Oh my… is… is this a new style? Why does it look a bit different from a regular necklace?"
The Old Man put on his reading glasses, took the Gold-Thread Anklet in his hand, and examined it carefully, his expression tinged with a bit of confusion.
"Since when could gold be made into this kind of style? Young man, did you get scammed?"
"You've come to sell things a few times, so I'm sure you aren't intentionally trying to fool me, but I've never seen an anklet made in this style before."
The Old Man, wearing his reading glasses, kept examining the Gold-Thread Anklet in his hand.
If you said it wasn't gold, it's only this small, yet the weight is so high; it doesn't look like any other material.
If you said it was gold, it's crafted like a flowing piece of art, which doesn't really look like an effect that can be achieved with gold.
"Old Man, it's definitely real. Otherwise, just melt it down with your Torch."
Chen Kai smiled, took the jade out of his pocket, took a picture on WeChat, and showed it to Zheng Liu Chang.
Zheng Liu Chang replied almost instantly.
"Damn! This jade is fucking beautiful. But unfortunately, we in the Antique Trade don't buy this, brother."
"Because I've never been able to judge jade, I've never bought it. I'm sure what you're selling me is real, but we don't have customers for this."
"Besides, I don't even know the market price for this thing, so I can't sell it."
Chen Kai thought about it, and it seemed to be the case. During the previous jade auction, Zheng Liu Chang had said many times that his eye for jade wasn't good.
Then he had no choice but to find another buyer. However, with the system's valuation, he wouldn't lose much.
With the legend of turning fifty into two hundred thousand in Jiangnan City, he believed that merchants who recognized him wouldn't cheat him.
But… how could he find merchants who recognized him?
Chen Kai clapped his hands; he suddenly remembered that at the last jade auction, those merchants had specifically handed him their business cards to curry favor.
There was also the Jade Shop that helped him collect the stones last time; their business card was also in his bag.
He would go back to his place, grab his bag, and then decide where to sell this jade.
Just then, the Old Man buying the gold suddenly spoke up.
"Young man, do you really want to burn this craft? It's a bit of a pity to burn it."
"Burn it, Old Man."
Chen Kai smiled faintly. He couldn't give this thing away, and it wouldn't sell for much anyway.
It would just be bought at the normal gold recycling price for today. When you buy gold, you immediately lose the workmanship and design fees.
Unless you're buying gold bars or trading virtual gold online, if you want to invest, it's best not to touch gold.
The Old Man didn't dawdle. Since Chen Kai said so, why should he hesitate?
He immediately took out the Torch, put the gold into a special melting bowl, and began to smelt the gold with the Torch.
Not long after, the Old Man nodded, his face covered in sweat.
"It's settled, it's real gold. Let me put it in water and show you how many grams it is."
The Old Man immediately cooled the small, solidified gold nugget in cold water, picked it up, and placed it on an electronic scale to weigh it.
"16.6 grams. Today's gold price is 900 per gram, so I'll give you 15,000. Come back often if you have good things."
"Deal, no problem."
Chen Kai immediately grinned and showed his QR code.
【Ding! 15,000 yuan received via WeChat.】
Once Chen Kai received the money, he immediately waved his hand and bid farewell to the Old Man.
Clutching the small jade pearl in his hand, he walked quickly back to the mercedes-benz car.
He drove toward his rented house.
...
In less than half an hour, he parked the car in the residential complex.
Just as he got out of the car, he locked eyes with the Real Estate Agent manager, who was charging his little electric donkey in the electric vehicle charging shed not far away.
"Holy shit… holy shit? My excellent employee! You… how did you end up driving a Mercedes-Benz?"
The manager was completely bewildered. How was he driving a Mercedes-Benz?
Didn't he tell him to work hard and that he would definitely be able to afford a Mercedes-Benz within three years?
How was he driving one already?
None of the people who came to apply for jobs at the shop during this time met his expectations. They couldn't bring their own clients, and they couldn't close a deal on their first day—could they even enter his company?
He missed Chen Kai dearly every day, but he didn't expect to run into him here. And he was driving a Mercedes-Benz? He hadn't even driven one himself!
"Aha… I… I was just experiencing life before."
A trace of embarrassment immediately appeared on Chen Kai's face. Damn, how could he run into the Real Estate Agent here?
Are you kidding me?
"Oh~ no wonder. I said, you kid are so excellent, why did you run away after working for only one day?"
"Why don't you come back to our shop and experience life for a few more days? I can't live without you!"
"Do you know how I've been living these past few days? Looking at one person after another, none of them were as good as you!"
The manager was almost crying; this was just too emotional.
Chen Kai quickly shook his head. "No, no, I've experienced enough. I'm going back to inherit the family property. Best of luck with your business."
After saying that, he quickly ran upstairs. He never imagined he would run into the Real Estate Agent manager here.
It was so awkward; it was toe-curlingly awkward.
He hurried upstairs, found his wallet, rummaged through it for a long time, and only found two business cards.
One was the shop where he sold the stones for 250,000, and the other was from someone who had practically called him "Grandpa" while forcibly shoving the business card into his hand.
Seeing such a humble attitude, he didn't refuse.
Which one should he sell it to?
Chen Kai entered the addresses into the navigation and found that the two shops were very close to each other.
He immediately decided to visit both shops. If he happened to Score a Bargain on more jade in the future, he would have a fixed place to sell them.
Just like selling gold, he wouldn't have to go around looking for places.
He immediately took the business cards and went downstairs, checking one more time that the jade was still in his pocket.
He got into the mercedes-benz car and headed toward Jade Street on Jianghuai Road.
He still had an impression of Jianghuai Road. In the past, Jianghuai Road sold high-quality jade, but later, as the economy declined, it was changed into a street with both high-quality Jade Shops and a jade and diamond market.
The jade business relies entirely on a sharp eye and acting skills.
If your acting is good, you can sell it for more money.
Not long after, he parked the car in a parking space at the entrance of Jianghuai Road.
Looking at the shops on both sides of the street, he walked toward one of them—the one that had begged and pleaded for him to take their business card.
After all, this shop had offered the highest price back then.
Because he wanted to slap their face, he had sold it cheaply to the other one.
This time, he could give them a chance to make up for it.
As soon as he walked into the shop, a large expanse of Counters and various jade ornaments came into view.
There were even rare blue jades.
It looked like a Jade Shop with a fairly large scale and was not simple at all.