297: Xiaohong sells by the kilogram!

“You said you wanted some saieds pocket watch? Some, as in... more than one?”

“Mm.”

Seeing Xiao Yun nod silently, the middle-aged boss was immediately surprised.

Some pocket watches, is that a quantity a person can say?

You know, saieds pocket watch is a top-tier big red item from the restricted zone, with an evacuation value of over two hundred thousand for just one, and a market trading value that's tens of times higher.

Normal people, let alone buying one to wear, would have to spend half a month's salary just to rent one. Even those celebrity teams would rent them for events, but they'd return them immediately when the time was up, terrified of losing tens of thousands of yuan if they were overdue by a few days.

But this young-looking Xiao Yun, as soon as he came in, said he wanted to buy 'some' pocket watches.

What's that like? It's like buying instant noodles by the box, or cigarettes by the carton—wild consumption!

“However, I hope they’re older, cheaper, and it doesn’t matter if they’re damaged or scrapped, as long as they’re cheap.”

Xiao Yun said lightly.

Anyway, upgrading a family heirloom doesn't require high-quality materials, so why bother with good ones?

It's best to get a bunch of broken ones at the lowest price, upgrade them fiercely, and directly unlock a new family heirloom when it reaches max level.

“Damaged pocket watches? I do have quite a few of those in my shop… But what do you want to rent these for? Wait… are you not renting them, but buying them?”

“Yes.”

“These are big red items! Even damaged ones cost a lot of money… Oh, right, do you have some way to repair them?”

The boss was initially puzzled, but then he suddenly thought of a possibility.

This young man, perhaps, has mastered some method of restoring big red collectibles, which is why he came to buy some defective or scrapped pocket watches.

As soon as he thought of this, the boss's eyes immediately gleamed with excitement.

“Oh, boss, don’t ask so many questions. Just find him what he needs.”

Seeing that he still wanted to ask something, Liu Shihhan quickly reminded him not to ask too much.

Especially after hearing the blonde boss's speculation, Liu Shihhan was also startled, thinking that it might indeed be possible.

After all, she also didn't understand why Xiao Yun would want these damaged big red items.

And if Xiao Yun did indeed master some way to restore big red items, it would be logical, yet unexpected.

After all, in terms of abilities related to the restricted zone, Xiao Yun is the strongest and most talented person Liu Shihhan has ever met.

“By the way, boss, I haven’t asked your surname yet?”

“Just call me Xiao Yun.”

Xiao Yun said with a faint smile, not hiding anything.

After all, with Gold Bar Bro and Brother Dao as 'shining examples,' Xiao Yun wasn't afraid of the other party finding out his information.

And even if they did, at most it would just cause them a moment of surprise, and it wouldn't affect him much.

“Xiao Yun… Huh? How come I seem to have heard that name before? Have you been to my shop before?”

“Alright, alright, boss, stop trying to make connections. He hasn’t seen you before.”

Liu Shihhan said in annoyance.

She could tell the boss was trying to say he'd met Xiao Yun before, pretending to be familiar.

And given the blonde boss's disability, it was impossible for him to go out and meet people; people had to come to his shop.

“Hehehe, I didn’t expect you to see through that. Well, I won’t ramble anymore. I’ll have someone find you the pocket watches.”

Saying that, the blonde boss also opened his phone and quickly made a call.

After a brief exchange, he told the person to bring all the pocket watches from the warehouse, not forgetting to remind the other party that this order was very important and to hurry up.

However, Xiao Yun glanced over and saw a transparent counter crowded with several girls, where various little red items of varying quality were haphazardly displayed, including the pocket watches he needed.

Some looked quite new, while others had gold that had aged to black, appearing almost scrapped.

And those girls didn't mind, picking them up to try on and take photos.

“Boss, what about these?”

Xiao Yun walked over, picked up one of the saieds pocket watch that had aged to black, and asked.

The pocket watch was very old; opening the cover was very jerky, and only one hand remained inside, making it impossible to tell if it was the hour or minute hand.

“Oh, those? Those are fakes. How could real ones be displayed in the shop? Aren’t you afraid of them being stolen?”

The boss explained with a smile.

“No, boss, your shop sells fakes?”

“Is that golden gazelle in the middle counter also fake?”

“Ugh! I took so many photos to post on my Moments!”

“Oh no, oh no, I already posted it! If people find out it's fake, they'll laugh me to death!”

Before Xiao Yun could speak, several girls immediately chattered loudly, and then disdainfully threw down the imitation big red collectibles in their hands.

And Xiao Yun also suddenly understood; no wonder the system didn't pop up a panel when he saw these pocket watches!

If they were genuine, the panel would have appeared before Xiao Yun's eyes the moment he saw them.

And fortunately, this boss didn't deceive people; he wouldn't sell fakes as genuine.

He said what he meant, which was quite honest.

“Nonsense, isn’t this just like a phone store? Most of what’s displayed are dummy models. Who puts real phones out in the open?”

Seeing this, the boss also explained, quite exasperated.

And just then, a black Bentley suddenly stopped at the entrance, and an uncle, older than the shop owner, got out carrying a box of goods.

Although his hair was half-white, he was full of muscles, looking like he exercised frequently.

“Here’s the goods you wanted.”

The muscular uncle casually dropped a cardboard box at Xiao Yun’s feet, and the pocket watches inside clinked together, making clear sounds.

“Hey! These are big red quality items! Can’t you handle them with care?”

Listening to the sound like parts falling apart, the shop owner felt very pained.

“Tsk, what are you talking about? These are just trash that can’t be sold or rented out. I’m leaving.”

The muscular uncle said, then immediately got back into the car, turned around, and drove away.

“I’m sorry, that’s my older brother. His temper has always been like that.”

The shop owner apologized to Xiao Yun and Liu Shihhan.

“It’s fine. Just give me a discount later.”

Xiao Yun smiled.

Saying that, he picked up the cardboard box from the floor and placed it on the table.

Inside the cardboard box, there were quite a few saieds pocket watch, at least thirty or so by a rough count.

However, these pocket watches were either aged to black and no longer sparkled like new from the factory, or their internal structures were damaged, having lost their collectible value.

“Sigh, these items are already at market bottom price. Any lower, and it’d be better to melt them down and sell them as gold. They can’t go any lower!”

The boss said helplessly.

Although these goods were old and broken now, they had worn down through countless rentals at the shop. Over such a long time, each watch had long since recouped its cost, and then brought the boss huge profits. Now, they had completed their mission.

Looking at the pile of old pocket watches, a hint of nostalgia flashed in the boss's eyes.

“Speaking of which, back then, just one saieds pocket watch had an evacuation value of four to five million! It’s a pity that now the output is large, and the price has stabilized.”

“Looks like I missed the good old days.”

Xiao Yun sighed.

“You, tsk, do you think you could have brought out big red items back then?”

The boss snorted, somewhat disdainfully.

Only Xiao Yun himself knew that for him, bringing out big red items was truly not difficult!

And facing this box of damaged pocket watches, Xiao Yun was too lazy to pick through them himself.

“Boss, help me pick eleven at the bottom price, the kind that are so rotten that they’d be sold by gold weight.”