110: Selling South Sea Gold Pearls

His solid arms bulged slightly, and through the white vest, distinct muscle lines were faintly visible, as if containing endless power.

His steps were steady and powerful, each one carrying a unique aura.

The moment he stepped through the door, everyone in the store was involuntarily drawn to him, casting surprised and curious glances, sizing him up and down.

As if wondering why such a unique figure would appear in this place full of glittering jewels.

Especially the young girls in their prime, upon seeing such a sunny and handsome Brother, their eyes were practically glued to him!

Chen Xiangbei ignored the gazes of the crowd, walked directly to one of the empty sales counters, and said to the female sales associate, "Excuse me, do you buy back pearls here?"

This female sales associate was actually a university student, just working a summer job during her break to earn some living expenses.

Seeing Chen Xiangbei's handsome appearance and tall figure slowly walking towards her, she already felt a slight sense of panic inside.

When he spoke to her, the inner panic instantly turned into excitement and joy, and she quickly replied.

"Yes, Mr., may I ask what type of pearl you wish to sell?"

Chen Xiangbei took one of the pearls out of his pocket, handed it to her, and said, "Here, it's this kind of pearl. What's your buyback price?"

The sales associate took the pearl from his hand and said, "Please wait a moment, we need to appraise the quality of the pearl before we can give you a specific price."

"Okay, please be quick."

After getting his agreement, the female sales associate quickly took the pearl to the office inside the shop.

Soon after, she came out, followed by an elderly but imposing Da Ye.

Guided by the female sales associate, that Da Ye came before Chen Xiangbei, and with a kind smile, he said to him.

"Brother, are you the one selling this nanyang golden pearl?"

Chen Xiangbei glanced at the Da Ye and replied, "Yes, are you the appraiser here?"

"Yes, I am the appraiser and shareholder of this shop. I've looked at your golden pearl, the quality is good, it has reached the level of ten thousand yuan."

"According to market prices, this nanyang golden pearl is worth around 12,000 yuan. If you are sure you want to sell it, we are willing to buy it back at a price of 10,800 yuan, after all, we still need to keep a little profit."

After hearing the quote, Chen Xiangbei felt it was quite reasonable, similar to the market situation he understood. This Da Ye didn't inflate the price.

"Okay, sell it at the price you mentioned. Once the money is in the account, the pearls are yours."

"Brother, is it convenient to ask where your pearls came from?"

"I just salvaged them from the sea today, their origin is absolutely clean." Chen Xiangbei thought the Da Ye suspected the items were of improper origin, so he quickly explained.

The Da Ye shook his head and smiled, "I'm not doubting the origin of the pearls, I just wanted to know if you got them from the sea."

"Because pearls obtained from the sea are taken out of shells, Brother, you probably have more than one pearl, right?"

Chen Xiangbei was slightly surprised and said, "Indeed, I have a few more. Da Ye, how did you know I had them?"

"Because the yield of wild nanyang golden pearls is never just a single one, but at least two to start with, that's why I asked how you got them, understand?"

"Da Ye is indeed professional. Here, these are the remaining few. I'll sell them all to you." Chen Xiangbei took out the other pearls, handed them to the Da Ye, and said.

"In that case, I will buy them back at a price of 11,000 yuan per pearl. How about 55,000 yuan for five pearls in total?"

"Then thank you very much, Da Ye. Doing business like this, you'll become rich sooner or later!"

"Hahaha, you young man really know how to talk. I don't mind if you say a few more words!"

The conversation between the old and the young man amused everyone.

After the shop transferred the money to him, Chen Xiangbei left and followed the location sent by Wang Ziyi to find the restaurant for dinner.

He pushed open the door, walked in, and greeted everyone, "I'm back! Have you all ordered yet?"

"We finished ordering a long time ago. If you came back any later, we'd probably be full already." Li An joked.

Before long, the waiter started serving the dishes.

The ingredients were very authentic, all locally produced seafood, completely natural, because here, to protect the ecological environment, there isn't even marine aquaculture.

These seafood ingredients were sold to these restaurants by fishermen returning from fishing this evening, so there is no situation where farmed fish are sold as wild.

Salt and pepper mantis shrimp, steamed Grouper, braised ribbonfish, oil-braised prawns, spicy crab, vermicelli with garlic scallops, spicy stir-fried razor clams, braised sea cucumber with scallions, seafood soup, and other dishes were served one after another.

Although the preparation methods for these well-known dishes were the same, the taste was vastly different.

Firstly, the freshness is different, and secondly, the difference in meat quality. This is too different from the seafood in coastal areas.

Because there are many aquaculture bases in coastal areas, even if farmed fish are sold as wild, many people cannot distinguish the difference, so everyone usually eats more farmed fish.

This tender and delicious seafood dinner left everyone's mouths watering. The enjoyment on their taste buds was an important part of the journey; eating happily made playing even happier!

As night fell, after everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they decided to go back to the guesthouse to watch an outdoor movie.

Back at the guesthouse, everyone sat down in the living room. Zhao Yixi adjusted the projector, connected it to her phone, and then found a comedy movie for everyone to watch.

Everyone gathered together, and the living room was filled with a joyful atmosphere. They sat close together, their eyes fixed on the screen, their faces beaming with expectant smiles.

As the movie began, laughter erupted one after another. Some held their bellies, laughing uncontrollably, some narrowed their eyes with the corners of their mouths turned up, while others patted the shoulders of friends next to them, sharing the joy of the moment.

Every funny scene triggered a burst of laughter that echoed through the room, as if it would break through the roof.

They exchanged glances with each other, sharing this joy, as if time had stopped at this moment.

In this warm scene, the laughter of friends intertwined, becoming the most wonderful notes, composing the melody of friendship.

As time passed, a joyful movie also came to an end.

Because the itinerary for the past few days had been quite packed, considering the issue of the girls' stamina not keeping up.

Everyone agreed to sleep in until they woke up naturally tomorrow, have lunch at the guesthouse, with Chen Xiangbei acting as the chef.

At ten o'clock in the evening, everyone gradually returned to their rooms to wash up and rest.

Chen Xiangbei planned to go check out the nearby beach tomorrow morning, because he couldn't sleep in; his biological clock wouldn't allow him to do so.