185: Auction-quality pearls

After the tea was brewed, Brother poured a cup of tea for Chen Xiangbei, handed it to him, and said.

"Come, try the tea I just bought, aged Pu-erh tea, the taste is pretty good!"

"Don't worry about me, go check out the goods quickly, I can manage myself!" Chen Xiangbei said, looking at his somewhat eager expression.

"Okay, I'll go look at the pearls first, the tea is here, help yourself."

After speaking, he quickly ran behind the counter, took out the pearls Chen Xiangbei brought one by one from the bag, and placed them on the tray on the counter.

When Brother saw the dozen or so 12-14 millimeter pearls, the look of joy on his face was uncontrollable, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up.

He carefully observed the details of each pearl, sometimes observing with a magnifying glass, and sometimes measuring the thickness of different areas with professional calipers.

Because the pearls were not perfectly round but irregularly shaped, the size of each different surface would have slight variations.

After a while, Brother finished examining this batch of pearls. He turned his head to look at Chen Xiangbei and said.

"This batch of pearls is very good, the size, roundness, and color are all excellent, and this size is also the most popular on the market! What price are you looking to sell them for?"

Chen Xiangbei replied with a smile, "Let's stick to the old rule, you make the offer, if the price is right, you can take them all."

"Okay, I just took a look, the market price for this quality of pearl is probably mid-thousand and up. I'll offer 4800 per pearl for the 12mm ones, 5800 per pearl for the 13mm ones, and 6800 per pearl for the 14mm ones. How about this price?" Brother quoted the price to Chen Xiangbei.

"No problem, it's about what I expected. Calculate the total for this batch!" Chen Xiangbei said.

"8 pieces of 12mm, 5 pieces of 13mm, and 3 pieces of 14mm, the total is 87800 yuan!" Brother gave the calculation result.

"Those ten boxes contain pearls ranging from 15 to 19.5 millimeters. Take a look and then give me a price." Chen Xiangbei said calmly.

"What? There are pearls over 18 millimeters?" Brother said in surprise, and he quickly opened the boxes.

When he saw the pearls in these boxes, the look of surprise on his face became even stronger.

"Holy cow!"

Just as he saw that 19.5 millimeter Tahitian peacock blue pearl, he completely lost his composure!

"Brother, are you... are you selling this too?" he asked in disbelief.

"Of course! Why else would I bring it here? Don't get excited yet, take a good look and then give me a quote!" Chen Xiangbei urged.

"Oh, oh, I'll look right away!"

Brother picked up the magnifying glass again, this time he seemed even more careful, the hand holding the pearl lost its color for fear of accidentally dropping it.

After a detailed and thorough examination, Brother finally finished looking at all the pearls. He slowly let out a breath and said.

"Brother, I'll offer 8800 yuan per pearl for these 4 15mm pearls, 10800 yuan per pearl for the 2 16mm ones, 15800 per pearl for the 2 17mm ones, and 28000 yuan for that 18mm one." Brother quoted the prices one by one.

"Okay, what about that 19.5 millimeter one?" Chen Xiangbei agreed.

Brother took a sip of tea to calm his excited mood and then said, "Thanks to Brother's consideration, I can offer 88000 yuan for this 19.5 treasure.

To be honest, this pearl could go to auction, the price should be around 100,000 yuan, but I still need to make a profit!"

Chen Xiangbei expressed understanding and agreed to his quote, and then asked him to calculate the total.

"The 15-18 millimeter pearls total 116400 yuan, plus the price of that 19.5 millimeter one, the total is 204400 yuan.

Adding the batch of 12-14 millimeter pearls, the total is 292200 yuan!"

Chen Xiangbei did a quick mental calculation and after finding no issues, he said, "Okay, let's go with this price, I'll sell all these pearls to you!"

Brother said ecstatically, "Brother, should I still transfer it to that account?"

"No, no, no, don't be in a hurry. I have something good, do you want to see it?" Chen Xiangbei said mysteriously.

"Huh? What's so mysterious?" Brother asked doubtfully.

Chen Xiangbei stopped teasing him, the expression on his face had changed several times today.

He took out a slightly larger box from his pocket, handed it to Brother, and gestured for him to open it himself.

Brother looked at Chen Xiangbei's mysterious expression, and his heart also grew expectant.

He thought to himself: Could this be some kind of ultimate pearl? That 19.5 millimeter one was already astonishing, if there's another even more explosive one, how can anyone live?!

Brother carefully opened the box, only to see that the light under the counter shone directly inside, reflecting a green light, which made his heart skip a beat.

When the pearl in the box was fully revealed before his eyes, he was so shocked he couldn't speak, this pearl left him dumbfounded, his mouth was open wide enough to fit an egg.

He swallowed, picked up the measuring tool nearby with trembling hands, and shakingly tried to measure its size, but couldn't manage it.

He had no choice but to put it down, drank a cup of tea, and tried hard to calm his inner excitement.

After a long while, he picked up the measuring tool again, this time he finally managed to measure it.

Seeing the final measurement result, Brother was shocked again and said, "B... Brother, where did you find an auction-grade pearl like this! Its size reached over 20 millimeters, this hasn't appeared on the market for a long time!"

Chen Xiangbei still said calmly, "Actually, I didn't find it, I exchanged something for it with someone else. How is it, pretty good, right?"

"It's more than just good, it's absolutely fantastic! If you take it to auction now, it will definitely fetch a sky-high price!" Brother said excitedly.

"No need, if you can handle it, selling it to you is the same. I just don't know if you have the financial capability to take it."

"Brother, what price are you planning to ask? To be honest, if this pearl is promoted, it can definitely sell for a high price, but it will take some time.

How about this, I'll buy it back at 85% of the auction price of a recent 20mm Tahitian peacock green pearl?" Brother finally quoted the price.

"What was the auction price of that recent peacock green pearl?" Chen Xiangbei asked.

Brother took out his phone, found the relevant report and showed it to him, and said, "This is news about it being sold at an auction house in Hong Kong City last year for a price of 396,000 yuan."

"So that means you can offer 336,600 yuan?"

"Yes, after all, I'm not an auction house, I don't have their strong capabilities. Of course, if you think the price is low, you can take it to auction, after all, this pearl can definitely go to auction!" Brother replied.