Chapter 175: Appraisal
Chapter 175: Appraisal
Fang Linyan didn’t want to say anything to the guys who doubted him, so he simply left. However, Donald Duck wouldn’t let him go easily because the 300 yuan that Fang Linyan asked from Young Master Gu gave him a deep impression…
So, Boss Tang greeted Fang Linyan very enthusiastically and let him sit for a while. He didn’t have other things to do anyway.
Hearing the words of Boss Tang, Fang Linyan was stunned. He remembered his purpose of coming here, and he was short of money, so he said,
“Ugh, I’m actually for business actually. You know Ah Kai right?”
Boss Tang was stunned and said,
“That kid from Explosive Power Garage? Of course, but he should be running away from the police now.”
Fang Linyan said,
“That’s the case. I met Ah Kai before. He said 2 months ago that there seemed to be a shortage of ACSchnitzer’s special lift camshaft. So I crafted a few and came to him, but now he is probably not interested in my goods…”
After hearing Fang Linyan’s words, Boss Tang said with his eyes brightened,
“Of course it’s in a shortage! It seems that the superior is checking the stocks tightly recently, the European supply has been cut for almost 3 months. The price of ACS parts are now 3 times higher than normal!”
Having said this, Boss Tang suddenly hesitated,
“But you made this part yourself? It’s not from the original ACS factory?”
Fang Linyan said faintly,
“I dare not say that it is better than the original one, but at least it is not worse than the original one.”
Boss Tang rolled his eyes and was about to say something, but Fang Linyan had taken a bag out of his backpack. The smell of scallion oil coming out of it, because this was the bag he got when he bought steamed buns in the morning. The 3 lift camshafts were inside the bag.
Fang Linyan put the bag directly on the table and said,
“Boss Tang, you can try these three first. You are also an expert. You can judge whether these goods are right or not by holding them in your hands. Let’s not talk about the money first. When I come next time, I will talk about the following things. How about it?”
Since Fang Linyan said this and with his performance in repairing Young Master Gu’s car, Boss Tang got rid of Director Deng with envious eyes, kept the goods happily and asked Fang Linyan to stay for a meal.
After Fang Linyan stayed and had a meal with them, he was thinking about a matter. After exchanging phone numbers with Donald Duck, he went home to continue to indulge in the modification of [Drone] and [Machine Gun Turret].
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On the second day, Fang Linyan went to bed late and got up late as usual. He was immersed in the wonderful process of playing with the machinery. He didn’t think of going to eat until he was hungry. It was 2pm now.
But when he just walked downstairs, his smartphone rang. After Fang Linyan picked it up, he realized that Boss Tang was calling. After asking a few technical questions from yesterday, he sent an address and said that he got it from his friend.
At this time, Fang Linyan just remembered that when they had a meal together yesterday, Fang Linyan asked Boss Tang if he knew where there was a professional leather dealer. One of his elders had a very expensive purse that was scratched. This wallet had a very important memorial significance to him, so he was thinking about it to the extent of affecting his health. He wanted to find a way to fix this wallet.
At that time, Fang Linyan felt that Boss Tang was a very sociable person. He was half of his employee now, so he simply asked Boss Tang for help.
Unexpectedly, Boss Tang really asked for him. He gave the address to him through the call, saying that there were a few pawnshops and there were leather experts in there. But he didn’t have any acquaintances there, so Fang Linyan had to go himself.
After hanging up the phone, the careful boss Tang was afraid that Fang Linyan could not remember, so he sent him a text message with the address. Looking at the text message, Fang Linyan reluctantly looked at the house close to him… like an otaku sentimental attached to his room.
Then Fang Linyan sighed slightly and went to the bus stop. He planned to go to the subway station 3km away, then go to the destination by train.
After 2 and a half hours, Fang Linyan, who had taken the subway 3 times, came to his destination. He now lived in the southeast corner of Thai City, and the destination was the northwest corner of Thai City, which happened to be on the diagonal location. This place was called the Guanbo District, which would only be lively at night.
The largest local red light district, the bar street, and casinos were all here. The population density is the highest. Of course, public security was definitely the worst.
After getting out of the subway, Fang Linyan walked quickly, and soon he came to the signpost marking the 19th Avenue, then he found the shop he was looking for: Pavin Pawnshop.
This pawnshop had unique conditions, because it was surrounded by 2 luxury casinos on the left and right and in front was a nightclub with a parking lot the size of a football field. It looked extremely gorgeous.
There was no doubt that these stores were all gold mines, but because of the high cost, it was inevitable that customers would come to the pawnshop when they were in need of money.
Because it was still the afternoon, even though the door of the pawnshop was open, it looked quite deserted. Fang Linyan did not enter rashly. He shook the brass bell beside, and a waiter in a suit and vest walked out. Without asking his intention, he smiled and invited him in.
After walking in, Fang Linyan realized that it was completely different from what he had imagined. It was spacious and brightly decorated like the reception room.
The sofa was made of leather, and the crystal chandelier above the head was worth hundreds of thousands. The velvet curtain next to the long floor-to-ceiling glass window opposite was also very expensive. The sun also came in from the outside. The walls were decorated with antlers with horns. The whole layout gave people a warm and casual feeling, which made people feel relaxed.
Immediately afterward, the waiter smiled and brought a tray with a cup of fragrant coffee, half a cup of milk and sugar cubes beside it.
Fang Linyan took it calmly, poured the milk and sugar cubes into it, stirred and drank 2 sips before the waiter smiled and said,
“Sir, how can I help you?”
Fang Linyan said straightforwardly,
“I’m looking for an expert in leather to appraise something.”
The waiter had worked here for many years, what people hadn’t he seen before? After listening to it, he just treated that as Fang Linyan’s excuse to pawn item. He smiled and said,
“Okay, please wait a moment.”
Fang Linyan said,
“Okay.”
About a few minutes later, a middle-aged man with a little tousled hair came out from the inside, with a pipe in his mouth. He was dressed casually, but the aristocratic temperament in his gestures was very obvious. After he came in, he directly ordered the waiter to pour water, then he looked at Fang Linyan and said,
“My name is Dunland. I have worked in this pawnshop for 36 years. Once there are leather goods, I will appraise them, so my charge is not low. 5,000 yuan per appraisal. You can consider it for yourself. “
Fang Linyan was stunned and said,
“Okay, no problem.”
Dunland stretched out his hand directly, Fang Linyan sighed slightly and paid out.
After receiving the money, Dunland said,
“Okay, take out what you want me to appraise.”
Fang Linyan took out the spirit equipment: The Hungry Mr. Lannister Tyrion and put it on the table.
It was now in a sealed state. As long as it was not contaminated with blood, then there would be no terrible curse. Even ordinary people could touch it.
Dunland looked at it casually, and he was about to take a sip of the newly served coffee from the waiter. However, when he turned around to drink the coffee, he suddenly seemed to think of something. He hadn’t even touched the coffee, and he put it down again eagerly. He didn’t notice that some coffee had spilled out.
Dunlandsat down in front of the table, squinted and took a few more glances, then he went directly to the back, washed his hands and took a towel to dry his hands slowly. Then, he solemnly held it up again with both hands and checked this black wallet with a magnifying glass.
After watching carefully for a while, he deliberately took it under the sun to check again before walking back and putting the wallet down.
“Your wallet is not simple.”
Fang Linyan smiled and said,
“Maybe.”
Dunland stared at this wallet and said,
“At first glance, it looks quite simple, and it is easy to be regarded as the cheap stuff from the street stalls. In fact, this simple and subtle style makes it better than the other style.”
Having said this, Dunland slowly stretched out his hand, slowly rubbed the wallet with his left little finger and said,
“Once you hold it in your hand, you can feel its natural extraordinariness – the black leather on the surface is quite soft and smooth. The touch is top notch. Looking carefully, you can see the fineness of the leather like the skin of a newborn baby; smooth, moderate thickness and and and you can see it carefully. Baby skin has tender and smooth leather, moderate thickness, clear patterns, good hand feeling, good elasticity, and particularly strong flexibility.”
“Of course, this is actually just the most basic feature of an excellent wallet. A wallet that doesn’t have a good touch is like a bitch with syphilis, it has no value at all. Its real precious place is even here.”
TL: Does he want to find the origin of this wallet through the appraisal?