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    Shi Yunnan was stunned for a second, curled his lips, a little speechless.

    He was really lucky, but he chose a shop blindly and was lucky enough to win the ‘black shop’.

    Shi Yunnan turned around and walked back to the original position without any fear. "Boss, I just took it lightly. Where is the crack?"

    The middle-aged boss showed a distressed look, and pointed to a crack on the back of the jade carving, "Look at it, that's it!"

    Shi Yunnan followed his fingertips and looked at

    This jade sculpture is underpinned by a ‘bamboo basket’, which is full of flat peaches, bergamot and other objects that symbolize happiness, longevity, and health.

    Generally speaking, the sculptured craft lines are very smooth, which is enough to show the sculptor's skill.

    But for this seemingly perfect work, an inconspicuous crack of six or seven centimeters appeared at the ‘bamboo basket’ on the back for a while.

    If you don't take a closer look, you won't actually win the eye.

    But after a closer look, it does indeed affect the price of the entire work.

    "Did you see it? You bumped into this land. I can't buy it if I want to resell it now. You have to lose money!"

    Shi Yunnan shook his head and retorted with a smile, "Boss, are you too old-fashioned in touching porcelain? It's too obvious that the corruption is too obvious."

    "Boy, how do you talk?"

    The boss put the jade carving work back on the flannel, and pointed to the surveillance cameras on the left and right sides, "You can see clearly, our shop is all monitored!"

    He rolled up his thin sleeves, and looked like "it’s up to you to not lose." "The first point is that you enter my shop by yourself, and this jade sculpture that you value, agrees to open the closet to see it. Yes or no?"

    "that is!"

    The clerk spontaneously spoke to his boss, "At first glance, you are a young layman. There is a saying in our business, "Jade is not handy. Do you know what it means?"

    Shi Yunnan nodded calmly, "I know."

    Jade is a valuable item that is easy to knock and touch. If the seller and the buyer pass it directly by hand, it is often difficult to determine the wrong party in the event of a loss.

    On the other hand, human hands are easy to secrete sweat, and it is easy to leave sweat stains on the surface of jade, etc., which easily affects the gloss and cleanliness of jade, and it may also cause difficulty in cleaning.

    Therefore, there is a saying in the industry that ‘jade is not good at hand’.

    In recent years, in the process of delivering jade, some sellers deliberately let go without waiting for the buyer to hold it securely, making ‘touch porcelain’ to squander the money.

    There are many such unscrupulous merchants, and serious sellers and buyers pay special attention to this problem.

    Having said that, this store does take extra care in this regard.

    The middle-aged boss continued, "For the second point, I am wearing special gloves and covered with flannel on the counter. When I showed it to you just now, this jade sculpture is okay. You didn't raise any objections, did you?"

    "After you touched it with your hand, and returned to my hand within three seconds, this crack appeared! Do you dare to say that it wasn't because you broke the jade carving with too much force?"

    The middle-aged boss is full of confidence, "Young man, even if you call the police, I am not afraid!"

    Shi Yunnan looked at the jade sculpture on the counter, and a chill dangled from his eyes——

    When the boss showed him just now, he was so experienced that he deliberately dragged the crack at the bottom of his back with his palm. After Shi Yunnan took over, he only observed it from the front. This gave the former a chance to blackmail.

    Taking 10,000 steps back, even if Shi Yunnan noticed it for the first time after taking over, the boss would probably push the ‘pot’ on him in other ways.

    After all, the boss's way of touching porcelain is definitely not the first time!

    Just thinking about it, there were young and middle-aged customers wearing Little Red Riding Hoods in the store. At first sight, a tourist group came in to visit.

    The middle-aged boss winked with the clerk, and the latter yelled quickly with comprehension

    "Hey, all the bosses are here to comment! This young guy broke the jade in our shop and he doesn't recognize it..."

    The old and aunts of tourist groups at this age are the favorites to join in the fun. When they heard about it, they surrounded them. In addition, they also attracted a few individual visitors who knew jade outside the store.

    Seeing the increase in the number of people, the clerk repeated what he had just said to Shi Yunnan, nothing more than -

    There is monitoring in the store that can prove everything. It is definitely not that they deliberately touched the porcelain to blackmail it. It is clear that Shi Yunnan knocked and broke their jade, which made it impossible to sell it for a good price.

    The grandfathers and aunts believed it to be true, but the few jade individual visitors looked at each other, not telling the truth.

    The water in this jade business is deep.

    Some stores specialize in being sincere and kind to old customers, but it is a ‘kill’ word to new customers.

    This young man is too inexperienced, and then he fell into the pit and got fooled. By now, he can only let the store misuse the money and slaughter him.

    Shi Yunnan fiddled with his mobile phone. He faced the eyes gathered around him and asked, "Boss, how much do you want to buy for this jade?"

    When the middle-aged boss heard this, he let out a cry in his heart——

    Small sample.

    What can do even if it is obvious and clichéd? Isn't it still obediently hooked to the money.

    The middle-aged boss pretended to be sensible and took out the sign from the cabinet, "Don't say I cheated you, just follow the price, 300,000 yuan."

    Shi Yunnan stared at the lion's open-mouthed boss, his eyes gradually darkened, and the lively grandfathers and aunts all around them suddenly discussed

    "Oh, it costs 300,000 for such a thing? I think this is just so-so."

    "This hapless boy, why are you so careless."

    "Three hundred thousand? Is this something so valuable? Is it enough to buy a good car?"

    There are savvy jade individual customers who can’t stand it anymore, they stand up and say something for Shi Yunnan, "Boss, this old man and young guy don’t know how to do it, but we understand. Just the texture of your mutton jade is worth it. Not three hundred thousand."

    "This sir, you are wrong. The objects in our house are all carefully crafted. They are artworks produced by the engravers who have spent time and painstaking efforts. They all have special craft certificates. "

    "Okay, boss, you can still buy and sell complete products at a discount."

    Another individual interrupted with a smile, openly and secretly towards the ‘unlucky’ Shi Yunnan.

    "Some words are utterly boring. Since this young man is willing to spend money on lessons, you will get a real price."

    The middle-aged boss looked at Shi Yunnan who was silent, and pretended to hesitate for a moment, "Well, I'll give you a half discount, one hundred and fifty thousand, no less."

    In a few words, it was suddenly half cheaper.

    An uncle saw the doorway inside and murmured with his hands behind his back, "It's not kind to hold a kid."

    Shi Yunnan walked closer, took the jade carving product again, carefully examined the crack at the bottom, and delicately curled his lips, "Boss, I think about it, or call the police?"

    "..."

    The boss got stuck, obviously he didn't expect Shi Yunnan to still have this idea.

    "Didn't I say it all? We have monitoring, and you will be compensated according to the price when calling the police. It is totally unreasonable." The boss showed a bit of impatience, but he was still full of confidence.

    "Everyone can look at it. Now that the jade is in your hand, don't knock it to me again."

    "This 150,000 is the lowest price, you must pay me! Otherwise, I won't let you go today."

    "Boss, I forgot to tell you that I am a jewellery designer. Although I deal with diamonds all the time, I don’t know about jade and diamonds..."

    As soon as Shi Yunnan said this, surprise flashed across the boss's face.

    "The edges of the cracks on this jade article are already a bit darker. Obviously, there has been a certain period of time for formation. The result should be obtained by going to the Jade Quality Appraisal Center."

    Shi Yunnan turned his gaze to the boss again, and the sharpness of his eyes could almost discern all his dirty activities.

    "The report I said is not to deal with the compensation for this jade, but to sue you for extortion from this shop! Anyway, you also said that the surveillance is all there, and there are so many people in the audience who testify for me."

    Speaking of this, the aunt watching the excitement immediately picked up the phone and kept taking pictures.

    The boss avoided his sight, with a hint of anxiety in his heart——

    You know, his set of touch porcelain is purely to deceive those newcomers who don't know how to do it.

    As long as the two parties repeatedly pull a few times, and he deliberately lowers the compensation price'over and over again', those new buyers will also choose to buy things in a big way.

    But why didn't he think that Shi Yunnan seemed to be young, and he actually studied jade?

    Is this a hard stubble? !

    Shi Yunnan looked around the showcases in the store, puncturing them sharply, "I want to come to your store and not just this jade has a problem, right?"

    "Before me, should I have pitted other new customers who didn't know how to do it? I remember that the penalty standard for attempted extortion was not low."

    "One hundred thousand is enough for a sentence of more than three years but not more than ten years in prison."

    Seeing that the secret of his heart was pierced by someone, the middle-aged boss's eyes floated in panic, and he retorted without thinking, "You, if you have no money to pay, there is no money to pay, don't spit people!"

    "This crack should still be repairable, I think it's unlucky to fix it..."

    He paused, still saving the last trace of the fluke, "You give me three thousand yuan, and you will not be responsible for the follow-up, right?"

    From three hundred thousand to three thousand, what about playing big diving?

    Shi Yunnan sneered and mocked, "You are a black-hearted merchant whose conscience is eaten by a dog, are you worthy of letting me take the money?"

    Someone from the tour group heard that there was something wrong with the porcelain, and immediately supported, "Young man, don't worry, the auntie is recording it! When the identification result comes out, if he is a liar, we will testify to you in front of the police!"

    Shi Yunnan is white and tender and beautiful. Compared with the black and greasy middle-aged boss, they are obviously more like their mothers.

    "..."

    The boss was agitated by Shi Yunnan's straightforward words, and his face suddenly became extremely embarrassed.

    He originally asked the clerk to recruit the individual visitors of these tour groups, but just wanted to use the words of outsiders to pressure Shi Yunnan to compromise and compensate more quickly, but he did not expect it to be

    Now the situation is actually going the other way around. These idle tourists holding their mobile phones and aiming the camera at him one after another.

    If this is to publish the video casually on the Internet, other outsiders will not talk about it, but in front of the old fried dough sticks in the jade circle, he will have nowhere to hide.

    Probably, the discussion inside the store became a bit louder, and a lot of onlookers and individual customers began to gather on the outside of the store.

    "You're all right, don't get stuck in my shop, I'm not worthy..." The boss was guilty of conscience and was about to let the clerk go out.

    In the next second, a young and blatant voice rang out from the periphery of the crowd——

    "So much nonsense, what did some do not do? Call the police? According to the rules, it is not normal to make compensation if things in the store are broken?"

    Shi Yunnan felt that this voice was very familiar, and immediately looked sideways, "Yuan Rui?"

    The other party was wearing a peaked cap, a pair of exaggerated sunglasses on his nose, and a black mask to cover his face tightly.

    The visitor met Shi Yunnan's gaze, and unbelievably lowered his sunglasses to confirm it.

    With eyes facing each other, the two confirmed each other's identities.

    Shi Yunnan caught a glimpse of the bruise on the corner of Yuan Rui's eyes, and he understood it-this kid was bruised and swollen by him last night.

    "Damn, Yuanjia has a narrow road."

    Yuan Rui murmured a little bit, and after finishing speaking, he actually planned to return to the crowd, regardless of the mess.

    The boss thought it was hard to come up with a free help, and hurriedly said, "Yes! This young man in black clothes was right. If he broke the store's things, he should be compensated according to the rules!"

    "..."

    Yuan Rui stopped as he was about to leave, he took off his sunglasses, showing an extremely disgusting look.

    I saw Yuan Rui walked straight to the edge of the counter, put on his gloves and picked up the jade sculpture. After searching for the crack at the bottom, he looked at it carefully, and then turned his gaze to Shi Yunnan.

    "Beat me so hard, do you know if you encounter this kind of thing?"

    "what?"

    Shi Yunnan frowned slightly, thinking that Yuan Rui would speak for the store regardless of right or wrong.

    "According to the rules of the Linglong Jade Market, if a customer breaks a jade, he has to clearly mark the price and buy compensation; but if the seller breaks the rules..."

    Yuan Rui snorted and suddenly held the bottom of the jade sculpture with both hands.

    With all eyes in sight, Yuan Rui held high and suddenly slammed the jade carving towards the side of the cabinet.

    "Then do things according to the rules!"

    ——Bang!

    There was a big gap in the upper half of the jade carving, and even the edge of the cabinet was sunken.

    If the original bottom crack was at best sold at a discount, then now, the jade carving object that smashed the gap is completely scrapped.

    The audience heard one after another gasp.

    Shi Yunnan didn't expect Yuan Rui to look at him, his eyebrows couldn't hide his surprise, and at the same time he felt happy with his appetite.

    He originally wanted to smash this deceptive jade sculpture clean, but it was a pity that the boss clearly leaned on him, and he couldn't be so reckless before the matter came to light, lest he couldn't explain why it was justified.

    "What are you doing!" The boss yelled anxiously, his face flushed with anger.

    Yuan Rui withdrew half a step back holding the jade carving, and his arrogant temper came just as he said, "What am I doing? Let you, a black-hearted merchant, hold the defective product to cheat someone! If you keep it for you, you will cheat others if you don't keep it together! "

    The boss was really angry right now, seeing Yuan Rui smash the thing and bite it to the end, "What the hell are you? You don't know one ass, that's Xincha! Lose me money!"

    "Bah! Master, I have grown up in a pile of jade since I was a kid. Can I tell the new cracks and the old ones?"

    Yuan Rui glanced at Shi Yunnan next to him, pulling extremely confidently.

    "I'm protecting the crack at the bottom, it's not bad at all! Anyway, everyone testifies, we'll take it for the appraisal in a while!"

    "If I make a mistake, I will pay you the original price for what I smashed! If you have a problem, you can wait to go to jail!"

    Shi Yunnan looked at Yuan Rui like a pufferfish exploding, and almost couldn't hold back the occasion and laughed out, he almost forgot-

    Yuan Rui is the young master of Yuan's jade.

    The boss didn't expect that Yuan Rui was not only here to help him, but he was also working harder to demolish his desk.

    Annoyed and furious, he raised his fist at Yuan Rui and put on a posture that he wanted to fight, "Are you looking for death?"

    Seeing this, Shi Yunnan quickly grabbed the boss's wrist with his eyesight and hand, and then hit the opponent's ankle with a swipe across his foot.

    This kick was fierce, and Shi Yunnan did vent with the intensity of ‘revenge’.

    "——Sizzle!"

    The boss was so painful that he almost knelt down with his feet soft.

    Shi Yunnan looked at Yuan Rui, who was shivering in fright, amused, "Aren't you hiding a little bit? Didn't you get beaten enough yesterday?"

    "..."

    Yuan Rui wanted to argue unconvincingly, but when he reached his mouth, he pulled the wound on his lips, which was punched by Shi Yunnan last night.

    He put on his sunglasses, held a jade sculpture, and hid behind Shi Yunnan without sacrificing face, "Then what...you can fight, you go!"

    The boss was relieved from the pain in his ankle, and just about to pick up the guy's stick, there was a sound of discussion outside.

    "The police are here!"

    "Hey, why is Mr. Lu here too? It's such a big trouble!"

    Soon, a group of people walked in. In addition to the uniformed policeman, there was also a thin figure of a man.

    Lu Zhaoan looked at Yuan Rui for the first time, twisted his eyebrows impenetrably, and then turned his gaze at Shi Yunnan, "Mr. Shi, we meet again."

    The police officer looked around and asked when they came in, "Who is the police who sent the text message?"

    "Hello, I am the caller."

    Shi Yunnan voluntarily admitted and repeated everything that happened in the store just now.

    After hearing what happened, Lu Zhaoan's eyes were steady and serious, "Boss Chen, where is that jade sculpture? Show me."

    At this time, the owner of the shop next door whispered to a group of people——

    "Have you heard of Yuanshi jade? A true century-old brand! In our market alone, there are five branches under Yuanshi!"

    "The Yuan family has invested in the establishment of this jade market for three generations. Later, although the government took over the site, the Yuan family still has shares in it. This market rule has never changed."

    "The man inside is Lu Zhaoan, the proud apprentice of the current boss! He has become a master figure in the domestic jade carving circle at a young age. He is very powerful and sharp-eyed! He will know the new cracks and the old marks at a glance, so he doesn't need to take them. Go to the appraisal center."

    "..."

    Boss Chen naturally recognized Lu Zhaoan's identity, and when he saw that the police were following along, he suddenly felt a guilty conscience.

    Yuan Rui stuffed the jade carving into Lu Zhaoan's hands with a stern face, his boss looked unhappy and awkward.

    Before Lu Zhaoan could start the identification, Boss Chen would not confess to himself.

    "Small misunderstanding?"

    Shi Yunnan didn’t follow the boss’s words to answer, sneered and mocked, “In the beginning, the price was 300,000 yuan, and later it was 150,000 yuan. Later, he didn’t give up on the 3,000 yuan repair fee. This is not a misunderstanding. This is called blackmail. !"

    "Comrade police, please take a look at the other items in the store. I suspect that there are other jade objects with cracks. It is by no means the first time that they have used this method of touching porcelain."

    Lu Zhao kept silent, and carefully examined the crack at the bottom of the jade carving.

    Hara’s third store in the market opened a piece of emperor green with a good head yesterday, and he personally came to collect the goods today.

    As for Yuan Rui, he was forced by his father, Lu Zhaoan's master, to learn more about jade trading.

    Yuan Rui lost interest in jade, not willing to listen, and slipped out again while Lu Zhaoan and the clerk were busy.

    Then, when Lu Zhaoan went out of the shop to look for Yuan Rui, he met the policeman who had arrived halfway down the road, so he stopped by and took a look.

    "Boss Chen."

    Lu Zhaoan placed the jade carving on the cabinet on one side and asked, "Do you know the rules of the Linglong jade market?"

    Since Yuanshi invested in the establishment of this jade market, he laid down a rule: that is, sellers cannot be deceived by others.

    Later, although the government came forward to take over the site, the Hara family still held a certain amount of shares, and this market rule has never changed.

    Yuan Rui's temper smashed something because he was afraid that his boss would ruin the reputation of the jade market privately, which would affect the Yuan family.

    Every year, the market management will uniformly ask the shop owners to sign the contract of ‘integrity management’, otherwise they have to act according to the rules——

    If the light one smashes something, the heavy one may actually close the shop.

    "I know, I ask you adults not to remember the villain's mistakes and misunderstand you. Yes, I didn't look at it carefully."

    Boss Chen lost his smile, and late regret rose in his heart——

    It is difficult to do business in the market these days. Like their more flexible bosses, they will find ways to make profits in private. As long as the Hara clan does not send people to investigate, everyone will not talk to each other.

    First, met Shi Yunnan, a stubborn stubble who didn't want to eat, and then came a rude and unreasonable young man who broke his things, and finally attracted the police and Lu Zhaoan?

    Today, he has suffered bad luck for eight lifetimes!

    I didn't blackmail the money, on the contrary, lost wife and broke down!

    "Since the alarm has been called, we should follow the normal procedures, right?" Lu Zhaoan's tone was calm but there was no discussion.

    Shi Yunnan, who is calling the police, also agreed with the normal procedures.

    When Boss Chen heard this, he immediately oozes cold sweat.

    Usually, people who have to report to the police when encountering Porcelain will find ways to do it if they can. Anyway, it is the problem of not losing money. Why did it really go to the police station today!

    It's a pity that no matter how regretful and reluctant the boss is, he can't stand the police's law enforcement.

    The showcases in the store were opened one by one, and many jade carvings had cracks!

    Not only that, even in the small warehouse behind the counter, there are similar-looking jade carvings of "Peach Bergamot", and even the cracks are located at the bottom.

    OK!

    It's a scam item that's shining!

    The onlookers on the scene became more vigorous to shoot videos, shouting ‘exposure! ’’Black Heart Store! ’’ Must go bankrupt! ’

    Boss Chen's face turned white and red, red and blue, he was belatedly felt panic and regret——

    After today, not to mention that his store may not be able to open anymore, even his reputation in this circle will stinks along with it!

    The author has something to say: #Hit to the little fox's head, then there is only one end~

    #主受 Perspective, based on the action line of the little fox, the Patriarch will appear in the next chapter! I’ve had a lot of headaches over the past two days. I can’t update the number of words. I have to work hard to stabilize the 6,000 words first. Please forgive me! This chapter reviews 50 random red envelopes~

    [Thanks to the little angel who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2021-06-23 17:00:00~2021-06-24 17:00:00]

    [Landmine] Xuanjill, Lao Wan will definitely get rich, you will run again if you have a kind, your Pu Ming is online, 1 coke;

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    Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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