Tired and hungry, he dragged his feet, looking around for any pawn shop. He needed food, he needed money. After locating one, he sold the chain for one thousand dollar and left.
His mind wandered off to his newly acquired ability. Now that he had the privilege to distinguish between original and fake products, should he still worried about not making any money?
Irving smiled, turned around immediately, and walked towards the ghost market, the largest and most scattered antique market in the city. He would eat later. It was still early in the day when Irving arrived here. This time, the crowd was naturally noisy.
"Young man, look at this, this is authentic blue and white porcelain. I'll sell it to you at the lowest price. You'll definitely make a profit!"
"Don't listen to his nonsense. This painting of mine is priceless. As long as you are willing to pay for it, you will definitely earn back your money tenfold."
"Come and take a look, original emeralds are on sale at a bargain price!"
The noisy shouts around him made Irving dizzy. He walked slowly on the streets of the antique market, looking at the goods around him intentionally or unintentionally, his eyes getting darker and darker.
Only then did he realize that there were so many fakes products in the antique market.
At first glance, most of them were imitations, and only a handful of them were genuine, but the price was extremely expensive.
Even if Irving sold the family house, he couldn't afford these genuine products.
"The more he looked at them, the more annoying it became!" Irving cursed angrily and couldn't help but cast his eyes to the side: "Wait a minute, this..."
A ray of golden light came into his eyes, and his attention was immediately drawn to it. A very small bowl was laying in the corner of the stall. If one didn't look for it carefully,...One wouldn't be able to find it, but the was a simple energy exuding from his body.
Yellow Marigold Vase? No, it was actually sapphire blue, made during the early Roman empire, currently worth more than ten thousand dollar.
It was sitting quietly in the corner, covered with dust, and it looked really dirty, but with a little polishing, it would definitely be more beautiful than others.
This treasure appraisal tip wss really good, he could tell the authenticity just by looking at it.
Irving concealed the joy in his eyes, walked to the merchant calmly, and said. "Boss, what's the price of these things?"
"This one is eight thousand, that one is six thousand, and the others are all within one thousand. You can give as much as you think you can." The boss held a cigarette in his mouth and said casually. After the boss finished speaking, he looked up at Irving and smiled. "If you don't have enough money, we can still make a bargain here."
"How much do you sell this one for?" Irving picked up the Yellow Marigold Vase in the corner and asked softly.
"Two thousand."
"Would you sell it for one thousand?"
"That's a deal!" The stall owner agreed very readily and without any hesitation.
However, Irving looked a little depressed. If he had known it, he would have tried it for five hundred dollar.
Irving took the vase, and brought out one thousand dollar and gave it to the dealer. Looking at the merchant's smiling expression, Irving felt extremely sad and angry. He took a deep breath and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a scolding.
"Stop there!"
"Boy, give me that vase right now."
"Why on earth would I do that?" Irving turned around, looked at the bald man, and frowned. "I'm not giving anything to you."
"I said, give me that vase."
"If you want a vase, just buy one yourself." Irving said impatiently, turned around and wanted to leave.
"You spoiled brat, don't you know I am? Open your dog eyes and take a good look." The bald man stopped him from leaving and roared loudly. He was furious that his approach was rejected in front of the public. He couldn't help but feel embarrassed about this development, and wanted to take his anger out on Irving. The man rolled up his sleeves and threatened Irving, with a particularly ferocious expression on his face. "Give me the thing, otherwise my fists will grace your face."
Passers-by looked at this scene with curiosity, and no one dared to step forward to stop it. They all knew that this bald man had been causing unnecessary havoc all year round, and no one could stop him.
"I'm tired. I don't have time for this right now. Please make way." Irving said coldly.
"Oh, you don't have time for me? Let's see if my fists have time for your face." The bald man raised his fists and rushed forward.
However, the bald man was the one hit by Irving's direct punch. He curled up on the ground and wailed miserably.
Everyone stared at this scene blankly, unable to believe that the bully who had been causing trouble was actually defeated by someone else.
"I told you, this vase belongs to me now. If you want this vase, you have to buy it from me." Irving stood on the spot and said calmly, as if the person who punched the man just now was not him at all.
"Sir, how about you sell me this vase?" At this moment, a crisp female voice came from the side.
Irving looked up and he was slightly startled. Wasn't this the woman who just appeared in Linard's shop?
"How about I pay two thousand?"
Irving shook his head slightly.
"Then five thousand?"
"Young lady, can you please stop the embarrassment." Irving said coldly, put the vase away, and wanted to turn around and leave.
However, he was pulled back by the woman: "Sir, I saw clearly just now that you only spent a thousand on this vase from that street stall. The price I'm paying now is many times more than that. What's the problem?"
People began to gather, watching this scene.
"Look at his clothes, he must be reselling to support his family. How can you lecture such a person?"
"This girl's appearance was symbolic. I mean, just look at her. If I can give her something like that for free, I would do it."
Everyone looked at this scene and talked a lot.
At this time, a shirtless strong man walked over, his eyes full of ferocity. "What I hate the most is arrogant people like you. Believe it or not, I can teach you a lesson!"
"Are you the one to teach me or the young lady?" Irving said calmly. Now that he had a treasure appraisal skills, he was absolutely not afraid of anyone making moves against him when it comes to antiques assessments. "I'll be glad to take on either of you." When everyone heard what Irving said, they started talking again. "This kid must have been emboldened by his ambition." "This is the eldest daughter of the Griffiths family. She's at the top of the appraisal ladder." "The Griffiths family is a famous family." "He dares to scold and challenge Miss Gwendolyn in front of so many people. I think he is hopeless." The eyes of the people around him were filled with mockery and pity. "Say it again if you dare!" Gwendolyn frowned, her tone full of arrogance and dissatisfaction. "If it's a challenge you want, then I'm up for it." Irving said lightly. "Do you think you're the only one with appraisal skills? I think you are just lucky." Gwendolyn mocked. Irving frowned. "Do you thi
The people watching the excitement around were all talking, mocking Gwendolyn.Listening to the voices of the people around her, Gwendolyn was very agitated, her face flushed with embarrassment, but she still pretended to be calm and spoke calmly. "May I have your name?""My name is Irving." Irving smiled lightly, then asked. "Isn't it time for you to give me the money, Ms Gwendolyn?Gwendolyn was so angry that she trembled all over, threw the notes directly in Irving's face, turned around and wanted to leave this embarrassing place quickly. But the old man next to her stopped her. The boy in front of her was a talented person. His ability to identify treasures was so strong that he would one day shine."My little friend, this is my business card. If you have anything to do in the future, come to me anytime. The young lady is young and energetic. Please forgive her." Old man Zachary gave Irving a small rectangular card. "Looking at your appearance, you must have just graduated, right?
"I understand how it works." Irving was blunt. In his eyes, it wasn't wrong to admit certain things. "It's just that I've never done this before." "Want me to take a look? All the stuffs here are from Colorado" It was the Director who spoke. With a smile on his face, he came up with a designer walking cane. "Director, can you tell me some rules about stone gambling." Irving smiled shyly. "I'm new here. I'm very new in the company and I'm not very familiar with this aspect. I hope you'll tell me so I can learn from it." The Director put away the walking cane in his hand and noticed the work badge on Irving's chest. The young man was an employee of Huayun Jewelry. This was a big customer, so he naturally needed an explanation. That act of humbly asking for advice was really hard to hate. He even felt that the young man was really sincere. "Blimey, why is it that this guy just don't know anything?" Yasmine also shook her head. She was surprised that Irving didn't shy away from his ig
"Then I'm going to explain some things to you now." The Director gently pointed at a certain spot on the stone. "Although this stone does look good, and the color is not bad either, there's a little problem. If you look here, there is a crack, which is the tail mark of a digging tool, going deep into it. Even if this stone does produce an emerald, the inside will probably be damaged by this crack."Irving took a closer look, and sure enough, there was a crack. However, this crack only stayed on the outer shell and did not damage the interior. He raised the stone and smiled "I want this piece. I don't want to waste everybody's time looking for a stone to choose, even Mr. Garner has left.""Since you said so, then okay." The Director gave him a nod and continued: "This piece of material originally cost ten thousand dollar. But now, I'm charging you only five thousand. Pay it and you can take the stone away."Five thousand? Although Irving recently made some money off Gwendolyn, it was o
However, Irving's eyes were fixed on the stone cutter.With a crisp sound, the stone was finally cut open, and a touch of green appeared before everyone's eyes."It actually turned out to be green on the inside.""It's a gemstone.""It's an emerald."Irving let out a long sigh of relief. The hand that he was holding tightly was slowly let go. The hanging stone in his heart was finally lay to rest. It turned out that all of this was real and not just a fantasy in his head."Really perspective.""Mister, I'll give you five hundred dollar for the stone.""Five hundred? Young man, I'll pay you seven hundred to buy the stone!"Seeing that the first shot was successful, people started bidding immediately.This was also the rule. If one didn’t want to continue the crafting after cutting it, one could sell it on the spot. As long as the price offered by the other party satisfied the owner. Otherwise, if one continued cutting it and it became crumbled or cracked, then it would become worthless
The exhibition rounded up, and Mr. Wayne took the three of them to a restaurant not far away. There was already a person sitting in the box."This is the manager of our Griffiths Antiques and Auctions headquarters, Mr. Jones Brooke." Mr. Wayne spoke first and introduced everyone."This is the manager from the Hudson Jewelry, our company branch in New York, Mr. Garner, and these are his assistants, Mr. Irving, and Ms. Yasmine.""Mr. Jones." Garner walked up and shook hands with Jones Brooke.Jones stood up immediately, returned the greeting solemnly, and shook hands with Irving by the way. As for Yasmine, a simple nod was considered acquaintance. This was not because Jones Brooke deliberately despised Yasmine because of his identity. But he believed that if a woman didn't take the initiative to reach out, a man shouldn't reach out first. This was the minimum etiquette of his."Hahaha, Mr. Garner. I didn't expect that you've already made a ground for our company when you first came here
"At 10:30 the next morning, Irving and Garner walked out of the room.However, Yasmin seemed to have been ready earlier and waiting for them."Look! It's him who gambled on a rock and found a treasure yesterday!"When Irving returned to the venue, many people recognized his presence at a glance."Haha, it seems that everyone is very impressed by what happened yesterday!" Garner smiled. "You are quite famous." "Ah, this is all luck, Mr. Garner. Just luck. I still have a lot to learn." Irving smiled blankly. He knew he had to learn more to survive in this business. If he didn’t learn everything, how would he guarantee that his chance of winning in the future would be better than average? Flaws would be revealed without adequate learning, then trouble would surely follow!"Mr. Garner, Mr. Brown is in a meeting. You can take a walk around to while away your time." Assistant manager Wayne saw the three of them and immediately came over to greet them.Garner nodded, indicating his acquiesc
Although thirty thousand dollar was a lot for ordinary people, it was just drizzle for Irving. Irving earned more than hundred thousand dollar yesterday alone, so it would definitely be no problem to spend it. It was just that as a newcomer, it would be too eye-catching if he showcased himself like this again. "Can you lend me another thirty thousand dollar and your luck? Then I will return it, together with the previous money I owed you after I get lucky today." Irving turned around and asked Yasmin. "You, Irving, you don't really know how to borrow luck, do you?" Garner touched his chin and looked at Irving curiously. "Don't you have money yourself? Why do you ask others to lend you money?" Yasmin was furious when Irving mentioned luck twice. "Just this time?" "I won't lend it to you anymore. I really don't want to hear about how lucky you were again." Yasmin never believed in luck, and now she just didn't want to lend money to Irving. Irving got angry just looking at her. "H
Five years later, Irving boarded a plane to Las Vegas. Accompanying him was his wife, Linda. The occasion was the opening ceremony of his new company, Irvinda.Linda was very excited to be able to travel with Irving and not have to stay at home alone. Because she had been helping him for the launching of the company, she was very tired and soon became very sleepy.She stopped talking and fell asleep not long after the plane took off. She was sleeping soundly, probably feeling uncomfortable, and slowly leaned her head on his shoulder.Amid the roar of the plane, smelling the faint fragrance of her hair, and seeing her long eyelashes occasionally fluttering in her sleep, irving felt very at peace and leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.After the new company was opened, Irving spent an afternoon with Jillian in the Vegas office to hold a development and report meeting for the company's senior management. Silverstone Real Estate had completely got on the right track. With suffic
"There is no risk of commercial fraud, and there are no problems with the government. It is great value for money... So can we grab it?" Irving was still a little confused. From what Quentin said, it seemed that these pieces of land belonged to Warren. Why was this so?"Haha, Irving, I understand what you mean! The reason why these plots of land have not been sold yet is because their requirements are high - they must take over several plots of land at the same time, and the full amount must be paid within one week after signing the contract!""You know," Quentin added proudly, "most of the real estate companies in New York City are small in scale and rely on bank loans to survive. Only a few can come up with so much cash at once! But we can do it! There are more than 200 million dollar in the account of the headquarters now. Excluding the 200 million dollar, the rest is enough to support it until the end of the month, and the subsequent loans of nearly 100 million dollar should be av
Early in the morning, Irving finished washing up and was about to go downstairs for breakfast when Warren’s president Quentin came to his door.Irving couldn't help but look at the clock on the wall. It was indeed just after seven o'clock. If he hadn't confirmed it, he would have thought he had overslept. He grinned helplessly and said to his mentor, "Mr. Quentin, are you here to check on me, or are you here to have breakfast?"Quentin didn't take Irving's teasing seriously. He smiled and said, "I haven't had breakfast yet, so I'll just have breakfast for free!"Quentin was a diligent person who has spared no effort for the development of the company. He must have something to discuss if he came here so early in the morning. Irving stopped joking with him: "Then let's go, let's eat and talk!"In the restaurant, the two sat together, Irving ate while listening to Quentin's report."Irving, I have two things to tell you." Quentin took a bite of the big meat bun provided by the restauran
"This calligraphy and painting is worth 30 million, plus!""This jade bracelet is okay, let's count it at eight million.""Well, although the quality of this item is a little poor, it can still be sold for a few thousand dollar, so let's add it together." The short and fat man raised his hands, his expression dull, not daring to make any movement. He let Gunther search his entire body, even small items worth dozens of dollars were not spared.If he hadn't been in the treasure fighting arena, the short and fat man would have thought he had encountered a robber.After a long while, Gunther turned around and asked his men, "Have you finished the calculation? What is the total value?"The subordinate was busy sweating profusely, and finally pressed the last number and immediately replied: "The total is 345,983,642.50 dollar!"When this number was announced, the whole audience was shocked."It adds up to more than 300 million!""This is not a small number. It is rare for major auction hous
"Gunther did not move at all, his masked face showed no expression, as if he were a stone statue."hehe……"Just when everyone was confused, Gunther looked up and laughed."It turns out that the clown is me!"Gunther's words made everyone even more confused. After looking at each other for a while, they didn't know whether they should ask questions, but they were afraid of angering Gunther.However, humans have the same strong curiosity as cats.Finally, the short and fat man asked, "Judges, did I win?"Gunther smiled bitterly and shook his head. "What a joke! My emerald token is worth three million. How can I not win against a broken scroll?"This unexpected response made the short and fat man open his eyes in astonishment. He could hardly believe his ears. It was like a bolt from the blue.But he won't give up easily."I want to pick up the treasure!" The short and fat man took out another antique.Glaze garlic vase.Estimated value: 12.7 million!"Judges, can this one win?" Gunther
"Ha ha……" Gunther laughed.The short fat man laughed.The woman in black smiled.Everyone laughed.Irving, at this moment, under the gaze of everyone, was like a complete idiot.A broken scroll picked up from the garbage dump, hoping to defeat a short and fat man who possessed many rare treasures. If possible, they really wanted to pry open Irving's head on the spot to see what was inside.Fannie couldn't help but sigh, with the same expression of looking at someone as if he was a fool.A thing worth only tens of thousands of dollars would hardly make even a splash on the treasure-fighting stage.Gunther laughed and said, "You're stupid, but you're still stubborn."The short and fat man responded, "Judges, since he wants to embarrass himself in public, why don't we help him? Otherwise, after we leave this island, he will have the opportunity to slander me, saying that I dare not accept the challenge and that Hammersmith bullied him."Gunther thought about it and felt that this made se
"Who.?" The short and fat man stared at the crowd with his eyes wide open. "Who the hell are you? Come out now if you dare. Stop hiding."The roar echoed in the venue. It's like a mad pit bull baring its teeth, frightening people from the bottom of their souls.The crowd immediately looked around, trying to find the man out to calm the anger of this mad dog. After a while, like a river broken in the middle, the crowd automatically and consciously retreated to both sides.Gradually, a large open space was left in the treasure fighting arena. There were only two people standing there.A man and a woman.One of them was Fannie.The other person was——Irving.He was like a standing monument, with his back straight and his eyes sharp.The short and fat man snapped, "It's you again."Irving still looks like an unchanging stone statue. Cold, lonely and arrogant.The short and fat man roared: "Who are you calling worse than trash?"Irving said coldly: "It seems that you are quite self-aware."
"Hey, let's make some noise."The people in the treasure-competing arena are typically spectators who are there to watch a show and are not afraid of trouble, otherwise they would not come here specifically to watch people compete with treasures.It’s not like the man in black robe hasn’t been questioned before.Those who lose in the treasure competition often become anxious and unwilling to give away the treasures they have treasured for many years to others, so they will blame the other person's poor judgment ability and the appraisal result must be wrong.The result was that the doubters were severely punished.At the very least, they will be beaten half to death, and at the worst, they will disappear from the face of the earth.The man in black robe looked down at the people below, neither angry nor mocking.He said calmly, "Do you know what will happen if you question Hammersmith's number one treasure appraiser?"A short sentence, but it sounded very bland.But for some reason, t
"Why don't you two go to the treasure bidding arena first." The woman in black said with a faint smile.Fannie was eager to find out the inside story, so she immediately instigated Irving."It doesn't matter if you see it, let's go."Irving raised his eyelids and said calmly: "Well, I haven't seen anyone fighting for treasures for a long time."The woman in black bowed and walked to the front to lead the way.After a while, the three of them came to another stone chamber, but it was different from the "exotic flowers and plants" one. This one was full of people. There was a high platform in the middle, and an isolated circle outside was surrounded by ropes.At this time, three people were standing in a triangle on the platform.The person standing in the middle was wearing a black robe, his face buried deep in his hood, his hands crossed and tucked into his wide sleeves.The other two stood on the left and right of the man in black robe, facing each other, each holding a square wooden