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Chapter 122 Master!
After supper, Su Xiaofan went back to his room to rest.

It is said to be resting, but it is actually meditating and practicing, and practicing is like sailing against the current, if you do not advance, you will retreat.

Although Su Xiaofan cheated systematically, he would still spare some time every day to exercise his energy and move his energy to dredge his meridians.

However, it is obviously not a good place to practice in the Ao Island Hotel.

As soon as Su Xiaofan was about to meditate, all kinds of panting sounds rushed to his ears, almost driving Su Xiaofan into a trance.

After completely shutting down the six senses, Su Xiaofan was able to calm down, but the time for entering meditation today was much longer.

Early the next morning, at the appointed time, Ah Guang called Su Xiaofan. He had arranged breakfast downstairs before.

Su Xiaofan knew that Brother Guang went out again in the middle of the night after he returned to the hotel room yesterday, and he was sleeping soundly, so he didn't bother to call him, so he went downstairs with the bag containing more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars.

After breakfast, Ah Guang took Su Xiaofan to the entrance of the hotel and drove to the main island of Ao Island.

I don't know if it was because of the money I made yesterday, but the original business car turned into a Rolls Royce, and there was a dedicated driver.

The place where Ao Island first developed was on the main island, and the area was not large. This is the most central place of Ao Island.

Due to the size of the area, the development of Ao Island has always been troubled. Later, the island began to be reclaimed from the sea, and Taipa Island was born from this.

However, because the development time is not very long, hotels and casinos are the most numerous on Taipa Island, and the rest of the business is far inferior to that on the island.

It's like a pawn shop, basically all of them are concentrated on this island, this is the place Su Xiaofan is going to today.

The most popular time for pawn shops should be in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. In just one ten-mile foreign market, it is hard to know how many pawn shops there are.

The pawn shop at that time collected the most antique calligraphy and paintings. It can be said that every big treasurer of the pawn shop is a big expert in identifying antiques.

However, due to various reasons, pawnshops disappeared in China for a while.

Although there are now, most of them only accept pledged pawns of real estate securities, gold jewelry, and antiques, which are rare in pawn shops.

When Uncle Jing learned that Su Xiaofan was coming to Ao Island, he specifically told him to visit the pawnshops in Ao Island, maybe he would gain something.

Because the pawn shops on O Island are aimed at gamblers.

Those gamblers who are jealous of gambling can even export their wives, let alone the items they carry with them. They can't wait to leave only a pair of underwear on their bodies, pawn all other things and exchange them for money, and then go back to Casino double.

There are also some mainland gamblers who are red-eyed. They have some good things at home, but it is not easy to cash them out, so they also get Ao Island to pawn.

Therefore, with the rise of the gambling industry, pawnshops in Ao Island have sprung up everywhere.

The streets surrounding the Puting Hotel are almost all pawn shops, at least thousands of them.

A Guang asked the driver to park the car on a street behind Puting Hotel, and got off the car with Su Xiaofan.

"Brother Su, this place is full of pawn shops, we can't finish shopping all day."

A Guang said with a smile: "I don't know what you want to buy, Brother Su. The most popular pawn shops here are watches. There are many famous watches such as Patek Philippe and Rolex, and the prices are very low."

"In the past, those young and Dangerous people in Xiangjiang liked to come here to buy and sell gold watches."

"Those young and Dangerous guys have made money, and they will come here to buy a second-hand gold watch, and they can sell it for travel expenses when they run away."

"These tourists stop playing if they lose, so they don't come to pawn things?" Su Xiaofan asked casually.

"It has nothing to do with tourists, the casino doesn't look down on them at all."

Ah Guang pouted, let alone casinos, Junket Operators like them look down on tourists.

In fact, casinos make money, and tourists only account for a very small proportion, which is almost negligible.

The ones who really make money are those rich high rollers, that is, those who play in the VIP room, and those people really spend a lot of money playing.

But as long as there are rich people who fall into the "tender trap" of the casino, it is estimated that nine out of ten will end up bankrupt.

Therefore, many of their famous watches, jewelry, and even famous brand suits were pledged to the pawn shop.

Pawn shops are divided into dead pawns and live pawns. Dead pawns give more money, while live pawns give less money because they can be redeemed, and pawn shops charge some interest from it.

However, regardless of whether it is a dead pawn or a live pawn, none of the items that can be redeemed in the end basically fall into the pawn shop.

"I don't want to watch, see if there are any interesting antiques?"

Su Xiaofan stood on the street, looking into his eyes, it turned out that the shops on both sides of this street were densely packed with almost all kinds of pawnshops with various names.

Walk into a pawn shop at random, and in the glass cabinets where you can see, there are all kinds of watches, and there are also many gold ornaments, and there are several chains as thick as the little finger.

"Boss, what do you want?"

Seeing the two people come in, a middle-aged man sitting behind the counter stood up. There are so many pawn shops, and their business is not very good now.

The pawnbrokers in Ao Island are generally locals. The old man means the boss, and what do you want? What do you want?
"I want to buy some antiques, do you have any in your store?"

Su Xiaofan said straight to the point, there are so many pawnshops here, how could he have the time to argue with the boss.

"Antique, yes, just wait."

Hearing Su Xiaofan speak Mandarin, the boss's language immediately switched from vernacular, turned around and entered the room in front of the door.

In about ten seconds, the middle-aged boss took out a [-] to [-] centimeters high statue that was shining golden all over.

"Boss, this is the portrait of Second Master Guan, sent by a street boy.

It is said that it has been placed in his house for 80 to [-] years, and it has been placed since his grandparents. I asked someone to see it, and it is still gilded on the outside. "

The middle-aged boss strongly recommended this Second Master Guan to Su Xiaofan.

In Ao Island, gold-plated gold watches are easy to sell, but few people buy this kind of statue of Guan Erye, because very few people would buy Guan Erye from a pawn shop.

"Boss, this thing has nothing to do with antiques. If you don't have one, forget it."

Su Xiaofan shook his head dumbfounded, he used to watch TV, and often saw that the shop on the Xiangjiang side liked to worship Guan Erye, unexpectedly there was such a thing, there was also a niche on the wall of this shop, inside which was offering Guan Erye God's statue.

"Does jade count?" The middle-aged boss asked unwillingly.

"Jade is okay, take it out and have a look." Su Xiaofan nodded.

"Look, it's all here."

The shop owner bent down and pulled out a drawer from below, and placed it on the glass cabinet together with the drawer.

In the drawer, there were more than ten pieces of finished jade. Obviously, the shop owner didn't pay much attention to these things, even if they were placed in them casually, they were not afraid of them colliding with each other.

"How much is this jade cicada?"

Su Xiaofan pointed to a Bai Yuchan with a reddish appearance and asked.

"This one, it costs 2000 yuan."

The middle-aged boss thought about it, and offered a price that he thought was expensive.

Jade articles are different from famous gold watches. Except that jadeite can be sold more expensively, it is difficult for these store owners to identify Hetian jade.

So usually when someone pawns jade, they will give a very low price, sometimes even thirty or fifty or one or two hundred.

Some gaming tables in the Odao Casino have a minimum bet of one or two hundred, and some gamblers who have lost their eyes are willing to buy one or two hundred, regardless of the original price of the jade.

As a result, many pawnshops have accumulated a lot of jade wares. The middle-aged boss offered a price of [-] yuan, which is already a sky-high price.

"Five hundred, I'll take it."

Su Xiaofan said.

"That's impossible, at least eighteen thousand."

The shop owner shook his head again and again, "It cost me [-] yuan."

"Three hundred, I will sell it."

Su Xiaofan turned around and walked out, turned around and said, "Do you know what this is? This is the jade plug used to block the seven orifices of the dead after death."

"You dare to keep such a sinister thing, you are lucky if you don't go bankrupt!"

Su Xiaofan's last sentence seemed to be talking to himself, and his body had already left the door of the pawn shop.

"Hey, wait... wait!"

Hearing Su Xiaofan's words, the middle-aged boss chased him out anxiously, grabbed Su Xiaofan, his voice trembling, "Boss, are you telling the truth?"

People in Xiangjiang and Ao Island all believed in feng shui and numerology, and especially tabooed these evil things. Hearing that the jade cicada was from a dead person, the middle-aged boss's legs were a little weak from fright.

"I'm fine, what are you doing lying to you?"

Su Xiaofan said with a smile: "You go out to the Pearl River, just ask anyone who knows a little about archaeology, and you will know."

"Then... is this thing worth money?"

The middle-aged boss asked a little unwillingly, if it is a real valuable item, it is considered a sinister item, and it cannot be sold cheaply.

"That's what I want, you can't sell it to others."

Su Xiaofan said: "Let me tell you the truth, I bought this thing with the intention of destroying it to prevent it from harming others!"

"Destroy?" The middle-aged boss froze for a moment.

Su Xiaofan nodded and said, "Well, have you felt sleepy all day long recently?"

"how do you know?"

The middle-aged boss was shocked, he really had the symptoms Su Xiaofan mentioned recently, "Is this the reason?"

Thinking that this jade cicada was thrown in the warehouse before, and it was brought to the store recently, the middle-aged boss couldn't help but believe Su Xiaofan's words.

"Three hundred, will you sell it or not?"

Su Xiaofan counted out [-] yuan banknotes from the bag and put them on the glass cabinet.

"Sell, sell, take it yourself."

Hearing from Su Xiaofan that the jade cicada was an object of a dead person, the middle-aged boss didn't even want to touch it.

"That's where the money is, you keep it."

Su Xiaofan reached out and picked up the jade cicada.

[Qinxue Yuchan, can be absorbed, can it be absorbed? 】

Su Xiaofan looked at the information in his mind, with a satisfied smile on his face, he didn't expect that the first pawn shop he entered today would surprise him.

In Su Xiaofan's induction, this jade cicada exudes a trace of evil spirit, which is somewhat similar to the Yin stone he once absorbed.

As soon as Su Xiaofan entered the door, when he didn't see Yuchan, he felt the evil spirit. Unexpectedly, he was able to absorb it after seeing it, that was a surprise.

"Boss, I won't lie to you. It's better to destroy this thing."

Su Xiaofan put Yuchan in the palm of his hand and seemed to squeeze it hard, but in fact he gave the order to absorb it in his mind.

[Repair value: 87 points! 】

"Added two points of repair value? Not bad!"

Although it is only two points more repair value, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, not to mention that it only cost Su Xiaofan 300 yuan, so the price should not be too high, okay?

After Su Xiaofan let go of his palm, the jade cicada had turned into a handful of powder and fell from Su Xiaofan's palm.

"Oh My God!!"

The eyes of the middle-aged boss stared straight, and he couldn't help throwing out a sentence in English. He didn't expect that the other party said that the destruction was actually done in this way.

Although jade is not as hard as stone, it will be damaged if dropped on the ground, but it doesn't mean that it can be ground into powder by hand, so how strong is the hand.

"Master, I'm sorry, this... this money, you should take it back."

Turning stones into powder is definitely a master, and it is beyond the imagination of the middle-aged boss.

How could the middle-aged boss dare to ask for Su Xiaofan's money at this moment, he wished to give Su Xiaofan more money, and asked him to take a good look for himself to see if there were any sinister items in the store.

"How can you not give money to buy things?"

Su Xiaofan waved his hand, and stepped out of the pawn shop. Except for this bloody jade cicada, there is nothing worthy of his hand in this shop.

"Brother Su, you, what kind of kung fu are you doing?"

Ah Guang, who has been following Su Xiaofan as a transparent person, also looked straight at him, and he didn't react until he followed Su Xiaofan out of the pawn shop.

"Where is the kung fu?"

Su Xiaofan said with a smile: "When I was young, the adults at home let me pinch walnuts to play, and I could eat them only when I squeezed them open. If I squeezed too much, my hands would become stronger. It's not a big deal."

Su Xiaofan started talking nonsense, but there was some basis for his words.

I have often pinched walnuts since I was a child, and I really practiced finger skills. Although I can't pinch walnuts into powder, when shaking hands with others, crushing the other's fingers is a breeze.

In the Sujia Village where Su Xiaofan lives, there are people who practice this kind of kung fu. They usually drink beer in summer and never use a screwdriver. The bottle cap will fly off with just a push of a finger.

"This master can't be offended."

Seeing Su Xiaofan's expression when he was playing cards yesterday, Ah Guang was a little afraid of him, but now he is even more convinced that this is definitely someone he can't afford to provoke, even his brother-in-law.

"Let's go, there are so many pawn shops, some of them have seen it."

Su Xiaofan sensed Ah Guang's timidity towards him, so he didn't say much. When you go out these days, it's better for others to be afraid of you than to plot against you.

Walking into the second pawn shop, Su Xiaofan still opened his mouth to buy antiques, the same as the previous one, there were none in the shop, but there were a few pieces of jade.

There is no jade in this shop that Su Xiaofan needs, as soon as there is no ancient jade and no blood-soaked jade, Su Xiaofan turned around and left the pawn shop.

But when Su Xiaofan entered the third pawn shop, he was treated as a distinguished guest by the boss, not only offered him a cup of tea, but also took out a cigar for Su Xiaofan to taste.

After saying a few words, Su Xiaofan suddenly felt dumbfounded.

It turned out to be the owner of the first pawn shop, who told their group about Master Su Xiaofan, and was recognized by the owner as soon as he entered the door.

"Master, please take a look, is there anything sinister in my store?"

Ao Island people are very taboo about these things, but they usually can't invite the master of Xiangjiang. Although this one is young, the photo of the jade powder taken in the group shows that this master is still capable.

"Master, as long as you read it for me, you can take three pieces of these jades, and I won't charge a cent."

The owner of the pawn shop was also on the road, directly took out more than ten pieces of jade from the counter, and placed them in front of Su Xiaofan.

"Many of these unearthed things have been pawned."

Su Xiaofan saw one of the blood jades at a glance, and a message that could be absorbed came to his mind.

"This thing is not right. It will affect the business if it is left in the store for a long time."

Su Xiaofan picked up the blood-soaked jade wrench finger, rubbed it in the palm of his hand, and the hard jade turned into a piece of powder and fell down.

[Repair value: 88 points! 】

This piece of blood jade finger only added a little repair value to Su Xiaofan, but Su Xiaofan was already very satisfied, he could earn repair value without spending a penny, how could there be such a good thing.

Su Xiaofan decided that if he couldn't finish shopping at these pawn shops today, he would stay for another day, and find a hotel nearby to stay, and continue shopping tomorrow.

As for the blood-soaked jade that can increase the repair value, Su Xiaofan guessed that it was caused by the evil spirit, but compared with the Yin stone, the jade contains too little Yin evil energy, so the increased repair value is far inferior to the Yin stone.

"Oh, I feel that this period of time seems to be a bit wrong, thank you, master, thank you, master!"

After Su Xiaofan "crushed" the jade finger, the owner of the pawn shop suddenly felt light, as if something bad had left him.

The owner of the store who was a little doubtful about whether this was the real master, now he was sure of it, and quickly pushed the more than ten pieces of jade to Su Xiaofan's eyes, and said: "Master, I have given them all to you, you can take all of them." Take it!"

"What do I want these things for, they're all rubbish."

Su Xiaofan shook his head, and when he was about to turn around and leave, his eyes suddenly fixed on a small brown stone with some dirt on it.

"Is this also jade?" Su Xiaofan picked up the small stone.

"Unearthed stuff."

The shop owner said with some distaste: "It was pawned by a person introduced by a friend. This batch of jade belongs to that person. You want to take it all away."

What the shop owner didn't say was that he only gave a total of [-] Hong Kong papers for these more than ten pieces of jade, and two of them were sold last year for a total of [-] Hong Kong dollars. Now he has already returned his capital and made a profit.

"I want this one, you can keep the rest for yourself." Su Xiaofan took a look at the small curved stone and put it in the bag.

[Late Shang Dynasty: Jade Dragon! 】

When Su Xiaofan walked out the door, seeing the information in his mind, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up. This object, which is only three or four centimeters in size, is actually a jade artifact from the late Shang Dynasty.

When Su Xiaofan was hanging out in the Luochuan antique market, he had studied jade quite well. This kind of jade is definitely eligible to be auctioned, but I don't know why it was omitted in this pawn shop.

In fact, what Su Xiaofan didn't know was that usually when a pawn shop receives a pawn that they are not sure about, they will find a special appraiser to help appraise it.

However, there is a fee for expert appraisal. They will charge an appraisal fee of two to three hundred yuan for a piece of jade.

Because there are not many valuable jade articles, usually after the pawn shop has finished the appraisal, they can't even earn back the appraisal fee.

After coming and going, the pawnshops, apart from the jadeites received by the pawnshops, did not take the jadeites that seemed to be of average quality, and put them in the shop to sell at random prices.

Therefore, in most pawn shops, there are almost some unidentified jade or other objects.

There are many tourists who come to travel, always feel that the pawnshops sell good things, and they come to shop excitedly, and a large part of the jade is digested from them.

"What kind of master have I really become?"

When Su Xiaofan walked into the fourth store, the boss was already sweeping the couch to greet him, calling each master one by one with incomparable affection.

Not only that, Su Xiaofan found out that the owner of the fifth shop was standing at the door of his own shop looking up, wishing that Su Xiaofan could go to their pawn shop right now.

　Master Su asks for some recommended monthly tickets! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)