I am a super cop

Chapter 254 Doubt [Seeking Monthly Ticket]

Qi Tian silently stared at those shoes for a long time...

Thinking about it, if the pair of shoes really cost close to ten thousand yuan, the old man would definitely not be able to afford it. Why don't you discuss it with this fat man and let him pay less, so as to reduce the burden on the old man.

But looking back, it doesn't seem realistic.

Even if the men get a discount, it's nearly 1000 yuan, and the old man doesn't look like a rich man, so it's really hard for others.

"What's your name?" Before Qi Tian could react, Gu Chen had already started to take notes.

"Meng Yang." The man said.

"Report your ID number..."

After completing the basic procedures, Gu Chen also asked kindly: "Since the matter has already happened, how do you want to solve it?"

"This..." The man hesitated suddenly.

"Let me make it clear to you that the old man may not be able to afford so much money." Gu Chen also told the truth, "Besides, sneakers were originally just a tool to buy to wear and show off, but now they have become A hype tool, I think it's a bit unreasonable."

"This kind of price may be very valuable in your circle, but it only exists in your circle of shoe speculators."

"As for the hyped price that has been pushed up, the water must be squeezed out here. Also, your pair of shoes have been worn, and judging from the wear and tear of the shoe pattern, they must be worn for more than two days. Logically speaking, they must be discounted. "

Seeing Gu Chen's solemn chanting, the man was also stunned for a long time, then suddenly he laughed: "I'm easy to talk, it's rare to meet a connoisseur who knows shoes in Jiangnan City, how about..."

The man also gave a shocking idea, saying: "Let this old man give me an apology and pay me another one yuan, and this matter will be settled like this. Do you think it will work?"

"You only need one dollar?" Qi Tian was also shocked.

More than 1 yuan of basketball shoes, this guy was still angry just now, and now he only needs to pay one yuan?

Isn't this attitude contrast too fast?
And many onlookers around them also started to discuss heatedly, as if this is too dramatic, right?

"The sky-high price shoes are useless at first glance, and wearing them also affects the appearance, but losing one yuan is indeed a conscience price."

"Oh my god, basketball shoes are so expensive these days, next time I see someone wearing basketball shoes, I have to stay away from him."

"I used to think that those who wear basketball shoes are all students, but now I feel that as long as they wear basketball shoes, they are all local tyrants?"

"This old man is lucky. He only needs to pay one yuan for scratching a pair of basketball shoes. If it weren't for Officer Gu's knowledge of shoes, who knows how much money this fat man would have been extorting from others just now."

"The main reason is that the old man just now thought that this guy was blackmailing, and the two had been arguing for a long time. It is estimated that the man was also pissed off, so he called the police."

There are people who have opinions at the scene, but one thing is undeniable, if there is no Gu Chen who understands shoes, this Meng Yang will definitely not let it go.

"Master." Gu Chen called him.

"Ah!" the old man heard the sound and stepped forward.

"Do you have one dollar?" Gu Chen asked.

"Yes... yes." The old man took out a white oilcloth bag from his pocket, opened it, and handed a one-yuan coin to Gu Chen.

"Hold it." Gu Chen handed over the coin to Meng Yang.

"Haha, in fact, I just want the old man to learn a lesson for this one dollar, so that he won't accuse me of blackmail or something, am I right?" Meng Yang looked down at his pair of worn shoes, and said, "I'm really good at it, pity me This pair of shoes."

"It's all gone, don't hang around here." Seeing that the matter was resolved, Qi Tian hurriedly dispersed everyone, and then together with Gu Chen, helped the old man's overturned tricycle to let the old man go home early.

Gu Chen walked up to Meng Yang, smiled and said: "Thank you for your understanding and cooperation, your pair of shoes are indeed expensive, but the number of releases is a bit high, if it is Undefeated x air jordan 4 or Jordan 4 Laser, I am afraid I can't save the old man either."

"You even know about Jordan 4 Laser?" Meng Yang was so excited when Gu Chen said this: "Let me tell you, the most expensive pair of shoes I have ever bought is the Jordan 4 Laser, which is limited to only 4 pairs."

Qi Tian on the side was also taken aback: "Limited to 4 pairs? Are you crazy? This is the same as a limited edition sports car. It must be fake."

"Senior Brother Qi." Gu Chen also explained with a smile: "Meng Yang is right, there are indeed only 4 pairs of Jordan 4 Laser shoes in the world, and the issue price at that time was about... 20. , this pair of shoes is equivalent to the sacred object in the sneakers, it is hard to come by.”

"Officer Gu really knows the goods." Meng Yang chatted with Gu Chen very well, couldn't help but smiled and said: "I bought it at a price of around 22 at the time, and then a rich second generation wanted to buy this pair of shoes , he offered a price that I couldn't refuse, 60 RMB."

"Oh my God." Qi Tian was stunned, and said, "Is this rich second generation crazy? He paid 60 for a pair of shoes? With this money, he can buy a nice luxury car."

Qi Tian has always been a person living a life, and today's police situation has completely overturned some of his perceptions.

Or vision.

A pair of shoes has to be thrown away after a few years at most, but ten years is enough to drive a luxury car.

I feel that now I can understand what Gu Chen just said, what is a shoe speculator.

Isn't this the same as real estate speculation?It is more profitable than speculating in stocks. It is not so much speculating in shoes as it is collecting cultural relics.

But is this stuff worth collecting?No matter how you look at it, Qi Tian doesn't seem to have any meaning.

"Then what happened later? Did you sell those shoes?" Gu Chen was also curious and asked.

"Of course." Talking about this, Meng Yang was also quite proud, saying: "In the end I asked him to add another 5 and sold it to him for 65, a net profit of 43."

"Crazy." Qi Tian was completely bewildered by this shoe circle culture, and said in a daze, "Then your industry is very profitable, and the panxia are all such rich second generations."

"Not really." Meng Yang lit a cigarette, took a deep breath and said, "Just like what Police Officer Gu said just now, sneakers were originally bought as a tool to wear and show off, but now they have become A tool for hype, all people speculate on shoes, and all people sell shoes.”

"You should also be a senior seller?" Gu Chen asked.

"It can be understood in this way." The man took a deep puff of his cigarette very proudly, and said, "The son of a big star in Europe asked me to buy shoes, and I said I wouldn't sell them to you because the price you gave was too low."

"Doing this business a few years ago was equivalent to picking up money, just like the pair of Jordan 4 Lasers, which were the most expensive pair of shoes I sold... 65 yuan, which feels similar to buying an antique plate. Small businesses call it Cutting leeks, the real moneymakers are those big businesses, so the golden age of sneakers has passed.”

"In Jiangnan City, there seems to be a shop that specializes in consignment sales of sneakers. I remember it was on Fuqian Street." Gu Chen recalled that when he passed by Fuqian Road, he noticed a special shop.

"That's what I opened." Meng Yang said with a smile: "To be honest, it's just a facade, but I have managed a total of 25 to 30 pairs of sneakers in stock. The industry's evaluation of me: I can't buy it without it." Arrived sneakers."

"So that's how it is." Seeing Meng Yang driving a sports car, Gu Chen could understand how this guy made his money.

This kind of sneaker manager has to struggle with which pair to wear among the five or six hundred pairs of shoes every day, and the number of sneakers handled is tens of thousands of pairs.

Selling sneakers is actually no different from the dealers who sell tickets at the entrance of the concert.

Do you think people use him?I really use him, but do people scold him?Also really scolded.

When Gu Chen was a child, he heard that a certain sneaker in Jiangbei was released, and 4000 people lined up to grab a pair of shoes.

At that time, as long as you bought shoes, you could sell them standing at the door.

Shoe speculators earn 1400 for 200, which is equivalent to an increase of more than 10%.

It's an exaggeration for the stock to rise by one board...

Just two months ago, Gu Chen heard that the original price of 1299 yuan for the barb was sold at a maximum of 15000 yuan.

So this is a super profitable industry.

Gu Chen just didn't expect that a big shot in the shoe speculators circle would live in Jiangnan City, so he asked a few more questions out of curiosity.

"No wonder you disdain more than 1 shoes and ask for a dollar. Presumably the first thing you do when you wake up every day is to think about how to choose the one you want to wear today out of hundreds of pairs of shoes, right?"

"Haha, Officer Gu really understands me very well." Meng Yang was also very impressed.

For shoe speculators, the daily worry is how to choose a pair of shoes from hundreds of pairs of shoes to wear today.

Just like many fashion bloggers, the clothes are not the same every day, which is all technical work.

"Officer Gu, to be honest, since five or six years ago, it has been difficult to buy shoes at special counters, so I also buy them at a higher price. Let's start six years ago. I started selling sneakers full-time."

"In the past few years, it was equivalent to picking up money. There were no shoes that couldn't be sold. If you could buy a pair of Jordan shoes by drawing lots, you couldn't sell them without adding 200 yuan."

"But as far as I know, shoe speculators were first born in the United States. Mr. Meng should have stayed in the United States?" Gu Chen asked.

"That's a must." Meng Yang threw away his cigarette and said with a smile: "I started liking sneakers 11 years ago, and they really started selling them 8 years ago."

"At that time, there were not many Chinese who sold sneakers in the secondary market in the United States. The profit margin at that time was at least 30%, and it could even reach [-]%."

Meng Yang said that Gu Chen also wrote the police report and handed it over to Meng Yang for his signature.

After writing his name, Meng Yang said again: "Officer Gu, do you know Nike's Air Yeezy?"

"Gu Chen hesitated for a while, using his professional memory, recalled what he had read in a basketball magazine, and said immediately: "At that time, the price in the United States should be around 1000 to 1500 US dollars. Sell ​​for 2000 to 3000 dollars. "

Looking down at the pair of shoes on Meng Yang's feet, he said, "It's about the same price as your pair of shoes."

"That's right, that's right." Meng Yang handed the list to Gu Chen, and said with a wry smile, "However, 4 years ago, the market changed and the sneaker industry began to mature, and a large number of people started selling sneakers."

Shaking his head, Meng Yang was even a little desperate: "Then the prices in the United States also began to rise. In this year, the GOAT StockX Stadium Goods platforms you mentioned just now appeared in large numbers, which is very important for individuals and retail consumers like us. As far as merchants are concerned, there is basically no profit margin at all, and I am equivalent to giving up."

"So are you losing money or making money now?" Gu Chen asked him with a smile.

"Well... it all depends on the previous capital accumulation, otherwise I would have been crushed to death by these stocks."

"Just like the Undefeated x air jordan 4 you mentioned just now, only 72 pairs were released that year."

"I bought a pair of shoes for 72 to [-] to [-] yuan, and sold them for [-] yuan. I made [-] pairs of these shoes in the world. To me, they are like collectibles, just like buying an antique plate."

"But now in this market, this situation may not exist anymore, because it itself is a trendy derivative, but the frequency of its release is intensive."

"In the early days, these sneaker brands were hyping culture. Maybe they released one pair a month, then two pairs a month, and now two or three pairs a week. It used to be 980 yuan for a pair of shoes, but later it rose to 1250 yuan, and now it's 1400 yuan. [-] yuan, isn’t it just cutting leeks?”

"Then you're making a steady profit, isn't it?" Qi Tian also said involuntarily.

Meng Yang pointed at Qi Tian and shook his finger, and said with a smile: "Those who say that fried shoes can make money are laymen. Four years ago, 4 out of 10 people made money. Two years ago, half of them made money." make money."

"Just in the past two years, shoe speculation has become a very risky industry, because it is difficult for you to buy a pair of shoes at the original price. If you buy them at the market price, you can only see whether it falls or rises, just like buying stocks. , it’s really a bit of a gambling nature.”

"But now, 10 out of 7 people lose money in shoe speculation. Only big businesses can make money, and small businesses are called cutting leeks."

When Meng Yang said this, he was actually venting his dissatisfaction with Gu Chen and Qi Tian.

It can be seen that Meng Yang had a brilliant past at the beginning, but now he is living on primitive accumulation.

"I think the sneaker market is still not formalized enough." Gu Chen walked up to Meng Yang, smiled and said, "A platform is doing the job of speculating shoes in the entire industry. You sell and speculate, trade and appraise. In the end, there will definitely be a division of labor, but it’s okay to fry shoes, let’s treat it as a collecting hobby, which itself is also a niche culture.”

"Officer Gu is right. Let's buy shoes now for a hobby." Meng Yang looked down at his pair of shoes and said, "I really feel sorry for these shoes, but luckily I still have two pairs at home. The same shoes in other colors, otherwise I would not let it go anyway today.”

"Okay, the old man is wrong, but you can be considered a man if you are magnanimous." Qi Tian, ​​who knew Meng Yang was at a disadvantage, couldn't help but praise a few words.

After the two groups finished handling the case at the scene, they left separately.

Go back to the office of Haitang Police Station.

Qi Tian became silent all over.

Graduated from the police academy and used to be a basketball player in the school. The most expensive pair of sneakers he wore was only more than 400 yuan.

Although this is incomparable with the moisture of shoe speculators, it is also an existence that subverts one's own three views.

Once something is "fried" now, the price will definitely soar.

Just like the previous real estate, stocks, bitcoin, blockchain and so on.

All of them are the leeks of small households, but there are still people who continue to follow.

But Qi Tian felt relieved seeing that he was losing money in the shoe speculation industry as a whole.

He was afraid that one day he really wouldn't even be able to wear sneakers...

Gu Chen has already gone to the nearby reference room to sort out the files.

At the Haitang Police Station, this is the best way for Gu Chen to learn about the work as quickly as possible.

However, there is a lot of freedom in Haitang Police Station, as long as Gu Chen asks, Qi Tian will not mind.Whatever work he does, Qi Tian will let him go.

Old Tan passed behind Qi Tian curiously, and patted him on the shoulder: "Great Sage, how is that new Gu Chen doing?"

"Old Tan, are you questioning Gu Chen's ability?" Qi Tian couldn't help asking him curiously.

"No." Police Officer Tan waved his hand and said, "What do I mean? Gu Chen is the signature police officer transferred from the Furong Sub-bureau. I think the superiors must have arranged this intentionally to silence other people. "

"Huh?" Qi Tian couldn't help being taken aback: "How do you say?"

"Great Sage, think about it, if I were the leader, would I want to keep Gu Chen by my side? Right?"

"That's right." Qi Tian didn't deny this, but suddenly said: "According to what you said, Gu Chen was asked to work at the Haitang Police Station to monitor our work?"

"Sweat!" Officer Tan didn't know how to explain it, so he could only say calmly: "This possibility is not ruled out. Compared with Gu Chen, who represents the Furong branch, where is the Furong branch?"

"Where?" Qi Tian was stunned.

"It's the place that manages our Haitang Police Station." Police Officer Tan also squinted his eyes and said, "Our Haitang Police Station was not under the jurisdiction of the Furong Sub-bureau before, but now it is assigned to the Furong Sub-bureau. Does the leader of the Furong Sub-bureau have a problem with our police station's ability to work? Doubt, don’t you think so?”

"Eh?" Qi Tian said in a daze as if his brain had opened up, "Hearing what you said, it seems to be really the case, huh?"

Officer Tan hurried to the door, glanced at the corridor, and immediately closed the door and returned to Qi Tian's side, saying, "Let me tell you, Lao Qi, I found out that Gu Chen doesn't rest at night, you Guess what happened last night?"

Qi Tian shrank his head back: "How did I know what happened last night?"

"Didn't I be on the night shift last night? I passed by the office building of our Haitang Police Station, and when we were in the reference room, guess what? This kid was still checking the files. It was already two o'clock in the morning."

"Let me think about it. When Gu Chen was on duty at night, he slept on the sofa in the office. This was affirmed by the high school, so everyone was ordered to be on duty at night, and the phone line could not be unplugged."

"But when I woke up and was going to buy breakfast, this Gu Chen was still in the reference room, and it was already 5:30 in the morning."

"That is to say, Gu Chen didn't sleep last night? And he can still come to work full of energy today?" Qi Tian was also taken aback by this news.

It also feels incredible.

"Isn't that the case?" Police officer Tan also complained repeatedly, and after a long time he went to Qi Tian to explain the matter, and said, "It's the first time I've met such a high-spirited guy in the years I've been a police officer!"

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(End of this chapter)