Old days in the box

Chapter 230 Even what leaks out from between the fingers is treasure
"Are you serious? The Canyon Pioneer is attacking the defense tower, not the city, right?" Brother Cun Tou didn't expect that he would really take it seriously, so he asked immediately.

"Really, just do these first. I'll text you on WeChat when I think of the rest." Zhou Xiao said with great certainty.

The strength of the Canyon Pioneer is definitely not that high. It is a siege wild monster that specializes in attacking towers. The only advantage is that it comes with fully automatic navigation. If you throw it in, it can act automatically and continue to attack the city until it dies.

But once this thing reaches a large scale - for example, Zhou Xiao makes fifty or hundreds of copies of it in one breath and throws them all in.

The entire horizon is full of Canyon Pioneers charging towards the walls of the Byzantine Empire, toppling the city in an instant. By then, they will become the most terrifying demolition brigade in the atrium.

"Okay, you, the boss, have the final say." Brother Cun Tou continued to record in his notes, writing down all three requirements mentioned by Zhou Xiao.

After talking about the model, Brother Cuntou also took a sip of hot tea and took a break. The two briefly chatted about their recent life.

After some small talk, they quickly separated from the hotel and went back to their homes.

Zhou Xiao walked out of the hotel and was about to return home along the way he came to check on the atrium and the situation of the believers.

But just when he returned to the downstairs of the community, his cell phone suddenly rang.

"Boss? What's the matter?" Zhou Xiao picked up the phone and saw that the caller ID turned out to be the owner of the pawn shop, so he answered the call and asked.

During the time when Trident caused a burst water pipe in the community, Zhou Xiao had already become familiar with the owner of the pawn shop because he repeatedly went to pawn. Later, he simply handed over all the printed mini gems to the boss. He sold it on consignment.

During this period, Zhou Xiao's mobile phone would receive transfers from the pawnshop owner from time to time.

All his expenses and Brother Cunpou's model bills were all deducted from this money.

Why did the boss call suddenly now?

"Mr. Zhou, are you free now? I would like to trouble you to come to the store. It is about the consignment of the gem..."

The boss's tone sounded a little anxious, and it was obvious that something had happened that he couldn't explain on the phone.

"Okay, anyway, I'm nearby and will come right away." Zhou Xiao didn't expect too much and agreed directly.

Zhou Xiao had never paid much attention to the matter of gem consignment, and had long since left it to the boss to handle it on his behalf.

They both agreed that the boss would take [-]% of the commission, and as his divinity increased during this period, Zhou Xiao became less and less interested in money. As long as the money transferred was enough to pay Brother Cuntou, he didn't even pay attention. Go check these accounts.

With such loose power delegated to the boss, what else could happen that would require him to go to the pawn shop in person?

The boss on the phone thanked me repeatedly. His tone didn't sound like something bad had happened, he was just a little anxious.

So after Zhou Xiao hung up the phone, he walked out of the neighborhood and soon arrived at the pawn shop.

But as soon as he walked across the road, he immediately noticed something unusual.

At this time, on this inconspicuous path in front of the pawn shop, there were three black S-Class Mercedes-Benz parked in a row, and the license plates all had temporary foreign entry license plates with white characters on a black background.

He turned around and looked around. Before he reached the pawn shop, his vision had already penetrated the street and the wall and saw inside the pawn shop. Sure enough, there were many foreigners in suits gathered inside. They were all serious and had no idea where they were from. .

What was the fuss about?Interpol’s cross-border pursuit of mini gold gems?

Zhou Xiao imagined many movie scenes of Agent 007 and strode into the pawn shop.

As soon as he walked in, the pawnshop owner immediately walked up to him and lowered his voice slightly excitedly and said to him: "Mr. Zhou, we are really rich this time!"

Zhou Xiao looked at the pawn shop. Several foreigners wearing expensive suits were inside. However, they did not look like Interpol. Instead, each of them had a golden nameplate hanging on their chest and held various documents in their hands. and information, all looked at Zhou Xiao as soon as he came in.

"What's going on, boss?" Zhou Xiao asked.

"It's like this. You still remember that you have always put your gems on consignment with me, right? In fact, I didn't have any good channels before. I always helped you sell them at peer exchange meetings or small auctions of acquaintances." "It turns out that a good thing among your gems went viral a few days ago! After the news spread from the experts, the entire exchange meeting was stopped, and your gem had to be revalued! This time you are rich! I got rich too!”

The boss' tone was obviously very excited. This was the first time he had encountered such a strange thing in all his years in the pawn business.

"Who are these people?" Zhou Xiao was confused and continued to ask.

"They are the ones who stopped the auction and revalued it, Sotheby's!" The boss looked at the group of foreigners as if he were looking at the God of Wealth. "They are one of the three giants of international auction houses, with annual transactions in the world. The amount exceeds US$40 billion!”

Although Zhou Xiao didn't understand the pawn auction business at all, he had heard of the name Sotheby's.

Sotheby's auction house is almost the oldest international auction house in the world. With offices in more than 40 countries around the world, it can definitely be regarded as the top leader in the industry.

What did they find in that pile of gems that warranted their trip to this small shop?
"Stop talking so much. Their representatives have been waiting for you inside for a long time. Come on, let's go in and kill these foreigners for a good price. Don't forget my [-]% commission!"

The boss urged impatiently, laughing uncontrollably.

Zhou Xiao had no choice but to follow him into the pawn shop. The foreigners along the way all looked at him with respect, as if Zhou Xiao was some kind of their supreme VIP.

As expected, there was already a blond and blue-eyed foreign representative sitting on the narrow round table in the store, waiting for Zhou Xiao with a complete set of computers and information.

"Mr. Mabis, let me introduce you! This is the real owner of that gem, Zhou Xiao!"

"Mr. Zhou, this is the representative of Sotheby's Auction House, Mr. Mabis!"

As soon as the boss came in, he enthusiastically introduced the two parties' identities to each other. Mr. Mabis even stood up and extended his hand to Zhou Xiao very enthusiastically.

"Hello Mr. Zhou, I am the international representative of the Asia-Pacific region representing Sotheby's Auction House. It is a great honor to meet you!"

What surprised Zhou Xiao was that Mr. Mabis actually spoke fluent Chinese and showed great enthusiasm and respect to Zhou Xiao as soon as they met, which made him very uncomfortable.

After the two of them shook hands, both parties finally sat down and could officially start discussing the auction.

"Mr. Mabis, right? What is going on?" Zhou Xiao asked directly as soon as he sat down.

"Mr. Zhou, among the gems you entrusted to this boss for sale, a rare treasure appeared at a nearby antique exchange meeting a few days ago. Some of the online bidders discovered this gem. The uniqueness of a treasure.”

“They sent the photos back to their colleagues in the Asia-Pacific region, and finally they were discovered by our observers. I immediately stopped all transactions on that day and sent the information about this gem back to international buyers. Rare treasures like that should not only be bid in a small exchange meeting in the Asia-Pacific region, they belong to the whole world."

Mr. Mabis said one thing after another. As he spoke, he opened a luxurious velvet box on the table and showed Zhou Xiao the gem inside.

It was a somewhat dark red mineral stone with a bit of glass luster, but at first glance it didn't look anything special.

"I have brought your gem back. Please check it again to confirm that we have not caused any damage or other problems to your gem." Mr. Mabis made a gesture of invitation to Zhou Xiao.

"No problem, no problem. I followed them all the way, even to the bathroom! I promise you haven't been replaced by a civet cat. You can rest assured, Mr. Zhou!" the pawnshop owner also said decisively.

Is this gem really so valuable?

Zhou Xiao did not expect that these gems returned from the sacrifice in the courtyard could be of such great value in the real world, which made him a little confused.

"Actually, you don't need to inform me specifically. Since there is a price and a market, wouldn't it be over if you just transfer the money to me after the transaction?" Zhou Xiao shrugged speechlessly.

"Don't be kidding, Mr. Zhou, yours is a red almanite!"

Mr. Mabis laughed and looked at Zhou Xiao with respect.

"This is one of the rarest minerals on earth. The collector ACD Pain who discovered this gem and named it after him only has a 1.7-gram specimen, which is claimed to be the largest specimen of this kind of mineral in the world... And you... The net weight of this gem is over 4 grams! Without your authorization, we will never do any transaction with this gem easily!"

(End of this chapter)