The man's name is Li Jun, his hometown is in Sichuan, and he opened a Sichuan restaurant in Xianyang, Shaanxi, five years ago, Li Jun sold the pickle jar in the store for 1,000 yuan.
Half a year later, when he saw his jar in the antique shop, he slapped his thigh with regret.
Five years ago, two customers came to Li Jun's store, and one of them was a middle-aged man who looked at the furnishings in the store and shouted to Li Jun in the kitchen: "Boss, order."
Seeing that a guest came to the door, Li Jun hurriedly trotted out of the kitchen, found a pen and paper and a menu, and said with a smile: "What do you two want to eat?"
The two looked at the menu and said, "Boss, is your Sichuan cuisine authentic or not!"
Li Jun patted his chest and said: "Two big brothers, I don't dare to say anything else, as far as the taste of the dishes in my store, there is nothing more authentic than me on this street, my hometown is Mianyang, Sichuan, you just need to order food, and I guarantee that you will eat deliciously and comfortably!"
One of the men smiled and said, "Big brother, the boss's Sichuan dialect is so good, this dish must be good, just eat it here!"
Another middle-aged man nodded and said, "Okay, we'll eat here, boss, you can bring us a mapo tofu, braised rabbit meat, braised beef, and a bowl of roasted white, plus a kung pao chicken and four bottles of beer."
When Li Jun heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, these two orders were all hard dishes! This table has to make some money.
Immediately, he said: "You wait a minute, it's right away, it's right away." ”
After that, Li Jun immediately ran into the kitchen and beckoned his wife Wang Xiaoqun to prepare the dishes immediately, he had prepared these basic dishes, and it wouldn't take long to get them ready.
About half an hour later, Li Jun successively made all the dishes, and his wife Wang Xiaoqun also took them out one by one.
After finishing it, Li Jun just wanted to rest, when one of the middle-aged men suddenly stopped him and pointed to the kimchi jar on the table next to him.
"Boss, your kimchi tastes really good, how did you get it?"
When Li Jun heard this, he waved his hand and said: "This is the kimchi in our hometown, and the specific cooking is also simple, that is, wash the vegetables, add some secret recipes made in advance, and make them ferment and become sour and eat!"
These two people were very generous in ordering, and Li Jun did not hide his inquiry, and said it directly, the method of making kimchi is not a secret, and many people will.
However, although the method is probably like this, but the taste of each person is different, which is the same as stir-frying, it requires a certain amount of skill, and the kimchi in his store is free to taste, which is a means to attract customers, the cost is not high, and it can also retain some repeat customers who like to eat kimchi.
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "I see, my appetite has not been very good in the past two days, I feel good after eating your kimchi just now, I don't know how to make kimchi, even if I go back to make it, I can't make it taste like yours." ”
"I think so, boss, you sell me this can of kimchi, how about I take it away?"
"Sold to you?"
Li Jun was a little surprised, this person was so strange that he wanted to buy his kimchi.
That's not to say that no one buys it, in his hometown, there are many people selling sauerkraut kimchi in the vegetable market, but it is rare here.
Since the other party has spoken, Li Jun is not easy to refuse, and after thinking about it, he said directly: "This matter is simple, there are several unopened cans in my store, you can just take one can after eating, this can has already been opened!
Who knew that the man said directly: "Don't be so troublesome! I can just take this jar away, and I can't eat so much, there is enough left in this jar!"
Seeing that the other party was so insistent, Li Jun was also very helpless.
I had to say, "Okay then, you eat first, and I'll pack it for you when you leave!"
The middle-aged man was very happy and said, "Okay, thank you boss!"
Li Jun shook his head, if the customer wants to buy it, he can't help but sell it, doing business pays attention to harmony and making money, just some kimchi, not worth anything.
Back in the kitchen, Li Jun asked his wife Wang Xiaoqun to find a plastic box to pack kimchi, and the two of them could take it away after eating, as for the money, just take a little symbolically!
"Boss, check out".
It didn't take long for the two to finish eating.
Li Jun trotted over and said with a smile: "It's a total of 287 yuan, just give two hundred and eight for the two!"
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Boss, what about the pickles I want?"
Li Jun hurriedly asked Wang Xiaoqun to bring the kimchi and said, "I have already packed it for you, and they are all here."
When the middle-aged man saw it, he was stunned!
After thinking about it, he said again: "Boss, I have to worry about it! Can you sell me that jar too? I can take it back and learn to make some, there is no kimchi jar at home!"
Li Jun was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect the other party to want his kimchi jar, which surprised him a little.
Didn't this man say that he couldn't make kimchi taste like it? Why do you want that kimchi jar now?
Thinking of this, Li Jun flatly refused: "I'm sorry, I use this kimchi jar very well, I don't really want to sell it, if you want to buy it, brother, there is it in the market in front."
Seeing that Li Jun refused, the man did not hide it, and immediately said: "To tell you the truth, brother, I have taken a fancy to your jar, and your jar looks like it has been some years old! It should be made by firing by the soil method, which is much more valuable than those in the market, which is called unique, but it is not comparable to those assembly line products."
"That's it, brother, you set a price for your jar, how about I give you money directly?"
Li Jun heard him say this, and he completely understood!
Dare to say that he has been talking for a long time, just for this jar!
Li Jun turned his head to look at it, but he didn't find anything strange about this jar, and it didn't look like an antique!
Seeing that Li Jun was a little hesitant, the man said: "Brother, this is not an antique of yours, it is just a jar made of ordinary soil firing, I also think it is relatively rare to buy it, if you want to ask for a big price, then I don't have that strength."
"This is three hundred yuan, and the extra twenty yuan should be regarded as kimchi money, Brother Yong, let's go!"
The middle-aged man took out three hundred yuan from his arms and put it on the table, carrying the kimchi and leaving.
Seeing that they were leaving, Li Jun couldn't help but ask, "It's not that I don't want to sell, how much are you willing to pay?"
This jar is not worth much, the jar was found in the warehouse when he took over the store a few years ago, and he took it for appraisal at that time, and others said that it was just an ordinary jar, and it was worth dozens of dollars.
He couldn't get angry, so he used it directly as a kimchi jar.
When the man heard Li Jun ask, he immediately asked, "Boss, how much do you want to sell?"
Li Jun thought for a while and said, "Ten thousand."
"10,000 yuan, boss, you really treat me as a wronged boss! Even if I like this jar very much, I won't spend 10,000 yuan to buy it, the price you offer is too outrageous!"
The man's head shook into a rattle, and it was obvious that Li Jun's price was beyond his ability.
Li Jun was a little discouraged and asked: "Then how much are you willing to pay to buy it? If it's too cheap, I might as well not sell it, and it will cost 180 yuan to buy a jar in the supermarket!"
Seeing Li Jun say this, the man thought for a while and said: "Boss, don't say 10,000, I won't say 100, I'll directly give you 1,000 yuan to buy this jar, in addition, you have to give me the secret recipe for making kimchi, I know you all have your own skills, I don't ask you to say them all, just say a rough one, just be able to restore 80% of the taste of this kimchi!"
"What do you think......
Seeing what the other party said, Li Jun thought for a while and said: "Since you are sincere in asking for it, then take it directly, I will write one for you about the secret recipe of kimchi, this is not a secret, it is very simple."
A broken jar can be sold for a thousand yuan, and Li Jun is too late to be happy, how can he not sell it?
Shouting 10,000 is just a strategy.
Seeing that Li Jun agreed to sell, the other party immediately gave Li Jun a thousand yuan in cash, and then he poured the kimchi into the jar, and after Li Jun wrote the secret recipe for kimchi, he left with the things.
Li Jun took the red 1,000 yuan, and his heart was proud.
He didn't expect that a kimchi jar could be sold for a thousand yuan, which is equivalent to his turnover in a day!
At first, Li Jun was quite happy, and he didn't think there was anything wrong, a kimchi jar in the supermarket could be bought for dozens of yuan, and his jar could be sold for a thousand, which was a small profit.
However, what Li Jun didn't know was that his jar was not simple, and when he learned the specific price of the jar, he regretted it and slapped his thigh.
Half a year.
Li Jun's brother-in-law Wang Kai suddenly found him and asked him to accompany him to the antique city, saying that his friend had seen a familiar thing in the antique city.
Li Jun was also very puzzled at first, so he followed his brother-in-law to the antique city and found his brother-in-law's friend.
Under the leadership of his brother-in-law's friend, the two came to an antique shop, Wang Kai pulled Li Jun and hurriedly ran to a shelf, and said, "Brother-in-law, do you see this jar familiar? Is it exactly the same as the pickle jar at home?"
Li Jun took a look and found that the jar on the shelf in front of him was really similar to the kimchi jar before him, but it was a little different after a closer look, this jar was darker in color and had some cracks, which was not as good as his kimchi jar in terms of quality.
At this moment, an old man came out of the inner room, and when he saw Wang Kai being so careless, he immediately shouted: "Everyone, the things in my store are expensive, be careful to break them!"
When Wang Kai saw the store coming out, he immediately pointed to the jars on the shelves and asked, "Uncle, how much do you sell for this jar?"
The old man glanced at Wang Kai and said lightly: "Although the ancients said don't look at people with clothes, I don't think you can afford it, little brother, this jar is Ming Yongle's thing, it is scarce and relatively rare, old man, I have only seen this shop twice in decades, although the price is not as good as those blue and white porcelain, but it also sells for hundreds of thousands, are you sure you can come up with so much money?"
"Hundreds of thousands?"
Wang Kai was overjoyed when he heard this, turned his head and said to Li Jun: "Brother-in-law, have you heard, this jar is worth hundreds of thousands, I remember that we have a similar one at home, let's go back and find it and sell it."
Before Li Jun could speak, the old man next to him asked, "What, little brother, you said you have this kind of jar?"
Wang Kai nodded and said, "Of course, if my friend hadn't seen that you have a similar jar here, we wouldn't have come here!
When the old man heard Wang Kai's words, he immediately rejoiced and said: "If you really have it, little brother, as long as the thing is true, I am willing to pay 500,000 yuan to buy your jar."
Wang Kai was even more excited when he heard this, and hurriedly pulled Li Jun home to get the jar.
Li Jun waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Xiao Kai, you don't have to go back!
He didn't know Wang Kai's purpose at first, but only now did he understand that Wang Kai had brought him over to see the jar because he planned to sell the jar in the store.
It's a pity that he came one step late, and he sold the jar half a year ago.
Wang Kai looked incredulous and asked, "Brother-in-law, did you really sell the kimchi jar?"
Li Jun nodded and explained the reason for the matter.
After hearing this, the old man next to him changed his face slightly, and he hurriedly asked Li Jun, "Are the two you said one tall and one thin?
Li Jun thought for a while when he heard this, and said, "It seems that it is, boss, do you know these two people?"
The old man nodded when he heard the words and said: "I don't know, I don't dare I have heard of these two people, the first few heard that they shot a jar, which is exactly the same as this one of mine, it turns out that the thing is yours!"
"Young man, you've been deceived! Why did you sell this jar for a thousand dollars, if it's worth 500,000 yuan?"
Wang Kai is stupid! Li Jun is stupid!
He didn't expect his kimchi jar to be worth so much money, and he sold it for a thousand dollars, and he thought he had taken a big advantage.
Now he knows that it turned out that he was the one who was taken advantage of, and he was fooled by those two people!
Thinking of this, Li Jun still asked a little unwillingly: "Uncle, I have also been to appraise my jar, but others say that it is just an ordinary jar, how can it be an antique?"
The old man smiled: "This thing has to look at the eyesight, in the eyes of people who don't understand it is an ordinary jar, in the eyes of those who know it is an antique, some people don't like it, some people are willing to spend a high price, it depends on the person."
Li Jun slapped his thigh when he heard this, he didn't expect that the water in the antique shop was so deep, and a good treasure was taken away by others in front of his eyes in vain, which made him not feel sad.
But now, it's useless to be heartbroken!
Li Jun wanted to inquire about the whereabouts of the two people, but the old man said that there was no way to find them, and others would definitely not stay longer after selling things, and now that it has been half a year, he has long not known where to go!
If he insists on not selling, the other party will not be able to take it directly, and maybe raise the price a little more.
It's a pity that it's useless to talk about it now!
Wang Kai was also disappointed when he learned that the jar was only sold for 1,000 yuan, and he hurriedly brought Li Jun here after getting the news today.
I thought I could share some money, but I didn't expect it to be empty, and I didn't catch anything.
As for Li Jun, his intestines are all repentant, he shouldn't have sold it in the first place, he only blames himself for not seeing people clearly, losing a lot of money for a small amount of money, and regretting not being at the beginning.