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GIM018 Chinatown Trip, Black Widow Comes Again

The taxi brought Alvin to Chinatown, thinking about whether he wanted to buy a scooter. After all, sometimes, it is not so convenient to choose a taxi to travel.

New York Chinatown, Treasure Pavilion Antique Store.

Zhenbao Pavilion is a real antique store. It has been open in Chinatown for more than a hundred years. It is a real century-old store.

However, Zhenbao Pavilion is an antique shop that is not bad for meat and vegetables. In Zhenbao Pavilion, there are both priceless rare treasures, modern craftsmanship imitations, and customized services are also provided.

Although Zhenbao Pavilion is not aware of meat and vegetables, Zhenbao Pavilion does not cheat, but implements a strategy of clearly marked price, which is very rare in the antique industry. After all, in the antique industry, there are too many cheating behaviors, and too few conscientious merchants.

Alvin walked into the treasure pavilion, and an Asian guy immediately came up and asked in skillful English, "Sir, what products do you need to buy?"

Zhenbao Pavilion is famous, and there are endless streams of "foreigners" coming to the door every day, so the shopkeepers in the store naturally speak English.

Ai Wen replied in Xia Mandarin with a straightforward word, "Are your boss here?"

The Asian guy was stunned for a moment. Although there were many foreigners who could speak Xia Mandarin in Chinatown, there were really not many foreigners as good as Alvin.

"Sir, do you have an appointment?" the Asian guy asked in English.

Alvin still answered in Xia Mandarin, "No. However, I hope to talk to the owner of your store and I am going to customize a batch of products."

The scene of the two people communicating is a little funny. The Asian guy uses English and the blonde foreigner uses Xia Mandarin, which makes the customers next to him look at him faintly.

The Asian guy still insisted on responding in English, "Sir, if you customize in small batches, I can help you register for customized products." The Asian guy meant that in general business, the boss didn't need to come forward.

Alvin also insists on using Xia Mandarin, "What if it is a large batch? I should be able to customize more than 1,000 products!"

The Asian guy's face changed slightly. Although the customization services of Zhenbao Pavilion are made of products using modern craftsmanship, it does not mean that the price is cheap, but the price is not very cheap.

If the number of customized products of Ivan exceeds 1,000, even the cheapest customized products will be a business worth tens of thousands of dollars. Even if it is not a big business, it is not a small business.

"Please, sir." The Asian guy greeted in English, "Please wait a moment in the VIP room."

"Okay!" Alvin finally switched his language to English and did not continue to torture the Asian guy.

In the VIP room, Aiwen was tasting tea, but Aiwen was not a tea culture enthusiast. He didn't know the quality of the tea, and he couldn't tell the quality of the taste, but only knew it was green tea.

After waiting for a while, a middle-aged man in Tang suit walked in. The middle-aged man looked ordinary, but his eyes were bright, and he seemed to be smiling at any time.

"Hello, I am Dong Sifang, the shopkeeper of Zhenbao Pavilion." The middle-aged man said in Xia Mandarin, and he spoke half-white and half-literately, as if he was testing Alvin's Xia Mandarin level.

Alvin responded with a smile in Xia Mandarin, "Hello, Boss Dong, I am Alvin Boke!"

The two reached out and grabbed it. Dong Sifang asked straight to the point, "Mr. Alvin, what product do you want to customize, porcelain, or wood?"

The customization services of Zhenbao Pavilion are mainly porcelain and wood.

"It should be considered porcelain!" Alvin responded, "I hope to customize a batch of ceramic-fired angel ornaments. Can you customize it?"

Ceramic Angel Ornaments?

Dong Sifang was thundered!

Dong Sifang has been in charge of the Zhenbao Pavilion for more than ten years. He is quite knowledgeable, but this is the first time he has heard of the shocking thing about custom ceramic angel ornaments.

Angel ornaments are indeed popular in the Western world, but ceramic angel ornaments are a little too shocking!

"Mr. Alvin, we can provide wooden angel ornaments, also made of gum and gypsum, and we can also provide various jade carved angel ornaments, such as Dongling jade and secret jade, or even white marble. Of course, if you need metal material, we can also customize it." Dong Sifang kindly reminded.

Whether it is wood and gypsum, jade and gum, or metal angel ornaments, there is a certain market in the Western world, but the ceramic version of angel ornaments is too out of the way!

Products made of ceramics have almost been branded as the mark of the Eastern world.

Thinking about angel ornaments made of ceramic material, it makes people laugh and make people laugh.

Alvin coughed and said a little embarrassedly, "I checked online. Don't you Zhenbao Pavilion only provide customization of ceramic products?"

Dong Sifang laughed and then explained, "We haven't updated the information online for a long time. After all, our Zhenbao Pavilion is famous."

"Hahaha!" Alvin laughed dryly, "Boss Dong, what material do you think is better for angel ornaments?"

Dong Sifang did not answer immediately, but asked a professional question, "Mr. Alvin, how many ornaments do you plan to book? What are the requirements for the angel ornament? For example, how many repetitions are allowed for the angel ornament? Are you actively providing the angel ornament design or we choose at will?"

Alvin considered it, "At the beginning, I planned to book a thousand ceramic versions of angel ornaments. According to your online quote, I could accept it. However, after Boss Dong's reminder, I also felt that the ceramic version of angel ornaments seemed a little inconsistent."

Dong Sifang took out a quotation, put it on the coffee table, pushed it in front of Alvin, and said in a hurry, "You can take a look at the quotation first, Mr. Alvin."

Although due to material problems, Alvin may cancel the customization, Dong Sifang didn't care, and there was no situation where people were too low. As the boss of Zhenbao Pavilion, his qualities far exceeded those of the clerks outside.

Alvin quickly checked the quotation. Wooden products were first excluded because wood products were too expensive. Not only were the materials expensive, but the processing costs were also expensive, so they were naturally excluded from the selection range.

Alvin focuses on the price of jade materials, among which white marble is the cheapest, only costing $0.05 per gram; Dongling jade is second, with a price of $2 per gram; higher level is secret jade, with a price of $5 per gram.

The more expensive jade materials were excluded by Alvin!

Among the three cheap jade materials, white marble is cheap because white marble is just white marble, so it is naturally the cheapest guy.

Alvin also looked at the metal material, but the metallic angel ornaments seemed strange too?

"Boss Dong, is this the price if it is customized on a small scale?" asked Alvin.

"Yes! Yes!" Dong Sifang said with a smile, "However, you need to provide design drawings for the angel ornament."

Alvin said awkwardly, "If you want to find the design problem online, you can just search for it, right?"

Dong Sifang looked at Alvin strangely. He was curious in his heart what purpose was Alvin customizing this batch of angel ornaments? If it was for sale, wouldn't it be too careless?

"It's OK, but..." Dong Sifang smiled, "Mr. Alvin, are you sure you borrow online pictures as the design prototype?"

"Yes, I confirm!" Alvin nodded affirmatively.

"What material, size and specifications need to be customized, and how many need to be customized, and how many repetitions of each shape?" Dong Sifang asked.

Alvin considered it and said, "A total of ten shapes are customized, each shape is repeated ten times, with a height of ten centimeters. All of them are white marble. White and angel ornaments are very suitable."

Dong Sifang quickly calculated in his mind and finally said, "Mr. Alvin, because your order quantity is too small, we will charge a certain processing fee for this batch of goods. In addition, the material cost and plate making fee are 30,900 US dollars in total. Eliminate the fraction and count it as 30,000 US dollars. In addition, we need to pay 100% in advance in advance to start making the goods."

Alvin nodded in understanding, "No problem!"

Aiwen reserved a delivery address and paid with ease, Dong Sifang was impressed.

Because, the charge for this batch of goods was $30,000, which was obviously a very high price, but Alvin did not have any bargaining, which really surprised Dong Sifang.

"Boss Dong, when can the goods be delivered?" Aiwen asked.

"Before 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the latest," Dong Sifang responded with a smile. Zhenbao Pavilion has outstanding customization capabilities, and a mere hundred ornaments are not a problem at all.

"Okay, please send it to the agreed location tomorrow afternoon." Alvin stood up and expressed his displeasure.

"Yeah! Sure!" Dong Sifang sent Ai Wen out.

Alvin walked around the hall casually, swept another batch of goods, and still paid the money quickly, asking the servants of Zhenbao Pavilion to deliver the goods to his door. He left Zhenbao Pavilion and went to a nearby agency to find an apartment for Skye.

After more than two hours of searching, Alvin finally found a satisfied apartment. It is located in Barnard College of Columbia University, a studio-suite apartment, about a fifteen-minute to twenty-minute walk from the Miracle Antiques Store, and the surrounding environment is also very safe.

The most important thing is that the price is very cheap!

The rent for every month is only $600!

This price is indeed very cheap in Manhattan, and Skye can afford it.

Alvin found a suitable apartment, and he took a taxi back to Miracle Antique Store, preparing to tell Skye the good news. However, Alvin just returned to Miracle Antique Store and found an unexpected visitor.

"Evan, you're back!" Natasha, dressed in a fashionable and beautiful manner, was drinking coffee while watching Skye work in the lounge area of ​​the Miracle Antiques Store.

Evan frowned slightly, Natasha's performance easily caused a misunderstanding...
Chapter completed!
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