Chapter 240: Fake Bags
When Xu Youyou was in China, it was rare to see shops closed on weekdays.
Even in the second-hand market.
Now seeing this situation, she had no choice but to leave one person behind to keep an eye on the place.
Xu Youyou spent so much time getting here, and she was unwilling to leave just like that, so she simply started strolling around the second-hand market.
She has so many bodyguards following her that it looks like a huge scene, and she attracts a lot of attention wherever she goes.
"Whose daughter is this? I feel like the French president doesn't even have so many bodyguards when he goes out."
Xu Youyou suddenly heard a familiar Mandarin voice, looked towards the person who was speaking, and then saw a Chinese face.
The other party felt that he spoke very softly and didn't understand why Xu Youyou was looking at him.
"I'm not a young lady from any family." Xu Youyou said directly.
The young girl who spoke blushed and apologized immediately: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have gossiped about you behind your back."
Xu Youyou didn't bother with her and asked, "Do you come here often?"
The young girl was dressed very casually. She nodded and said, "This is my second year studying in France. My school is nearby. I earn my living expenses by picking up bargains here, so I come here often."
Xu Youyou praised: "Then your eyesight should be very good."
The girl shook her head and said in a low voice, "These foreigners are all easy to bargain with, but the things are real and fake, which is also a test of one's eyesight. In fact, I mainly do the reselling business."
The girl thought that Xu Youyou was probably a rich man and would not compete with her for business, so she talked openly about her business experience.
Although Xu Youyou felt that the young girl was quite talkative, she admired her self-reliant attitude and said, "It's also hard-earned money to resell."
The young girl blushed slightly at the compliment and asked, "Is this your first time here? Do you need a guide? You look like a nice person. I can be your guide for free."
Xu Youyou couldn't help but laugh. This second-hand market was both indoors and outdoors, with so many shops that it was like a maze. If you didn't know the place well, it would be easy to get lost.
"Okay, thank you for your help. I'll treat you to dinner later." Xu Youyou said with a smile.
The young girl immediately agreed. She introduced herself as Chen Moli and took Xu Youyou around the second-hand market, introducing herself as they walked.
"The lady boss of this shop is quite fierce and doesn't like people bargaining with her."
"The owner of this store is confused and bargains arbitrarily."
"This shop doesn't know its business. Even if the good stuff comes into his hands, he can't tell it apart."
Xu Youyou looked at her and seemed to know everything, and she actually believed her previous self-introduction.
Outside an open-air shop, Chen Moli suddenly stopped, picked up an LV bag hanging in someone else's shop, and showed hesitation on her face.
"Little girl, this is a genuine second-hand bag, 99% new. If you like it, I'll take a slight loss and sell it to you for 200 euros." The shop owner said in French.
"Two hundred euros is too expensive. Fifteen euros, I'll buy it right away." Chen Moli performed a diving bargaining on the spot.
The shop owner shook his head and said, "Little girl, are you here to tease people? I won't sell it to you at this price!"
Chen Moli, however, acted as if she liked the bag very much and said, "I really want it, Boss, just think of it as a good deed."
The boss showed hesitation on his face, as if he was really thinking about whether to make this deal.
But Xu Youyou suddenly took the bag, looked it over from inside to outside, and then said to Chen Moli in Mandarin: "This is fake."
Chen Moli nodded: "I know."
Xu Youyou:?
She doesn't understand.
Chen Moli explained: "This bag should be exported to France from Guangdong Province in China. It uses the same leather material as the genuine LV bag, with only slight differences in details."
"Since you know so much, why do you still want to buy it?" Xu Youyou asked.
Chen Moli said with her head held high: "I bought it with real money, so of course it's a real bag."
Xu Youyou was speechless for a moment.
Chen Moli continued, "The shop owner probably knew it was a fake bag, and he wanted to deceive people in our country, thinking they were getting a bargain. I took the bag, and I wasn't going to use it myself anyway, so I could always make some money by reselling it."
After thinking for a moment, the boss waved his hand and said, "No, no, I can't sell it to you."
Chen Moli said: "Then I'll take a loss, thirty euros, it's a high-end imitation bag anyway."
The boss's fair face instantly turned red. It seemed like he was doing this for the first time. Unexpectedly, Chen Moli recognized that he was selling fake bags: "Okay, okay, I'll sell it to you."
People abroad seem to be very averse to being caught selling fake things, and they actually sold it to Chen Moli for only 30 euros.
A high-end imitation bag made of this material would cost more than 30 euros even in China.
Chen Moli turned to Xu Youyou and said, "I took this bag and sold it to a Frenchman who doesn't know the value of it. I can sell it for at least 70 euros. This way, I will make a net profit of 40 euros, which will cover my food expenses for today."
Xu Youyou did not ask Chen Moli about the specific sales channels. Where there is sunshine, there is always a shadow. Even in foreign markets that have cracked down on pirated goods, there is no way to completely ban pirated goods.
After Chen Moli finished this business, she took Xu Youyou into an indoor market. There were many shops inside, but again, only half of the shops were open.
"I've seen these shops selling porcelain before. I wonder if they have what you want," Chen Moli explained.
Because Xu Youyou is good at identifying porcelain, she tends to visit more porcelain shops when shopping in the second-hand market.
Chen Moli saw Xu Youyou looking at the porcelain on the stall carefully, thinking about Xu Youyou's reminder about the fake bag before. Even though she didn't need this reminder, she still appreciated it in her heart. At this time, she leaned over to Xu Youyou's ear and whispered.
"Ms. Xu, don't be fooled by these foreigners. Although they stole a lot of our porcelain back then, they are also very smart. They can tell the good things apart. The fake porcelain they have here is no less than that in China."
Xu Youyou said to her: "Jasmine, thank you for your reminder."
Chen Moli's ears turned red when the beautiful young lady looked at her and thanked her so seriously. She said, "I have a classmate who was fooled by this. He thought he found porcelain from the Qianlong period here, but he didn't expect it to be a high-quality imitation that was exported."
As she was speaking, Chen Moli lowered her head and saw the piece of porcelain that Xu Youyou was playing with, with the inscription "Made in the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty" written on the bottom.
Xu Youyou took the porcelain directly and asked the accompanying translator and the shop owner about the price, looking like she was determined to get it.
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