At three o'clock in the afternoon, a watch shop near the Chenghuang Temple in the Magic City.
The name of the clock shop is Hendry, and it is said to be a century-old shop.
The store is full of ancient charm, as if traveling through time and space, returning to that turbulent era.
There is a wind chime at the door. When the door is opened, the wind chime makes a nice crisp sound.
Zhao Yu and Cui Lizhu walked into the watch store one after another. They saw a lot of clocks in the store, as if they had entered a museum.
However, the owner of the watch shop was a young man. He was so young that Zhao Yu even had a premonition that he was in the wrong place.
At this moment, the young man was playing with his mobile phone. When he heard a customer coming in, he asked without raising his eyelids: "Should I repair my watch or buy a watch?"
"If you want to repair a watch, just put it on the counter!" He lightly knocked on the counter. "If you want to buy a watch, then please take a look at it yourself!"
"Haha," Cui Lizhu stuck out her tongue, "Throw your hands away, shopkeeper!"
"You're right, haha..." The young man glanced at Cui Lizhu, "My dad went to repair someone's watch, I'm just a storekeeper!"
"Yes..." Cui Lizhu pouted and shook her head at Zhao Yu, which obviously meant that she came at the wrong time.
However, Zhao Yu did not let this affect his mood. Instead, he took out the diamond-encrusted watch that was taken off half of his arm and placed it in front of the young man's face.
Originally, the young man was playing the game immersedly, but after taking a look at the famous watch, his eyes suddenly lit up:
"Wow!" He sighed in surprise, "1918 Santa Norway, this is it! You rich people!?"
"Oh?" Cui Lizhu suddenly became energetic, "Do you recognize this watch?"
"Of course, we are an aristocratic family!" The young man finally put down his mobile phone, carefully observed the watch, and praised, "Where did you get it? This kind of watch is very rare!"
"Is it valuable?" Cui Lizhu asked the price as soon as she opened her mouth due to professional habit.
"It's encrusted with diamonds," the young man said, taking a magnifying glass and looking at it seriously, "If it's true, our small shop can't afford to keep it!
"Wow," the young man exclaimed as he spoke, "It's really 1918! This is not a replica, it's the real Santa Norway!"
"Are you sure?" Cui Lizhu asked, "You are so sure, have you seen it before?"
"I've seen it, I've seen it," the young man nodded and said, "There was a watch exhibition in Shanghai a few years ago, and I saw it at the exhibition!"
"Young man," Zhao Yu said, "tell us about the origin of this watch!"
"Well... you... you..." the young man asked curiously, "What do you mean? Do you want me to appraise it, or... do you want to entrust us to find a buyer?"
"Let's authenticate it first!" In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhao Yu directly took out his ID and showed his identity. "This watch is related to an unsolved case! I hope you can provide us with help..."
"Ah?" The young man rarely interacted with the police, so he immediately panicked and said quickly, "I... I'm going to call my dad right now!
"Um... wait... wait a minute..." Who knows, after he picked up the phone, he suddenly remembered something and quickly turned around and ran upstairs, "I... I'd better call me grandpa!"
A few minutes later, the young man helped an old man with a white beard down from upstairs. The old man looked to be almost 90 years old. He was holding a faucet-headed cane. He was stooped but energetic.
"It turns out to be 1918..."
The old man greeted Zhao Yu and Zhao Yu with a smile on his face, then sat in front of the counter and carefully observed his watch with a magnifying glass.
"Hmm..." After observing for a long time, he nodded and said, "This watch is not bad, it is genuine. When my father opened a martial arts school in Hongkou, a Japanese officer also gave him one. However, my father had the guts to ask for it. !”
"Grandpa, cough..." The young man coughed dryly and said awkwardly, "You are wrong. My great-grandfather runs a watch shop, and Chen Zhen runs a martial arts gym!"
"Oh, oh oh..." The old man smiled naively, "I know, it's just a joke, just a joke! Haha...
"Two distinguished guests," he said, pointing to the watch on the counter, "this watch must have a great history! The person who owns it must be rich or noble!"
"It's not a distinguished guest," the young man quickly corrected, "it's a police officer!"
"Then..." Zhao Yu asked hurriedly, "Do you know where you could buy this kind of watch more than thirty years ago? Are there many people buying this kind of watch?"
"Well..." The old man stroked his beard and thought for a moment, then said, "This question is not easy to answer. Although this watch is valuable, it is not so expensive that no one can afford it!
"However, due to production and discontinuation, this kind of watch is very rare, especially in our country! So, if you were asking thirty years ago, it would definitely not be available in a store!"
"Boss, you are asking a very poor question!" Cui Lizhu stuck out her tongue, "Why does it have to be bought? Can't it be passed down from ancestors
"Because it was passed down from ancestors, so that's why it was put in the safe?"
"Yes, the granddaughter is right!" the old man said kindly to Zhao Yu, "You have to tell me, what exactly do you want to know? This guest officer, oh no, this police officer?"
"Well, okay..." Since the case was not top secret, Zhao Yu immediately told his grandfather and grandson about the safe, the arm, and the watch.
"Wow!" The young man perked up upon hearing this, "There is such a weird case? He is wearing a 1918 on his arm? If this gets on the news, it will definitely cause a sensation, right?"
"Why..." Cui Lizhu was curious, "You are more accustomed to calling it 1918?"
"Because," the young man said, "this watch was produced in 1918, and it cost 5,000 yuan at that time! So it's called 1918!"
"Look..." he pointed at the watch and said, "The year 1918 is engraved on the inner ring of the watch. This is only available in that year. Any subsequent ones are not as valuable as the earliest ones!"
“The Bund has always been a mixed bag, with concessions everywhere,” the old man said, “so it’s natural for this kind of watch to be introduced to the Magic City!
"Police officer," the old man said more objectively, "Actually, if you come to us, we can't help you much. We can only tell you the value of this watch. As for helping you find the owner of this watch, that's It’s impossible!”
"Yes, it's been more than thirty years!" said the young man. "Even if this kind of watch is relatively rare, there is no way to know its origin in such a big city!
"If you want me to see it," he picked up his phone and came up with an idea, "why not let the media expose it? Look for clues from the masses? Wouldn't the chance be greater that way?"
The young man's words hit Zhao Yu's heart. This case was different from previous cases. The police could collect clues from the public.
However, if it were anyone else, there would be nothing wrong with collecting clues from the public, but for Zhao Yu, it seemed a bit out of place.
This case is not an urgent one, and Zhao Yu doesn't want to alert the media too early.
In addition, it seemed that nothing was gained from the conversation with the grandparents, but Zhao Yu felt that something had caught his attention!
(End of chapter)