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Chapter 236 "Decorator" Part [-]

My name is Luqiao, and I am a gangster.

I have been wandering around Guangzhou for many years, and I like the song by Guangzhou Rain God the most: A ten-year love story in Guangdong.

"Leave quietly and be alone..."

I have been wandering in Guangdong for ten years, and I will not speak Cantonese anymore. "

That’s right, I don’t speak Cantonese.

It's like this song seems to be liked only by people outside Guangzhou, because in the eyes of Guangzhou people, the Cantonese is terrible.

This is the so-called cherished goods. My life now, at the age of 24, is like a piece of cherished goods.

This word is from Wuhan dialect, and it probably means: scrap, second-hand goods.

Because I have been doing this kind of thing my whole life, and I never tire of it.

Want to know my story?Before that, I want to ask a question first?
Where are the fakes, low imitations, common imitations, high imitations and super high imitations in your eyes produced?
Is it a small workshop of three or five people?Residential area?

Unlike everyone's imagination that high imitations are produced in hidden underground family workshops, in reality high imitations must be produced in extremely formal manufacturers, not family workshops.

When I graduated from high school and had nothing to do, I was deceived into a factory that made high-end imitations.

The income of [-] yuan a month, including food and accommodation, is not very good, but I am very happy with the job of [-] yuan a month.

Do you know the green water ghost?A watch.It is very popular and famous, and the genuine version costs [-] yuan, and many times even requires a price increase to buy it.

The funny thing is that I have never seen a real Green Kelpie in my life, but I have assembled countless pieces.

Countless fake watches!These fake watches are commonly known as super-A goods, and they can almost look fake.

After 1979, Guangdong became an experimental field for reform and opening up due to its special natural geographical location and socio-economic conditions, and was allowed to implement special policies and flexible measures in opening up.

In 1992, a new wave of reform and opening up began.The reform and opening up in the Pearl River Delta continues to develop in depth, the introduction of foreign investment has set off a climax, infrastructure and various constructions have advanced by leaps and bounds, economic development has accelerated, and the industrialization process has accelerated.

After more than ten years of development, Guangdong has developed a world-class light industrial park and first-class metal processing capabilities.

This is the predecessor of our company, which is a processing plant without a name.

Of course, the nameless knowledge factory is not the boss, but the boss is famous.

Every year at the annual meeting, we can see the pot-bellied boss.He sent us red envelopes ranging from [-] to [-], explaining that he started in rural Guangzhou and worked hard since he was a child to build a factory worth billions of machines.

He wouldn't say this is a counterfeiting factory, because he sells both real and fake ones.

Of course, the real ones are made in China, while the fake ones are luxury goods, and they are branded as patriotic.

You may never expect that the boss has his own factory with a real industrial and commercial qualification certificate, and is even authorized by the brand to manufacture watches.

Of course, it is definitely not those foreign luxury goods, but the qualification certificate of domestic watches.

The supervisor once let slip that we knew the boss had a real Seagull watch manufacturing factory.

While producing genuine products, they will have their own production line.Make a genuine Seagull movement without a logo, and then ship it here for the civet cat to be exchanged for the prince.

For example: the ETA2892 movement used by Tissot, Mido, Hamilton, Longines, Omega, and IWC low-end is actually the Seagull ST18 without logo.

For example, the ETA2824 used by Tissot, Mido, and Hamilton in the mid-to-high end is the Seagull ST21 without a logo.

There is another ETA6497 commonly used in factories, which is the Seagull ST3600 without logo.

The movement looks very similar, but a discerning person can see the problem at a glance!Some parts look completely different.

This is why there are differences between low imitation, common imitation, high imitation and super high imitation.

We will make the same case as the real watch here and install these Seagull movements without logos.

Low-quality imitation means that there is no modification at all, or even if the goods are not correct, they are assembled together. As long as the parts are put together enough, it is a production line.This is usually done for watches with opaque back covers, saving labor and cost.

General imitation means putting the right movement into the right frame, but it does not guarantee the logo and anti-counterfeiting.This means that all kinds of watches are made. Counterfeiting is cheap and the profit is good, and the goods are distributed in large quantities.

High imitation and super high imitation are interesting. This is what I have been doing in the factory for three and a half years.

We will make high imitations one to one to prevent counterfeiting and polish the parts to make them look like the real ones.

Even ensuring that the number of grams is accurate to within one gram is what we people do 24 hours a day.

As for super replicas, we will buy some broken real watches and replace them with real small parts.

Ordinary employees make high-quality imitations. After becoming a supervisor, they will be put into a small room and earn a salary ranging from [-] to [-] a month to produce super high-quality imitations for the company.

I was hired into the ultra-high imitation production department in my third year and was engaged in the ultra-high imitation business.I can guarantee that professionals and watchmakers cannot tell the difference between the genuine and fake of the super high imitations we produce. The only difference is that our watches do not come with a warranty.

Half a year after joining the super high imitation production department, that is, the third and a half years of working in high imitation, I gave up.

We were managed like cattle for fear that we would steal parts.The metal detector, even because the diamonds on it are real, will search you 24 hours a day.

It is true that you can make millions if you work for a year, and some masters can even call themselves partners of their bosses.But the truth is that there is no dignity. If the accounts do not match the performance and the performance is not good, we will be searched frequently to ensure that we are not lining our own pockets.

During the 08 real estate crisis, wealthy people jumped out one after another.Companies began to close down one by one, and there were fewer rich people each year.

There are also fewer people buying fake watches. The price of a real watch is 20 to [-], and the counterfeiting fee for super high-end replicas is [-]% to [-]% off depending on the rarity.

But no one bought it, and the boss started searching us almost pervertedly and suppressing our wages.

Eight masters endured humiliation and heavy burdens for their families. I have only worked for three and a half years. Because of my hard work and seriousness, I have reached my current position and earn a monthly salary of [-], but I can't bear it anymore.

I chose to resign and leave, and I was asked to sign a confidentiality agreement.

I was not allowed to enter any manufacturing industry again. I was afraid that I would turn around and become a master chef in another factory.

Because there used to be masters in factories who changed jobs like this and became the right-hand men of small factories and made a lot of money.

If I go, the boss will mess with me and I will lose all my money. This is the advice the boss gave me before he left. It is also the only time I have met this pot-bellied boss face to face in private.

During the three and a half years I worked in this unknown factory, almost all the money I earned was sent back home.

Now that I have no job, I really want to forget to leave a ticket for myself to go home.

Wandering in Guangzhou in a daze, things here are very cheap.Since I couldn’t enter the manufacturing industry, I would work as a small worker who didn’t need an ID card.

At that time, I heard that my kind of work was called Sanhe Dashen. I made one day’s money and spent three days.I would get a call from home at the beginning of the term, telling me that the company had closed down.Later, the calls came less and less. I guess I couldn't get the money, so I didn't call again.

My relationship with my family was very weak, and it was at that time that I heard about the ten-year love story in Guangdong.

"Leave quietly and be alone..."

I have been wandering in Guangdong for ten years...

The change occurred in the third month of wandering.

That day I saw someone setting up a street stall selling watches.

I still have more than 200 in hand. My idea is very simple. I want to see if there are any real ones and find out if they are missing.

Only when I saw the fake watches placed like garbage on the street stalls did I understand what was going on.

These are all fake and cannot be real. They are watches from factories or fake markets.

Because it was too old or broken, because it was originally a fake watch and had no repair value, it was packaged and sold to these dealers.

Pack up a few hundred yuan to these street vendors, and sell the street houses to passers-by for ten yuan, 20 yuan, or even hundreds.

Some of these watches have straps, and some don't. According to the dealer, you only need to buy a strap to match it yourself, and you can wear it with you.

I looked at the fake watch and was about to leave, but after thinking about it carefully I stopped.

The surface of some watches is broken, and it is a broken yacht shell that is slightly high imitation but not in shape.

With my craft, I seem to be able to restore it as long as I find the right parts!
A very fake Royal Oak, the back of the watch is hollow, and you can see the ETA2824 of the seagull inside.

After thinking about it for a while, I realized something.

"How much does it cost to pack this blue balloon, this yacht and the oak tree together?" I asked.

"Three hundred, old cousin!"

"I only have two hundred and three here. How about I give it all to you to show your face?" I handed it over.

The other party was silent for a moment: "Your bargaining skills..."

"They're all broken, can you give them to me cheaply?" I quickly sent a message.

"It's done, it's done, you can take it!"

I quickly picked up the money, and by the way, I used my knees to cover myself and slipped on a watch strap.

I returned to the shop where I paid 41 days' rent in advance and took out the bench.

I asked the boss for the toolbox and started my operation.

The movement of the yacht was given to Balloon Bleu, while the high imitation parts of the original Balloon Bleu were retained. The gems of the Royal Oak were removed and given to Balloon Bleu.

In one night, I transformed three watches into one blue balloon.

The simplest winding watch, the Cartier Ballon Bleu.

33 mm diameter, 257 parts, the genuine movement should be ETA2892.And I use ST18 fine adjustment.

The real price is 42, and my fake price is 400.

I took the watch and started looking for a pawn shop, knowing that I was looking for a new one.

I saw a relatively new shop and walked in: "Boss, I want to sell watches."

The boss is a young man, and I saw the kind of resentment chosen by more than a dozen stores.

The boss took the blue balloon and asked, "Do you have the invoice?" "No!" I replied.

"Oh, that's cheap! Why are you so nervous? It's not stolen, right?" the boss said.

I nodded subconsciously, and then shook my head. I was really scared, and I was afraid that it would be seen as a lie.

The boss thought for a moment: "The price won't be very high. Do you want to sell it?"

I nodded: "You can tell me how much it's for sale."

The boss took out the phone, and half an hour later called another dumbfounded young man.

The two people thought about it, and then said: "We won't lie to you about this watch, really. But the watch cover was replaced later. Then it was seriously worn. In addition, there is no invoice, and it is stolen goods again."

"It's not stolen goods!" I said excitedly.

"Okay, okay, you didn't steal it. You picked it up. Just consider it your luck. We are willing to accept two thousand." The boss said.

I know that the workmanship of such a fake watch is almost 2, and these two are betting that I will pay [-].Then he resells it and makes more than [-] yuan if it is real. If it is fake, the price of [-] yuan is very reasonable and there will be no problem.It is a matter of making sure profit without losing money.

I understood after hearing the quotation, but immediately shook my head: "The money I won from betting was worth [-] at the time. Which boss said it was worth [-]! How could it be only [-]!"

The two young men were stunned after hearing what I said and looked at each other.

"How much do you want?" the little boss asked.

"Twenty thousand, at least twenty thousand!" I said.

"Impossible, we don't charge [-] yuan here! There is no such price!" The little boss shook his head.

Another young man invited whispered in his ear, and then said with a smile: "It's not good to make friends. After listening to what you said, we recognize you, and we each take a step back. Twenty thousand is impossible, It’s difficult for us to maintain our capital even with ten thousand, so how about eight thousand? Eight thousand eight hundred and eighty eight, you believe this, right? It’s an auspicious number, how about giving us a profit of more than 880?”

"I want cash, now!" I yelled.

The boss went to withdraw the money, signed and pledged it, and left me a counter-note.

I took the money and put it in my pocket and left, never to come back again!

The vice ticket was immediately thrown into the trash can. I made a lot of money out of it.

And I also found a way to make a fortune, and I also had a starting capital of [-].

(End of this chapter)