Yan Kai's cough woke up the confused clerk. He turned around blankly and soon saw Yan Kai, who was listening to the echo.
Seeing Yan Kai's presence, the clerk smiled awkwardly, thinking that Yan Kai's cough was just to wake him up. He walked out of the counter and said with a business-like smile: "Guest, welcome!"
Although he was a gambling dog, he had to be said to be the first music store staff member who did not regard Yan Kai as a dangerous person sent by the rival music store to spread the virus.
While the clerk was talking, Yan Kai had already received the feedback. He glanced at several places and shot all the guitars with high-quality sound but price tags of more than one million yen, and finally looked at them. I landed on a guitar that looked to be quite old and priced at only thirty-five yen.
It's a bit old, but from a sound perspective, this isn't a problem at all.
Listening to the echo, this should be an all-veneer guitar, that is, the top, bottom, and side panels are all made of veneer (a whole piece of wood). An all-veneer guitar has a long lifespan if it is properly maintained. Basically, it is more than sixty years old. If a person bought an all-solid-board guitar when he was fifteen years old, he might be buried with the all-solid-board guitar as a funerary object. If not, he could pass it on to It’s totally fine for my grandson to pretend to pick up girls.
This all-veneer guitar looks to be about ten years old, so this depreciation will basically not affect its value.
Compared with low-priced and poor-quality plywood guitars, solid-board guitars are of better quality, and of course the price is much higher. The price of 350,000 yen is not only cheap for such an all-solid-board guitar, but It can simply be said to be too cheap.
If you can really buy an all-veneer guitar at this level of price, then it will be considered a profit.
After Jian Yan entered the store, he just scanned it a few times and fixed his gaze. It seemed that he had already selected the target. The clerk was a little surprised.
Generally speaking, people who come to buy guitars from him, especially those who look young like Yan Kai, will first pretend to be knowledgeable and look around at all the guitars on display in the store before using them. They asked him with a sophisticated look if he had any recommended guitars. In short, they were afraid of being ripped off and wanted the store clerk not to fool them. People like Yan Kai who identified a guitar in just a few clicks were rare, really rare.
"Please bring that guitar over and show it to me, thank you."
Yan Kai pointed to the guitar he had chosen.
The clerk glanced at the guitar that Yan Kai was pointing at, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes.
"Guest, I'm not talking too much, it's just that this guitar is different from ordinary guitars, so I advise you not to choose this one."
An all-veneer guitar with a price tag of only 350,000 yen was certainly eye-catching. Many customers thought they had missed something and bought this guitar from the store clerk, but most of them were persuaded to return it because of this. Guitars are not for everyone.
"Oh, can you tell me the reason?"
Yan Kai turned his attention to the clerk.
It's a bit novel to refuse business when it comes to you.
"Hey, this...guest, I said it's useless. You can try this guitar first."
The clerk took the guitar off the wall and put it into Yan Kai's hands.
Yan Kai didn't hesitate and fiddled with the strings a few times. He didn't know how to play the guitar, but he knew how to tell the quality of the instrument.
This time, instead of slightly disturbing the strings with sound waves, he directly played with his hands. Yan Kai felt the sound quality of the guitar more clearly. He didn't find any problems when he listened to it for the first time, but since the store clerk said that this guitar is different from ordinary guitars, Naturally, he wanted to try it a few more times, so he put the guitar in front of him and fiddled with it a few more times in a playing position, and he soon felt something was wrong.
Yan Kai smiled and asked the store clerk: "Is this guitar refurbished?"
When holding it to his chest in a playing position, Yan Kai quickly felt a sense of disharmony. The same was true when he plucked the strings, and the sound quality seemed to have changed.
The clerk didn't expect that Yan Kai could find the problem right away. He was also worried that Yan Kai just fiddled with it a few times and couldn't try it out. He planned to instruct Yan Kai on how to use it. Now that Yan Kai felt it himself, the clerk certainly wouldn't hide it and directly He nodded and said: "Yes, the original owner of this guitar has made relatively large changes to the guitar, which makes this guitar play an excellent sound in the hands of certain people, but for most people, this guitar Guitars are like wild horses that are difficult to tame, so this is obviously an all-veneer guitar, but it only sells for 350,000 yen, and it has not been sold for almost ten years."
The clerk thought of the female high school student who brought her guitar to him for sale many years ago. In fact, such a guitar is not suitable for business because it is suitable for too few people and is not suitable as a piece of equipment for people. Goods for sale to the general public.
As a specialized instrument for professionals, this guitar is excellent. The female high school student must have spent a lot of effort to transform this ordinary guitar among all-veneer guitars into one that can produce excellent sound. Guitar, but if it were sold to others, it would be a bit deceptive. If it weren't for the fact that the female high school student was in a hurry for money, the store clerk was afraid that the female high school student would make a mistake on her errand. In order to go there for some indescribable Inappropriate activities, he said that he would not accept the guitar.
The fate of this guitar later proved that the clerk's judgment at the time was correct. Although this guitar was bought several times, it was quickly returned. Although this could make a little difference, looking at this The store clerk actually felt very uncomfortable when a guitar that could be said to be an excellent one changed hands repeatedly, and the pearl was covered in dust. So when someone planned to buy this guitar later, the store clerk would try to persuade him first, otherwise he would use it a few times after buying it. Isn’t it a waste of emotion to send it back if it’s found to be unsuitable?
The reason why this music store can survive on the extremely busy Ming Datong Street is not because of its high-quality guitars and fair prices, but because it has a strong human touch and a lot of repeat customers. Customers even spontaneously introduce their acquaintances to this store and the stores next door. It's a shabby music store compared to other big music stores.
"Thanks for reminding me, but I still want this guitar. Please pay the bill."
Yan Kai stroked the guitar carefully and said.
This guitar is indeed not something that ordinary people can control, but Yan Kai is not an ordinary person. He is confident that he can conquer this stubborn guitar that recognizes its owner.
Seeing that Yan Kai had made up his mind, the clerk could only sigh and said: "Okay, then I'll get the piano case and put it in it. If you find it doesn't fit when you go back, I will still recycle it here, but the price will definitely not be thirty Just 50,000 yen, please understand this. Please also be careful not to damage this guitar. Although this guitar is difficult to get, it is really a good guitar. I have been waiting for it. The owner came to redeem it, but after waiting for so many years... ugh!"
The female high school student back then seemed to have said that her parents ran away after running away with a large amount of debt, and she also had a younger sister who was less than six years old to take care of. She must be living in a difficult situation now, and she really has no money left to redeem her debt. This guitar.
The store clerk again thought of the female high school student who walked into the store with this guitar reluctantly many years ago. The tears in the corners of her eyes were proof of her relationship with the guitar. If her life had changed for the better now, she would no matter what. I will come back and redeem this guitar no matter what!
After settling the payment, Yan Kai put the guitar case on his back, turned around, and originally planned to walk out of the store, but suddenly a leaflet caught his eye.
"Huh? Are you still responsible for teaching introductory guitar training here?"
Yan Kai carefully glanced at the flyer that was randomly posted on the glass door of the music store and asked. He was only thinking about choosing a guitar before, and he didn't even notice the existence of this flyer.
Well, this has a lot to do with the fact that this leaflet is surrounded by various other types of leaflets, even the Cowherd shop in Kabukicho. This kind of leaflet is not suitable to be posted here, right? It's obviously a Cowherd's shop, but it dares to be called "Gaoyuan Tian". Isn't this a little too crazy? Oh, the No. 1 guy in the store is called "The Crazy Dead Man in This City", that's really crazy.
But this is not the point. The point is that Yan Kai discovered that among the pile of leaflets, there were also the music store's own leaflets mixed in. According to the description on the leaflet, in addition to buying and selling second-hand guitars, this music store also provides services for It is an introductory tutorial for beginners. The teacher responsible for teaching is active JK. These words are also specially marked with a red explosion box.
Although he has some doubts about the guitar level of the current JK, for Yan Kai, just providing introductory courses is enough, and he is not picky.
"Uh...you don't know how to play the guitar?"
The clerk was stunned. He looked like a professional when he was buying a guitar, but after fussing for a long time, he couldn't even play the guitar?
The clerk began to regret selling the guitar to Yan Kai, but by now the money had been cleared and the invoice had been issued. If he wanted to go back on his word, he had to see if Yan Kai would cooperate.
"I learn quickly."
Seeing the regret in the clerk's eyes, Yan Kai rarely defended himself.
Originally, he didn't care at all what others thought of him, but although this clerk was a gambler, he seemed to have a good mind, so he explained it a little more.
No, no matter how fast you learn, can you still learn to play guitar in one day?
The clerk smiled bitterly, but thought that if Yan Kai immediately found that the guitar was not suitable for him after learning the guitar, he might give up the guitar immediately, so that he could quickly take the guitar back, so he nodded, He said to Yan Kai: "Guest, please wait a moment, I will find the person responsible for teaching guitar right away."
Their music store does provide introductory guitar courses, because a large part of their customers are beginners. They are impressed when they see other people playing guitars, and then they rush to buy guitars on impulse. He has encountered many such hot-headed customers. In view of this, he launched an introductory guitar tutorial.
All in all, the business is pretty good. The key point is to help those boys and girls who like guitar. This is what makes him happiest. As for finding an active JK as an instructor, it is entirely because he feels that people of the same age are easier to get along with and are more conducive to teaching. It is fundamentally different from those bad training courses that use the "active JK" sign as a selling point to attract students. The difference is that after recruiting active JK, I am not happy at all that the training business suddenly increased by 50%.
Thinking that he could introduce a young boy into the world of guitar, the clerk mustered up some energy. He shouted upstairs: "Sara, a customer is here!"
"It's so noisy. Didn't I tell you not to call me so loudly when I'm practicing!"
The clerk responded with a loud scolding, followed by the sound of small leather shoes stepping hard on the stairs.
The sound of "clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack" rang out from the stairs on the second floor. First, a pair of small round-toed leather shoes were revealed from the stairs on the second floor, followed closely by black calf socks, and then dazzlingly white, plump and strong slender thighs. A short skirt that seems to be more than ten centimeters from the knee, a slender waist... (Don't ask me what's in the ellipsis, I've been blocked before, I'm afraid) and a pretty face full of anger.
"Sara, I'm sorry, but you have to understand that the soundproofing on the second floor is good. I'm afraid you won't be able to hear me if I don't make it so loud." The clerk begged for mercy from the angry girl who came down from the second floor.
"Then you can call me with line!"
The girl was still very angry.
"But when you were practicing, you didn't pay attention to line's messages..."
The clerk said with a wry smile.
The clerk's words stopped the girl's arrogance. When she practiced, she was indeed insensitive to the noise around her, but even so, she would not admit that she was wrong!
The girl could no longer vent her anger on the clerk. She could only look at Yan Kai and said, "Manager, there is a new customer? Is it him?"
After hearing what the girl said, Yan Kai couldn't help but glance at the clerk, no, the store manager.
I thought he was just an ordinary clerk, but I didn't expect him to be the store manager of this music store. This was a bit unexpected for Yan Kai.
The store manager smiled sheepishly: "Yes, Sharo, I'm going to thank you as usual!"
After finishing speaking, he turned to Yan Kai and said: "Guest, this is my friend's sister, Sharo Iwami, who comes here to work part-time as an instructor. Please don't underestimate her just because she is a high school student. Her brother is a very powerful guitar player." She has learned from her brother since she was a child, and her guitar skills are equally impressive. You will not be disappointed!"
"Okay, thank you." Yan Kai was noncommittal. He didn't have many expectations, so naturally there was nothing to be disappointed about.
"You, come up with me!"
Iwami Sharo, who has not yet seen much ability, has a very bad temper. Even the store manager entertains customers in a friendly manner and always uses honorifics, but her tone is quite unpleasant when facing Yan Kai. polite.
It's not that she has any problem with Yan Kai, it's that she has always been like this, being fierce towards everyone.
The store manager opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he couldn't say anything. He could only bow slightly to Yan Kai, meaning to ask Yan Kai to forgive him.
Yan Kai didn't care about Ishimi Sara's temper at all, but smiled and nodded to the store manager, and then followed Ishimi Sara to the second floor of the piano store.
