At three o 'clock in the afternoon, in a watch shop near the Shing Wong Temple in Shanghai.
The watch shop was called Hendry, and it was said to be a century-old shop.
The shop was full of antique charm, as if it had traveled back in time and space to that era.
There was a wind chime at the door, and when the door opened, the wind chime made a nice crisp sound.
Zhao Yu and Cui Lizhu walked into the watch shop one after another. The shop was full of clocks and watches, 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 had a hunch that he had come to the wrong place.
At that moment, the young man was playing with his phone. When he heard a customer coming in, he asked without looking up, "Are you here to repair or buy a watch?
"If you're here to repair a watch, just put it on the counter!" He knocked on the counter gently. "If you're here to buy a watch, please look at it yourself!"
"Hehe," Cui Lizhu stuck out her tongue. "You're a hands-off shopkeeper!"
"You're right, hehe …" The young man glanced at Cui Lizhu. "My dad is repairing a watch, so I'm just here to look after the shop!"
"Well …" Cui Lizhu pouted and shook her head at Zhao Yu. Obviously, she had come at the wrong time.
However, Zhao Yu was not affected by this. He took out the diamond-encrusted watch that he had taken off from his arm and put it in front of the young man's face.
Originally, the young man was engrossed in his game, but after taking a look at the watch, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Wow!" he exclaimed in surprise. "1918 Saint Norway. That's it! Are you rich? "
"Oh?" Cui Lizhu suddenly became excited. "Do you know this watch?"
"Of course, we're from an aristocratic family!" The young man finally put down his phone and looked at the watch carefully. "Where did you get this? This kind of watch is very rare! "
"Is it valuable?" Cui Lizhu asked the price as soon as she opened her mouth.
"It's diamond-encrusted." The young man took a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully. "If it's real, our small shop can't afford it!
"Wow!" The young man exclaimed. "It's really 1918! This is not a copy, it's the genuine Saint Norsk! "
"Are you sure?" Cui Lizhu asked. "You sound so sure. Have you seen it before?"
"Yes, yes." The young man nodded and said, "A few years ago, there was a watch exhibition in Shanghai. I saw it at the exhibition!"
"Young man," Zhao Yu said, "tell us about this watch!"
"Hmm … You … You …" The young man asked curiously, "What do you mean by this? Do you want me to appraise it, or … Do you want us to find a buyer?"
"Let's appraise it first!" In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhao Yu took out his ID and showed his identity. "This watch is related to an unsolved case! I hope you can help us … "
"Ah?" The young man rarely dealt with police officers, so he panicked and said, "I … I'll call my dad now!
"En … Wait … Wait a minute …" Unexpectedly, after he picked up the phone, he suddenly thought of something and quickly turned around and ran upstairs. "I … I'd better call my grandfather!"
A few minutes later, the young man helped an old man with a white beard down the stairs. The old man looked to be almost 90 years old. He held a dragon-headed cane in his hand. His body was stooped, but he was hale and hearty.
"Oh, it's 1918 …"
The old man greeted Zhao Yu and the young man with a smile, then sat in front of the counter and looked at the watch carefully with a magnifying glass.
"Mm …" After observing it for a long time, he nodded and said, "This watch is good. It's real. When my father opened a martial arts school in Hongkou, a Japanese officer gave him a watch, but my father had a backbone and didn't accept it!"
"Grandpa, ahem …" The young man coughed and said awkwardly, "You're wrong. My great-grandfather runs a watch shop, and the one who runs the martial arts school is Chen Zhen!"
"Oh, oh …" The old man smiled. "I know, I was just joking, just joking! Haha …
"Two distinguished guests," he said, pointing to the watch on the counter. "This watch must have a long history! The person who owns it must be very rich or respectable! "
"Not distinguished guests," the young man quickly corrected him. "It's a police officer!"
"Then …" Zhao Yu asked, "Do you know where you could buy this kind of watch more than 30 years ago? Were there many people who bought this kind of watch? "
"Well …" The old man stroked his beard and thought for a moment, then said, "It's not easy to answer this question. Although this watch is expensive, it's not so expensive that no one can afford to wear it!
But, because of the production and production, this kind of watch is very rare, especially in our country! So, if you're asking about 30 years ago, it's definitely impossible to buy it from a store! "
"Boss, that's not a good question!" Cui Lizhu stuck out her tongue. "Why must it be bought? Can't it be an ancestral watch?
"Because it's an ancestral watch, so it was put in the safe?"
"Yes, my granddaughter is right!" The old man said to Zhao Yu kindly. "You have to tell me what you want to know. Dear guest, oh no, police officer? "
"Mm, okay …" As the case was not top-secret, Zhao Yu immediately told them about the safe, the arm, and the watch.
"Wow!" The young man was excited when he heard this. "There's such a strange case? There's a 1918 watch on the arm? If this was on the news, it would definitely cause a sensation, right? "
"Why …" Cui Lizhu was curious. "Do you prefer to call it 1918?"
"Because," the young man said, "this watch was made in 1918, and there were about 5,000 pieces produced at that time! So, it's called 1918!
"Look …" He pointed at the watch and said, "The number 1918 is engraved on the inner ring of the watch. This is only available from that year. The later ones are not as valuable as the first batch!"
"The Bund has always been a mixed bag, and there are rentals everywhere," the old man said. "So, it's only natural that this kind of watch came to Shanghai!
"Police officer," the old man said 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 impossible!"
"Yes, it's been more than 30 years!" The young man said. "Even if this kind of watch is rare, Shanghai is so big, so there's no way to know its origin!
He picked up his phone and suggested, "Why don't we let the media expose it? Look for clues from the public? Wouldn't that give us a better chance? "
The young man's words were exactly what Zhao Yu was thinking. This case was different from previous cases, as the police could collect clues from the public.
It was just that, if it had been someone else, it would have been fine to collect clues from the public. But, for Zhao Yu, it seemed a little embarrassing.
This case was not very urgent, so Zhao Yu didn't want to alarm the media too early.
In addition, through the conversation with the old man and his granddaughter, it seemed that there was nothing to gain, but Zhao Yu felt that something had caught his attention!
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