After removing years of wear and some impurities, Old Lady Luo's gold necklace weighed about 22.8 grams.
Based on the normal market purchase price of 380 yuan per gram, it should have sold for over 8600 yuan.
However, to make more money, the unscrupulous boss Liu took advantage of them with a rigged scale and further reduced the weight of the necklace by about 10 grams by melting it down under the guise of testing and cleaning it.
Now he's only offering a price for 12 grams at a purchase price of 320 yuan per gram, totaling a mere 3800 yuan—4800 yuan less than expected, an offer no one would be willing to accept.
But Boss Liu didn't have the slightest concern for Old Lady Luo and the others.
It was obvious that these people were desperately in need of money to be selling jewelry and had no influence, so he had no fear of offending them.
As for calling the police, he was even less worried; accusing someone of stealing gold required evidence.
