Good morning, sir. Could I be of any service to you?
Have you got any Chinese paintings?
Yes, we have landscape paintings, figure paintings and flower-and-bird paintings.
I'd like a flower-and-bird painting.
Good. How about this picture of cranes with pine trees? It was painted by a famous Chinese painter in King Dynasty.
Oh, they look just like live cranes. I like this picture very much. How much is it?
One thousand dollars.
It's a lot of money. But the picture is excellent, I'll take it.