The 1980s was a very dynamic era, and the protagonists of many legendary stories were born in this era.
During the weekend school holidays, Jiang Yulou went home to reunite with his family and enjoy the rare warm time.
Life at home is obviously getting better, but the eldest brother looks gloomy and looks a little decadent.
In the garden, the two brothers were sitting in the pavilion. Jiang Yulou asked with concern: "Brother, are you worried about anything?"
"Alas." Jiang Yuanchao sighed, but didn't say anything.
Jiang Yulou frowned and said, "Brother, we are brothers. Is there anything else that I can't know?"
"Brother, am I incompetent?" Jiang Yuanchao said after hesitating.
Jiang Yulou said excitedly: "Brother, what nonsense are you talking about? In my heart, you have always been an upright man!"
What he said was true. If his eldest brother Jiang Yuanchao hadn't sacrificed himself, he would never have had the chance to go to college. He would have been forced to drop out of school after junior high school.
Jiang Yulou stared into his eyes and asked seriously: "Is someone gossiping?"
"I don't blame others. What do you mean by saying that I am an old man who stays at home all day long and doesn't do any work?" Jiang Yuanchao hesitated for a moment before speaking.
Jiang Yulou was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what his elder brother was thinking.
He slapped his forehead in annoyance because he had been too busy recently and had not cared about his family.
Speaking of which, the eldest brother moved to Yanjing from Shanghe Village for some time. At first, he was not familiar with Yanjing, so it made sense not to let him find a job. But now, a few months have passed, and the eldest brother is still like an unemployed vagrant. He must not be able to get over this hurdle.
After thinking about it, Jiang Yulou asked: "Brother, what kind of job do you want to do?"
"I... I know how to do farm work." Jiang Yuanchao's honest face couldn't help but blush, and then he stretched out his arms eagerly and said: "But I am strong and can do physical work."
Looking at the honest elder brother in front of him, Jiang Yulou felt very sad.
He patted his eldest brother's arms and said seriously: "Brother, I brought you and your parents here to enjoy themselves, not to be used as cattle and horses for others."
"Ah, brother, I..." Jiang Yuanchao opened his mouth wide and his eyes were red.
"Brother is incompetent and can't help you."
Jiang Yulou felt warm in his heart. He knew that this was the reason why his elder brother had been depressed recently.
"Brother, do you want to do business?"
"Doing business? I...I don't know how."
"I can't learn. Come on, let's go do business now."
"Going right now?"
Jiang Yulou didn't want to rest now, let alone write. Instead, he and his eldest brother shared a bicycle and rode out of Jinyu Alley.
…
"jingle!"
Jiang Yulou rang the bell and said, "Brother, this is it."
Two bicycles, one behind the other, stopped at the door of the post office. The two brothers locked their bicycles and when they walked into the lobby, they found a queue inside.
Jiang Yuanchao looked at the people lining up and asked in a low voice: "Brother, what are we doing at the post and telecommunications office?"
"Buy stamps." Jiang Yulou said mysteriously.
The post office in later generations was sparse and almost closed down. Now it is a real and powerful department. Mailing letters, parcels, telegrams, money orders, etc. all have to be processed here.
The two waited in line for a quarter of an hour before it was their turn.
Jiang Yulou said to the teller behind the counter: "Hello, I'm buying stamps."
"How many do you want?"
The teller grabbed a Sifanglian and was about to tear it apart.
"Do you still have the monkey ticket? I want a copy."
"One edition? Are you sure you want one?"
"Yes, and if the country's mountains and rivers are all red, let's get one too."
"Comrade, are you collecting it?" the teller thought after thinking.
"Well, I quite like stamps."
"..."
The teller had a strange expression, but didn't say anything.
The concept of stamp collecting has just emerged, and there are not many enthusiasts. Moreover, people are ashamed to associate stamps with money—or, in other words, people are ashamed to talk about money.
I saw her looking through the cabinet for a long time before she found a few books.
The first is the zodiac monkey ticket, 80 pieces per edition, 8 points each.
"The monkey ticket is six yuan and forty cents, and the rest is gone."
Jiang Yulou’s main purpose is to collect high-quality products, and secondly, of course, to make money!
"Are there any monkey tickets left?"
Just one edition won’t make enough money.
"No, there's only one edition left." The teller rolled his eyes.
"Then the mountains and rivers all over the country are red, why are they gone?"
"Tsk!"
The teller became impatient and said: "The whole country is in red. Everything on the market has been collected and destroyed. I only think of collecting it now. Why did I go there so early?"
"I don't have any money..."
He smiled, took the brochure and left the post office.
The reason why he bought these was to collect them and increase their value.
For example, the country's mountains and rivers are all red, and it is known as the King of Stamps. When it was first issued, people thought it was nothing special, because hundreds of different themes are issued every year. Even with the same theme, there are many different versions, and they did not care about the specialness of this stamp.
Later, when everyone gradually discovered that this was a wrong ticket, it was too late to collect it on a large scale, because the country had already recycled and destroyed it on a large scale, and today there are less than a hundred pieces in existence.
In later generations, due to the very small printing and circulation of this stamp, coupled with the recycling and destruction, there are very few copies in existence, and there are not even one in many places. According to the estimates of some senior stamp collectors, there are currently less than ten in new and complete condition. According to auction records at public auctions, the highest price was as high as 12 million yuan.
As for the monkey stamp, it is even more famous in the stamp collecting community.
The hobby of collecting stamps has emerged in China since the 1950s. When the Monkey Ticket was issued, it did not attract the attention of many domestic stamp enthusiasts.
It wasn't until news came out that the Postal and Telecommunications Department planned to issue a set of twelve zodiac stamps that monkey stamps became popular in the philatelic market.
Later, it was once speculated that a single piece exceeded 10,000 yuan, and the entire edition was priced at an astonishing price of 1.2 million yuan. The collectors called it the "Golden Monkey".
Furthermore, the author of Monkey Ticket is Huang Yongyu;
The number of issuances is also extremely rare due to various reasons.
It is said that when it was first issued, it was originally planned to issue eight million. Later, considering the small philatelic base, it was reduced to five million. However, during the printing process, it was damaged due to technical reasons, and only more than four million came out. It has been passed down to future generations. less.
If that were the case, the monkey ticket price would not be so high.
It is said that the price of monkey tickets is driven by some people behind the scenes for profit, which causes the price of monkey tickets to skyrocket.
After leaving the post and telecommunications office, Jiang Yuanchao asked doubtfully: "Brother, why did you buy so many stamps?"
"Collecting is one thing, and the other thing is to make money." Jiang Yulou said.
“Can stamps also make money?”
