Since the first time he followed Old Man Xuan to Tie's house to collect things, Yang Dongxu had never been to the small yard of Tie's house again, and Old Man Xuan had never been there either. Tie Fugui, who obviously smelled something, hid the treasure and prepared to sell it at a price.
Even Yang Dongxu would occasionally hear Old Man Xuan say that the old fox from the Tie family had taken action, and sometimes took away some items before him, so Yang Dongxu was quite surprised when Tie Aijun suddenly came to ask for Old Man Xuan, but at that time Old Man Xuan No more, so things were postponed until later in the year.
"Did he say something?" Old Man Xuan also had a look of surprise on his face, obviously he did not expect that the fox from the Tie family would come looking for him.
"I didn't say anything, but he seemed quite anxious. He turned around and left when I said you weren't here." Yang Dongxu shook his head.
"Forget it if he didn't say anything. If he is really anxious, he will come back again." Old Man Xuan said.
Yang Dongxu nodded, and he already had a rough impression of what kind of person Tie Fugui was through Old Man Xuan's words. Therefore, a person like Tie Fugui, who was unprofitable and couldn't afford to get up early, suddenly came to look for someone. Obviously, he was anxious about something.
For such a person, even if you come to offer benefits, he may not know how to be grateful. In the future, he should grab things or grab things. So since the other party comes to ask for help, then try to see if you can get some good things. But this matter is for Old Man Xuan to worry about and he doesn't have to worry about it.
As expected, Tie Fugui came to the door again within a few days. Except for a few insiders such as Old Man Xuan, few people knew about the affairs of the Dasiheyuan. Even the people in the Hurricane Construction Company, except Wang Qiangguo, only thought that the Daquan Courtyard was a secret. Siheyuan was a big job that his boss had the ability to find, so it was naturally Wangfujing where Tie Fugui came to visit.
Yang Dongxu didn't know what they were talking about specifically, because when Tie Fugui came to visit, Yang Dongxu was taking Wu Xue and Big Fat around Panjiayuan.
After last year's severe crackdown, and the voices above seem to have gradually become clearer, Panjiayuan at the beginning of the year was very lively. Although I don't know how much style it will have in later generations, because Yang Dongxu had never been to Yanjing before his rebirth, but he played very well happy.
Each of the candy figures held one in their hands, but Yang Dongxu knew that he was not eating them. He was more interested in candied haws of sugar or stinky tofu than the candy figures that he blew out with his mouth.
After a crazy day, I spent a little money to buy some Xibei goods. When I came back, I was scolded by old man Xuan and Yang Dongxu didn't care. He naturally knew that the jades and antiques on the street stalls were basically fake, but at that time, if he had fun and bought a few things, he would always feel that they were defective.
Of course, the fakes at this time were different from those in later generations who used glass and plastic to fool people. Jade was still jade, but it was just inferior jade regardless of appearance.
"He wants to sell big yellow croaker and small yellow croaker?" Yang Dongxu was stunned for a moment when Old Man Xuan called him into the room and heard what he said. Then he realized that the big yellow croaker and small yellow croaker that Old Man Xuan mentioned were not fish sold in the market, but gold bars. "He sells gold bars." What’s this for?”
"I don't have any money at all." Old Man Xuan sneered.
Although he knew a little bit about Tie Fugui, he really didn't expect that this competitor would be so shameless as to come to him to raise funds.
But if you think about it carefully, Tie Fugui has no other better choice. After all, although society is gradually becoming clearer, it is not completely clear yet, right?
The only reason why Tie Fugui was able to keep the small courtyard house and prevent him and his son from being sent to the countryside was directly related to his initiative to hand over his property. Since the property has been handed over, naturally you can no longer take the gold bars to the bank to exchange for money. Old Man Xuan's side has become the last and best option.
"How does he plan to sell it?" Yang Dongxu understood after hearing that he had no money.
Now Old Man Xuan is not the only one who collects old things in Forty-Nine City, but it is all a small matter. It is not that the people who collect old items have any concerns in their hearts. If they are worried, they will not take action, so they can only make a small fuss. Naturally, he was short of money.
Even if there is no shortage of money, like Tie Fugui, who hides his family property, these things usually cannot be seen in the light, at least now they cannot be taken out in a big way, so they can only pick up three melons and two dates to collect the things.
"One big yellow croaker costs two hundred, and one small yellow croaker costs 40 taels." Old Man Xuan said, but fearing that Yang Dongxu had no idea about large and small yellow croakers, he explained: "One large yellow croaker costs 5 taels, and one small yellow croaker costs 1 tael."
"Shiliang?" Yang Dongxu frowned. He was still very familiar with this old-fashioned unit of measurement.
"They are all from the Republic of China. According to the current calculation, the large yellow croaker is more than 6 taels, and the small yellow croaker is less than 1 tael, which is about more than 6 yuan." Old Man Xuan explained again.
In fact, according to the calculation that one city tael is equal to 2 taels, 6 city taels should be 12 taels, which is just over a pound. However, there is a certain gap between the measurement units during the Republic of China and now.
According to the old system, 1 catty is equal to 16 taels, and the idiom "half a catty and eight taels" is based on this unit of measurement. Therefore, 1 tael = 500/16 = 31.5 grams, so the weight of large yellow croaker is 312.5 grams and that of small yellow croaker is 31.5 grams.
"What quality is it?"
"991.0, with Sun Yat-sen's portrait and the words "Made by the Central Mint" printed on it is very standard." Old Man Xuan replied.
After hearing Old Man Xuan's answer, Yang Dongxu knew that his question was in vain, because he didn't know anything about gold. He only knew about 24K gold. As for why it was called 24K gold, he couldn't figure it out, so naturally he couldn't make a fuss about what 991.0 meant. clear.
Old Man Xuan didn’t know what 24K gold was, so he couldn’t explain it to him. However, according to the smelting technology during the Republic of China, it is definitely not as good as that of later generations. The fineness of 991.0 is obviously not as good as 24K gold.
However, this does not prevent Yang Dongxu from eating large yellow croaker or small yellow croaker, as long as he makes sure it is gold and not lead. In his impression, the price of one gram of gold in later generations was more than 200 yuan.
Even if the large yellow croaker weighs 6 taels, it is still 300 grams. Even if the purity is not good, it can be cut in half at most and only 150 grams can be left. After all, this is a gold brick from the mint. No matter how good the calculation technology is, it will still be 300 grams. There cannot be more than half impurities.
So now it costs 200 yuan to buy a large yellow croaker. If the gold price reaches 200 yuan/gram in more than ten years, the price of a large yellow croaker will be 30,000 yuan. After deducting the cost, there will be a profit of 28,000 yuan. Isn't it possible to make profits more than a hundred times?
"I feel like it's useless to buy it. It's okay during wartime, but it's not easy to sell in peacetime. Even if the bank exchanges a large amount, people will check it, right?" Although the profit was good, Yang Dongxu shook his head and didn't plan to buy it. Come down.
Tie Fugui came to see Old Man Xuan. He must have a lot of large and small yellow croakers, otherwise he would be too embarrassed to come. And if the quantity is large, it will definitely be troublesome to handle later.
What's more important is that although the prices of old objects have started to skyrocket at this time, you can get a good object for 200 yuan. How can such an object be sold for more than 100,000, or even hundreds of thousands, in future generations? Selling large yellow croaker or small yellow croaker is more profitable.
So from this point of view, Tie Fugui and Yang Dongxu have the same vision. He is more optimistic about the future market of antiques and not so optimistic about gold.
However, it can’t be said that Old Man Xuan wants to collect the big yellow croaker and the small yellow croaker. It’s just that his thinking direction is different. If there is another chaos, holding two large yellow croakers in your arms will definitely feel more secure than holding Yuan blue and white porcelain, right?
"Forget it." Old Man Xuan didn't have much thought about Yang Dongxu's refusal to take the gold.
He wants to save some gold because there are already a lot of antiques in the basement. If he saves more gold, he can deal with it better if something happens in the future. But since Yang Dongxu doesn't think so, he doesn't have any objection.
"Gold is of no use, but if he has any good old items in his hand, it doesn't matter if he pays a high price as long as the items are good." Yang Dongxu said.
Although Tie Fugui took the money to compete with himself to collect old items, Yang Dongxu had sufficient funds in hand, so he was not afraid of competition. Even if the price of antiques on the market is increased 100 times, he will still buy it without hesitation as long as it is good enough.
Tie Fugui might not be so courageous, so although this kind of competition will cause some trouble for Old Man Xuan's acquisition, it is just a minor episode and is harmless. So as long as Tie Fugui comes to the door with good antiques, he dares to pay for them. As long as the price is reasonable, he will pay for them, right?
But Yang Dongxu is very good at calculating, and Tie Fugui is not stupid either. So the next day Tie Fugui came to visit and Yang Dongxu was also there. After hearing that Old Man Xuan refused to take the gold, he took out a stone the size of an egg from his arms.
The emerald green of the stone makes people happy at first sight, but this is not a high-quality jadeite object, but a raw jadeite. In other words, it is already jadeite material, but it has not been carved into an object.
"This thing is not bad." The old man Xuan Xuan took the egg-sized jadeite from Tie Fugui and played it in his hand a few times like playing with walnuts. "Isn't it an old thing that still has edges and corners? It didn't take long after it was solved, right?"
"Master Xuan, is there really no one else with this kind of vision?" Tie Fugui gave Old Man Xuan a thumbs up with an admiring look on his face. He didn't know if he was truly admiring or was just complimenting him.
However, Yang Dongxu's eyes lit up when he heard that this egg-sized jadeite had just been extracted from the original stone. He doesn't know much about gold, he only knows a rough price.
Likewise, he didn't know much about jade. Before his rebirth, other than imagining that he could buy a broken stone and extract jade from it and become rich overnight, he had only heard about imperial green, glass type, and what the specific grade of jade was. He really doesn't know what kind of products are divided into A and B.
However, he was not clear about these, but he understood that the jade that Old Man Xuan said was good, even if it was not the imperial green that was sold at a sky-high price in later generations, it was definitely a good thing worth a lot of money.
"Are you going to sell this, or are you going to clean up the things at the bottom?" Old Man Xuan weighed the jade in his hand and asked.
"Then it depends on which one Mr. Xuan thinks is more attractive. If you want to solve it, I will get busy. If you are interested in the rough stone, I do have some inventory." Tie Fugui smiled implicitly.
"what price?"
"This thing in your hand is top quality. In the past, at least..."
"This is now, not before." Old Man Xuan interrupted before Tie Fugui finished speaking.
"500, if someone takes a fancy to this thing, it's absolutely fine." Tie Fugui said through gritted teeth.
There was a look of pain on his face. If he hadn't spotted a good thing some time ago, but the other party was determined not to have the big yellow croaker and wanted money instead of bartering, he wouldn't have taken it out. Although this piece of jade is not big in size, its quality is really good. In the past, a hundred taels of gold would have been too little, so it’s no wonder he didn’t feel pain.
"Where are those stones?" Old Man Xuan did not respond to Tie Fugui's price, but asked about the price of the rough stones.
"The ones without windows cost 10 yuan per pound, and the ones with windows vary in price depending on the quality." They are all experts, so Tie Fugui doesn't fool around.
Is 10 yuan a pound of rough stone expensive? It's not high at all, although the price seems to be about the same as the ordinary materials that came out of some jade mines in later generations. But these rough stones were all carefully selected by Tie Fugui's ancestors, so they were naturally not comparable to ordinary rough stones.
"I bet I don't have the energy to look at them one by one. It would be too troublesome for you to figure them out. Just open a window. People who know the price will tell you the price. But this little thing is 300. If you can, just keep it. If not, you can take it with you. go back."
"Since Master Xuan has said so, let's leave it to Master Xuan to play with, but it will take some time to open the windows of those things." Although it hurt to see old man Xuan bargaining, Tie Fugui still nodded and agreed.
Although he, like Yang Dongxu, prefers gold to antiques, he is different from Yang Dongxu. Yang Dongxu is optimistic about both jade and antiques, while Tie Fugui is still more optimistic about antiques between jade and antiques.
This does not mean that he is wrong, it only means that in his mind antiques have more investment value than jadeite. After all, he is not Yang Dongxu, and he does not know that the price of top-quality jadeite will be so high in future generations.
"I won't be going out for a while. You can come to me or him when you are ready." Old man Xuan raised his chin to Yang Dongxu.
Yang Dongxu smiled and nodded to Tie Fugui, then got up from the chair and ran to the back room. When he came out, he had three wads of banknotes in his hand. A wad of ten was exactly 300 yuan.
"Master Xuan, please rest and wait until I'm ready before you come to bother me." Tie Fugui glanced at Yang Dongxu and handed over the money without counting it, then stuffed it into his arms, hugged old man Xuan's fists and stood up to leave.
"I knew I would have drawn a few cards from it." Looking at Tie Fugui's back as he walked out of the door, Yang Dongxu muttered with some pity.
"That's all you have to offer!" Old Man Xuan glanced at Yang Dongxu, then threw the jade in his hand: "You should be optimistic about this thing."
Although Yang Dongxu had been sitting next to him without saying anything just now, the reason why old man Xuan agreed to buy the jadeite and the rough stone in Tie Fugui's hand after rejecting the gold was naturally related to the fact that Yang Dongxu signaled him to eat it.
Of course, old man Xuan is more optimistic about jade than gold. Not to mention whether the price of this item will be sky-high in the future, it is very cost-effective to get it just to restore it to the previous level.
Yang Dongxu actually just muttered, even though Tie Fugui didn't count the money just now, his eyes were so sharp that if one or two pieces were missing, even though the thickness was almost the same, he would definitely be able to tell.
"Compared to gold, this thing will be more cost-effective in the future. He actually has raw jade in his hand. Is this thing more valuable in Yanjing?" Yang Dongxu couldn't help but ask.
