Xiao Letian came out in disguise, wearing a melon cap to hide his hair, and a fake braid stuck to the back. His clothes were no different from those of wealthy businessmen in the capital.
In addition, Xiao Letian's Beijing movie was quite accurate, so it should not be exposed, but I didn't expect that there was actually a pair of ghost eyes on the left side of the ghost eye, so I immediately guessed it.
Xiao Letian neither admitted nor denied, but just smiled and said, "You can't lose money in business regardless of your status. As far as I know, Mr. Xiao strictly prohibits his people from disturbing the people, especially forced buying and selling!"
"I know, I know! Now when people in the capital mention that Mr. Xiao is not a picky guy, he flattens the price of rice, cracks down on ruffians all over the city, and then cleans up these three things, and the people are all convinced!"
"I'm giving you a small gadget as a gift. It's not because I want to curry favor with you. To put it bluntly, this is the secret of our antique shop!"
"Oh, I'd love to hear the details!"
"After all, the group of people led by Mr. Xiao is called a fierce dragon in the business district of the capital! And in our jargon, it is called the birthplace!"
"Birthplace? What does this mean?" Xiao Letian asked in confusion.
The man on the left twirled his beard and shook his head and said, "Sheng Di, or Sheng Xing! This meaning is quite clear. It refers to the group of people led by Mr. Xiao. They have money, guns, and power... This is a big group of people." Power!"
"As for this big group of forces, no one from all walks of life in the capital can speak to each other, and no one has established any relationships. Do you think this group of forces is born in the land?"
"Although Shopkeeper Fan has business in the capital, he is from Shanxi after all, and his roots in the capital are not deep, so it is difficult for us people to establish a relationship with Master Xiao through Shopkeeper Fan..."
"Relationships are so important. If you want to do business in the capital, you have to rely on relationships one after another. Whether you are an antique shop, a medicine shop, a restaurant, a clothing store, a grain, oil and coal business... all these businesses require relationships. Stay in business!”
"Civil officials have their own circles, military generals and military generals' factions. How do the men of the Eight Banners build relationships? How do the foreign officials of the Han Dynasty stick together for warmth? We have to study all of these..."
"Only when you have connections can you have business! I won't mention other businesses, let's just talk about my antique business. If I didn't rely on connections and just rely on this shop to wait for customers, I would have starved to death!"
"Many businesses are developed little by little through people entrusting others and introducing people... Luo Yushi introduced Li Shilang to a business of two thousand taels. When the time comes, I will naturally give Luo Yushi two hundred taels. my thoughts..."
"In the future, Li Shilang may introduce me to the business of the two ministers. Won't the relationship be established as you watch it?"
"And with this relationship, we have a protective umbrella. If someone really wants to bully us, we can use this network to move around and talk!"
"Otherwise, the Eight Banner Masters and those gangsters would have chewed all our bones to pieces!"
Zuo Dachao gave Xiao Letian a cup of fragrant tea and said with a smile, "Sir, your purchase is five thousand taels, and the one you bought is a bronze statue from the Zhou Dynasty. This is a good thing from the last three generations!"
"Let me tell you clearly, generally speaking, this kind of good stuff will not be bought by strangers like you. Most of them are sold by word of mouth among people in the network. The place where the transaction is completed is Either it’s a guest room of a noble family in the palace, or it’s the study room of a civil servant!”
"I have never seen a treasure before entering the Qin and Han Dynasties being taken action at the big counter of a store! From this look, isn't your identity clear?"
"Right now, in the capital, there are only Master Xiao's subordinates. They have this strength but it doesn't matter. Do you think my guess is correct?"
"Hahaha... interesting, really interesting!" Xiao Letian laughed loudly and took off his cap, and his fake pigtails fell directly to the ground.
"You're right, I just make a living with Xiao Letian... So, you gave me such an expensive thing because you wanted to establish some relationship with our power?"
"Want to turn raw land into mature land?"
"Oh, my Lord! Don't think like that. I'm not that greedy. I'll just give you these two to three hundred taels of gadgets. Originally, your big deal of five thousand taels, I'll give you some extra." The head is nothing!"
"Don't worry too much. As long as you come here more often and praise my business more, I'll be grateful to you!"
Xiao Letian put away his smile and asked in confusion, "From the beginning, you said that the plate was worthless and worthless, but you also said that this is a good thing that came out of the Qianlong court!"
"That's right, the plate is really an imperial item passed down from the palace. It is definitely from the official kiln!"
"Then why do you still say this thing is worthless?" Xiao Letian still didn't understand.
Zuo Chaofeng was also a little confused: "Master, although this plate is a royal gift, it really only costs more than two hundred taels!"
"Think about it, how old is this thing from the Qianlong Dynasty? There are still a lot of these products on the market, and the price is unsaleable!"
"Since it's not easy to sell, I might as well give it to a distinguished customer like you as a supplement and make everyone happy!"
Oops... Xiao Letian slapped his forehead and realized that he had just fallen into a dark dead end under the lamp.
Now Tongzhi Dynasty is here! It was only a few decades since the Qianlong Dynasty! Qianlong pastel before the 21st century is now a common commodity. Although it is a good thing, it is definitely not rare!
Cultural relics still have to go through the baptism of time before they become valuable! How could I have forgotten this?
It was this unexpected reminder that suddenly gave Xiao Letian a bold idea!
At the end of the 19th century, the so-called cultural relics market in the world had not yet flourished. People, including those in Europe, were living in poverty and could not afford to eat. The next hundred years would basically be a time when workers and farmers would fight for their lives against the capitalists for bread and milk.
In this context, food, textiles, and daily necessities are what the public cares about, while big capitalists are concerned with how to expand the market and how to compete internationally.
They want to build steel plants, chemical plants, oil refineries, military factories... This is their focus!
In this era, people who play with cultural relics are definitely a very small group of people. The global market has not yet been formed, so this is a great opportunity for Xiao Letian to miss.
Taking advantage of this era, Xiao Letian made up his mind to become a global cultural relic thief!
When Xiao Letian left Liulichang, he did not reveal his true identity, but he sent a capital steward under Fan Lian to serve as his contact with Zuo Dachaofeng.
Xiao Letian gave the order to the manager that as long as it was real and good, he could get as much as he wanted. Xiao Letian paid for it with the money in the small vault to buy the goods.
Gradually, Zuo Dachaofeng became an important supplier of cultural relics to the museum, and the transaction volume between the two parties over the years has exceeded one million taels of silver.
Today, taking advantage of the good opportunity of the expedition to France, Xiao Letian, the big thief, took action again. His goal was to build another French trophy museum in Ryukyu.
He is not just searching for cultural relics one by one. Xiao Letian wants to snatch out a museum!
