In order to arrange a job for Cai Quanwu, Xu Huizhen found Liu Guangqi that night. Looking at Xu Huizhen's slightly bulging belly, Liu Guangqi felt mixed emotions at the time. After knowing what Xu Huizhen was worried about, Liu Guangqi directly told Xu Huizhen Chen Xueru's analysis. Xu Huizhen also breathed a sigh of relief after knowing that the people Chen Xueru targeted were different from her. Later, Liu Guangqi proposed that he could arrange a job for Cai Quanwu. After all, Liu Guangqi wanted someone to help him raise his son, but this proposal was rejected by Xu Huizhen.
Time flies, time flies, the peaceful and comfortable days pass day by day, and soon it is the day when Liu Guangqi starts school. With the start of school, Liu Guangqi's days as a teacher in literacy classes also came to an end, and Yan Bugui took over.
For more than half a month, the battle between Qin Huiru and Jia Zhang has escalated to a fierce level. They argue from morning to night almost every day. It can be said that the two of them are matched opponents and will meet talented people. One is relying on his old age to sell his old age, and the other is a newborn calf. , adding a lot of laughter to the courtyard.
On the day of registration for the first semester, Liu Guangqi was pulled aside by Wang Dongfang who was waiting here as soon as he entered the classroom. Although Qin Huiru and Wang Dongfang failed, Wang Dongfang was not angry. After all, he was still a student and mainly focused on his studies. There was no conflict between Liu Guangqi and him because of this incident.
"Why did you drag me here?"
Wang Dongfang looked around and took Liu Guangqi to a secluded corner of the school. Looking at Wang Dongfang's mysterious appearance, Liu Guangqi asked curiously.
"You forgot about that."
"What's going on?"
"This one"
As he said this, Wang Dongfang took out a Bronze Jue from his arms. When Liu Guangqi saw this Bronze Lord, he immediately remembered the time when he took Wang Dongfang to Liulichang.
"You really brought it here. Didn't anyone check it on the train?"
Liu Guangqi asked, looking at the Bronze Lord in Wang Dongfang's hand.
"I stuffed him into my crotch and brought him here. Please help me see how much this thing is worth."
"You are really good at it, and you don't mind being embarrassed."
Liu Guangqi smiled and took the bronze jue from Wang Dongfang. From the size, shape and patterns on the bronze jue, Liu Guangqi quickly judged that it should be something from the early Spring and Autumn Period, and it must have come from a mausoleum at the level of a prince, or even It is possible that Luoyang, the tomb of Emperor Zhou, is indeed the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, and anything you dig out is a good thing.
"Is it valuable?"
Seeing Liu Guangqi nodding his head, Wang Dongfang asked expectantly. If this thing is valuable, then their family will be able to survive.
"It's not bad. It's not big, and there's no inscription on it, but the year is on it. It's an old thing that's more than two thousand years old. It's probably worth a thousand yuan."
Liu Guangqi gave a fair price based on what he knew about the market.
"real!?"
Wang Dongfang couldn't help but tremble when he heard Liu Guangqi say that the Bronze Lord was worth a thousand yuan. He looked at Liu Guangqi with expectant eyes and asked stammeringly.
"Then can you help me sell this thing. Guangqi."
Seeing Wang Dongfang's excitement, Liu Guangqi deliberately kept silent, intending to tease him.
"Why, no? Don't worry, Guangqi, I won't let you work in vain. As long as you can sell it. I"
Seeing Liu Guangqi not speaking, Wang Dongfang thought Liu Guangqi was unwilling, and his heart suddenly sank. He gritted his teeth and decided to give Liu Guangqi some benefits. After all, he is not in this industry, and even if he wants to sell, he can't find a seller. If he really goes to Liulichang to sell things, he might be stabbed, or even misunderstood the things.
"What are you thinking? How could I ask for your money? I'm not short of money. If it weren't for your kick, I wouldn't have picked up such a big leak. I'm thinking of who I want to sell this thing to so that I can buy more. A dime of money is also love, and a dime is also love.”
Seeing Wang Dongfang's trembling lips, Liu Guangqi suddenly felt guilty and quickly explained.
"oh"
Hearing Liu Guangqi's words, Wang Dongfang was relieved and a smile appeared on his face.
"Let's go to Liulichang now."
Seeing Wang Dongfang's frightened look, Liu Guangqi decided to help him sell the things now. After all, the market is changing day by day. If you take action one day earlier, the price will be higher.
"Then you won't report it."
"I won't go. There are still two days anyway, so there's no rush. Let's sell the things first."
After that, Liu Guangqi took Wang Dongfang to Liulichang. After not coming here for two months, Liu Guangqi felt a sense of depression as soon as he entered the door. The streets that were originally bustling with people have now become deserted. Originally, there were vendors setting up stalls on both sides of the road as soon as he entered, but now this The situation was like sweeping with a broom, there was not a single person setting up a stall.
Seeing this scene, Liu Guangqi's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that Liulichang's public-private partnership had reached its final stage. I'm afraid this thing won't be easy to sell.
"Guangqi, where have all the people on the street gone? Could it be that they are on holiday?"
Wang Dongfang looked at the deserted street in front of him, and his eyes widened suddenly. If it weren't for the clearly written big characters on the gate, and the buildings on both sides of the street had not changed, Wang Dongfang would have thought that Liu Guangqi had brought him to the wrong place. .
"It's a holiday. Do you think they still have winter and summer vacations like us?"
Wang Dongfang said it was a holiday, which made Liu Guangqi smile.
"Then why are there people running stalls?"
"Liulichang was undergoing a public-private partnership during this period. Those people should have sold things to the state-owned cultural relics store."
It had been a long time since Liu Guangqi came, and Liu Guangqi was a little confused about the situation. However, this situation was within his expectation. After all, the government had even canceled the pigeon market and flea market. It was already good that Liulichang's street stalls could survive until now.
"Then where should we sell it?"
Looking at the deserted street, Wang Dongfang asked anxiously, fearing that the things in his hands would not be sold.
"It's okay. The things will definitely sell, but the price may be lower than the price I mentioned. You have to be prepared."
Liu Guangqi was afraid that Wang Dongfang would soon hear that there was a gap in the buyer's quotation, so he gave the buyer a vaccination in advance.
"It's okay, as long as the things can be sold."
Now that things have come to this, Wang Dongfang can only accept his fate.
"Hello, shopkeeper Sun."
In fact, Liu Guangqi had already made a decision in his mind about who to sell the things to, but fearing that Wang Dongfang had a grudge, Liu Guangqi still planned to take Wang Dongfang to other places to ask about the price. With the reference price, he would go to Lanzhou again. When Yi Gui is there, at least Wang Dongfang will not be made to feel that he is on the same side as his counterpart.
"Don't call me Shopkeeper Sun. There is no shopkeeper now, only a manager. Just call me Manager Sun."
When he heard Liu Guangqi calling him Shopkeeper Sun, the middle-aged man in a blue tunic suit quickly waved his hand.
"Dr. Xiao Liu hasn't been to our place for a long time. Are you planning to buy or sell this time?"
Manager Sun looked at Liu Guangqi and asked with a smile.
"Sell, but if there's something that suits my taste, I'll buy it too."
"Oh, what are you going to sell?"
Manager Sun asked across the counter. From this point, we can see the difference between the public and private partnership. If it were before, the other party would definitely invite Liu Guangqi inside to serve a cup of tea, but now he can only stand outside the counter. This store is no longer my own, so I naturally lose the energy to work.
"You can estimate the price of a Bronze Lord."
Liu Guangqi put the Bronze Lord on the counter.
"Forget about being a businessman, who in Liulichang doesn't know your name? You are the disciple of Shopkeeper Lan and Shopkeeper Tong."
Although he said this, Manager Sun still took out a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully.
"There's nothing wrong with the stuff. It's a good thing. How much do you plan to buy?"
After looking up and down, inside and out, Shopkeeper Sun put the things under his nose and sniffed. After confirming that there was no stinky smell from the cesspit, Shopkeeper Sun put down the things.
"How much can you pay for it? This is a serious piece of early spring, and it's in such good condition."
"I know everything you said, but now this store is owned by the public. Even if I want to offer you a high price, I can't. What do you think of six hundred yuan?"
"Seven hundred, isn't it too little?"
When Wang Dongfang heard the price, his eyes suddenly darkened. It was far different from the price Liu Guangqi had estimated for him. It was almost half off, so Liu Guangqi started to bargain with the other party.
"It's quite a lot. You also know that the market in our industry is getting worse day by day. Why are these antiques so expensive? It's because there are so few of them and people are rushing to buy them. That's why the price is so high. But now, look at this antique. There is no one on the street, even if there are people who come to buy paper and ink, the price of these things will naturally not go up if no one buys them. This is still the current price, and if we wait another two years, the price may be even lower. .”
What Manager Sun said was actually what Liu Guangqi wanted Wang Dongfang to hear.
After shopkeeper Sun finished speaking, Liu Guangqi looked at Wang Dongfang.
"You're tired, Shopkeeper Sun. Let's go to another place and ask. If it still doesn't work, do you think it's okay to come back?"
"no problem"
Shopkeeper Sun also saw that the real seller was Wang Dongfang next to Liu Guangqi. He bowed his hands and sent Liu Guangqi and the others away.
After shopkeeper Sun came out of this store, Liu Guangqi took Wang Dongfang to several other stores, all of which were public-private partnerships without exception. Although they are still working independently now, they are expected to be merged together in ten years.
The prices offered by these stores are basically around 700, with the highest being 720, and the lowest being only 600. If it weren't for the examples Liu Guangqi mentioned before, Wang Dongfang might have sold it, but when he thought of the few hundred yuan, Wang Dongfang felt a little unwilling.
"Let's go, I'll take you to see my master. If he gives the other party the same price, then that's all."
After visiting so many places, Liu Guangqi felt that the heat was about the same, so he took Wang Dongfang to Lan Yigui's place. As soon as he entered the door, Liu Guangqi gave Lan Yigui a sign of adding one hundred to.
"Eight hundred."
When Lan Yigui saw the things and was so happy that he gave the price for a drink, Wang Dongfang's brows finally relaxed when he heard the price. Although it didn't meet his expectations, it was much better than the previous stores.
"Master Lan, can you please add more?"
Wang Dongfang pursed his lips and asked expectantly.
"Well, I'm afraid that's not possible. Now that this store is a joint venture, the price I offer can be a little higher than that of my peers, but it can't be too high. If it's too high, I won't be able to explain it to the public manager."
Lan Yigui leaned on the chair and pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose. If it weren't for Liu Guangqi's gesture of entering the door, he would have offered this thing at most 700, which is basically the top price.
"Actually, it's not impossible if you want to sell at a high price, but you have to take some risks."
Perhaps seeing Wang Dongfang's unwillingness, Lan Yigui gave Wang Dongfang an idea.
"You're not talking about Pigeon City, are you?"
The pigeon market is also called a ghost market and a black market. Lao BJ has a very long history of raising pigeons, with a history of hundreds of years.
After the Manchurian bannermen entered the customs, because the imperial court stipulated that the bannermen were not engaged in production, those bannermen spent the whole day fighting with eagles and birds to kill time. What is good at the top will be bad at the bottom.
Gradually, the common people below started to follow suit, but the price of expensive birds was often tens or even hundreds of taels. Ordinary people had no spare money, so they could only look for objects among ordinary birds. , the old bj man soon discovered that birds like pigeons are humane and easy to train. So one passed it on to ten, and then passed it on to hundreds, and gradually they all grew up.
Some people bought it, and some people sold it. Gradually, it developed into a small market specializing in selling things for raising birds. In the past, these pigeon markets opened in the morning and ended at ten o'clock, which will be similar to the dog markets in the future.
However, with the development of the planned economy and unified purchasing and marketing, pigeon markets and flea markets were cancelled, and such markets were moved underground, usually from 3 to 5 in the morning. And because it is open in the early morning, small lights are placed on the stalls on both sides of the pigeon market. From a distance, it looks like a will-o'-the-wisp, so it is also called the ghost market.
"That's right, it's Pigeon City. Why have you been there?"
"I've never been there, but I've heard of it."
Cai Quanwu was arrested for reselling grain in the pigeon market, so Liu Guangqi was no stranger to the pigeon market, but he had never been there, so he couldn't say he knew it well.
"To tell you the truth, this thing can only be sold for 700 at most on our street. I gave you 800 just for Guangqi's sake, but if you want to sell it for a high price, then go ahead Give it a try at the pigeon market. You can sell it for at least a thousand dollars there. But correspondingly, the higher the profit, the greater the risk. If you encounter the police, the thing will be confiscated. It is sold here. , it’s up to you to decide whether you want to give it a try in the pigeon market.”
Lan Yigui pointed a finger at Wang Dongfang. Then he told Wang Dongfang the risks of the pigeon market.
After hearing Lan Yigui's story, Wang Dongfang frowned and began to fight fiercely in his heart.
"Master Lan, I bought you this thing for seven hundred yuan."
After thinking for a moment, Wang Dongfang made his decision. Although the price of pigeons on the market is indeed very attractive, the risk is too great. This is the hope of their family. If you meet the police, it's all over. It is better to sell it to Lan Yigui Insurance Point honestly. After all, the channel is formal and the money in hand is not hot. After Lan Yigui said this, he also understood why the price offered by Lan Yigui was so much higher than other places, so he directly waived the one hundred yuan.
"No, eight hundred is eight hundred. I still have to give Guang Qi some face. I heard Guang Qi say that your hometown is Luoyang. If you have any good things in the future, just bring them over and sell them. I promise to give them to you while Guang Qi is here. The price is definitely the most reasonable.”
Lan Yigui waved his hand to reject Wang Dongfang's proposal, then took out a wad of banknotes from the drawer and handed it to Wang Dongfang.
"How embarrassing."
Wang Dongfang looked at the money in his hand and then at Liu Guangqi.
"Take it, if this goes like before, my master will still have to return 10% of the profit to you."
With Liu Guangqi's nod, Wang Dongfang accepted the money.
After the transaction was completed, Wang Dongfang suddenly became relaxed.
"You still have Qi Baishi's paintings here."
Just when Liu Guangqi was about to take Wang Dongfang to the bank to deposit the money, he suddenly found a pair of Qi Baishi's shrimps on Lan Yigui's wall. This is a serious good thing. Although it is not valuable now, it will be more expensive than some ancient paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the future. It is a good investment tool.
"I just received it yesterday, why are you interested? If you are interested, just take it for fifteen yuan."
"Then I'm welcome"
To be honest, the price is really not cheap. Huang Binhong's paintings only cost one yuan. Liu Guangqi asked for eleven paintings in total, and an additional one measuring two feet only cost more than twenty yuan.
But Liu Guangqi didn't talk nonsense. Liu Guangqi directly took out fifteen yuan and won the painting. Before leaving, Liu Guangqi also specifically told Xu Beihong and Zhang Daqian to tell him directly if there were any paintings from Qi Baishi, no matter how much they were, he would take them.
