The three rows of warehouses are all the same size. The length should be about fifty meters and the depth should be twenty or thirty meters. In other words, the area of a warehouse must be more than one thousand square meters. The area of these three rows of warehouses alone is probably more than It's three thousand meters away, not counting the row of bungalows around it.
Sure enough, the suburbs are spacious.
As soon as the door of the second row of warehouses is opened, what comes into view is furniture, all kinds of furniture, but the styles are all quite old. There are standing cabinets, boxes, screens, treasure pavilions, and of course The Eight Immortals table and the Taishi chair are indispensable.
Qi Baohua waved his hand: "Let's take a look. This is the inventory of the furniture factory in our district. It has been left here for more than a year without anyone taking care of it."
"How come the furniture factory's inventory is kept here with you? Are you renting your warehouse?" Yao Yuan was curious.
Qi Baohua smiled bitterly: "Hey, don't mention it. The furniture factory in the district has closed down a long time ago. No one wants the junk in this warehouse. These are all old-fashioned furniture. Almost all of them are from the old warehouse before liberation. Now everyone lives in The building is filled with new furniture such as large wardrobes and folding tables. No one wants these silly, big, dark pieces of furniture, and there is no place to dispose of them, so they can only be piled here."
Yao Yuan then asked cautiously: "Then what kind of wood are these furnitures made of?"
Qi Baohua chuckled: "They are all fine hardwood furniture, including wenge and other woods. They are all made in the old style. Many craftsmanship has been lost and no one has done it now. But now these are not The things that people want, but no one is properly classifying them."
As if he had read Yao Yuan's thoughts, Qi Baohua quickly added: "But let me tell you, don't expect to find any good things like small-leaf red sandalwood in it. Those good things have been picked out long ago."
Qi Baohua looked at Yao Yuan, trying to see some expression of disappointment on his face.
Yao Yuan's face didn't seem to be disappointed, he was just curious: "Damn, who picked him? This grandson must have picked up a big leak!"
Qi Baohua sighed: "Damn, who says it's not, a Hong Kong coward from Hong Kong Island! I heard that this grandson ran away from China in his early years and went to Hong Kong Island to make a fortune. He ran back to Pingcheng the year before last and happened to meet him. When our wooden furniture factory went through clearance, we spent more than 10,000 to buy out all the factory's old warehouses. I heard that a lot of the furniture inside was still old stuff left over from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the same color of huanghuali and red sandalwood. Mu, after these things were shipped back to Hong Kong Island, I heard that someone offered them millions of Hong Kong dollars, but this grandson refused to sell them!"
Dang Jianguo couldn't help but interrupt when he heard this: "So our woodware factory has suffered a big loss?"
Qi Baohua nodded: "That's right. You can't hide this from anyone. The factory director regretted it to death when he heard about it. I heard he was so angry that he became seriously ill. But it's really not his fault. The wood and furniture were placed in the woodworking factory. Everyone here treats them as junk, and if someone is willing to give them money, they will of course sell them."
Qi Baohua pointed at the large pile of furniture and wood in front of him: "So, there must be nothing good in it."
Alas, this is another old incident that makes people feel troubled.
As the saying goes, antiques in prosperous times are gold in troubled times.
Now that the country has just opened, people's lives have improved recently. They have gone from being able to fill their stomachs to caring about whether there is meat on the table. They still don't know enough about other frivolous things.
As soon as the country opened its doors, many so-called "adventurous speculators" came in looking for advantages.
Under this situation, they really found a lot of loopholes, and many sigh-inducing and embarrassing things happened in this era.
Someone spent a mere amount of Hong Kong dollars to buy a large number of calligraphy and paintings by famous artists such as Zhang Daqian and Xu Beihong, and then sold them abroad for sky-high prices.
There are also many cultural relics that can be called national treasures that this group of people have picked up and made a fortune. Even cultural relics in old royal residences such as the Forbidden City and Summer Resort have been obtained by this group of people through various channels and then lost. to overseas.
When the furniture factory closes down, no one wants the old furniture, and it must be cleared out. No one realizes how precious these wood are, and there is still so much room for appreciation in the value of these old things in the future.
Thinking of these useless things makes me heartbroken, and Yao Yuan is no exception. While feeling heartbroken, I also made a decision, we can't let outsiders take all these advantages!
The pile of old furniture in front of them, in the eyes of those old people, is indeed a rag that is neither attractive nor useful. If it is left here for a few more years and no one cares about it, it will probably rot and become a real rag.
The perspective is different, the experience is different, and the way of looking at things is definitely different. In Yao Yuan's eyes, these rotten pieces of wood are still treasures even though others picked them up.
There are a lot of wenge wood furniture in this thing. Wenge wood is also called old mahogany. After a few years, no, twenty years later, it will become a precious wood. Only the rich can afford it and put it in their homes. Stuff that shows off your taste and status.
Look at the carvings on the large bedroom cabinet and the dusty copper parts. Even if the wood is not a precious species, just looking at the craftsmanship, you can tell that it is a good thing, but no one uses it anymore.
Furniture is worthless if no one uses it, but the craftsmanship passed down inside is priceless!
"Brother Qi, can you sell this pile of furniture?" Yao Yuan finally couldn't hold it in anymore and started to inquire.
Qi Baohua was a little surprised: "You want this pile of junk? I'm telling you, there's nothing valuable in it that's not worth buying alone. Our Gu Suo'er said that if you rent this land, all these things will be gone." It’s up to you.”
Yao Yuan frowned and thought for a long time: "Brother Qi, listen to me, the rent of only 30,000 yuan a year is really not expensive for such a big place, which is our current monthly salary expenditure, but I can't use this place, a The place is too big, so I had to remodel it, add partitions, and even have to separate it into two floors before it can be used, so the cost will definitely exceed the budget."
Qi Baohua disagreed: "Since it's cheap, just take it. It's not easy to build a house. Don't forget what your brother does for food. Also, if you want to use it, you must add a mezzanine in the middle. Although it takes a little time, But you still have more use area.”
Yao Yuan shook his head: "No, Brother Qi. I think it's also a feng shui issue. Hongqi Company now has three cats and two monkeys in this yard. Don't you think it's too empty? We can't control it."
Qi Baohua couldn't help but look Yao Yuan up and down again. How could a young man under twenty years old mention the word "Feng Shui"? Do you really understand or pretend to understand?
After the cultural catastrophe that lasted for ten years, traditional cultural things have long been discontinued. Feng Shui is completely a feudal superstition. Why does this young man still believe in it?
"Have you forgotten what your brother Qi does? Are you still telling me about Feng Shui? We are engaged in ancient architecture. Do you think I can't understand Feng Shui?" Qi Baohua gestured with his fingers back and forth: "There are mountains to the north of our yard. , there are pagodas, and are surrounded by water systems in the west and south. The typical layout is that there is water in front and back behind. In addition, this geographical location is relatively opposite to the urban area, and it is a land with superior winds and water. The Feng Shui cannot be better. You can see the Feng Shui. You can't just stare at the front. As long as you rent the layout of the yard in front of you, I can completely design it for you. Your claim that it can't be controlled by a small number of people is just nonsense."
Yao Yuan's excuse was blocked again. You are so insistent on talking about Feng Shui issues with people who build ancient buildings. You are just doing whatever you want to do.
So I could only ask from another angle: "Brother Qi, in fact, I have always wanted to open a decent restaurant in the future. I immediately fell in love with these furniture. I have to go back and ask Mr. Ma if the venue can be rented." Opinions, but regardless of renting or not, I want to buy all these wood and furniture."
Qi Baohua had a clear expression on his face. He was one of his own, and there was no need to mince words when he spoke: "Okay, I'll ask around when I get back later. They are all picked out by others and are left over by others. They can't be spent for two dollars." . But it will probably take some effort to haul these things away, and you will probably have to figure out the truck and freight costs yourself."
Compared with this pile of treasures, how much is the shipping cost?
Yao Yuan quickly expressed his position: "Isn't that what it should be?"
Qi Baohua's next question posed a big problem for Yao Yuan: "No, the small courtyard of your Hongqi Company is not enough now. Where will you take back this pile of junk?!"
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