Chapter 68 Acquisition of Antiques
In the early morning, Li Weiguo got up from the bed.
After taking the medicine bath in the afternoon, he slept at his master for several hours, and now he was very energetic.
I can't sleep at night.
Fortunately, today is the day to trade with Lao Fu, so I simply didn’t waste my time in bed.
OK, get up and set off.
It is time to see how the old Fu has made progress in collecting antiques.
Over the past three months, Lao Fu has been helping to collect a few pieces in a scattered manner. The number is not large, but it is basically genuine. I don’t know what kind of gains you can get today.
After putting on his clothes, Li Weiguo glanced at the silly pillar on the bed in the east.
Hey...the snoring sounds like thunder, and I slept like a dead pig.
He shook his head and did not complain about Sha Zhu's sleeping appearance. He should leave quickly.
Ghost City, Xihuangchenggen.
Li Weiguo and Lao Fu met in the old place.
As usual, Li Weiguo prepared five hundred kilograms of pork, five hundred kilograms of eggs, five hundred kilograms of duck eggs and three thousand kilograms of rod noodles for him.
Old Fu directly gave him 14 small yellow croakers and 10 big black ten pictures.
This old Fu's way is really wild, and there are really many rich people he knows.
Every time I sell things, I sell them faster than pigeon market hamsters, and they are all aimed at high-end customers, and they are not short of money. They trade gold bars every time.
If there is no New Year or Festival, who can buy these meat and egg foods at a high price every day? Only those rich people will do this.
Anyone who is willing to spend two or three times the market price to buy meat and eggs that don’t have tickets?
If you have this money, it’s better to buy more food.
Li Weiguo estimated that the rich people facing this old Fu should be the princes and nobles left over from the past.
I am used to living a good life. Now I don’t mention eating meat anymore. Even the food rations are fixed every month, and coarse grains are distributed in proportion.
It is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality, how could they suffer?
Of course, I have tried every means to get some supplies to improve my life.
So they don’t have much money or tickets in their hands, so they can only rely on the seller’s foundation to maintain a decent life.
However, even if the seller has the money, selling anything is enough for these people to eat for ten days and half a month, and all the things are sold, enough for them to eat for a lifetime.
Thinking of this, a thought popped up in Li Weiguo's mind.
Ask Lao Fu to contact those people and collect all the treasures in those people's hands at a low price.
If he doesn't accept it, these people will be defeated sooner or later. During the three-year famine, it is not uncommon for all the money to eat in one bite.
Moreover, Li Weiguo's cash in his hands is increasing, and it is useless to save it in his hands. By 1962, the new version of the currency will be issued.
When the great unity comes out, it will be difficult to spend the big Hei Ten, so you have to try to spend it while buying antiques.
"Master Li, these are some old items I bought yesterday. The prices are marked on them. Look." The old Fu handed Li Weiguo a large wooden box.
Li Weiguo took it and opened the box, which had only six items inside.
One wooden box, five porcelain pieces.
A label is placed next to each item, marked with the name of each item, the thing from the age, the purchase price and its own value.
The sweet whites in the Yongle period, the blue and white flowers in Xuande, and the Doucai in Chenghua.
They are all from JDZ official kilns and are well preserved.
The purchase price is basically only a few dollars or dozens of dollars. Now these things cannot be sold at all. The main reason is that Lao Fu directly trades materials, which are much more useful than money.
These porcelains are works from the heyday of the Ming Dynasty porcelain. They have been collected for decades. It will be fine if they can be sold for millions of pieces in a single piece.
The best-class here is the wooden box.
The wooden box is a royal pastry box of nanmu. The body and lid are made of a whole piece of nanmu. They are tightly sewn and exquisitely made.
This box costs fifty dollars.
Not to mention whether it is genuine or not, the material of single gold nanmu and the craftsmanship of whole pieces of wood are a good treasure.
This old Fu is worthy of being a veteran circle, and his vision is indeed in place.
Li Weiguo himself also collected a lot of things, with the most bottles and jars.
But those things are not easy to confirm the value and authenticity, and in terms of appearance, they are not as good as Lao Fu's purchase for him.
Although there are not many people collecting antiques in this era and fakes are not popular, it is really hard to buy them with your eyes closed. If you don’t know the baby, you will have no fun in finding a bargain.
After putting these items back into the wooden box, Li Weiguo nodded with satisfaction: "The things are all good." Then he paid for the old Fu according to the price of the label.
"By the way, Mr. Fu, the old people you know should have a lot of treasures in their hands. Do you want to take action? It's really boring to collect a few of them in a small way. And you probably can see that the supply of materials on the market is getting tighter, and you can't buy anything if you have money at any time."
Although Lao Fu has helped collect a few treasures every time in the past three months, the amount is too small and it has not met Li Weiguo's expectations at all. It is time to make him more angry.
After hearing what Li Weiguo said, Lao Fu was a little surprised and suspicious.
Although there was a shortage of supplies in previous years, it was not like this year. Even pigeon markets of all sizes were difficult to buy food. He was also worried that the supplies in Li Weiguo's hands would suddenly be cut off.
In the view of Lao Fu, Li Weiguo can get a large amount of supplies every time, so it must be related to it. Otherwise, how could ordinary people have such skills?
Out of anxiety, the old Fu asked tentatively: "Mr. Li, do you mean that this day of shortage of supply will last for a while?"
"The countryside was famine at the end of last year, and the summer and autumn harvests in the country are not prosperous this year. You can see it yourself."
Li Weiguo did not explain in detail, and asked him to think about it himself.
Hearing this, Old Fu took a breath. This was the first time that he, an ordinary citizen, learned about this kind of news.
According to this situation, the famine will last for at least one year. Who can tell the situation next year is accurate? Without the support of Li Weiguo, their family's life will probably not be much better in the future.
Old Fu was silent for a moment and said, "Master Li, since you have given the order, I will definitely pay attention to you. However, they all have good things in their hands, but they are not as good as those in the ghost market, and they can pick up bargains.
Even if those old people need money and supplies, they will not sell their things at a low price. Mr. Li, you must be prepared."
"I know, you just look at collecting the goods. If you want the goods, you can exchange them. If you want the money, you can give them money. There are 3,000 yuan here. You can buy them first, and then ask me for them after using them."
As he said that, Li Weiguo reached into his pocket, and with a thought, he took three stacks of big black ten from the space and handed them to Lao Fu.
"Okay, don't worry, I promise to do it for you." Old Fu took the three stacks of cash and said in a package.
Ordinary people may not receive good items, but it is not a big deal for someone who has a way of doing it.
Since the big customer has a request, he must do it well, after all, it is related to his own interests.
After finalizing the matter with the old Fu, Li Weiguo went back with the box.
Lao Fu has a good vision. He has left the matter of purchasing antiques to him, so he will not need to waste time going to the ghost market in the future.
Although there are good things in the ghost market, you have to try your luck and see. Instead of wasting that time in the ghost market at night, it is better to sleep at home for a while.
Chapter completed!