"This is different. A set of furniture costs 3,000 yuan, which can buy a house in the suburbs of Beijing."
"You also said that you are buying a house in the suburbs, but our furniture is not sold to the suburbs.
Okay, sis!
Just keep it in mind that the consumption power of the Chinese people is greater than you think." Zhang Junping said with a determined smile.
The eldest sister is good at everything, but because she doesn't have enough vision, she is always timid in doing things.
Of course, this is from Zhang Junping's perspective.
In fact, the eldest sister's vision is broader than that of many leaders of large state-owned factories.
"Pingzi, I heard that you want to open a clothing city and a decoration city. Where will you get so much money? You won't need another loan, right?"
"No, at the moment, I can't get a loan even if I don't think so."
"Then where do you get the money? With the more than 10 million raised by the villagers, we need to build factories, dormitories, and buy furniture production equipment..." The eldest sister looked at Zhang Junping with worry on her face.
Looking at the eldest sister's expression, Zhang Junping knew that if he didn't speak clearly, the eldest sister might not be able to sleep at night.
"Sister, let me show you something and you will know." Zhang Junping turned around and took out the stamps he had just collected.
"Sister, look what this is?"
"This is a stamp and I don't recognize it yet. Why are you showing me a stamp?"
"Sister, do you know how much this stamp is worth?"
"How much is it worth?"
"This stamp is called the American Missionary to Hawaii. It is a stamp issued by the Hawaiian Post Office in 1851. It has been more than a hundred years ago.
I don't know the exact price, but this one must be worth over a hundred thousand dollars.
Look, there are six letters in total, and each letter has four stamps affixed to it, so that’s twenty-four stamps, which is $2.4 million.”
"A stamp of this size is worth 100,000 yuan, or US dollars? My eldest sister hasn't read many books, so you can't lie to her." The eldest sister's face was full of disbelief.
“Sister, do you know what it means to be rare and valuable?
This stamp has a history of more than a hundred years. Think about it, who would keep the letter for more than a hundred years?
Moreover, because the paper of this kind of stamp is too thin and brittle, it is very easy to be damaged and difficult to preserve.
Only under some unexpected circumstances are they preserved, and even fewer are preserved so well."
"Even if it's a small amount, who would spend so much money on such a stamp, whether it's for food or clothing?" The eldest sister still didn't believe it.
Zhang Junping was speechless. He originally wanted to share the good news with his eldest sister to reassure her, but instead, he was made extremely depressed by her eldest sister.
"Sister, this is the charm of collection.
According to your argument, if you don't eat or wear clothes, they are worthless.
Then my painting is worthless."
"That's for sure. Sister has wanted to talk to you for a long time. Why did you spend money to buy so many paintings?
I've been to Beijing Art Museum to see it. A painting there only costs a few yuan, just like what you said... Yes, Xu Beihong's painting only costs more than ten yuan, the most expensive one.
It’s just over three hundred yuan.
I'll tell you the truth, but don't let others fool you.
Let’s just do our furniture business in a down-to-earth manner and don’t think about those crooked ways.”
Zhang Junping didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He wanted to open his eyes to the eldest sister, but instead he was educated by the eldest sister.
"Also, I also went to Xinhua Bookstore and the cultural relics store to see the porcelain you collected. The most expensive ones, a pair of large vases this tall, only cost 2,000 yuan." The eldest sister raised her hand and gestured.
, said to Zhang Junping.
"Sister, antiques are also divided into ages. Different ages have different prices." Zhang Junping explained weakly.
"I know what the Qing Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Song Dynasty are.
The pair of bottles I'm talking about are... yes, they are blue and white porcelain from the Ming Dynasty." The eldest sister said to Zhang Junping as if she understood them very well.
"Sister, you said in the cultural relics store, a pair of blue and white porcelain from the Ming Dynasty only costs two thousand yuan?" Zhang Junping was excited and asked hurriedly.
"That's right! It's only two thousand yuan, and there's a pair of those huanghuali armchairs you mentioned. A pair is only six hundred yuan.
So! Pingzi, let’s stop messing with these things from now on. Let’s just make furniture and sell furniture. How about that?”
Zhang Junping was shocked by the eldest sister's words. All he could think about was that a pair of large blue and white porcelain vases over one meter high cost 2,000 yuan, and Hainan huanghuali armchairs cost 600 yuan a pair. He didn't hear what the eldest sister said at all.
"I know, sister!
You go and do your work first, I have something else to do, I'm going out for a while." After Zhang Junping finished speaking, he put away the stamps and left the furniture factory with his bag on his back.
Why go?
Do you still need to ask?
Definitely go to the cultural relics store!
A pair of large one-meter-high blue and white porcelain vases from the Ming Dynasty cost 2,000 yuan, and a pair of Hainan huanghuali armchairs cost 600 yuan. It would be unreasonable not to take them.
Zhang Junping rode his bicycle and rushed all the way to the cultural relics store.
The cultural relics store is not far away, right in Liulichang.
In its earliest days, it was a public-private partnership of 88 antique shops.
Later, they were all nationalized, more than 100 antique shops were reorganized, and cultural relics stores were established.
Zhang Junping looked around the cultural relics shops in Liulichang, but he didn't see the large blue and white porcelain vase from the Ming Dynasty that the elder sister mentioned.
"Hello, comrade, I am a member of the Chinese Painting Association, and this is my certificate.
I heard that our cultural relics store has a large blue and white porcelain vase over one meter high?" Zhang Junping approached the salesperson of the cultural relics store and asked politely.
Cultural relics stores are divided into inner cabinets and outer cabinets.
The inner cabinet only receives government agencies, experts and scholars, while the outer cabinet receives antique lovers and foreign guests.
Although the country is in urgent need of exchanging antiques for foreign currency, it is not stupid and will not sell real goodies to foreigners, so the good things are kept in the cabinet.
Zhang Junping walked around the cultural relics store but did not see the pair of large blue and white porcelain vases from the Ming Dynasty. So there are two possibilities. One is that they were put into the cabinet, and the other is that they were bought by someone.
The reason why the eldest sister saw it may be because the thing had just been collected and had not been appraised yet, so it was temporarily placed in the outer cabinet.
"Oh! You were talking about the pair of large blue and white porcelain vases from the Ming Dynasty! Sorry, you are late. The pair of vases have been taken away by the Palace Museum.
If you want to study, you can go to the Palace Museum." The salesperson looked at Zhang Junping's ID and politely told Zhang Junping that the vase was gone.
"Well, I heard that our cultural relics store also has a pair of huanghuali armchairs?" Zhang Junping suppressed the disappointment in his heart and asked again.
"Oh, for this, you should go to the furniture counter and ask, mine is the porcelain counter.
However, you'd better go directly to the inner cabinet and ask!
Huanghuali armchairs rarely appear in outer cabinets." The salesperson kindly reminded me.