Chapter 25 Make another wood sculpture and sell it to her
"How much is this for you?"
The speaker was a very breasted female foreigner who was wearing high heels and was similar to Zhang Junping. A pair of jeans stretched her long legs tightly. She was wearing a white T-shirt and blond hair.
Sparkling in the sunset.
The group of Beijing gangsters watching this almost drooled.
The blonde beauty asked Zhang Junping for a price while holding an abstract eagle.
Zhang Junping was cruel and stretched out his hands to gesture at the blonde beauty.
Ten yuan shouldn’t be expensive, right?
"OK!
Your wood carving is very good. I like it very much." The blonde beauty nodded, picked up another wooden figure carving, handed Zhang Junping two foreign exchange coupons, and then left happily with her companions.
Zhang Junping saw that what the blonde beauty took away was a sculpture of a woman sitting on a piece of wood feeding her child, and he thought to himself, foreigners really like this style.
In their words, it means being close to nature and liberating nature.
That is to say, I plan to specialize in the business of foreigners, otherwise Zhang Junping would not dare to carve such a carving of a naughty child.
Despite the reform and opening up, it is still possible to be convicted of hooliganism for such carved ornaments.
Shaking the two hundred yuan foreign exchange coupon in his hand, Zhang Junping was secretly happy, foreigners' money is easy to make.
He was going to ask for ten yuan in foreign exchange coupons, but the blonde beauty gave him two hundred yuan directly.
Not to belittle oneself, his works are really not worth a hundred yuan in foreign exchange coupons in this era.
It's not that the level is not enough, it's that the reputation is not enough.
Determining the price of a work of art, two-thirds depends on fame, and one-third is the value of the work itself.
His works can be sold for five figures in later generations, and a large part of them are due to his fame.
Otherwise, why would there be so many people desperately trying to join arts and crafts associations, calligraphy associations, and painters associations?
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The Beijing gangsters who had just been talking eloquently all lost their voices for a moment, opened their mouths, and looked at Zhang Junping blankly.
This slap in the face hurts!
Just now, some of them asserted that Zhang Junping's wood carvings could not be sold, but within half an hour, they not only sold them, but also sold them at sky-high prices.
"Brother, it's okay!"
"Otherwise, if you are engaged in art, you will not open for three years, and you will only have to wait for three years after opening!"
"Brother, can you change the foreign exchange coupons?" Someone stared at the foreign exchange coupons in his hand, and a long-faced scalper asked eagerly.
Foreign exchange rolls are a privileged currency in this era. They can be used to stay in special hotels, dine in special restaurants, and buy things in special stores, such as the Friendship Store to buy some in-demand goods that are not available elsewhere.
These places either do not accept Chinese people or do not accept RMB.
With the reform and opening up, policies are gradually relaxed, and everyone's life is getting better and better.
The demand for materials is also gradually increasing.
The materials in short supply in the country obviously cannot meet everyone's needs.
So some people turned their attention to those stores that specialize in receiving foreign friends.
Where is what they need.
But what should I do about those special stores that only accept foreign exchange coupons?
At this time, the role of scalpers comes into play.
The Eight Immortals crossed the sea and showed their magical powers. Anyway, they had a way to get real foreign exchange.
As mentioned before, some people squat in Xiushui Street or Sanlitun just to find ways to exchange foreign exchange coupons from foreigners.
"How to exchange?" Zhang Junping really doesn't need the foreign exchange coupons for the time being.
Although he didn't need it, Zhang Junping was still a little reluctant to just exchange it.
Foreign exchange coupons, whose full name is foreign exchange coupons, are issued by the People's Bank of China.
A very beautifully made foreign exchange roll with a face value of 100 yuan, with the Great Wall on it.
The words above were written by Mr. Guo Moruo, a master of calligraphy.
It can be said that foreign exchange rolls are of great collection value because of their small circulation, exquisite printing, and calligraphy inscriptions.
Zhang Junping really wants to collect a set.
However, compared to collecting foreign exchange rolls, RMB is more attractive to him.
"Brother, I see you are also a cheerful person. How about giving An three dollars?"
"Hmph!" Zhang Junping snorted twice without saying anything.
This is using him as a scapegoat.
I just wanted to exchange his foreign exchange coupon for three yuan.
Just treat him like a fool!
"Brother, this price is not low! Normally, it's only two yuan, two and a half yuan!
It’s because you have a lot of foreign exchange coupons in your hand that I give you a high price!” The guy didn’t give up and continued to persuade.
Without looking at him, Zhang Junping took out the carving knife from the tool box, took it out and squatted on the ground to start carving on the spot.
The sculpture is of the blonde beauty just now.
He planned to sell her a 500 foreign exchange coupon the next time he had the opportunity.
"What's the matter? Bro! Are you ignoring people?
Do you know what I do, brother?" Seeing Zhang Junping ignore him, the long-faced scalper reached out and pushed Zhang Junping, and said in a threatening tone.
He has a long face, full of pimples, and a rather fierce look.
It's a pity that Zhang Junping refused to follow this trick and continued to cut the wood with his hands without even raising his head, "Brother, business cannot be done with justice!"
What's going on, are you still planning to buy and sell by force?"
Zhang Junping's attitude made the scalpers a little confused, and they didn't dare to continue for a while.
This place is at the feet of the Emperor, where everyone is there and anything can happen.
Maybe a street sweeper has a relative who is a general.
In this era, those who can be scalpers are those with quick minds and can have eight minds in the blink of an eye.
The more such a person is, the more they think.
Therefore, Zhang Junping's casual attitude actually calmed the scalpers.
“Brother, when doing business, you ask for prices all over the place, and you bargain on the ground!
Brother, I made a bid. Can you tell me whether it’s for sale or not?
Isn't it a bit disrespectful to just hum and say nothing?
A little uncouth, right?"
"Brother, the price you offered has no sincerity at all!
I can't bring myself to bargain!
If I have some time, I might as well carve something else, and maybe I can sell it for two hundred yuan in foreign exchange coupons!"
“Come on, buddy!
Just now you were just lucky enough to meet a prodigal foreign bitch!
Do you still think that such good things happen every day?
Just give up on this idea!
Let me tell you, if you can sell another one, I..."
"Hello!
How do you sell this tiger wood carving?" A strange voice interrupted Scalper's words.
He is a burly foreigner with a big nose.
"Ten yuan foreign exchange coupon!" Zhang Junping stretched out a finger.
"What about this one?" Big Nose pointed at another wooden sculpture and asked.
It was an ornament of a shepherd boy riding a bull.
"That twenty!"
"It's too expensive! Can I get two for twenty?" Big Nose took the two wood carvings and negotiated the price with Zhang Junping.
"Two pieces are thirty, and we won't sell anything less!" Zhang Junping shook his head and continued to carve the statue of the blonde beauty.
"Boss, you don't know how to do business! How can you not negotiate on price!" Big Nose shook his head.