The kettle was boiled on the charcoal stove. Lin Yi brewed a new pot of tea and poured a cup for the bookstall owner, "Wuyi Narcissus, try how it tastes."
The bookstall owner took the tea and took a sip, "Well, it tastes good. It tastes really good."
Whether you understand or not and praise is the end of it.
"Boss Lin, why is there not even a single piece of furniture in this room? You love reading so much, why do you need to buy some bookshelves?"
Look at the empty room, the book stall owner said.
Lin Yi didn't take it seriously, "We just opened it after the decoration was completed. We didn't have time to do anything else. When I have time later, I'll have someone buy some furniture."
"This is a house before liberation. It has an antique flavor everywhere. If we could get some mahogany furniture, it would be even more interesting."
Lin Yi looked at the room.
I feel like the bookstall owner is right. If we can get some Ming and Qing furniture, it will definitely look very nice when arranged.
"It's hard to buy that thing now," Lin Yi said.
A few years ago, a lot of old items were smashed and burned. There is no special place selling those items now. It is probably difficult to find suitable ones. Moreover, if the matching is not suitable, it will make the house look gloomy. It is better to use modern furniture.
Woolen cloth.
"Boss Lin, I know a person who sells old furniture. He can definitely find you whatever you want," the book stall owner said.
Lin Yi suddenly became interested.
"Public or private."
Book Stall Boss Wang lowered his voice slightly and said, "It's being done by a private person. His name is Lao Qin. He was originally the master craftsman of Jiangcheng Antique Furniture Factory. Ten years ago, the Antique Furniture Factory was shut down as one of the Four Olds.
When the ten years are over and the antique furniture factory resumes production, hey, what do you mean, he is almost reaching retirement age."
"It just so happened that his son came back from going to the countryside and couldn't find a job, so he simply passed the job to his son and retired himself."
"But he was not idle either. At first he occasionally repaired furniture for people, because he was well-known in this area for his craftsmanship. Later, when he came across old furniture, he accepted it and took it back, refurbished it at a higher price, and then sold it out for takeout.
."
"Originally, when the market opened on Hanzheng Street, I asked him if he was willing to apply for a self-employed business license. Lao Qin was timid and he didn't dare to do it. If someone checked him, he would just say that he was helping to repair furniture for relatives and friends.
, no money is needed, no one can take care of this."
"To put it bluntly, I was still scared by the past few years."
"Old Qin now has a lot of old furniture in his hands, which he keeps in an old yard. It has become his repair shop and storage room. If you like old furniture, I will take you to Lao Qin's place to have a look.
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Lin Yi is naturally interested.
In modern times, those so-called high-end mahogany furniture can easily cost millions or tens of millions. In the real world, Lin Yi has no money to own one and has never even seen it. Now that he has the chance, he must go and take a look.
"Boss Wang, do you have time now to accompany me to visit Lao Qin?" Lin Yi said directly.
"Okay, my wife is watching the bookstall. I will accompany Boss Lin there." The bookstall owner agreed wholeheartedly.
The two rode for more than 20 minutes and stopped outside a courtyard in a village in the city. The courtyard wall was very high and the blue bricks and tiles looked like a house left by the elderly.
"Pah pah pah~!"
The bookstall owner went up and knocked on the door.
"Is Lao Qin here? I am Lao Wang."
After opening the door, he looked at Lin Yi and said, "He is usually here, unless he is repairing or collecting furniture for others."
"Bah bang bang~~." The bookstall owner slammed the door again and shouted.
"Here we come."
A voice came from the courtyard.
The bookstall owner was delighted, "He's here."
First there was a pull on the door bolt, and then the courtyard door opened, and a man in his fifties came out. This man had gray hair and dark skin, with many wrinkles on his face. He wore a pair of sleeves on his arms and had a lot of wood powder on his body.
"Old Wang, why didn't you set up a stall and come to see me in broad daylight?" Lao Qin asked.
"I'll introduce you to a friend. This is Boss Lin from Hanzheng Street. His house is short of furniture. Let me introduce him to you." The bookstall owner pointed at Lin Yi and said.
Lao Qin nodded to Lin Yi, "Come in and chat."
Walking into the yard, there were some wood and tools. Lin Yi didn't understand these, but it was obvious that Old Qin was making furniture by himself. When he walked into the house, Lin Yi felt obviously different. All the furnishings in the house were
The old mahogany furniture, the large table in the main hall, the official hat chairs on both sides, and the various furnishings on the side made him feel like he was walking into the door of a mansion.
"What furniture does Boss Lin want?" Lao Qin asked.
Lin Yi didn't understand these things, and his purpose was not for collecting. He said simply: "I have a storefront on Hanzheng Street. The house has been renovated and there is a shortage of furniture. I hope Master Qin can give me some advice on how to arrange it."
Opinion."
"That's it, okay, then why don't you go over there and look at the house and say it directly," Master Qin said.
"That's it, let's go."
The three of them rode bicycles back to Hanzheng Street and went upstairs. Lao Qin walked around the room and drew a simple picture with a pen.
"Boss Lin, you said that this place is mainly used for reading, so let's follow the specifications of a large study room and build a row of bookshelves here, a few official chairs here, a coffee table here, and a coffee table here.
A big desk, with the four treasures of the study on it, so that if you feel like it, you can write and draw by yourself."
"Of the other two rooms, you can use one as a storage room and the other as a bedroom where you can rest."
"In the library, there are several bookshelves and several large storage cabinets. Generally, camphor wood is used, but the best one is naturally golden nanmu. The books will not be eaten by insects when stored."
"To put some furniture in the bedroom, the main thing is to have a good bed, a red sandalwood bed with withered flowers and wood. The best thing is of course the Babu bed. It is the best bed."
As Lao Qin talked, he wrote the names of the furniture on the picture. Finally, he calculated that he needed thirty or forty pieces of large and small sizes.
"Master Qin, how much do you estimate it will cost?" Lin Yi asked.
"Well, you just said that you want good materials. Rosewood, huanghuali, and golden nan are definitely good, but they are also expensive. In total, your set will cost about fifteen hundred yuan."
Lin Yi felt a sudden rush in his heart.
When Lao Qin said it was more expensive, he also did some mental preparation. Unexpectedly, Lao Qin said one thousand five hundred yuan. He guessed too much and felt a big gap in his mind.
"This is cheaper than buying modern furniture." Lin Yi said.
Lao Qin sighed, "Who says it's not the case? People nowadays don't like antique furniture anymore. With the new society and new trends, many people have replaced them with sofas and modular cabinets."
"Two days ago, a senior brother of mine sent me a letter. He is a master of a hardwood furniture factory in Beijing. Now the factory is facing financial difficulties and is unsustainable. The factory is planning to sell its collection of classical furniture treasures in exchange for money. Guess what?
People buy it.”
"A pair of huanghuali armchairs cost only 20 yuan, a pair of huanghuali official hat chairs cost 30 yuan, a red sandalwood bookshelf costs 50 yuan, a large desk, and a full-page huanghuali wood. A rare treasure costs 100 yuan.
,...."
"Hang out for how many days, hey, no one cares."
Master Qin's tone was a little sad.
Lin Yi's heart was also very heavy.
In this era, calligraphy, paintings, porcelain, bronzes, and jades were the authentic antiques, and ancient furniture was generally not regarded as antiques.
If he were a time traveler, he would go to the capital and buy all these pieces of furniture. Twenty or thirty years later, none of these pieces of furniture would be sold for millions or even tens of millions.
In fact, he had thought before that there were too many opportunities like this.
If he is a time traveler, he can go back to the Friendship Store and buy antiques. If he keeps them for twenty or thirty years, they will definitely increase in value a hundredfold or a thousandfold.
Now that there is no housing purchase restriction policy, if you go to the capital and buy a few courtyard houses and keep them for 20 to 30 years, 10,000 yuan will become 100 million yuan.
Go to Lujiazui, Pudong, and buy dozens of houses. Now it is a remote and remote area that everyone looks down upon. In twenty or thirty years, the number of houses will increase ten thousand times in a second.
Do you want to make this money?
Unless he spends billions to buy thirty or forty years of game world time.
Think about it or give up for now.
"Master Qin, please help me choose the best materials. You can fill every room for me. You can choose what you need. I only have one request, elegance. I will give you a deposit of 500 first, and then ask me for it after you spend it.
, what do you think?"
Hearing this, the wrinkles on Lao Qin's face relaxed a lot, "Boss Lin is open and bright, and I will definitely get you the best."
Get this room of mahogany furniture,
It's not an investment for Lin Yi. He really intends to make them. He can't afford them in the modern world, so let's just have fun in the game world.
In the modern world, even among the big bosses and celebrities with hundreds of millions of dollars, there are few who are willing to use real mahogany furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Hehe, we are willing to give it up.
Back then I had a bed,
We are also the ones who sleep on the Babu bed.
Master Qin took the money, said goodbye, and left. The room became quiet again. Lin Yi opened the book box and picked up the hardcover illustrated edition of Jin Pingmei. He was ready to see what the difference was about this fine edition, but his eyes fell on something else.
On a book.
"The Book of Changes".
Putting down the illustrated edition, Lin Yi picked up "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Qi", returned to the couch and sat down, opened the book page and read, "Qian Kun is the gateway of Yi, the parent of all hexagrams. Kan Li Kuang Kuo, the axis of the hub.
The four hexagrams of female and male..."
I just took a few glances,
I was pulled into my thoughts and remembered things from the past.