Chapter 610 Ghost Market
Zhou Zhi has a solid foundation, a broad vision, clear logic, extensive knowledge, and is good at bypassing categories. If you mention a point, he can tell a lot, and many records in ancient people's notes can be mentioned casually. Being able to come, even Master Ma also gained a lot.
The two of them, one emphasizing theory and the other emphasizing practice, put them together. It was a long time since they met and they admired each other.
Moreover, both of them saw their own shortcomings in each other. Zhou Zhi just saw too few things in his hands. Let alone Jiachuan, even the capital of Shu was nothing like the objects scattered under the imperial city. Fabi, whether in terms of quality or quantity.
And Ma Ye also discovered his own problem, which was his academic achievements.
Although he is almost a generation older than Zhou Zhi, Zhou Zhi is more like an "old-school person" like his master. With this foundation of family education, it will be easy to engage in literary and historical research and antique cultural relic appraisal.
The ancients said, "It's like discussing, it's like polishing." This is almost the truth.
Of course, in the end, practice is better than theory, so this night it was mainly Master Ma who taught Zhou Zhi, and Zhou Zhi only made some supplements at the right time. If the topic aroused Master Ma's interest, he asked Zhou Zhi He would continue to explain, and just talking and chatting until midnight.
As a result, they were so excited that neither of them fell asleep. Mr. Ma simply stood up and said, "Let's go, let's find a place to practice."
"Where to go?" Zhou Zhi asked Said: "Don't Panjiayuan only open ghost markets on Tuesdays and Saturdays?"
"It's hard to go to Panjiayuan now. The faces are familiar." Ma Ye said with a smile: "And there are now tricks there, and there are many traps to trap sheep."
"But let's go. There is a place further away, let’s go to Da Liushu. It’s just a bit lively.”
“Then let’s go.”
Today’s Yanjing City has only built the second ring road, and the third ring road is still on the drawings. It is not planned to start construction until the end of this year. Daliushu is located in Guanzhuang. The location was outside the East Fourth Ring Road in later generations, but today, it is a completely remote place in the wilderness.
Master Ma is driving a green-shell Beijing Jeep. As the car drives, fields appear on both sides of the road. A small settlement village appears in the distance, and dogs can be heard barking. .
In the dark night, the road was full of trucks, and cars and jeeps were rare. Mr. Ma drove very fast and arrived at the end of the field in a short time.
Listen to Mr. Ma's explanation along the way. In the old days of Yanjing City, there were ghost markets in Deshengmen, Xuanwumen, and Chongwenmen. However, it was hard for everyone to use derogatory terms. At that time, the ghost markets were called "Xiao Markets" "In fact, we have to leave before dawn.
Daliu Shu is a special place. It was first used as a recycling transfer station in Yanjing City after the founding of the People's Republic of China. All the used goods purchased in Beijing City were finally concentrated here.
Second-hand goods was a very common business a few years ago. Zhou Zhi’s family disposes of a lot of old things every year, including old textbooks, waste newspapers, toothpaste wrappers, old clothes, broken aluminum kettles, obsolete old electrical appliances, There are people buying old furniture and the like.
You can even get some money from the vendors by eating the orange peels left over from oranges, the lychee cores and lychee skins left over from lychees, the chicken guts left after killing poultry, chicken feathers, duck down and goose feathers.
Like my mother buying cloth from Mrs. Zhao, Xinyi's mother, she doesn't care about it because she is my best friend.
In the early days when animal protection was not popular, this kind of place was also responsible for collecting various animal skins, musk, deer antlers and the like.
There are often a lot of good things in these second-hand goods. Uncle Yu downstairs once said that the bronzes in Jiachuan were all handed over to the scrapyard. There were a lot of good things in them, and eventually they all disappeared. Made copper ingots to support national construction.
Da Liushu Flea Market was developed on the basis of such a recycling station transfer area.
It is Panjiayuan who is just rising in fame now, but for old people like Ma Ye, the rise of Panjiayuan represents obsolescence, and Daliu Shu is now Panjiayuan's main supplier.
This place is as mixed as Shudu's Send-Xianqiao, but in order to invigorate the market, the local authorities seem to have the same routine as Send-Xianqiao.
Theoretically, there are only three types of tradable cultural relics: state-owned artifacts, handed down artifacts, and overseas artifacts. However, this type of market has become a gathering place for countless gray channels.
Theoretically, as long as the objects purchased from this market are not seriously investigated by the state, they can be treated as heirlooms after they are obtained.
Just start spreading it yourself.
After a few more hands and one or two auctions, it will truly become a heirloom. By that time, the value of these items may be ten thousand times the current price.
Of course, the premise is that you have enough vision and price support.
Ma Ye opened the trunk of the car and took out two headlamps and two flashlights: "Elbows, put them on."
"Is this a miner's lamp?" Zhou Zhi was shocked: "We still have Want to go to the ground?”
“Inexperienced.” Ma Ye criticized Zhou Zhi and turned on his headlight: “Can you see my face clearly now?”
Zhou Zhi was so dizzy that he raised his hands to cover his eyes: "I can't see clearly."
"This is called 'darkness under the lamp.'" Mr. Ma chuckled and said, "I found that others can't see clearly like this." Of course, you can’t look up at people. It’s the old rule to look at things but not people. It’s convenient for us to go to the market with our heads down.”
"Then please ask Brother Ma to show me around."
"I heard that the tipper said that you are also an experienced person, and you know the rules of the ghost market?"
"Yes, you can't look at things as they are. "People, you have to shout loudly to make a deal," Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "The most important thing is to watch more and talk less, to act stupid and get enough."
Mr. Ma was very happy: "Do you Shu people have so many wisecracks? Let's say it first, you are a guest today, and I will let you go with whatever you see. I will be your companion."
"I have to rely more on your vision, Mr. Ma." Zhou Zhi handed over his hand seriously.
"You have good eyesight, so don't pretend to be polite to me." Mr. Ma smiled and said: "Let me remind you first, we are in the north now, and the items from Ding Kiln and Jizhou Kiln are here It is most likely to be mixed with coarse goods from later generations of folk kilns, so you can pay more attention."
"It's just like the Longquan kiln and Hutian kiln in the south, right?" Zhou Zhi laughed.
"Hahaha, I'm really not tired talking to you. Let's walk - wait!"
Mr. Ma also picked up a white washed muslin shirt from the car: "Take off the belt, take off the shirt and put on this." My clothes were shabby and shabby, I plucked my hair a few times, put on a headlamp, and suddenly I became quite "country". : "Is that okay?"
Master Ma smiled and said: "The temperament changes so quickly, which shows that he is also a veteran with many years of experience. Don't underestimate this dress, if you wear it, the transaction price will drop by at least 30%!"
The two of them discussed the gestures and code words for delivering the message, and then entered the ghost market together.
It is already one o'clock in the evening. It is not twenty years later. At this time, buyers are considered "experts" and sellers do not know anything, but they are all "experts" in terms of shopping for goods and shipping. "Running hands" are all people who know the rules, so no one needs to talk much.
Although there are many things, there are not many that Zhou Zhi can take a look at. Playing in a place like this is all about mentality. Just come with the mood of hanging out, watching and having fun.
Once you are eager, it is easy to fall into a trap.
In fact, the quality of a stall’s goods is almost directly proportional to the skill of the seller, and it can basically be seen.
For example, if porcelain can be roughly arranged according to age, the seller is basically a knowledgeable person, but if various jars are placed randomly together, most of them are laymen who look at the look and yell at the sound.
Of course, it may be a disguise, the kind of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, which also has to be guarded against.
(End of this chapter)