Chapter 54 Liulichang Ancient Books
Zou Shifang: "Garbage recycling station? It sounds a bit unreliable!"
Ma Weidu said with a smile: "It sounds unreliable, but That's the easiest place to pick up. As long as you're lucky, you can pick up a national treasure."
Liu Hongmin nodded and made a decision in his heart. Nowadays, as long as you buy the real antique antiques, you are picking up the pieces. Therefore, the garbage recycling station is not suitable for him. Secondly, the Friendship Store. He only needs to go to these two places occasionally for a few large purchases. The main target is still Liulichang. After all, there are many good things there and there is a lot of room for appreciation in the future.
"I am more interested in Liulichang."
Ma Weidu said with a smile: "Liulichang is indeed the most suitable."
"Liulichang is the most suitable. In the beginning, I started by buying ancient books. Although ancient books are generally collected now, they can still be bought in Liulichang. "
When Liu Hongmin heard this, he immediately said: "Then we will do it tomorrow. Let’s go to Liulichang for a walk.”
Ma Weidu immediately agreed, “I will go find you tomorrow morning.”
We agreed to meet at Liulichang and the three of them continued. They exchanged glasses and drank for three rounds before they parted ways. Early the next morning, Ma Weidu got up early and went to the factory to take a day off before going to the agreed place.
Even so, he arrived earlier than Liu Hongmin. Although he drank a lot yesterday, his brain is extremely clear now. He had a hunch that this would be a turning point in his destiny.
Not long after, Liu Hongmin and Zou Shifang came over on bicycles.
Ma Weidu led the way and soon saw antique shops one after another.
“These stores are jointly owned by public and private companies, but not all the items inside are authentic. After all, if anyone has a good eye for antiques, anyone who dares to say that they are 100% authentic will definitely be deceiving.”
“Among these stores, the most authentic one is Rongbaozhai. With the reputation accumulated over hundreds of years, few people can buy fakes in Rongbaozhai, but this has also caused the antiques of Rongbaozhai to It’s the most expensive.”
As they spoke, the three of them arrived at the door of Rongbaozhai. After parking his bicycle, Liu Hongmin walked into the gate of Rongbaozhai first.
"Xiao Ma, are you here again?"
The staff greeted Ma Weidu and joked: "You are not alone today, and you brought friends?"
Ma Weidu said with a smile: "I don't have money to buy these things, but my friend has money. No, I will introduce the business to you."
The staff looked at it carefully Take a look at Liu Hongmin. Liu Hongmin is even worse dressed than Ma Weidu. However, the clothes are not very good these days, and he is not snobbish.
"Want to buy something? Our Rongbaozhai is absolutely reputable."
Liu Hongmin pointed to the bookshelf on the side, "What age are these books from?"
The staff led the three people Walking over, "Most of them are from the Qing Dynasty, and there are some from the Ming Dynasty. There are very few from before the Ming Dynasty. They are usually hidden in museums and will not be sold."
When I came to the ancient book shelf, the staff The introduction said: "These ancient books are relatively well preserved, and the age and author can basically be determined, so the price is a bit expensive."
Liu Hongmin picked up one, opened it and looked at it, "Isn't it expensive? , As long as you have good things.”
“Of course the things are good.”
Liu Hongmin raised his eyebrows, this book is the Compendium of Materia Medica of the Qing Dynasty.
“Are these all unique copies?”
The staff laughed, “That’s not possible! If they are unique copies, they will basically be collected in museums and will not be sold. "
Liu Hongmin was a little regretful, but regardless of whether it was an original copy or not, he would buy back a copy. "Bring me a copy of all these ancient books."
“Huh?” The staff thought they heard wrongly.
Liu Hongmin said with a smile: "You heard it right, give me a copy of all the ancient books in your Rongbaozhai. And I also want a copy of the ancient books in your inventory, even if they are not well preserved. It’s okay, as long as the content inside can be identified.”
The staff was stunned. This was the first time he had seen such a crazy customer.
"Sir..., do you know how much these ancient books cost?"
Liu Hongmin didn't waste any time and gestured to the staff about the suitcase in Zou Shifang's hand, "Find one Private room."
"Wait a minute!" The staff immediately ran to call for help. After a while, the manager of Rongbaozhai rushed over, "You three, please follow me."
Manager. He led three people into his office and said with a smile: "My surname is Zhang. I have been in Rongbaozhai for more than ten years, and this is the first time I have seen three such big customers."
Although this In the past, all stores were iron rice bowls, but the service attitude of Rongbaozhai was obviously better than that of public restaurants outside.
Liu Hongmin shook hands with him and said, "My name is Liu Hongmin, and I am currently studying history at Beijing University. So I like ancient books very much. I wonder how many ancient books exist in Rongbaozhai?"
Manager Zhang was speechless for a while. The three guests on the staff were a little crazy just now, and he still didn't believe it. Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, this is no longer crazy, but crazy. However, can you be more crazy than Rongbao Rongbaozhai?
"There are at least more than 100,000 ancient books in our Rongbaozhai inventory. Excluding duplicates, there are 30,000 or 40,000 individual volumes. If you want to buy them all, you will need at least 500,000 to 600,000."
Five to six million is a huge amount of money in this era. Except for departments and units, only foreigners can come up with this money.
However, Liu Hongmin just nodded, "I have reserved these books. You can help me sort them out and calculate the prices. We will pay and deliver them by the end of the year at the latest."
"What?"
Manager Zhang coughed twice and couldn't believe what he heard, "You said you want them all?"
"Yes!" Liu Hongmin nodded, " If you don’t believe it, I can leave you a deposit of 10,000 yuan. I will receive the royalties in the second half of the year, and then I can buy all these ancient books.”
Zou Shifang and Ma Weidu. They looked at each other. Although they knew Liu Hongmin was wealthy, they were still shocked. That's 500,000 to 600,000 yuan, equivalent to the annual salary of a thousand employees.
Damn! Is writing novels so profitable?
The two of them instantly made up their minds to write novels well and make a lot of money in the future.
"Remuneration?" Manager Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly thought of something.
"So you are a writer, so I said your name sounds familiar. "The Punisher of the Song Dynasty" should be your work, right?"
Liu Hongmin smiled and nodded, "No. Wrong."
Manager Zhang became even more enthusiastic, "I have admired the name for a long time! It was my fault that I didn't recognize it just now."
As he said this, he took down a book from the bookshelf behind him. , it is "The Song Dynasty's Proposal of Punishers". The book has become fluffy, and there is a bookmark on it. It is obvious that Manager Zhang did not buy it for decoration, but actually reads it.
He was a little embarrassed, "I've been reading intermittently, and I haven't even read half of it yet. I wonder if I could ask you to sign it?"
Liu Hongmin didn't expect to meet him. Even if I am a book fan, I can’t stop laughing.
“No problem.”
(End of this chapter)