Chapter 336 Ancient Jade Emperor Green Jade Finger Pull
When Li Le returned home, Zhao Yanran and the others were drinking tea and playing cards in the house.
Because the outside of their house has been cleaned up, they don't need to go out to clear the snow like others.
The next morning, Li Le sent Uncle Guan a tricycle to chop firewood, and 500 pieces of briquettes, enough for Uncle Guan to use throughout the winter.
Then Li Le arranged for Ma Feng and others to buy food.
Anyway, there is no need to go out to collect scraps. I go out to buy them every morning and afternoon, and then put them in the cellar.
To be honest, there was really nothing to do in the winter of 1950.
Ordinary people have to go to work every day to make money, but Li Le doesn't need to. Because it snows every three days, he can't go out to collect waste.
And his family is not short of supplies, so except for going to the store to buy some wine when the weather is nice, there is nothing else to do.
More than half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and Li Le was really bored at home. After dinner that morning, Li Le walked to Liulichang.
It's not that Li Le doesn't want to ride a tricycle, it's just that he can't do it because there's snow everywhere on the road.
Although I have been cleaning it up, I can't clean it up at all.
There is no way, it snows every now and then in this era, and after the snow is pressed, it turns into ice.
There is simply no way to clean it up.
It can be said that the entire imperial capital is covered with ice and snow. Not to mention riding a bicycle, even walking, you will fall down if you are not careful.
So Li Le could only walk to Liulichang to have a look, thinking about buying some antiques on the way.
Of course, there are no very good antiques here in Liulichang, because these stores will collect the really good things themselves.
Most of what is sold in the store are treasures and fine products, and the most are small boutiques.
Small boutique antiques will cost millions in later generations, maybe a few million at most.
As for high-quality products, they can reach tens of millions in later generations, and will not exceed 20 million at most.
There are also treasures, which are the most auctioned in later auction houses, and may be worth hundreds of millions, but there are very few of them, basically around tens of millions.
Of course, it is also possible to miss something, such as something that is seriously underestimated in this era.
For example, the calligraphy and paintings of Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong, Li Keran, Huang Binhong and so on.
The calligraphy and paintings of these painters are seriously underestimated in this era, but it is not easy to buy their calligraphy and paintings, and it is even said that it is rare to find them.
Apart from these, some were picked up and missed, but Li Le didn't touch any of them.
Don't underestimate the appraisers in these shops. They are all people with real skills, not those bullshit bricklayers and beasts in later generations.
It is basically impossible to pick it out from their hands unless you punch it.
Li Le had never thought about what national treasures and treasure-level antiques he could buy in Liulichang. He could just buy some treasures and high-quality products.
Anyway, even if he buys national treasure or treasure-level antiques, he won't be willing to sell them. He will take some treasures or high-quality products back and sell them to make some money.
The most important thing is that Li Le has too much money now and needs to spend some.
After arriving at Liulichang, Li Le randomly found an antique shop and went in directly.
There are not many antiques in this store, but they are basically fine products.
This can be seen from the price tag. Generally, those with a price tag of more than 8 million are basically high-quality products.
Below 8 million, there are not no high-quality products, but very few. They are basically small high-quality products.
As for treasures, the price is expensive, at least more than 10 million.
After looking around, there was nothing that Li Le liked, so Li Le came out of the store.
Before walking too far, we entered another store. This store was also an antique store. What was different from other stores was that this store specialized in jade.
Yes, it is ancient jade. In fact, ancient jade is just a branch of antiques.
Li Le's eyes lit up when he entered this store.
Li Le didn't understand this stuff before, so he basically didn't touch these things.
But it's different now. Li Le has already done some research on this stuff, such as various types of water.
He now has some research on the value of various jade and so on.
In fact, in this era, the value of jade is simply incomparable with that of later generations.
The appreciation of jade can be divided into several time periods. In the 1980s, people in Xiangjiang bought a large amount of colorless jade and sold it to the mainland, which greatly increased the value of jade.
In 1998, jade prices were still relatively low, but they had begun to rise slightly.
Over the past two thousand years, as the domestic economy has taken off, jade finished products have begun a new round of rising prices due to rising raw material prices.
In 2011, the price of jadeite experienced the most dramatic increase, which was the largest in terms of intensity and breadth.
In 2013, jade prices reached a new peak and then remained stable for a period of time.
In 2014, affected by domestic policies and economic environment, the entire jewelry industry ushered in a cold winter. Only the prices of high-end jadeite rough stones, finished products, and collectibles were not affected. On the contrary, they continued to rise slightly.
In the second half of 2016, the price of high-quality jadeite continued to rise, and top-quality jadeite was hard to find.
In 2017, due to domestic internal problems in Myanmar, the jadeite public sale was delayed by two months compared to previous years. The market enthusiasm gradually picked up, and the transaction price of rough stones still maintained an upward trend.
In 2018, high-quality jadeite will become increasingly scarce, and rising prices are an inevitable trend.
There are many varieties of jade, and jadeite is just one of them.
Li Le looked around in this store. To be honest, he liked them all, because any of the things sold in this store would be treasures in future generations.
Not to mention that these are ancient jades, even modern jades are worth a lot of money in the real world.
Glass imperial green is a common thing here, and the price is extremely low.
Of course, this low price is compared to later generations. In this era, the price is considered very expensive.
Just like the glass imperial green bracelet in front of Li Le, it is priced at 6 million, which is equivalent to a year's salary of a mid-level worker in this era.
Also, Li Le saw a jade pendant that was not of very good quality, and its price tag was actually eight million.
Li Le knew that the price of this thing was not based on quality, but on the value of the antique.
At this time, an old man walked up to Li Le and asked, "Comrade, I see you have been looking at this bracelet for a long time. What's wrong? Do you like this?"
"You are..."
"I'm the manager of this store."
"Hello, shopkeeper! I would like to ask, how many antiques made of this material are there in the store?"
"Why do you ask this?" the shopkeeper asked with a frown.
"Of course I bought it, don't worry, as long as the price is right, I can get as many as I want."
Hearing what Li Le said, the shopkeeper looked at him and asked, "Are you sure?"
"Of course." Li Le nodded.
The shopkeeper looked at Li Le from head to toe.
Soon Li Le understood what the shopkeeper meant, which was that he doubted whether Li Le had money.
Also, although the face value of money in this era is relatively large, the price of things is also high! For example, this glass imperial green bracelet is priced at 6 million, and there are dozens of items made of this material in the store.
Let’s not talk about those that are much more expensive than this. If we calculate them as six million, that’s still two hundred million!
Two hundred million, all based on the maximum face value of 50,000, is still 40 zha! Does Li Le look like someone with forty bundles of money?
"I'm sorry, shopkeeper, I went out in a hurry and didn't bring any money with me. I'll go back and get the money right now, but you have to prepare these things for me first."
"No problem, as long as you have money, there are plenty of these things."
"Um!"
Li Le hurriedly came out of the store and came outside Liulichang. Li Le found a deserted alley and went in.
But he didn't come out so quickly, but waited for almost half an hour.
When he appeared in Liulichang again, he was carrying a sack for waste collection.
Needless to say, this sack is filled with money, not 200 million, but a full billion.
As for the size, it is equivalent to a hundred-yuan note in later generations, or two million yuan.
No wonder he packed it in a sack and carried it on his back. Such a large amount of money was not meant to be carried in a sack.
When Li Le came to this jade shop, he found that the shopkeeper did not receive all the things he asked for.
Li Le thought about it for a moment and figured it out. The shopkeeper probably didn't take him seriously at all.
Also, if Li Le were the shopkeeper himself, he probably wouldn't believe that a young man would have so much money to buy these things.
"Shopkeeper, I'm here." Li Le shouted nonchalantly.
Hearing Li Le's voice, the shopkeeper was surprised. He didn't expect this young man to actually come.
The shopkeeper quickly came out of the counter, walked up to Li Le and asked, "Do you really want to buy it?"
"Of course, I brought all the money, how could I not buy it." Li Le said as he put the sack at his feet.
The shopkeeper pointed to the sack and asked, "Is this the money?"
You know, this sack is not small! Even if they are of small denomination, so much should be worth a lot of money.
"Take a look." Li Le opened the sack and let the shopkeeper take a look.
When he saw the money in the sack, the shopkeeper took a deep breath.
Because what’s in the sack is not money of small denominations at all, but large denominations, or all of them.
"Comrade, please come in. I'll have someone bring the things in for you. You can choose slowly." The shopkeeper made a gesture of invitation.
"Yeah!" Li Le nodded and followed the shopkeeper in.
In fact, it is just a small room, which should be the place where distinguished guests are received.
There are tables inside, and sofas, yes, sofas.
As soon as the two people came in, a waiter came in carrying teacups and teapots.
"Comrade, you have some tea first, and I'll bring you the things you want."
"OK."
The shopkeeper and his waiter hurried away.
In just ten minutes, the shopkeeper and the previous waiter each came in carrying a large wooden tray.
All the items on the tray are glass imperial green jewelry and ornaments.
There are bracelets, jade pendants, pendants and other jewelry.
Of course, there are also Ruyi, safe buckles, rockery and other ornaments.
The most important thing is that these are all imperial green, there are more than thirty pieces in total, the cheapest is the pendant, worth more than one million.
The most expensive ones are the ornaments, such as the rockery, which is worth 35 million because it is very large and carved from a whole piece of glass in imperial green.
In the end, these things were added together, and Li Le spent a total of 400 million, but Li Le still had 600 million in his sack.
They had already taken it all out, so what could they do without spending it all, so Li Le went out to look around again and picked out all the jadeite grown in glass.
Jade is not one color, but eight, and there is also a multi-color system.
The most famous ones are of course green, such as imperial green, purple, and then red and yellow, all of which are more precious.
Of course, multi-color varieties are also very valuable if they are grown in good water.
Soon Li Le spent more than 300 million, mainly because there were too few types of glass in other colors.
There was no other way, so Li Le wanted to pick out some jade pendants and jade products, all of which had large doors and provenance.
Although these things are not as valuable as glass jade in the real world, they are still valuable when considering their antique value.
In any case, Li Le finally spent all one billion.
Then the shopkeeper found several wooden boxes and packed these things into categories.
But in the end, Li Le put him in a sack. He had no choice but to carry her away!
Besides, the sack was just a cover up. Li Le probably put all these things into the space after leaving the store.
When Li Le was about to leave with the sack on his back, the shopkeeper called him, took out a small box from the counter and said, "Little comrade, this thing is for you."
Li Le originally wanted to ask what it was, but thinking that it was given to him by the shopkeeper, it was a bit rude to ask.
He nodded and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper. I'll come back next time if I have something good."
"Then we're looking forward to your arrival."
Li Le came out of the store and didn't go far before he put away the things in the sack and put some things in the sack. It seemed like that.
Then Li Le opened the box given to him by the shopkeeper.
When the box was opened, Li Le was surprised because there was an imperial green jade ring in the box.
Although this thing is not big, it is a jade ring! You must know that in the past, it was impossible for people without a certain identity to own this thing.
The person who can wear this kind of glass imperial green jade finger ring must at least be a prince, and may even be worn by an emperor.
It's a pity that Li Le is not good at studying antiques, and the shopkeeper didn't tell him.
The shopkeeper probably thought Li Le knew this, otherwise why would he buy so much, so he didn't tell him.
This left Li Le speechless. How could he know anything about antiques? He just understands jade.
But anyway, this is a good thing! In later generations, it is no exaggeration to say that it is worth a fortune.
Li Le did not put it away, but put it directly on his thumb.
Fingers? Why do you need it if you don’t wear it?
Li Le stayed in Liulichang throughout the morning, but never took action again.
There was no way, Li Le had spent too much today, so he had to wait a while, or at least wait until he determined the value of these ancient jades.
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(End of this chapter)