Chapter 116 Price Increase
In fact, we really can’t blame Zhang Shihui for his lack of cultural literacy and his limited thinking.
As the saying goes, "Famine in troubled times, collection in prosperous times".
If we follow Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, spiritual interests at least belong to the third level of emotional and spiritual belonging.
When people are hungry, all they really care about is food, rice, oil and salt.
Therefore, only our country’s economy will grow stronger first and social order will stabilize first.
When the physiological and safety demands of the people are met first, our Chinese people will realize the preciousness of the national traditional culture.
Ning Weimin was able to do this all because he was a superman who transcended his time.
Who can compare?
Not even Kang Shude.
To be honest, the old man has been dealing with antiques and antiques for the first half of his life.
But if Ning Weimin hadn't repeatedly nudged him, he wouldn't have touched these things again.
Because from the bottom of my heart, I have long been afraid and mentally exhausted.
People of his age actually just want a peaceful life and really don’t want to cause unnecessary trouble.
Of course, it is also because collection is a barometer of the prosperity and decline of society, which is closely related to the prosperity of the country.
So even though Zhang Shihui cannot understand it, with the deepening of the reform and opening up process, the group of people participating in collections continues to grow day by day.
This is also irreversible and cannot be stopped by human power.
So far this year, despite the fact that the Beijing government has issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening Cultural Relics Work", the industrial and commercial departments have also strengthened the inspection of second-hand goods.
However, the number of antique stalls continues to increase, with more and more items being copied.
Many new ghost markets have emerged all at once.
As far as Ning Weimin found out from under the altar, there were several places including the White Temple, Drum Tower, Houhai, Longtan Lake, Huangchenggen, and Guanyuan.
To put it bluntly, they are just like weeds. "Wild fire cannot burn them out, but they grow again when the spring breeze blows."
The only bad thing is that due to the tightening of the situation, ghost markets everywhere have also closed earlier.
Most of the stall owners left as soon as dawn, without further delay, in case of a raid by the industrial and commercial law enforcement authorities.
As a result, Ning Weimin’s trip to the ghost market was no longer enjoyable.
Even if you go to the nearest Tan Gen'er, you can only spend two hours at a time when the lights are dim.
Often you haven’t seen enough. If you can’t go around all the stalls, you have to end it.
But that’s not to say, this kid is very clever and lucky.
An unintentional accident led him to find a good place to hide his treasure.
Although it is not as enjoyable as picking up leaks in the ghost market.
But firstly, it saves time, and secondly, it saves trouble. There is nothing tricky about key transactions, but it can bring big benefits.
In terms of cost performance, it is even better than the Ghost Market.
What's going on?
Hey, to talk about this, we have to start with Ning Weimin’s second trip to Rong Baozhai to buy paintings.
Don’t forget, in the first month of the new year, Ning Weimin made an income of 5,000 yuan just by being a second-rate dealer.
There is no need to spend money to collect monkey tickets, and the opening hours of the ghost market are tightening.
His only big expense was to buy two washing machines, which only cost 500 yuan.
What to do with the remaining money? He didn't want to keep it in his hands, nor did he want to deposit it in the bank.
I had to find a good place to spend the money, so I took the time to come to Rongbaozhai again.
Nothing else, I still plan to buy some modern calligraphy and paintings by famous artists.
But he came, but he was quite disappointed.
Nothing else, just because the prices of things have increased.
And the increase is not even a little bit, it has increased by an average of 60 to 70%.
Now Qi Baishi has increased from thirty-two yuan per square foot to fifty-seven and seventy-one square feet.
Zhang Daqian also rose from 25 yuan to 46 yuan, and Xu Beihong rose from 25 yuan to 42 yuan.
The prices of Pan Tianshou, Chen Banding, Fu Baoshi and Li Keran increased from fifteen yuan to twenty-five to twenty-five yuan.
Huang Zhou, Wu Zuoren, Wang Xuetao, and Ren Bonian also increased their prices from 12 yuan to 18 yuan to 22 yuan.
Even Lu Yanshao and Huang Binhong have increased their prices from eight yuan to twelve yuan.
It’s only been half a year, so this is a bit evil!
For this reason, Ning Weimin went to Director Song's office to find out what was going on.
When Kang Shude brought him to sell paintings last year, various units in the capital jointly held an export exhibition in the port city, which was a great success.
Not only did it attract a total of 160,000 people to visit, all kinds of special handicrafts were almost sold out because of their low prices, which were very different from those in the market outside.
Modern and modern calligraphy and painting, jades, stone seals, bone carvings, enamels, utensils, and interior paintings are the most sought after trading items.
So from then on, not only people at home knew the market outside, but people outside also knew that the prices of these things in China were low.
Naturally, the number of buyers going to the inland "Taobao" from the port city began to increase day by day.
At the same time, the country has also made adjustments to the prices of these special handicrafts.
Especially calligraphy and painting works, which have been proven by the market to be the most popular types.
This is the third price increase in half a year.
So because of this, Director Song was not unhappy about Ning Weimin's interruption.
Instead, he was willing to stop working and patiently explained the cause and effect to him.
Why?
Let’s make it clear, this is not because of his enthusiasm and enthusiasm, but because he is petty and has a grudge.
He clearly remembered that the Ning Weimin in front of him was the master who had taken advantage of him.
Last time, two ancient paintings were delivered. Not only did the old man get along with each other and ask for a high price, he was almost unable to explain to his boss.
On the eve of the price increase, this guy got away with fifty-seven of his paintings at a 10% discount.
Well, it’s fine now. Is this brat’s luck gone?
Buy again? That would cost a lot of money.
So when he was able to tell these situations personally, Director Song's eyes were filled with excitement.
Seeing Ning Weimin's dejected look was as refreshing to him as avenging an arrow himself.
"Comrade, you are really unlucky. You should have come a few days earlier. The price was not so expensive at that time. And I can give you a better discount."
"It's a pity. Ah, that’s no longer possible. Not only has the price been raised, but the higher authorities have also spoken out. In the past, “plan first, price second” is no longer advocated. Now we are required to “differentiate internally and externally, and set prices separately.” br>
"So there is no other way. Our current business policy is to do our best to ensure the task of earning foreign exchange. The discounts for domestic guests are limited, and you have to spend at least one thousand yuan to get a 50% discount. Only foreign guests, use Only by purchasing foreign exchange coupons can you get better discounts”
(End of this chapter)