Chapter 476 Treasure Hunt
Although Ning Weimin could not help but mutter about Qiao Wanlin in his heart.
But within a few days, he completely forgot about this matter.
For no other reason than the fact that the time had entered June and the new water mangua came in this year, this kid was defeated in a timely manner.
(Note: Water melons, the earliest watermelons to be marketed on the Ding Festival in Beijing are all melons grown in irrigated fields, and are called "water melons". Although they mature early, they are not sweet enough.)
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It's also because after Children's Day, No. 87 North Gate of the Temple of Heaven, like Northern Chef, also started to break ground.
Looking at the first few days of construction, Qiao Wanlin spent every day on the construction site coordinating manpower and standardizing the location and scope of the basement. It was really hard work.
Ning Weimin was somewhat moved by sympathy.
For this reason, he also felt that Qiao Wanlin could almost offset his merits and demerits.
And for almost a whole month, Qiao Wanlin took him to almost all the handicraft factories in the district.
I personally introduced him to the relationship and negotiated with the heads of each factory to produce various items suitable for the joint venture restaurant.
For this reason, he became more sympathetic and felt that Qiao Wanlin was interesting and a rare and good helper.
What’s more, this process is not only eye-opening but also enriching.
Ning Weimin deeply felt the beauty of these arts and crafts and understood the exquisite skills contained in them.
At the same time, to his great surprise, he discovered a huge treasure house that almost no one was aware of.
You know, there are simply too many good things hidden in the inventories and overstocked goods of those handicraft factories.
It can be said that they are all wonderful things that Ning Weimin has never seen in his life.
Qiao Wanlin took him on a treasure hunt!
Then why should he care about others?
Isn’t it enough to offset the loss of his reputation by sending him such wealth and wealth?
So why does Ning Weimin care what Professor Lan thinks of him?
Even if Lan Lan came, he would probably only be able to stare at those tempting treasures and not be able to look away at all.
It would be great if he could hold back the tears from dripping from the corners of his mouth!
Hey, there is absolutely no exaggeration in this statement.
Let me make it clear here, Ning Weimin is greedy, but he is by no means an ignorant person.
Even though he is a person who has traveled through time in the information age, he is still a person who mainly relies on stamps and coins and various collectibles.
How can I have seen so few good things in my life?
But when he went to these factories, he was really dazzled.
Think about it, can these things be ordinary gadgets?
If nothing else, let’s talk about the Jingcheng Badge Factory. This was the first place Qiao Wanlin took Ning Weimin to.
The so-called badge refers to a symbol worn on the body to express identity, occupation or commemoration.
Also known as badges.
As you can imagine, the main products of Jingcheng Badge Factory are probably craft signs, machine nameplates, instrument panels, and various trademark plates.
Medal badges, copper and aluminum medals, copper and aluminum badges, and various commemorative medals.
Aluminum handicrafts, key pendants, thermometers, and commemorative coins.
Aluminum alloy combination products, picture frames, coffee tables, TV stands, screens, clothes hangers, etc.
As for the business that Ning Weimin and the others approached from the badge factory, it was actually not that complicated.
It’s just a custom-made name tag worn by two hundred employees.
There are also thousands of them in the shape of the restaurant’s trademark, which can be used as key pendants or small badges as gifts.
The only special request is that they want to discuss with the manufacturer to see if they can use copper to make dozens of nameplates with the restaurant name and Chinese patterns.
In order to be inlaid on the menu cover of yellow brocade texture provided by the Brocade Box Factory, it further highlights the noble style.
Probably his budget is to spend 5,000 yuan.
Logically speaking, this amount of money is not much for a factory with a hundred and ten people.
What’s strange is that the factory’s attitude is quite enthusiastic.
The factory director listened to their special needs, was not afraid of trouble at all, and was very responsive.
They even immediately called the backbone of the technical department and a senior master working in the workshop to discuss the production details with Ning Weimin and others.
Why are you so positive?
Hey, to be honest, it’s really pitiful.
Not for anything else, just to make some money so that I can give some bonuses to the workers.
The most glorious time of the Beijing Badge Factory was actually the era when politics took the lead.
It is no longer what it used to be, and the sun is setting over the mountains.
In the 1950s, the badge factory produced Sino-Soviet friendship commemorative medals, medals of the top ten marshals, and factory emblems of major factories.
Since the 1960s, the badge factory has begun to produce "badges" and event commemorative badges commissioned by various units.
There used to be hundreds of people in this factory, and there was so much work that they couldn't finish it all.
Huan Jing is the trustee of a related household, trying his best to jump in the queue and arrange business.
But in the 1970s, it was no longer possible to say no.
On the one hand, it is to avoid excessive consumption of resources and stop the excessive proliferation of badges.
Since 1969, the central government has ordered a halt to all production of "badges".
Many companies that place orders are afraid of being held responsible for "restriction orders".
I didn’t dare to accept the finished products they made, so I simply refused to accept them.
On the other hand, various badges are no longer popular.
Many large factories have stopped making factory logos, and various agencies and units no longer make commemorative badges.
Even fewer and fewer people are willing to wear "badges" on the streets.
So this caused the business of the badge factory to shrink rapidly.
Even the various finished products they have made cannot be sold due to the ebb of fashion, and large quantities are backlogged in the warehouse.
Think about it, how much impact will this have on the operation of the factory?
Definitely the planned economic system, whether you lose or make money is all the country’s business.
Otherwise, if we go against the market and suddenly encounter policy risks, these units will "not follow martial ethics", and the badge factory will go bankrupt.
As for the backlog, the Light Industry Bureau originally said that it wanted to find a brother unit to buy and dispose of the raw materials.
But later, the brother unit regretted it, saying that it was worried about the political influence and it was not easy to deal with such special things casually.
In the end, it was delayed more and more, and now, even the material company is no longer interested in the badge.
People also have special concerns.
I also disliked that the materials of various badges were different and it was troublesome to deal with them.
So now, badge factories point to the school badge business of various middle schools as the main source of revenue.
Although in recent years, the business of making cloisonné medals as mechanisms for tourist attractions has also been added.
Unfortunately, the products of this new business were too rough and not as exquisite as handmade ones, so they did not sell well.
This business like the one sent by Ning Weimin and others is now considered a rare and big job.
Finally we met, isn’t the badge factory still active?
To put it bluntly, the badge factory completely regarded Ning Weimin and Qiao Wanlin as "poverty alleviation funds" when they were at the end of their rope, so they were naturally very grateful.
How about not saying that rushing is not a business?
The people in the badge factory are careless from top to bottom, and they are happy when they see a job.
Every one of them, including the factory director, said whatever they asked. Regardless of what they asked, he still took it out himself.
But the problem is that the speaker is unintentional and the listener is interested. Who is Ning Weimin?
This guy always has calculations in his mind, and he also has a nose that can smell good things.
As soon as I learned that the badge factory had a large backlog of "badges", I became interested.
How could he miss such a good thing?
The work was almost done, but he didn’t even bother to sign a contract because he wanted to whet people’s appetites.
I proposed to go to the warehouse to take a look at the backlog of badges, but I was really shocked when I saw them.
A warehouse of about twenty square meters was almost full. From the floor to the roof, there were piles of sacks, at least two hundred of them.
Moreover, many of them were gnawed by rats, and many badges were leaked out.
Fortunately, those things are made of hard materials, so they are not afraid of being damaged like this. Otherwise it would really be in tatters.
But having said that, it is precisely because of this that we can intuitively see the quality of these medals and badges.
Ning Weimin became even more excited and almost screamed.
Why? Just because there is a sack near the door, all that is exposed is the jade medallion of the side face.
Although Ning Weimin is not very familiar with the collection of "badges", he roughly knows a few basic rules based on his experience and knowledge accumulated in the speculation industry in his previous life.
First, 1976 is used as the limit. Only "badges" produced before that have collection value.
The second reason is that things are rare and valuable, because "badges" were once a must-have for everyone in special times, and ordinary aluminum products are not very valuable.
Only badges made of precious materials such as gold, silver, jade, and purple sand are valuable due to the scarcity of the materials themselves and the fact that they are not produced and used on a large scale.
The third reason is that these things were recycled and discarded in large quantities after the "movement" ended. It was precisely because of a period of indifference that the collection value of "badges" began to become prominent in the late 1980s.
By around 1993, there was another wave of "badge" collecting craze.
As the leading section of badge collection, the collection status of "badges" is gradually recognized.
This means that he accidentally discovered the things here when the "badge" was regarded as worthless.
You can imagine how excited he was.
It was really "bang bang"!
Suppressing his ecstasy, Ning Weimin walked over and grabbed two handfuls, checked them randomly, and roughly got a score.
These badges are all handmade. Although they are not completely uniform, they all look comfortable and the jade quality is also good.
After 20 years of storage, there will be no problem if each one sells for 18,000 yuan.
The key is that this thing is a rising star in the collectible category. No one can say how much potential it will have in appreciation in the future.
What is certain is that it will only get higher and higher.
"Director, this is the first time I've seen such a badge. Is it produced by your factory?" Ning Weimin made some insinuations.
The factory director really did this, and he was indeed fooled.
“Hey, when I made these badges, I hadn’t come to the factory yet. But I heard that the original secretary mentioned that he had done some work with the jade factory, so that’s probably it. I’ll come Look, yes, it should be made of jade. I heard it was made of Dushan jade. Unfortunately, we stopped working after the ban was issued. , it’s all in our hands. Fortunately, it’s a loss shared between us and the jade factory..."
"Director, will you take care of these jade badges?" "Ning Wei? People continued to bait and fish.
"Oh, look what you said, these things are worthless now, and they will cause trouble if you put them in your hands. Just take them as you like..."
What does it mean to be poor and generous?
This is the factory director.
"Don't say goodbye, can't we do this? After all, if I take things from our factory for free, the workers will scold me. Let's do it this way. It's fate that we met today. You can just agree on a price, I think. Let's try it in our Zhai Palace and see if we can find a way to sell it to tourists..." Ning Weimin pretended to be a good person, but in fact he was angry.
The director of the factory handed over his neck.
"Hey, you want it? That's great. If this thing can't be sold, it will still occupy storage space. You are doing us a favor by buying it, so what price should I ask? No amount is too little. . You just have the final say..."
"Then... how about one thousand?"
"Ouch! I don't even know how grateful we should be! Great! You... you are such a good person! You helped us solve a big problem! "
Well, Ning Weimin was so shameless that he was praised for his shame.
But that’s not all yet. Ning Weimin walked into the library and found another sack of metal commemorative plates.
He took out a plate from the sack. It looked like it was twenty centimeters in diameter. It was thick and heavy.
There are not only raised figures on the plate, but also text.
In addition to the words wishing health and longevity, the text content also indicates in small characters that it is a congratulations to the National Day from a certain unit, and the time is 1976.
Obviously, this must be a batch of things that were not put to use due to special historical events.
But this time Ning Weimin was not allowed to speak at all, and the factory director was filled with emotion.
“Oh, what a pity, it’s tin-plated and silver-plated, all made in white. In fact, the material cost alone is worth several yuan. It’s such a waste of things, the peculiarity of a special era, isn’t it? ?”
Ning Weimin was simply stunned. He was stunned for a moment, then looked at the plate in his hand, and then asked with a guilty tone.
"This... is tin-plated with silver? Then... how many plates are there?"
"Ah? How many are they? Let me take a look... This is really not much, probably More than two hundred. No, you don't want these plates, do you? Oh, if you can find a way to deal with them, that would be great. How about a dollar a piece? Who wants these? The words are causing trouble..."
Okay?
Ning Weimin almost hugged the factory director and kissed him.
I thought to myself that this guy really has two eyes, and his glasses are for nothing.
He could tell by the amount he felt in his hands that these plates were definitely not tin-plated silver.
Just like that, I came out of the warehouse that day.
Not only did Ning Weimin waste no more time, he quickly signed the contract and paid the money.
And he didn't let anyone else do it. He only asked Qiao Wanlin to help him pull out the sacks of things he bought.
When he returned to the office, he sent Qiao Wanlin away quietly and closed the door.
But he didn't even touch the jade piece. Instead, he impatiently took out a plate.
Grasp both ends of the plate with both hands and apply a little force.
Sure enough, exactly as he expected, the plate was bent like a piece of cake.
Damn it! What tin silver plating! It is clearly a layer of tin plated on the surface of sterling silver!
As for why this silver plate is disguised in such a poor way, it lowers the beauty.
He didn't dare to think deeply about the reason.
Anyway, no one has cared about it for so many years.
Then it’s true that he caught it.
On these plates, at least more than one hundred kilograms of pure silver were used!
Thinking again before leaving, the factory director gave him a gift with gratitude and repeatedly said that if he could sell the badge, it would be best to take over all the inventory in their factory.
There are a total of more than 100,000 commemorative medals left over the years. As long as I can give him 30,000 yuan, I will sell them all to him!
The factory director also said that he would not lose money, because some of the badges in the library must be silver, and maybe some are gold-plated.
Ning Weimin’s eyes immediately lit up with lusty yearning!
Can he extrapolate such foreign wealth?
Of course not!
If God gives it to you, if you don’t take it, you will receive retribution!
The only question to consider is where to store it after buying it?
The air-raid shelter in the pastry factory has space, but it is too troublesome to open the door every time...
(End of this chapter)