Chapter 482 Collecting ancient treasures does not make you rich
Mr. Ma, a well-known collector in the Beijing collection circle, once said this when he was doing a program.
“If everyone could live again, they would all be winners in life.”
What he actually meant was that the particularity of history once caused a once-in-a-lifetime event. Historical base.
In the early days of reform and opening up, we did have many things whose value had been underestimated for a long time.
So if anyone can live a new life, he only needs to buy some undervalued things at the right time, and he can easily become a millionaire and live a comfortable life without having to worry about money.
This is true, but not entirely true.
Indeed, Ning Weimin, whose soul traveled to the 1980s, first felt that this era was full of loopholes.
And it is a big leak that shocked the world and made ghosts and gods cry.
Forget about anything else, just buying zodiac stamps is enough for him to achieve financial freedom.
If you include the modern calligraphy and paintings he has acquired, it will be enough for him to be listed on Forbes thirty years later and aspire to be the "world's richest man".
This does not include the seal stones, porcelain, and many other miscellaneous things that he continued to buy.
If we take into account the countless profit opportunities brought by the subsequent era of financial real estate and network technology...
Who can say that he can still be poor in this life? , even if you are destined to be swollen in the face by reality.
It can be said that no matter how awesome the person is in this world, it may be possible to take away Ning Weimin's life, but it will be difficult to take away his wealth.
This boy is the philanthropic boy who can turn stones into gold in this world. He is the modern Shen Wansan who holds a cornucopia in his hand.
There are people in the world who can make more money than him, unless there is a second time traveler in the world.
But the problem is, there is another sentence in the collection line.
That’s called “keeping the past without getting rich”, or “coveting the past without getting rich”.
This sentence has two meanings.
The first is that collecting is too expensive. In any category, countless funds must be continuously invested.
How much financial resources do ordinary people have to support this hobby?
So there are some extreme examples, even if you sell iron, sell cars and buy houses, you still have to collect.
The second point is about collectors’ reluctance to sell, only buying but not selling.
Many people think that collecting is about fate. If an artifact is sold, it may never be seen again in this life.
So it is unacceptable for these people to give up their love and sell their collections for money.
The more you buy, the poorer you become, and in the end you can no longer even maintain a normal family life.
It should be said that the love of these two people for collecting is unquestionable, but it is also quite sad.
Because they are too extreme.
One is obsessed with what is not in hand, and the other is obsessed with what is already in hand.
With this "reluctance", no matter how much wealth they have, it will be the same as nothing.
You will always feel that you don’t have enough money to spend, and you will always live in financial embarrassment, like a poor person.
To be honest, Ning Weimin never thought that he would make similar mistakes and fall into the same predicament since he started buying monkey tickets in this life.
Because first, he prides himself on being the best in the world in terms of his ability to make money, and does not think that his money will be enough.
These days, his salary alone is three thousand per month.
Although Song Huagui had already advanced most of his salary to him for buying modern calligraphy and paintings, he also received monthly bonuses.
You know, it is because he prompted Pierre Carton to increase the price of clothing and advocated improving the treatment of non-sales personnel.
His current bonus is nearly twice as high as his salary.
In addition, clothing, high-end tobacco and alcohol, handicrafts such as silk figures and stone carvings are all the bulk of his foreign wealth.
And there are also small amounts of money from the stamp market.
His average income of 100,000 yuan this month is no problem.
It can be said that he is the richest man in Beijing today, almost as if he has a money printing machine at home.
Secondly, he didn’t think he would be so attached to these dead objects.
In his opinion, he is just a philistine and does not have the obsession with antiques that elegant people have.
The purpose of buying these things is to sell them, and everything is a bargaining chip for speculation.
It is impossible to be a fool who clings to Jinshan.
But the problem is that God’s calculation is not as good as man’s calculation.
In reality, he just turned into such a big fool, and he did not avoid either of these two problems.
The main reason is that he is too arrogant.
He never thought that situations that he could not expect would always arise in life, and plans would not keep up with changes.
We also forget that human greed is boundless and will always be higher than human ability.
Besides, the inventory door of the arts and crafts industry that Qiao Wanlin opened for him this time made him feel the feeling of going up the mountain again - money is tight.
Let’s talk about this account in detail, here’s how it was calculated.
Originally, after the Spring Festival, Ning Weimin spent all the five hundred thousand he had accumulated last year to buy seal stones.
Then if you want cash again, you have to rely on him to accumulate it again.
Later, in April, I met Sun Wufu.
In order to arrange people, open the business and collect old goods, he spent another 30,000 yuan in capital.
Then it’s time to prepare the restaurant.
Originally, he had earned 2,780,000 yuan in these three months, and he still felt quite wealthy.
I think that with the income in June, 400,000 yuan is enough to support a small restaurant.
But it turned out to be different once I started working. First of all, there were many unexpected expenses. The construction cost of Zhai Palace also increased by 20%. That's 180,000 gone.
The second step is to follow Qiao Wanlin around various handicraft factories to buy useful things for the restaurant.
What kind of printing factory, badge factory, palace lantern factory, material factory, enamel factory, porcelain factory, Beijing handicraft factory, metalworking art factory, wood carving factory...
This one After going around in circles, he really didn't expect that there were so many good things in these factories.
And they are all bargains that are not easily seen outside.
Not to mention that the money spent on the joint venture restaurant was 77, 88 or 88. He spent all his own money on it, which was enough for the general use.
Just when he thought he had bought everything he needed to buy, he saw news in the newspaper that the great Hong Kong director Li Hanxiang came to Beijing to film "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace".
This suddenly made him think of the investment boom in hardwood furniture.
Whether others mention the fortune history of the "Red Sandalwood King" who "ate the meat of Tang Monk" or the private furniture collection of Hong Kong director Li Hanxiang, they can't do without the Beijing Hardwood Furniture Factory.
What was even more unexpected was that when he inquired with Qiao Wanlin, he found out that the Beijing Hardwood Furniture Factory was also a factory in the district.
That's the name "Long Shuncheng" changed in the past.
Needless to say, I went there again afterwards.
As expected, the library is full of hardwood furniture copied from the "exercise" period.
At this time, due to financial difficulties, the Beijing Hardwood Furniture Factory was writing and sending letters to various academic groups, institutions, colleges, and cultural and art departments to sell the old furniture collected by the factory over the past thirty years at a very low price. furniture!
When Ning Weimin saw with his own eyes, there were dozens of canopy beds made of huanghuali and red sandalwood, countless tables, chairs and benches, and various debris piled up like mountains.
Even the "Ming huanghuali square clay platform seat with support" and the "Qing Kangxi red sandalwood carved chilong pattern large painting table" that Teacher Ma praised in the program are all in front of you.
When I heard that a pair of huanghuali armchairs only cost fifty yuan.
How can he still be impatient?
He was both happy and anxious at the same time.
Fortunately, the furniture in this library has not been seen by others yet.
There are all good things, he should be the first one to eat meat, there is no doubt about it.
The urgent thing is that if he wants to buy it and successfully cut off someone else's penis, the factory will ask for at least 400,000 yuan!
He has spent all his money and has 18,000 yuan to live on. Where can he raise such a large amount of money in a short time?
Sell something?
Not to mention that the things in his hands were all at a loss when sold at this time, and he couldn't sell them for so much money at one time. His affairs are urgent.
Oh my goodness, I am really in a hurry to raise money.
In the end, I had to follow the example of buying modern calligraphy and paintings two years ago and borrow money from everywhere.
Thanks to Kang Shude and Zhang Shihui’s help again, they collected 80,000 yuan.
The credibility and favorability of his colleagues in the company have improved a lot, and they lent him 80,000 yuan.
And this time, Luo Guangliang and his gang of brothers chipped in 60,000 yuan.
Finally, he added a sum of money that should be paid to the clothing factory for purchasing the goods, and he begged them to postpone the payment period for two months.
Usually, I used the name of the joint venture restaurant as a guarantee, and agreed with the hardwood furniture factory that the balance of 100,000 yuan would be paid in three months.
This is how I managed to scrape together 400,000 yuan to buy this batch of hard goods.
To be honest, this kid is extremely anxious.
Just like the last time I bought modern calligraphy and painting, I lost weight again and finally became a pile of debt.
Afterwards, even he himself scolded himself for eating from the bowl and looking at the pot, looking away from Sichuan and never being satisfied.
But there is nothing we can do about it!
If you don’t say it’s a shame, who could be responsible for this?
This is a good thing if he misses this village and there is no such store. He can no longer watch these good things being bought by others.
Of course, some people may think that a lot of money seems to be spent unnecessarily, and it is all because of Ning Weimin's lavish spending.
He might not have been so greedy, and he wouldn't have been in such embarrassment.
For example, he spent 55,000 yuan to repair four palace lanterns, 30,000 yuan to resume production of "Grape Chang", and 68,000 yuan to Liu Yongqing to open a kiln and fire porcelain.
From a cost-effective perspective, the amount of money he spent.
It’s far less cost-effective than buying stamps, calligraphy, paintings and seal stones before. It seems silly and even a loss.
But the problem is that Ning Weimin also sincerely feels that these good things and these good skills, like endangered species, should not just disappear and be extinct.
He was really obsessed with the beauty of these arts and crafts.
The wisdom and interest contained in these things actually moved him far more than antiques, calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, and seal stones.
Because it is straightforward enough and so close to life, anyone can feel the excitement.
But it is quite a pity that so many incredibly beautiful things that make people gasp in admiration require traditional arts and crafts techniques that are extremely complex and difficult to master.
Precisely because of our country's economic predicament and the inability to find a market position, these skills are facing the situation of being gradually lost.
He was sure that if he didn't reach out and pay for it, he would never see these things again.
He also wanted to try to protect these things and see what difference it would make in the future.
Can this be considered greedy?
Ning Weimin doesn’t know.
Anyway, just because he did these greedy and stupid things, he felt extremely happy and slept soundly.
After traveling back in time for so long, this was the first time that he clearly felt that he was right. After many years, he would definitely not regret what he did today.
He didn’t understand why.
Perhaps it was like opening this joint venture restaurant, which gave him a vague expectation.
I hope that with my own intervention, the original history can be transformed in a better direction.
He even told his master about this idea and wanted to hear Kang Shude's opinion.
Sure enough, the master is the master, and the old man thinks much better than him.
"If you just count the money, it seems like you are losing money right now. But you have to think about it, which is more important, the dead baby or the living baby? In addition, are you just buying things? Not necessarily? I think there is at least human kindness, righteousness, reputation, and unlimited possibilities in the future. How can you, kid, do a loss-making business? Taking advantage is your instinct..."
(End of this chapter) )