Chapter 54 Collection
Yumi finally listened to Kang Qirui’s advice and planned to learn singing skills before participating in the competition. Kang Qirui helped her sign up for a class with an associate professor in the school's music department. The associate professor held a training class outside in his spare time. The fees were quite expensive, so Kang Qirui asked Yumi to work in a clothing store to earn money. .
Originally Kang Qirui didn’t want to get too involved in Yumi’s affairs, but Ayao approached Kang Qirui, and even Sachiko, who was training in the capital, called back specifically, fearing that Zhu Wanling would mind, Kang Qirui Every time he did things, he did it in front of Zhu Wanling, but Zhu Wanling didn't worry about it.
“Mom, where are you going?” Kang Qirui came home from get off work that day and saw the old woman going out, “Have you not bought groceries yet? Then I will go with you.”< br>
"No, the buyer is at the corner of the street. I took these newspapers to sell." The old woman raised a large bundle of newspapers in her hand.
"Newspapers? Where do you get so many newspapers?" Kang Qirui was a little confused. He remembered that he only sold newspapers a few days ago, so why are there so many? The Kang family seems to have subscribed to a newspaper.
“When I first went in to clean Ayao’s room, these newspapers were piled up in the corner, so I helped him take them out and sell them,” the old woman said.
“Oh, give it to me then, I’ll sell it.” Kang Qirui saw that it was quite a lot and heavy, so he took the initiative to take it.
The old lady nodded, "Okay, then you go ahead and I'll cook."
"Wanling, help me cook while I go out for a while." Kang Qirui said I went out with the newspaper, only to get a few dollars from it.
After dinner, everyone went to the living room to watch TV "Xiaobao and Kangxi" together. The finale has been coming to an end in the past few days. Everyone was so absorbed in watching it that Ayao hurriedly walked out of the room after watching half an episode and said, "Which one of you?" "Took my newspaper? Who took my newspaper?" He looked very anxious.
"A Yao, is this the one?" The boss who was just reading the newspaper handed the newspaper in his hand to A Yao. "Of course not, it's my own newspaper." A Yao shook his head after taking a look.
"Hey, Ayao, when did you buy a newspaper?" Lao Dou asked with a frown. Lao Dou, who was watching TV seriously, was disturbed by A Yao's yelling and was very unhappy. Moreover, Lao Dou paid for the newspapers at home. A Yao said they were his, which made Lao Dou even more unhappy.
"Old Dou, I mean the newspaper I put in the corner of my room." A Yao explained.
"The newspaper in your room?" Seeing Ayao nodding, Kang Qirui said, "Mom asked me to take it out and sell it this afternoon. By the way, I sold it for 7.6 yuan, give it to you." Wan took out the money and handed it to Ayao.
"Ah? Sold?" Ayao said in surprise with his mouth wide open. He took the money handed over by Kang Qirui very unwillingly.
"When I was cleaning your room this afternoon, I saw that your room was full of newspapers. It was difficult to walk, so I helped you collect them and sell them. Why are you so nervous?" said the old lady while watching TV. .
Ayao sat on the sofa in a daze and said miserably: "Mom, that's my collection. I'm still waiting for its value to increase."
"No way. ? How can a few bad newspapers increase in value? You are really obsessed with money. "The boss just doesn't believe that a few bad newspapers will increase in value.
"Big brother, you don't understand." Ayao laughed at the big brother, and then asked: "Do you know what the two major investment hot spots in Guangfu are now?" The big brother shook his head. Say I don't know.
"One is stocks and the other is collections. Did you know? The income from collections is greater than stocks." Ayao explained, "Do you know how much an 80-year-old Year of the Monkey stamp sells for now?"< br>
“How much is it?” The second brother and second sister-in-law didn’t even watch TV, they just looked at A Yao.
“Several thousand dollars.” A Yao said.
"How many thousands of dollars does a stamp cost?" The two men and their sister-in-law looked at each other, "No, right? Isn't that more expensive than Sun Wukong?"
"Of course, do you know? Do you know how much a newspaper about Yuan Datou's ascension to the throne during the Republic of China costs? Tens of thousands of dollars." A Yao stood up and continued to say passionately: "I feel sad when I mention the newspaper. Hundreds of thousands are gone." When it comes to A Yao, I feel guilty: "Ah, then, what should I do?"
"Mom, you heard Third Brother bragging." Kang Qirui couldn't bear the old mother's sadness and said to Ayao: "Isn't it an exaggeration to boast about hundreds of thousands, Third Brother? Yuan Datou's newspaper was valuable because at that time The circulation of newspapers is low, and the retention rate is very low. Secondly, the news itself is very valuable. What kind of newspapers do you have in your collection? "
"You don't know. Ah." A Yao said forcefully, "Do you know what collecting is?"
After talking about this, Kang Qirui didn't feel sleepy. He said with a smile: "Okay, I will debate the scriptures with the third brother. Collectors usually collect valuable antiques or other small objects. Let’s not talk about antiques. Let me ask you, third brother, why do they increase in value? Is it possible for it to appreciate in value? Take your pile of newspapers, are they all worth anything?”
“Um” Ah Yao was stunned. Kang Qirui was stunned. However, he still said stubbornly, "Do you understand?" Others also looked at Kang Qirui, especially the second brother and second sister-in-law. They were very interested in anything related to money.
"Qiu Jun, an economist of the Ming Dynasty, wrote in his book "The Supplement to the Explanations of the University": Although the things in the world are born in heaven and earth, they must be funded by human power, and then they can be used for their purposes. Their bodies have big and small, fine and rough. Their skills How much does it cost? This sentence means that everything in the world cannot be used unless it is transformed by human power. The difference in size and fineness of the products depends entirely on it. If the skill is deep, the price is expensive. If the skill is shallow, the price is cheap. So what is this skill?”
Kang Qirui gave everyone a start by quoting scriptures. Stunned for a moment. Only Zhu Wanling was fascinated by him, the serious man was so handsome.
"Guanzi said: Many things are cheap, and few things are expensive. Mencius said: The unevenness of things is the emotion of things. Qiu Jun attributes the value of things to natural endowments and human power, while people give them The use value of things is naturally infinite. Therefore, things include two types of value, one is exchange value and the other is use value. "
"Take the 80 Year of the Monkey stamp as an example. The face value is only eight cents, which is its use value. But when we talk about collecting it, we don’t mean using it to send letters, so what we should consider is its exchange value. In the Year of the Monkey, things are rare. The actual number of stamps issued is only more than four million, which seems to be a lot, but after being distributed to various post offices in various provinces and cities across the country, very few stamps can be preserved in good condition."
" Secondly, it is the first stamp with a zodiac theme, which is also due to its exchange value. That is why stamps of the Year of the Monkey are so expensive. The main thing to collect is high-tech items, that is, items with high exchange value. ”
It turns out that this is the case, and no one is aware of it. The second guy didn't understand and asked: "Then how do I know that this thing will have a high exchange value in the future?"
"This is unpredictable. Maybe this is the fun of collecting." Kang Qirui feels that apart from items with high use value, other collectibles really depend on luck.
For example, Blue Eyes White Dragon is 87 million. This is luck. Everyone is gone and only it is left, then it is valuable. If everyone has not lost it, is still there, and there are many Zhang Qingyan White Dragon, then is it worth 87 million? It's obviously impossible. And whether your item is the last one depends on luck.
"But many things are destined to disappear, and we collect them. It is difficult to make big money, but it is possible to make a small fortune." Just when everyone was disappointed, Kang Qirui suddenly said.
“Say it quickly.” Everyone urged Kang Qirui not to show off.
"Money." Kang Qirui said.
“Money?” Everyone was confused.
"That's right. Money is destined to disappear slowly. For example, ancient copper coins. Let's not talk about those antiques. Let's talk about current banknotes, such as 1 cent and 5 cents. "Kang Qirui took out his wallet and opened it for everyone to see, "When I was a kid, I could buy candy for 1 cent, but now I don't have 1 cent in my wallet. Then what happens after it stops circulating? It has lost its use value, but it has the exchange value of the evolution and development of monetary culture. It is a collection of historical and cultural significance."
"Yes, yes, I won't if you don't tell me. I think so as soon as you said it. In the past, real wallets contained notes like 1 cent and 5 cents. In recent years, after the economy has improved, it is rare to see them. "The second guy is indeed a businessman. He understood at one point, "Everyone doesn't have it, but I do. Isn't that why things are vaguely expensive?"
"Yes, banknotes and coins are really valuable for collection." Ayao also kept nodding.
Kang Qirui knew that in later generations, the transaction price of a one-cent coin from 1950 was as high as more than 24,000 yuan. But when the quantity is large, the value will definitely not be that high, so Kang Qirui said that big money is useless, and small profits are definitely no problem.
(End of this chapter)