When the market gates open at 4:30, all the people waiting outside will rush into the market.

However, many people had already started trading at this time. After all, although Panjiayuan had already formed a market at this time, there were also many guerrillas.

In fact, there are two main reasons why Panjiayuan developed so rapidly and became the largest second-hand market in Yanjing and even the whole country.

The first reason is that in this era, along with the renovation of the old city of Yanjing, the old Yanjing people left their ancestral homes one after another, and a large number of old goods, old furniture, and old building parts in their homes flowed to Panjiayuan, making the flavor of the antique market here more and more intense.

The second reason is that Panjiayuan is close to the embassy area. When Panjiayuan gradually became a certain size, foreigners suddenly discovered that they could also do Taobao here. First there was Xiushui Street, then Panjiayuan. Chaoyang, these two initially inconspicuous wild markets, became the most Beijing-flavored places in the eyes of foreigners.

Of course, a foreigner played an indispensable role in the official emergence of Panjiayuan Flea Market. Two years ago, in 1992, the wife of former French President Jacques Chirac came to Panjiayuan to shop for treasures. It is said that her experience of shopping here was even written into the memoirs of the former French first lady.

It is precisely because of so many factors that the Panjiayuan market was so prosperous in the 1990s. Although it is 1994 now, the prosperity of Panjiayuan has already begun to show in this cold early morning.

Yang Jing looked at his watch and found that there was still more than an hour before the gate opened, so he decided to go out for a walk.

At that time, the east-west Panjiayuan Road had not yet been expanded and was still a very narrow road. In this area of ​​the market, there was not even a street light. It was not as good as the Warwick Road we just walked on.

But even in this pitch-dark environment, hundreds of guerrillas have already set up their stalls.

It was also convenient for this group of guerrillas to set up a stall. They just spread a piece of plastic striped cloth on the ground, put a few bricks on it to press it down, and put the things on the striped cloth. That was a stall.

At that time, the Huawei Beili community on the north side of Panjiayuan Road had not yet taken shape. There were only bungalows there, and no buildings were to be seen.

These guerrillas set up their stalls on both sides of the road, one next to the other. Apart from the dim battery lights they brought with them, there was nothing else that could be seen that glowed.

Some customers were looking at things under the dim lights, and occasionally had a low conversation with the stall owner. Some of them were so particular that they didn't even say a word, but could settle the ownership of an item with just a few gestures with their hands.

Anyone who can close a deal with hand gestures is mostly an "eagle" among buyers, or at least an "old wolf".

The so-called "eagles" are what we call "experts". They are usually the nightmare of street vendors. Most of them are experts in cultural relics, experienced players, and experienced antique shop owners. These people also visit street vendors, and all the objects are clearly visible in their eyes.

The next level is called "old wolf", or the so-called "secondary expert". This type of people consists of experienced players with good eyesight and antique shop owners. These people are also very powerful and are the real masters of the antique market. They are experienced, highly skilled, have strong purchasing power, good psychological quality, and are generally not likely to be fooled. Usually, this type of people will not pay attention to those stalls full of fakes, and can quickly find good things in the chaotic stalls. They are familiar with the characteristics of various fakes and imitations, and can automatically filter out unnecessary information. Once they see something, they will bargain for it. When there is nothing, they will not wander around in the antique market...

But no matter it is the old eagle or the old wolf, they will appear here when the ghost market opens. If you want to find a good item with a big opening, the most likely place is the ghost market.

Even in the original time and space that Yang Jing had transmitted, every weekend when the ghost market opened in Panjiayuan, these eagles and wolves, which were rarely seen at other times, would come out and go shopping at the ghost market.

Although the market was not open yet, at least a thousand people had gathered on Panjiayuan Road outside the market. Yang Jing turned his backpack over and hung it on his chest, then followed the crowd and walked slowly from west to east.

Not long after walking, Yang Jing was attracted by a street stall. This street stall was a typical guerrilla street stall. The stall owner was a man in his thirties, not tall. His stall was a two-by-two-inch plastic sheet. A battery lamp was placed in front of the stall, and a small bulb removed from a flashlight emitted a dim light.

Although the stall was not big, there were indeed a lot of things on it. Half of the stall was filled with complete porcelain, and the other half was filled with broken pieces.

At this time, there were three or four people standing in front of the stall. One of them was an elderly man in a Zhongshan suit holding a plate in his hand and looking at it carefully. The people around him didn't say anything, just watched the old man looking at the plate.

What attracted Yang Jing was the plate in the old man's hand.

Although the lighting here was dim, Yang Jing could see and hear the plate in the old man's hand clearly from where he was standing. What attracted Yang Jing the most was not the size and shape of the plate, but the "cracks" all over the plate.

That's right, even in dim light, you can still see the "cracks" all over the plate from two or three meters away. The cracks are very clear and spread all over the plate. At first glance, it looks like a plate that was smashed to pieces and then glued together.

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