In the end, Yang Jing spent eight hundred yuan to buy the bronze statue of "Shiva, the Lord of Dance, Receiving the Ganges".

This is because the statue is made of copper. In 1994, the price of copper was about 16 yuan per catty. This statue weighs about 7 kilograms. Even if it is sold to a scrap recycling station, the copper alone can be sold for nearly 300 yuan.

Yang Jing wanted to get it for 500 yuan, but the boss refused to give it, so he could only give 800 yuan...

Through this incident, Yang Jing also understood more clearly why the prices of antiques in this era are so low. On the one hand, ordinary people do not have that much spare money in their pockets. The most important reason is that information is not well developed nowadays. Most of those who sell antiques do not know the origins of the things they have. How can they sell them at a high price?

Take this bronze statue for example. If you were in India or met someone who knows the business, you would be very capable if you could get it for 800,000, not to mention 800,000! This thing is a serious national treasure. Although it is a national treasure of India, it is also a national treasure, right?

When did you hear that a national treasure could be bought for only 800 yuan?

As for how this bronze statue ended up in the hands of this dealer, it is not difficult to imagine.

In the 1990s, India was in a state of chaos, and all kinds of bizarre thefts often occurred. It was not uncommon for wealthy families to be robbed, but it was not uncommon for the National Museum to be robbed. What was even more exaggerated was that even the Prime Minister's Office was robbed every few days...

This bronze statue was probably the treasure of a museum, or a family heirloom of a prominent family. But it was stolen, and somehow it ended up in China. The Chinese dealers didn't know that it was a national treasure of India, so after it was passed around, it was finally sold to a dealer from Panjiayuan at the price of scrap copper. The dealer didn't know this either, so it ended up being sold to Yang Jing.

In fact, in the 1980s and 1990s, many things that were later regarded as national treasures were priced very low, and a large part of the reason was due to this.

In the early years, I often heard that someone spent 300 yuan to buy a Qianlong famille rose plate in Panjiayuan, someone spent 200 yuan to buy a manuscript of Mr. Lu Xun in Liulichang, and someone spent 400 yuan to buy an authentic Tang Bohu painting in Baoguo Temple...

In fact, this is because the people who sell these things have no idea what kind of national treasures they have in their hands.

In this era, there is no Internet or smart phones. It is nothing like in later generations where you can check something with just the movement of your fingers. Therefore, it has become increasingly difficult to find bargains in later generations. In this era, finding bargains cannot be said to be as easy as drinking cold water, but it is much easier than in later generations.

I spent eight hundred dollars to buy a national treasure that will be worth more than three million dollars in the future. This can be regarded as the biggest bargain I picked up today.

However, this bronze statue also brought endless troubles to Yang Jing.

"Damn, how am I going to get this bronze statue?" Just now he was busy buying the bronze statue, but after buying it, Yang Jing realized that this bronze statue was still a big trouble.

The bronze statue weighs nearly 15 kilograms and is half a meter tall. The most important thing is that the statue was well protected in the past. If I carry it around like this, and if it gets bumped by accident, I won't even be able to cry.

But if I don’t hold this thing, there’s nowhere to put it!

Yang Jing planned to stay here for the whole day today. If he carried such a big thing around, not only would it be inconvenient, but the weight alone would tire him to death.

At this time, Yang Jing realized that although he had made a lot of preparations before coming, when something really happened, his preparations were still far from enough. At least Yang Jing didn't know where to put the bronze statue in his arms.

Holding the bronze statue like a telephone pole and standing at the edge of the greenhouse area for a long time, Yang Jing temporarily gave up the idea of ​​continuing to stroll around, and instead prepared to find a place to put the bronze statue away.

Not only this bronze statue, but also the Longquan Ge Kiln flower-mouth plate and the 1944 edition of "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" in the bag can no longer be kept in the bag all the time. One of these two things is afraid of being bumped into, and the other is quite heavy. It is quite tiring just to carry them.

You should know that before Yang Jing traveled through time, he not only prepared a full 100,000 yuan worth of "four heads" in 100-yuan bills, but he also bought two 500-gram "small yellow croakers" from a jewelry store just in case, put them in his bag and brought them together.

Including these things, the things in the backpack alone weigh more than ten kilograms. Carrying such heavy things to visit the antique market is simply a slap in the face.

Thinking of this, Yang Jing walked out holding the bronze statue. Yang Jing's idea was to see if he could temporarily rent a room in the residential building opposite to store these things, and then take them away together when he left.

But when Yang Jing reached the gate, he suddenly realized that it was only five in the morning, and it was five in the morning in winter. At this time, where would the people get up? Where could he find a house to rent?

Yang Jing stood alone at the entrance of the market holding the Buddha statue. That feeling was so miserable.

But there are always many kind people in this world.

Yang Jing had just stood there for a while when the door of the duty room at the main entrance was pushed open and a market worker in uniform came out.

"Young man, have you encountered any difficulties?" The staff member's voice was very gentle, completely different from the cold wind in the early morning.

Yang Jing was stunned for a moment, then he realized that his behavior made the staff member think that he was in trouble.

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