These separately separated rooms are filled with a large number of old items. A rough estimate is that there are at least hundreds of them.

Among them, the two largest old objects attracted Yang Jing's attention the most.

"Is this a Luohan bed made of small-leaf red sandalwood? It's from the Ming Dynasty?" When Yang Jing's hand touched the black bed, he couldn't help but ask excitedly.

The appraisal result given by Shengjie proves that the bed in front of you, which is somewhat similar in style to a modern double sofa, is actually a Luohan bed built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and is made of genuine small-leaf red sandalwood.

Peter Wu gave Yang Jing a thumbs up and said with a smile, "Boss, you have a really good eye. You can tell the origin of this Luohan bed at a glance. Yes, this Luohan bed is indeed a bed from the Ming Dynasty. I only bought it after asking someone to identify it."

"How much is this bed?"

"It's shockingly cheap. I bought this Luohan bed and the step-out bed from a scrap collection station. The Ming Dynasty Huanghuali step-out bed and this Luohan bed cost me more than 300 yuan in total..."

Yang Jing was completely speechless. The Huanghuali step-out bed was okay, but this small-leaf red sandalwood Luohan bed was really a rare treasure. This Luohan bed was made of large pieces of small-leaf red sandalwood, not the kind that was pieced together with small pieces.

Although the small-leaf red sandalwood used to make this bed is not as large as the material used for Emperor Qianlong's red sandalwood desk, it is definitely not small. If it were placed in the original time and space, this Luohan bed alone would be priceless.

Seeing Yang Jing was silent, Peter Wu explained, "When Mr. Ale asked me to buy more old items in Yanjing, he also told me to pay more attention to those scrap collection stations. My God, I never thought there would be so many good things in the scrap collection stations in Yanjing. Not only old furniture, but also some ancient bronze and iron artifacts and even famous calligraphy and paintings can be seen there."

Peter Wu pointed to another room and said, "This room is filled with calligraphy and paintings that I bought from the owners of scrap collection stations. Those owners know that these ancient calligraphy and paintings are valuable, so they keep them separately. These calligraphy and paintings cost much more than those old furniture."

Yang Jing looked over and found many painting tubes in the room. He must have put all the paintings into the painting tubes after Peter Wu collected them.

Yang Jing resisted the urge to open the painting tubes and said calmly, "These ancient paintings and calligraphy must be carefully protected and cannot be placed in the painting tubes for a long time. They should be hung up for two or three months a year. It is best to hang them in a dark place in the main room. Well, your status is different now. You can ask the experts from the Palace Museum to come and take a look at these paintings, repair them if necessary, frame them if necessary, and make sure to preserve these paintings and calligraphy. But you don't need to tell them the origins of these paintings and calligraphy. If they ask, just say you got them from a friend."

Pete Wu was chosen by Mike Aller to be in charge of work in Yanjing. Naturally, he was a very smart person. Hearing this, he knew what his boss meant and nodded to show that he understood.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the scrap collection stations in Yanjing could be described as a paradise for antique lovers. Those scrap collection stations, especially the large state-owned ones, often housed many jaw-dropping old objects.

In fact, some people are already competing with Yang Jing for business. For example, Ms. Chen Lihua, who was later honored as the "King of Red Sandalwood", is now quietly purchasing old red sandalwood and mahogany furniture, and scrap collection stations are one of her main sources of purchases.

There is also Mr. Ma Weidu, who, like Ms. Chen Lihua, is now quietly purchasing old items.

However, most antique lovers have not yet turned their attention to these scrap collection stations. It will take a few more years before they notice that the places where scrap is stored are actually the greatest treasures.

Yang Jing heard all these things from Grandpa Yang when he was a child. At that time, Grandpa Yang had not yet retired and was still working at the Palace Museum. Naturally, he knew a lot about these matters.

Knowing this reason, Yang Jing did not hesitate to travel back to the Cayman Islands in 1980 to make money from foreigners through London gold, and then set up the Dragon Fund, asked Mike Aller to find people to come to Yanjing to invest in the Three North Shelterbelt Project, gave the Dragon Fund a high-end enough identity, and then let the people in charge of the Dragon Fund buy these old items in China.

If I don't buy them, someone else will. And I don't buy these old items to sell them for money. Once I buy these precious antiques, their only fate is to enter my own private museum.

"Peter, do you have enough money to buy these things?" After Yang Jing looked at the old items in these rooms, he asked Peter Wu as he walked back with a very satisfied mood.

"Boss, it's OK. If you don't come to Yanjing, you won't know that these old things in Yanjing are really shockingly cheap. Especially now that I'm using foreign exchange coupons to buy these things, they are very popular."

"Boss, we can't use our US dollars directly in Yanjing, unless we use a large amount of US dollars like we did last year to buy a house or invest, we can directly connect with Huaxia's banks. Otherwise, for general consumption, US dollars are useless here. We can only go to the bank to exchange them for foreign exchange certificates that only began to circulate on April 1 last year, and then use these foreign exchange certificates to consume. However, these foreign exchange certificates seem to be more useful than US dollars, and more popular than the national currency. But we seem to be at a disadvantage when buying things with foreign exchange certificates."

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