Lying Low to Scavenge in the Courtyard

Zhang Weiguo transmigrates to that era of scarcity, a time of lacking clothes and food.

He is a decorated veteran who has been transferred to a position as the head of the purchasing departme...

Chapter 503 A Broken Bowl for One Dollar

Now, Zhang Weiguo's factories have started formal production.

Moreover, the sales volume of the products produced is still good and is increasing slowly.

These industries are all profitable, and Zhang Weiguo just needs to wait to make money.

Another thing is to build a few more factories and courtyards.

The function of the factory is to produce cigarettes.

Now, the equipment has not been purchased yet, and the place needs to be prepared first.

When Zhang Weiguo returned to the courtyard, he saw the third uncle holding a broken bowl mysteriously.

"Uncle, are you changing your career to begging?" Zhang Weiguo said.

"You know how to talk, kid? What do you mean by changing your profession to begging? This is an antique, you know, it can be sold for money."

"Uncle, are you sure this is an antique?"

"How can this be fake? I bought it for one dollar."

“That’s really a high price.”

Zhang Weiguo was really curious. For this uncle to spend one dollar to buy such a broken bowl, that was indeed a high price.

"Uncle San is willing to spend one dollar to buy such a worthless bowl. Zhang Weiguo is still very curious."

You know, the third uncle spends every penny carefully, so this dollar is a huge sum of money.

"Uncle San, why did you change your career to selling antiques?"

“Can this make money?”

Zhang Weiguo knew that antiques could make money, but it was not easy to make money.

Now, no one recognizes it, and the selling price is very low, it is not worth anything at all.

I don’t know who cheated the third uncle.

Zhang Weiguo was still very curious about what happened in the courtyard after he hadn't come back for a few days.

"That will definitely make money, and some people are already making money."

“Who made money?”

"Great terrier."

"Who?" Zhang Weiguo's voice rose octaves.

"Keep your voice down, I can hear you."

"Uncle San, you said Banggeng made money by selling antiques?"

"Yes."

"Can that kid understand?"

"can't read."

"He can make money even though he doesn't understand it. This kid is lucky enough."

"Uncle San, how much money did Banggeng make?"

"Two hundred dollars."

"That's quite a lot. Do you know what Banggeng sells?"

"It looks like a bowl from Emperor Qianlong."

Even though this guy doesn't work, he has quite a few skills and is so lucky.

Rather than saying that this guy got away with something, Zhang Weiguo would rather believe that this guy stole it.

He knew nothing. He only knew what antiques were and that was only an elementary school education. He had no idea that these things could be sold for money.

The friends who played with him were probably in the same situation and had no idea what antiques were.

It is very likely that they discovered someone selling this thing, saw it, knew that this thing was valuable, and stole it and sold it.

This possibility is the greatest. If it is said that Banggeng found a bargain and sold it for 200 yuan, that possibility is very small. How would they know how much this thing is worth?

You know, there are no good people in the antique business.

People in this line of work will offer a minimum price and will never offer a high price.

No matter how much this thing is worth, I would pay two dollars for it, but never five dollars.

This is what they do, they buy at a low price and sell at a high price, and this is how they make money.

No matter how good something is, they will not keep it. As long as it can make money, they will sell it.

Of course, the price has to satisfy them.

Otherwise, they won’t sell it at all and will keep it.

This will have two results. One is that this thing will be sold at a high price in the future. The other result is that this thing cannot be sold at all, and no one will want it even at the previous price.

How to sell this thing depends on how they handle it.

It is very easy for those people to cheat a few ignorant kids, and they would never spend such a high price.

Unless these people know the value of this thing and don't have so much money, they won't sell it.

Zhang Weiguo thought that this was the most likely scenario.

I don’t know how Banggeng promoted it after he came back and let Uncle Sanda know about it.

What kind of person is the Third Uncle? He is someone who dreams of getting rich.

Knowing this, how could I let it go?

Look, I got this broken bowl from somewhere and spent a dollar on it.

Zhang Weiguo looked at the one-dollar broken bowl and didn't want to attack the third uncle at all.

This broken bowl is not worth a penny.

If you use this bowl to beg for food, it would be very suitable.

The bowl of Uncle Sanda has such an effect, but Zhang Weiguo cannot say it yet.

If Uncle Three knew about this, he would be so upset that he wouldn’t be able to sleep all night.

"Uncle San, is there anyone who can collect this bowl?"

"Of course there is. I have already inquired about it."

"Where did you buy this bowl?"

"Panjiayuan."

The third uncle is quite professional and knows to buy this thing at the antique market.

There are two places in Sijiucheng where you can find these things.

One is Panjiayuan and the other is Liulichang.

Now, it is still a very small market and has not yet formed the scale of later generations.

"Uncle, are you still going to Taobao? I want to go and have a look too."

"I'll go again tomorrow, and you can come with me."

"Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow."

Zhang Weiguo agreed on a time with the third uncle and went back.

Zhang Weiguo wanted to go and see if he could buy some good stuff.

There are still some good things there, I just don’t know if you can find them.

Zhang Weiguo returned home and was cooking.

I heard people outside talking about the treasure that the third uncle had bought.

In the entire courtyard, the third uncle was not the only one who went to buy treasures.

Earning two hundred yuan in one go is very tempting.

You know, their monthly salary is only more than 20 yuan, and 200 yuan is their annual salary.

They also want to try their luck. People like Banggeng can do it, so why can't they?

Banggeng is a negative example in Siheyuan.

There are people who are willing to go to Taobao, and there are a lot of them, and they are all willing to try their luck.

Now, after hearing that the third uncle had bought something good, those who were hesitant no longer hesitated and decided to try their luck.

If others can buy good things, they can too.

While they were talking about the Third Uncle, they were also cheering themselves up.

Zhang Weiguo thought to himself, have you seen the broken bowl of the third uncle?

Just say it is a good thing and you believe what the third uncle says.

If you feed a dog with a broken bowl, the dog will be disgusted.

I don't know how the third uncle boasted, but these people actually believed it.

When the products couldn't be sold anymore, the uncle started crying.

Antiques are not necessarily good things just because they look shabby.

Some antiques look as good as new, but they are actually old things, hundreds of years old, and you can't see any signs of age at all.

There are many such porcelains. Zhang Weiguo has one in his hand. It looks like new. Zhang Weiguo knows this porcelain, otherwise he would have thought it was new.