In the past, countless antiques were burned, but countless antiques were also piled up in warehouses like garbage, exposed to wind and rain with no one paying attention to them.
There are not many old people who understand the value of these things these days. Even among those who are still alive, how many of them have the courage and money to buy them?
I'm afraid their courage and spirit have been worn away during those ten years, and now they wouldn't dare to do anything.
In his previous life, Chen Xia often saw several well-known "collectors" on TV. Which one of them didn't start collecting antiques in the early 1980s and then made a fortune?
Chen Xia remembered reading a biography of a celebrity, which said that he collected junk in the 1980s and could often get an antique for a few cents or a few yuan.
Later, he simply opened a garbage collection station and went from street to street to buy antiques, which earned him his first pot of gold.
Now Chen Xia has decided to "collect garbage". He doesn't want to build any "XX Museum" in the future, nor does he consider appearing on TV or publishing a book.
I will not follow the example of expert Liu who cheated ordinary people out of their calligraphy and paintings for 170,000 yuan and then sold them for tens of millions.
He is a speculator who takes advantage of the best opportunity to buy a lot of things. He will only keep them as heirlooms if they are really good things. He will sell all other antiques after they appreciate in value.
Is it fun?
If you can't become a rich second-generation yourself, try to make your son a rich second-generation.
Ke Town is the central town in the western part of Zhaozhou. Since ancient times, its culture and commerce have been developed, so there are many old items piled up in the warehouse in Ke Town. After Yu Deshui found out, Chen Xia decided to take action.
Coincidentally, the deputy district chief of Kezhen District who was in charge of logistics was Qin Weimin. When his son came to buy medicine for the flu a few days ago, Chen Xia confiscated his money. Thinking about it now, it was a wise decision.
In the District Government Compound:
"Hello, District Chief Qin."
"Oh, it's Doctor Chen. Hello, how come you have time to come to see me today?"
Qin Weimin put down his writing and invited Chen Xia to sit on the sofa.
Chen Xia smiled embarrassedly.
"District Chief Qin, here's the thing. There's a warehouse in Shangshitou in our district that's filled with a lot of unwanted stuff. I'm interested in buying some of these old items. Hey, look at this..."
"Why do you want those things? People in the past treated them as treasures. In fact, many of them were dug out from graves. They are unlucky and you have to be very careful about keeping them at home.
A few years ago, a staff member took a vase home for decoration and had nightmares for several nights. He threw the vase back into the warehouse overnight, and now no one dares to go near that warehouse.
"That's perfect. I'm young and have plenty of yang energy, so I'm not afraid."
"Okay, if you want to buy it, just go get it yourself. Whatever you want is yours. But then you have to get 1,000 kilograms of rice for our cafeteria. How about that? I could actually give it to you for free, but it would be easy for someone to report it and think it contained gold bars."
Qin Weimin quickly wrote a note and handed it to Chen Xia. With this note, he could go and get the key from the staff in charge of logistics.
Then you can move it slowly by yourself, moving as much as you want.
Chen Xia was overjoyed. Not to mention a thousand kilograms of rice, he wouldn't even blink an eye even if it was ten thousand kilograms of rice.
"Thank you so much, District Chief Qin. I'll be leaving now."
Before leaving, Chen Xia left a bottle of medicine on his seat, which contained 50 pills of oseltamivir.
The logistics staff took Chen Xia to the warehouse in Shangshitou. There was no one living around here, and it seemed a bit eerie even in broad daylight.
After the staff opened the door, they were unwilling to go in and just let Chen Xia move it by himself. After all, he just had to lock the door after moving.
Chen Xia gave the staff member a way out, and the man left happily. After Chen Xia entered the warehouse, he closed the door and laughed three times.
The warehouse was filled with old items, including furniture, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, and even a few Buddha statues, but they were all made of copper-like materials.
After moving a few boxes, I found some ancient books and even a box of ancient coins.
After searching for a long time, I found a lot of jade artifacts piled together, but I didn't see any jadeite, especially a jadeite bracelet of the quality like Yu Agou's.
This made Chen Xia feel so sorry, thinking that they were probably all stolen and taken home by someone.
Chen Xia did some preliminary cleaning, gathered all the bottles and jars together, and then waved his hand to put them all into the space hospital, planning to find a time to have them thoroughly identified.
Comrade Chen Xia, the hardworking little bee, moved away all the old items.
The next day at noon, during the break, he worked very diligently to carry rice to the district canteen, happily doing the hard labor while pulling a handcart.
Qin Weimin felt very ashamed after receiving the medicines yesterday.
He wanted to return the medicine to Chen Xia, but when he thought about the several relatives at home who had the flu and another superior who also needed the medicine recently, he had to accept it in shame.
But he is a man of particularities. Since he is not going to return the medicine, he still wants to do something to help Chen Xia.
He spent the whole morning on the phone, arranging arrangements for him to purchase old items from several other towns.
The largest of them was a warehouse in Yuezhou City. The person in charge of logistics was his old comrade-in-arms. The two of them agreed that Chen Xia would provide 2,000 kilograms of rice, and two big fat pigs would be able to empty the warehouse.
When Qin Weimin told Chen Xia the news, Chen Xia was shocked. There was actually such an operation. This was forcing him to get rich.
Qin Weimin thought Chen Xia was worried about the food shortage, so he said embarrassedly:
"Chen Xia, I've already secured the best terms for you. It's all for the sake of our sister company, so I'm embarrassed to bargain."
"No, no, no, District Chief Qin, I will find a way to get the food and pork. I will definitely not put you in any difficult position. I am so happy. You are truly the benefactor of my life. Thank you so much."
Qin Weimin was relieved, and at the same time he remembered a rumor about the guesthouse:
It is said that Chen Xia has a nickname called "Five Bowls of Meat", and if nothing unexpected happens, he is the biggest prodigal son in Ke Town in the past few decades.
Otherwise, how can you explain why they don’t want good food and fat pigs, but instead want a bunch of junk?
Chen Xia asked Ren Yuanfei for a week's leave. Old Ren was very dissatisfied and felt that this young apprentice was a bit disorganized and undisciplined. How many days had he been working and he was already asking for leave all day?
Chen Xia was not embarrassed and asked Lao Ren a question:
"Master, if I don't go out to earn money, how can I afford the braised meat to honor you? Is it just with my 28 yuan salary?"
Ren Yuanfei was speechless...
When I think about the business Chen Xia was doing in secret, he might really not care about the 28 yuan salary. He just wanted to stay in a job to avoid being caught as a migrant worker.
Thinking of this, Lao Ren just followed him.
Anyway, once a teacher, always a father. If he eats meat, shouldn't he share some with his master?
At worst, if something goes wrong, he can help to deal with it.
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