The management of Food Notes was handed over to Gu Min and Su Changyao. Lu Baiwei also had to focus on her studies, so she was really overwhelmed with the clothing business.

Based on her experience in the clothing business in her previous life, if Tang Jinghai could stay in Beijing to develop, Lu Baiwei was confident that she could make this business bigger and stronger.

Her goal is not just to open a clothing store, she also wants to wait for the business to slowly expand and then acquire a factory to run a chain store.

That's why she came up with the idea of ​​using gold as start-up capital.

In her previous life, she and Yin Zhihe used the box of gold they dug up as start-up capital to create their own clothing brand. They also invited trendy designers from the south and ran the clothing business very well.

It can be said that this box of gold laid a solid foundation for her and Yin Zhiwei to become industry giants later on.

However, it was a few years later in my previous life that I dug out gold as start-up capital. At that time, reform and opening up of foreign trade had already begun.

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As the economy developed and integrated with the international community, there was a global financial crisis in the 1980s, and the price of gold rose from a few dozen yuan to more than 200 yuan per gram.

It was also because of the high gold price in the 1980s that the box of gold dug out from under the ground of the Yin family's old house allowed her and Yin Zhihe to exchange a huge sum of money to invest in the clothing industry.

And now that her shop has just started operating, she doesn't need to set up the stall too big, nor does she need to invest such a large sum of money.

If you deal with all the gold in this box now, you will miss the golden period of rising gold prices in one or two years.

He Ting said that he would go to Liulichang with Professor Zhou tomorrow to deal with this box of things. Lu Baiwei hesitated for a moment, thinking that the price of gold would soon rise.

"Shiweiji has made 20,000 to 30,000 yuan in the past few months, and we have 4,000 to 5,000 yuan in dividends."

"Add to that the money we saved previously, and it's almost enough to invest in the clothing store."

"At the beginning, the clothing store stall doesn't need to be too big. What do you think?"

Lu Baiwei discussed with He Ting: "I thought about it, after the individual economy is released, the gold price should rise as the economy recovers."

"I don't think the shop needs so much money for the time being. Should we wait a while before converting the money into gold?"

In fact, in the recent economics class, He Ting and his economics professor also made the same analysis.

But Lu Baiwei wanted to invest in the clothing industry, so she asked Tang Jinghai to bring this box of gold from her hometown. He Ting was not absolutely sure that the price of gold would rise, so he did not stop her.

Originally, He Ting had no intention of exchanging the entire box of gold for money. He only planned to take part of it to Liulichang.

"You plan to design your own styles and place orders with clothing factories. I've estimated that the start-up capital for a clothing store cannot be too little."

"Gold is going to appreciate in value, so I agree that we shouldn't change it for the time being."

He Ting picked up the kimchi jar from the box and said, "This jar is worth some money. I'll take it to Liulichang to try it out tomorrow."

Lu Baiwei doesn't know much about antiques.

She questioned: "Is this worth money?"

He Ting didn't say much.

"I'll go to Liulichang tomorrow to give it a try. You wait for news at home..."

He Ting asked Zhou Yanfeng to go to school early in the morning to tell Professor Zhou to take time to accompany him to Liulichang.

He also said that he wanted to take Tang Jinghai to visit Liulichang.

Liulichang is a place where antiques and curios are sold, and Tang Jinghai was very interested.

Tang Jinghai thought He Ting was going to deal with the box of gold. As the person who brought the gold to the capital, he knew that the box of gold weighed about ten kilograms.

He also wanted to know how much the gold could be exchanged for.

As a result, when He Ting went out, he didn't pull the box at all. Instead, he held a jar of pickles and casually put it in a cloth bag.

"A-Ting, you just take this?"

"This jar looks quite ordinary. The ones we use to pickle kimchi in our factory are similar to this style."

Tang Jinghai didn't believe it: "A Ting, can this jar of yours be exchanged for money?"

The appearance of the jars is similar, but the blue and white color, shape and patterns, as well as the time of production, all determine its value.

This is a profound subject.

It cannot be explained in a few words.

He Ting said to Tang Jinghai: "Uncle, I think I was right."

"Whether this jar is valuable or not, you will know when you meet Grandpa Zhou."

With doubts in mind, Tang Jinghai followed He Ting out of Bingjia Hutong.

Because Zhou Yanfeng arrived at the school in advance to call people, Professor Zhou had already walked out of the school gate and was waiting at the school gate.

As soon as he saw He Ting, Professor Zhou wanted to scold the little bastard for causing trouble for him. He said he was going to Liulichang and didn't even tell him in advance, so he had to find someone to help cover his class temporarily.

Professor Zhou was originally planning to show some displeasure to He Ting, but when he saw Tang Jinghai following behind him, he immediately lost his temper.

"Hello, I'm Yanfeng's grandfather."

Professor Zhou said amiably, "You are Lingling's uncle, right?"

"Yanfeng said that he would pick you and your mother-in-law up to have dinner together at the compound today, but Ating took you out for a stroll."

"You are too polite, old lady. I came out with A-Ting to see the world with you."

"Well, let's go to Liulichang together."

Professor Zhou smiled and finished talking to Tang Jinghai, then looked at He Ting: "Where's the stuff? Let me check it out for you first, so you don't make a fool of yourself later."

He Ting stuffed the jar in his hand into Professor Zhou's hand.

"Here it is. Just look at it."

Professor Zhou squatted down, took the jar out of the cloth bag, and weighed it in his hand first.

Then he turned the jar over and over, touched it and looked at it carefully, then turned it over to observe the bottom of the jar.

After completing these procedures, he nodded to He Ting and said, "It's a good thing. You just put it in a cloth bag and don't take it seriously."

After stuffing the jar back into the cloth bag and giving it to He Ting to carry, Professor Zhou took him and Tang Jinghai to the bus stop.

The jar looks nice, does that mean it’s valuable?

Tang Jinghai took the bus all the way to the street of Liulichang, but he still didn't figure out the problem.

He also wanted to find an opportunity to quietly ask He Ting how much the jar was worth.

Can it be worth a few hundred yuan?

At this time, Professor Zhou led the way and took them around the corner into an antique house on the street.

As per the old rules, Zhou Zhaoye took out the jar and placed it on the table. The old Jia who received them took out his reading glasses and began to study the kimchi jar, looking left and right, touching and knocking it, and then carefully observing the signature on the bottom of the jar.

After doing all this, Jia Lao asked Zhou Zhaoye: "Old Zhou, where did you get these things?"

"I took a lot of effort to get that place where Ah Ting went to the countryside."

Zhou Zhaoye said to Jia Lao, "What do you think, Lao Jia? You are the first person I think of when I have good stuff. It is not easy to bring this stuff all the way to the capital. Please give me a good price."

"This is a jar from the imperial kiln during the reign of Emperor Kangxi. It has bright blue and white patterns, a simple shape, and beautiful decorations. The jar is in perfect condition. There are not many of them circulating on the market. Before the movement, this jar must have been worth at least 40,000 or 50,000 yuan."

"A-Ting and I don't want much. Just give us 40,000 yuan and we'll pay for it."

"You are so good, Old Zhou, you come to rob me."

Old Jia with a white beard disagreed: "The jar is a good jar, but you are asking for 40,000 yuan, which is really too much."

"30,000 yuan, no more."