Deep in the alleys of Liulichang, Ye Zhiqiu wrapped his face with a scarf and knocked on the door in an intermittent rhythm. After a while, the door was opened!
The person who opened the door saw Ye Zhiqiu's eyebrows and immediately showed an excited expression and said, "Mr. Wang, you are finally here. If you hadn't come earlier, we would have been unable to bear it!"
Ye Zhiqiu laughed and said, "Haha, you're impatient, aren't you? I was recently assigned to a business trip and just came back here. After collecting your things, I have to go on another business trip. This time it may take half a year or even longer, so you should pay attention to the cost when collecting your things."
"Okay, okay. Please come in first. I'll call the brothers to get up and bring the goods to you for inspection."
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and nodded, pushing his bicycle directly to the main hall in the middle courtyard. After parking his bicycle, he went inside, poured himself some water and took some tea leaves to make tea.
He is very familiar with this place. In fact, people in the entire black market have no other business to do except to deal in various jade articles, jade stones, old items and the like for him.
They took it back from those guys who confiscated the houses and sold it to Ye Zhiqiu at a higher price. It can be said that he supported countless families by himself!
Soon, more than a dozen people came running over and everyone greeted Ye Zhiqiu enthusiastically. Of course, they only knew his pseudonym, Wang Junkai.
He just said this name casually at the time. Anyway, everyone here calls him Mr. Wang.
"Mr. Wang, we have been waiting for you for so long!"
"Haha, I'm here now, aren't I? After I collect this, I'll have to go on business trips. I guess the next time I come will be half a year or even a year later, so you should consider your own costs when collecting things."
Everyone agreed. Actually, that was the truth. This group of people had become wealthy by collecting things for Ye Zhiqiu. Although hoarding items cost a lot of money, as long as he kept buying them, they would continue to trade.
The next step was to inspect the goods. This time there was a lot of jadeite, and Ye Zhiqiu had collected a lot. He was very clear about the price of each item. He picked it up, took a look at it, and directly quoted a price. The owner was very satisfied with his price, and basically no one bargained when he raised the price.
The main reason is that everyone is familiar with him. He basically has a fixed price. He has so many things to buy that he doesn't have time to bargain with others.
Unexpectedly, after this person ordered the items, he took out a rosewood box and took out the ivory carvings inside.
He smiled and said to Ye Zhiqiu, "Mr. Wang, I bought this ornament for two hundred yuan. I'll give it to you for three hundred yuan. Is this price acceptable to you?"
Ye Zhiqiu took it and looked at it. This ivory carving was very heavy. He said to the ground, "This thing is really beautiful. Although three hundred is too high, I like it even if money can't buy it. I'll take it. Okay, go to the side and calculate the price first. I'll settle the bill later."
"Okay, thank you Mr. Wang for the meal!"
Ye Zhiqiu waved his hand and continued to set the price for the next person. This guy had a lot of porcelain. Ye Zhiqiu quickly picked out five things that looked wrong from the pile of porcelain.
He frowned and said, "These are all imitations from the Republic of China. Why would you give me something like this?"
The salesman broke out in a cold sweat. He hurriedly explained, "Mr. Wang, the appraiser I hired was demoted to another place because he was classified as a fifth-class item. So I picked these things myself. I didn't expect to make a mistake. I'm truly guilty of polluting your eyes. I won't charge you for these five items. I'll give them to you to enjoy."
Ye Zhiqiu nodded and said, "Then you still need to practice your eyesight. I won't bother with you because this happened for a reason. As for the other items, you know my rules. You can mark the price and calculate the price yourself!"
"Thank you, Mr. Wang, for the meal!"
Ye Zhiqiu looked at them one by one. For most items, he would ask directly. For some porcelain antiques, he would buy them according to their purchase price and add 20% to the price.
No one dared to mark prices randomly, because the value of porcelain from different dynasties and kilns was clearly marked!
That’s right, trust stores and friendship stores all sell things with clearly marked prices, and they buy many of their items there.
The main reason is that Ye Zhiqiu has no way to collect them himself. For a small cadre to spend a lot of money to buy these things all day long, isn't this obviously telling others that there is something wrong with him?
So it would be most appropriate for this group of guys to do it for them. Ye Zhiqiu would just sit back and reap the benefits, so a 20% increase in price wouldn't be too expensive.
After a busy day of work, as there were quite a lot of things to do, Ye Zhiqiu didn't finish paying everyone until 7 o'clock in the evening. The group of people were extremely excited to receive the huge amount of money, and they began to move out several large boxes and carefully packed the items for Ye Zhiqiu.
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and said to everyone, "I'll say it again. Due to work reasons, it will take a long time for me to come here next time. So you can decide for yourself. But I will definitely come back within a year and come by to collect your things."
"I understand, Mr. Wang. Don't worry."
"Mr. Wang, I'd like to ask if you still want some old furniture? Made of fine wood like huanghuali."
Ye Zhiqiu nodded and said, "Yes, it's still the same old rule. For items made of good wood, I'll give you a 20% markup. Okay, I'll go drive in, and you guys get ready to help me load the car."
"Okay, it's still Ximen's side, right?"
"Yes, my car should be here in twenty minutes."
Ye Zhiqiu pushed his bicycle away, not worrying about anything going wrong. This group of people weren't so united. Anyone who dared to mess around would be cutting off others' ways to make money, so no one dared to do anything rash.
Today, he spent over fifty thousand yuan and received six large boxes of various items. Ye Zhiqiu hadn't considered how much these things would be worth in the future, because there were too many in the space!
There were so many things that they had to get boxes everywhere to put them in.
If this money is not spent, it is just a piece of paper to Ye Zhiqiu. If he exchanges it for these things and keeps them, it can appreciate in value in the future.
When the time comes, others will hype up the price, and the descendants of the Ye family will be able to take advantage of the situation. What a great thing!
As for being worthless, that is simply impossible. He mainly collects fine products, which all have prices now, let alone in the future!
Ye Zhiqiu smoked a cigarette, released the truck, started the car and drove towards the west gate. He arrived at the destination ten minutes later.
A group of people quickly helped load the boxes into the car, and then a group of people waved goodbye to him. Ye Zhiqiu drove back to Sanlitun.
When he was near Sanlitun, he put his things away, put the truck into a storage space, got his bicycle back, and rode back home.
At this time, the Ye family was very lively. After learning that Ye Zhiqiu had returned, many relatives and friends rushed over to meet him!
He didn't expect so many people to be here. He had been planning to deliver the things tomorrow morning, but it seems he has to bring them back now and distribute them to everyone!
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