In the capital city in January, you can sprinkle water to turn into ice, which is the time of the twelfth lunar month in the cold winter.
And the closer this day comes to the New Year, the more the wind whizzes, like a knife, it goes into people's clothes.
In addition, the winter in the capital is almost always gray, as if it cannot be dispersed, and the sun is never visible.
The trees in front of the stamp company are all bare, and they are shaking their heads in the wind, almost non-stop.
This made the freezing Beijing even colder.
But it happened to be under such circumstances.
Even the stamp sellers in the "small market" were so cold that they had to jump a few times after standing for a while.
Ning Weimin seemed not to know the cold at all.
He walked leisurely around various stalls displaying stamp albums, leaving behind his inquisitive figure.
"Brother, do you have any tickets for me? I'll charge you a high price!"
"Brother, do you want to buy or sell? Let's talk, okay?"
"Qi Baishi's souvenir sheet, Qi Baishi's souvenir sheet, transfer for two yuan and six, this is the only one!"
"Kite sika deer plus lotus, ancient Chinese scientists, who doesn't have it? Ask me to make up for it!"
"Brothers, is there a galloping horse from last year? Where's last year's Journey to the West? Hey...hey...don't leave, let's talk about it and buy it at a high price!"
In fact, why is Ning Weimin so interested? Does he really not know how to be cold?
Hi, not for anything else, but mainly because he was really enjoying hearing such shouts.
He also experienced the feeling that Kang Shude said in the "Ghost Market", "You don't want to leave when you smell the business here."
On the other hand, he is actually scanning the goods and observing the market with a professional eye.
And soon, he discovered an obvious good thing.
Due to the current market situation, new commemorative stamps and special stamps are the most popular.
Only a few people will pay attention to the "older" commemorative stamps and stamps from the "movement" period.
Most people are not very interested in the stamps of the Qing Dynasty, the stamps of the Republic of China and the stamps of the Liberated Areas.
So as soon as he started, Ning Weimin went for the high-end.
He carefully looked through the stamp albums of the stamp dealers, and if he saw the old stamps, he would take them down decisively and never let them go.
To be honest, buying goods at this time is a rare enjoyment, just like picking up money everywhere.
Because good stamps can be found almost everywhere, and many varieties have not received due attention, they are called "Lu Da" in the parlance of Beijing.
No, I just flipped through a dozen stamp albums in a row.
Ning Weimin found a large dragon with a wide edge and three small dragons with smooth teeth.
Six Japanese Panlong tickets and four London watermarked Panlong tickets.
There is also a set of "Chairman Moon 10's Latest Instructions" and two sets of stamps "Long Live Moon 1's Invincible Red Thought".
In addition, there are more than 30 loose votes from these two "文" series, and more than 20 loose votes from the liberated areas.
This trip is really not in vain.
Especially because stamp dealers these days are not professional yet and the prices are quite cheap.
You know, there were two types of stamp dealers in the early days.
One type is the real idlers who are unemployed and spend all day here.
The other type is those who have a formal job in a factory or government agency and take a chance to find a second job.
But whether you are unemployed or employed, the idea of making a fortune simply by reselling stamps is absolutely out of the question.
The greedy master just wants to make some money for cigarettes and alcohol by doing this, and the most he can do is go out to a restaurant and have a toothpaste.
Most people actually just want to sell the extra stamps they have.
Then use the proceeds to buy stamps that you like or lack.
This is called "supporting the post with the post".
Speaking of which, it is actually similar to Gu Si'er, who likes fish farming, and wants to make some feed money by selling fish.
At this time, the level of wage income is still very low. When paying wages, Chinese people must first consider the social environment of food, drink, clothing and clothing.
These people stick here every day, and if they can really earn a buck of eighty cents, they will be very satisfied.
This can be called not seeing the world, or it can be said that poverty limits imagination.
In addition, after all, this informal small market has just formed, and it is now an era of limited information.
Even the stamp dealers do not have rich knowledge about stamps and have little business experience.
How can this be compared with Ning Weimin?
who is he?
That's a professional postal dealer!
An expert who has been tinkering with stamps for thirteen years in the information age!
Not only have I seen a lot of stamps, but I also have a complete understanding of the development history of the stamp industry.
He is also extremely familiar with the schemes and intrigues of people in this industry.
No matter the knowledge or experience, or even the means and financial level, they are enough to crush these amateurs.
I'm not bragging, Ning Weimin's easy trick was enough for these stamp dealers.
What's the trick?
Casting stones to ask for directions.
To put it bluntly, Ning Weimin didn't directly tell him to buy any stamps he wanted to buy.
Instead, he pointed at the ticket he was interested in and asked the person how much it was selling for.
The reason is very simple. The stamp dealer thinks he has goods to sell, so the purchase price offered to him cannot be high.
After hearing the price, Ning Weimin retorted and wanted to buy the ticket from the other party.
Doesn't that mean he was trapped by the price he just mentioned?
At this time, it is no longer possible to ask for a higher price. There is no reason why it cannot be justified.
Hey, so here’s what I do, it may not look simple, but it’s very effective.
Who was Ning Weimin asking, who was dumbfounded.
Because for a moment, an inexperienced person's brain can't react at all, and the smooth answer comes out of instinct.
By the time you're speechless, it's too late to regret, and you have to make a choice between losing face and making less money.
So in the end, everyone who collects stamps knows that even if it is a famous stamp type like the Dalong stamp, it is very precious.
But Ning Weimin still only spent one hundred and two dollars to get it.
The two Xiaolong tickets and Panlong tickets are even cheaper.
The stamp dealer himself mistook the Xiaolong stamp for the Panlong stamp, and he did not know that the Japanese Panlong stamp was the wrong stamp.
Ning Weimin ate them all at the average price of two yuan a piece.
As for other "Wen 1", "Wen 10" series and Liberated Area tickets.
On average, loose tickets cost 30 cents each, and sets of tickets are almost all priced at 5 yuan a set.
In short, Ning Weimin bought it without blinking an eye, and his heart blossomed with joy.
Although on the surface, Dragon Piao is a rare breed that can really command a high price. It has been recognized by China and foreign countries and can maintain its long-term prosperity.
The remaining types of tickets he bought will only be worth tens of thousands after full value mining in 2020.
Looking at it this way, it seems that the appreciation potential of the stamps he invested in is only tens of thousands of times, and the advantage he took is not very big.
If compared with the increase in the hundreds of thousands or millions he spent on calligraphy and painting, it seems more like he suffered a big loss and took a foolish risk.
But the accounts really can’t be calculated like this.
