Ye Tian nodded towards the middle-aged man who spoke for him, took out fifty yuan from his pocket, and said, "Thank you, uncle, but I bought something for fifty yuan. I don't know if this elder brother can sell it."
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As the saying goes, every industry has its own rules. No matter which industry you are in, you must always follow the rules of the industry.
If you feel that something is not genuine, you don’t have to buy it, or you can bargain, but you must not say the word “cheat”. Taobao’s key to picking things up is your eyesight. If you just open your mouth and say that others are cheating, you are destroying your brand.
The reason why Ye Tian wanted to buy that snuff bottle was to smooth things over. It was not easy for others to do small business here in the biting cold wind, and it would be extremely unkind if the people running on the business were so angry.
"Little brother, you are an expert. Thank you, brother. Please take this snuff bottle for fifty yuan..." Being angry, the business still had to be done. The stall owner quickly took the money and put the snuff bottle away.
The pot was placed in the box.
The so-called antique business is actually dealing with modern handicrafts. For example, Ye Dongping's several antique shops sell basically these items every month. As for real antiques, very few are traded.
The purchase price of this snuff bottle is only eight yuan each, and after excluding other expenses, it can still make a net profit of thirty or forty. The stall owner is already very satisfied. After all, it is not every day that there is a silly lady like Wei Rongrong.
It would be good if you can touch it once every three to five months.
These days, the salary of a formal worker is only about 800 yuan, but you can earn more than 70 to 80 yuan a day at this stall, which is enough to feed a family. If you are lucky, you can even catch someone who is taken advantage of, Yipao Business said.
You can make a few months' worth of money if you don't do it right.
Therefore, the people who set up stalls here are not necessarily antique dealers, but also some laid-off workers. The threshold for antiques is either deep or shallow. If you tinker with the business of buying and selling small things, you can get started in a few months.
"Ye Tian, you already know it's fake, but you still spend fifty yuan to buy it?"
Seeing Ye Tian buy the snuff bottle, Wei Rongrong looked puzzled. She was not stupid. If this thing was made by a modern assembly line, it would be worth ten or twenty yuan at most.
Ye Tian didn't bother to explain to Wei Rongrong. He thrust the box containing the snuff bottle into her hand and said, "Okay, think of it as a gift from me. By the way, I just saw a candied haws seller over there. How many can you buy?"
Let’s get together…”
"Tanghulu, where is it? Xiao Xuzi, have you seen it?"
Sure enough, Wei Rongrong, who had been clamoring to buy candied haws on a stick since she came in, after hearing what Ye Tian said, she pulled Xu Zhennan and squeezed into the crowd. This also made Ye Tian breathe a sigh of relief. He really didn't know why Boss Xu fell in love with this little pepper.
Yes.
After Wei Rongrong left, when Ye Tianzheng wanted to take Yu Qingya to continue shopping, Yu Qingya, who had been holding his arm, whispered: "Ye Tian, you... you haven't given me anything yet..."
Seeing Ye Tian giving the snuff bottle to his good sister, Yu Qingya couldn't say she was jealous, but she always felt a little disappointed in her heart. After all, in addition to giving herself five ten-yuan RMB when she was a child, Ye Tian seemed to also
I really never gave myself a gift.
Turning to look at Yu Qingya, Ye Tian laughed and said: "Qingya, that thing is not valuable. I will buy something good for you later..."
After hearing what Ye Tian said, Yu Qingya was happy in her heart, but she said: "I don't want anything valuable, as long as it's a gift from you..."
Ye Tian scratched Yu Qingya's nose that was a little red due to the cold wind, and whispered in her ear: "No, I can't give away anything worth fifty yuan..."
Ye Tian was not lying. He had long wanted to give Yu Qingya a gift, but he had never been interested in it. Moreover, the jade articles he had carved by himself were all small pieces, not suitable for girls to bring.
Ye Tian also had this idea in mind when he visited Panjiayuan today. If he couldn't find it, he would go to the jade shop to buy a good piece of jade and carve a new pendant for Yu Qingya himself.
There were so many stalls in Panjiayuan. Ye Tian was afraid that Yu Qingya would feel cold standing in one place, so he immediately said: "Let's go somewhere else..."
"Brother, come to my place and see if there is anything you want?"
Just when Ye Tian and Yu Qingya were about to leave, the uncle who had just spoken to help Wei Rongrong suddenly stopped them.
"Oh, uncle, is this your stall?" After hearing what the man said, Ye Tian took two steps forward and stood in front of the man's stall.
Ye Tian still has a good impression of this middle-aged uncle in his forties. First of all, his words just now helped him and others. Secondly, Ye Tian looked at his face and saw that this man's face was kind and honest.
, is an honest person.
"Uncle, the things you sell are a bit miscellaneous, but there are some old items..."
The items placed on this stall are somewhat haphazardly classified. There are various copper coins piled up in one corner of the stall, some bronzes in the middle, and there are also many tooth horns, bamboo carvings and other objects scattered around.
Ye Tianneng could tell that these things should have been collected from some people, rather than imitation goods imported directly like the stalls next to them. Relatively speaking, if you want to find good items in Panjiayuan, you can only buy them from something like this.
You can only find it at the stalls.
When doing business, we always need to help each other. After hearing what Ye Tian said, the young man who just sold Ye Tian a snuff bottle came over and said, "Little brother, you are an expert. The things Uncle Liu sells are all genuine.
A month ago, a collector from Dongcheng spent 600 yuan to buy a Buddha statue from Uncle Liu, and it sold for more than 8,000 yuan..."
"Oh, then Uncle Liu is at a loss. The price of bronzes has been rising in the past two years..."
"My name is Liu Wei'an. Just call me Lao Liu. I have only entered the industry in the past two years. I don't understand these things as clearly as the young people. I just need to be able to sell them.
Besides, that Buddha statue was given as a gift when I went to Xishan to help people repair the temple a few years ago, and I didn’t spend much money..."
After hearing Ye Tian's words, Liu Wei'an laughed honestly, pointed to the stall and said: "Some of the things I have are passed down from home, and some are collected from outside. Little brother, those bronzes are all given by the temple.
If you are interested, you can take a look..."
Ye Tian carefully picked up a piece of bronze and looked at it, played with it for a while, and said with some regret: "Uncle Liu, the stuff is pretty good. These bronzes are all from the mid-Qing Dynasty, but I'm not in this business.
Yes, let’s forget it…”
If Ye Dongping saw these objects, he would definitely buy them, but Ye Tian was a student, and he had no way to get rid of them, so buying them would have no effect.
Moreover, these things are just imitations of the people from the Qing Dynasty. If they are resold, they can only earn one or two thousand yuan at most, which is not even counted as picking up leaks. More importantly, it is not easy for Ye Tian to carry these things.
After hearing Ye Tian's words, Liu Wei'an didn't force himself and pointed to the front and said: "Forget it, little brother, go to the front and have a look. There are many jade sales there. I think you can find a good item for this girl...
…”
"OK……"
Ye Tian put the bronze in his hand back, but when he was about to stand up, his eyes suddenly glanced at a pile of small objects, and he couldn't help but squat back.
Ye Tian picked through the pile of objects for a while, took out three jade pieces that were only the size of a thumbnail, and asked, "Uncle Liu, where did you get these things?"
These three pieces of jade are all very small. They are the pig, sheep, and dog in the Chinese zodiac. They are covered with mud, and they are also placed behind the bronze vessel that Ye Tian just took.
I can't see these things.
Although these pieces of jade are not very big, they are still covered with mud.
But after Ye Tian twisted it vigorously with his hands, he discovered that these small objects were actually carved from high-quality mutton-fat white jade. The carving work was extremely exquisite, and there was some earth and dark red Qin on them.
color.
"These things..."
Liu Wei'an took the three pieces of jade from Ye Tian's hand, glanced left and right, and lowered his voice and said: "These things were sold to me by one person last year, and there are not even a few pieces left after the sale. Little brother, if you
If you want it, just get it cheaper..."
Hearing what Liu Wei'an said, Ye Tian immediately understood. His guess was correct. These objects were indeed unearthed, and they were three of a set of twelve zodiac jade burial objects.
If nothing else, I am afraid that the person who sold the jade to Liu Wei'an was engaged in "back-fighting" and specialized in making money from dead people.
"Uncle Liu, how much do these things cost?"
Ye Tian doesn't have any taboos about these things, and these pieces of jade are indeed good. If the price is not expensive, Ye Tian can take it back and check it out, and then give it to his father as a gift when he returns home during the Chinese New Year.
"100 yuan each..." Liu Wei'an held out a finger.
Seeing Ye Tian's silence, the snuff bottle seller said: "Little brother, the price given by Uncle Liu is very fair. If Aunt Liu hadn't been sick at home all the time, the value of these things would have increased if he kept them.
…”
"Bingzi, why are you talking about this? We are doing business, not begging..."
Liu Wei'an scolded the young man, looked at Ye Tian and said: "Little brother, if it doesn't work, just eighty yuan each. This thing was cheap when I got it..."
Ye Tian waved his hand and said: "Uncle Liu, just 100 each, I want it..."
Ye Tian knew that Liu Wei'an's price was already very honest. After a little processing, this thing was placed in his father's shop. No one without one or two thousand yuan could even think of buying it.
And he could also see that the snuff bottle stall owner was not lying. This Liu Weian's eyebrows were thin and narrow, and there was a hint of sadness between his eyebrows. He must have had someone in his family who had been bedridden for a long time.
"Then thank you little brother..."
Liu Wei'an really needed money, and he didn't show any pretense. After taking the three hundred yuan handed over by Ye Tian, he put the things in a cloth bag and handed it to Ye Tian.
"By the way, Uncle Liu, do you still have ancient jade in your hand?"
After the payment was settled, Ye Tian asked casually that the purpose of his coming to Panjiayuan was to find a better piece of ancient jade. Although he had bought a few of these, none of them were to his liking...
