On the other hand, the good side comes from the cinema.
Hong Yanwu and his team were making crazy money, and their business hours began to expand to all day. Their income also doubled naturally.
This result directly led to the rapid increase in the number of seal stones and famous calligraphy and paintings in Hong Yanwu's hands.
It was also this year that it was difficult to find large-scale works of more than five feet tall by Qi Baishi and Xu Beihong on the market in Beijing.
Ninety percent of the capital's stock, four to five hundred large paintings by the two painters, were all acquired by Hong Yanwu.
If there is no accident, he should now be the largest collector of works by Qi Baishi and Xu Beihong.
As for the large-scale works of other famous artists, there are eight to nine hundred pieces in total. If we look at the standards of later generations, the transaction price of any one of these works at an auction house should be over 100 million.
In addition to traditional Chinese paintings, Hong Yanwu also bought most of the Tianhuang stones and chicken blood stones. Basically, he would not let go of the "super large materials" that he could see.
If one kilogram is used as a standard, Hong Yanwu has about a dozen Tianhuang stones and chicken blood stones that exceed this weight.
The largest piece of middle-plate cooked Tianhuang weighs 4915 grams, which is one pound heavier than the "Tianhuang King" recognized by later generations in his memory. It can be called a national treasure.
He sang "Niaoyu", put on a fake tie sewn by Su Jin, pretended to be a Hong Kong passenger catching a flight, and bought it at the "Chinese Arts and Crafts Store". The purchase price was RMB 58,000.
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This incident even made the news in the newspapers. That is to say, Hong Yanwu slipped away from the manager's office of the shopping mall very quickly. Only then did the reporter who arrived belatedly take a picture of him looking like a Japanese soldier "stealing landmines" in the movie, bending over to move it.
A back view of "Tian Huang".
But from this we can also know that the various "kings" of later generations are not accurate. In fact, there are many good things that have been put away early and never have the chance to be seen by the public.
Such top-notch treasures, Hong Yanwu purchased more than 30 grams of six-sided aniseed, which is even more numerous, and the amount increases every month.
According to his own estimation, he has swept through more than half of the goods available on the market. Adding all the stones together, the amount is over a thousand yuan.
If these objects were preserved to this day, they would be enough to support him in opening a stone seal museum that would shock both China and the world.
Of course, since the calligraphy, paintings and sealing stones he bought are irreplaceable and scarce, and he sold one less than the other, it would inevitably cause market price turbulence.
In fact, due to Hong Yanwu's purchase regardless of price, the prices of Qi Baishi's and Xu Beihong's works in the capital have been rising. Now, even sketches and picture albums under four feet tall have doubled compared to when he first purchased them.
Relatively speaking, the increase in seal stone is a little smaller. After all, the quantity is large. The aniseed of more than 30 grams is less, and the stock is still less than 30 grams.
So it only increased by about 30%. Tianhuang stone became 13 yuan per gram, chicken blood stone was 10 yuan per gram, and hibiscus stone was 8.5 yuan per gram.
But then again, this is taking advantage of the closed country and planned economy.
Otherwise, according to the common sense of market rules, if someone buys these things in this way, the market will have already noticed it. Merchants will definitely take the initiative to significantly increase the price. But now, they must follow the instructions of their superiors, and the increase is very limited.
It is interesting to say that this year, the exchange rate of RMB against the US dollar began to rise.
The leaders of the cultural relics store noticed an abnormality in the market and mistakenly believed that the increase in calligraphy, painting and seal stones was affected by the exchange rate. After the meeting, no one paid much attention to the price trend.
Otherwise, if the market is transparent and the information is accessible, the country will definitely notice that there are people rushing to buy, and will proactively hesitate to sell, and introduce control measures.
In short, Hong Yanwu copied it.
To be honest, the calligraphy, paintings and seal stones in his hands cost more than 600,000 yuan, but if evaluated at the current market price, they are worth 1.1 million yuan. He really made 50,000 yuan just lying down.
One hundred thousand.
This is not a hype at all, it is just a result of his normal personal acquisition. If it were to be released to the international market, the value would be immeasurable.
Because in Hong Kong, Taiwan and even Japan, although the prices of these calligraphy, painting and seal stones are also at a low ebb, they are still two or three times higher than in China.
Finally, during this period, there are two other things related to consumption worth mentioning.
Their significance is particularly positive, proving that our country is changing for the better.
1. In this summer, the "Jingcheng Roast Duck Restaurant" that had been renamed during the "movement" finally restored the time-honored "Judequan" brand that has been in use for nearly a century.
Half a year later, in December 1979, "People's Pictorial", the largest-circulation color poster in the country, introduced "Judequan" roast duck in three pages for the first time. Suddenly, roast duck once again became a symbol of gourmet food in the hearts of all Chinese people.
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Its charm is so great that it even attracted several food lovers to pool their money to buy train tickets from Shanxi to Beijing, just to taste the famous food shining in the pictures.
And when people's desire for delicious food was once again aroused, people also discovered the charm and commercial value behind "time-honored brands".
It was from this period that countless time-honored brands across the country gradually began to regain their business traditions and business methods that had been lost for many years.
2. In the summer of 1979, a plane flew from the United States across the Pacific Ocean and landed at the Capital Airport.
Among the passengers who walked down the gangway, there were five people with special missions. They were members of the "American Automobile Company", and among them was a Chinese-American consultant named Shen Jianbai.
What impressed them most about Peking Opera was the uniform "212 Jeeps" on the streets at that time.
In fact, this is exactly the purpose of their trip.
It was just this year that the Republic announced its policy of no longer restricting private ownership of cars. These Americans came up with the idea of finding partners to produce cars in this bicycle kingdom.
After lengthy negotiations, in 1985, the first car "Cherokee" produced by a Sino-foreign joint venture was born in "Jingcheng Jeep Automobile Co., Ltd."
This is a light off-road vehicle with pure American origin, but at that time, people who bought the Cherokee almost always used it as a sedan. In the history of automobile development in Beijing, this big guy played an eye-catching role.
The real significance of this cooperation is not how successful this car is. It is the beginning of the use of foreign funds and technology to develop our country's own automobile industry.
Yes, that's it. In this summer of this year, no matter from any social point of view, in addition to the large number of people, the group characteristics of our country are two words - hunger and thirst.
Both mentally and physically.
And under this scorching sun, almost everyone is eager for more rapid change.
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