National Tide 1980.

Chapter 116 Price Increase

In fact, I really can't blame Zhang Shihui's lack of cultural literacy and limited thinking.

As the saying goes, "famine in troubled times, collect in prosperous times".

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, spiritual interest is at least included in the third level of emotional and spiritual belonging.

When people are hungry, the only thing they really care about is daily necessities.

Therefore, only our country's economy will grow first, and the social order will stabilize first.

Only when the physiological and safety demands of the people are met first, will our countrymen realize the preciousness of traditional national culture.

Ning Weimin was able to do this because he is a superman beyond the times.

Who can compare?

Not even Kang Shude.

To be honest, don't look at the fact that the old man has been dealing with Wenwan and antiquities for the first half of his life.

But if it wasn't for Ning Weimin's repeated urging from his side, he wouldn't touch these things again.

Because speaking from the bottom of my heart, I was already scared and mentally exhausted.

A person of his age actually only wants An Sheng, and he really doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble anymore.

Of course, it is also because collections are a barometer of the ups and downs of society, which is closely related to the prosperity of the country.

So even though Zhang Shihui can't understand it, with the deepening of the reform and opening up process, the group of people participating in the collection continues to grow day by day.

This is also irreversible and cannot be stopped by manpower.

So far this year, regardless of the fact that the Beijing government has issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Work on Cultural Relics", the industrial and commercial departments have also strengthened the inspection of second-hand goods.

However, the number of antique stalls continued unabated, and more and more copies were made.

All of a sudden, many new ghost markets have sprung up.

As far as Ning Weimin found out from the bottom of the altar, there are several places such as the White Temple, Drum Tower, Houhai, Longtan Lake, Huangchenggen, and Guanyuan.

To put it bluntly, it is like weeds, it is "the wild fire is endless, and the spring breeze blows and regenerates".

The only bad thing is that due to the tightening of the situation, the ghost markets in various places also closed earlier.

Most of the stall owners left at dawn without further delay, in case of a surprise operation by the industrial and commercial law enforcement departments.

But in this way, Ning Weimin's visit to the ghost market will not be very enjoyable.

Even if you go to the nearest Tangen, when the lights are dim, you can stroll for two hours each time.

Often I haven't seen enough, and I can't finish all the stalls, so I have to end it.

But don't say it, this kid is a ghost, and he is lucky.

An unintentional mistake made him find a good place to hold his treasures.

Although it is not as enjoyable as picking up leaks in the ghost market.

But one is to save time, and the other is to save trouble. The key transaction is not tricky, but it can bring great benefits.

In terms of cost performance, Biguishi is even worse.

what's up?

Hey, if we want to talk about this, we have to start with Ning Weimin's second trip to Rongbaozhai to buy paintings.

Don't forget, in the first month of the new year, Ning Weimin earned 5000 yuan just by being a second-hand dealer.

However, there is no need to spend money to collect monkey tickets, and the opening hours of the ghost market are tightening again.

His only big expense was to buy two washing machines, which cost only 500 yuan.

What about the rest of the money?

He didn't want to keep it in his hand, nor did he want to deposit it in the bank.

Then he must find a good place to spend the money, so he took the time to come to Rong Baozhai again.

Nothing else, I still plan to buy some modern calligraphy and paintings by famous artists.

But he came, but he was quite disappointed.

Not for anything else, just because things have gone up in price.

And the increase is not a little bit, an average increase of [-] to [-]%.

Now Qi Baishi has increased from 32 yuan per square foot to 57 yuan per square foot.

Zhang Daqian also rose from 25 yuan to 46 yuan, and Xu Beihong rose from 25 yuan to 42 yuan.

For Pan Tianshou, Chen Banding, Fu Baoshi, and Li Keran, the price rose from 15 yuan to 25 yuan to 20 yuan.

Huang Zhou, Wu Zuoren, Wang Xuetao, and Ren Bonian also rose from 12 yuan to 18 yuan to 22 yuan.

Even Lu Yanshao and Huang Binhong have increased from 12 yuan to [-] yuan.

It's only been half a year, this range is a bit evil!

For this reason, Ning Weimin went to knock on Director Song's office to find out what was going on.

Ganqing last year when Kang Shude brought him to sell paintings, just in time for various units in Beijing to organize an export exhibition in Hong Kong City, which was a great success.

Not only did it attract a full 16 people to visit, but all kinds of special handicrafts were almost sold out because of the low price, which was very different from the market outside.

Modern calligraphy and painting, jade, seal stone, bone carvings, enamel, material utensils, and interior paintings are the most sought after transactions.

So from then on, not only people in China know the market outside, but people outside also know that these things in China are cheap.

Naturally, the number of "Taobao" buyers from the Hong Kong city to the inland area began to increase day by day.

At the same time, the price of these special handicrafts has also been adjusted in China.

Especially calligraphy and painting works, verified by the market, are the most sought-after varieties.

This is the third price increase in half a year.

So because of this, Director Song was not unhappy about Ning Weimin's disturbance.

Instead, he was happy to stop working and explained the cause and effect to him very patiently.

Why?

To be clear, it's not because of his enthusiasm and enthusiasm, but because he is narrow-minded and remembers Qiu'er.

He clearly remembered that this Ning Weimin in front of him was the master who had taken advantage of him.

The last time I sent two ancient paintings, this kid not only asked the old man for a high price, but almost made him unable to explain to his superiors.

On the eve of the price increase, this kid took away 57 of his paintings at a [-]% discount.

Alright, it's all right now, the brat's shit luck is gone, right?

buy again?That would cost a lot of money.

So when he was able to tell the situation personally, Director Song's eyes were full of excitement.

To see Ning Weimin's dejected look, to him, it was as refreshing as avenging himself.

"Little comrade, you are really unlucky. You should come a few days earlier. The price was not so expensive at that time. And I can give you a better discount."

"Unfortunately, it is no longer possible now. Not only has the price been raised, but the superiors have also spoken. In the past, 'planning first, price second' is no longer advocated. Now we are required to 'differentiate internally and externally, and set prices separately'. "

"So there is no other way. Our current operating policy is to fully guarantee the task of earning foreign exchange. The discount for domestic guests is limited. You have to spend at least 1000 yuan to get a [-]% discount. Only foreign guests can get it if they buy it with foreign exchange certificates." Better discount."

(End of this chapter)