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Chapter 1349: A Smile Determines Everything

Laughing is laughing, joking is joking, but after the jokes we have to get back to the point.

If we only go by the laughter coming from the private room in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, many people who don't know the real situation might think that the room is filled with a few young people from wealthy families who are carefree and are eating and drinking to their heart's content, relying on the fact that they have a good father.

But in fact, this meal will actually determine the trend of the Beijing stamp market and even the national stamp market in the next one or two years.

After all, in this era, when most domestic stamp market speculators still don’t know what “manipulating the market” means, Ning Weimin and his group have already become a powerful “manipulator” group.

Especially since the stamp market in the capital has an impact on the entire country, and they have a special geographical advantage, isn’t it easy for them to make arbitrage from it?

Even the work meetings of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications might not have been as accurate and powerful as the casual chats of these few people about the stamp market.

"Thank you for your hard work. Since I went to Japan, both family affairs and our joint venture have been maintained with your care. I am really grateful to all of you. However, this situation may continue for a while. In the next two or three years, I am afraid that my work focus will still be on Japan. So I have to rely on your help to maintain the capital. I am really sorry. Of course, there is also good news, that is, I think the popularity of the stamp market will begin to recover. What is the most feared thing about speculating in stamps? The most feared thing is that there are too many goods and too little money. The market collapsed last time. However, now the higher-ups have begun to notice this and have taken the initiative to reduce the circulation, which is a great thing. In addition, everything is rising in price now, and the money in everyone's hands is getting more and more worthless. They must be eager for some speculative opportunities to make some extra money. So I am quite confident that the stamp market will be hot again in one or two years. What do you think? Are you interested in working harder and making a fortune together?"

Ning Weimin put down the wine glass in his hand, said a few polite words, and then brought up the topic straight to the point.

He knew these people very well and knew that they were his loyal followers and would not have any objections at all.

Therefore, the purpose of the previous words is purely to stimulate discussion and to clarify the logical relationship of one's own judgment. The focus is still on the following.

As expected, Xiao Tao was the first to say, "Brother Ning, you are being too polite. If you want to say sorry, it's me. You always take care of us. Without you, I, Xiao Tao, wouldn't be where I am today. You are like Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms, who is good at making big decisions. It's natural for us to do the errands. As for how to do it, just tell me, and I, Xiao Tao, will do whatever you tell me to do without hesitation."

Luo Guangliang's reaction was more realistic.

"Wei Min, Xiao Tao is right, you must not say that. What you are doing in Japan is important, and we all know it. Compared with Tokyo, our capital is a small pond. At present, you can only do big things in Japan and make better use of your abilities. Anyway, leave the capital to us. I dare not say that I will do a great job in what you ask me to do, but I will definitely try my best. Whether it is hard work or not, whether it is money or not, we brothers should not talk about these things. We are just helping you do something, why should we care so much. Then what kind of people would we be? What's the use of having so much money? Thanks to you, Xiao Tao and I are now running this tricycle business, and the income is more than we can spend. We are content."

Ning Weimin was naturally touched by the kindness of these two people, as if a warm current was flowing into his heart.

He fully believed in their sincerity, but he couldn't really agree to it.

Don't be too independent in doing anything. It will not only let your friends down, but also damage your character and will be destructive to your long-term interests.

After all, "soft, hard, thick and cunning" is the art of controlling people, and sharing the benefits equally is the basis for long-term cooperation.

So he said, "Okay, let's talk about what we have to say, and don't be shy with each other. I won't be polite with you. I'll give you the ideas and you'll do the work. As for you, you have to take the benefits you deserve. If everyone does the work and I get all the benefits, that's meaningless. I repeat, this time, we're working together on this. I want everyone to get rich together, and we'll do bigger things in the future."

As for Yin Yue, he has a better understanding with Ning Weimin and knows how to please others.

Seeing that Luo Guangliang was about to say something else, she stopped him on behalf of Ning Weimin and offered more pertinent suggestions.

"Oh, don't be polite. Third Brother is kind and Ning Brother is fair, neither of them is wrong. But if you ask me, since we are all friends, there is no need to waste time on this issue. Who gets more and who gets less, we can talk about it later. Let's discuss how to get things done first. It's not too late to talk about the division after we get the benefits first."

In one sentence, she showed her magnanimity, and the three men cheered for her at the same time.

Next, Yin Yue, who was praised with a smile on her face, looked even brighter, more well-behaved and lovely.

She simply went straight to the point and began to ask Ning Weimin practical questions in a straightforward manner.

"Brother Ning, I agree with you. After hearing what you said, I also think it is possible. Then this time, shall we speculate on the zodiac tickets? I bought 1986 copies of the Tiger and this year's Rabbit as you requested. But the prices have all gone down. This year's Rabbit has million issued. Although it is less than last year's Tiger, it is still a large number. Why do I feel that it is not easy to speculate? And the number of Rat and Ox I have is still far from the number you requested. If we really want to speculate, which zodiac ticket should we speculate on? And what about the pandas I collected?"

Her question was indeed necessary.

You know, because of the market trend in 1985, Ning Weimin intervened, which resulted in the zodiac tickets being speculated too fiercely.

Although he made a lot of money and provided financial support for his trip to Japan to make money, there were also many side effects.

First of all, the circulation of mice and cows is much higher than the original history.

So after the market collapsed, the prices of these two zodiac tickets continued to fall, and now they have long fallen below their face value, which has never happened before.

So even though Yin Yue and the others would buy monkey tickets, dog tickets, chicken tickets, and pig tickets as Ning Weimin requested as long as they saw them, which should have played a stabilizing role in the declining prices of rats and cows, it was impossible to move such a large plate.

You should slip away when you need to.

Secondly, because the zodiac tickets were so popular in 1985, the issuance of tiger and rabbit tickets was also expanded.

This has further dragged down the sales of new zodiac tickets and exacerbated the current polarization in the zodiac ticket market.

In the current market, a golden monkey costs 200 yuan, a chicken costs 90 yuan, a dog costs 55 yuan, and a pig costs 20 yuan.

Then there are the Mouse and the Ox, which are out of stock, and are all around the face value.

The tiger and the rabbit are even worse off; you can buy a whole edition from private individuals for five dollars.

There are many stamps that cannot be sold in stamp shops.

To put it bluntly, starting with the rat, those zodiac tickets that have been issued in large quantities seem to have been ruined.

Finally, according to Ning Weimin's request, Yin Yue also had a lot of pandas in his hands. These small sheets and stamps were the "culprits" of the last market crash, so they were extremely unpopular. Yin Yue originally bought 50,000 goods from Hardman for 20,000 yuan, thinking that the price would not fall again. Unexpectedly, the current market price is generally 20% to 30% off, and people are already willing to spend a lot of money to sell them.

She thought she had made a bad move and failed to get a better price for Ning Weimin, and she really had no confidence in "Panda".

Faced with such a complicated situation, she naturally couldn't understand it and felt like she had no idea where to start.

However, Ning Weimin doesn't think so. He is aware of all these situations and has never felt that they are out of control.

So I explained her doubts very straightforwardly. "Of course, we can still speculate on zodiac tickets, but the method is different from the past. We only trade in monkeys, chickens, dogs, and pigs. It is much easier to push up the prices of these high-end tickets. At the same time, I will tell my colleagues at Pierre Cardin to invest money in speculating on rats and cows. Help us sing a little opera and carry the sedan chair. As for us, we don't need to waste our energy on zodiac tickets after rat. Just keep enough for the bottom warehouse. In addition, I also plan to get some zodiac tickets issued by Japan to see if I can get a share of the domestic market."

Everyone was surprised and asked the same question, "What? Japan also has zodiac tickets?"

"Of course there are. The Japanese are our grandchildren in terms of culture. Not only do they have stamps, but they were also issued the earliest, starting in the 1950s and 1960s. The key is that they are cheap and in large quantities. After all, there are too many investment products in Japan, and no one pays attention to stamps. Hundreds of millions of stamps are issued each time. Stamps issued a few years ago can still be bought at the post office, and no one raises the price. I have seen that a single Japanese zodiac stamp is only a few dozen yen, which is equivalent to the price of our miniature sheets if converted according to the exchange rate. I plan to get a few hundred versions of monkeys, dogs, chickens, and pigs and mail them back to China. There is no tax on this stuff, and it is convenient to send it through the post office. You can try selling it first. If someone likes it, we will purchase a large number of them."

(Japanese monkey stamp)

Ning Weimin's answer made everyone excited all of a sudden.

They are no longer unfamiliar with stamp speculation, and now understand a basic truth: the scarcer the stamp, the easier it is to make money.

These Japanese stamps are available in large quantities and are not available to others. What a great source of goods! Doesn't this mean that they have controlled an entire category of stamps without spending much money?

Especially the categories of Japanese zodiac tickets that overlap with popular domestic zodiac tickets, this thing naturally makes people feel good about it.

By doing this, Ning Weimin has opened up a new path in the country. If he succeeds, the financial prospects will be limitless.

So they couldn't help but whisper and immediately started communicating about it.

However, this is not Ning Weimin's main goal.

He then said, "Don't worry. Although stamps are good, they are not as good as miniature sheets. Why? Because miniature sheets usually have a high unit price, and one sheet can replace a set of stamps. The higher the unit price, the greater the increase. Moreover, miniature sheets are sold in boxes, usually 1985 pieces per box. Or sheets per bundle, packed in a small plastic bag, all sealed. As bargaining chips, miniature sheets are characterized by small size and high value, so it is very convenient to deliver in transactions, and a larger bag is enough to carry them. Such varieties are most suitable for speculation for those of us who want to make money from the stamp market. So, I decided that in addition to the four types of stamps in the zodiac stamps, the monkey, dog, chicken, and pig, our other main varieties will be transferred to miniature sheets in the future. There is no need to focus on one or two specific categories. This time we will not do pretending, but making sedan chairs, specializing in speculating on low-end miniature sheets. As long as the miniature sheets issued since have a large print volume, have been unsalable for a long time, and have fallen below the face value, we can buy them. What do you think? Who is in favor? Who is against?"

By the end of his speech, Ning Weimin was getting more and more excited, and he seemed to be possessed by a sense of drama.

Even the famous line from his favorite Liang Jiahui movie, "Black Gold", came to mind.

His words were indeed not in vain, as ideas determine the way out, and ideas are often developed through discussion and mutual learning. Several people were once again deeply inspired by his words, and re-recognized the practical significance of "Small Size Zhang" and the economic potential behind this thing.

Although Yin Yue, Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao have never thought about it from this perspective, they are all people with rich trading experience.

As long as you put yourself in his shoes, you can intuitively judge that Ning Weimin's view is correct.

When the stamp market was at its peak, no one wanted to compete with small-denomination stamps. The small-size sheets that were easy to calculate were the most popular among speculators, so they were naturally convinced.

Xiao Tao was the first to raise his arms and shout, "I agree, I agree! Brother Ning is my idol, and you have studied stamp speculation so deeply. Nothing escapes your eyes. Now I really find that those retail investors who focus on buying stamps are actually stupid.

Luo Guangliang also agreed, "That's right. Stamp transactions are inconvenient and the amount is small. In the past, some people would trade in batches of ten or eight sheets, which would only cost a hundred or eighty yuan. How could it be easy to trade boxes of miniature sheets? A box costs a thousand or eight hundred yuan, and you can earn more that way. Wei Min really hit the nail on the head, and directly hit the actual demand for stamp speculation. I think, just for this reason, those who are still thinking about stamps will speculate in miniature sheets sooner or later. And if there are no big players speculating in stamps, how can you make money? I agree that Wei Min's vision is absolutely accurate. Miniature sheets will really be the world in the future."

As for Yin Yue, she not only agreed but also learned to draw inferences from one example. She smiled and said, "Brother Ning, I understand. If you look at it this way, we can continue to buy Panda's miniature stamps, and we should buy a lot of them. Just like you said, after all, this thing is easy to speculate. As long as there is a market like you said, don't buy too much. As long as it rises back to its face value, we can make several times the money. I have to say, you really have a good eye for gold."

(Panda miniature sheet and stamps issued in 1985)

That’s right, today’s meal was not eaten in vain, today’s wine was not drunk in vain, and today’s harvest was so great that it exceeded Yin Yue’s imagination.

If the expectation was one foot, then what was gained was ten feet, which made her so happy that she picked up the glass again.

"With your words, I feel relieved. Come, Brother Ning, I have to toast you. Thank you for teaching me a lesson. It taught me to look at the market from another perspective. How to find treasure from garbage."

Ning Weimin was very happy about Yin Yue's understanding. This girl was really smart. She would think about everything and understand everything immediately.

So he also picked up the wine glass and simply entrusted Yin Yue with the important task in public.

"Since you are so excited, you will be in charge of this matter. Third Brother and Xiao Tao will assist you. When I am not around, you will decide how to raise funds."

Yin Yue was somewhat surprised and wanted to decline, but she did not expect that Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao had already happily expressed their support.

Ning Weimin would not allow Yin Yue to shirk his responsibility at this time and finalized the matter.

"Look, everyone trusts you so much, why are you still pushing it? It's settled."

Then he said with great enthusiasm, "Tomorrow, all three of you will go to me to get the money. I have already prepared 1.5 million in cash. As for the spare money in your accounts, we will invest it. I will give you the next batch of funds when I come back during the Spring Festival. If we do a good job on this project, we can really control the stamp market in Beijing. Come on, let's drink a toast and wish us success!"

As the saying goes, "The wind is born from the earth and rises from the tip of the green duckweed." I'm afraid no one could have imagined that the small market that broke out a year later, almost all the main varieties, were so casually and easily determined by a few people in this private room during their casual conversation.

We all know it in our hearts. Compared with Tokyo, our capital is a small pond. At present, you can only do big things in Japan and better display your abilities. ——The above is a paragraph from the original text. Those who don’t know history, please don’t ask why the protagonist doesn’t do business in China? The answer is in history and time. Don’t mention the "pattern" either. The "pattern" separated from the background of the time will only be a joke.