gifted collector

Chapter 4 Antique Street

Half an hour later, Fang Ming and Zhou Yafang drove to Tonghua Street.

"In fact, its most well-known name is 'Antique Street', because there are more than [-]% of the antique shops in Ningdong City concentrated here, and more importantly, it is the largest antique distribution center in the entire southeast, so it has a great reputation in the antique collection industry. The status is very high, and it is also the easiest place to produce high-quality goods.”

"Someone once said that as long as you want antiques, you can find them here. Although this is a bit exaggerated, it can quickly prove its status from another level."

After getting out of the car, Zhou Yafang introduced Fang Ming.

Fang Ming nodded lightly, and looked at Zhou Yafang carefully while walking forward with Zhou Yafang.

The street in front of me is obviously an old street, not wide, only two lanes plus sidewalks, about 500 meters long, on both sides of the road are shops, people come in and out from time to time, basically Characters with extraordinary bearing - many people go in empty-handed, and when they come out, they carry boxes, and they have obviously bought something.

"The shops here are well decorated, and it seems that the business is going well. Sister Avon, where is your shop?"

Fang Ming looked around curiously.

Zhou Yafang blushed and said, "I would like to have a store here, but at least for now it's unrealistic."

Antique Street, a 500-meter-long street, has 112 large and small shops on both sides. Those who can own a shop here are all powerful people who have worked hard in the antique industry for a lifetime—many of them have been in the antique industry for several generations. The business here is at least with a net worth of more than 3000 million!

Zhou Yafang really wants to own her own shop here, but it is too difficult for her who has only been in the industry for five years. When she left the family, she had nothing but 1 yuan of "start-up" funds. It is already very powerful to work hard until today.

"Isn't it? Sister Avon, I thought you were a big shot in the antique world, but I didn't expect you didn't even have a shop!"

She stretched out her hand and patted Fang Ming's head, staring at her almond-shaped eyes, Zhou Yafang said, "What are you talking about, I will be satisfied if I can set up a store here in 10 years' time."

"All right……"

Following Zhou Yafang all the way to the end of Antique Street, turning a corner, Fang Ming found another small street appeared in front of him, which was slightly shorter and narrower than the previous one. From the open shop door, it can be seen that there are large and small shelves up to the top of the shop, on which are placed all kinds of things such as porcelain and coins.

"What is this place?"

Fang Ming found that this place was more lively than the previous antique street, basically every room was full of people, there were bookish professors, businessmen who combed their hair meticulously, and even more disheveled and decadent. Men and women... These people squatted or stood in front of the shelves or stalls looking through the things on them without grace.

"This street is called Small Antique Street. The difference from the previous one is that you can pick up leaks in this place. The so-called leaks are to buy the most valuable antiques with the least money. The things sold in this street are different from real to fake. , people who come here to buy things rely on their personal vision and luck, and this is one of the greatest charms of antiques, so this place is far more attractive to antique buyers than the previous one. In fact, Tonghua Street can To become the largest distribution center for antiques in the entire southeast, it is not enough just to rely on the antique street in front, because there are shops that take the high-end route, and even less than half of them do wholesale. The most important force is here. Little Antique Street."

Although the Small Antique Street is not as magnificent as the Antique Street in front of it, it looks like a mixed bag of dragons and snakes, but it is the most dynamic place in the antique world in Ningdong City. The legends of picking up leaks on the Antique Street can only happen in this place.

Fang Ming understood as soon as he heard it, the game of pick-and-miss is about small bets, heartbeat, and sudden windfall. It's like a lottery. It's not surprising that people are crazy about it.

"Sister Avon, is your store here?"

Zhou Yafang nodded triumphantly and said, "Yes."

Ten minutes later, Fang Ming looked at a small shop called "Avonzhai" hanging on the front of a shop that was less than two meters wide. Is it your shop?"

Even though he didn't know much about antiques, which of the people who played with antiques in Fang Ming's imagination wasn't rich?The shop in front of him was not only small, but also looked dilapidated, a bit far from what he had imagined.

Zhou Yafang blushed, she naturally understood what Fang Ming meant.

"Huh! Be careful, I'm your boss now, don't talk to me in such a contemptuous tone. It's already very powerful to be able to set up a store here, okay? Many people can only set up street stalls here! Do you know how much the monthly rent here is?"

Zhou Yafang raised a finger while talking, and said, "Ten thousand, I have to pay ten thousand a month in rent!"

Fang Ming was taken aback, and said, "Isn't it? Just such a dilapidated room...would take [-] a month?"

He originally wanted to say "broken shop", but he knew it was wrong as soon as he said it. How could there be junk worth [-] in this world?

"Hmph! The guy who knows how expensive he is if he is not in charge of the family!"

Helping Zhou Yafang open the rolling shutter door, Fang Ming immediately saw that the small shop was full of all kinds of antiques, ranging from tall porcelain to finger-sized bronze Buddha statues. flowered up.

"Come on, help me tidy up here and push these two shelves out."

Fang Ming put the travel bag he was carrying with him on a shelf at one side, and then organized things under Zhou Yafang's command, mainly putting the scattered or messed up things back on the shelf .

"Sister Yafang, have you picked up the leak?"

While arranging things, Fang Ming asked Zhou Yafang, since he was going to help out in an antique shop in the future, he thought he should learn more about this.

"Of course I have, or I'm still a person who plays with antiques."

Zhou Yafang nodded heavily.

Fang Ming immediately became interested and said, "How much did you earn?"

"However, it's only about [-] in total."

"Twenty thousand?"

Fang Ming stopped, looked at Zhou Yafang, and said, "Two hundred thousand is not much?"

After a year of hard work in the village, there is no way to save 1000 yuan. What is the concept of [-] yuan, but Zhou Yafang said it as calmly as cotton, which definitely made Fang Ming feel shocked.

"More than 10? Those who are powerful are earning millions. I'm really making a fuss."

Zhou Yafang kept moving her hands, carefully wiped a copper coin clean and put it back on the shelf.

Millions?
Fang Ming was taken aback, 10 was already an astronomical figure for him, tens of millions?He has no concept of so much money.

Seeing Fang Ming like this, Zhou Yafang laughed and said, "Why are you in a daze, if it weren't for this, so many people would be addicted to it?"

Pointing to the outside, Zhou Yafang continued, "Did you see that? Those who rummaged through the shop were just trying to find the missing ones."

"It's so easy to make money by picking up leaks?"

Fang Ming's eyes lit up.

Zhou Yafang gave Fang Ming an annoyed look, and said, "How come picking up the leak is as easy as drinking water? Picking up the leak certainly has an element of luck, but it depends more on your eyes, not the eyes of a poisonous snake." Often, holes are drilled instead of leaks—and they spend a lot of money to buy bad things, and every year some people lose their homes because of holes, so money is not so easy to earn.”

"Well, that's true."

Fang Ming nodded lightly. After wiping one antique and putting it on the shelf, he picked up another one. There is no industry in this world that only makes money but does not lose money. The same is true for picking up leaks. Then there must be no bones left.

"Miss Avon...ah!"

Fang Ming's hands trembled suddenly, and the antique he was holding almost fell to the ground: when he just picked it up, a warm air flowed into his hand, and then a shadow appeared on the back of the right hand holding the antique!
"what happened?"

Zhou Yafang was startled and looked at Fang Ming.

Gathering his mind, Fang Ming tried his best to control his emotions, but in the end his expression was still unnatural.

"Oh...it's okay..."

Fang Ming would never tell Zhou Yafang about the shadow appearing on the back of his hand.

Zhou Yafang walked up to Fang Ming, took the antique from him, wiped it carefully with a cloth until there was no dust on it, and then said: "This jade ruyi is the most valuable antique in my store. Three years ago, I collected it from a street stall for 850 yuan, and it turned out that it was a thing from the Qing court. Unfortunately, there was a hair-thin crack on it, but even if it is like this, if you sell it now, 8 to 9 cannot escape.”

"What if there is no such crack?"

Fang Ming carefully stared at the back of Zhou Yafang's right hand when he was speaking, but found that it was as smooth as jade, without any shadow at all.

"Four and a half million."

"This one……"

Fang Ming opened his mouth, wanting to say something, finally opened his mouth several times, but still couldn't say, not only shocked the price, but more importantly was the shadow: also holding the antique in his hand, Zhou Yafang had no shadow on the back of his hand and his own Yes, it is very likely that the problem is myself.

Zhou Yafang smiled gently and said, "How is it? Do you find it exciting to pick up leaks? Don't worry, follow my sister and you will see more thrilling stories in the antique world in the future."

Putting Yu Ruyi on a special sandalwood shelf, Zhou Yafang turned around and continued to work.

Isn't that strange stone?
Is my hand weird?
Fang Ming remembered the stone he had picked up when he left the quarry before, and there was a shadow like before.

At that time, I thought the stone was weird, but now it seems that it should not be, because when I picked up the jade ruyi, the same shadow appeared!

Fang Ming glanced at the jade ruyi from time to time. He wished he could pick up the jade ruyi and study it carefully, but it was obviously not suitable for him at this time.
Fang Ming could only try his best to control his impulse.

(End of this chapter)