Reborn to be rich

Chapter 56: Underground Auction
Zhang Guodong and his second brother hid all the treasures, and only brought more than 10 gold and silver dollars.When I came to the ghost market, the scene here is extremely prosperous. There are various night market stalls selling things on both sides of the Panjiayuan street. Some stalls selling clothes, vegetables, and electrical appliances are everywhere. It is hard for ordinary people to imagine that there are people who would Set up stalls, but the ghost market doesn't start until after one o'clock.

Zhang Guodong is very familiar with this kind of scene. He had an early lunch and ate a bowl of dumplings with his second brother, but his eyes could not help but glance at the street lights, because there was an antique stall under each street light, and many customers were Discussing with the stall owner in front of the stall.

After eating the dumplings, Zhang Guodong drank half a bowl of dumpling soup by the way. The taste was still in his memory. He remembered that he could not find a job when he came to the capital for the first time in his previous life. Later, he became a regular customer of this dumpling shop.

After eating supper, the two brothers walked around Panjiayuan, which may be the reason why the ghost market auction festival is coming soon. Tonight, there are more than 50 stalls, and there are really many good things among them. After Zhang Guodong asked the price, he said Put away the thoughts of picking up leaks.

"Master, take a look at this silver dollar!" Zhang Guodong came to an old man, took out a silver dollar and handed it to him.

The old man took a closer look, then took out a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully for a few minutes, Zhang Guodong, I am not in a hurry and waited slowly.

"This is a silver dollar remnant from the early Republic of China in Yu Province. It is worth collecting! 8000 yuan!" After speaking, the old man returned it to Zhang Guodong. From the beginning to the end, he wrapped it in a white cloth from receiving the silver dollar to returning it. No hand touching.

"The 1913 Datong silver dollar remnants are in good condition and hard to find now. My one is not damaged at all, 8000 less!"

"8500, it's not that easy to sell this thing." The old man said without looking up.

Zhang Guodong didn't say a word. The price seemed a little low to him. He only had 9 such good-looking silver coins and rare coins. He had already sold the 4 most valuable gold coins to the Golden Mouse. While he was considering whether to make an offer, the old man spoke again.

"If you want to sell 9500, stay!" After speaking, he sat still.

Zhang Guodong put the things in the old man’s booth and didn’t make a counter-offer. Everyone in the Panjiayuan industry has a hidden rule. If you are not a newcomer and don’t know or don’t abide by it, then I’m sorry, the things you just bought are real, but When you take out Panjiayuan, you will find that it suddenly becomes a high-quality imitation, and if you want to sell it here, you will never be able to sell it at a price if you don’t know the booth logo.

Seeing no movement from the old man, a young man suddenly appeared from the side and took out a bag and threw it in front of Zhang Guodong. Zhang Guodong opened the bag and counted the money. There was no problem, and he got up and left.

"Brother, why didn't you bargain more just now? The old man added 500 for the first time, and directly added 1000 for the second time." Zhang Guotao said with some regret.

"Remember, don't talk lightly, and don't give the price of the goods lightly in this kind of market, because all insiders can only bid three times, and after three times, no more bids are allowed, no matter whether it is a seller or a buyer." Zhang Guodong slowly asked Walking forward, he gently explained to his brother.

"Why don't you take a look at that big booth. There are so many things in there and they all look good. You might get a good price if you sell them to him." Zhang Guotao looked at a booth with the most antiques in the distance and said.

"Walk carefully. The man who touched you just now is a thief, but he failed. Have you seen the signs hanging beside each stall? Are there horizontal lines drawn on them?"

"Yes, one side is white with two lines, and the other side is black." Zhang Guotao said after reading it.

"White represents the seller, which means that his goods are medium-quality goods. There may be high-quality imitations in them, and the credibility is average. On the other side, there is no horizontal line on the other side, which means that they do not accept genuine antiques, and they will not accept them if they want to." market price."

"Oh! By the way, the booth we went to just now has three black lines and one white line. What does this mean?" Zhang Guotao gradually became interested in these.

"Three black lines indicate that the appraiser at this booth is of a very high level, and all precious treasures can be identified. One white line indicates that the authenticity rate of the items on his booth does not exceed 60%. As for whether you can buy authentic items, it depends on your vision and luck. !” Zhang Guodong explained to his younger brother as he walked, he saw a booth with three black lines just a few steps away, and an old man over [-] was also sitting in the booth.

This time, the quality of this silver dollar was not as good as the last one, and it was only sold for 6900 yuan in the end. Zhang Guotao gradually saw some channels clearly, but he still didn't know anything about the identification of treasures.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Guodong sold 4 silver dollars and sold them for a total of 31900 yuan. At this time, it was time for the ghost market to quickly dissipate. Zhang Guodong left Panjiayuan with the money.

Back in the leased yard, Zhang Guotao was so excited that he couldn’t sleep. He never thought that there would be such a contact market. All transactions seemed so mysterious. They only sold 4 silver coins and earned more than 3 yuan. This made him I just want to get things cleaned up quickly.

"It's best to only trade once a day for each stall. This is to continue to do business in the future. You never know, if the two of us give everything to myself tonight, will he think we will There are a lot of treasures, or there are intentions to be unfavorable to us. This is especially important when trading for the first time. When we go again tomorrow night, we can bring more less precious gold and silver dollars, and remember to watch more and listen less when we go.”

In the next few days, Zhang Guodong went to the Panjiayuan Ghost Market every other day, and he disposed of all the silver dollars he brought from home. The daily trading volume of 3 to 4 is now the ninth day. Zhang Guodong calculated the income of these days, the total is 17, plus the 4 from the golden retriever last time, now Zhang Guodong has received 19 in his hand, leaving only three silver coins and a jade basin in his hand.

When the time came to the afternoon of November 11, Zhang Guodong and his brother changed into a new set of ordinary clothes after explaining everything, opened the gate of the rental yard, and a Santana drove out of the yard.

This Santana went to the East Third Ring Road, circled around and came back into the Fukang Hotel not far away.

When Zhang Guodong entered the Fukang Hotel, he saw a security guard in a suit coming over. Zhang Guodong handed over the golden invitation card to the other party, and the security guard took Zhang Guodong to the parking lot below.

The security guards took him all the way to the 21st floor of the Fukang Hotel. Here, there are resplendent waiters and waitresses who are well-dressed and extremely handsome.

"Sir, you need to change your card before you can check in. Tonight's auction will start at one o'clock in the morning. Please wear a mask to protect your safety." Seeing Zhang Guodong's arrival, a beautiful woman with good features and an enchanting figure left Come up and speak to him.

"These reminders, this is 1 yuan, change the card for me!" Zhang Guodong handed the bag to the other party, and sat on a chair beside him to wait.The admission ticket for the Fukang Hotel ghost market auction is 1 RMB, and you can only enter the auction with a card worth more than 1 RMB. These cards can be exchanged for cash again when you leave, but you have to pay 5% It's just a handling fee.

The beautiful waiter quickly brought cards to Zhang Guodong. There are mainly 4 types of cards here, one for 10 yuan, one for thousand yuan, one for 1 yuan, and one for [-] yuan. Zhang Guodong only needs one for [-] A card worth [-] yuan, he came to auction something and didn't plan to buy it.

The hotel environment is very good. Zhang Guodong was taken to a suite. The room is about 100 square meters and has all kinds of hotel facilities, especially the big color TV in the living room. This is not easy to buy at this time.

There is no need to pay for the room, the beautiful waiter is waiting at the door at any time, and four meals a day are also free, the waiter will send you to the room, so that you can enjoy the imperial feeling.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Guodong put on the costume and mask provided by the hotel, and led him down to the bottom 3 floor with a beautiful waiter outside the door. The reason why he came so early was to get the auction items to be appraised earlier, and was appraised by the appraiser After the value reaches a certain level, it can be auctioned.

Zhang Guodong came to the third basement floor and was taken to a small identification room. There was a window in the room. Inside the window were 6 old people who were not young. They were all experts in various fields of cultural relics and Chinese authorities in a certain field.

"Please put the things you need to identify on the plate."

According to the waiter's instructions, Zhang Guodong put several silver dollars and jade basins on the crystal plate, and the experts' identification can be seen from the outside.

Zhang Guodong couldn't hear the voice inside. After 10 minutes, all his belongings were sent out. All the silver coins and jade pots had expert appraisal results, and the experts gave the lowest starting price for each item. , if this thing fails to sell, Fukang Hotel will buy it at the starting price.

"Sir, you don't have to worry about your collection being undervalued. Generally, the auction price will reach 2 to 3 times the starting price. Both of your collections are first-class auction items, and the price will definitely not be low."

Experts valued Zhang Guodong's "Sun Yat-sen Remnant Coin" at 8 yuan and the jade basin at 13 yuan. The other two silver coins were classified as third-level auction items and could also be put on the auction stage, but the starting price of one was 8 yuan and the other was 9 yuan. 5.

After getting the four auction items cards, this is the voucher for exchanging money after the auction. Zhang Guodong left the bottom three floors and returned to the twentieth floor. There were already new guests appearing in the lobby. Many of them did not wear masks, and they saw acquaintances. They had to chat with each other a few words, here Zhang Guodong also saw a lot of foreign faces.

After setting the alarm clock to 0 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Guodong fell into a deep sleep when he went to bed. The biological clock he had kept for the past few days would make him drowsy in the afternoon.

After Zhang Guodong woke up feeling refreshed again, he washed himself in the bathroom, put on the clothes and mask provided by the hotel, and walked towards the third basement floor after eating supper.

Coming to the auction hall, this is a large venue that can accommodate more than 2000 people. The center of the venue is brightly lit, and everything is ready. The seats on the sidelines are already more than half full. Some VIPs need special invitations to be seated.

I waited for more than 40 minutes. At 1:30, the seats were already full. A brightly dressed woman walked onto the central stage with a microphone. Zhang Guodong remembered which TV station she should be the host of. She was dressed very grandly today. She takes it very seriously.

What was said on the stage that Zhang Guodong was sitting in the back couldn’t hear very clearly, except that there were very few people auctioning off the position behind the VIP area. Zhang Guodong saw the first snuff bottle from the early Qing Dynasty being auctioned off for 2 yuan. Today’s headlines It's driving well.

Next, there are some ordinary calligraphy and paintings, strange stones, and antiques, all of which are priced between 5 and 20 yuan. For these third-class auction items below [-] yuan, it can only be regarded as a warm-up. Although the competition seems fierce, the host The auctioneer took no more than [-] seconds for each item. In less than half an hour, nearly [-] items in the collection were auctioned, and none of them were unsold. Zhang Guodong's two silver coins that were assigned to the third class were also auctioned. , One was auctioned for [-] yuan, and the other was caught up to a high price of [-] yuan. If these two pieces were sold in other places, the price would generally be less than [-] yuan.

There are a total of more than 40 third-class items. The auctioneer should introduce the collection carefully this time. The cheapest starting price of these items is more than 2, and the transaction price is more than 4. The most expensive inkstone has a starting price of 8. Yuan, and was finally coaxed to 27 yuan before being photographed away.

After the auction of the second-class auction item ended, Zhang Guodong finally got his "Sun Yat-sen" residual coin.

"Anyone who understands this silver dollar must know that it is one of the most rare silver dollar remnants in our country..." The host introduced the first-class auction items very carefully, and the hostess introduced many information about this remnant coin. Very good.

Soon it was time to start the auction, and the starting price of 9 was quickly chased to 15. Zhang Guodong didn't ask for the price of 4 that he could finally bid in four years, but at least half of it had to be achieved, right?
After reaching 15, the number of bidders began to decrease, but there were still people who kept bidding. Zhang Guodong watched nervously as the price finally reached 20. At this time, two middle-aged men in the VIP area began to compete for bids, and others followed them. I stopped earning until 24 yuan, and finally the price of silver dollars was set at 28 yuan.

Zhang Guodong was quite satisfied with this price, and soon the next few first-class auction items sold for more than 20 yuan, especially a "horse stepping on a flying swallow" strange stone was sold at a high price of 47 yuan. I understand very well.

After more than a dozen first-class collections were auctioned off, Zhang Guodong’s jade basin finally came on the stage. It was a bit funny for Zhang Guodong to hear that the auctioneer said that it was a fruit basin used by the royal family of the Western Han Dynasty. He snatched this jade basin from a farmer’s pig’s mouth.

Unexpectedly, this jade basin is much more popular than the remnant "Sun Yat-sen" coin, and the price soon rose to 30 yuan, and finally settled at 36 yuan.

(End of this chapter)