Happy Tycoon

In these separate rooms, there are a large number of old objects. At a rough estimate, there are at least hundreds of them.

Among them, the two largest old objects attracted Yang Jing's attention the most.

This, is this the Arhat bed of lobular red sandalwood? Or is it from the Ming Dynasty? When Yang Jing's hand touched the dark bed, he couldn't help asking a little excitedly.

The identification results given by Shengjie proved that the bed in front of me, which was somewhat similar in style to a modern double sofa, was an Arhat bed built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and it was made of genuine rosewood wood.

Pete Wu gave Yang Jing a thumbs up, and said with a smile: The boss has a good eye, and he can tell the origin of this Arhat bed at a glance. That's right, this Arhat bed is indeed from the Ming Dynasty. As for the bedding, I also bought it after asking someone to appraise it.

How much is this bed?

It's frighteningly cheap. I bought this Arhat bed and that Babu bed from a waste collection station. The Ming Dynasty Huanghuali Babu bed and this Arhat bed cost me three hundred dollars in total. How much money.

Yang Jing was also completely speechless, the babu bed made of huanghuali was easy to talk about, but this arhat bed made of lobular rosewood is really a rare treasure. This is an Arhat bed made of large materials of small-leaf red sandalwood, not the kind that is pieced together with small materials.

Although the lobular red sandalwood used to make this bed is not as big as the material used for the red sandalwood desk of Lord Qianlong, it is definitely not small. If placed in the original time and space, this Arhat bed alone would be invaluable.

Seeing that Yang Jing was silent, Pete Wu explained from the side: Mr. Ale once told me to pay more attention to those waste collection stations when he told me to buy more old objects in Yanjing. God, I really didn't expect that there are so many good things in Yanjing's waste collection station. Not only old furniture, some ancient bronzes, irons and even famous calligraphy and paintings can be seen there.

Pete Wu pointed to another room and said: This room is full of calligraphy and paintings that I bought from the bosses of the waste collection stations. Those bosses understand that these calligraphy and paintings of ancient people are valuable, so they are kept separately. You see, these calligraphy and paintings cost much more than those old furniture.

Yang Jing looked over and found that there were many painting tubes in that room. Presumably, after Peter Wu collected these paintings, he put them into the painting tubes.

Yang Jing resisted the desire to open those painting tubes, but said lightly: These ancient calligraphy and paintings must be protected more carefully, and they cannot be placed in the painting tubes for a long time. Take out two pieces in a year. Hang it every three months. It’s best to hang it in a dark place in the main room. Well, your status is different now. You can invite experts from the Palace Museum to take a look at these paintings. What should be restored and framed You must keep these calligraphy and paintings well. But you don’t need to tell them the origin of these calligraphy and paintings. If they ask, you should say that you received them from your friends.”

Pete Wu Neng was selected by Mike Aller as the person in charge of the work in Yanjing. He was naturally a very dexterous person. He knew what he meant as the boss when he heard the words, and nodded his head to express his understanding.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Yanjing’s waste collection stations could be said to be a Taobao paradise for antique lovers. Those waste collection stations, especially the large state-run waste collection stations, often contained many jaw-dropping old objects.

In fact, there are already people who are competing with Yang Jing for business. For example, Ms. Chen Lihua, who is honored as the Red Sandalwood King by later generations, is now quietly buying old red sandalwood and mahogany furniture, and the waste collection station is her main source of purchases. one.

And Mr. Ma Weidu, like that Ms. Chen Lihua, is quietly buying old things.

However, the vast majority of antique lovers have not yet set their sights on these scrap collection stations. They will have to wait a few years before they notice that the places where the scraps are originally stored are actually the greatest treasures.

These things were all told by Yang Jing when he was a child. At that time, Mr. Yang had not yet retired and was working in the Palace Museum. He was naturally very clear about these matters.

It is precisely because of knowing this that Yang Jing did not hesitate to travel to the Cayman Islands in 1980 to earn money from foreigners through London gold, and then set up the Dragon Fund, and asked Mike Aller to find someone to invest in the Three North Shelter Forest in Yanjing , to add a high enough status to the Evil Dragon Fund, and let the person in charge of the Evil Dragon Fund purchase these old objects in China.

If you don't accept it yourself, someone else must have taken it away. Moreover, buying these old objects by myself is absolutely not for the purpose of selling them for money. As long as these precious antiques are purchased, their only fate is to enter their own private museum.

Peter. Is there enough funds to buy these things? Yang Jing asked Pete Wu as he walked back with a very satisfied mood after looking at the old objects in these rooms.

Boss, it's okay. I don't know if I don't come to Yanjing. These old objects in Yanjing are really cheap and scary. Especially now that I use foreign exchange certificates to buy these things, they are very popular.

Boss, our dollars can't be used directly in Yanjing. Unless it's a large amount of dollars like the one we bought a house and invested last year, we can directly connect with Huaxia's bank. Otherwise, dollars are useless here for general consumption. For those in the land of martial arts, you can only go to the bank to exchange for the foreign exchange certificates that began to circulate on April 1 last year, and then use this kind of foreign exchange certificates for consumption. However, this kind of foreign exchange certificates seems to be easier to use than US dollars, and even more so than US dollars. The national currency is more popular. But we seem to be at a disadvantage when buying things with foreign exchange certificates.”

Yang Jing waved his hand and said: You are a Chinese, you must know that there is an old saying in China called 'A loss is a blessing'. Remember, Pete, we are outsiders. If we want to gain a firm foothold in Yanjing, we have to eat a little A little loss is nothing. Besides, as your boss, I can still afford this little loss.

I see, boss.

Yang Jing understands the loss that Pete Wu said, but Yang Jing is even more aware that such a small loss is very necessary.

When China was just reforming and opening up in the 1970s and 1980s, there were many things with Chinese characteristics. The most famous one is the dual-track system. Not only are there dual-track systems for various materials, but even foreign exchange is related to the country At the most basic level, a dual-track system is also implemented.

For example, in 1981, the official exchange rate of the US dollar to the national currency in China was 1:1.7, but there was also an internal exchange rate in China, which was 1:2.8.

The reason for this situation is also directly related to the national conditions at that time.

At that time, the country was extremely scarce in all kinds of materials, and its foreign exchange reserves were pitifully small. Because of the small amount of foreign exchange reserves and the large amount of domestic currency, this caused the emergence of this dual-track exchange rate system.

Especially at the end of the 1970s, as China's tourism industry began to develop, foreign economic and cultural exchanges continued to increase, and more and more foreigners came to China. At that time, Huaxia implemented a unified national currency market, prohibiting the circulation of foreign currencies in the country, and foreign currencies could not be directly exchanged with national currency. In order to facilitate consumption in Huaxia by foreigners, overseas Chinese, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Huaxia Bank began to issue foreign exchange certificates on April 1, 1980.

Therefore, in that era, a currency that was not a currency appeared in China, and it was extremely popular in that era.

The emergence of foreign exchange certificates led to the fact that after foreigners came to Huaxia, they first had to go to Huaxia Bank to exchange foreign currency into foreign exchange certificates according to the exchange rate at that time. The face value was divided into 100 yuan, 50 yuan, 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 1 yuan, 5 There are 7 kinds of jiao and 1 jiao, the face value is equivalent to the national currency, and no report of loss is allowed.

Although its face value is equivalent to the national currency, it is much better than the national currency. At that time, the supply of materials in China was very tight, and all shopping needs to be based on tickets, food tickets for rice, and cloth tickets for cloth. If you want to buy such in-demand products as color TVs and refrigerators, not only are the prices high, but the supply is very small. In order to buy a color TV, some people queue up at the door of the store all night, but they may not be able to buy it. However, if you use foreign exchange certificates, you will save such troubles, which are tickets and coins in one. Shopping with foreign exchange certificates, no need to show tickets. Because of this, the foreign exchange certificates are highly speculated on the black market. At the highest point, 1 yuan of foreign exchange certificates can be exchanged for 5 yuan of national currency.

For example, if Pete Wu wants to exchange foreign exchange certificates at Huaxia Bank, he can only exchange according to the official exchange rate at that time, that is, 100 US dollars can only be exchanged for 170 foreign exchange certificates, and if Pete Wu does not use national currency when purchasing these old objects If you buy it with foreign exchange certificates, you can only consume according to the real currency value of the foreign exchange certificates.

For example, Pete Wu took a fancy to a huanghuali armchair from the Qing Dynasty. This armchair only sold for 20 national currency in this era, so Pete Wu needed to take out foreign exchange certificates of about 11.7 yuan to buy this yellow pear armchair. Rosewood armchair.

But if the 11.7 yuan foreign exchange certificate is sold to those who remit the foreign exchange in the black market such as Friendship Store and Yabao Road, how much national currency can it be sold for? It is about 40 to 50 national currency!

In other words, if Pete Wu used foreign exchange certificates to buy that huanghuali armchair, he would probably lose 20 to 30 national currency!

In those days, 30 national currency was equivalent to a worker's monthly salary, which was enough for a family of three to eat for a month without any worries.

If this kind of loss is strictly calculated, it is not small.

But even if it is not small, Yang Jing will suffer from this loss. Yang Jing is well aware of how huge the amount of US dollars is in his hands. In this era, 1.6 billion US dollars is more than half of all the foreign exchange reserves in China.

In 1981, China's foreign exchange reserves were only 2.708 billion US dollars!

If Yang Jing exchanged the dollars in his hands into foreign exchange certificates, Huaxia would naturally welcome them with high hands, but if he exchanged the exchanged foreign exchange certificates from the black market into national currency at the black market rate, even if it was only exchanged for ten percent One, that will also cause great turmoil in China's economy.

This is absolutely not allowed by the Huaxia government!

Yang Jing knew very well that if he dared to do this, the country would definitely deport himself and his people without hesitation. It would be absolutely impossible for him to use the identity of Michael Lynch to enter China in the future.

Therefore, such seemingly smug things should never be done. Foreigners like Pete Wu who seem to hold a huge amount of dollars will definitely be closely monitored in this era. Once he dares to do something out of line, the state will absolutely show no mercy.

Besides, Yang Jing never thought of doing this. All my money is earned from foreigners, and then I use this money in China, where foreign exchange is in short supply. Although I suffer a little loss, compared to my huge net worth, this loss is not even a drop in the bucket not on. Moreover, suffering such a loss can make the country look up to you, so why not do it?

Yang Jing felt that it was a good deal to use this kind of loss in exchange for returning to the country to turn a blind eye to his practice of purchasing old objects.

A deficit of tens of millions of dollars in this regard is nothing to Yang Jing.