Happy Tycoon

When they came back to Mr. Zhu's house after leaving Master Gu's house, the situation here shocked the old and the young.

In the meantime, more than 20 people gathered densely at the gate of Mr. Zhu's house. Everyone either carried a cart or carried a lot of cardboard boxes, blocking the originally narrow street in front of Mr. Zhu's house. Strictly.

Yang Jing didn't know these people, and he didn't know why these people gathered at the door of the old man's house, but Mr. Zhu knew these people. Most of these people were residents of this street, and many of them were very handmade. Exquisite purple sand artists, some of them are apprentices among the seven elders of purple sand.

Seeing Mr. Zhu coming back in a tricycle, several middle-aged people who seemed to be in their forties hurried up to greet him. One of them bowed respectfully to Mr. Zhu and called him Master.

After exchanging pleasantries, Mr. Zhu said in a low voice: These people are all juniors. This little Fan is my apprentice, um. I heard that you paid a high price to buy purple sand teapots, so I came here with the teapots I made or left over from my previous home, and I hope you can buy them.”

Apparently, the old man also felt that these children's actions were a little unethical, so he felt a little embarrassed. But the old man can't help it. During this period, the life of these purple clay artists is relatively difficult, because the price of purple clay teapots in this period is far from being able to compare with the price thirty or even twenty years later. In this day and age, the fault is that Yang Jing paid a premium to buy purple sand pots, otherwise, even if it was the work of Master Gu Jingzhou, a pot would only cost 200 yuan, and it would have to be a masterpiece to sell at this price . As for the pots made by these ordinary purple sand artists, even if they are purely handmade, a pot can be sold for 20 or 30 yuan, which is beyond the sky.

The most important thing is that in this era, the whole of China is quite poor. The salary of ordinary workers is only 30 to 40 yuan a month, and the salary of cadres is only 70 to 80 yuan a month. Food is not enough. Are you willing to spend dozens of dollars to buy a teapot?

What? What do you say to drink tea with? It's simple, the enamel mug, that thing makes a mug of tea, enough to drink for half the morning.

It is understandable that Xiao Yang came here to travel and bought some high-quality purple clay teapots, but this group of guys blocked the door with shamelessness, which is a bit too much.

However, Mr. Zhu can’t ignore it. Most of these people are his descendants, and one of his personal apprentices is among them. If you buy two or three pieces, the family can earn one hundred and eighty yuan, which is enough for the family to eat for two months.

Seeing Mr. Zhu's embarrassed face, Yang Jing smiled and said: Mr., don't worry about it. I wish they could bring the purple clay pot. But let's say it first, I only accept high-quality goods. That’s what I’ve seen, if I don’t like it, I’m sorry, but I won’t buy it.”

Hearing what Yang Jing said, the old man was a little surprised, Xiao Yang, are you really willing to buy their works?

Well, as long as it's not a shoddy pot, I want it. They are also masters with exquisite craftsmanship. If their works are placed abroad, they will be very popular.

Okay, since you said so, I guarantee that the pots they make are fine. I know all these people, and their craftsmanship is very good. Maybe they are not as famous as us old men, but the pots they make are really good. .”

Hey, old man, you've already said this. If I don't buy a few more pieces, wouldn't I be sorry for your guarantee? Well, just for your guarantee, I can't let the pots of these masters be dusted. Buy it now, one hundred yuan or a set, what do you think?

Yo, this price is really high. Xiao Yang, if you really give this price, my old man will thank you on behalf of these juniors.

...Hey, old man, you're going to shorten my life by doing this! Yang Jing quickly grabbed the old man's arms. If he asked this old man who was almost 80 to bow to him, Yang Jing would have to knock his head on the ground.

When the old man told Yang Jing's purchase conditions, the group of people were a little dumbfounded. They never imagined that this young returned overseas Chinese would offer such a high purchase price.

That's a price of 100 yuan for one piece. This price has never been a high price in the past ten or twenty years!

These Zisha craftsmen are very clear that although craftsmanship is important in this industry, fame is the key factor in determining the price. Why can a pot of Master Gu sell for two hundred? It's not just because Master Gu is famous.

But fame is not something that can be said by words, it has been accumulated by decades of solid craftsmanship. Maybe the purple clay teapots made by these purple sand artists present can be sold for tens of millions of dollars in a few decades. , but in this era, their works can only be bought for twenty or thirty yuan.

Now Yang Jing bought them at a price of 100 yuan, which was beyond their expectation. Of course, this is a good thing for these purple sand artists, so after a short shock, these simple purple sand artists all cheered loudly.

In fact, the condition that Yang Jing said before buying works that can make him fancy is purely a show. These purple sand artists are definitely not as famous as those masters, but in terms of craftsmanship, they are absolutely not as good as they are. questionable.

Making purple clay pots these days is not like the chemical pots and grouting pots that are flying all over the sky in later generations. In this era, almost all purple clay pots are handmade, and most of these purple sand craftsmen started from their teens I became a teacher, then became an apprentice, and then started to make purple clay teapots by myself, so in this era, the craftsmanship of these purple clay artists is nothing to say.

Although the pots they make now are worthless, if this kind of pure handmade purple sand pot does not sell for tens of thousands of yuan in thirty years, it will be a shame for their craftsmanship. If it is more famous, it is absolutely no problem to buy a pot for hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.

Therefore, after a simple observation, the more than 200 pieces (sets) of purple clay teapots brought by these more than 20 people were all collected by Yang Jing, and the funds paid by Yang Jing were only more than 20,000 yuan.

Thirty years later, if you take out any one of these teapots, you can get hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of purple sand pots. Although Yang Jing can't raise pots one by one, after opening his own private museum, It is absolutely possible to set up a separate purple clay teapot area!

PS: A big brother who played together since childhood passed away yesterday at the age of forty-five, which is a pity. For the past two days, Lao Mo has been helping with the affairs over there, so the number of updates is a bit small, and please forgive me.