Reborn Tycoon Rise

The cultural relics store is not a store that only sells cultural relics, but a cultural relics institution established by the state. It was once managed by Xinhua Bookstore in the 1960s, and later became independent. Branch cultural relics stores have been set up across the country to acquire cultural relics and organize Export has become the main function of cultural relics stores everywhere.

The specific era created a special concept at that time. At that time, "Cultural relics are waste products. We encourage the exchange of old ones for new ones and the export of cultural relics for foreign exchange to support national construction." This was the mainstream thought and public opinion in the cultural relics world. This concept also led to the loss of a large number of cultural relics overseas.

From now on, it seems that this concept is completely wrong, but at that time, many people did not have enough to eat, and the country could not even be self-sufficient in steel. What was the value of pursuing the protection of cultural relics?

After the reform and opening up, people's concept of cultural relics did not change much immediately. In the eyes of many people, cultural relics were picked up by scrap companies. It is said that the Beijing Cultural Relics Bureau even held an exhibition, and the exhibits included incense burners, ancient coins and even copper tripods. They were selected from the scraps by the cultural relics unit below, and they are all authentic antiques!

In 1983, the country introduced the "Policy for the Return of Personal Cultural Relics." At that time, many young people were notified to take back their fathers' collections, but they had no idea what the use of these "tatters" was. Many people returned "returns of personal cultural relics" at the door of the Cultural Relics Bureau. "Tabby" was sold at a low price. At that time, a piece of genuine Qianlong jade ink only cost 5 yuan. But ten years later, the price will be between hundreds of thousands to two to three hundred thousand.

At the same time, foreign businessmen also noticed this profit, and the purchase price was astonishingly low. A bowl from an official kiln was only 10 yuan, and a painting by Qi Baishi was 250 yuan. There were even black-hearted overseas Chinese, holding various colorful plastic bags. They went to the countryside to exchange for antiques, and these "zero-value" cultural relics were shipped abroad in containers.

This phenomenon was not alleviated until the 1990s, not because of the improvement of the law, but because a small batch of antiques at the Beijing auction were fetched 3 million yuan by overseas businessmen. This transaction amount was more than the total sales of cultural relics stores across the country. , only then did the relevant departments realize the value of antiques, and later formed relevant laws.

At present, in addition to the acquisition of cultural relics, in terms of external sales, mainland cultural relics stores, like Friendship Stores, only sell to foreign guests and only accept foreign exchange coupons, not RMB.

As soon as the car of Xu Zhi and others stopped, it attracted the attention of many people. Anyone who owns a car in this era is more shocking than a Rolls-Royce in the 21st century. Let’s talk about the current Shanghai sedan. The value of one car can be worth five houses in Shanghai, while the price of imported cars is basically priceless, and those who can afford it are basically overseas businessmen.

After getting off the car, Xu Zhi and others immediately saw a spacious red tent on the right side outside the gate. The tent was not sealed, but half open, and there were a few young people wandering outside.

Xu Zhi asked Wu Peng, "Do you know what's going on?"

Wu Peng said with a smile: "In addition to selling cultural relics, this cultural relics store will also open its acquisition business to the private sector, which attracts many people. However, too many people just take the same thing from home and want to come here to try their luck, or Bet on the appraiser being wrong.

There were too many people coming, and most of the things they received were fake, so the cultural relics store set a rule. Anyone who wanted to come for appraisal must buy a ticket first. I heard that the ticket price was not low, so many people were frightened. , some people are hesitant to take the gamble! "

"The only way to relieve our worries is to get rich suddenly!" Xu Zhi said with a smile. The price for purchasing antiques in cultural relics stores is indeed not high, but some good antiques can still be worth several hundred yuan. In an era when wages are only in the tens of dollars, , which can be considered a huge sum of money.

In the 1980s, there were actually a lot of antiques circulating among the people. It is said that a collector bought a piece of rag for 5 yuan. The result was Wang Xizhi's calligraphy treasure "Peace Tie", which later generations directly sold for 300 million.

"Go in!" Xu Zhi and others were just about to go in when a man walked out of the store door and said to Xu Zhi and others: "Guys, please come inside!"

"Are you the manager of this store?" Xu Zhixiao asked.

"You can say that, but we call him the store manager here. My surname is Zhao." The visitor introduced with a smile. As the store manager, he didn't need to come out to do various business in person, but he just saw him on the second floor. When I got an overseas limousine, I knew a big customer might be coming, so I hurried down to greet him.

Xu Zhidao: "My surname is Xu. We are just taking a casual look. Manager Zhao does not need to accompany us personally."

Store manager Zhao smiled and said: "Mr. Xu is too polite. Since you have come to our place, you can't go back empty-handed. In fact, our cultural relics store is divided into an outer room and an inner hall.

Mr. Xu can follow me to the inner hall to take a look. I guarantee that there will be items that will satisfy you. "

"There is still such an operation, so let's go in and have a look." Xu Zhi said with a smile.

"This way, please!" Store Manager Zhao pointed out the direction and led Xu Zhi and others to the inner room. Although he didn't know the prices of luxury cars outside, Store Manager Zhao can be considered a person with a good physique. In the past two years, There are also many people buying antiques. Although many foreign businessmen have money, not many own cars in the mainland.

Those who dare to buy imported cars in the mainland are either rich enough to not care about a car, or they are businessmen who really want to invest in the mainland. No matter which type they are, they will naturally not be reluctant to spend money to buy some cheap antiques. You know, this whole thing The antiques and houses in the store may not be as valuable as the car outside.

The cultural relics store is divided into three floors. Among them, the most mysterious inner room, which store manager Zhao calls the most mysterious, is in a room on the second floor. Store manager Zhao took out the key from his waist and opened a door that was larger than a human hand. After locking the door, he turned around and said, "Mr. Xu, I'm sorry, there are many paintings and calligraphy works in this inner room. We can't bring any drinks in."

"It should be." Xu Zhi nodded, handed the Sprite in his hand to A Bin and said, "Just stay outside!"

"Okay, Xu Sheng!" A Bin took the drinks from Xu Zhi and Wu Peng, took two steps back and stood opposite the door.

After entering the inner room, Manager Zhao immediately introduced: "Mr. Xu, these are the bowls and dishes used by the palace during the Ming Dynasty;

This is the handwriting of Huang Tingjian, a calligrapher from the Song Dynasty;

Mr. Xu, don’t think this bench is old. It was built by the carpenter emperor of the Ming Dynasty himself and has a very high historical value;

…………! "

Store manager Zhao introduced the products one by one, trying very hard to arouse customers' desire to buy.

"What are the prices of these?" Xu Zhi asked with a smile.

Manager Zhao said with a smile: "I wonder which one Mr. Xu values ​​​​? Let me introduce it in detail!"