Panjiayuan Antique Market is located in the southwest of Panjiayuan Bridge in Beijing's East Third Ring Road, and is the largest antique and thrift market in China, with more than 3,000 fixed shops, in addition, there are greenhouses, stalls, etc. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info My shop is near the gate in the southeast corner of the fixed shop, and I asked a feng shui gentleman to name the store "Ji Shun Zhai".

On the road, from Lao Zhang's mouth, I knew that his shop is also in the southeast corner of the market, but it is in the south of the road, it should be diagonally opposite our store, the store name is "Qingyuexuan", the main jade handles, bronze mirrors, ancient coins, etc., and do antique wholesale.

When we arrived at the gate of the market, we walked separately from him according to Lao Zhang's instructions, he was in front and we were in the back, pretending not to know each other. Zhang Meng whispered to me: "This grandson must be raising a junior outside, and he was blocked by his wife", I glared at him and didn't speak.

After entering the market, I saw Lao Zhang walking to the south side of the road, and sure enough, in a row of shops diagonally not far from our store, there was a shop called "Qingyuexuan", and a black Audi was parked in front of the door.

"This grandson also said that he runs a small business, and he seems to be doing well, and he also drives an Audi," Zhang Meng said as she pulled up the roller shutter door of our store.

After the renovation, there were some days when I didn't come, and the store was full of dust. Zhang Meng and I put on masks, picked up brooms, dustpans, rags, and cleaned carefully.

"It's not a problem to be so empty", I said: "We should also find a good day to open on an auspicious day, the province has no income from paying rent, and supporting the owner in vain"

"Yes", Zhang Meng said, "But according to Lao Zhang Naya, it is now a financial crisis, and the days of opening a store are not good."

In fact, what I'm worried about is this, now I have found Lao Zhang's purchase channel, although it has not been talked about in detail, but the supply can finally be some security, but the time is not good, the financial crisis began in 08, and now many stores have been forced to close, and the general antique business is not very easy to do, unless there is a ......

I just thought of this, but I didn't expect Zhang Meng and I to be together: "According to the old Zhang Naya just now, although the general antique business is not easy to do, but "bring local goods" is still in short supply, there are more and more high-end collectors, and the newly unearthed real things are becoming more and more popular.

"But it's a very risky thing, in case you don't get it right......," I said hesitantly.

"Didn't Lao Zhang say it, there is a way in the door, there are rules in the line, there are mysteries in this, I will listen to what Ya says later, and then do it reliably", Zhang Meng said.

I didn't answer, just swept the floor and pondered.

"Look", Zhang Meng said suddenly, "There's movement over there, Lao Zhang"

When I heard this, I also came to the door and looked at Lao Zhang's shop, only to see three people in black coats walking out of his shop. It's December, and it's dark early in Beijing, just over four o'clock in the afternoon, but these people are still wearing sunglasses.

Zhang Meng said: "I've watched too many Hong Kong and Taiwan films, right? Charge the boss of the underworld, it's almost dark and he still wears sunglasses, and he is not afraid of hitting the lamppost?"

I saw Lao Zhang trotting out from behind, and a "black coat" in front pressed the car key to unlock it, and Lao Zhang hurriedly helped open the car door, as if he was respectful to these people.

The "black coat" in the middle held Lao Zhang's shoulders and put his head close to Lao Zhang's ear, as if to say something, Lao Zhang nodded vigorously.

After finishing speaking, the three "black coats" got on the Audi and drove away, and Lao Zhang didn't turn around and go back to the store until he saw the car go away.

"That grandson turned out to be not lined with Audi, and his feelings were for this blind man," Zhang Meng said.

"Don't be stinking and poor, hurry up and ask what is going on, the most important thing is to get the diary, and then listen carefully to the matter of "bringing local goods", I said.

After speaking, Zhang Meng and I put on coats, locked the store door, and walked towards Lao Zhang's store.

When I came to the door of Lao Zhang's store, I saw that the glass door was closed, and the lights were on and the curtains were drawn. Zhang Meng went up and knocked on the door, and after a while, the door opened, and it was a young man who opened the door, about 1.75 meters tall, very thin, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, about twenty-five or sixteen years old, presumably Lao Zhang's nephew.

"Is there anything wrong? it's not open now," said the young man.

"We're here to find Boss Zhang," I said.

"Let them in", only to hear the voice of Lao Zhang in the store: "They are friends"

When the young man heard that, he let us into the store. After entering the store, I saw a mess, things were thrown everywhere, as if the whole store had been turned over, and Boss Zhang was squatting on the ground to clean up things.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"It's nothing", Lao Zhang stood up and asked the young man to move two chairs for us, and he also pulled a chair and sat opposite us.

"The two of you smiled", Lao Zhang said, "I made an appointment to talk to the two about the purchase, but I didn't expect to encounter something in the store"

"Lao Zhang, I won't tell you, we all saw those black coats just now, what happened? Can you tell us? Maybe we can help settle it," Zhang Meng said.

"Actually, it's nothing, I don't hide it from the two, those just now are my upper family, that is, the so-called "first-class wholesalers", they said that something fell on our store, and you two also saw it", said, Lao Zhang looked around, "Look at the toss"

"This is Beijing, where there are bricks, tiles and kings, and if you can still let them do this, why don't you call the police?" asked Zhang Meng.

Lao Zhang did not directly answer Zhang Meng's question, and said: "The two of you are new to the industry, I don't know, there are three types of people who do business in this Pan Jiayuan, one is to change something for fun, play, and not to make any money, occasionally set up a stall, generally these people sell things, either fakes, fakes, or their own exchanges from all over the world, occasionally there are genuine products, but now there are fewer and fewer." There is another category, that is, to do fixed shops, these people buy goods in two ways, one is that there are kilns all over the country, producing all kinds of handicrafts, imitations, high imitations, they come from there, or they themselves are manufacturers and sellers, and the other is to entrust secondary wholesalers, that is, us, to help find some knowledgeable people to search for various places. The things in their stores are real and fake, but now the real things are difficult to find, so more than 95% of these shops are imitations and fakes, and whether you can buy the real thing depends on your eyesight. The last category is also a fixed shop, but they only buy from the secondary wholesalers, that is, we buy from here, and unlike the second type of shop, they do not entrust us to find someone to collect from all over the place, but directly into the "local goods", to put it bluntly, it is the antiques that rob the tomb, which are generally sold to fixed big players, this kind of shop has the highest profits, the most profitable, but also the greatest risk, so they do very little. ”

"Isn't that illegal? aren't you afraid of getting caught?" I asked.

"I also mentioned to the two of you on the road that we secondary wholesalers are actually intermediaries, similar to real estate agents, we are not wholesale to other merchants after the goods are advanced, but through our home, that is, the so-called primary wholesalers, we introduce the stolen things to buyers, which is the last type of shops just mentioned. To put it bluntly, after the tomb robbers steal things, they sell them to first-level wholesalers, and first-level wholesalers through some methods and relationships, such as auctions, pawns, or through certain government departments, etc., and then make some fake certificates to "launder" the stolen antiques, just like money laundering, and then wholesale to merchants through us, so that these "local goods" are legal, so there will be no problems under normal circumstances. In this chain, the first-level wholesalers are the most powerful, they control the entire chain, and even some of the tomb robbers are their own people. ”

Lao Zhang got up and packed up his things and continued: "I don't call the police, because what we do is illegal in itself, it is a link in the chain, and calling the police does not mean that we are also in it?

"I said, how can Lao Zhang be so respectful to those three "black coats", I thought to myself.

Lao Zhang continued: "In the past, Panjiayuan was a lot of secondary wholesalers, but now on the one hand, there is a financial crisis, and there is less business, on the other hand, the top is getting tighter and tighter, and the risk is getting bigger and bigger, and many people are not willing to take risks, so now there are only two or three of us left who really do this in this market."

Lao Zhang's nephew didn't speak, silently tidying up next to him, I listened to Lao Zhang's words, and casually glanced at him, but suddenly found that he was also peeking at us, our eyes happened to meet together, he quickly pretended to be okay and turned his head away, and continued to pack up the things on the ground. I thought he was a little sneaky, but I didn't pay much attention to it at the time.

From Lao Zhang's mouth, I probably learned about the matter of "bringing local goods", although this thing has high profits and fast money, but after all, I just entered this industry, and I don't want to take risks so quickly, so I agreed with Lao Zhang to buy some ordinary goods from him first, mainly some imitations, and entrusted him to help find someone to collect and purchase antiques, agreed on a commission, and signed a contract.

After the purchase was agreed, I was still most concerned about the diary, so together with Zhang Meng, I helped Lao Zhang clean up the scattered things and looked for the diary, but in the end I didn't find it. It was already very dark, I looked at my watch, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, I could only regret leaving Lao Zhang's shop with Zhang Meng, found a small restaurant nearby, ate something with Zhang Meng, and then went home.

By the time I got home, it was past twelve o'clock at night, and when I opened the door and went inside, I was stunned by what I saw, and my house was in a mess, as if the whole house had been turned over. "It must have been stolen", I thought to myself, and quickly checked it, and the passbook and other important things were there, only to find out that the little jade Buddha was missing.

It seems that the thieves are obviously coming for the Jade Buddha, but for what purpose? Who would steal a piece of jade that is said to bring misfortune and blood to people? I didn't realize it at this time, but danger was slowly approaching me.