Pay with one hand, deliver with the other.

Huang Jiaotou took 20,000 yuan and handed it to Zhao Sanpao, and Zhao Sanpao handed over the two-volume Rong Bao Zhai's "Hundred Flowers Blooming" painting score to Huang Jiaotou.

The eyes of the people around are hot.

A transaction of 20,000 yuan is rare in such a used book market.

However, a book friend who thinks he is smart can't help but say, the tone is sighing and pity, "These two books are not worth 20,000 yuan, I just used my mobile phone to surf the Internet, and checked it on the Internet, this kind of Rong Bao Zhai watermark painting "Hundred Flowers Blooming" painting spectrum, one is only seven or eight thousand, two books at most 156, 20,000 yuan, buy high!" ”

The expression sighed, but the tone was mixed with a hint of schadenfreude, and the envious and jealous bookworms around them were also a little dark, what they couldn't buy, others bought, but they bought it at a loss, and this result at least gave them a little comfort.

Zhao Sanpao, who was counting the banknotes and cleaning up the stall, was also a little happy when he heard what people said, he spent 5,000 to collect this set of books, and he originally wanted to earn 6 times the price, but in the end he only sold 20,000 yuan.

Hearing these words, Huang Jiaotou still had a tiger face, cold, and silent, as if he hadn't heard anything.

Lin Yi looked at those gloating people, smiled, and then said to Huang Jiaotou, "How much do you still owe me?" ”

"60,000." Huang Jiaotou said.

Lin Yi nodded, "You don't have to pay it back, I count this set of books as mine, and the debts between us will be written off, and I will give you another 40,000 yuan." ”

Wow, everyone around was surprised.

What do you mean?

It is equivalent to saying that Lin Yi spent 100,000 yuan to buy such a set of books?

Is he crazy?

People who knew that Lin Yi was the "King of Leakage" looked at him incredulously, feeling that this product was not worthy of the name, what "King of Leakage", it was obviously the "King of Eye-Punching", 20,000 yuan let people buy a set of books, and they spent another 100,000 yuan to buy it, isn't it rich and nowhere to bury.

Some people also think that it is estimated that Lin Yi is specifically helping this surnamed Huang, but it can cost 100,000, which is too much.

Others thought so, and Huang Jiaotou also thought so, so he said, who had never spoken much, "You don't have to do this, I will pay back what I owe you." ”

Lin Yi smiled slightly, "Didn't you pay it back, the books you bought belong to me, and I will give you another 40,000 yuan, and we will pay off our debts." ”

"But—this set of books isn't worth it." Huang Jiaotou said stubbornly.

"Who said that?" Lin Yi raised his voice and glanced contemptuously at the bookworms around him, "They?" ”

Huang Jiaotou did not answer.

Lin Yi pursed his lips and smiled, "I didn't want to say it, but ...... Doesn't anyone know that this Rong Bao Zhai watermark version of "A Hundred Flowers Blooming" is divided into ten volumes, and two volumes? ”

People around you, you look at me, I look at you, the smart person immediately picked up the phone again-

Lin Yi glanced at them, shook his head, and then said to Huang Jiaotou, "Let's go and see if there are any good things ahead." With his hands behind his back and his posture flat, he continued to look for old books.

In the back, a large group of bookworms are still desperately using their mobile phones to check information.

Check, check, check-

Finally, someone shouted, "I've found it!" ”

"What, what?" The big guys all leaned over to see-

"A Hundred Flowers Bloom" poems and paintings, published by the daily newspaper, are divided into paperback and hardcover, as long as the quality is good, the paperback is almost two or three hundred, and the hardcover is five or six hundred; The watermark and painted version published by Rong Bao Zhai is divided into ten volumes and two volumes; Among them, the limited two-volume watermark and painted version, because it is a gift version for foreign VIPs, is a rare book among rare books, and only sold for the first time at the auction of Chinese bookstores in April 2008, with a transaction price of nearly 120,000 ......

With a bang, everyone's heads exploded.

Zhao Sanpao, who was secretly counting the banknotes, covered his chest even more, feeling distressed!

……

Lin Yi didn't know how much of a wave he brought to others by easily buying "A Hundred Flowers Blooming", but he knew that the used bookstall in front of him was basically running out, and he hadn't encountered a particularly satisfactory book.

Lao Cao picked up "Mao Xuan", Lao Huang bought "Hundred Flowers", it seems that Lao Guo also has a harvest, just called over, and said happily that he paid 1,000 yuan to buy two missing copies of the classic set of comics in the "Xingtang Biography".

Lin Yi also knows this set of "The Legend of the Xingtang Dynasty" comic strips, because this set of comic books is too famous.

It is said that in the early 80s, a commentary "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" became popular all over the country. At that time, every day when I came home from school at noon, I listened to the storytelling while eating, and the storytelling became an indispensable dish on the table. If you don't have a book to listen to at noon one day, the meal will definitely not be fragrant.

"Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" is one of Lin Yi's favorite commentaries, this book is full of heroes, rich stories, and distinctive characters. Qin Qiong, who is righteous and arrogant, Luo Cheng, who is arrogant, Cheng Biting Jin, who is thick and fine, who is funny, Luo Shixin, who is honest and stupid, Li Yuanba, the first good man who stammers, and Xu Maogong, who is resourceful and resourceful, every character is portrayed wonderfully and impressively.

In fact, the story of "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" is also a popular choice for adapting comic books, and the "Biography of the Xing Tang Dynasty" published by China Quyi Publishing House in the 80s of the last century is based on traditional storytelling.

Because it is a storytelling, the folklore and romance elements of the whole story are mostly full, and the historical facts are relatively full, and the character is prominent. Therefore, storytelling is stronger in terms of audibility and viewability.

After the launch of the first volume of the "Xingtang Biography" commentary, "The Flower Lantern", Quyi Publishing House immediately organized personnel to complete the first volume of the comic book "The Biography of the Xingtang Dynasty" in June 1981, "Qin Qiong Sells Horses", and officially published it in October of the same year, which was the beginning of this long comic book.

In terms of the time of the entire edition, it took two and a half years before and after the publication of the 10 volumes, that is, from March 1981 to August 1983. The publication of this 34-volume comic book took four years and three months (from October 1981 to December 1985), which shows how big the project was to transform the 10-volume comic book into a 34-volume comic book.

At the same time, in the process of compiling and drawing, according to the usual conventions of books, the figures, costumes, weapons, etc. were unified, and the page number of each fascicle was determined to be 126 pages, which is rare in the compilation and drawing of books. At the same time, the price of each fascicle was unified at 0.18 yuan, and due to the increase in prices in the later period, the cost increased, and the price had to be raised to 0.20 yuan and 0.26 yuan, so that the publisher's original plan could not adhere to the end.

The publication of these 34 fascicles was done in the form of a long-form comic book set, that is, not in the order in which the fascicles were arranged, but according to the speed of the compilation process.

In terms of the number of volumes published in each year, except for volumes 1 to 3, which were first published in October-November 1981, the number of volumes published in 1982-1985 changed from large to small, and the speed changed from fast to slow. The early fascicles were published at a very fast pace, and they were published soon after completion, while the speed of publication in the later periods slowed down significantly. For example, the 28th volume, "Shan Xiongxin Recruits Relatives", was compiled and illustrated in August 1984, but it was not published until November 1985.

As a result, the last five fascicles published in 1985 were greatly reduced due to the large decrease in print runs, resulting in the "five missing copies" in the current collection of "The Biography of the Xingtang Dynasty".

The five major deficiencies are-

Volume 27: The Founding of the Tang Dynasty was published in February 1985 with an estimated print run of 50,000 copies.

Volume 28: "Shan Xiongxin Recruits Relatives" was published in November 1985 with an estimated print run of 20,000 copies.

Volume 32: "Suo Wulong" was published in September 1985 with an estimated print run of 30,000 copies.

Volume 33: The Capture of Xiangyang was published in December 1985 with an estimated print run of 10,000 copies.

34 volumes: Luo Cheng Called Guan was published in December 1985 with an estimated print run of 10,000 copies.

As long as you play comic books, you know that the price of any of the five major missing copies of "The Legend of Xingtang Dynasty" on the market is more than 1000, or even higher, especially if it is printed in one edition, it is more valuable.

It can be said that a good "Biography of the Xingtang Dynasty" is missing, which is worthy of a good thread-bound ancient book.

The value is great and the water is deep.

……

Listening to Lao Guo's meaning, the two missing copies of "Lock Five Dragons" and "Capture Xiangyang" that he found are both versions of more than nine grades, so the two copies can sell at least more than 2,000, which can be regarded as a leak.

Interlaced like a mountain, Lin Yi generally doesn't touch comic books much, the water inside is very deep, there is no advanced knowledge of villain book collection, it is best not to get involved.

Therefore, basically, when encountering comic books, Lin Yi just joins in the fun to see them, but he does not take the initiative to buy them, and only when he encounters his beloved old books, he will stop to watch them and study them carefully.

……

Time flies, and Taoshu is like Taobao, which makes people forget time.

Near noon, many of the stalls took lunch boxes and ate rice, and some directly closed the stalls and went to the restaurant outside. Under the scorching sun, the originally bustling crowd gradually dispersed, and there were fewer people in the antique city.

After two or three hours of "fighting", although Lin Yi himself didn't pick up any big leaks, he bought a lot of old books, Huang Jiaotou only had two hands, carried two big pockets, and in the end, Lin Yi had to also carry a bag, so that from the point of view of appearance, Lin Yi was more like he took the goods to sell books, rather than came to Taobao to buy books.

No, he was just about to rest in the shade of a tree, and before he could wipe the sweat off his forehead, a thin old man in a white sweatshirt walked up to him and asked, "Do you accept the magazine "Ploughing"?" You give three cents a copy, and I'll take you to my house to have a look. ”

Just when the second monk Lin Yizhang couldn't scratch his head, the old man then pointed to the bald stall owner of the bookstall opposite and said, "He only gave me a dime a copy, which is too little." Sell it to him, I might as well sell it to the scrap collector to save trouble. ”

After hearing him say this, Lin Yi woke up like a dream. It turned out that the old man regarded himself as a stall selling books, but Lin Yi was really interested in the magazine "Ploughing", mainly because he had read magazines published in this kind of place before.

Founded in 1978, it was originally known as "Nandu Literature and Art", and was renamed "Bow Farming" in 1982.

This kind of local magazine has a very small number of publications and is very regional, especially in places like Nandu, it is difficult to see, Lin Yi read it when he was a child, and it was all bought by his sister Lin Xue, but he turned it over. Therefore, I have a lot of affection for this kind of magazine.

People are animals with feelings, hearing the old man say that there is this kind of magazine to sell, Lin Yi wanted to buy it, asked where the old man lived, it was near the antique city, and it would be a quick walk to arrive, so Lin Yi told Huang Jiaotou to look at the "stall", go outside by himself, and help him buy some food by the way, and left.

Behind him, Huang Jiaotou moved a few bricks and put them under his buttocks, and Da Ma Jindao sat in the shade of the tree, looking at his nose and nose, looking at his heart, not moving like a mountain, and dutifully guarding the so-called "stall" in Lin Yi's mouth.