Lin Yi was sure that he definitely didn't know the other party, so how could Ah Shuibo know that he was from the mainland and asked himself in Mandarin. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Could it be that he still looks at the face?

Seeing Lin Yi's confused face, Ah Shuibo smiled shrewdly and said, "My store is a door-to-door business, and most of the people who come to buy books and buy books are regular customers from Macao Street, you are very strange, and obviously you don't live here." As for those who came from Hong Kong, there are a few who like to buy old books, especially young people like you, who are busy making a fortune and buying stocks, or making money to buy real estate...... What's more, you are very tall, and you look white and clean, which is different from the people here, so you don't have to guess to know that you must be from the mainland...... I have received a lot of mainland tourists, and many of them, like you, don't have the impetuous atmosphere of Hong Kong and Macau. ”

Ah Shuibo's words can be regarded as solving Lin Yi's question, there is a saying in Hong Kong called "people are old spirits, ghosts are old spirits", it seems to be true, the older you have experienced, you can see through everything.

Seeing that Lin Yi smiled and didn't speak, it was a tacit acquiescence, Ah Shui Boxing was even more full-headed, and said, "I just saw you stuffing something into it, did you hide a good book?" Don't look at me like that, a lot of people like to do this, so that I, the boss, can't find where the books are many times. ”

Lin Yi smiled, so he told the interesting story of the fat and thin old man's book collection, and Ah Shuibo laughed when he heard it, "It's them, the old patron, I like to come to this trick." You are a good person, many times the books they have in their collection are bought by others as soon as they turn around, and they cry and stare at me when they find me, as if I have harmed them......"

Lin Yi shook his head, "I almost couldn't hold back just now...... Thinking of the heart-wrenching pain of stuffing back the "Golden Vase Plum", Lin Yi felt sad again.

"Hehe, listening to you say this, you must also be a book lover, but it's a pity that my used bookstore doesn't take care of it much now, basically no good books are in, and the good ones have been picked up, so you have to work hard to see if there are any other favorites......"

"Alas, business is not good now, you used to earn a few cents, but now whoever still reads books is high-tech......" Ah Shuibo said as he picked up a feather duster and cleaned the floating ash at the top of the bookshelf. It can be seen that no one has read a book for a long time.

Lin Yi knew that what he said was sincere, and then looked at the books on the shelf, although there were thousands of books, there were few good ones, not to mention that they were all old books that were used for rental, Lin Yi was really not interested in these books.

Speaking of which, old books can be divided into "collections" and "private collections" according to their sources. A private collection is a private collection of books, and the average reader knows how to cherish the books, and some even wrap the book jacket with kraft paper, and there are occasionally some sketches on the books, or the signatures and seals of the book collectors, generally speaking, the quality of these books is very good. The collection of books is the books in the library, although these books have been read, but because the management is relatively in place, the quality of most of the books is still OK, but the back page of the book is often glued with a book bag, and there is a "library card" in the book bag, people used to ask for this kind of thing, but gradually a kind of "library card" collection has emerged, you can see who has borrowed this book on which day from the library card, and it is also very interesting to study carefully.

Compared with these two kinds of old books, the old books in the rented bookstore seem to be a little "too bad", first of all, they are not as good as those regular libraries in terms of preservation, not so strict, and the registration of borrowing books is often written directly on the title page, drawn and drawn, and the most annoying thing is that some borrowers will stick disgusting things such as rice grains such as boogers to the pages, which makes people turn to their stomachs and turn them into nausea......

Because of this, Lin Yi has never been very interested in the old books stored in the rental bookstore.

Ah Shuibo is also an old man, and when he saw Lin Yi's expression when he looked at the old books, he knew that he didn't like these old books very much, so he smiled and cleaned the bookshelf with a feather duster, and said, "I see that you still have something in your hand, are you also a book?" ”

Lin Yi raised the bag in his hand, "It's a comic book, you call it a doll book." ”

"I bought it from the doll grandma in front."

"Huh, how do you know?"

"Hehe, here except for me, she is still selling books, and the two of us can be said to be the only two elders in the book selling industry on Macau Street." Ah Shuibo joked.

"That grandma said you also have a doll book here." Lin Yi mentioned.

"Yes, there is, but it is also the leftovers of the previous lease, and the condition is not very good, either the cover is shabby, or the content is missing arms and short legs...... But there is a set of my own treasures, if you are interested, I will show it to you......" Ah Shuibo looked very enthusiastic, but his eyes were rolling.

"Then how can you be embarrassed...... As soon as he heard that there was something good to see, Lin Yi's cold heart warmed up, and he said that he was embarrassed, but his eyes showed an expression of hope and longing.

Ah Shuibo has been selling books for most of his life, so he didn't understand what he meant, so he asked Lin Yi to wait a while, and he shook into the back room.

After a while, I saw him come out with a box of comic strips, and said to Lin Yi with a smile: "Look, are you still satisfied with this box of comic strips?" ”

Lin Yi took the comic strip and looked at it, but saw that it was a boxy 50-folio size, the Hong Kong version of "The Romance of Di Qing" in the 60s, 24 volumes.

"The Romance of Di Qing" is a romance novel of historical figures, which is very popular among the people. The story tells the story of Di Qing, a famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty, who resisted the Western Xia and defended the Song dynasty. "The Romance of Di Qing" is based on historical facts on the one hand, and on the other hand, it adds the imagination of the novel, describing Di Qing's struggle, and adding the legend of gods and monsters, which adds to the interest of the story.

In other words, in the early 60s of the last century, Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House brought together a large number of comic book artists with superb artistic level. It has become the leading comic book publishing company in China. At that time, many of the comic books published in Hong Kong were comic strips that depicted and copied from the mainland, and the level of painting of comic books created in Hong Kong was not high. At that time, the Hong Kong Beauty Publishing House planned to publish a set of comic strips of "The Romance of Di Qing", and contacted the Shanghai Renmei Society and wanted to invite some famous painters to take the lead. A total of more than 10 famous comic book artists from Shanghai Art Society, including Lu Wen, Yan Shaotang, Xu Hongda, Zhu Guangyu, Sheng Huanwen, Cai Renyan, Xu Yuxing, etc., participated in the creation of this set of works.

Because it was a special time, the painters reached an agreement with the Hong Kong publisher: the work was not named, and the manuscript fee was paid in a lump sum. Because of this, each artist only knows the part of the work that he has done in his own division of labor, and does not know how well the others have drawn. According to Xu Yuxing, a veteran painter who participated in the creation of the book, because it was considered a "private job", he painted a total of 88 manuscripts after returning home from work, and the manuscript fee was 8 yuan per piece, while the remuneration standard paid by the Shanghai American Society for comic book manuscripts at that time was generally 5 yuan per piece. Since this series of books is only published in Hong Kong, most mainland readers have never seen this set of books.

This set of comic books is a full set of 24 volumes, from the first volume of "Di Qing's Birth", the second volume of "Havoc in Wanhualou", the third volume of "Sword Splitting Wang Tianhua" to the later "Bao Gong's Visit to Di Qing", "Saving Xiongguan", and "Xia Wang Electing Generals" can be said to have told all the stories of the entire Di Qing traditional romance, including not only the story of Li Yutang's "Di Qing's First Biography" (Wanhualou Yang Bao Di Romance) in the Qing Dynasty, but also the story of "Di Qing's Complete Biography" (Wuhu Ping Xi Pingnan) in it, and it accounts for a large proportion.

In fact, in addition to this set of 60s editions in Hong Kong, there is also a 32-page edition of "The Romance of Di Qing" comic strip published by Hong Kong Seagull Publishing House in 1979, which is also 24 copies, and the price of the nine pins is as high as 2,500 yuan online. In addition, in 2005, the Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House reprinted the book, and the new book was priced at about 300 yuan to 450 yuan.

It is precisely because of the scarcity of this set of books, coupled with the fact that it is an old comic book from the 60s, or a collective creation of famous artists, it can be said that it has a strong collectibility.

Although Lin Yi doesn't play comic books much, he also knows that the key points of comic book collection are nothing more than three points, "old enough", "good enough", and "author enough".

Obviously, the current set of Hong Kong version of "The Romance of Di Qing" in the 60s all meet the three conditions.

The comic strips of the 60s, almost 50 years ago, are half the age of Lin Yi, and the quality of more than nine products is brand new, and it can basically be seen that collectors have not looked at it much, such as Lu Wen, Yan Shaotang, Xu Hongda, etc---

"How much does this comic book cost?" Lin Yi asked the point directly.

Ah Shuibo smiled, showed his smoky black teeth, and said, "You give a price, I don't understand much." ”

"Don't understand?" Lin Yi clearly saw the shrewdness in the other party's eyes.

This is what you are most afraid of when buying a book, the seller does not give you a clear price, but asks you to pay the price yourself. If you hand it too low, he will tell you directly that he is going to keep the book for himself, and there is no room for bargaining, because you have hurt the dignity of others and treated him as a fool. If the price is too high, then you will undoubtedly fall into his trap and make yourself a fool, but this has the advantage that when he treats you as a fool, he will continue to show you better treasures. And you, most likely, will pick up a real treasure from it.

Lin Yi looked at Ah Shuibo's smiling expression, as well as the hidden shrewdness, and was ready to gamble, betting that Ah Shuibo's house still had inventory, at least there was more than such a set of comic books. The reason is very simple, this is an old Jianghu who does a second-hand book business, and what Lao Jianghu likes to do most is to hide some treasures privately and sell them at a price. Lin Yi has seen a lot of this kind of person.

"Well, why don't I give you a price, you listen, like this kind of comic book from the 60s, there are about 100 copies in the mainland, and your 24 copies are complete sets, plus the quality is so good, then 5000!" Lin Yi said very boldly.

"Is 5,000 RMB, or Hong Kong dollars?" Ah Shuibo then asked.

"In this case, of course, it's Hong Kong dollars." Lin Yi said with a smile.

Ah Shuibo smiled, "That's not possible, didn't you just say it, this book is hundreds in your mainland, and you use RMB to calculate it, and of course you have to use RMB to calculate it when you come here." ”

"But you are a Hong Kong version of the book, and it is more appropriate for the Hong Kong version to be paid in Hong Kong dollars." Lin Yi bargained with him.

Ah Shuibo once again showed the true colors of the old rivers and lakes, with a hesitant and reluctant expression on his face, "Originally, I took out this set of books for you to see, do you know why I only collected such a set of doll books?" Because my surname is also Di, Di Renjie, and Di Qing are our ancestors...... Well, such a book is very commemorative, so it is better to continue to collect it and leave it to future generations as a souvenir......"

It's a big move, it's a threat.

When Lin Yi heard this, he smiled and said softly: "Okay, 5000 is 5000, RMB!" ”

When Ah Shuibo, whose expression was entangled to the late stage of constipation, heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "I just like a refreshing reader like you, mainlanders and Macao people are all a family, regardless of each other or you, I will sell it to you ---for 5,000 yuan!" It's also a trip that you didn't come to Macau in vain......"

At this time, Ah Shuibo completely regarded Lin Yi as a generous offspring, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "In addition, I also have a special collection of doll books, I don't know if you are interested?" ”

As soon as he saw his expression and expression, Lin Yi knew that the drama was coming! (To be continued.) )