Lin Yi made an excuse, and finally returned the set of "Medical Sect Jinjian" to the boss, meaning not to buy it, and then showed the boss the books he picked out, and said: "I bought so much, get a discount." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The boss originally expected to sell the set of "Medical Sect Jinjian" to slaughter a sheep, but he didn't expect Lin Yi to eat his set, so he rummaged through those old books and gave the price, saying that this book was the lowest price and could not be discounted.

Lin Yi knew the boss's thoughts, and he didn't bother to worry about him anymore, so he paid the money and was about to leave, but the boss didn't give up, and asked in the back: "I'll give you a discount of 3,000 yuan for that set of books, 15,000 yuan, how about it?" ”

Lin Yi could only smile and say, "I really already have a set, forget it." ”

The boss said dejectedly: "Okay, come back next time." ”

Without further ado, coming out of the "Treasure Pavilion", Lin Yi turned to the right along the passage. It seemed to be a "dead end", with a wall on one side, a few small shops on only one side, and an alley no more than two feet wide. If you take a closer look, there are actually two bookstores in the meantime, and I heard that they are still the ancestors of the City God's Temple Bookstore, with a long history of more than 20 years. The first bookstore mainly sold old books on Western literature, and there were occasionally a few books in thread binding.

The bookstore is very small, with only one owner who doubles as a shopkeeper, and the books are scattered. However, Lin Yi soon knew that this boss was not simple, because he was able to say the titles of so many Western books, which shows the level of foreign languages, Russian, English, and Japanese, almost all of them understand something.

Listening to the meaning of this boss, most of the people he does business with are those foreigners who come to Taobao, and there are some students and teachers who are studying at Fudan University, especially those in the foreign language department, basically he has collected a lot of phone books.

Here, there are foreign books from the Republic of China, such as "Ellen. Poe's Novels", with a price tag of 1080 yuan; and Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities", with a price tag of 2,500 yuan; Alexandre Dumas's "Three Musketeers", one set up and next, the price tag is as high as 4,500 yuan. These books are basically foreign hardcover books at that time, and they have a history of 100 years. The boss said that these Gula's foreign literary masterpieces are the favorites of many book hunters, especially those foreigners, who hardly bargain when they see them.

As for how these ancient foreign masterpieces were collected, the boss was even more proud, perhaps because he felt that Lin Yi was a foreigner, and it didn't matter so he told him that they were all collected from Shanghai, especially when Huangpu District was demolished, he received a lot.

Lin Yi thought about it and understood that Shanghai Tang used to be a world-famous concession area, where there were many British, French, and Japanese people, so it was also the area with the highest concentration of foreign literature. Nowadays, many places in Shanghai have been demolished and rebuilt, and many foreign versions of old books have become fragrant dumplings, but these fragrant dumplings are not something that everyone can eat, because you don't understand foreign languages and don't understand the content of these books, and it is often difficult to sell them after acquisition. Imagine yourself not knowing what a book it is, and how to introduce it to customers. It is precisely this boss who has this kind of knowledge and this level, and knows a lot of foreign languages, so that he has no pressure to buy and hoard so many kinds of foreign books, and each one of them is sold at a sky-high price. In this sense, this is the power of knowledge.

Knowing this, Lin Yi also knew that in the hands of this boss, it is estimated that it is not easy to buy cheap books, because he knows the goods, and he knows more about Western old books than anyone else. At least Lin Yi can't compare to this aspect.

Since he can't compare to others in terms of professional knowledge, Lin Yi doesn't plan to look for any foreign books here, he basically can't understand it. So after a casual walk around this bookstore specializing in Western books, Lin Yi walked out. When I walked out, there happened to be four or five people walking in front of me, all foreigners, black and white, men and women, babbling in their mouths, who seemed to be very familiar with this bookstore and were frequent customers here. Lin Yi turned around, and sure enough, he saw that the boss was greeting those people in English, and he was very enthusiastic when he looked at it.

Lin Yi came to another bookstore, and the owner of this bookstore turned out to be a woman. Most of the old books sold in the bookstore are red magazines and red books from the Cultural Revolution. On the front wall of the bookstore, a huge bust of Chairman Mao hangs in a glass frame.

The female boss seems to be very fond of arguments, and as long as she is aroused, she will gush her opinion endlessly. For example, Lin Yigang picked up a bound copy of "Red Flag" in the whole issue of January 16, 19---67, "Boss, how much does it cost?" She flipped through the book, "This is the early days of the Cultural Revolution, there is a lot of political content in it, it costs 500!" ”

Lin Yi said, "Do old magazines also sell for this big price?" ”

So she commented: "Old magazines, this is not ordinary old magazines, they are all out of print, and they should sell more than new books." These books, to be honest, if you want to buy them, I will ask for 800 yuan, and he will have to buy them with his chest held high; If you don't want it, I will ask for a piece, and he won't ask for 500 yuan ---, can you still say it's expensive? Don't think I don't understand, this is the "Red Flag" magazine, and the red literature is very popular. ”

After arguing for a long time, I still bought it for 500 yuan. When packing books, the female boss couldn't help but open her mouth again: "The people who are willing to run the second-hand bookstore are all knowledgeable people; Those who are uneducated will only run to the big world, Paramount, where they think of some second-hand bookstore. ”

Seeing that Lin Yi seemed to be really a good customer, the female boss rolled her eyes, and began to introduce Lin Yi to the red treasure books placed in the glass cabinet, saying that these books are really good things, whether they are collectible, they appreciate quickly. As he spoke, he took out a pocket version of the "Annotations on Chairman Mao's Poems" red treasure book, saying that don't look at this book is small, but it is very valuable, you used to be able to receive it for five yuan a piece, but now you can't receive it for fifty.

Lin Yi didn't like these red things very much, and he couldn't stand the enthusiasm of the female boss, so he casually asked, "How much does this cost?" ”

The female boss immediately made an offer, saying, "You can sell it for only 280." ”

Lin Yiwan said, "It's too expensive to afford." ”

The female boss sighed and said, "Alas! It's a shame! There are such good things but few people know the goods, and now this used book business is getting more and more difficult to do. There was some confusion between the words.

Lin Yi was deeply touched by these sighs of the female boss. How to say it, in fact, just now he bought those "Red Flag" magazines as a gift, and gave them to his old friend Director Sun of the Red Historical Document Museum, Lin Yi didn't like these red themes too much. And the business that the female boss said is difficult to do is also because many people now speculate too much on red things, like this kind of red treasure book, which is basically higher than its own historical value and collection value. If you want to sell it, you will have to wait a few years. (To be continued.) )