When it comes to "ghost markets", the first thing that comes to people's minds is Beijing's "Panjiayuan". The "ghost market" of Panjiayuan www.biquge.info is famous throughout the country, not only with a huge supply, but also as a distribution center for ancient goods in the entire north.

Speaking of Panjiayuan's "ghost market", it can be traced back to the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. At that time, the fortunes of the country were in decline, and many dignitaries and dignitaries were in the middle of the road, so they stole the antiques at home and sold them. After all, this is a loss of identity, and you can only choose to trade with lanterns at three or four o'clock in the morning. At that time, there were still some unexplained objects in the "ghost market", because they all had unspeakable secrets, and most of them could only be sold at a low price. Then, the rumor of "good goods from ghost markets" spread, so soon, sesame seeds blossomed in other places, and various "ghost market" markets appeared one after another.

The characteristic of this kind of market is that it is enough "ghost", new and old goods have everything, a little black, quite a marginal area, the more mysterious the more attractive, so soon these "ghost markets" have become a unique second-hand goods trading venue in many places.

As the hinterland of the Central Plains, the provincial capital, the Shang capital has always relied on the "business war" to be famous all over the world, plus the most dynasties here have changed, from the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, to the Three Kingdoms and the Two Jin Dynasties, and then to the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Central Plains is basically the location of the national capital, and the ancient tombs buried underground are also the most places in the country. Therefore, compared with the "ghost market" of Panjiayuan, the "ghost market" located in the antique city of Huaihe Road in Shangdu is definitely famous, at least in the Central Plains.

Due to the strict management of the city management, coupled with the dark style of the "ghost market", most of the "ghost markets" here are opened at about four o'clock in the morning, surrounding the entire antique city, in those dark feet, antique furniture, four treasures of the study, ancient books and paintings, agate jade, Chinese and foreign coins, shadow puppet masks, religious tokens, national costumes, "Cultural Revolution" relics and even daily necessities, in addition to military - fire, drugs - products, population, as long as you can think of valuable items have been put on the shelves, waiting for people who know the goods to go to Taobao.

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Now it has just passed the 10,000 yuan festival, and the weather is still a little cold.

When Lin Yi came out of the warm quilt of the hotel, he suddenly came outside to gather with the "high monk", and felt the cold wind at more than three o'clock in the morning, and he couldn't help but shiver.

originally thought that there were only two people, himself and "Monk Gao", but he never thought that he also called the two brothers "Wu Dabeard" and "Grimace Li".

At this moment, the three of them were huddled in a black Passata sedan, all wearing the kind of long down jackets, holding their hands, wearing eiderdown hats, and smoking cigarettes in their mouths. They tucked their heads into their hats, revealing only two swarthy eyes, which were spinning like beads, and the smoke was a bit ghostly.

Seeing Lin Yi come out, the high monk who was the organizer beckoned to him, "Brother Lin, here!" Hey, come here! ”

Lin Yi walked to the car and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm late." ”

"It's okay, we've just arrived." Monk Gao spit out the cigarette butt to the ground, stepped on it with his foot, and urged: "Get in the car quickly, if you go late, you can only drink the northwest wind." ”

Lin Yi got into the car, and Monk Gao turned around and said, "Start counting the numbers." ”

"What?" Lin Yi didn't understand.

Wu Dabeard said, "One! ”

Grimace Lee: "Two! ”

Monk Gao: "Three! ”

Then he said to Lin Yi: "You are the fourth, remember, we have to report the number often when we go there, there are only four people, and we can't get lost." My principle is that treasures can be discarded, and brothers can't be thrown away! ”

Only then did Lin Yi understand that militarized management was coming, so he shouted: "Four! ”

"Okay, let's go!" The high monk started the Passata, the car buzzed, and left the hotel parking lot.

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On the way, Lin Yi asked Wu Dabeard and Grimace Li how they were also interested in going to the "ghost market" to Taobao.

The two of them giggled and said that they had heard that the "ghost market" here was very famous, many celebrities had bought treasures here, Ma Weidu had bought blue and white porcelain in the Ming Dynasty here, Yu Qiuyu had found Hu Shi's autograph book here, and Cui Yongyuan had bought villain books here......

Although the "ghost market" here is not as famous as Panjiayuan, it is a real "ghost market", because this is the Central Plains, which is the place where the most unearthed local goods are also the most concentrated.

The celebrities mentioned above are just the tip of the iceberg, and more legends are that someone spent ten yuan here to get a newly unearthed ancient coin, which was identified as a rare six-character knife coin of Qi State, which was sold for 800,000 yuan; There are also people who spent more than 100 to get a stamp album, who knew that there was a version of monkey stamps stuffed inside, and it changed hands for 580,000 yuan.

To put it bluntly, Wu Dabeard and Li Grimace were attracted by this kind of "leakage" story. Otherwise, according to the laziness of the two, how could they have the energy to come out at three o'clock in the morning.

After hearing this, Lin Yi was even more curious about this "ghost market".

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The car swayed and drove on the road.

After all, I got up too early, it was winter, the heating in the car was turned on, it was hot, and the car was bumpy like a cradle, which made Lin Yi feel a little sleepy and began to feel sleepy.

Wu Dabeard and Grimace Li are similar, but the high monk who drives is in good spirits, and it seems that this guy is used to being a "night owl". So the three of them encouraged the senior monk who drove the car to tell some interesting things to refresh their minds.

Monk Gao was "reluctantly embarrassed", and while driving hard, he began to show off some of his great achievements with his mouth. After all, he has traveled from south to north, has seen a lot of things, and he is also dealing with antiques, full of inventory, and the most important thing is that there have been a lot of "leakage" stories, undoubtedly, such topics are also the easiest to excite people, especially for players like Lin Yi and them.

Talking about the matter of "picking up leaks", Monk Gao first pretended to be modest for a few words, and then shook his head and said: "It's not that the monk is blowing blindly, it's difficult to pick up leaks now!" If you want to pick up the leak, you will be picked up by others if you are not careful, and a lot of money will be thrown into it without even a sound. Therefore, there is a risk in picking up leaks, and you need to be cautious when entering the market. Then he told a little story.

It is said that a buddy that Monk Gao knows is a "planer", but he is not a farmer uncle who farms, but a person who goes to the countryside to collect antiques, and is called "planing" in the collecting circle. Once he went to the nearby countryside to receive goods, and saw a woman washing her hair with soapy water at the entrance of the village, and the tattered cup containing soapy water looked like porcelain from the official kiln of the Ming Dynasty, so he stood there in a daze.

The woman who was washing her hair suddenly found a strange man standing opposite, felt awkward in her heart, and said angrily, "What are you looking at? ”

"I'll look at this cup." The dude answered honestly.

"What's so nice about a cup?" In fact, what she wanted to say in her heart was that you have never seen a woman in your life.

My buddy asked, "Can you sell me this cup?" ”

The women always thought that the man was looking at her in a daze, and just wanted to send him away quickly. So he opened a sky-high price: "One hundred yuan, or you go quickly." ”

This guy didn't say a word, just took out a hundred yuan, took the cup and left.

The woman is very happy, according to today's parlance, it is a double harvest of spirit and material, and she does not have to worry about the sexual harassment of that man, and has an income of 100 yuan, why not? She won't know until she dies that she's been picked up.

The cup turned seven times and eight times, and finally sold for 1.3 million.

After Monk Gao finished telling this story, he said, "I just told you about a cup, and I will bring you a big bowl." ”

It also happened in the countryside, an old woman sold herbal tea on the roadside, and the tea was served in a large bowl of the Ming Dynasty. Of course the old woman didn't know.

A passing "plougher" saw it, and he thought that if he bought a bowl directly from the old woman, it would arouse her vigilance, and even if he spent a lot of money, the business might not be successful.

At this time, a funeral procession passed by. The "planer" made a move, he first walked into the funeral procession, and then squeezed out of the procession. Said to the old woman, everyone is thirsty, how much do you sell me all this tea? The two sides agreed on the price, and the "planer" asked, what should I do with this bowl? The old woman said, "When you have finished drinking, you will send it back." "The one who ploughed the ground" said, if I come back after drinking, I won't be able to catch up with the team, can you do this, this bowl is a price, I will give money, and you can buy a big new bowl. The old woman muttered, "It's so expensive to buy a new bowl now." The "planer" gave the old woman enough money to buy two new bowls, and the business was done.

This Ming Dynasty colorful sea bowl is the official kiln porcelain made in the year of Jiajing, this "planing" buddy relied on this bowl to earn more than 44 million at once, directly drove a car, and ran to the well-off in advance.

Monk Gao told two stories of "picking up leaks" in one breath, and then pouted and said in a kind of attitude of a passer-by: "So, the leaks under this world are inexhaustible, what antique markets, antique shops, and even roadside stalls, as long as your eyesight is in place, there are still leaks to pick up." In short, two words--- eyesight! Blinking his little eyes, the meaning is obvious, his high monk's eyesight is very powerful.

For what Monk Gao said, Lin Yi, who was sitting in the car, was deeply touched, although he didn't play much with high-end collections such as antique jade, specializing in old books, but the basic ways of these things were almost the same.

For example, there are endless antique shops now, but most of the people who open antique shops don't know much about their own goods, and don't fully understand the authenticity, age and true value of artworks. Many people can't pick up the leak because their knowledge accumulation and reserves are not in place, that is, they put the real thing in front of him, and it is useless for him to know the goods. Appraisal is a comprehensive discipline, and a person is only qualified to talk about leaks after more than ten years or even decades of practice. If you follow the book to pick up the leaks, you will definitely be deceived.

Of course, if you want to pick up the slack, you need to be well-informed. When you see a lot of genuine products, you will know the charm of antiques by heart, and that familiar feeling cannot be faked.

Monk Gao said that once, he found a collection in an antique market, shaped like a pen holder, about 20 centimeters high, seven or eight centimeters in diameter, with two eyes on it. At that time, the seller asked for 200 yuan, and there were many people who saw it, but no one bought it. When he was about to buy it, his friend said what he was buying it for, and it wasn't like it. Grass, in fact, they don't know the goods, this is a Han Dynasty yellow glazed pottery water time, is used to measure the time of the tool. This type of vessel is particularly rare, and Monk Gao once went to a museum in a big city to see a similar model, so he knew that it was a good thing, and he bought it with a bang, and this collection was 10,000 yuan.

After finishing the story of bragging about not paying taxes, Monk Gao made a concluding remarks: "Having said so much, in short, just one sentence, three hundred and sixty lines, antiques are king." If you want to make a fortune here, in addition to financial resources, you are eyesight, without these two things, even if you are the grandson of the queen mother, you will be in vain! ”

Lin Yi agrees with this point of view very much, if you don't have money, you can't do it if you have good things, if you don't have eyesight, you can't buy good things if you have money. It's a mutually reinforcing relationship.

Just when Lin Yi, Wu Dabeard, and Li Grimace listened to the story of Monk Gao and pondered about it, they heard Monk Gao who was driving the car suddenly slowed down and said to the three of them: "Brothers, old and young masters, the great 'ghost city' has arrived!" ”

Lin Yi looked out when he heard the sound, but saw that it was pitch black outside, and the sound of the cold wind could be faintly heard in his ears.

Is this a "ghost market"? Lin Yi was suspicious. (To be continued.) )