Lin Yi heard the knock on the door, so he opened the door, and there was an old man with a smile on his face standing outside, with a round face and an ingots mouth, like a smaller Maitreya Buddha, who was not Uncle Chang of the New Century Company. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Uncle Chang was still wearing a traditional Tang shirt, and when he saw Lin Yi stunned, he smiled and said, "Why, don't you invite me in to sit down?" ”

Lin Yi came back to his senses and said busily: "Please come in." ”

Uncle Chang entered the room, took a casual look, and saw a large pile of old books on the ground, and couldn't help but be surprised, "Lin Sheng likes to read?" ”

Lin Yi smiled and said: "Reading is not counted, I just like to buy books and collect books." ”

"It's a good habit." Uncle Chang casually flipped through Lin Yi's old books, and said with a smile: "Actually, I also like to buy old books." ”

"Really?" Lin Yi was surprised.

"Of course it's true, no wonder I feel very kind when I see you at first sight, it turns out that we are all old book lovers." Uncle Chang smiled, "Look at the varieties of your books, probably from Shenzhou Bookstore, Meixin Bookstore, and Practical Bookstore, and I also like to go to those second-hand bookstores." ”

If Lin Yi still had doubts before, then with Uncle Chang's words, Lin Yi believed it, and the other party was also a fan of old books. Because only peers will be so clear about the provenance of these old books.

couldn't help but feel that Lin Yi and Uncle Chang were a little closer.

Next, Uncle Chang talked with Lin Yi about the fun of buying old books with great interest. He said that Hong Kong is different from the mainland, there are not many used bookstores, so he has been moving around here, but he is very envious of the mainland book lovers, the used book market is vast, and he can go wherever he wants.

As a junior, Lin Yi just listened at first, but gradually, he was aroused by Uncle Chang's desire to speak. Especially when Uncle Chang humbly asked, "What kind of books are valuable today", Lin Yi couldn't stop his mouth and talked eloquently to this senior.

In other words, in today's private book collection market, the rare books of the Song and Yuan dynasties have been "a page of the Song Dynasty, a tael of gold", and the rare books of the Ming and Qing dynasties have been rare. In contrast, books from the Republic of China period (1911-1949) have been less damaged or lost due to their proximity, and their potential appreciation space has begun to attract the attention of many book collectors.

In Lin Yi's view, the famous works of famous writers known to women and children are a hot spot in the collection of books in the Republic of China. Among them, the literary works of famous writers such as Lu Xun, Lin Yutang, Xu Zhimo, Zhou Zuoren, Zhang Ailing, and Zhang Hatshui are the most popular. Due to the influence of political, economic and cultural factors, the printing volume of books during the Republic of China period has not been very large. It is not an exaggeration to say that the masterpieces of famous artists that have survived decades of ups and downs are classified as "rare books in modern times".

You can take a look at the most representative book of Mr. Lu Xun. Lu Xun worked hard all his life and left more than 4 million words of writing. During Lu Xun's lifetime, most of these works were published. With the academic and historical value of Lu Xun's works, as well as the excellent proof-printing and exquisite binding, it can be said that the books edited and published by Lu Xun, especially some of the first editions, are veritable rare book treasures.

Due to historical reasons, some of these books have survived very little and are no longer renewable treasures of the national treasury. For example, in 1909, the brothers Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren published a translation of the book "A Collection of Foreign Novels" in Japan, but only about 20 copies were sold in Tokyo and Shanghai, and the books and editions in stock were looted again, and no more than six or seven copies survived; After Qu Qiubai's righteousness, Lu Xun's literary translation of Qu Qiubai's literary translation of "The Forest of the Sea" was very particular, and there were two versions: one was the spine linen cloth surface, the golden top, and the gold characters, printed 100 copies, and the other was the blue suede, blue top, and gold characters, which were printed in 400 copies, all of which were finely printed on heavy Daolin paper, which was praised as the best edition that had never been available in the Chinese publishing industry at that time; In 1933, Lu Xun and Zheng Zhenduo together compiled and printed the exquisite "Peking Notebook", the whole book brocade leather cover into one letter, for anti-piracy printing, with Lu, Zheng two people signed a piece of paper, printed 200 copies, each book is numbered, each number is unique, it was very precious back then, and now this notebook, especially the first edition, has become a precious cultural relic.

Today, Mr. Lu Xun's works are often the jewels of previous auctions, and they often have unexpected performances. For example, in 1998, a copy of the "Peking Notebook" appeared at the Guardian auction, which was finalized for more than 110,000 yuan (115,500 yuan), and it was not necessarily the first numbered version; In 2005, the book was bought at auction for more than 380,000 yuan (385,000 yuan) (an annual appreciation of about 39 percent). In recent years, Lin Yi has not found the auction price of this book, but it can be estimated from the annual appreciation. It can really be said: "Gold has a price, books have no price".

After listening to Lin Yi's narration, Uncle Chang couldn't help but nod yes, if at the beginning he just used this common interest and hobby to get closer to Lin Yi, then now, the two of them have almost the taste of "confidants".

In fact, this is a kind of speaking and talking skills, what is the "common language", as long as there is a "common language", whether you know each other before or not, you can immediately become "friends" through this.

Uncle Chang is obviously a "master" in this area, so after Lin Yi comfortably finished saying a lot of words in his heart, Uncle Chang lost no time in saying: "I almost forgot, Lin Sheng, in fact, I came to you this time for something and want to ask you for help......"

"If there's anything, just say it, if I can help, I'll help!" Lin Yi had already regarded Uncle Chang as a New Year's friend, and said very happily.

Uncle Chang smiled and took out a gold-rimmed invitation from his arms, and said to Lin Yi: "Your poem manuscript will be auctioned tomorrow, and Mr. Hai invites you to go to the auction site to feel the ......."

"Ah, this ......" Lin Yi hesitated.

It's not that Lin Yi doesn't want to see it, but because he clearly knows that tomorrow's auction is actually a "play" directed and performed by New Century Company, and the poem manuscript will be asked to ask for a price.

Seeing Lin Yi hesitate, Uncle Chang said again: "How can you say that you are also a treasure holder, it will not look good if you don't show up, of course, this auction needs you to cooperate after all......"

Lin Yi was embarrassed to refuse, not to mention that he had sworn to pack the ticket just now, so he had to accept the invitation.

Seeing this, Uncle Chang said again: "Don't underestimate this invitation, many people can't get it if they want to participate in this auction now...... The ones you can take a female companion to are all big scenes, and it's rare to see. After speaking, he smiled ambiguously at Lin Yi.

Of course, Lin Yi understood what he meant, taking his girlfriend to such an occasion can be very showy, but ...... I don't have a girlfriend, so I'm a ghost! (To be continued.) )