Chapter 257: West 25th Street Market
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Several young people are already familiar with each other, and they are also like-minded, so they chatted very speculatively.
Everyone drank a lot that night, and Harvey and Mike also gave him a lot of good ideas for the future development of Jin Muchen's antique store.
In particular, Harvey, who originally majored in commercial law, is now also a full-time commercial lawyer, although he is still a trainee commercial lawyer, but because he comes from a legal family, he has his own unique views on business.
After the troubles he encountered before getting Jin Muchen, and after he had just become friends with Zuofenberg recently, he gave Jin Muchen a lot of suggestions about future development.
"Mu Chen, to be honest, I really didn't expect that you could make money so quickly playing antiques? But now that you're rich, I don't think you should limit your eyes to antiques. You should also make some business investments, which can reduce the risk of your business on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also to open up financial resources, and at the same time, it can also increase your social impact. ”
Harvey's construction, Jin Muchen listened very carefully, in fact, he also felt that his millions were lying in the banks of a few small European countries a bit of a waste.
And he will definitely sell more antiques and make more money in the future, so what to do with this money?
Is it just put in the bank and let the vampires in the bank take it out and lend usury? That's a shame, it's a complete waste, and he agrees with Harvey.
"But, Harvey. I'm not an expert in finance. You say take the money out and invest it. I agree with this, but if you invest in the stock market, I think it's a bit unsafe, and the current market is already in a state of priceless market, so I don't think it's a good time. ”
Jin Muchen humbly asked Harvey for advice and said that the current global stock market is not only the stock market of the Celestial Empire, but also the United States.
Since Russia fought in Ukraine last year, European money has been flowing to avoid risks. A large influx of financial markets into the United States has created a boom in the financial markets of the United States.
However, now the financial market in the United States has reached a peak stage, and the situation is similar to that of China's stock market, which has reached the final stage of beating the drum and spreading flowers.
Moreover, the stock prices of many listed companies in the United States have reached a deformed state, and the stock prices are very high. But those who are willing to take over now don't.
So now the U.S. stock market, and the Chinese stock market. It's exactly the difference between 90 steps and 50 steps.
Jin Muchen didn't dare to go in lightly, Harvey listened to his words, and nodded: "Well, indeed, I don't encourage you to enter the stock market, but I think you can choose a few good projects to invest in, in this regard, I still have a few cases at hand, and when I go back, I will sort out and pick out a few good ones for you to see, if you think it is appropriate, you might as well put some points in it." ”
"Well, that's fine."
Jin Muchen accepted Harvey's proposal, and Harvey was also very happy to see that there was hope that a deal could be made, so he proposed several very good tax avoidance plans to Jin Muchen, which benefited Jin Muchen a lot.
Everyone drank a lot that night, and in the end, Harvey and Mike stayed in Jin Muchen's shop.
In the next few days, Jin Muchen has been living a dull life, getting up every morning to open a shop with Uncle Fang, and when there is no business, he will study all kinds of antique knowledge in the back, and soon it will be the weekend.
After spending a long time in the antique shop, it was like going out for a walk, so early that morning, after breakfast with Candace, he came out of his house early and headed straight for 25th Street, intending to visit a small antique market there.
There are several medium-sized antique markets in Manhattan, such as the Hell's Kitchen Antique Market, which Jin Muchen visited before, and the antique garage located in the middle of West 25th Street, which separates 7th and 8th Avenues.
These two are relatively famous, and there are more people in the antique market, and the scale is okay, but Jin Muchen is a little tired of shopping.
Today he plans to go to a lesser-known West 25th Street Street Market, which is also on West 25th Street, but in a spot between Broadway and 6th Avenue.
Compared to the previous two markets, the scale of this bazaar can definitely only be said to be a flea market, with only about a hundred stalls, and it is not very well-known, but it also has its own benefits.
Because it is not well-known, things are generally bought very cheaply, after all, the stall fees here are relatively cheap compared to those well-known markets.
When Jin Muchen and Candace arrived, the market had just begun, and although there were only about 100 stalls, there were quite a few people who came to visit here.
Presumably, the cheap nature of the things here is well known, and the things bought here are also very distinctive, generally aimed at those who are poor collectors.
Of course, it's not just antiques that are set up here, but also second-hand clothing and shoes, as well as second-hand furniture, and the people who come to these stalls are mainly low-income blacks and Latinos, who don't come here for antiques.
Jin Muchen took Candace and walked around this market, feeling a little disappointed, mainly because there are too few real antique stalls here, and this place should actually be regarded as a second-hand market, not an antique market.
A distance of a few hundred meters, it only takes ten minutes to walk through, and just when he was about to leave here with Candace with disappointment, he suddenly saw an acquaintance at the end of the market.
Actually, I didn't know him very well, because this black man was the same Evan who went to his house to buy silverware a few days ago.
"Hey! Evan, are you doing business here? What a coincidence, by the way, your grandson's tuition has been solved? ”
Jin Muchen took Candace and came to the old black booth with a smile to say hello, and Evan was also stunned when he saw him, and quickly remembered who he was, and then smiled and showed a mouth full of white teeth.
"It's you, Mr. Jin, are you here too? What a coincidence, thank you, my grandson's tuition is already enough. ”
Evan said to Jin Muchen with a smile, and insisted on inviting Jin Muchen to drink a cup of coffee, and then bought three cups of coffee at a Cuban food stall next to his stall.
"Haha, don't look at Catelo as a snack truck, but in fact, the Cuban coffee he makes still tastes very good."
Evan strongly recommended it to Jin Muchen, and Jin Muchen took a sip of the coffee in his hand, well, it tasted really good.
Then he turned his attention to what Evan had bought, and saw that this guy's stall was filled with dozens of various phonographs and tape recorders, large and small.
These machines have a large span of age, including the oldest vinyl phonograph in the shape of a big horn in the last century, and a modern Walkman, so the things on this stall are very similar to the metal style of the post-industrial era, Jin Muchen didn't expect this old man to specialize in this business.
"Haha, how's that? My collection isn't bad, right? If there is a fancy one, if there is, you might as well buy it back and play with it, rest assured, these things are good, you can use it when you go back to electricity, I can guarantee this. ”
Evan saw that Jin Muchen's eyes had already been on his exhibits, of course he didn't want to miss this good opportunity to sell, Jin Muchen was a very cool rich man, he liked to do business with people like him.
"Wow! Evan, I really didn't expect that your collection is so complete, these gramophones, it's very difficult to find now, where did you find them? ”
Jin Muchen looked at Evan's gramophone and tape recorder with a smile and asked casually.
Evan was a straight man: "I got all these things from Miami." You also know that many wealthy Americans like to go to Miami to retire after retirement, so they bring a lot of good things. I go there almost once a month now, and I come back with something from them, and this gramophone and tape recorder are just one of the collections I have, and I also have a collection of golf clubs, tennis rackets, and sneakers. ”
When the old man said this, he couldn't help but have a little pride on his face, Jin Muchen was also moved when he heard it, it seems that if he has the opportunity, he should also go to Miami to have a look.
You know, it's also a well-known place for people who play antiques, for the same reason that the old man said.
After retirement, many wealthy Americans like to go to Miami, where the climate is warm, to retire, and when they go to Miami, they will definitely bring a lot of good things.
After a while, if he has time, he will go to Miami, Jin Muchen made up his mind, and then turned his attention back to Evan's collection.
The old man's collection is a little uneven, some things are very good, but there are also some things that are completely indiscriminate.
Jin Muchen probably glanced at it, probably had a score in his heart, and then came to the front of the stall.
Evan's booth is arranged in a way that is a bit similar to the way the seats in the stadium are arranged, with a staggered arrangement of low front and high back, and at the back of his booth, that is, at the top, there are several gramophones that make Jin Muchen very interested.
Jin Muchen didn't bother to look at the Walkman or something in front of him, but these gramophones gave him a very good feeling.
Especially the one on the far left, from the outside, it looks like an old wooden cabinet, because the volume is too large, it has to be placed on the ground, and it actually flashes a faint yellow light, which shows that this thing should have a bit of a background. (To be continued......)