At that time, the antique market in the whole country was very prosperous, the supply was abundant, and good goods abounded. And porcelain and miscellaneous pieces like the Republic of China are difficult to enter the eyes of collectors, so the price is very cheap. Affected by this, the celebrity posters of the Republic of China, although they are colorful beauty pictures and beautifully printed, can be called something of great significance of the times, but the price is not high.

During the Republic of China, commercial poster advertising was implemented, and it was a creative new thing, and only a few large enterprises used it. At that time, the poster marketing method represented the latest trend. Moreover, the poster is also the beginning of colorful printing, and its collection value is unique. However, it was noted that there were not many people, that there were few collectors in the country, and that a small number of operators sold their goods to foreigners in Germany, the United States, or Japan.

Lao Zhang saw that this thing was very cheap, and others bought it for three or two yuan, and sold it after selling it for more than a dozen yuan. Although the money is not much, the profit is not low, and the market demand is also large, so it is easy to achieve the transaction. For a weak person like him, it's too suitable to do this. Don't look at it as a matter of just a dozen yuan, but when you calculate the profit, it is more than 500% profit. He tried to buy a few at the stall and made money easily, which gave him a lot of confidence.

Boss Zhang tasted the sweetness and was determined to continue the small business. I made a small amount of money selling advertising paintings, and I found a way, so I told a few fellows the secret, but the villagers felt that this business was inconspicuous and didn't take it seriously. In the process of buying and selling, Boss Zhang found a problem. If this problem is not solved, even if he wants to do this small business, he will not be able to do it for a long time.

No matter from that aspect, Zhang Jiangong feels that advertising posters are something with great potential, but if you want to buy more, it is not easy to operate in bulk. Ordinary dealers take three or five sheets at most, and there are very few more than ten, and some of them are in poor condition. So. It is simply impossible to rely on this small business to support the store. At that time, in the antique market in the capital, although the rent of the store was not very expensive, the difference income of dozens of yuan per day could only pay rent in addition to eating and drinking.

Boss Zhang was a little disappointed, but he was not discouraged, but had an extra eye and was concerned about it. Through observation, he found that most of the dealers who came to sell posters came from the Jiaodong area of Shandong. He thought at the time. It stands to reason that during the Republic of China, Shanghai's industry and commerce were the most developed, and similar posters should be the most widely used, perhaps more left behind in Shanghai. Since Shandong has them, Shanghai posters can naturally be seen everywhere.

So Zhang Jiangong made a special trip to Shanghai to find more sources of goods. It's a pity that the trip to Shanghai made him feel like he was falling into the clouds and mist, and he couldn't figure it out at all. He had hoped to find a large number of posters in Shanghai. But the facts and ideas are completely different. He returned almost empty-handed, and there was no such source in Shanghai at all.

Boss Zhang couldn't figure it out, how could Shanghai, which was once economically developed, not find a large number of posters? It was a very torturous question, and he couldn't figure it out. I wanted to stay longer, walk more places, and find more. With a glimmer of hope, he went out every day. But I was completely disappointed. In those days, it was raining every day, and he took an umbrella and walked through the shops in the antique city. Sometimes it is drenched like a chicken in soup, very embarrassed, but there is nothing hopeful.

was depressed and couldn't get rid of it, but when he saw that the food he brought was moldy, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his heart suddenly became clear: Shanghai has a lot of rainy weather and humid air, is most of the paper things damaged due to storage problems? It's entirely possible! This discovery made Boss Zhang almost jump up.

The facts quickly proved his idea, and even in ancient books, far less has been left in the Shanghai area than in the northern region. In this case, only the Jiaodong area of Shandong Province is a gathering place for star posters in the Republic of China, and a large number of them remain, so he concluded that the advertising posters of the Republic of China must be very small! This discovery is so meaningful, the shrewd Boss Song realized that the posters are currently selling at too low prices, and in the near future, the posters of the Republic of China will be exhausted, and it will be difficult to buy them on the market!

Boss Zhang was excited, so he went straight to Qingdao and stationed down, specializing in collecting posters. He received three or five yuan, six or seven yuan, ten yuan and eight yuan, and finally the purchase price reached thirty or forty yuan, and some fine products even reached 100 yuan. He had nearly 2,000 posters, but he could no longer collect them, and the supply was almost exhausted.

Boss Zhang spent more than 10,000 yuan, bought a lot of posters happily back to the capital, stored the goods, and still bought sporadically, less than half a year, the price of posters of the Republic of China celebrities skyrocketed, and in two months, the good quality rose to 1,000 yuan. The 2,000 posters in Boss Zhang's hands were all of the highest quality, and he gradually put them on the market, making a lot of money.

Boss Zhang made a lot of money without showing his face, and he didn't pick up the big leak, but he could earn real money, and since then he has a family background and has the confidence to do business, although his eyesight and vision have not been greatly improved, but he has not fallen, nor is he too arrogant, he still does not gamble or prostitute, and he is a down-to-earth officer.

Later, he gradually found that staying in the capital, there was a lot of pressure, he did business simple, the grade could not go up, and it was not suitable for the big city with strong demand for high-end boutiques, so he decided to return to Tanzhou for development. His approach is wise, the Tanzhou antique market is also famous in the country, there are many old goods, the price is cheap, he has a lot of money, so he started the idea of collecting goods.

Boss Zhang is a person with ideas and has his own unique views on the trend of antiques. Seeing that the porcelain of the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty was hot in the market and extremely popular, he did not deliberately compete with everyone, but set his sights on the porcelain of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China - all kinds of large bottles. At that time, the large bottles of 150 pieces in the Republic of China, a pair of intact ones, were only more than 1,000 yuan, and 300 pieces were only more than 3,000 yuan. There are more than 200 shops in the Texas market, and the antique dealers and dealers in the surrounding counties are the majority, and most of them deal in porcelain. Boss Zhang quietly acquired bottles, hats, and porcelain in the late Qing Dynasty, and the selection was fine, the paintings and porcelain were of good quality, and some of the goods were expensive for hundreds of yuan, and he received them all, after three or four years of hard work, he acquired hundreds of pairs of large bottles and a large number of porcelain, but it was not known.

There is no forever climbing market in the antique shop, and there is no forever cold variety. In the past few years with the boss to purchase porcelain at a low price, the price of large bottles in the Republic of China has risen from more than 1,000 yuan to 6,000 or 7,000 yuan, and the price of porcelain in the third dynasty of the Qing Dynasty has also soared.

Boss Zhang has food at home, and he is not panicked. He comes and goes, with a calm mind, and does not worry about the coldness of business, so he is always seen calmly in and out, without the anxiety of ordinary antique dealers. People who don't know the inside story feel incomprehensible, they can't imagine that Boss Zhang, who is not good-looking and has no legend, is a hero in the antique shop!

"Lao Zhang, I want to pick two of your hats here." Yu Lifei saw the rows of hat barrels, and suddenly his heart moved.

The hat tube, commonly known as the "official hat tube", was used by Qing Dynasty officials to put flower feathers on the top when they rested before the last dynasty. Created in the Jiaqing period, it was popularized in the Tongzhi and Guangxu periods, and entered the homes of ordinary people. With the decline of the Qing Dynasty, from the late Guangxu period to the early Republic of China, the hat tube gradually evolved into an ordinary home furnishing.

Although there is no such thing as an "official hat" for current officials, there are still people who want to wear hats. For example, in the public security system, they still have to wear big caps. Although there are hooks to hang hats nowadays, it is also fun to have a hat barrel on the table. It's just that at Ren Jingtian's current level, it seems that such a hat tube is a little too conspicuous.

"You can pick whatever you want, it's absolutely true." Zhang Jiangong also felt that Yu Lifei was a little interesting, so he didn't care about it in his own store, and chatted with him.

"Okay, I'll see." Yu Lifei touched it all the way, and finally chose one or two hats that performed best in his mind.

"Lao Zhang, take a look, are these two hats okay?" Yu Lifei took the two straight-mouthed, barrel-bellied caps to Zhang Jiangong.

"This is a boutique in Longquan kiln, Boss Yu is really a good eye." Zhang Jiangong said with admiration.

"No, don't you say it's the best if I pick up any hat barrel?" Yu Lifei said with a smile.

"It's not a shame that this cap is made in a traditional way. Straight mouth, barrel belly, mouth slightly larger than the bottom, hollow, the upper end of the outer wall is decorated with two double-line edge lines, obliquely drawn between the two side lines, and the cylinder wall is decorated with six equidistant, upper and lower interlaced begonia fancy perforations, which is to facilitate the dissipation of sweat in the hat, and can also be used for incense deodorization.

You take a look at it again, this tube belly pattern is a water hibiscus on one side, the carving method is delicate, vivid and lively, the lines are comfortable and beautiful, and there is quite an artistic conception of "wind and lotus is lifting". On the other side, a shallow branch peony is broken, and the knife method is more casual. Near the bottom is engraved with a double line edge pattern. The tire wall is thin at the top and thick at the bottom, which is obviously to increase stability and make up for the instability of the center of gravity caused by the large mouth and small sole.

The inside and outside of this vessel are covered with cyan glaze, although the glaze is thin and lacks jade texture, but the glaze color is warm and bright, crystal clear, gloss is good, and the glaze is especially green and lovely. The soles of the feet are unglazed and flint-red. If we refer to the development and evolution process of the hat tube, this hat tube should belong to the early hat tube, and it is also a fine product in the hat tube of Longquan kiln. Zhang Jiangong said that he still has a lot of research on the porcelain of the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty.

"So, how much do these two caps cost?" Yu Lifei asked.

"You are a peer and a neighbor, so naturally it won't cost you, so let's do it, a pair is counted as 16,000." Zhang Jiangong said.

"I'm trading with you for the first time, let's talk again, I don't make a counteroffer, you quote a real price." Yu Lifei shook his head lightly and said.

"Ten thousand twelve." Zhang Jiangong saw the sincerity of what Yu Lifei said, and said in a deep voice.

"Okay, I'll go get the money right away." Yu Lifei said immediately. (To be continued......)