Chapter 37: Supply
Lao Liu was in a hurry to "leave", and he didn't explain anything about the aftermath. And Xiao Liu is not doing his job, he doesn't care about the things in the store at all, if it weren't for the lack of money, I'm afraid he wouldn't have visited the store. For the way of purchase, Xiao Liu only provided a phone number.
Qi Yue followed the phone call, and the other party was a Tibetan named Gesang. After hearing about the transfer of the store, Gesang also promised to continue to supply, but the contract had to be negotiated in person and signed again. Gesang couldn't get out of Lhasa for a while, so someone had to go to Lhasa to talk to Gesang about cooperation.
Who is going to be suitable, that's the question. Qi Yue Laocheng is the most suitable person, but the store has just been put down, and there are many things to deal with in industry and commerce and taxation, and he also has to take care of Niuniu to go to school, so he can't leave at all. Qi Zhi has been a soldier and has good skills, but he is helpless not to do business. If he is allowed to go, I am afraid that it is possible to sign the contract as a deed of sale. Then there is only Yu Fei. Yu Fei is a college student (although he has not graduated yet), and he has a stability that his peers do not have, and he is the big boss of the Treasure Pavilion, and he is justified, so he can rest assured that he will go to Qiyue.
Originally, Qi Yue wanted Qi Zhi to accompany Yu Fei, but Yu Fei refused, because after the store came down, Qi Yue had to take care of Niuniu, and he couldn't be busy at all. Lhasa is the largest city in Tibet, and the public order is not bad, and there is no danger at all. Qi Yue thought about it and agreed.
Yu Fei booked a ticket four days later, and made a phone call with Gesang to make an appointment to meet. Then Yu Fei searched for some knowledge about Tibetan silverware on the Internet, after all, if he wants to do the business of Tibetan silverware in the future, if he is still a boss who doesn't know anything, then he really can't say it, don't say it far, just say that he is going to have an interview with Gesang soon, that is also to pretend to be a faΓ§ade, otherwise the other party will find out that he is a layman, if Gesang is a person who does not pay attention to it, then it will be a loss.
Tibetan silver generally does not contain the composition of silver, and is the elegant name for cupronickel (copper-nickel alloy). Traditionally, Tibetan silver is 30% silver and 70% cupronickel, but such traditional craftsmanship of "Tibetan silver" is no longer seen in the market, and most of them are completely replaced by cupronickel. The Tibetan silverware made by Gesang is all white copper, so the price is not high.
As for Qi Yue's work, he not only has to familiarize himself with this knowledge, but also to establish contacts with other shops in the antique city. After all, in many cases, business is introduced. The Treasure Pavilion is a new store, with few regular customers, and if you just rely on individual customers to buy things like luck, I am afraid that you will not even be able to earn back the monthly rent.
On the third day, Dong Dechang called and told Yu Fei that the blue and white cricket jars of Xuande had been auctioned off, and the transaction price was still 3.8 million after deducting the handling fee. The reason why it will be so fast is because it happened to catch up with an auction, and the other party heard that it was a Xuande blue and white cricket jar that was sent to the auction, and immediately decided to temporarily add the auction, and as the finale of the auction, and urgently printed a large number of promotional color pages, which was enough to advertise, and also brought the attendance rate of the auction much higher than usual.
In addition to the recent blue and white collection craze, the auctioneer's publicity also contributed to such a high price.
Yu Fei was naturally overjoyed and made an appointment to pick up the check in the afternoon. Yu Fei also specially picked out a prayer wheel with hidden silver from the store as a gift.
"Look at you, didn't I say that last time? Come to your Uncle Dong, just empty-handed, you spend money indiscriminately, next time you bring something to the door, I won't open the door. Dong Dechang said jokingly.
"Uncle Dong, I didn't spend any money." Yu Fei smiled and briefly told Dong Dechang about the silverware store under the plate.
Hearing that Yu Fei decided to run a shop in one day's time, Dong Dechang shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's not okay to be old if you don't accept the old, it's still you young people, you are bold." However, the silverware is a sideline, and the old man can't help much. β
Dong Dechang originally wanted Yu Fei to open an antique shop, whether it is study utensils, jade, porcelain, Dong Dechang has some ways, after all, the status of the antique shop is there, I believe that Yu Fei will not suffer. What he didn't expect was that Yu Fei chose Tibetan silverware.
"Uncle Dong, don't worry, I'll fly straight to Lhasa tomorrow to talk about supply. As for the source of customers, I have to trouble Uncle Dong to introduce him more. Yu Fei knew that Dong Dechang was familiar with everyone in the antique shop, and he had a big face, if he could help him make a small advertisement, the effect would definitely be much better than spending money on his own.
"You kid, you want to call me with a prayer tube?" Dong Dechang jokingly said, suddenly, he changed his words and asked, "Where did you just say you were going?" β
"Lhasa." Yu Fei said: "The supplier is in Lhasa, and I want to sign a contract with them this time. β
"Yu Fei, Uncle Dong wants to beg you for something."
"Uncle Dong, look at what you said, you can just tell me something, and if you don't ask for anything, you are not afraid of killing me." For Dong Dechang, Yu Fei is very respectful. Although he hasn't known each other for a long time, he has helped him a lot, if it weren't for Dong Dechang, Fu Sheng's scripture teaching diagram would not have been sold for a high price of 8.5 million, and the Xuande blue and white cricket jar might also be sold by himself for hundreds of thousands. Moreover, Dong Dechang also showed Yu Fei all his collections, which made the chaotic qi in Yu Fei's right hand increase a lot.
When it comes to the aura of chaos, the rate of growth is too slow. When he absorbed the chaotic qi in the cricket jar, he almost didn't feel the growth, which made Yu Fei quite distressed, according to this trend, how many antiques he needed to touch to improve his chaotic qi.
"That's right, Ziyun, this girl is disobedient, she left me a note today and went to Tibet. You also know that place in Tibet, the altitude is high, the people are fierce, I am afraid that the two girls will suffer, so I want you to go to Lhasa, if you see them, help me take care of them. Although Dong Dechang scolded his daughter viciously, he was caring in his heart. Especially Ziyun's mother left early, Dong Dechang was a father and a mother again, and Ziyun never continued the strings.
"Uncle Dong Zhilu said, you and Ziyun have some misunderstandings, and doing so is a bit difficult for you."
"Uncle Dong, don't worry, if I see them, I will definitely take care of them. But Tibet is so big, if they don't go to Lhasa, I can't do anything. Although he is very uninterested in Dong Ziyun, since Dong Dechang has spoken, Yu Fei will definitely agree. But it is true that as he said, the destination this time is Lhasa, and if Dong Ziyun does not go to Lhasa, he will not be able to find it one by one.
Dong Dechang nodded and said, "Yu Fei, I'm bothering you." β
When he got home, Qi Yue had already prepared his suitcase and brought a down jacket inside.
Yu Fei smiled: "Brother Qi, what are you doing here?" It's been June, and you're bringing me this? β
"What do you know? Xiao Zhi said that the temperature difference in Lhasa is large, and it is hot during the day, but it can freeze people into popsicles at night, so bring a down jacket to be prepared. Qi Yue said.
Qi Zhi nodded and said, "Brother Yu, I went to Tibet when I was a soldier, you can take the down jacket with you, and you can buy it over there." β
Yu Fei knew that the uncle and nephew were for their own good, and it was inconvenient to brush off their kindness, so he nodded and said, "Okay!" But take out all this food, what do you think I will go to live in the wilderness in Tibet? What is it? Liquid milk?! This is not allowed on the plane. β
"Uncle, that's what I put in." Niu Niu raised her hand and said, as if she had done something wrong.
"Uh-" Yu Fei was suddenly very moved, although he hadn't known them for long, they regarded themselves as the closest people.
Yu Fei opened the milk box, drank it in one go, burped and said: "Niuniu is so good, uncle likes to drink milk the most, Xie Lu Xie Niuniu." β
After listening to Yu Fei's words, Niuniu was happy, took out a large box of more than ten packets of fresh milk from the kitchen, and said, "Uncle has a lot of them here, you can drink them all." β
Yu Fei: ......