In these separate rooms, there are a large number of old objects, at least hundreds.

Among them, the two largest old objects attracted Yang Jing's attention the most.

"This, is this the Arhat bed of Xiaoye Rosewood, or is it from the Ming Dynasty?" Yang Jing couldn't help but ask a little excitedly when his hand touched the swarthy bed.

The appraisal results given by the Holy Ring prove that the bed in front of him is a bit similar to the modern two-seater sofa, which is an Arhat bed built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and it is still made of small-leaved rosewood wood.

Pete Wu gave Yang Jing a thumbs up and said with a smile: "The boss is really good eyesight, and he can see the origin of this Luohan bed at a glance." That's right, this Luohan bed is indeed a bedding from the Ming Dynasty, and I bought it after asking someone to identify it. ”

"How much does this bed cost?"

"It's cheap and scary, I received this Luohan bed and that pull-out bed from a scrap yard, the Huanghuali pull-step bed of the Ming Dynasty and this Luohan bed, it cost me more than 300 yuan in total......"

Yang Jing was also completely speechless, the Huanghuali stepping bed was easy to say, but this Luohan bed with small leaves and red sandalwood was really a rare treasure. This is an arhat bed made of small leaves of red sandalwood, not the kind of piece of small materials.

Although the small leaf red sandalwood that created this bed is not as big as the material used in the red sandalwood book case of Qianlong Ye, it is definitely not small, if it is placed in the original time and space, this Luohan bed alone is worth a fortune.

Seeing that Yang Jing did not speak, Pete Wu explained on the side: "When Mr. Ale asked me to buy more old items in Yanjing, he once told me to pay more attention to those scrap yards. Oh my God, I didn't expect there to be so many good things in the scrap yard in Yanjing. Not only old furniture, but also some ancient bronze, iron and even celebrity calligraphy and paintings can be seen there. ”

Peter Wu pointed to another room and said, "This room is full of calligraphy and paintings that I bought from the owner of the scrapyard, and those owners also understand that these ancient calligraphy and paintings are valuable, so they are kept separately, and these calligraphy and paintings cost a lot more money than those old furniture." ”

Yang Jing looked over and found that there were a lot of painting tubes in that room, and he must have put them into the painting tubes after Pete Wu collected them.

Yang Jing resisted the desire to open those painting tubes, but said lightly: "These ancient calligraphy and paintings, we must pay attention to more protection, and they cannot be placed in the painting tube for a long time, and they must be hung up for two or three months in a year." It is best to hang it in a dark place in the main house. Well, your identity is different now, you can ask the experts of the Palace Museum to come and take a look at these paintings, the restoration of the restoration, the framing of the frame, and you must save these calligraphy and paintings. But you don't have to tell them where these calligraphy and paintings come from, if they ask, you say they received them from a friend. ”

Pete Wu Neng was chosen by Mike Ale to be the person who presided over the work in Yanjing, and he was naturally a very dexterous person, and when he heard this, he knew what he meant as a boss, and nodded his head to show that he understood.

In the late 70s and early 80s, the scrap yards in Yanjing were a paradise for antique lovers, and those scrap yards, especially the large state-run scrap yards, often contained a lot of jaw-dropping old objects.

In fact, there are already people who are competing for business with Yang Jing, for example, Ms. Chen Lihua, who was respected as the "King of Rosewood" in later generations, is now quietly buying red sandalwood and old mahogany furniture, of which the scrap collection station is one of the main sources of her purchase.

and Mr. Ma Weidu, like Ms. Chen Lihua, is now quietly buying old things.

However, the vast majority of antique enthusiasts have not yet set their sights on these scrap yards, and it will take a few more years for them to notice that the places where the scrap were originally stored are actually the biggest treasures.

These things were all told by Yang Jing when he was a child, when he was a child, Old Man Yang had not yet left, and he was working in the Palace Museum, so he was naturally clear about this matter.

It is precisely because of this that Yang Jing did not hesitate to shuttle to the Cayman Islands in 1980 to earn money from foreigners through London Gold, and then set up the Evil Dragon Fund, and asked Mike Ale to find someone to come to Yanjing to invest in the Three North Shelterbelt, add a tall enough identity to the Evil Dragon Fund, and then let the person in charge of the Evil Dragon Fund buy these old objects in Huaxia.

If you don't accept it yourself, someone else must have taken it away. And the acquisition of these old objects is definitely not to sell for money, as long as these precious antiques and cultural toys are acquired, their only fate is to enter their own private museum.

"Pete, is there enough money to buy these things?" Yang Jing asked Pete Wu as he walked back with a very satisfied mood after looking at the old objects in these rooms.

"Boss, it's okay. If you don't come to Yanjing, you don't know that these old objects in Yanjing are really cheap and scary. In particular, I am now using foreign exchange coupons to buy these things, which is very popular. ”

"Boss, our dollars can't be used directly in Yanjing, unless it's a large amount of dollars like last year's buying a house and investing, we can directly connect with Huaxia's bank, otherwise general consumption, dollars are useless here, we can only go to the bank first to exchange for the kind of foreign exchange coupons that began to circulate on April 1 last year, and then use this kind of foreign exchange coupons to consume. However, this kind of foreign exchange coupon seems to be more useful than the US dollar, and it is more popular than the national currency. However, we seem to be at a loss when we buy things with foreign exchange coupons. ”

Yang Jing waved his hand and said: "You are a Chinese, you must know that there is an old saying in Huaxia called 'suffering is a blessing'." Remember, Pete, we are outsiders, and if we want to gain a foothold in Yanjing, a small loss is nothing. And, as your boss, I can afford it. ”

"I see, boss. ”

Yang Jing understands this kind of loss that Pete Wu said, but Yang Jing knows even more that this kind of small loss is very necessary to eat.

When China had just reformed and opened up in the seventies and eighties, there were many things with Chinese characteristics, the most famous of which was the "dual-track system", not only all kinds of materials had a "dual-track system", but even foreign exchange, which was related to the most basic level of the country, also implemented the "dual-track system".

For example, in 1981, the official exchange rate of the Chinese dollar against the national currency was 1:1.7, but there was also an internal exchange rate in China, which was 1:2.8.

The reason for this situation is also directly related to the national conditions at that time.

At that time, the country's various materials were extremely scarce, and the foreign exchange reserves were pitiful, because the foreign exchange reserves were small and the number of domestic currencies was large, which caused the emergence of this dual-track exchange rate system.

Especially at the end of the 70s, as China's tourism industry began to develop, foreign economic and cultural exchange activities also increased, and more and more foreigners came to China. At that time, China implemented a unified national currency market, prohibiting foreign currency from circulating in the country, and foreign currency could not be directly exchanged with national currency. In order to facilitate foreigners, overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots to spend in China, Huaxia Bank began to issue foreign exchange coupons on April 1, 1980.

As a result, in that era, a kind of "currency" that was not a currency appeared in China, which was a smash hit in that era.

The emergence of foreign exchange coupons has led to the fact that after foreigners come to Huaxia, they must first go to Huaxia Bank to exchange foreign currency for foreign exchange coupons according to the exchange rate at that time, with denominations of 100 yuan, 50 yuan, 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 1 yuan, 5 jiao and 1 jiao, and the face value is equivalent to the national currency, and it is not allowed to report loss.

Although its face value is equivalent to the national currency, it is much more than the national currency. At that time, the supply of materials in China was very tight, and tickets were required for shopping, food stamps were required to buy rice, cloth tickets were required to buy cloth, and in-demand commodities such as color TVs and refrigerators were not only expensive, but also the quantity supplied was very small. In order to buy a color TV, some people queue up in front of the store overnight and may not be able to buy it. But if you use a foreign exchange coupon, you don't have to worry about it, and it is a combination of ticket and currency. When you make a purchase with a foreign exchange voucher, you don't have to rely on a ticket. Because of this, foreign exchange vouchers are speculated very high on the black market, and at the highest time, 1 yuan foreign exchange voucher can be exchanged for 5 yuan national currency.

For example, if Pete Wu wants to exchange foreign exchange coupons at Huaxia Bank, he can only exchange them at the official exchange rate at that time, that is, 100 US dollars can only be exchanged for 170 foreign exchange coupons, and if Pete Wu does not use national currency to buy these old objects but uses foreign exchange coupons to buy them, it can only be consumed according to the real value of foreign exchange coupons.

For example, Pete Wu took a fancy to a Qing Dynasty Huanghuali hoop chair, which was only sold for 20 yuan in this era, so Pete Wu needed to take out about 11.7 yuan of foreign exchange coupons to buy this Huanghuali hoop chair.

But if the 11.7 yuan foreign exchange coupon is sold to those who pour money on the black market such as the Friendship Store and Yabao Road, how many national dollars can be sold? It's about 40 to 50 national dollars!

In other words, if Pete Wu uses foreign exchange coupons to buy the Huanghuali circle chair, he will probably lose 20 to 30 national dollars!

At that time, 30 national yuan was equivalent to a worker's salary for a month, which was enough for a family of three to eat without worry for a month.

This kind of loss is not small if it is strictly calculated.

But even if it is not small, Yang Jing will suffer this loss. Yang Jing is well aware of the huge amount of dollars he has in his hands, and in this era, $1.6 billion is more than half of all of China's foreign exchange reserves.

In 1981, China's foreign exchange reserves were only 2.708 billion US dollars!

If Yang Jing were to exchange the dollars in his hand for foreign exchange coupons, Huaxia would naturally welcome them with both hands held high, but if the exchanged foreign exchange coupons were to be converted from the black market to national currency at the exchange rate of the black market, even if it was only one-tenth of the exchange, it would cause great turmoil in Huaxia's economy.

This is definitely something that the Huaxia government does not allow!

Yang Jing knows very well that if he dares to do this, the country will definitely not hesitate to expel himself and his own people from the country, and it is probably absolutely impossible to use the identity of Michael Lynch to enter China in the future.

Therefore, this kind of seemingly glossy thing must not be done. Foreigners like Pete Wu, who ostensibly hold huge amounts of dollars, are absolutely under close surveillance in this day and age. Once he dares to do something out of the ordinary, the state will definitely be ruthless.

Besides, Yang Jing never thought of doing this. His own money is earned from foreigners, and then he uses this money in China, which is in urgent need of foreign exchange, although he suffers a loss, but compared to his huge net worth, this loss is not even a drop in the bucket. And suffering this kind of loss can make the country look up to you, why not?

In exchange for this kind of loss, the state turned a blind eye to its own acquisition of old objects, Yang Jing felt that it was very cost-effective.

The deficit of tens of millions of dollars in this regard is nothing to Yang Jing at all.