Chapter 7 Selling Ginseng (Seeking Clicks, Seeking Collections)
Taking the two little ones out and preparing to go for a run, this is Lin Yi's way of exercising, of course, he doesn't exercise every day, but sometimes he runs. To put it bluntly, there is no balance.
There are a lot of people running on the side of the road here every morning, of course, with two little ones is not fast, mainly because they have not come out to run for several days, and now their physical fitness has increased dramatically, and they need to exercise to practice control, otherwise it is like being crushed by Erha yesterday in a fit of anger.
He didn't want to test what level he had reached, anyway, he had picked up 200 pounds of things with one hand before, and his strength was a little scary, if he exceeded the world record all of a sudden, it would be too noticeable, so it would be too noticeable, then it would be difficult to do it in the future, and he wanted to keep a low profile, after all, he was very abnormal!
After exercising for a while, I took them to the restaurant, I was going to find one to make Chinese food, but I suddenly saw one that made pancakes, which was very surprising, this is a pure Chinese breakfast, he didn't eat less in high school before.
It was an American guy who sold this, and this discovery was a bit surprising, and now even American guys have started selling Chinese food.
However, this pancake fruit is not very complicated to make, and it is made quickly, which is somewhat similar to the taste of Americans, who like to eat something in bread, like a sandwich or hamburger. The pancakes are about the same, and these American guys have made some improvements, adding some meat and some vegetables to them, which is more suitable for American tastes.
Lin Yi is still a little rusty when he looks at their craftsmanship, and he is not as flexible as my aunts in Greater China, after all, aunts are battle-hardened, and who makes perfect.
But this price is not cheap, one costs 15 US dollars, China only needs about 5 yuan, depending on what you add to calculate the price, sure enough, like this young man who sells pancakes and fruits, it is really dark, and the aunts have to sell more than one every morning to compare with them to sell one.
But I asked them how they came up with the idea of selling this here.
In the end, the guy told Lin Yi that he had studied in China, and he admired Chinese pancakes and fruits, which were fast and low-cost, and very suitable for the taste of Americans, so after returning to China, he and his friends who studied abroad together founded this store, and also improved some flavors, they have now come to three stores, not only that, but also specially invited a few very experienced aunts from China to come over for a week.
Sure enough, this young man has a lot of ideas, and his aunt has taught you how to cook.
Lin Yi admires this young man very much, after all, many Americans are not used to eating Chinese food, and they dare to sell Chinese breakfast and promote the culture of our Great Celestial Empire.
After the chat, Lin Yi went back to take a shower and went out with the ginseng and snow lotus cultivated yesterday. There were a total of seven medicinal plants, in addition to the two five-hundred-year-old ones, and five hundred-year-old ones, all of which were cultivated during the experiment with the spiritual liquid later.
This thing either finds an auction company, and they will ship it to Hong Kong and other eastern countries and regions for auction, or you have to have a relationship and find those rich people to sell it directly, and another option is to sell it in a Chinese medicine store in Chinatown, but these two things are very old, and the money they may sell is not so high.
Lin Yi went to Chinatown first.
There are several Chinese medicine shops in Chinatown, and the United States is not allowed to sell Chinese patent medicines in the market, but these Chinese medicine halls and Chinese medicine stores are still open, and most of the customers are Chinese.
In the end, I found a Chinese medicine store called Hongrentang and went in.
Lin Yi has been here before, this store has been here for decades, it is a time-honored brand, and its reputation is still very good.
"Hello, what do you need?" The guy was very discerning, and when he saw that it was a yellow race, he asked first in English, and then again in Chinese.
"Do you accept medicinal herbs here?" Lin Yi asked directly in Chinese, but he was still a little nervous, after all, they might not accept it.
"We have our own way of purchasing the medicinal materials here, unless you have particularly precious medicinal materials, or medicinal materials that are very old, otherwise we will not accept them. ”
"I have ginseng here, it's a hundred years of ginseng. ”
"American ginseng wouldn't be worth much even if it was a hundred years old, but it's not bad if it's been a hundred years, let's go in and say. ”
As he spoke, he took Lin Yi into the inner hall, "Master, someone has brought a century-old American ginseng over, you give it a palm." ”
"Hey, young man, it's you, although a hundred-year-old American ginseng is not as precious as the wild ginseng of Northeast China, it is not bad, after all, a hundred years is not so long. The old master walked out of the back hall, his face was ruddy, although his hair was already gray, but he still walked with a dragon and a tiger, and he was full of anger when he spoke, and he did not look old at all.
"Sir, this is not American ginseng, this is authentic Northeast ginseng. "Lin Yi has repeatedly confirmed that this is Chinese ginseng, not American ginseng, if this can't be confirmed, all these years have been in vain.
"I'm going to take a good look at this, there have been fewer and fewer ginseng in China over the years, and it's already a good thing to reach sixty years,"
Silently, he took out a box from his backpack and handed it over, the ginseng inside had been treated a little and dried a little, but it was not completely dried, after all, fresh ginseng was more precious.
However, he was still a little worried in his heart, after all, this was ripening, and it would be miserable if it became artificial goods such as ginseng.
"Well, the roots are well preserved, the torso is not damaged, I am very careful when digging, this ginseng is quite big, it seems that the place where it grows is still good, otherwise it will not grow such a good ginseng, this has begun to take shape, it is really a good thing! Authentic Changbai Mountain wild ginseng, looking at the imprint on the top of the ginseng, it has been almost a hundred years, this is still semi-fresh ginseng, it didn't take long to dig it out, good thing, I haven't seen such a good thing for some years. The old master touched his beard and sighed.
Hearing this, Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and smiled, "Of course, just dug up a few days ago, there were a few loose trees at home to come over to see the market here, after all, there are a lot of rich people here, and many old people have begun to maintain their health and begin to believe in the role of these things." ”
"Young man, listen to your tone, you still have your strain in your hand, can you take it out and let me see it old man? Don't worry, I will definitely give you a high price, and I won't let you suffer." Xiao Li just entered the tea, and the tea was good. ”
"Well, I'm going to make tea. ”
Lin Yi silently took out four more boxes, and the ginseng in them was about the same vintage, about a hundred years old. "Look at it, it's all here. ”
"You sit down and drink tea first, and I'll take a good look. As he spoke, he looked at the ginseng carefully, checked for any damage, and took out the electronic scale to weigh it.
It took a long time to get it right.
"Young man, these are all good things, I have them all here, how about 150,000 one, dollars. ”
"Master, I might as well sell the 150,000 in China, and I still use it, which one can't be sold for millions. You're being too dishonest. Lin Yi smiled and shook his head, laughing, how could he agree to his offer at the beginning, after confirming that these were wild ginseng, he was the seller on his side, and the price could not be so low. Although he didn't care about these few sticks, he wouldn't suffer such a big loss, and compared three fingers, "300,000 one, no two prices." ”
"This price is high, right, how about 200,000?"
Buying things, bargaining, is it normal for you to come and go.
In the end, I got the price of 250,000 pieces. This feels good on both sides. The other party has a market and a way, and rich people are definitely willing to spend some money to buy it back, after all, this thing is relatively small, and money may not be able to buy it. And Lin Yi sold about 1.5 million yuan a plant, and the price was already good, after all, he had no way.
Leaving the pharmacy, Lin Yi was still a little excited, this was more than the end of the transaction, Lin Yi jumped back to the car with his bank card. He is a millionaire now, and he doesn't panic when he has a million in the card, he is so confident.
The other two Lin Yi are going to go to the auction house, these five hundred years of snow lotus and ginseng can be hyped well, this is not a hundred years of comparison.
After calming down, Lin Yi called Christie's to make an appointment.
Christie's, one of the world's leading art auction houses.
The lot brings together rare works of art, watches, jewelry, automobiles and wines from around the world.
Christie's has offices in 9o major cities around the world and regular auctions in 16 locations around the world.
Christie's New York office is soliciting lots for the upcoming Spring Auction.
Christie's New York offers two auctions a year, one in the spring and one in the autumn, at the end of May and the end of November.
Therefore, they are very powerful and very well-founded, they can definitely auction these medicinal materials for a high price, of course, Lin Yi also believes that the other party will definitely be interested in these medicinal materials. After all, most of the wealthy people nowadays will be interested in this ginseng strain.
Of course, whether it is the East or the West that respects ginseng so much, we have to thank our Qianlong Emperor. This guy took some ginseng every day and became a rare long-lived emperor, which made everyone recognize the role of ginseng.
According to the "Outer Records of the Qing Emperor", on Qianlong's 83rd birthday, a foreign envoy described Qianlong's demeanor in his diary as follows: "Looking at his wind god, although he is 83 years old, he looks like a person in his 60s, and his spirit is strong, and he can surpass the youth; ”
In addition to Emperor Qianlong, the Empress Dowager Cixi, who had dominated the government for 48 years, also purified ginseng for a long time. "Cixi Guangxu Medical Prescription Selection" also describes Cixi's use of ginseng: "From November 23, 26th year (Guangxu) to September 28, 27th year, two catties of ginseng and one tael and eight coins were shared,...... The queen mother puffed ginseng every day, wrapped it on a daily basis, and handed it over to the chief administrator Guo Yongqing and the eunuch Qin Shangyi to serve. ”