Chapter 5: Longquan Ink
Half an hour later, Wang Debao rushed to Nanluoguxiang sweating profusely.
Fortunately, he had a bicycle, otherwise he would have walked for at least two hours, or spent a dime and a half on the bus.
Before entering the alley, there were people paying attention to Wang Debao along the way...... It's really Wang Debao's tattered and dirty appearance, coupled with the scabbed wound on his forehead, it really looks like a blind stream who has just finished fighting.
But when Wang Debao showed a little panicked, someone immediately grabbed him and sent him to the police station.
So Wang Debao behaved very calmly, found the house number, and directly knocked on the door and shouted: "Mr. Qiu, Mr. Qiu Xingzhi, are you at home?" ”
Hearing Wang Debao accurately call out the name of the owner, the vigilant and suspicious eyes around him suddenly relaxed a lot.
After a while, there was a sound of footsteps in the courtyard, and a middle-aged man who was many times younger than Wang Debao remembered, opened the door and looked at Wang Debao with a surprised and somewhat vigilant expression.
Looking at Qiu Xingzhi's face, Wang Debao suddenly took a long breath, fortunately, he had read the memoirs of this big man in his previous life, and he finally didn't go to the wrong place.
Qiu Xingzhi's father was a big man in the previous dynasty, collected a lot of antiques, and there were several houses in the capital, and he was famous, but later he suffered a lot because of this, and the ingredients were not good, and the family's collection was said to have been copied, and his father also died, and Qiu Xingzhi himself was also sent to remote areas for transformation.
It wasn't until the 80s, when he began to correct his mistakes, that Qiu Xingzhi returned to the capital, implemented the work, and the state also returned the ancestral property of a courtyard house of his family, which is here in Nanluoguxiang.
According to the memoirs of the previous Qiu boss, after five years, he would officially leave his job without pay and resume the business of calligraphy, painting and antiques, but in fact, he is already quietly preparing now.
If Wang Debao was not short of money, he would definitely keep the Longquan seal mud in his hands, but the problem is that he urgently needs to pay off his debts and get the first pot of gold for starting a business...... So he couldn't wait for the appreciation of Longquan Ink.
But now it's 1984, and no matter how good the antiques are, they can't be sold at a high price, and most of the foreign exchange shops are sold for a few or dozens of dollars to foreigners.
Therefore, Wang Debao must find a buyer who is knowledgeable, reliable, and can afford a "high price".
Thinking about it, it can only be Big Guy Qiu.
Although Wang Debao didn't know Qiu Da Boss in his life, he heard that this person's reputation was very good, so he simply came over to try his luck.
If the price is right, you will sell, and if the price is not suitable, you will withdraw.
Now after all, it is 1984, residents no longer need to go to the ghost market to buy and sell things, and some fast-moving consumer goods no longer even need to be purchased with tickets, and the general environment is continuously open. If it had been a few years earlier, when speculation was strictly investigated, Wang Debao really didn't dare to come casually.
"Mr. Qiu, my name is Wang Debao, I came in a hurry, and I am very offensive......"
"Forget it, I'll just say the point, I have Longquan ink, do you accept it? I'm in a hurry to sell money, so I can sell it cheaper. ”
"If you're not interested, then please don't shout, I won't bother you in the future."
Wang Debao lowered his voice and said, he couldn't explain why he came, so he simply went straight to the point, and if it didn't work, he went directly to the pawnshop.
Of course, if you go to a pawnshop, you will inevitably be slaughtered...... In case someone offers him five dollars at that time, will he sell it or not?
Don't doubt it, the pawnshop's scythe is really so ruthless.
Hearing Wang Debao say this, Qiu Xingzhi hesitated, as if he had made some decision, took a step forward, and leaned out of the door frame just right, so that the neighbors could see him, and at the same time grabbed Wang Debao's shoulders and said loudly: "Oh, Debao, I haven't seen you for many years, I almost can't recognize you...... What's wrong with you? Come on, come in and say. ”
Wang Debao took a long breath and followed Qiu Xingzhi into the door with some weak legs.
And when Qiu Xingzhi saw Wang Debao's appearance, his heart relaxed a little.
If it weren't for Wang Debao's last sentence, even if Wang Debao called out Qiu Xingzhi's name and found his house, he still knew that he was secretly receiving the goods, and he was obviously in urgent need of money...... Qiu Xingzhi would never dare to let Wang Debao in.
He receives the goods and receives the goods, which must also be introduced by trusted acquaintances, and he trades privately, and it is impossible to casually let an unknown person come in to trade.
Historically, the crime of speculation was repealed in 1997, the regulation of speculation was repealed in 2008, and now it is 1984...... In the 80s, there were still people in Zhejiang who were shot for speculation, who dared to be careless?
Qiu Xingzhi closed the door and didn't go into the yard, just stood behind the door, lowered his voice and said vigilantly: "How do you know me?" ”
As soon as Wang Debao saw this posture, he knew that he suspected that he was here to sell the stolen goods.
Fortunately, he had prepared a draft before he came, so he coped with it very calmly.
"My dad is an employee of the meat factory, running transportation, he doesn't know where to buy Longquan ink, this is not my family heirloom......"
"Mr. Qiu's name, I also heard my dad say it, he wanted to ask you to taste it, but unfortunately he had a car accident......"
After saying it in one breath, Wang Debao didn't ink and went straight to the showdown.
"This is the case, I also urgently need money to pay off my debts, so I took the liberty to come, otherwise I wouldn't have made a move on such a baby."
Qiu Xingzhi had been silently observing Wang Debao, and when he finished speaking, he took Wang Debao into the house, silently took the Longquan seal clay and began to inspect it.
Soon, Qiu Xingzhi was sure that this was genuine, and he wanted to be cautious, but he still couldn't hold back the love in his heart, and said hesitantly: "What is your psychological expectation?" ”
That's a very high level of questioning.
“500!” Wang Debao said bitterly.
This is the average monthly salary of more than 40 yuan in 1984, the second aunt sold Longquan ink clay for 50 yuan can be happy for several years, and I can't wait for 2004...... I endure!
"Good stuff!" Qiu Xingzhi said with emotion: "I'll give you 1,000, I only have this money in hand, and I'll give it all to you." ”
Wang Debao looked at Qiu Xingzhi in disbelief, and for the first time he saw the buyer not bargaining, but raising the price...... In the previous life, the reputation of the big guy Qiu was so good, it really wasn't groundless.
"Thank you!" What else can Wang Debao say? I can only thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Soon, after the delivery was completed, Qiu Xingzhi personally sent Wang Debao to the mouth of the alley, and then the two tacitly exchanged a few words in front of everyone, and Wang Debao left quickly on a bicycle.
With 1,100 yuan in his arms, Wang Debao almost took off on the spot.
The money owed by the parents is actually not much, after all, they bought a second-hand car that was about to be scrapped, and the majority of it was the savings of the old couple for many years, not counting the uncle's 2,000 yuan for the time being, and the second aunt and the other nine relatives added up to more than 5,000 yuan, and the interest was less than 6,000 yuan.
For him in the previous life, this amount of money was indeed astronomical, and it really crushed him.
But now, hehe.
Things went extremely smoothly, and it was still early to see that Wang Debao rode his bicycle all the way to the meat factory and went directly to the trade union.
"Aunt Sun, I'll open a certificate and reapply for an account."
After the birth of his sister in the previous life, Wang Debao lost a leg, and he always thought that he was fired from the meat factory, but he only learned many years later that he was not actually fired.
The cat is on his household register.