Rebirth 13, starting from the big demolition treasure hunt

When buying things before, Wu Yuansheng heard the landlord call this man, calling him Lao Zhou.

There must be many people named Zhou in Zhoujiagang.

The two sat in the van and closed the door.

I followed you just now and spoke in a low voice, just because I didn’t want more people to know.

Lao Zhou looked around and found no one. He took out a small cloth bag about 10 centimeters high from his purse and the mouth of the bag was tied tightly with a rope.

Open the mouth of the bag and pour out a small handful of the golden stuff.

These items vary in size, some are like corn kernels, some are like soybeans, some are like half melon seeds, and some are like small stones.

"There are 21 pieces in total, weighing 166 grams!"

Pointing to the thing in his hand, Lao Zhou said.

"Are they all inherited from your family? Did they come out of the chicken's belly?"

Wu Yuansheng looked at him and asked with a smile.

After all, there has been such a legend here since ancient times, there is no storm without fire.

He has an inexplicable fondness for the golden "granules" that look like grain and can be eaten by chickens.

"Of course they are ancestral. In addition to chickens, there are also ones found in the belly of ducks. Have you brought a scale? You can weigh it to see the weight."

"I brought it with me. I brought a digital scale!"

When I often go out to collect things, an electronic scale is indispensable.

He has prepared everything from miniature electronic scales to large electronic scales.

He found the miniature electronic scale, turned on the power switch, and placed the gold nuggets and golden beans in his hand on it.

I looked at the weight and it happened to be 166 grams.

"How much do you plan to sell these for?"

There is no problem with the weight, Wu Yuansheng asked about the price.

"I asked about the price of gold. It's 252 yuan per gram. That's the price of gold!"

After thinking for two or three seconds, Lao Zhou said to him.

"You are talking about the price of gold products sold by gold shops. If you buy them, they are only 230 yuan per gram at most.

If it is a store that specializes in purchasing second-hand gold, the price is even lower. The gold content of your gold nuggets and golden beans is not pure, only 90% gold at most, maybe only 70% to 80% gold.

If it is sold to those who collect second-hand gold, they will melt it first after taking it. "

It is estimated that he should have taken one or two such gold nuggets individually before and sold them to those who recycle second-hand gold.

For merchants who buy gold, they don't care which dynasty the gold products you get are from or whether they are antiques.

Even if it is the "Western King's Reward for Merit" and other national treasure-level gold objects, they are still melted down first to test whether the gold is genuine or fake.

In this way, in a certain sense, those who collect antiques and engage in collections are definitely protecting cultural relics by raising the prices of antique gold products or other various antiques.

Because only by making antiques valuable will people collect them and protect them.

If an antique is no better than an ordinary thing, then why protect it?

The price of gold antique products is not as good as the current gold products. It is estimated that no one is willing to protect it. If they encounter it, most of them will be recycled to improve the purity.

"Then how much do you say per gram?"

When it came to the actual situation, Lao Zhou was afraid that he would charge too high a price, so he asked him again.

"According to your estimate of 252 yuan per gram, 166 grams total 41832 yuan. I'll give you a round number, 41000 yuan. What do you think?"

This price is definitely much higher than the price they pay for it in gold shops or gold recycling shops.

If Lao Zhou thinks the price is too low and doesn't want to sell it, the two can still discuss it.

But judging from his expression, he would agree if it was forty-one.

For this kind of gold product with low purity, apart from its historical value and collection value, it is definitely not as good as today's pure gold.

After all, except for a few collectors, the vast majority of people still prefer pure gold.

"Okay! 41000 is 41000."

Lao Zhou didn't think much and quickly agreed.

It seems that he should have sold this type of items to a shop that recycles second-hand gold before. It is very likely that they have melted the items he brought there for sale.

And later, because the purity was not high, five grams was melted into three grams, and the purchase price was low, so he didn't sell much money.

"I don't have enough cash in my hand. Come with me to the bank!"

The price has been discussed, he said to Lao Zhou.

No one goes out to buy items without carrying a lot of cash.

What he said was predictable.

In the van, the two of them drove towards the city together.

Maybe he was prepared and withdrew the money. Wu Yuansheng handed the money to him and completed the transaction. Lao Zhou deposited the money into the bankbook he brought over.

After buying things, he was not in a hurry to go to the garbage dump over Zhoujiagang.

Lao Zhou didn't ask him to send it off. He said he would take the bus home by himself.

Driving, he first went to Xincheng Home.

While he was putting things away, someone called him again. After checking, it was Boss Luo who was in charge of recycling. He said that he had obtained two pianos and asked him to take a look.

The place is still at Ermi Factory.

As for the piano, he had previously said hello to the recycling bosses, and if he encountered one, he would help him keep an eye on it.

After placing the items, he drove the car directly there.

Before we even reached the place, we could hear the sound of windows and doors being smashed.

It may be that developers are anxious to build houses, but the progress seems to have accelerated a lot in the first year.

There are not many residents who have not yet moved.

(Demolition, in addition to expropriation, also requires demolition of the building layers above.

It will take at least two or three months to dig out and clean the brick slag on the upper building layer, and then dig out the slag in the basement, which will take another two to three months.

The previous progress will affect the subsequent process progress, so it is normal to urge the progress. )

The area in the courtyard of the car battery factory where Wu Yuansheng rented a house before has also begun to be expropriated, but it is not an old city and there are not many historical buildings.

When he was approaching the Ermi Factory, he saw Boss Luo and his wife's tricycle parked on the roadside from a distance.

Each of them had something on their tricycle, and the piano was also on it.

The piano seems to be wrapped in some paper shells.

Besides them, there were two others.

He also knew these two people. They were masters who specialized in helping others move things. He had asked the master before to ask them to help him move the door pillars and put them in the storage room of Jingxiu Community.

Maybe it was because the piano was too heavy, and Master Luo was afraid that his back would slip, so he asked the two of them to come over and help him move the goods.

After driving the car near them, Wu Yuansheng parked the car and got out.

"Boss Wu, I received these two pianos from a store. They are both good. We tried them when we bought them!"

Seeing him coming, Boss Luo greeted him.

"Okay! Let me take a look first."

He also said hello to him, smiling and nodding to his wife and the two masters, which was regarded as saying hello.

After saying that, he started to look at the piano carefully.

Two pianos, one large and one small.

The largest one is about 1.3 meters tall, 1.5 meters long, and about 60 centimeters wide at its widest.

The smaller one is about the same length and width as the larger one, except for being 20 centimeters shorter in height.

The larger ones appear to be from a more recent age, around 2000.

The small one was probably made in the 1970s and 1980s.