Siheyuan: Returning to 61 to collect waste

Today is the monthly 35% discount day, so the store is very busy, more than a dozen people have been visiting, but almost no one actually buys. The average monthly salary of workers in China's state-owned factories is about 40 to 400 yuan, and they can only save 300 yuan at most in a year. The lowest-priced product in the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong official kilns, a porcelain vase from the Qianlong period, costs yuan, which is obviously unaffordable for ordinary workers.

The staff of the shop was surprised to see Ye Chuan coming back again. He still remembered the scene when Ye Chuan questioned the authenticity of the porcelain in the shop.

"Comrade, please show me the Yongzheng Hongfu Qitian official kiln plate."

Ye Chuan originally thought that the other party would carefully take out the plates from the cabinet, but he didn't expect that the clerk would simply take out three plates, stack them together, and put them in front of him with a "clang clang clang".

Ye Chuan was very nervous. This person's movements seemed to be more casual than stacking porcelain bowls at home. He was afraid that the clerk would accidentally break the precious porcelain.

"Here are four. Take your time to choose."

Ye Chuan nodded, picked up one of the plates and looked at it carefully. No matter the shape or color, it was a treasure among the fine products. It was indeed made by the authentic official kiln.

If this is told to later generations, I am afraid it will be hard to convince people. A piece of imperial kiln porcelain from the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty only costs RMB 400.

This price is equivalent to a year's income from an ordinary job, but it is already worth it.

Things are different now. Even a professional worker with a monthly salary of about 5000 yuan or an annual salary of about yuan can hardly buy the fur of this kind of porcelain.

A high-quality Qing Dynasty Yongzheng official kiln product is worth at least hundreds of thousands of yuan. If it is a complete set of four pieces, its estimated value can reach tens of millions of yuan.

The staff member casually placed four bowls in front of him and continued to busy himself with other customers. This shows how deserted the antique market is in this current situation.

Each bowl costs only 360 yuan. After a 1440% discount, it costs yuan each, and the total price of the four bowls is yuan.

Although this amount may seem extremely expensive to ordinary people, Ye Chuan was not moved by it. "Comrade, are there any other official kiln porcelains from the Yongzheng era here?" He called the employee over and asked.

The waiter was stunned for a moment. He thought the other party was not going to buy the four pieces of porcelain in his hand, so he said, "There are about ten more."

"Can you take them all out and show them to me?" Ye Chuan asked. "Oh... OK, wait a moment."

Other customers in the store didn't seem to need any special services; even if they did, they wouldn't ask about the price. It was rare to find a customer who needed a detailed inspection like today.

The staff member ran back and forth to the corner several times, and then took out some other porcelain and stacked them in front of Ye Chuan. "Hey, be careful!" This time Ye Chuan couldn't help but remind him.

"Don't worry, I know what to do." The clerk responded a little rudely.

Ye Chuan couldn't help but burst out laughing, and began to carefully examine the pile of ceramics on the table.

Those novels about the antique trade always say that one must be extremely cautious when trading, and wear gloves and use a high-power magnifying glass to inspect. But if these people could come here and witness all this, they would probably be stunned, right?

He counted and found that there were now 6120 bowls on the table, plus the four originally provided. With a % discount, the total cost was about yuan, which was still within his budget.

"Comrade, which one do you want?" Although the employee thought Ye Chuan might be reluctant to buy any of them, he still asked with some teasing in his words. "Pack all these for me!" Ye Chuan said softly.

"What...what did you say?" Just like the staff in the calligraphy and painting shop before, the person in the shop also asked with his eyes wide open in surprise.

"Pack all of these up for me, and show me the imperial porcelain from the Kangxi period!"

The waiter nodded and said, "Okay, okay, please wait a moment, I'll wrap it for you right away!"

His face was full of excitement. He then found two people to move the official kiln porcelain from the Kangxi period over, while he himself was busy packing the porcelain.

Ye Chuan's move immediately attracted the attention of the store manager, who immediately invited Ye Chuan to the back of the store. After a while, two shop assistants came in three batches and brought a large pile of porcelain in front of him.

"**,so much!"

Ye Chuan was secretly shocked, but fortunately he did not pack all the Kangxi Dynasty porcelain together. He estimated that there were about fifty or so.

"Hello, comrade. I am the manager of Zhenbaozhai. My last name is An. All the official porcelains from the Kangxi period in our store are here. There are 62 pieces in total."

Ye Chuan nodded and said, "Thank you, Manager An, let me take a look first."

The manager of Zhenbaozhai was named An, who was about fifty years old and looked like a senior shopkeeper. After that, Manager An stood respectfully beside Ye Chuan without saying a word, and even the old man sitting at the door followed him in.

"Xiao An, what's going on?"

Manager An whispered back, "Uncle Yao, this comrade just bought all the Yongzheng porcelain in the store."

"All of them?" Uncle Yao asked, obviously not believing it.

He had worked in Liulichang for decades, from being a waiter to guarding the place after the founding of New China, and he had never seen such a generous customer. Especially since 1950, although the store has always sold official kiln porcelain, and in recent years it has been discounted due to public-private partnerships, there are many people who come to inquire, but only a handful of people actually buy. At most, they are old customers who buy three porcelains at a time. It is unheard of for Ye Chuan to buy an entire period at once.

The more than 50 pieces of porcelain were unique, including plates, bowls and vases. Most of them were well preserved. However, the shop assistants were rather rough in their work, and some of the porcelain bowls had damaged edges and some of the bottles had slight scratches, which somewhat damaged the value of the collection.

"Young man, did you just buy 17 official kiln porcelains from the Yongzheng period?" Uncle Yao walked up and asked.

Ye Chuan nodded. He didn't know who the old man was, so for safety reasons he didn't say much.

"What are you going to do with all this? Are you going to give it to others as a gift?"

Ye Chuan simply nodded again; rather than saying directly that he liked it, which might cause controversy, saying that it was for others could indeed fool them.

Seeing this, Mr. Yao stopped talking. As people get older, they understand what things disgust people. So he stopped asking more personal questions.

Ye Chuan selected the thirty vases with the best appearance, glaze quality, rarity and collection value from the sixty pieces of porcelain. Then he said, "Comrade, please pack these thirty pieces for me and send them to the jeep at the entrance of the alley!"

The clerk was already used to this and nodded in surprise, then gathered the rest of the staff to pack the thirty pieces of porcelain.

When Uncle Yao and Manager An saw the porcelain selected by Ye Chuan, they were both stunned. Then they looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.

Both of them are very familiar with the porcelain in the store and know the advantages and disadvantages of the 62 pieces of porcelain from the Kangxi period. Ye Chuan chose the 62 best pieces of the 30 pieces, and the other 32 pieces have more or less some flaws: some are not in good condition, some have problems with the glaze color, some are too many, and some are relatively rare.

However, the ones selected by Ye Chuan do not have these problems at all. In today's prosperous market, these 30 pieces of official kiln porcelain are definitely high-quality products that attract much attention.

The antique world has its own unique rules. Although their curiosity was fully aroused, they did not step forward to ask, but just looked at Ye Chuan silently.

The young man looked to be in his early twenties, dressed simply, with a handsome face and a refined manner. The scene in which he asked a waiter to deliver the porcelain to the jeep just now made them guess that the young man was most likely the driver of a leader, or the elder who had just left. Perhaps the elder was interested in the porcelain and sent the young man back to buy it.

What was even more surprising was that they were impressed by the young man's accurate vision. For Manager An and Uncle Yao, who had been working in this industry for decades, it was almost impossible for them to distinguish the essence of a pile of unfamiliar porcelain in a short time. However, this young man only took more than ten minutes to select the 30 most valuable porcelains without missing a single one. I am afraid that there are not many people with such a keen eye even in the whole country.

Although the 47 most valuable pieces of porcelain in the store were taken away by Ye Chuan, Manager An did not feel the slightest bit sorry, because there were still a lot of such porcelain in the warehouse. Besides, the value of porcelain in this era was far less precious than food.

What they didn't know was that Ye Chuan not only selected exquisite porcelain, but also obtained a huge amount of energy points. The total energy points brought to him by these 17 pieces of Yong Dynasty official kiln porcelain and 62 pieces of Kangxi official kiln porcelain amounted to more than 14, increasing the energy points in his system to 22.

He originally considered taking the Qianlong porcelain as well to increase his energy points, but he finally decided to leave it for next time. After all, there were 62 pieces from the Kangxi dynasty, and the cheaper Qianlong porcelain might exceed pieces, so there was no need to rush this time.

"Comrade, please help me calculate the total amount."

The finance department had already calculated the amount, and Manager An, who was standing nearby, immediately said, "The total is RMB yuan!"

Ye Chuan nodded, and did not bargain - this was a state-owned store, not to mention rounding off, even a penny was impossible to negotiate. He pretended to take out cash from his backpack, then took out 16 stacks of Chinese currency from the system space, counted out 43 of them and gave them to the other party, and returned the rest of the money.

The visual impact of the 16 stacks of cash was quite strong. Even Manager An, who often dealt with money, felt his heart beating faster. He took the money with both hands and handed it to the clerk next to him.

The three assistants plus the treasurer began to count the money where Ye Chuan could see it. They counted it three times in total and confirmed that the total amount was Yuan Chinese currency.

Ye Chuan smiled and said, "Manager An, please arrange for a few colleagues to help me move things."

Manager An quickly asked everyone in the store to take action, including himself and Uncle Yao, and everyone followed Ye Chuan holding the boxes.