Rebirth 79, starting from making my ex-wife regret

"Uncle Xie, this is what I think. The antique business is not bad, just like other businesses. The key is to close for a year and make a living for three years. With the little money in the pockets of ordinary people, even if the country allows individuals to do business, few can afford antiques."

"We don't have money, but foreigners do. Let's set up a stall and get some vases, porcelain and other things that foreigners like."

"I know a few foreigners. If I have the chance, I will bring them to Liulichang. Then, I would like you to give them a lesson and tell them about the profoundness of our Xia country's antiques."

Fang Lin was about to continue speaking when Uncle Xie suddenly laughed.

"Master Fang, are you planning to use these foreigners as hammers?"

"wooden club?"

Fang Lin was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Uncle Xie meant.

Uncle Xie stroked his beard and laughed, "Master Fang is saying that we should bring the foreigners to Liulichang and let the two of us slaughter them."

"So, you, old man?"

"I used to do it when I was young."

There are many jargons in the antique business, and "bangchui" refers to those laymen who pretend to know something when they don't.

Fang Lin brought the foreigners over, which is called "pulling the boat" in the jargon.

Buying antiques without knowing much about them is called paying tuition fees.

When I was young.

Uncle Xie has asked foreigners to pay tuition fees many times.

Liulichang was first built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and is the largest antique distribution center in Yanjing.

People from all walks of life and wealthy businessmen gathered there.

By the end of the Qing Dynasty, a large number of foreigners appeared in Liulichang.

These foreigners are really smart.

Stupid but really stupid.

If you give them good things, they will say you are cheating them.

They only focus on tattered and worthless things, saying that the more broken they are, the more antique they are.

With so many ignorant fools coming here, the number of fake goods and counterfeiting methods on the streets of Liulichang has increased, and they have become more and more sophisticated.

When Mr. Xie first entered the industry, a strange man who specialized in cheating foreigners appeared in Liulichang.

There are all kinds of experts who make counterfeits under them.

I don’t do anything else but make counterfeits of national treasures.

In the 1940s, this man sold a bronze ware from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to a foreign owner of a trading company.

He kept saying that it was a bronze artifact dug out from a tomb.

Only people on the street know that this thing is neither from the Shang or Zhou dynasties, nor is it a bronze ware from the Qin and Han dynasties.

It was last week’s bronze.

A week ago, the fake bronze tripod was buried underground by him.

Artificially made old through various means.

Foreigners did not believe the Xia country's appraisers, so they invited several foreign experts, including doctors.

The appraisal conclusion is true.

The fake was kept for a week and was finally bought by a foreign trading company for ten thousand dollars.

"Thank you, uncle. You know everything about this. I won't tell you the rest."

"It's not necessary to sell them fake goods. It depends on their vision."

Seeing that Mr. Xie understood what he meant, Fang Lin saved a lot of spit.

Starting this year, more and more foreigners will come to Xia Country.

Don’t say that he is deliberately cheating foreigners. Whether you can buy good things or not, Uncle Xie is only responsible for introducing them.

The choice is theirs.

"That's true. Antique trading depends entirely on one's eyes. If you don't have good eyesight and want to deal in antiques, you deserve to be ripped off."

Living from the old society to the present day, Uncle Xie cannot be said to be a shrewd person, but he is definitely not an ordinary old man.

Uncle Xie understood roughly what Fang Lin wanted to say.

Contact his old connections and prepare something to deal with foreigners.

Fang Lin will choose an appropriate time to get to know more foreigners through George.

Take them to Liulichang.

As Liulichang got on track, it became a must-visit place for foreigners visiting Xia Country.

Even many foreigners come to Xia Country just to visit Liulichang.

From the 1980s to the 1990s, countless legends were born in Liulichang.

Even Fang Lin, an outsider, has heard a lot of news about people getting rich overnight.

A so-called blue and white porcelain vase was exchanged for a Santana from a foreigner.

A fake snuff bottle for $10,000.

Currently.

Whether it is antiques or gold, the prices in China are incredibly low.

The international gold price is over six hundred dollars an ounce.

Domestic banks purchase it at a price of only a dozen yuan per gram.

As for antiques.

Almost sell it for money.

A few years later, Xiaguo quickly integrated into the international market.

Gold and antiques will also rise in price.

If you act at that time, you can still make some money.

But it is far better to take action now.

The educated youth who returned to the city needed to eat, and families with many children needed to make a living.

The relevant departments turned a blind eye and allowed some people to engage in individual activities.

After saying this, Fang Lin gave Uncle Xie another suggestion.

Since you are going to develop in Liulichang, you might as well do it all at once.

Move this house to Liulichang.

Currently, Liulichang is in a state of depression, with no factories or units nearby.

By adding a little more money to this house, I can definitely exchange it for a bigger house from the owner of the house in Liulichang.

It can be used as a place for living and for business.

Wait until the higher authorities issue an announcement allowing individuals to do business.

The house was converted into a shop in front and a home in the back.

"Master Fang, you respect this old man, and this old man believes in you!"

Uncle Xie slapped his thigh and said resolutely: "You are educated and experienced, so you must be more informed than me. It will be right to listen to you."

"I'll go find Lao Ma over there in the next two days and ask him to help me look for a suitable place to exchange rooms and pack my things. You can lend me the money for the exchange first. When I make money, we can settle the accounts clearly as relatives and friends."

Fang Lin has already paved the way.

Uncle Xie, what else is there to hesitate about?

If the other party dares to lend money, he must have considered all the necessary issues.

When it comes to handling foreigners, Uncle Xie has experience, as does Old Man Ma and others.

Fang Lin complimented him, "Thank you, Master. If you were 10 or 20 years younger, no one else would be able to handle the business of Liulichang."

Uncle Xie smiled bitterly and said, "Alas, I don't know how long my old arms and legs will last. I hope that before I close my eyes, I can build up a fortune for Yun Wei."

Encouraging Mr. Xie to return to his old job is not just a favor, but also a way to provide his apprentice with a future.

It is also of great help to Fang Lin himself.

Liulichang will be a place where every inch of land is valuable in the future.

In addition to being the place with the most foreign traffic, it is also a point for small financial transactions.

All kinds of foreign currency can be exchanged here.

What Fang Lin wants to do is to build a company.

It's not a small-scale street stall business.

Start a company, build a factory production line, and export goods.

All the above procedures must be completed.

Before you start, leave yourself some extra money in your pocket.

If you start your own business in the future, you will inevitably need a lot of working capital and foreign exchange.

It is not until the 21st century that the nature of antiques will change.

From a simple collectible, it has become a money laundering tool.

And in the 1980s and 1990s.

Antiques are definitely the business with the fastest capital turnover.

All the money collected was foreign money.

Don't think that George is just an embassy driver.

As the saying goes, the prime minister’s door is of the third rank.

The Stars and Stripes also valued human relationships and used him to attract business for Uncle Xie.

With the old man's ability to fool foreigners back then.

Dealing with this group of people is not a problem.