Pick up bargains in Chinatown and make 10,000 times the profit at the beginning

Chapter 4: One page of Song edition worth one tael of gold
"What are you talking about? It's obvious that you two are from two different species, and you're still kissing each other."

As soon as these words were spoken, the people in the live broadcast room burst into laughter.

Lin Yuan said with slight embarrassment: "He is really my uncle."

Boss Lei was stunned for a moment: "Okay! Where's the book? Let me take a look."

Lin Yuan handed over the book "Collected Works of Wang Wengong".

"The Collected Works of Wang Wengong? Huh! It's the Longshu County version. Wait!" Boss Lei became serious the moment he saw it.

Chen Shiquan was very surprised to see Boss Lei's serious look. It looked like this was really a rare ancient book, right?
"Is the Collected Works of Wang Wengong very precious? What is the Longshu County edition?" He was a little confused.

Seeing that Boss Lei was busy, Lin Yuan started to explain to his uncle: "The Collected Works of Wang Wengong is a collection of poems and essays written by Wang Anshi, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Longshu County should be a place in the past."

Boss Lei looked at Lin Yuan with some surprise. He didn't expect that this young man actually knew all this.

It is not surprising that he can name "Collected Works of Wang Wengong", but knowing that Longshu was a place in ancient times is a bit difficult.

"Are you really his nephew?"

Chen Shiquan became anxious.

"Replacement guaranteed."

While doing the appraisal, Boss Lei said: "Wang Anshi's collection of poems and essays was first compiled by Xue Ang and others in the late Northern Song Dynasty, but it has long been lost.

There are two versions handed down from generation to generation: one is the 100-volume edition of "Collected Works of Mr. Linchuan" printed in the th and th years of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, which originated from the edition printed by Zhan Dahe during the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, namely the so-called Linchuan edition.

The other is the Southern Song Longshu edition of Wang Wengong's Collected Works, which also consists of 100 volumes, but the titles and arrangement are different from the Linchuan edition, and only two fragments remain.

Finally, he asked: "Do you know what the most expensive book in the world is?"

"A Song Dynasty edition book?" Lin Yuan guessed.

Chen Shiquan: "Nonsense! Can it be more expensive than gold?"

Boss Lei laughed and said, "Your nephew is right. The most expensive books in the world are not those printed with gold or silver foil, or even inlaid with jewels, but books published in the Song Dynasty - Song edition books."

He said that there has been a saying since ancient times that "one page of Song Dynasty edition is worth one tael of gold."

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, literati and poets were keen on collecting Song Dynasty books.

At that time, Song Dynasty books were priced by page, and the entire book was priceless. However, book collectors still flocked to them and were obsessed with them, even to the point of worshipping them.

For example, during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, the famous bibliophile Mao Jin hung a book solicitation notice in front of his own library, the Jiugu Pavilion, in order to obtain Song edition books:

"If someone brings a Song Dynasty book, the owner of the house will pay him two hundred per page; if someone brings an old copy, he will pay forty per page; if someone brings a rare and valuable copy, other owners will pay one thousand and the owner will pay one thousand two hundred."

For a time, peddlers coming to sell all kinds of books came one after another, almost breaking down the door of the Mao family's house.

The reason why Song Dynasty books are so popular is that, on the one hand, they are valuable because they are rare, and on the other hand, Song Dynasty books themselves have high artistic and collection value.

After years of wars such as the Song-Liao, Song-Jin, and Song-Yuan dynasties, most of the Song Dynasty books were destroyed in the wars, and the number handed down is extremely limited.

In addition, Song Dynasty books are beautifully engraved, elegantly bound, with lively and varied layouts and rich aesthetic appeal, making them of extremely high value for appreciation, research and collection.

"The craze for collecting Song Dynasty books is still going on, and they are still priced by the page. The lowest price for a page of Song Dynasty books is 10,000 yuan. A book with dozens of pages would cost more than one million yuan." As Boss Lei spoke, his expression changed a little.

I saw that he turned the pages of the book much more lightly and cautiously.

After a while, he wiped the sweat from his hands with a towel.

"So, this is a Song edition book?" Chen Shiquan was nervous, expectant, and excited. If this is a Song edition book, wouldn't it be a fortune?
"It should be." Boss Lei nodded.

Song Dynasty books are already more valuable than gold, and this Long Shu edition of "Collected Works of Wang Wengong" is even more valuable.

If he remembered correctly, the 2.63-volume Song Dynasty Longshu edition of Wang Wengong's Collected Works was sold for million RMB two or three years ago, making it the most expensive ancient book in the world.

Although there are only four volumes here, if calculated based on the previous auction price, it is worth at least more than 10 million RMB.

"Boss Lei, will you accept it?" Chen Shiquan asked hurriedly.

Boss Lei shook his head slightly: "I may not be able to eat it. How about this! I will help you contact the buyer and I will take 2%. Is that acceptable?"

It's a bit like an agent.

In the antique business, this is called "pulling the rope".

The person who liaises and mediates between the buyer and the seller is called a "puller". After the transaction is completed, the middleman will charge a commission, usually 3% from the buyer and 2% from the seller, commonly known as "three for the sum of two".

Even though he owns an antique shop, he really can't come up with so much liquid capital at once.

This time, Chen Shiquan looked at Lin Yuan and did not make a decision for his nephew.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, Boss Lei." Lin Yuan didn't think too much about it.

Since he had no channels, it was inevitable that he would let others take some of the profits. Lin Yuan thought that it was not bad to take 2% of the profits, and he could accept it.

"Okay, then you wait a moment, I'll contact the buyer right away." After saying that, Boss Lei made a phone call in front of Lin Yuan and Chen Shiquan.

The audience in the live broadcast room was already boiling with excitement.

This was not the plot they had expected. Some people did not believe it and started to say it was a script. No wonder they did not believe it. If Lin Yuan had this ability, he would have made a fortune long ago! Was he going abroad to seek refuge with his uncle?
Chen Shiquan looked Lin Yuan up and down.

"What?" Lin Yuan felt uneasy when he looked at him.

"How did you tell?"

Not to mention that Boss Lei doubted whether Lin Yuan was his nephew, he himself had some doubts.

Lin Yuan: "I'm not sure either."

"So, it's a guess?"

"It can't be said that it's all guesswork! Didn't you tell me that you were doing antique business in Chinatown? Before coming here, I studied it seriously, thinking that I could be of some help here. Who knows..."

Chen Shiquan quickly coughed lightly to interrupt his nephew's words.

"Ahem! It seems like you are quite talented in this field. Okay! If you hang out with your uncle in the future, I guarantee you will have a good life."

He was surprised and delighted. He never expected that his nephew had such a talent. He had only studied for a few days and he had already made such a breakthrough.

Boss Lei, who had just hung up the phone, rolled his eyes when he heard these shameless words.

"Follow you? Will I go hungry nine times out of three days? I think you'd better hold on to your nephew's thigh, so that you will have food to eat when you are old." Boss Lei is very familiar with Chen Shiquan, so he speaks casually and directly.

Lin Yuan noticed that the reputation value in the lower right corner of the treasure hunting screen was constantly increasing and had exceeded one thousand.

The reputation value is the same as the number of likes in the live broadcast room.

After figuring this out, Lin Yuan felt more confident.

(End of this chapter)