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Chapter 447: Ghost Blows Out the Light

In the early 1980s, at the Panjiayuan Flea Market at No. 18, Huaweili, Xiangyang District, Beijing, China, Suning looked at the people coming and going with a fucked-up expression. His damn system had thrown him into a new world again.

[Ding! The host is now in the world of "Ghost Blowing Out the Light"]

"Fuck!"

Suning had long been accustomed to the system's capriciousness and volatility, and with the mentality of making the best of it, he started strolling around this flea market.

Looking at the familiar architectural style and crowd scene in front of him, Suning is actually very familiar with it. This well-known Panjiayuan flea market is actually a gathering place for fakes. It is almost impossible to make a fortune by picking up bargains here.

Looking at the stalls on both sides of the street, almost all of them are antique handicrafts. With Suning's current vision and experience, he is too lazy to stop and look, as the methods used to make them look antique are too crude.

When they reached a four-way intersection in the flea market, Suning clearly noticed that there was a larger flow of people here. There was a notice posted on an antique shop in the southwest corner. After seeing what was written on the notice, Suning walked straight into the antique shop.

"Sir, is there anything you like?" The boss greeted Suning weakly.

"Well, I'll just take a look."

"Haha, please feel free to do as you please, sir." The boss said casually and returned to the counter to organize something.

After Suning took a quick look around, he saw that the antiques in the antique shop were all old handicrafts. There were no decent items at all. They must have been put away by the owner.

"Boss, how big is your store?"

"Oh? Sir, do you have an idea?" The boss looked up at Suning in surprise.

"Well, boss, please tell me first."

"Sir, the two floors upstairs and downstairs are 360 square meters in total, and there is a 200-square-meter yard and five houses in the back."

"Boss, how much are you going to ask for?"

"Two hundred thousand for an empty room, two hundred and eighty thousand for a full house."

"Boss, your price is too high, isn't it?" Su Ning looked at the boss in surprise, trying to bargain. "An ordinary courtyard house costs only a little over 10,000 yuan, and yours is 20 times as high."

"Sir, that's not how you calculate the bill. This is a shop in Panjiayuan Market. If we weren't immigrants, we wouldn't be willing to sell it." The boss could of course see that Suning was trying to bargain, and then he shook his head disapprovingly.

"I don't want any of this stuff. You can take it all." Hearing that this person was another fool who thought the moon was rounder in foreign countries, Su Ning really didn't know what to say. "I'll give you 180,000. If you can, we can trade right away."

"One hundred and eighty thousand?"

The boss lowered his head and thought carefully. He had posted this notice for a long time, but no transaction was completed because the price was too high. Today, he finally met a "rich man", and of course the boss did not want to let it go easily.

"Hey, sir, what's your name?"

"My surname is Su."

"Mr. Su, can you give me some more?"

"Boss, I'm not one to argue. If you agree to the price, let's go to the street office and the police station to handle the transfer."

"This..." The boss saw that Suning was unwilling to raise the price, and then said with gritted teeth, "Okay! 180,000."

The Beijing Housing Management Office was not established until 1989, so now real estate transactions still require going to the street and police stations. When Suning and the boss came out of the street and police station together, the boss was surprised to hold 180,000 old-style RMB, and Suning officially became the owner of this shop.

"Mr. Su, please come to take over the house at noon tomorrow. We will definitely be able to hand it over to you." The boss looked at Su Ning in front of him with surprise.

"Okay! See you tomorrow at noon."

Suning stayed in a hotel near Panjiayuan for one night, and then came to the store again at noon the next day. At this time, the original owner had already vacated the store.

Many colleagues from Panjiayuan stopped to watch out of curiosity, wondering which rich man had bought this shop. You know, the asking price for this shop is not something that ordinary people can afford.

"Boss Yuan, what kind of rich man have you met?" A middle-aged man with gold teeth looked at Boss Yuan with a cunning look on his face.

"Big Gold Teeth! Don't talk nonsense, the price I offer is fair to everyone."

"Boss Yuan, we are all old people from Panjiayuan. Stop fooling us. We all know each other!" Big Gold Tooth retorted indifferently.

"Big Gold Teeth, I know you've been eyeing my shop for a long time, but you're just too stingy to offer an offer. Why don't you find another wealthy buyer?"

"Haha, the market is so bad now, I wonder how long the new boss can last?" Seeing that the original boss had exposed his thoughts, Da Jin Ya did not feel embarrassed or angry, but said sarcastically.

At this time, Su Ning walked up slowly and looked at Boss Yuan who was bickering with Big Gold Teeth in front of him. "Boss Yuan, is the house vacant?"

"Haha, Mr. Su, everything has been emptied out." Boss Yuan smiled as soon as he saw Su Ning, then handed over a bunch of keys and said, "Here are the keys to the store."

"Okay, thank you." Suning took the key and walked into the store.

"Mr. Su, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

"Well, Boss Yuan, please take your sign away as well!" Suning said, pointing to the sign still hanging on the door.

"Ah? Hehe, I almost forgot." Boss Yuan quickly carried out a ladder and took down his sign.

Seeing the original boss leaving Panjiayuan with his signboard, and realizing that the new boss was just a young man, the Panjiayuan merchants who had been watching the fun turned around and left. After all, their own business was the most important.

Big Gold Teeth also looked at Suning in the crowd, and then left with everyone else. However, he was very unhappy when he thought that the store he had his eyes on was taken by Suning who appeared out of nowhere.

Thinking that Suning did not accept Boss Yuan's old goods, he knew that Suning would purchase goods from other places. At this time, Da Jin Ya came up with a bad idea. He greeted the suppliers here in Panjiayuan and asked them not to sell goods to the new Suning for the time being. In the end, he would raise the price of the goods a little bit, so that the new Suning would suffer a loss.

Suning spent twenty yuan to hire two people to clean the store front and back. This made Suning feel much better. He first took out clean bedding and pots and pans from the space world and placed them in the bedroom and kitchen in the backyard. This meant that he had his own new home.

Last night, Da Jin Ya hosted a banquet for many suppliers of Panjiayuan. After eating and drinking, they reached a unanimous verbal agreement not to supply goods to the newcomer Suning for the time being, so that he could see the strength of Panjiayuan.

After a night of hangover, he woke up the next day with a splitting headache. Da Jin Ya got up in a daze and washed his face with cold water. Only then did he feel much more sober.

Then he went to a breakfast shop on the street and bought two fried dough sticks and a cup of soy milk. He then walked towards his shop leisurely while eating the fried dough sticks and drinking the soy milk.

However, when passing the most popular four-way intersection, he saw that the shop in the southwest corner had changed its sign. Looking at the name "Gu Boxuan" and the dazzling array of antiques in the shop, Da Jin Ya was completely stunned. It seemed that the wine he drank last night was in vain.

Da Jin Ya hurried into the "Gu Bo Xuan." Initially furious, he was stunned by the exquisite antiques. He had never seen anything like them before, and none of the Panjiayuan suppliers had anything this good. Da Jin Ya was astonished and picked up a nearby Xuande furnace, examining it closely. With his childhood knowledge and discerning eyes, he'd have mistaken it for a genuine piece if he hadn't looked closely.

"Boss Jin, how about my Xuande furnace?" Su Ning walked towards Da Jin Ya with a smile.

"Huh? Boss Su, do you know me?" Big Gold Teeth looked up at Su Ning in surprise.

"Haha, Mr. Jin from Panjiayuan is famous far and wide. Of course, I, Suning, have heard of him."

"Boss Su, where do you get all these things from?" Big Gold Teeth looked at Su Ning with golden eyes.

"It's passed down from my ancestors." Suning was almost amused by the big gold teeth in front of him. He really thought of himself as a "rich man".

"Boss Su, please stop talking in secret in front of others." Big Gold Teeth didn't believe Su Ning's nonsense and continued to pester him, "With such good stuff, let's all get rich together!"

"Boss Jin, this is my business secret. Do you think I will tell others casually?" Suning looked at Big Gold Teeth with disdain.

"This"

"Boss Jin, if you really like the things in my store, you can pick anything you want and I'll give you a 20% discount."

"Forget it! You'd better use these things to fool those who don't know anything about it!" Da Jin Ya put the Xuande furnace back on the shelf with a dishonest tone, then turned around and left "Gu Boxuan".

Hearing Da Jin Ya's insincere "sarcasm", Suning smiled indifferently. All the items in his shop were made antique using modern technology, and it was impossible for anyone other than an antique professional to tell the difference. This was why Da Jin Ya was eager to ask Suning.

These antiques in the shop are all handicrafts that he picked out from the space world last night. They are much better than those junk things of Boss Yuan. They are definitely top-notch imitation antiques. Not to mention fooling some foreigners, even mainland experts like Da Jin Ya can be fooled.

Thinking about the plot development of "Ghost Blows Out the Light", Suning suddenly felt it was very exciting. This was a life experience he had never had before. It would be quite interesting if he could really go on an adventure with Hu Bayi and the others.

The antique business is a magical business where if you don’t open for three years, you will make a lot of money on the third day after reopening. So Suning leisurely set up camp in Panjiayuan and started his new life.

Suning hung a sign at the door saying it was buying antiques at high prices, quietly waiting for business to come. Now the antique industry in the mainland is still facing foreigners, and coupled with Panjiayuan's extremely high popularity, many foreigners who come to China for tourism will definitely check in at Panjiayuan.

A middle-aged white couple walked into Suning's "Guboxuan". Suning smiled and greeted them in fluent English, saying, "Welcome, both of you!"

"Oh! My God! Boss, you can speak English?" The white couple looked at Suning in surprise.

"Of course! How can I help you?"

"We want to buy some antiques to bring back home. Could you recommend some for us?"

"Of course there's no problem. You can take your time to choose."

"Thank you!" The white couple said thank you and then started shopping on their own.

Suning then walked into the backyard, brought out two cups of freshly brewed coffee from the kitchen, walked directly to the white couple and said, "Here are the coffee I brewed. You can drink it while you watch."

"Oh! Thank you." The white couple took the coffee with surprise.

"Well, boss, your coffee is really good." The white couple took a sip, then praised it with their eyes lighting up.

"Haha, whatever you like is fine." Su Ning responded casually, then looked at the two of them curiously, "I wonder if you want calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, or jade?"

"The porcelain and calligraphy and paintings are ready." The white couple looked at each other and then said to Suning.

"How about this plum vase?" Suning casually picked up a porcelain vase placed in the center and introduced it to the white couple drinking coffee. "This is a Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain. It's six or seven hundred years old. It's from the eleventh year of the Zhizheng period of the Yuan Dynasty, which is 1351."

"Oh! This piece of porcelain is so perfect. It must be the treasure of your store, right?" The white couple couldn't help but praise it.

"Haha, it's not the treasure of the store, but it is also a fine product in my store."

"Boss, how much do you want to sell it to us?"

"Yeah, a hundred thousand dollars."

"Oh! My God! It's too expensive." The white couple were shocked.

"Haha, why don't you consider this Qing Dynasty replica? It's actually quite good." Su Ning ignored the two people's shock and pointed to a plate next to him and said, "This plate was copied during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It only costs $10,000."

"Ten thousand dollars?"

"Yes!"

"Imitations aren't as valuable as Yuan Dynasty ones, right?"

"It's actually quite good, and it's considered a fine antique."

"Boss, if we want this plum vase from the Yuan Dynasty, can you give us a discount?"

"This." Su Ning lowered his head and thought with an embarrassed look on his face. Then he gritted his teeth and pointed at the plate next to him and said, "One hundred thousand dollars is already the lowest price. If you add another two thousand dollars, I will sell you this Qing Dynasty imitation plate as well."

"One hundred and two thousand dollars?"

"Yes."

"Boss, are you sure it's authentic?" The white couple became excited.

"Of course!"

"Okay! Then we have a deal." The white couple was also very happy.

Of course, it was impossible for the white couple to agree to buy based on Suning's few words. Since they were experts in this field, they did not bring any translator with them and did not believe that anyone could cheat them.

The Yuan blue and white plum vase in front of them, whether in terms of glaze color or signature, is almost exactly the same as the Yuan blue and white porcelain they have in mind. In fact, the white couple fell in love with this plum vase at first sight when they entered the store.

Suning was not just talking nonsense. As soon as the two of them entered the store, he noticed that they were very interested in the plum vase in the center of the store, so he gave them a detailed introduction.

Suning doesn't believe that foreigners can detect the imitations in his store, and the so-called high technology is difficult to detect them. This shows Suning's confidence in his own spatial world.

　Thank you for the strong support from "Name is so hard to choose" .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)