"Nan Yi, it's you guy. Why? You haven't shown up for several years? Why do you think of seeing your grandpa today? I'm here."

The old Kan head's name is Kan Hongzhen. Nan Yi estimated that the name was changed later. It was called Xiao Fuzi, Xiao Shunzi and others in the past.

Before liberation, he was an apprentice of an antique shop. After the trust shop started to open, he was lucky to become a clerk in the store and was responsible for evaluating prices in the acquisition department, which is also considered a pity.

"Old Kan, please take less advantage of me."

"What, I can't be your grandfather at my age?"

"You're so sorry." Nan Yi pointed at Kan Hongzhen and said, "Plan to work here until retirement?"

"I'm over fifty years old and I haven't been retired for many years. Why don't I do it until I retire? Tell me, why are you doing today? I won't think about re-engaging in your old job? It's impossible. Now I can do it openly, you don't need me anymore."

"Don't let me say that I am so heartless, I can't come to you to reminisce about the past. You have said that the wind has changed, and the matter in the past is no longer a problem. Let's see you."

Kan Hongzhen smiled, "I knew you are reliable, otherwise you wouldn't have worked with you in the first place."

Nan Yi really wants to say "far" that Kan Hongzhen has to do in the antique circulation process is to help identify it so that Nan Yi knows what price to ask the buyer, and in addition, he turns a blind eye to the order.

When you come to entrust consignment, the trust store must register the order, and the seller's information must be recorded and the grain book must be presented. In the past few years, the grain book can better verify a person's identity than a household registration book.

Registering the seller information is to prevent it from being a stolen stolen. If there is a problem with the things, the police station will easily catch the person according to the grain book.

What Kan Hongzhen wants to do is not very risky. He did not sell antiques to state-owned antique shops, but to Nanyi at the door. With more money, they had to hide it themselves, afraid that the news would leak out, so they dared not to play tricks. Therefore, the possibility of causing a robbery is very slim.

But the share is quite large, it can be said that it is a guaranteed income from drought and flood. In addition, he is a safe person like Nan Yi, who works with him, so Kan Hongzhen has picked up a piece of fat for nothing.

"Come on, you've taken a big advantage. Why? The money you got won't be buried in the soil, right?"

"How could I do something that only local rich people do? I have two sons. Two years ago, I borrowed all my relatives, friends and neighbors, bought two sets of courtyard houses, and one set of one son.

Now that I get my salary every month, I have to pay it back tightly. I can only get a meal during the Chinese New Year in a year." Kan Hongzhen's face was full of cunning when he spoke.

It’s good to borrow money, but it’s a big deal to borrow money, so it’s inconspicuous to borrow your left hand and your right hand. Others will only say that Kan Hongzhen has a good reputation and a wide range of people.

"Inner City?"

"If you don't buy it, where to buy it. No matter how it changes this day, the houses in Sijiu City will definitely maintain their value. When the Japanese broke in, someone might not have to ask for houses in the outer city, but the price of houses in Sijiu City has not dropped much."

"Wisdom." Nan Yi said sincerely with a thumbs up.

Anyone who Kan Hongzhen's son is not a rebellious son or a motivated person who wants to sell his house to start a business, and when his grandchildren are born, life will definitely be happy.

Kan Hongzhen is also considered to be a person who protects three generations, and is worthy of his ancestors.

"You guys came today. Aren't you interested in antique watches? I just collected a few antique watches. Take a look and take them away if you like it."

"Ha, you can use the words so easily." Nan Yi chuckled and followed Lao Kan to his workbench.

Kan Hongzhen opened the drawer, took out a piece of red velvet cloth, put it on the table and opened it. Small pieces of red velvet cloth were exposed inside. You can tell that the one that was wrapped in was definitely a watch.

Kan Hongzhen first opened a red velvet cloth and shone a watch inside. Nan Yi picked it up and looked at it, sneering: "The special watch made by Seagull for the Air Force, numbered d304. This is a good watch, but it has only been twenty years, and it can be considered an antique?"

"Just sell for twenty yuan, isn't it a good watch?"

"Okay, it's a good watch." Nan Yi changed his style as soon as he heard the price. The price is so good, can he be a bad guy? "Can I take it directly?"

"I can't take it, why do I show you? Is the market economy reform and opening up? The same is true for our trust stores. Everything is in line with the efficiency and sell it without having to put it in the sales department. Everyone is happy."

"It's done, then I'll open a good book for you today."

Nan Yi continued to look at the watch in his hand, and then leaned over to his ear to listen to the sound of the movement.

Then, Kan Hongzhen took out another watch without a strap, only two thick cowhide protruded on both sides of the dial to serve as a handshake. "Do you know?"

"Don't take the test for me. I really know a lot of watches. At least I know this too. I don't know the wallet watches created by Tavannes for Hermes in the past."

"It's from 1928." Kan Hongzhen said, taking out another notebook, turning it out, and using tweezers to pick up a piece of paper similar to an invoice receipt. "I don't know English either. I still know a few dates, so you can see it yourself."

Nan Yi went up to take a look and immediately complained: "What is English? This is French. The wallet receipt issued by the Hermès store on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Good stuff. With this receipt, the value of this watch has soared. How much does it cost?"

"fifteen."

"The watch is broken?" Nan Yi said in surprise.

He thought that this watch should not be sold so cheaply.

"If there is a problem with the watch core, you have to find someone to repair it."

"Not repairing anymore. This is a lady's watch. It's useless for me to keep it. Keep it for others in the future."

Unless you can find replacements for the same model in the same era, the value of the watch may drop sharply after it is repaired. Who can make that historical heritage be repaired?

Kan Hongzhen then took out a few watches like a treasure. Nan Yi picked out three from the middle, a 1919 Cartier tank watch, a 1908 Audemars Piguet Complex Function Pocket Watch, and a 1920 Waltham Dépollier military watch.

As the saying goes, poor people play cars and rich people play watches. In his previous life, Nan Yi was also a rich man, and antique watches were also his hobby, but he saw more and bought less.

Antique watches are cheaper and expensive, and they are often millions of dollars. Only his nine zero RMB can’t buy a few dollars.

He can only buy a few cheap ones to enjoy. The rest is to have the opportunity to see them and touch them. If you ask him to spend millions of dollars to buy a watch, he is really reluctant to let him go.

Playing with the watch in his hand, Nan Yi asked Kan Hongzhen, "The person who came to sell the watch should not be the original owner, right?"

"How could it be the original owner, they were all the rude boys who fought and robbed everywhere back then. They didn't know the goods, and they were ruined by the things they fell into. Are you playing with antiques now? If you play, you can go find them. I guess there are still many good things in your hands."

"Forget it, it's a waste to fall into my hands. Apart from the watch, I don't like other antiques. Old Kan, if you like it, just keep it yourself."

"Where did I get so much money? I have spent almost all the money to buy a house, and there are not a few left."

Nan Yi put his watch bag in his pocket, "If you are really mean, I can pay you money. We are old friends. If you don't mention the old rule that the shopkeeper used to get 15% of the time, I will give you 20% of the time."

"As long as, what's the charter?"

"Let's talk about the charter someday. You can figure out what you want to do and what to do, and then let me invest how much money in it." Nan Yi said, taking out his wallet from his pocket and pointing out a few foreign exchange coupons, "Give you foreign exchange coupons so you can explain it."

"Kan Hongzhen" gave a thumbs up.

"Just say that, I'll go to the sales department and see what you can buy. I'll come to you later in a few days. Let's find a place to have a few drinks."

"Okay, then I'll wait for your letter."

There is also an unspoken rule for trust stores - old but new.

It means that old goods cannot be sold cheaper than new goods. With this unspoken rule, there are cheaper here, which has also given birth to some people who rely on picking up bargains here for a living.

There are trust stores in Xidan, Caishikou, Tianqiao, Xisi, Dongsi, Beixinqiao and Xinjiekou. Many people get up in the early morning and go to the black market for a walk. At six or seven o'clock, the black market is dispersed, so they go to have some breakfast and spend some time. When the trust store opens at 8 o'clock, they will go shopping in the trust stores one by one.

No need, it is impossible to gain something every day. This is also considered an antique business. The most important thing is to not open for three years and eat for three years.

Nan Yi and the school beauty walked into the sales department of the trust store. His hands and head began to work hard. Sometimes he nodded at people, and sometimes he had to bow to others.

The circle is actually very small. Now I am eating bargaining food. In fact, I haven’t been idle for the past two years and I am actually familiar with each other.

In the past, even if we met, we didn’t know each other. We hid each other. Now it’s nothing to do. Not to mention that Nan Yi has withdrawn, we just said that no one cares about it now, so we can do it openly, right?

After walking around the store for a while, Nan Yi stared at a phonograph. This item was well maintained and was the first batch of Victor Victor Victor E-type hand-cranked phonographs at the beginning of the century.

Nan Yi has not studied phonographs, but his grandmother Fang Mengyin has one exactly the same one. I heard her say that when the ocean was the strongest, the machine also sold nearly a thousand oceans.

Let me put it this way, Lu Xun bought No. 11, Neibadaowan, Xizhimen, and it was a 32-bedroom mansion. This mansion was not based on the current perspective, but was extremely generous back then. It can be directly compared with Tangchen Yipin, which was just opened in the early 21st century.

With just such a house, he spent 3,725 oceans. This was the year he bought it, and the purchasing power of oceans had declined.

A comparison can lead to a conclusion that this phonograph was not something that ordinary people could afford back then.

Nan Yi was watching, and a middle-aged man next to him was watching, and he seemed to be moved. When Nan Yi saw that it was not possible, he quickly bowed, "Master, I like this object, I'll just use it for myself."

After hearing Nan Yi's words, the middle-aged man's expression calmed down, paused, and bowed and walked away.

This is what I want to respect you, and next time you have to respect you, and next time if Nan Yi meets this middle-aged man again, Nan Yi will have to give in unconditionally. No matter how much Nan Yi wants the object they like at the same time.

Of course, it's okay not to give in, so you have to give compensation. You have to see what middle-aged people want, satisfy them, and let others nod and give them things to you. Otherwise, Nan Yi broke the rules.

If you break this rule in a business, then don’t think you can get stuck in this business. The peers will unite to run you.

Seeing good things breaking out and handing each other knives under the table is all later. These are many good things you can see these days, and everyone is enough to share them and are more humble to each other.

I wanted to call the waiter over to ask for the price, but Nan Yi thought, "It's all in China. When I think of this, I quickly stepped out to the waiter, "Comrade, how do you sell the phonograph?"

“Forty-five.”

"Okay, then I'll buy it."

Nanyi quickly went to the cashier to pay for the invoice. After getting the ticket, he asked the school beauty to take it out first.

Put things in place first so that something bloody happens soon.

Nanyi has seen two foreigners coming in at the door of the trust store. If the foreigner likes his phonograph, if Nanyi doesn't turn over the table, the phonograph will really not be kept.

Nan Yi continued to walk around and saw a pair of official hat chairs.

As the name suggests, the official hat chair is named after it looks like the hat worn by ancient officials. From the side of the shape of the official hat chair, the armrests are similar to the front of the hat, and the back of the chair is similar to the back of the hat.

In terms of line processing, the chair surface, chair legs, and cross-gear are basically treated in a straight line. From a functional perspective, the back of the chair is slightly bent and turns dull to agile. The official hat chair is one of the representative works of Ming-style furniture and is the best among chairs. It can be divided into Nanguan hat chairs and four-head official hat chairs.

Nan Yi stood in front of a pair of chairs, looked around for a few times before confirming that the chairs should be the Nanguan hat chair of Huanghuali inlaid wood Ruyi cloud pattern from the early Qing Dynasty. Su Mau is not too expensive.

I looked at the sign standing next to me: Official hat chair, ￥50.00.

Nan Yi calculated that if he was going to the ghost market or going to pay for an old house, he would move, and the cost of gas plus the school belle and the others would be more than fifty to find a pair of such chairs.

It is not expensive, it can be obtained, and there is a receipt, which is considered to be a clear source and can be sold at a higher price in the future.

Nowadays, except for the people in the antique industry, ordinary people do not pay attention to any old items at all. They pursue three major color TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, pickled vegetables jars from Yuan blue and white, and cat food basins from Chenghua Doucai Chicken Groove Cups.
To be continued...