Return to Singapore 1995

"These three high-quality sea-yellow logs each weigh about 600 kilograms. Each piece of this heavier board weighs about 800 kilograms. The total weight is about 3,400 kilograms. The market price is 68,000 kilograms!"

Hearing this, Lin Zhiyong jumped up: "Damn, these broken pieces of wood are so expensive! Brother Fan, let's go!"

"Tch, boss, do you understand our Haihuang market? It's hard to find such good wood in the market. It wouldn't take thousands of years to grow such good wood!"

The remaining poison is my fairy grass! Li Xiaofan couldn't contain his excitement. If these five pieces of sea yellow are placed in 20 years, they will definitely be worth hundreds of millions!

"It's too expensive, Boss Agui. Please give us a real price. We will fly back to our hometown of Mingzhou in the afternoon. Please give us a real price!"

"Well, everyone, please be happy. I'll erase the loose ends and give you a full 60,000 yuan, which is the lowest price!"

"It's still too expensive. I just took a look at the market and found that the quotations for plates are 8 to 15 yuan per pound. I'll take a middle value, which is 10 yuan per pound. Even if you weigh 3,400 pounds, it's still only 34,000 yuan!"

"Boss, you are so smart! Can the scraps you just saw at the East Lake Market compare with the boards and logs I have now? They are not of the same grade at all!"

Here, Lin Zhiyong was desperately trying to pull off Li Xiaofan's pants in private. Damn, he's crazy. He flew all the way to Hainan and spent more than 30,000 yuan to buy five pieces of wood and go back? If I go back to Mingzhou, I will be laughed at to death.

"It's true that the quality of your wood is good, but I can't take it on the plane. These 3,400 kilograms total about 1.7 tons. I have to pay a lot of freight!"

"Don't worry about freight. It only costs a few hundred yuan to ship it to Mingzhou Port. If you are not familiar with it, I can introduce you to several regular freight companies."

After arriving in Haikou yesterday afternoon, Li Xiaofan had already taken Lin Zhiyong to the Donghai Market and visited several freight companies. If it was fast, the goods could arrive at the dock in Mingzhou within a week.

"Agui, look at how risky it is for us to come here to buy sea yellow. If there is a problem with the quality of the wood or if something goes wrong on the transportation road, we may be in vain!"

"In this way, let's take an auspicious number and the lowest price is thirty-six thousand. No more counter-offering! If it goes lower, forget it. Let's just make friends. I'll go back to Donghai Market to continue doing business!"

Li Xiaofan looked a little anxious when he saw Agui like this. He probably couldn't cut it anymore.

"Okay, then thirty-six thousand! But I have a condition. I can only pay part of the deposit now, and I can only pay the balance after the goods are loaded on the ship. Is that okay?"

"Then you pay me half of the purchase price first and give me 20,000 yuan."

"No, I can only give you two thousand first, and I will give you the rest after it is shipped!"

Agui then thought about it. Anyway, he had the goods in his hands before loading, so he was not afraid.

"Then give me two thousand yuan first!"

After paying the 2,000 yuan deposit, Li Xiaofan asked Agui for a copy of his ID card and left a handwritten receipt.

After coming out of the copy shop and giving a copy of his ID card to Li Xiaofan, he counted the two thousand yuan in cash in his hand. Agui smiled broadly and said, "Boss Li, do you want to order other Hainan treasures?"

"What other good stuff do you have there?"

"what would you like?"

"Is there any good old sea yellow furniture or good agarwood like Qinnan incense?"

"These are our three treasures in Hainan. Of course they are there. If you have time, I can take you to my friend Tai Ge on Qilou Old Street. He has collected a lot of good goods."

"Okay, let's go take a look now?"

"good!"

More than half an hour later, Agui took Li Xiaofan to the Qilou Old Street in Haikou and met Brother Tai, whom Agui said was his friend.

Tai Ge's warehouse is on the second floor of a dilapidated alley in an inconspicuous old street.

Inside, Li Xiaofan saw various Ming-style huanghuali top cabinets, round-corner cabinets, Nanguan hat chairs, four-sided piano tables, low tilted head tables and other exquisite products, as well as Haihuang armchairs, armchairs, armchairs, and Kang tables. , kang table, incense table There is a dazzling array of things to see, covering the entire second floor. Although some are new, some are old, and some are dilapidated, but smelling the unique smell of sea yellow and looking at the unique oily purple color of sea yellow, Li Xiaofan's mouth is about to drop. .

After Li Xiaofan took Lin Zhiyong to look at it carefully, he asked: "Brother Tai, what age are these furnitures from?"

Brother Tai took a sip of Kung Fu tea and said, "These are Hainan Huanghuali furniture used in the Ming Dynasty palace. Look at how exquisite the workmanship is!"

"impossible."

Li Xiaofan turned over an armchair, pointed to the lacquer decoration on the back and said: "Look at this plain lacquer, it should not be early or late, and it is a folk product. Ming-style furniture, folk lacquer decoration is relatively simple, while the palace is more ornate. , the paint decoration in the south is lighter, while the paint decoration in the north is thicker..."

This knowledge was taught to Li Xiaofan by Lin Zhiyong in his previous life.

Brother Tai, who had been drinking tea with his feet up, immediately lost his composure and said in his heart: Oh, I have met an expert!

"Indeed, it is impossible for us in Haikou to have sea-yellow furniture used in the palace. These are all imitations, but they are all genuine old sea-yellow materials. It is difficult to find such good materials now! What is the specific era? I can’t tell you, probably some from the Republic of China, some from the Wanqing Dynasty, and some from modern times. It’s very miscellaneous, and I have collected them one after another over the years.”

Li Xiaofan picked out about twenty items and asked:

"Brother Tai, I want these, what's the price?"

"Are you sure you want both?"

"Yes, please give me a price."

At this time, Lin Zhiyong leaned over and pointed at one of the sea-yellow jewelry boxes with a damaged and blackened surface. This box had been studied by Li Xiaofan for a while. He whispered in Li Xiaofan's ear: "Brother Fan, do you even want this broken jewelry box?"

Li Xiaofan patted him on the shoulder, meaning not to talk too much.

At this time, Brother Tai stretched out two fingers.

"Twenty thousand?"

"joke!"

"Two hundred thousand?"

"right!"

"It's too expensive. You can buy a big house with 200,000 yuan. It costs 200,000 yuan and I won't buy tons of high-quality sea yellow boards. I'll hire a few good carpenters to make it myself!"

"Boss Li, the difference between these words is that you may be able to buy good materials, but it may be difficult to find a good master. Moreover, these are old furniture with a certain age. Look at this kind of paint and formula, it is difficult for modern people to It was made! Moreover, these Arhat beds, top cabinets, round-corner cabinets, etc. are all very heavy. I estimate that the total weight of more than 20 pieces must be 5,000 to 6,000 kilograms."

"Brother Tai, just quote the actual price. I'm in a hurry to go back to Mingzhou this afternoon."

"Come, take a sip of tea first!"

Brother Tai filled the cups on Li Xiaofan and Lin Zhiyong's faces with kung fu tea, pondered for a while and said, "If you sincerely want it, take all the 100,000 yuan!"

Li Xiaofan raised his head and drank the tea, and said with a smile: "Brother Tai, even if you have 4,000 kilograms of good ingredients, 10 yuan per kilogram is 40,000 yuan!"

Brother Tai's expression changed, his brows furrowed into the Chinese character "Chuan", and he said with a black face: "Boss Li, you are pressing too hard! The costs I have collected over the years are more than the price you quoted. It is absolutely impossible to sell for 40,000." of!"

"It's not easy to make money these days. Forty thousand yuan is already a lot of money! Why don't you give in a little and we can add it all up?"

Brother Tai thought for a while and said: "Well, Boss Li, how about we compromise, 60,000, and I will help you pack all the furniture and then be responsible for delivering the goods to the dock?"

Seeing that Li Xiaofan wanted to agree, Lin Zhiyong became anxious and started to pull his pants again, lowering his voice and saying: "Brother, are you crazy? You just bought a few pieces of wood for 36,000 yuan, and now you are paying 60,000 yuan to buy a bunch of broken furniture and go home." "Are you out of your mind?"