The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

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The bronze Buddha statues weighing dozens of cars and hundreds of tons were brought back to the steel factory. Xiang Weirong at this meeting just felt a bit a pity. It can be seen that Chinese society does not pay attention to and does not approve of antiques.

Zhang Nan didn't want to tell him how valuable the bronze Buddhas of dozens of cars were after 20 years: they were almost the same wealth as the more than 1,500 famous paintings, lest brother-in-law screamed and regretted.

There is no way for people without back eyes.

But that would be the case in the 1970s. If it weren’t for so many old antiques, they wouldn’t be so valuable after 20 years.

No longer deliberately looking for any antique market, the three wandered around the old city of Hamburg, tasted German food and various beers, and returned to the hotel after 9 in the evening.

I rushed to Hamburg’s Central Railway Station early the next morning and boarded a truck that looked similar to an armored train — the green carriage, which was very high. The green carriage that would be common during the call was small compared to the windows and still couldn’t be opened. style.

However, because none of the three of them had any experience in taking a train in Germany, they arrived at the station an hour earlier, and they waited for a while on the platform in vain.

Fortunately, it's only early autumn, if it's winter, it will be cold enough!

The German railway station is open, there is no waiting room at all, you can reach the platform directly from the gate, there is no security check in the middle, and no one checks the ticket. In Germany, you only need to arrive at the railway station ten minutes in advance.

If you don't understand, you can only waste time. However, the conditions in the carriage are very good. The first-class seats are very spacious, with leather back seats arranged two on the right and one on the left. There are not many passengers in the carriage, and there are only around twenty people sparsely.

I asked the staff before leaving the hotel that there is no need to match the seats on the train, because in general, the trains in Germany are not satisfied at all, so the train ticket in hand only has the first-class seat sign, but there is no seat number.

It's strange that I don't check the ticket even on the train.

Wait for a while after the train departs on time at 9 o'clock in the morning, then there will be a conductor to check the ticket, but not everyone looks at it. The first-class car will randomly check one or two.

Seeing the three Asians Zhang Nan, the conductor passed without asking.

Huaxia people are all good comrades, and we have no habit of evading fares abroad.

Probably the train conductors in West Germany are also embarrassed to check the tickets of foreign guests: you are not a single check for your own nationals. If you want to look at the tickets of foreigners, it is estimated that few foreign passengers will be happy!

Before long, Guan Xingquan, who was sitting alone, said to Zhang Nan and Xiang Weirong: "East Germany is in front!"

Through the window of the car, you can clearly see a frontier defense line that extends to both sides with no end in sight. There are various defense facilities. [] However, the train did not slow down, but continued to move forward at almost 100 kilometers per hour.

"It doesn't seem to need to be checked when crossing the border." Xiang Weirong said.

"Maybe."

At this moment, a conductor passed by, and Guan Xingquan stopped the person and asked for a few words.

When the conductor left, Guan Xingquan said, "This is a direct train to West Berlin. Unless there are special circumstances in the middle, it will never stop."

As he said, he knocked on the sealed car window, "This is also to prevent East Germans from escaping to the west. In the past, because the train was temporarily stopped, it turned out that the East Germans wanted to go to the west. This will be done according to the agreement. It's totally enclosed."

Zhang Nan shook his head, hey!

After entering East Germany, you can see the scenery passing by on both sides. The countryside here is actually not much different from the West German countryside, but the cars seem to be slightly less.

However, when passing through a few small cities, the train had to slow down and pass. Zhang Nan saw many huge Eastern German emblems, red five stars and sickle hammers on the distant buildings.

It feels strange that this is in the Germanic nation. But seeing those signs is very kind, and it feels good.

East German cities also have modern high-rise houses, but the architectural style is different from that of the west. The typical Eastern European style is also pleasing to the eye, not the "glass houses" are much more stable.

Because the speed of passing through the station is slow, the situation on the platform can be seen clearly when passing the small station: the red hat of the female staff is quite distinctive, and the hair is obviously permed.

Those East Germans waiting for the train also looked optimistic, and it seemed that not everyone wanted to go to the west.

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Two and a half hours later, the train passed the famous Berlin Wall, entered West Berlin, and drove into the train station.

There is no need to look for a hotel. The Four Seasons Hotel Hamburg has already booked it for them, which is closer to the airport for tomorrow's flight (there are three airports in West Berlin).

Before 1:30 in the afternoon, Zhang Nan and the three had already checked in at the hotel.

Just ate some casually in the restaurant inside the hotel, and went out to the taxi called by the front desk, "Go to the Berlin Wall!"

Taxi drivers don't need to ask which section of the Berlin Wall they are going to. Although West Berlin is completely surrounded by that wall, you can see it no matter which direction you drive!

The Berlin Wall that foreigners go to is of course the section near the Brandenburg Gate. Not only can you take a photo with the Brandenburg Gate, there is also a high platform built with steel frames on the side. Visitors can go to the top to overlook East Berlin, but also Can clearly see the full picture of the heavily guarded section of the Berlin Wall.

As soon as the three of them arrived near the Berlin Wall, they saw that West Germans painted a lot of caricatures on the wall on their own side. It was colorful and messy. Obviously, it was okay to walk to the wall.

Stepping up on the high platform, the three clearly saw East Berlin—a wide ripper belt was in the middle of the two Berlin walls, and behind it was a high guard tower.

There are mines in the middle.

Relative to this side, the houses in East Berlin look a little gloomy, but they are not ugly nor dilapidated, and the capital of East Germany is not much worse.

I took a few photos together, and the three of them got off the platform, and they saw that there were people queuing through the bayonet on both sides of the Brandenburg Gate not far away—the people going to the east were basically empty-handed, but those who came from there were basically empty-handed. More or less holding things in his hands.

"what's the situation?"

All three people have doubts in their hearts.

At the checkpoint, the West German police would be there, and Guan Xingquan went up and asked.

I came back in a few minutes. The policeman was quite enthusiastic just now, and he answered all questions.

"West Berliners can go to East Berlin as long as they apply for a pass, but there is a time limit. Those people go shopping."

Zhang Nan thought for a while and said: "East Germany has a large amount of subsidies for daily necessities. The price of pork on the market alone is more than half of the cost, which is cheaper than here, plus the Deutsche Mark on both sides and black market exchanges. These Berliners may go there. Buy bargains across the street."

Just after Zhang Nan finished speaking, Guan Xingquan's next words almost shocked the two of them!

"Should we go over and take a look?"

"Go to the other side?" Xiang Weirong asked.

"Yes, I asked if foreign tourists can apply for a pass to see. The policeman said that unless you have a visa to East Germany, or a Soviet passport, you can also have a visa to the Soviet Union, and you need two one-inch photos.

Don’t we have one, and the person said that the temporary pass is 5 marks apiece and does not need to be stamped on the passport. However, it is only valid until 6 o’clock in the evening and cannot stay overnight in East Berlin. Otherwise, you will be detained and fined if you find it on the other side. "

Nima, it's really a satellite country of the Soviet Union, is that all right?

The total of the three is less than 200 meters, so go!

First, I took a few photos in front of the Brandenburg Gate on the west side, and asked the tourists to help them. Two group photos were taken.

Going to the office next to the bayonet to complete the procedures, everyone took out an inch of photos from their pockets to check the required documents.

The pass is just a piece of cardboard, with a photo, fill in the nationality, name, passport number, visa number, etc., three people can get it in 20 minutes. Even the camera can be brought there, saying that it is because Zhang Nan and the others have visas to go to the Soviet Union, and there is no prohibition on taking pictures there.

Passing through the bayonet on this side and passing through a 150-meter-wide passage, there are not only East German police officers on the east side, but they also carry assault rifles!

The pass was shown here. Although the East German customs officers were a little curious about the combination of two Chinese and a Chinese American, they were not embarrassed. They were ready to let them go in three minutes.

Fortunately, I asked whether I would like to exchange the East German Mark. You can issue a certificate here, and you can return it to them when you return in the afternoon.

"For 300 marks."

As a result, the two customs officers really came up with a proof: the money was scoured out of their pockets, and it was not a temporary procedure through some bank.

The proof is even more funny, just a sticky note with the signatures and dates of two people on it.

Zhang Nan smiled, and the customs officers also smiled, everyone knows it well.

"We get off work at half past five, please try to be back before then."

"No problem, understand."

Through Guan Xingquan's translation, the two customs officers smiled happily, and warmly reminded them where there are places of interest and where to buy East German handicrafts as souvenirs. They are also cheap.

After passing the checkpoint smoothly, the three stood on the land of East Germany.

"This country is almost over!" Zhang Nan said while looking at the street in front of him.

"kindness?"

"The official exchange rate of the East and West Marks is one to one, but the black market price is one to seven!

Those two people with 300 SDM can earn 1,800. As long as we return the slips to them before they get off work, they can earn 6 times the profit no matter how much we spend.

Even the customs officers are doing this, and it is probably good for them. Do you think this country is not going to end? "

After listening to Zhang Nan's explanation, Xiang Weirong and the two immediately understood.

East German banks can exchange West German Marks for East German Marks, but not the other way around. In East German banks, West German Marks can also be used for East German currency, but the reverse is not possible. The price difference in the black market is too great. NS!

Of course Zhang Nan and the others would not go to the black market, lest they cause trouble for themselves, and they don't care about the money anyway.

Those customs officers have recognized that foreigners will not trouble themselves for safety, so they dare to do so blatantly.

Zhang Nan also knows that the most hooligans of those people are: foreigners with a pass honestly exchanged the East German mark in the West German bank, and there is a certificate issued by the bank. When entering East Germany, the prosecutors here deliberately did not ask the passers if they brought the East German Mark over. uukanshu.com will ask you if you have an East German mark when you are about to return to the west.

There is no problem with the certificate issued by East German Bank. If it is issued by West German Bank, it will say that you have not registered before and do not count!

At this time, you will be charged with reselling East German currency: confiscating the East German mark or entering the classroom, you choose the same!

This is the personal experience of a friend of Zhang Nan who had been to East and West Germany in the late 1980s twenty years later. He had two visas at the time and said that he almost didn't bleed out of his gas that time!

Xiang Weirong shook his head, "Damn it!"

"It's so fucking, even civil servants have already scalped foreign exchange, what a big deal to expect. And I heard that the East German secret police and informants accounted for one-sixty-fifth of the population. And it was in World War II. The Gestapo is 2,000 to 1, and the KGB is more than 5,000 to one. I don’t know if it is true or not."

Speaking of the East Berlin citizens, "East Germany is still very strong. After less than 0.4% of the people in the world, it has created 2.5% of the world's industrial products, strong!" To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read for a better reading experience.