1979 The Life of Idle Fish

Chapter 10

Time flies, a year is just like water, it has flowed away silently.

During this year, Luo Tao not only went to work, but also had an important job: spending time with his girlfriend.

The two of them held hands and chatted about trivial matters in life or work, to chatting with each other over the water.

As long as people are in love, everything they do can be said to come naturally, and there is no need to be deliberate.

Falling in love is good!But no matter what age, picking up girls costs money.

Some people say: "Anyone who spends money is considered prostitution."

I don’t know if others are doing it, but I, Luo Tao, am not the one with a mean smile.

As soon as the clarion call for reform was sounded at the end of last year, at the beginning of this year some people began to compete to be the first to take advantage of the situation.

Friendship stores and trust stores, as long as they are related to foreign exchange, there are several groups of people at the door who specialize in doing this. Now they are called Erdao dealers (ticket dealers), and later when they became educated, they were called middlemen.

Luo Tao, who was short of money, also wanted to try it. After looking at it for a long time in the cold weather, he thought, "Fuck, let's do something else!"
Luo Tao only has time to rest on weekends, so how can he be like them?

The half-day was not in vain. I found that many foreigners went to the Friendship Store to buy antiques this year.

It's really hateful. How can the treasure left by our ancestors live in a foreign country? No, if I don't dig a hole for them, my surname will not be Wang.

An idea struck me and I came up with a golden idea. I went back to find Huang Yuanchao and discussed with him how to win cute girls from foreigners.

Luo Tao and Huang Yuanchao both took a day off. The idea was that Huang Yuanchao was responsible for going to Dongcheng to find an old house as a trading point, while Luo Tao was responsible for going to the Friendship Store to find customers.

Don't let your parents know about this. It's best to do it during working days.

Luo Tao stayed at the door of the Friendship Store for a long time and finally caught one.

Seeing the foreigner come out, he looked a bit constipated and murmured: "It seems I like nothing"

Luo Tao probably meant that he didn't like anyone!
He walked forward and said with a smile: "Hello, My name is Luo Tao. Can I help you." All the following contents are in Chinese. I have the final say in the final interpretation. We cannot favor foreigners.

The gringo said in surprise: "Oh! You know English, I didn't expect it. My name is Tony."

Shit, I didn’t expect you to be so shameless and come across the ocean to hunt for our treasure.

Also, when I heard this name, I felt like I owned a barber shop.

Luo Tao said straight to the point: "I don't know what Mr. Tony wants."

Tony: "I traveled thousands of miles to come here, and I just wanted to buy some pieces of exquisite porcelain. Unfortunately, there is none here. Now I can only go back empty-handed. Mr. Luo, do you know where I can buy porcelain?"

Luo Tao pondered for a while, and then said: "Yes, there is, but the asking price is high. I am afraid that if I take you there, I may return without success."

Tony was very pleasantly surprised when he heard it, and asked: "It's okay to be more expensive, as long as I am satisfied, the money doesn't matter. I don't know if you want dollars."

Luo Tao was happy when he heard this and replied: "If you want, green coins are fine too."

Tony: "If Mr. Luo is fine now, can you take me there now? When the matter is completed, I will definitely give you a generous reward."

"Well, you come with me, it's not far ahead."

After a while, the two of them arrived at the trading point chosen by Huang Yuanchao. They were so old that the door was missing their teeth.

This place was still a single-family house where only one family lived. Now there is only an old couple left in the house, and the children have gone to work.

We agreed early this morning that Chengdu would pay us 30 yuan as venue fee if everything goes through, and 20 yuan as sealing fee if it goes through.

The old couple were very happy and didn't ask what they were doing, as long as they were not allowed to come forward and participate.

Luo Tao wished they were so obedient and sensible.

Luo Tao led Tony here and saw them sitting and walking birds under a locust tree not far from home. Luo Tao didn't say anything and went in.

I thought it was because Luo Tao and the others were afraid of vacating his house. What would happen if I gave him 30 yuan first?

As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Is Mr. Huang at home? I will bring you a friend to learn elegance from you."

Huang Yuanchao plays a downtrodden nobleman.

Huang Yuanchao came out and said a little sullenly: "Why is it you again? I already said I won't sell the things, why are you still here? Get out, get out." With that, he pushed Luo Tao out with his hand.

I'll go, it's a pity that this guy can't be an actor.

Tony saw this scene and asked Luo Tao: "Mr. Luo, what's going on? He doesn't seem to welcome us."

Luo Tao patiently explained what happened between him and Huang Yuanchao. He also said that Huang Yuanchao's family had many treasures, and he was so poor that he was not willing to sell the things left by his ancestors.

The foreigner couldn't help but admire Huang Yuanchao so much that he showered him with compliments as if they were free of charge.He missed those treasures even more now, and kept urging Luo Tao to be more considerate and promise a heavy reward again.

hey-hey!Just waiting for you to take the bait.

Luo Tao expressed his loyalty to the sun, looking like a traitor.

Luo Tao and Huang Yuanchao chatted pretendingly for more than an hour before they agreed to take a look.

This foreigner is in a hurry. It seems that he needs to knock more.

Then he took out three pieces of porcelain, two of which were made in the Republic of China with the patterns of the door god and the Eight Immortals crossing the sea. The model turned out to be "Made in the Qianlong Year", okay!

There is also a picture of Yuan Fei's wedding ceremony, which was burned in a folk kiln in the late Qing Dynasty. It is of little value, but it is beautiful. I got it right today.

After seeing it, Tony expressed that he liked it very much and was willing to buy the "Yuan Fei Provincial Family Bottle" at a high price.

I don’t know if he likes this exquisiteness or if he really understands it.

who cares?Just let him buy it.

The two started chatting in a pretentious manner, this time much faster, and they almost cried.

The foreigner was really emotional and said that it would be okay if the price was higher, to appease Mr. Huang's friendship.

How can you travel around the world if you don't know the 36 Strategies of War these days?

It wasn't until almost noon that the "Picture of Concubine Yuan Concubine's Concubine Concubine Concubine Concubine Concubine Concubine Concubine Visiting Her Parents" was settled for [-] green coins, and the other two pieces were bought for [-] green coins.

In addition, Luo Tao was given fifty green coins as a reward.

The two sent Tony away, looked at each other and laughed, laughing at how stupid the foreigner was.

Alas, Qingwei is also an antique, and its future value cannot be five thousand green coins.

I can only console myself that it is a popular product from a private kiln, which may not be as good as the ones from the Friendship Store.

Don't say that I am a dealer in cultural relics. I try to preserve the best things in the Friendship Store at the lowest cost.

He gave the 20 yuan promised to the couple and said he would come to his house next time if something good happened.

It depends on whether you are strict with your mouth or not.

I still have to remind him, add sweet dates to the big stick, and give him an extra ten yuan.

Just pat your butt and leave without leaving a single cloud behind.

The two went to Lao Mo Kuang to make more than 100 yuan before they were satisfied.

Discussing how to exchange this green coin, the exchange rate at the bank is too low, the bulk exchange rate is high but the efficiency is low.

Let’s talk about how to divide it!The first one was talking about [-]. Huang Yuanchao was embarrassed and argued for a long time before settling on [-].

Luo Tao came up with ideas, tools, and sharp tools, accounting for [-]% of the total because he knew English, and Huang Yuanchao contributed [-]% for his efforts and performances.

Don’t underestimate the 2000%. If converted into RMB, it would cost more than [-] yuan.

The two of them spent the whole afternoon going to places where people wanted green coins, and they could barely exchange them for more than 1000.

It seems that this is a big project. If you come here too much, you will be watched. You need to be very careful and don't be sloppy. Otherwise, if people go in before the money is spent, it will be funny.

In the next two days, more than 2000 were exchanged, all at a ratio of [-] to [-]. If there were less than [-], they were transferred to the ticket seller at a ratio of [-] to [-].

In this way, my brother can be regarded as a household worth [-] yuan.

Huang Yuanchao is not bad either. He also lamented: "I only earn 400 yuan for a year's salary after working so hard, and I have earned ten years' worth of money in one day. People say capitalism is evil, but now I have seen it."

"Okay, go get some sleep. You can't do this often. If you meet someone sensible this time, you won't be so lucky next time."

"That's right. I'll see you later. Remember this good thing, buddy."

What I originally wanted to say is that it's better to be civilized. "Hey! Call me, brother!"

This guy is not reserved at all: "Brother, if I have an errand, I will go up to the mountain of swords and go down to the sea of ​​fire without any hesitation."

She glanced at him and secretly cursed him for being spineless.

"See you"

(End of this chapter)