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Chapter 33
""The Book Coffin Master"?"

The waste book in Liu Xing's hand was a dilapidated old book with crumpled pages and a thin layer of dust on the cover.Wipe away the thin dust, and there is a picture of the internal structure of the book coffin printed on the cover, and on the top of the picture are written "Master of Book Coffin Master" in red characters.

Book coffin craftsmen refer to craftsmen who specialize in making book coffins. The book coffins used by ancient Chinese novelists to store books are all made by book coffin craftsmen.

There is almost no such profession as a book coffin maker in China now, but some descendants of book coffin craftsmen have founded safe companies.Among them, the most famous is Lu Xiuming, a descendant of the Lu family. The Lu's safe invented by him is the crown of the three major brands of safes in China.

The author of this book "Master of Book Coffins" is also a descendant of the Lu family. He wrote part of the craftsmanship of book coffins handed down from the ancestors of the Lu family into the novel, telling the story of the contest between the book coffin maker and the tomb robber.

"The entry point of this novel is quite novel."

Most novels about tomb robbers tell the story of how tomb robbers steal book coffins, but this "Master of Book Coffins" takes a different approach. coffin to deal with the clever tomb robbers.

There are not many tomb robbery novels with such an idea, because it requires the novelist to be proficient in the craft of making coffins, and such authors are rare.

The author of "The Master Craftsman of the Book Coffin" is a descendant of the Lu family, and has advantages that ordinary writers cannot match.

"Such a novel should be a high-quality novel. How can it be a waste book?"

Liu Xing felt strange, and immediately flipped through the novel without thinking too much about it.

[Book Title] "The Master Craftsman of the Book Coffin"

[Type] Tomb Raider Novel.

【Grade】One star
[Matching degree] 19%
"It really is a buried star novel!"

Liu Xing was secretly delighted. He took a look at the publication time of "The Master of the Book Coffin" and found that it was published more than 40 years ago. It is estimated that it has been accumulated in the library for more than 30 to [-] years.

"Such an early novel, no wonder it will be regarded as a waste book."

Liu Xing once looked up some information on the history of Chinese waste books on the Internet, and found that the earlier the waste books, the more likely it is to find star novels.

More than 30 years ago, due to the relatively backward technology of book appraisal at that time, the crude book appraisal equipment, and the immature book appraisal theory, the accuracy rate of book appraisal was relatively low, and many good books were missed.

Most of these good books are submerged in a huge number of waste books.

The Huaxia Book Appraisal Association once considered re-appraisal of the early waste books, but the number of waste books is too large, and the number of book appraisers across the country cannot complete the appraisal task even if it takes 500 years.

Helpless, the Book Appreciation Association had no choice but to give up.

Many people in China know that the earlier the waste books are, the more likely they are to find star novels, but there are too many waste books, and finding them is like looking for a needle in a haystack.More than ten years ago, some novel collectors wanted to make a fortune by buying waste books, and bought a large number of waste books, but in the end, without exception, they lost their fortunes.

Since then, it has become common knowledge that everyone knows that it is impossible to make money from waste books.

Of course, this common sense doesn't work for Liu Xing.

For Liu Xing, these waste books are potentially huge business opportunities, a good opportunity to make a fortune, and he has already tasted a little bit of sweetness today.

He bought more than 3000 waste books today, with a total purchase price of about 5000 yuan.

And although this "Book Coffin Master" is only a one-star novel, tomb robbery novels are relatively scarce in China, and the price has always been several times higher than ordinary novels. Book tombs, the prices of tomb robbery novels have risen.

According to the current market, a one-star tomb-robbing novel can sell for 11000 yuan. This "Master of Book Coffin" has a novel concept, and it will definitely not be lower than this price.

Calculated in this way, Liu Xing has earned at least 6000 yuan, plus he found the one-star novel "The Sleeping King", the profit should exceed 7000 yuan.

Overall, the acquisition of waste books is a cost-effective business.

The star-rated novels found today are all one-star, so the profit is relatively limited.If you can find two-star or three-star novels, your profits will increase several times, dozens of times, or even hundreds of times, and Liu Xing may become a millionaire overnight.

Of course, this requires a certain amount of luck.

No such luck today, and only earned 7000 yuan, so Liu Xing pinned his hopes on tomorrow.

……

The next day, Liu Xing got up early. He originally liked to sleep in, but he decided to fight for money.

After breakfast, he immediately went out to continue the plan to buy waste books on a large scale. Xing Wanli, who collected waste products, continued to ride a tricycle to help carry the waste books.

After a day of contact, Liu Xing found that Xing Wanli was honest and hardworking, so he signed a short-term labor contract with Xing Wanli.Liu Xing's acquisition of waste books is not a day or two, but a long-term, it is necessary to hire a porter.

Liu Xing had visited 40 bookstores in Fiction Street yesterday, and today he decided to visit the remaining 70 bookstores, trying to clean up all the waste books in Fiction Street.

The news of Novel Street spread quite fast, and the fact that Liu Xing was buying waste books had already spread among some booksellers. When watching Liu Xing walking through Novel Street on Xing Wanli's tricycle, many people turned to him. Cast a strange look.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the tricycle was filled with more than 3000 waste books, and Liu Xing decided to go home.

When his tricycle passed by the door of Fugui Bookstore, he was spotted by Cai Fugui and another bookseller who were drinking tea in the bookstore.

"Boss Cai, you still don't believe me when I said that Liu Xing is buying waste books." A bookseller pointed to the street outside the bookstore, "Look for yourself, you even rented a broken tricycle."

Cai Fugui turned his head and looked outside the door, and he really saw Liu Xing.At this time, Liu Xing was in high spirits, sitting on a tricycle full of waste books, talking and laughing happily with Xing Wanli, who was collecting waste products.

Seeing this, Cai Fugui almost spit out his tea after taking a sip.

The bookseller was surprised: "What is Liu Xing doing? Why do you buy so many useless books?"

"Fool, of course he will do some stupid things." Putting down his teacup, Cai Fugui smiled and said, "Liu Xing seems to be seriously ill. Caiyun Bookstore was going to be transferred yesterday. I wanted to take it over, but Liu Xing was one step ahead. This kid signed an agreement with Huang Caiyun, saying that he would make up 40 yuan within three days. If not, he would compensate Huang Caiyun 2 yuan."

"40 in three days?" The bookseller's face was startled, "Could it be that Liu Xing wants to buy waste books to earn 40? Buying waste books is equivalent to losing money. He doesn't understand such a simple truth, does he?"

"If Liu Xing could understand, he wouldn't have been treated in a psychiatric hospital for more than two years. He is already mentally handicapped." While speaking, Cai Fugui secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Caiyun Bookstore bought it.Seeing that Liu Xing was buying waste books now, Cai Fugui felt that he was worrying too much, Caiyun Bookstore was already in his pocket.

"Old Liu is really serious. Since Liu Xing is sick, why did you let him go out of the hospital?" The bookseller was puzzled, "Isn't it good to receive treatment in a mental hospital?"

"Like a father, there must be a son. If a son is stupid, how can a father be so smart? Old Liu is a fool waiting to die, and that's what he's going to do in this life." Cai Fugui took a sip of tea and said, " Let’s not talk about the idiot father and son, let’s talk about the auction in the afternoon.”

"If you don't mention it, I almost forgot. Boss Cai, there is a good book in the auction in the afternoon. You must be interested."

"Really? Tell me, what book is it?"

"It seems like an out-of-print tomb robbery novel..."

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PS: Thank you book friends [Kapianzi] [Mo Mingh] for your rewards, and thank you all book friends who voted for recommendations.

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