Chapter 49: Something More Valuable Than Gold

Holding his own ring, Li Yi was a little amused.

This thing is probably... No... It should be 100% a mistake. If it goes as expected, the old man made nine dollars and a half with tears in his eyes.

He originally just wanted to test the old man and bargain with a one-tenth discount. Unexpectedly, the old man was also a fellow trader and nodded in agreement.

Although this deal should be a loss, Li Yi also understood a truth. The price of antiques is a fart. You can ask for as much as you want.

What is the sky-high price and pay the ground? This is it!

The high price offered at the beginning is all used to deceive the fools!

Moreover, these stall owners are very good at judging people. For example, the old man can see at a glance that Wei Sanpao's excited reaction is that Wei Sanpao doesn't understand antiques at all!

Looking at his dress, two-stranded vest and rubber-soled shoes, he looks miserable. This person who doesn't understand antiques and has no money is obviously not a potential customer, so the stall owner doesn't bother to pay attention to him!

On the other hand, although Li Yi's clothes were not particularly exquisite, he also had a bit of white-collar atmosphere, so the old man did not bid much.

Seeing Li Yi bargaining, the old man calculated that he could make a profit and immediately sold the goods.

Because he knew that if he asked for a little more, Li Yi might turn around and leave.

I don't know if this old man is good at business, but he is still good at judging people.

"Old man, is this Yuan Datou real?"

Li Yi pointed to a few dollars on the stall and asked!

The stall owner immediately said: "Of course it is real, this thing is not valuable, it is not a fake!"

Li Yi nodded, then picked up a piece and asked: "How much do you sell it like this?"

The stall owner thought for a while and said: "This thing is clearly priced in the market, 6 yuan when it is collected, and 8 yuan when it is shipped!"

Li Yi looked carefully and said: "5 yuan a piece, I want it!"

"This really can't be sold, less than 7 yuan, you can go to other stores!" This time the old man was very tough and bit the price tightly.

"Really can't sell it?"

"No!"

This time Li Yi learned some tricks. This business is just like other businesses. Ordinary goods have industry guidance prices. They will not be sold at prices lower than this price.

After figuring this out, Li Yi did not stay in front of the old man's stall for long, and then left.

Coming to another stall, this stall was full of things like Buddhist beads, and it seemed to be specialized in selling this category.

Li Yi simply asked about the price, then pulled the corner of his mouth, turned around and left.

Good guy, a string of Buddhist beads costs at least 500 yuan!

Isn't this robbing money?

However, Li Yi did not do any research on Buddhist beads. When he listened to the stall owner's introduction, he was also confused, as if he was listening to a heavenly book.

But Li Yi can basically be sure that these Buddhist beads are mostly fake and not worth this price at all!

Wei Sanpao was stunned. Is this the price of the entire Dongyuan market?

If you ask the price at any stall, basically there is no price below 100!

But everyone is not stupid, basically they ask more and bargain less, and even fewer people actually pay.

Li Yi wandered around Dongyuan Market for several hours. Li Yi didn't buy anything except a "jade" ring worth ten yuan!

He didn't find his goal either, but Li Yi was not discouraged.

Today, he only visited one-fifth of Dongyuan Market. It would take at least three days to visit the whole market, so he was not in a hurry.

Seeing that the lights were already on, at Li Yi's suggestion, the two walked out of the market.

After walking around for an afternoon, the two felt a little hungry, so they found a noodle shop and planned to make do with a meal.

Because it was the peak time for eating, the noodle shop was very crowded, and most of them were ordinary workers.

For them, being able to come to the noodle shop to eat a bowl of noodles was already a treat.

Wei Sanpao looked at the people around him and couldn't help smacking his lips. He asked curiously: "Brother Yi, why don't these people look like urban residents?"

"Of course they are not urban residents. They should be migrant workers from other places who came to Guangzhou and Shenzhen!"

"Migrant workers? Are they farmers or workers?"

Li Yi thought about it and realized that there is no such concept as migrant workers now. He immediately explained: "Most of them were farmers. Now they put down their hoes and go to the city to work as workers. Don't make such a fuss. They are different from the workers you understand. Most of them are doing hard labor on construction sites!"

"So that's the case. Why do they all come to the city to work? Isn't it good to farm at home?"

Li Yi smiled and said : "Farming doesn't make money. Although working is hard, a year of good work is at least equivalent to three years of farming at home!"

"Ah, the gap is so big, is there gold under the ground in Guangzhou and Shenzhen?"

Li Yi shook his head and smiled and said: "There is no gold, but there are things more valuable than gold!"

"What?"

"Business opportunities!"

"Business opportunities?"

"Yes, there are indeed opportunities everywhere in Guangzhou and Shenzhen at the moment. If you seize the opportunity, even an old sow can soar into the sky!"

Li Yi was not fooling Wei Sanpao with this. You must know that after the reform, Guangzhou and Shenzhen have developed the fastest, and other cities are basically still in the backward stage, so many things here can lead the fashion in the inland.

It is for this reason that Li Yi chose this place as the starting point for his career after earning his first pot of gold.

"Brother Yi, do you think we can make money?"

"Why do you have such doubts?"

"I don't know why, I feel that the people here are too treacherous, or our Jiangnan Province is better!"

Li Yi smiled and said: "Everyone has their own way of living. After all, reform and opening up have been more than ten years. As the window city of Longguo to the outside world, Guangzhou and Shenzhen have indeed changed a lot. In such an environment, the people will inevitably pay more attention to economic interests, and the human touch will naturally be weaker. This is nothing!"

"Our Jiangnan Province is different. The impact there is relatively small, so the people are relatively more simple. This is not good or bad, and it does not affect our making money!"

"Can you really make money?"

"Yes!" Li Yi said it firmly!

Wei Sanpao nodded immediately after hearing this. As long as Li Yi said it, he believed it without a doubt!

"Eat quickly, take a nap after eating, and continue to visit the antique market tomorrow!"

"Okay!"

Li Yi was not determined to get the treasure. After all, treasures belong to those who are destined to have them. Li Yi came here just to try his luck.

But since he was here, he would go all out. If he really missed the treasure, he would not have any regrets in the future.