After going in and sitting down, Wang Guan also looked at the surrounding environment and saw that this was a bookstore, and the layout was naturally clean and tidy, full of a strong aroma of books.

Wang Guan paid careful attention and found that there were many books in the store, including foreign English books, and naturally Chinese books. In addition, there are also Chinese books among Chinese books. At first glance, Wang Guan did not expect that some ancient books could be seen in foreign countries thousands of miles away.

When Wang Guan was amazed in his heart, he heard Mr. Zhou laughing and said, "Brother Xu, you are always like this, and you don't sell these things, but you just put them in the most conspicuous position. This is clearly a crime that you are deliberately seducing people."

"It's because you are greedy. Do you still blame others?" Mr. Xu said with a smile, his hands and feet were very nimble, and he made tea in a few seconds and poured a cup for each person.

"There is gold at home, but I have to put it in the downtown area. Why don't people covet it?" Zhou Lao Zhen said with a word, raised his glass and sipped the tea, and exclaimed: "Before the rain, you can't keep it until now."

“What downtown.”

At the same time, Mr. Xu sighed lightly: "Most of my store operates traditional cultural books, and there are few people who visit it. In addition, the location is remote, so it is deserted. The things are just for self-entertainment."

Everyone understood Mr. Xu's sigh. After all, with the advancement of technology and the rapid development of various entertainment activities, fewer and fewer people read books. It is not that everyone doesn't like reading, but in fact there are many people who are willing to read books. However, they no longer go to traditional physical bookstores to read, but browse through computers, mobile phones, etc.

The times are progressing, and the way of reading is changing. Naturally, the illusion that modern young people are becoming less and less fond of reading.

In any case, it is a fact that physical bookstores have difficulty maintaining difficulties, and it is a global problem. No wonder when online literature was on the rise, it was suppressed by traditional cultural figures. It was obvious that it had long seen that emerging industries threaten them.

Although in the eyes of many traditional cultural people, books can be regarded as the most important carrier for inheriting Chinese traditional culture for thousands of years. In the era without computers, recorders and cameras, everyone has come here like this, so naturally there is no need to give up, nor can they be abandoned.

However, in the Internet era where fast food is pursuing fast food, everyone has become accustomed to the fast-paced life. Many people are not even interested in buying new books in physical bookstores, let alone calm down and read them slowly. Although they also agree that reading paper books is more exciting, but reading on computers and mobile phones is more convenient and quick.

Even modern books are not happy to touch them, let alone study an obscure and difficult ancient book.

This is off topic. At this time, after hearing Mr. Xu’s complaints, Mr. Zhou naturally comforted: “It’s good to be able to entertain yourself. After all, the fun of studying ancient books is like drinking water. You know the cold and warmth.”

"That's right."

Mr. Xu agreed and took a look at an ancient book. While touching the yellowed cover, he sighed: "Pages of yellow paper. Each horizontal and vertical square character conveys the essence of culture and the root of history. I remember that decades ago, when I first came into contact with ancient books, it seemed like a painting book."

"Is it the Xuanhe painting score or the Mustard Garden painting score? My memory is already a little blurred. But I have never forgotten my mood at that time. After I got the painting score, I couldn't put it down. I also lit the kerosene lamp at night. When I was sleeping, my mind was full of lifelike, exquisite and smooth lines..."

While speaking, Old Xu smiled and said, "Maybe it was that contact that left a deep impression on me, and then I got the complex of ancient books. Every time I arrived at a place, I would go to the old bookstore there to check if there were any ancient paintings. After reading the paintings, I looked through other books and thought it was good, so I officially started the road to collecting ancient books."

"Thinking back then, although there were not many ancient books, there were also quite a few. Every old bookstore, especially the rural families, which were placed in piles in large wooden boxes. Almost every time I visited the countryside, I was a harvest itinerary, and I couldn't put my backpacks in it, so I returned home with a full load. But in just over ten years, the situation changed drastically."

At this time, Mr. Xu looked helpless: "Not to mention that there are no ancient books in the old bookstore, even if some old books from the Republic of China are occasionally expensive than the other ones."

"Brother Xu, don't try to find a bargain."

At the right time, Mr. Zhou smiled and said, "From ancient times to the present, many of the collections that can be left behind have been unearthed from underground, but books are an exception. It was the ancients who kept it because of love, goodness, and reading because of storage that the carriers and physical evidence of these eras have been passed down to this day and become cultural treasures. In the past, due to special reasons, people did not pay attention to books, which is understandable."

"However, after solving the problem of food and clothing, everyone naturally picked up traditional culture again. Moreover, because it is not easy to preserve, the number of ancient books that have been passed down for thousands of years is limited, and it is even hard to find high-quality works. Without waste paper for a hundred years, the prices are naturally rising."

Hearing this, everyone agreed very much.

In the ancient book collection industry, there is really no waste paper for a hundred years. It takes more than a hundred years. As long as it has been passed down, it has certain research and collection value. Don’t think that the author of this book is unknown and ignore it, because under the historical conditions at that time, those who can be printed into books are all fine works. Even if it is not a great man, it must have its historical and cultural value that has been passed down to this day.

After all, although history is vertical and vertical, when people study history, they need to compare horizontally. They can use many documents to restore the historical truth to the greatest extent possible. In this case, every book passed down from ancient times naturally has the value of research.

Besides, unlike modern mechanized printing books, hundreds of thousands of volumes were placed in a row. In ancient times, it was a very expensive cost. If the author wants to print books, he not only has no royalties, but also has to pay for it himself.

That's it. Everyone has extremely high requirements for printing. If you keep improving, it is naturally more precious. Especially the lonely, rare, and rare books are all worth a thousand gold.

In the collection of ancient books, there is a saying that the rare books were earlier than Qianlong. In the ancient book market, books before the Yuan Dynasty were often sold on the broken pages, books in the Ming Dynasty were sold on the pages, and books in the Qing Dynasty were sold on the books. For modern collectors, books before the Qianlong were very precious and rare.

In addition, among the ancient books of the same period, engraved books are better than printed books, initial engraving is better than reprinting, colour is better than monochrome, and pictures are better than text. Different levels of division have formed a very complete set of market rules. There are naturally fewer and fewer opportunities to find bargains.

In fact, it is most likely to achieve success in a chaotic situation. For example, when the Internet economy was on the rise, some people actively participated in it and easily achieved the myth of wealth. However, with the establishment of the Internet pattern, people who want to succeed later need huge investment.

The same is true for the collection market. The golden age of picking up bargains has passed, and now it is the world of capital. Ordinary people have limited funds and can only mess with gadgets such as cultural walnuts. Only the rich can afford the collections in the auction market that are often hundreds of millions or even over 100 million.

It is because I understand this truth that Mr. Zhou and others sighed like this.

“By the way.”

At the same time, Mr. Zhou smiled and said, "The Bogu picture that you snatched from me back then should not be lost now."

"What are you robbing you..."

Mr. Xu was displeased: "It was you who wanted to steal me, but fortunately I was quick, so I was not taken away by you."

While speaking, Mr. Xu stood up, searched on the bookshelf next to him, and then walked back carefully with a booklet. At this moment, Wang Guan and others were also quite interested and quickly paid attention.

"This is a picture of ancient ancients from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty..."

After putting down the booklet, Mr. Xu was a little happy and a little regretful: "It's a pity that it's not the ancient pictures of Xuanhe Bo in the Song Dynasty."

Xuanhe was the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty Zhao Ji. As we all know, Zhao Ji was a very elegant emperor. In the eyes of later generations, he was almost the same as Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty. He was both an extremely high-level artist. Unfortunately, he did not have the talent to be an emperor, so he became the king of the country.

Putting aside the various stupidity and innocence during Zhao Ji's reign, he made a lot of contributions in art. For example, he ordered the ministers to compile and draw ancient artifacts collected in Xuanhe Palace and build thirty volumes of Xuanhe Bo's ancient pictures.

Bogutu records more than 800 bronze ware collected by the royal family in Xuanhe Hall at that time from Shang to Tang, and collects the essence of bronze ware hidden in the Song Dynasty. Each item is copied and drawn, outlined inscriptions, and recorded the size, capacity, weight, etc. of the utensils, or has a verified research, which provides more detailed information for later generations to study bronze ware.

After the Bo Gu Tu was completed, there were many versions circulated in later generations, including Nanning, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

"The best version of Bo Gu Tu is definitely the version reprinted by Jiang Yang during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and the more widely used one is the renovated Bao Gu Tang version of Huang Sheng, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty."

At this time, Mr. Zhou commented: "In comparison, the version from the Wanli period is indeed a little more time-honored, but it's not bad."

"As for the true version of the Xuanhe period."

While speaking, Mr. Zhou also had a little yearning: "That is a rare treasure, and it is hard to find."

"Not only can you meet but not find it, but it is also too expensive." At the same time, a big expert next to him laughed and said, "One page of Song version, one or two gold, even if you encounter it, you can't afford it."

“That’s right.”

Everyone nodded. The Song Dynasty ancient books had the highest price on the market, which is a recognized fact in the industry. After all, printing technology in the Song Dynasty, whether it was paper and ink, or type printing technology, had already become mature. In this environment, the printed books have been passed down for thousands of years and have been passed down to this day, and the prices are definitely higher than gold.

“Luckily, we don’t have to buy it…”

While speaking, someone patted Wang Guan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I agreed that after I got the things, I will borrow it to us for a while."
Chapter completed!