"Really? How did you tell?"
Yu Hua stared at the photo on the screen, but couldn't see any clues: "There isn't even a word written by Mr. Chang in this photo."
That's right, what this netizen posted was Dostoevsky's "Demons (Volume 1)", and there was only a tribute written by a person named Lin Hanwen.
In the message, Lin Hanwen said goodbye to Chang Huaiying. He said that he was about to go to France and might never return to China. This farewell might be a farewell forever. He also expressed regret in his words. It seemed that he had invited Chang Huaiying to meet him before.
He came along, but Chang Huaiying refused.
The date of signing was September 11, 1984.
The reason why Yu Dong thinks this book is true is because "Demons (Volume 2)" is in his hands.
The last page of "Demons (Volume 2)" in Yu Dong's hand contains Chang Huaiying's handwriting. In that handwriting, Chang Huaiying mentioned Lin Hanwen's gift words.
This matter was not written in the "Old Book" by Yu Dong, and the photo of the handwriting has not been exposed, so few people know about it.
However, due to previous scammer incidents, many netizens thought this person was a liar. Although the poster specifically marked "not a liar", netizens felt that he had no money.
Many netizens came up and scolded me.
[Yu Nanshan: Brother, you are committing a crime against the odds. The official just exposed a liar.]
[Zhou Mianli: The official hasn’t deleted the post yet?]
[The thief yells at the thief: Darling, you haven’t been cheated by a liar yet. The last liar’s book at least had Chang Huaiying’s name on it. There’s also a seal. Your seal is so bright that it doesn’t look like an old book at all.
,Brother, is it okay to be old-fashioned?】
[Emerald Rough Stone: Death to the liars.]
In addition to scolding, there are also gags and jokes.
[Master Ronald: Brother, I have the first volume. I want a copy of the second volume, can I? 】
[Spoon 8321: Upstairs, I have the second volume, the one with no seal or anything.]
[Tsing Yi Konghou: Brother Spoon, I want it. I’ll take it for five yuan.]
【Am I stupid? I'll give you six yuan! 】
[Tsing Yi Konghou: Don’t disrupt the market.]
[Mingmo Chenhua: Maybe it’s true? I’ll offer you twelve yuan first to try the water. 】
[Fat Man Li Zhuzhu: I’ll pay you two hundred. If you want to sell it, just pretend I didn’t say anything.]
…
When Yu Dong saw the comments from netizens, he bent down, pushed Yu Hua away from the stool, and sat on it himself.
He controlled the mouse and keyboard and began to reply.
[Dong Yudao: I'm interested, please give me your email and chat privately.]
The poster must have been keeping an eye on the website. As soon as Yu Dong's reply was posted, the poster replied to him and left an email address.
Yu Dong didn't waste any time. He directly logged into his email and sent an email to the other party, expressing his interest.
After a brief chat, Yu Dong also understood the ins and outs of the book in the hands of the poster.
The poster is a native of Shanghai, and his hometown is near Mr. Chang's home. The book "Demons (Volume 1)" in his hand was given to his grandfather by Mr. Chang. Later, when they moved to a new home, the book was collected
Pick it up and put it in the storage room.
Later, he saw the "Old Book" and vaguely remembered such a thing, so he found the book in the storage room.
At first, he just thought it was of commemorative value and never thought about selling it. But today he saw someone selling Mr. Chang’s book collection on the website, and someone else offered a high price of 2,000 yuan. He was a little tempted and took the photo.
I posted a few photos on the website, wondering if I could sell them at a good price.
This man didn't know how to bargain at all. Before Yu Dong negotiated the price, he asked if one thousand would be OK.
Yu Dong's reply was a little slower, and he asked anxiously if eight hundred would be okay.
In the end, without saying a word, Yu Dong lowered the price to five hundred yuan.
Five hundred yuan is neither too much nor too little. Domestic wages have increased rapidly in recent years. When Yu Dong first started working, the average national salary was only over one hundred. Now, more than six years have passed.
It rose to more than 500.
Nationwide, five hundred yuan is equivalent to a month's salary for ordinary people, but in a city like Shanghai, it is only half a month's salary.
The poster originally thought of two thousand, but then he saw that netizens didn't believe him, and his book did not have Chang Huaiying's handwriting on it, so he thought he couldn't sell it for the price, so he took the initiative to lower the price.
When Yu Dong saw that his price had dropped to five hundred, he negotiated the price at five hundred without negotiating with them.
After the conversation, the other party heard that Yu Dong was in Jinling and was even more anxious than Yu Dong. He was afraid that Yu Dong would regret it and asked if Yu Dong had any friends in Shanghai. If so, he could send the book to Yu Dong's friend.
Trade there.
Yu Hua and Zhang Xian were watching the whole process of their exchange.
Seeing that the other party was in such a hurry, Zhang Xian couldn't help but muttered: "If I saw him in such a hurry, I would definitely regard him as a liar and the deal would not be completed."
"Executive member, you'd better look carefully, don't make a mistake, five hundred yuan is a lot," Yu Hua reminded.
Yu Dong smiled and said: "Don't worry."
The other party lived not far from Shanghai Drama Center, so Yu Dong thought of Xu Zheng.
He called Xu Zheng and asked Xu Zheng to help him get the book. Xu Zheng also asked Xu Zheng to advance the five hundred yuan. At the same time, he also told Xu Zheng to pay attention to the words on the book and the age of the person doing the transaction.
Yu Dong was not afraid of the authenticity of the book, but he was afraid that the other party was a child who secretly took out family belongings and sold them, which would easily lead to disputes later.
Within half an hour, Xu Zheng called Yu Dong back and told him that the transaction was completed. The other party was a man in his thirties or forties.
After Yi Dong finished talking to Xu Zheng on the phone, Zhang Xian gave a thumbs up and said, "You are too quick."
Indeed, there was not even an hour between the time Yu Dong replied and the time he got the book.
Yu Hua asked Yu Dong curiously: "Executive member, if the other party is greedy and wants tens of thousands of dollars from you, would you still buy it?"
Zhang Xian also looked at Yu Dong, who was as curious as Yu Hua.
Tens of thousands of dollars is indeed a lot of money, but for Dong, it is a drop in the bucket. If the other party really wanted tens of thousands, would Yu Dong still buy it?
"No." Yu Dong shook his head, "Actually, it's enough for me to see the pictures he sent me. As for the collection, if you have it, you can have it. If you don't have it, forget it. I don't have any obsession. Besides, I don't know how to collect it.
How many of your husband's books are left lying around? If I give you tens of thousands for this, the next person will dare to ask me for hundreds of thousands, and there will be no more. Let others do the collecting at a big price."
"Others? Apart from you, is there anyone who really paid tens of thousands of yuan to buy this book?" Zhang Xian asked doubtfully.
Chapter completed!