"How about it, do you like this set of books? If our Four Seas Gang can cooperate with the New Century, this set of books can be given to you as a meeting gift." Boss Cai said generously.

"Give it to me?" Lin Yi smiled, "Indeed, I like this book very much, but I don't understand why you have to cooperate with our company?"

"Don't you understand? We are Taiwan, we are a gang in the world, and our every move will attract the attention of many people and departments. Therefore, if you want to exchange these collections for money to help us, we must find a trustworthy auction company." Boss Cai said slowly, "Of course, Taiwan's is not good. Hong Kong is too big, too famous, and a little too conspicuous. Besides, I can't trust those foreigners' companies, only you in the New Century, I think it's good."

"Not bad, why is it good?" Lin Yi asked back.

"If I remember well, you came alone to save those two friends--it might be a bit inappropriate for your friends. You seem to have known each other for a day or two, and their relationship with you seems to be very unfriendly... But even so, you didn't take care of your own safety and gave up on them and came here."

"Do you know what this is? This is what the people in the martial arts world talk about! If I read it right, you are a loyal person. I can't trust those contracts and contracts, and only believe in your own eyes. You are a person I like and the one I like, so I will hand over such a big business to you."

After saying this, Boss Cai stuffed the "Yu Tai Xin Yong" into Lin Yi's bag and said, "Put it away. No matter how much this set of ancient books is worth, it will not exceed my trust and recognition of you. There are so many collections here, maybe we will cooperate for a long time... Lin Yi, we are all human beings, but we are in different positions, but how do people communicate with each other? Besides money and interests, relatives and friends, what else? It's just that our ancestors stay with their loyalty! So, you don't have to mind anything. It's our meeting gift and a symbol of cooperation and friendship."

Lin Yi was so generous and arrogant, so he was embarrassed to care too much, so he said "thank you" and then, with Boss Cai's permission, he began to browse this spectacular treasure house.

I don’t know if I really don’t understand, or I intend to take the exam for Lin Yi’s understanding of ancient books, but Boss Cai said that these ancient books are really that valuable? In the eyes of those rough people, these ancient books are not understood and cannot be eaten as food. Why do so many people like to collect them?

Lin Yi smiled and pointed to the ancient books on the bookshelf and said that in 1996, a rare ancient book like this was sold for 1.43 million yuan; in 2003, a group of "Qingjingtang's Ming Dynasty letters" sold for 9.9 million yuan; in the spring of 2004, a manuscript of Qian Qianyi, a great poet in the early Qing Dynasty, sold for 2.65 million yuan...

Boss Cai looked at Lin Yi and pointed at the ancient books, and told them the value of each set of ancient books. He couldn't help but widen his eyes and said to himself, "Does these ancient books be more expensive than gold?"

Lin Yi smiled and said that it was not more expensive than gold, but that it appreciated faster than gold and had collection value.

Boss Cai seemed to understand but he even clasped his fists and came to Lin Yi with a "ask for advice" posture.

Lin Yi smiled. He couldn't bear such an "apprentice". He hurriedly told the other party about the collection of ancient books that he knew.

...

Lin Yi said that the collection of books has always been favored by literati and scholars. Judging from the unearthed cultural relics, private collection of classics began in the early Han Dynasty. The rare ancient books mentioned today usually refer to the Tang wood-plate printing since the 60th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. In terms of versions, it is mainly divided into engraving books (wooden printing), manuscripts (handwritten, copying, manuscripts), movable type books (movable type printing), etc. The Song and Yuan dynasties were the pinnacle of wood-plate printing, with exquisite carvings, dignified fonts, exquisite paper and ink. Because of their lack of commercial significance, the quality of proofreading has high quality. Therefore, since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Song and Yuan versions have become a hot topic for collectors to pursue, the so-called "one page of Song version, one or two gold."

Lin Yi paused when he said this.

Then Boss Cai said, "One page of Song version, one or two golds" I have heard of. Although I am not pretending to be gentle, I still know a few knowledgeable people. They often talk about these things. At that time, I didn't know what they said. Now I understand that what they are saying is what I don't know. I know how to rectify gangs, if the members are reorganized, how to deal with the government and the police, this is really like a mountain. I guess when I was with them, they called me "brothers" behind their backs.

Lin Yi began to like this boss Cai, but he even knew how to laugh at himself.

A person who knows how to laugh at himself is worth making friends with because his life will never be lonely.

...

Lin Yi began to explain why he said "one page of Song Dynasty books, 16 taels of gold". In 2003, at a Chinese bookstore ancient book auction, Yi page was engraved in Mongolia in 1244 (the fourth year of Song Chunyou). However, it was not as big as a face wash towel, and it was sold for 49,500 yuan. At the international price at that time, you could buy one pound (it was 16 taels of gold according to the old system)!

Lin Yi said with emotion that a senior book collector he knew had never touched the Song version of the book with his own hands before his death. He felt deeply sorry, but he was able to see, play with, and identify and check the rare books of the Song and Yuan dynasties by himself in the auction. It was a blessing in life.

Since rare ancient books are paper products and are easy to be damaged, there are many lonely and precious items left to survive. The rare amount of existence, non-renewable and substitutable determines that the Song and Yuan versions of ancient books are eternal hot topics. At the auction, books before the Yuan Dynasty were sold on the residual pages; books 600 years ago were sold on the pages; books 400 years ago were sold on the book---

...

After hearing this, Boss Cai suddenly frowned and said that I gave you the book I just gave you... I wanted to speak but stopped.

Lin Yi said that it belongs to the Song version of "Yu Tai Xin Yong" and is sold on the residual pages.

Looking at the thick set of ancient books, Boss Cai's heart ached a little.

...

Lin Yi also said that in addition to the Song and Yuan Dynasty engravings, the Ming and Qing Dynasties were both excellent and good in quality, especially the special materials were hot topics for future investment and collection. Such as prints, novels, movable type, multi-color overprinting, and books printed on high-quality paper such as white cotton paper and Kaihua paper; famous copybooks, manuscripts, etc. The two-volume copy of the Song Dynasty "Tao Yuanming Collection" by the Jigugeying in the late Ming Dynasty, the price of the hammer was 170,000 yuan in 1996, and the market estimate is no less than 1 million yuan. The base price of the Ming Dynasty "Britain Rhymes" of four volumes of paper was 180,000 yuan, and was sold for more than 400,000 yuan at this year's auction. The bidding was fierce because there were twenty double-sided continuous prints, which reflected the peak level of the Ming Dynasty's print art.

...

After hearing this, Boss Cai said one sentence, Oh, it turns out that books with pictures are more expensive than those without pictures.

Lin Yi can only say...you still need to learn.

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Finally, Lin Yi pointed out that for ordinary public investment and collections, do not stick to rare books. For professional collectors, they only came to the eye before the first year of Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the manuscripts, manuscripts, movable type printing, prints, prints, fine engraved versions of the Qing Dynasty and red and smudges of the Republic of China were quite potential. For ancient books, we should not only collect from the perspective of literature, but also from the perspective of art and folk customs. Lu Xun and Zheng Zhenduo became famous collectors for collecting folk prints and New Year pictures of woodblock watermarks. In addition, we should pay special attention to the review of the items of the past dynasties, proofreading, copying, and manuscripts. Once the title is written, the value is a hundred times. This type of book is much higher than the same version when auctioned. For example, the second volume of "Jiangyunlou Bibliography" was hand-copied and approved by Wu Yifeng, a famous artist of the Qing Dynasty, Qian and Jiajia, and was sold for a price of 473,000 yuan in 2004. If it is placed until now, it will be even higher.

...

Lin Yi's insights on collecting ancient books directly convinced Boss Cai and also impacted his understanding. He used to conquer the world by relying on his fists, but he didn't understand that there are so many twists and turns in these ancient books, which are even more precious than gold.

Finally, Boss Cai couldn't help it and asked Lin Yi weakly, "Then look at my collection, how much is it worth?"

Lin Yi glanced at the dazzling array of ancient books again and said, "It costs about 300 million to 400 million."

Boss Cai: “…?Taiwan dollars?”
Chapter completed!