Seeing that people were scrambling for this old book stall, Lin Yi was much more gentle. He stood by, holding it in his arms and throwing it on the ground, and then he picked it up and looked at it for a few times. Most of the old books were "big goods" in the collection, such as Mr. Fan Wenlan's "General History of China" and Mr. Guo Moruo's "Collected Works of Guo Moruo". The most common ones are the upper and lower volumes of "Lu Xun's Diary" of the People's Literature Edition in the 1980s. The binding was seventy-seven and three-point exquisite. Almost every stall has such books, and the price is between 20 and 40 yuan. However, this stall costs two yuan for sale, but it is a small leak. It is held tightly by the old man with superb calligraphy skills. It seems that he does not only have old books such as health and wellness.

Although the female boss of this stall called out that all the books in the library cost "two dollars", some of them were not placed on her heels. Those are more precious, and they may have to be counted as texts - various picture albums, magazines, comic strips, as well as various old stamps, old envelopes and old postcards, etc. Occasionally there are red "quotations" and seals, which may be the most special and most eye-catching.

Needless to say, the female stall owner’s “two dollars” is just a gimmick, and the main thing they sell is these “treasures”.

Lin Yi was not very interested in these things, mainly because the female stall owner asked for the price too high and wanted to have a full meal. How could it be? As a famous master of bargaining, Lin Yi would not spend too much money in vain, so he gave up after just asking a few questions.

Looking at a stall next to him, Lin Yi became interested this time because the stall owner sold not many books, but they were all high-quality and precious items. Looking closely, there were some rare picture albums published during the Republic of China, which were also old books that ordinary people dare not care about. For example, the fine print of the "Da Dizi Landscape Album" and "Coupan Xiangguan Sketch Book" were generally sold at 1,000 yuan. The most famous one in the Forbidden City back then was less than 100 pages. Although it was scattered, a volume of 1,500-1,800 yuan per volume was between 1,500 and 1,800 yuan.

These books are something Lin Yi likes. They say that the books in Panjiayuan Ghost Market are cheap, but the prices asked by the owners of these book stalls are not low. They can't help but be interested in these picture albums. Lin Yi finally bargained with the boss and bought these three books for 3,000 yuan. The boss shouted, "I gave you a discount of 1,000 yuan, so that Lin Yi will continue to visit his Ghost Market Book Stall next time. Lin Yi said in his heart that it will be not easy to come once, let alone where to find you."

With three picture albums, Lin Yi felt much more at ease. It seemed that the sellers in the ghost market were very good, and it was too difficult to find a bargain in their hands. Also, with the popularity of the Internet, the selling price of this kind of old books was almost transparent, unlike three years ago when Lin Yi first entered the industry, many stall owners did not know that the price was linked to the Internet, which gave many Taobao book customers the opportunity to find bargain. But now that everyone is surfing the Internet on their mobile phones, the first time they encounter good books, the price is poor, so some good books are even more expensive than those sold online.

Before coming to Panjiayuan Ghost Market, Lin Yi was full of fantasy about finding bargains in the ghost market, but now, he has to face reality.

With the ghostly fire lights, Lin Yi looked at other book stalls again. If the books I read before were relatively expensive, then the next few old books were very cheap. Many of them were popular magazines this year, such as "Reader", "Reading", "Fashion", and those related to calligraphy and painting, such as "Chinese Calligraphy", "Collection", "Chinese Seal Carving", etc. For some special readers, the "Sanlian Life Weekly" that is worth collecting and "City Pictorial" in China's most urban-flavored magazine, often can be bought for one yuan; if you buy a lot at a time, you can get it for a few cents. This depends on the bargaining level of the bookkeepers.

Lin Yi was even more interested in these magazines, so he just looked at it and then turned to the calligraphy and painting stall. Some of the oil paintings were still very beautiful, which was not much different from real Russian oil paintings. Of course, Lin Yi knew how to draw. Judging from the colors and pictures, it was very cheap compared to the oil paintings in the home market. Of course, it was not true. There was really a customs certificate, and a painter authorization letter would cost at least a few thousand yuan. The good ones were tens of thousands, especially the female painter Ku Jin. I heard that he was one of the famous Russian female painters, and the price was more than 20,000 to 30,000 yuan.

Compared with these oil paintings, Lin Yi likes Chinese paintings, especially gouache paintings. Lin Yi thinks that the colors of oil paintings are like colorful clouds, which make people feel a bit exaggerated and gorgeous. It is suitable for hanging in a very bourgeois living room, which can appear bright and sunny. Chinese paintings, no matter where they are placed, can give people a magnificent feeling, especially those Chinese paintings with colorful ink paintings, which are the spiritual core that Western paintings lack.

After browsing these painting stalls, Lin Yi did not buy a painting, but a young man who looked very fashionable and bought a few very abstract oil paintings. One of them was called "Ferrari in the Countryside". I heard from the stall owner that this painting was a work by a peasant painter, and it had a very rural atmosphere. Lin Yi thought that the work was the best of all oil paintings.

The so-called "rural Ferrari" is actually the old-fashioned "hand-held tractor" in the countryside. The picture shows the grand occasion of the countryside wedding. The bride sits on the bumpy tractor, playing the suona behind it, and the big red flowers and the words "Happy". The whole painting is twisted and exaggerated, giving people a visual impact. It makes people feel nervous and depressed.

Lin Yi even felt that if the young man didn't buy this painting, Lin Yi would pay for it. As a child from a rural background, Lin Yi still liked this painting very much. However, what surprised Lin Yi was that the painting was only sold for 200 yuan, and in Lin Yi's opinion, even 2,000 yuan was not expensive.

But this is the case in the ghost market. When others get what they have, you cannot start scrambling to compete for them, and you must raise prices casually without understanding the rules, as you will be scolded to death.

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With a hint of regret, Lin Yi left the calligraphy and painting stalls and took a look at them at one stall. He found a book called "Ding Cong Old Manga". Ding Cong is an old cartoonist born in 1916. He was famous in the world as early as the 1930s. This book was published in 2004 and gathered hundreds of works from the author from different periods. It is a historical material that studies the style of works of the old man in different periods. After negotiating with the stall owner, he earned it for ten yuan. This is the cheapest book he bought during this trip to the ghost market.

Just as Lin Yi paid the money and was about to leave, the owner of the ghost market suddenly asked Lin Yi: "Friend, I haven't taken out some villain books here, do you want them?"

Lin Yi has never collected villain books very much--although he liked to read these things when he was a child, he always felt that the little people were too deep in this regard, so he didn't get involved easily. However, when he was in the ghost market, the stall owner was so enthusiastic and proactive. Lin Yi was a person who was not very likely to reject others easily, so he hesitated and said, "Take it out and take a look!"
Chapter completed!