Lin Yi made an excuse and finally returned the set of "Medical Sect Golden Mirror" to the boss, meaning not to buy it, and then he read the books he picked out for the boss, saying, "I bought so many, so I have a discount."

The boss originally expected to sell the set of "Medical Sect Golden Mirror" to kill a sheep, but unexpectedly, Lin Yi didn't eat his set, so he flipped through the old books and gave the price, saying that the books were all at the lowest price and could not be discounted.

Lin Yi knew the boss's mind and was too lazy to care about him any more. After paying the money, he was about to leave. The boss didn't give up and asked later: "I'll give you a discount of 3,000 yuan for that set of books, 15,000 yuan, how about it?"

Lin Yi could only smile and said, "I really already have one, so let it go."

The boss then said disheartenedly: "Okay, come again next time."

Without further ado, after coming out of the "Zangzhen Pavilion", Lin Yi turned to the right along the passage. This seemed to be a "dead road", with a wall on the side, with a few small shops on one side, and the alley was only two feet wide. On a closer look, there were two shops in between. I heard that they were the ancestors of Chenghuang Temple Bookstore, which had a long history of more than 20 years. The first bookstore mainly sold old Western literary books, and there were also several online books.

This bookstore is very small, with only one owner who is a store owner, and his books are scattered. However, Lin Yi quickly realized that this boss is not simple, because he was able to speak the titles of so many Western books, which shows that he almost knew some of his foreign languages, Russian, English, and Japanese.

According to the boss's opinion, most of his business people are foreigners who come to Taobao, some students and teachers who study at Fudan University, especially those in the foreign language department. Basically, he has collected a lot of phone books.

Here, there are foreign documents from the Republic of China period, such as "Allan Poe's Novel Collection", priced at 1,080 yuan; and Dickens's "Two Cities" priced at 2,500 yuan; Dumas's "Three Musketeers", priced at 4,500 yuan. These books are basically foreign hardcover books from that time, and they are counted as a century-old. The boss said that these foreign literary classics of Gula are the favorites of many book lovers, especially those foreigners, who bargain when they see them.

As for how these ancient foreign classics were collected, the boss looked even more proud. Maybe he thought Lin Yi was from another place, so he told him that he had no problem. They were all collected from Shanghai, especially during the demolition of Huangpu District, he received a lot.

Lin Yi thought about it and realized that Shanghai was a world-famous concession area in the past, with many British, French, and Japanese living here, so it is also the area where foreign literature is the most concentrated. Nowadays, many foreign versions of old books have become popular, but these popular items are not something that everyone can eat and live in, because if you don’t understand foreign languages ​​and do not understand the content of these books, it is often difficult to make a move after purchasing. Just imagine, even you don’t know what book it is, so how can you introduce it to customers. This boss has this kind of knowledge and knows many foreign languages, so that he bought and hoarded so many kinds of foreign books without much pressure, and each of them was sold at a sky-high price. In this regard, this is actually the power of knowledge.

After knowing this, Lin Yi also knew that it was probably not easy to buy cheap books in the hands of this boss, because he knew the goods and knew more than anyone else in ancient Western books. At least Lin Yi was not as good as this.

Since he was not as good as others in terms of professional knowledge, Lin Yi didn't plan to buy any foreign books here, so he basically couldn't understand it. So after a casual walk in this bookstore that specializes in Western books, Lin Yi walked out. When he walked out, four or five people came to the front, all of them were foreigners, both black and white, men and women, and he was chattering, as if he was very familiar with this bookstore and was a regular visitor here. Lin Yi turned around and saw that the boss was greeting those people in English. He looked very enthusiastic.

Lin Yi came to another bookstore, and the owner of the bookstore turned out to be a woman. Most of the old books sold in the bookstore were red magazines and red books from Wen Ge Shi. On the front wall of the bookstore, a huge bust was hung with glass frames.

The female boss seems to like to make comments. As long as she gets her words, she will talk endlessly. For example, Lin Yigang picked up a co-submitted copy of "Red Flag" in 1967, January 16, 1967, "Boss, how much does it cost?" She flipped through the book, "This was the early stage of the literary and revolutionary reform, and there was a lot of political content in it, which cost 500!"

Lin Yi said, "Does old magazines also sell at this high price?"

So she talked: "Old magazines, these are not ordinary old magazines. They are out of print and should be sold at a higher price than the new books. To be honest, I want 800 yuan for those who want to buy them, and he has to buy them with his chest. If you don't want, I want one, and he won't want 500 yuan. Can you still say it's expensive? Don't think I don't understand, this is the Red Flag magazine, which is very popular."

After a long dispute, I bought it for 500 yuan. When I was booking, the female boss couldn't help but speak: "The people who are willing to go to the old bookstore are all learned people; those who are unlearned will only go to the big world, Paramount, where are they thinking of old bookstores."

Seeing that Lin Yi seemed to be a good customer, the female boss turned his eyes and began to introduce the Red Books placed in the glass cabinet to Lin Yi again, saying that these books are really good things, and they are collected and appreciated quickly. As he said that he took out a pocket version of the Red Book of "Annotations of Poetry", saying that although this book is small, it is very valuable. In the past, it could be collected for five yuan per book, but now it is not available for fifty.

Lin Yi didn't like these red things very much, and couldn't stand the female boss's enthusiasm, so he asked casually, "How much does this book cost?"

The female boss immediately quoted and said, "You can sell it for as long as 280."

Lin Yi smiled and said, "It's too expensive to afford it."

The female boss sighed and said, "Oh! This is a pity! There are not many people who know such good things. Now this old book business is becoming more and more difficult to do." He was a little sad when he spoke.

Lin Yi was deeply touched by the female boss's sighs. How could he say that, in fact, he bought the "Red Flag" magazines just now and gave them to his old friend, Director Sun of the Red History and Documents Museum. Lin Yi didn't like these red themes very much. The business that the female boss said was difficult to do is because many people are now selling red things too high. Red books like this are basically higher than their historical value and collection value. If you want to sell them, you probably have to wait for a few years.
Chapter completed!