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Chapter 634 Mass Acquisitions

When he came out of Master Gu's house and returned to Mr. Zhu's house, the situation here scared the old and the young.

During this period, more than 20 people gathered in front of Mr. Zhu's doorstep. Everyone was carrying a lot of cardboard boxes, which tightly blocked the streets that were not spacious at the doorstep of Mr. Zhu's house.

Yang Jing didn't know these people, and didn't know why these people were coming to the door of the old man's house, but Mr. Zhu knew these people. Most of these people were residents on this street. Many of them were purple clay artists with superb handicrafts. Several of them were apprentices of their seven purple clay masters...

Seeing Mr. Zhu coming back in a tricycle, several middle-aged men, who seemed to be in their forties, quickly met him. One of them bowed respectfully to Mr. Zhu and called him "Master".

After a greeting, Mr. Zhu whispered: "These people are juniors. This Xiao Fan is my apprentice, um..." The old man hesitated for a moment, and a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face. "They just heard that you offered to buy purple clay teapots at a high price, so they came here with the pots they made or the remaining pots at home before. I hope you can buy these pots."

Obviously, the old man also felt that these children were a bit unauthorized in doing this, so he felt a little embarrassed. But the old man had no choice. During this period, the life of these purple clay artists was relatively difficult, because the purple clay teapots in this period were far from comparable to the price thirty or even twenty years later. In this era, it was wrong that Yang Jing "premium" to buy purple clay teapots. Otherwise, even if it was Master Gu Jingzhou's works, a pot would only be only 200 yuan, and it would have to be a fine work to sell at this price. As for the pots made by these ordinary purple clay artists, even if they were purely handmade products, it would be a huge hit to sell a pot for twenty or thirty yuan.

The most important thing is that in this era, the whole of China was quite poor. The monthly salary of ordinary workers was only thirty or forty yuan, and cadres were only 70 or 80 yuan a month. It was not enough to eat. Who would be willing to spend dozens of yuan to buy a teapot?

What? What do you think of drinking tea? It's simple, an enamel jar, that thing is enough to make a jar of tea for half a morning...

Xiao Yang came here to travel and bought some high-quality purple clay teapots back. This was understandable, but these guys blocked the door with a sloppy face, which was a bit too much.

But Mr. Zhu still has to ignore it. Most of these people are his future generations, and one of his personal apprentices is among them. They are all very hard now. Now a big customer has finally come. Even if each company sells two or three items, the whole company can earn a hundred and eighty yuan, which is enough for the whole family to eat for two months...

Seeing Mr. Zhu's face full of embarrassment, Yang Jing smiled and said, "Old man, don't worry about this. I still want to bring the purple clay teapot. But let's agree first. I only buy high-quality products, which is what I have seen before. If I don't like, I'm sorry, I won't buy it."

When the old man heard Yang Jing say this, he was a little surprised, "Xiao Yang, are you really willing to buy their works?"

"Well, as long as it is not a shoddy pot, I want it. They are also masters with superb skills. If their works are placed abroad, they will be very popular."

"Okay, since you said that, I guarantee that the pots they made are fine. I know all of these people, and their skills are very good. Maybe they are not as famous as the old men of us, but the pots they made are really good."

"Hehe, old man, you said this. If I don't buy a few more pieces, wouldn't I be sorry for your guarantee? Well, just for your guarantee, I can't let these masters' pots be covered with dust. The price is one hundred yuan per hand or set, what do you think?"

"Oh, this price is really high. Xiao Yang, if you really give this price, I, the old man, thank you for these juniors."

"...Oh, old man, you will make my life worthy of your life!" Yang Jing hurriedly held the old man. If the old man who was almost eighty was asked to bow to him, Yang Jing would have to hit the ground.

When the old man told Yang Jing about the purchase conditions, the group of people were stunned. They never thought that this young returning overseas Chinese would give such a high purchase price.

That's a price of 100 yuan per item. This price has never been high in the past ten or twenty years!

These purple clay artists are very clear that craftsmanship is important in this industry, but fame is the key factor that determines the price. Why can Master Gu’s pot be sold for 200 yuan? Isn’t it because Master Gu is famous.

But fame is not something that is said by mouth, it has been accumulated over decades of practical skills. Perhaps the purple clay teapots made by these purple clay artists present can be sold for tens of millions in decades, but in this era, their works can only be bought for twenty or thirty yuan.

Now Yang Jing has acquired it for 100 yuan per person, which is really beyond their expectations. Of course, this is a good thing for these purple clay artists, so after a brief shock, all of these simple purple clay artists cheered loudly.

In fact, the conditions for purchasing the work that Yang Jing said that he could like him were purely a show. These purple clay artists are definitely not as famous as those masters, but in terms of craftsmanship, they have absolutely no problem.

In this era, making purple clay teapots is not like the "chemical pots" of later generations. "Grouting pots" are flying all over the sky. In this era, almost all purple clay teapots were made by hand. Most of these purple clay artists started to become masters in their teens, then became apprentices, and then began to make purple clay teapots alone. Therefore, in this era, the skills of these purple clay artists are nothing to say.

Although the pots they make now are not valuable, if they are placed thirty years later, if a purely handmade purple clay teapot is not sold for tens of thousands of yuan, it would be a shame for their skills. If it is more famous, it would be absolutely fine to buy a pot of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.

Therefore, after a brief observation, the more than 200 pieces (sets) of purple clay teapots brought by these more than 20 people were all taken into account by Yang Jing, and Yang Jing paid only more than 20,000 yuan.

These can be taken out for thirty years and even hundreds of thousands of yuan in purple clay teapots can be taken after taking out a handful of thirty years. Although Yang Jing cannot raise the teapots one by one, he can set up a separate purple clay teapot area after his private museum is opened!
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