In mid-November, Yanjing was already very cold. Several people had just returned from the south and were still a little uncomfortable.

However, the harvest this time made Zheng Shusen full of confidence in the new company. It is actually the same in all walks of life. Whether it is market, sales, or service, a new brand may emerge if it is done well, but in the final analysis, it will definitely fall into product quality in the end.

For jewelry companies, design is of course very important, but the most fundamental thing is actually the quality of the gem itself. There is no doubt about this. What are the jewelry companies that own Li Yi?

"Lao Wu, can I call you Brother Wu? You can't just ignore it! Look at the materials you prepared, glass, white jade with mutton fat, various hair crystals, and top-quality pearls... It's good, but it can't be all these!"

After gambling with the pearls, Li Yi gave himself a small vacation and prepared to take a good rest at home for two days. But unexpectedly, after just one day of rest, Zheng Shusen blocked his home.

Moreover, this time it was not just a person who blocked him. This time it was Zheng Shusen, Tan Moxuan, and even Wang Changcai, who had been recruited to be in charge of jewelry sales, all came together.

"What does this mean? These materials are not enough? What else do you want?"

Zheng Shusen looked at Tan Moxuan with a bitter face and signaled him.

Tan Moxuan coughed and said:

"That's right. Xiao Zheng means that although the best things are good, we are now opening a company, so of course we can't be all the best things, otherwise the customer base will be too narrow. In fact, our museum is also facing this situation now. There is no shortage of top things, but there is a large number of ordinary cultural relics that can support the museum..."

"I understand, then what do you think should be done?"

"Jewelry companies are easy to deal with, just go to the market to buy them, but the museum... I think so. After we register, can we exchange your oil paintings for a batch of ordinary cultural relics? This time, we don't ask for good, we just ask for more! But, I thought again, your oil paintings are too precious, and it is a waste to exchange them for them. What do you think should you do about this?"

Li Yi frowned. Indeed, the number of first- and second-level and national treasure-level cultural relics he now owns is not as good as an ordinary museum, and even some smaller provincial museums. However, in terms of the total number of cultural relics, he is too far behind.

If he followed his previous ideas, of course he didn't need to consider these things, but now his thinking has undergone a fundamental change, so he must not ignore them.

"Let's do this, please contact Luo Guofu first and ask him to help collect a batch of relatively ordinary cultural relics. We will buy them with money if there is no exchange! By the way, I have some oil paintings here. Although the author is also well-known, the price is not high. You can discuss with him to see if it is a transaction with the museum or those antique dealers..."

"The third brother has the same idea. Some mid-range jewelry should be purchased directly in the market. In fact, except for the initial investment, even if I bet on good things in the future, I will not invest in the company by injecting capital..."

Zheng Shusen nodded,

"Okay, since you said that, I will do it as you like. By the way, this is a list listed by me, Mr. Wang and Master Yang Yun. This indicates some required raw materials and current market prices. You can take a look first."

Li Yi took the list, just glanced at it and frowned. How could these things be so expensive? A very ordinary piece of ice type can cost 500,000 yuan per kilogram, and a piece of sloppy green and white jade with a sloppy quality can be worth tens of millions! This...

Seeing Li Yi frowning, Zheng Shusen proudly gave Tan Moxuan a color.

Li Yi, whether it is jade, Hetian jade, crystal, or even wood, has been betting on it all the way. Although he has a certain understanding of the market prices of various medium and low-end materials, understanding is one thing, and it is another thing to ask him to pay for it.

He absolutely can't stand this price, he will definitely think it's expensive! Especially when the company has not officially started operating and everything is invested, he will definitely not accept this price!

So, what will he do after he thinks it is too expensive? You don’t have to think about this, just look at his performance in Zhuji!

I have to say that Zheng Shusen knows Li Yi quite well. After reading this price list several times, Li Yi smiled bitterly and said helplessly:

"What do you mean is that I need to bet on a batch of these mid-range jewelry first?"

"Yes! Lao Wu, actually, there is a misunderstanding of concept here, that is, what is mid-range and what is high-end. Because we have you, the all-round master, even glass-type and mutton fat white jade are counted in kilograms, but in other companies, these are counted in grams! So you think that jewelry made with these materials is only high-end, and those made with ice-type and white jade are mid-range, but other companies are not like this. They even call it the best quality for some good ice-type!"

"It's good if there are too many good things, but sometimes it's a problem if it's too good. After all, not everyone can afford the best price, even those big customers can't do it, so..."

Li Yi waved his hand. He really didn't think about this matter. In fact, just think about the reactions of those people after he bet on glass seeds, you should know that he is definitely an exception, an absolutely correct exception.

Moreover, from the perspective of company operations, it is not a good thing to take out too many good things at once. Scarcity is the most valuable thing, which is what it means.

"Okay, then what do you think you should do next? It's not realistic to rely on me to bet alone, and it's not the norm for a company to operate!"

"Hey, you can't say that! Which company does not support gambling stone gamblers in those companies that mainly deal with jade and Hetian jade? No one can stand it all by buying plain materials!"

"So, I thought so. In the future, of course, we will walk on two legs of market procurement and gambling stones. But at present, because we don't know the future prospects, we can save as much money as possible, and spend less, so that everyone will be under less pressure... Otherwise, you can take a two-day break first, and then let's go to Manzhouli again?"

Li Yi smiled bitterly. Manzhouli is located at the junction of China, Mongolia and Russia. It is the largest land transport port city in China and a national key development and opening-up pilot zone determined by the State Council. China-Russia trade is very prosperous.

Because of the tightening supply of jade in Hetian, Xinjiang has gradually become popular, so a relatively large Russian material trading market has gradually formed in Manzhouli. Naturally, gambling jade has flourished in this place.

In addition, not only are there rich agate mines around Manzhouli, but also open-air agate rough stones can be picked up on the nearby Gobi Desert, Hulun Lake and Bell Lake, so there are also many agate trading markets.

Zheng Shusen proposed to go to Manzhouli to bet on jade. This not only requires gambling on Russian materials, but also should also be interested in the agate resources there.

However, since he has opened a jewelry company, jade, Hetian jade, crystal and pearls, it is understandable to add a natural agate. So Li Yi thought about it for a while and nodded in agreement. Anyway, this thing is even more labor-saving than bending over and picking up money one by one, so why not do it?

Especially after the perspective distance increases, you can even bend over and you can know the quality of the materials in the raw stone. If you are so pretentious and compete with other jewelry companies, Li Yi will not be Li Yi.

The two discussed for a while and decided to go to Manzhouli. Zheng Shusen stood up and said goodbye to arrange the itinerary. Li Yi discussed the museum with Tan Moxuan.

The first thing is to choose a location, which should not be much controversial. Because since it is launched with great fanfare, we must consider the issue of efficiency. Even if we cannot make a profit, we must at least break even and we cannot pay money every year.

Since you are considering operations, you must consider the flow of people. If you want flow of people, you must be in big cities, so basically there is nothing to choose, you can only be in Yanjing.

However, in Yanjing, although the traffic of people can be guaranteed, the museum location is a big problem. If it is too biased, people are too lazy to run away. How could they get land in the city center? Even if they rent a house, because of the special nature of the museum, if there is no plan in advance, they will not be able to rent anything appropriate.

"Okay, leave this question to me. I'll ask someone to ask you first. As for you, you should not only pay attention to the cultural relics, but also help me find an experienced curator as soon as possible... Wait, I seem to have someone chosen it! That's right... you can wait a moment."

As he was talking, Li Yi's eyes suddenly lit up. He took out his cell phone, called out a number, and dialed it directly.

After a while, the phone went on.

"Sister Mo, what are you busy with recently?"

A crisp laugh came from the other end of the phone.

"Yeah, it's Li Yi. You kid still remembers your sister Mo. What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

Mo Jinxuan on the other end of the phone smiled and teased Li Yi. The ancient paintings this guy made from the roof box are really amazing. Now even her colleagues are talking about it, and their curators have also had the idea of ​​mobilizing Li Yi to donate. These days, they are thinking about who will come forward!

Because of their relationship with Zhong Haoqing's family, this task may end up falling on her. So I was thinking about finding time to find a way to explore Li Yi's words these two days, but he took the initiative to call the phone.

"If you don't have anything to do, you can't find you? Sister Mo, have you had time recently? I want to treat you to a meal."

"Haha, you also know that the museum is an elderly care unit. What can you do in normal times? Tell me, when will you invite me and where can I eat?"

Li Yi looked at the time and said:

"It's better to choose a day than a day. Just noon today. Let's go to the Shoubo side, and you can choose a restaurant."

"Okay, Sister Mo also has something to ask you for information, so see you at noon?"

After hanging up the phone, Li Yi turned his head and explained to Tan Moxuan.

"Sister Mo is the daughter of Mr. Mo in the company. She works in the Capital Museum and seems to be in charge of the porcelain hall inside. Let's talk to her first to see if she can dig her over."

Tan Moxuan nodded. Li Yi wanted to open a museum, technicians, and research projects. There are many licensed appraisers in Tongruibao. At that time, you can solve the problem by simply hiring a few, but the management staff is a problem. It is of course the best to poach people from a large museum like the Shoubo.

At noon, in the small private room of Pamir Restaurant near Lianchi East Road, Li Yi met Mo Jinxuan, who had not seen for almost half a year. In addition to the first pair of pastel bowls, the two of them had a few deals because of the Mo family and the Zhong family. Li Yi admired the personalities of their father and daughter.

When they met, the first thing they said was of course the pair of coral red-ground pastel peony bowls from the Daoguang period. Mo Jinxuan laughed first, then said:

"Li Yi, the valuation of the pastel bowls has exceeded 11 million now. How long has it been? Why, do you regret it?"

Li Yi laughed twice, let alone the pastels from the Daoguang period, he didn't lack even the pastels from the Third Qing Dynasty! Moreover, the money was used to buy villas at that time, and not only did the villas in Yanyuan have cheaper, but also a painting worth more than 30 million US dollars. How could he regret it?

Mo Jinxuan glanced at his expression, slapped his head and smiled:

"Yes, you kid just made five or six famous paintings worth tens of millions this time, and you still care about that little money? By the way, I'll ask you something, what are you going to do with those paintings?"

"Haha, what else can I do? It's true that I won't sell it anyway."

"You guy is so beautiful. You are either a first-class cultural relic or a second-class cultural relic. You don't allow it to be sold if you want to! Do Sister Mo want to come up with an idea for you?"

"Haha, Sister Mo, don't you want me to donate it to your museum? Are you too dedicated, right? Besides, aren't you in charge of the porcelain hall? When will you also care about ancient paintings?"

"What are you saying? Is this called enlightenment good? Besides, your sister Mo is now the deputy director. How can you do it if you don't think about the museum? Let's say it first. If you don't want to donate, I can't do it. If you don't, I will tell you that no one can give it except me!"

"Yeah, I've become the deputy director. Then it seems that I'm really looking for the right person!"

"What, is it really a problem for you to contact me?"

"Well, I really want Sister Mo to give me some advice."

"Oh, let's talk about it, I really don't know what I can give you."

Li Yi thought for a while and decided to detour first and then talk about her.

"Sister Mo, that's right. I've been considering setting up a private museum recently, but you know that I don't have any experience in this area, so I want to ask you to consult and by the way I want you to introduce some management personnel to me."

"Private museum?"

Mo Jinxuan was stunned for a moment. She really didn't expect that Li Yi would actually want to set up a museum.

"A museum also requires at least a few thousand cultural relics to base it. Do you have that many? Don't tell me that this museum is counting on those paintings to support the facade."

"Haha, how is that possible? Sister Mo, I plan to open a few halls for this museum, one is ancient calligraphy and painting art, the other is porcelain hall, and the other is a jade hall and a comprehensive hall. The approximate number of cultural relics should be more than 5,000 pieces. I want to ask you to help me summarize. For such a scale, how big is the venue you need and where is the right place to build it."

"Five thousand pieces? Are you working with someone else?"

Mo Jinxuan remembered that when Li Yi sold her the pair of pastel bowls, she was still an outsider who knew nothing. Although she often heard some news about him picking up bargains these days, even if she was picking up bargains every day, she would not be able to support a museum, so she guessed that he was working with others.

"No, this museum is my own. Sister Mo, in fact, at the beginning, I didn't think I could do it so much..."

Li Yi explained his general ideas, and Mo Jinxuan said softly, "Oh" and said:

"Then what cultural relics do you have now? You know, a museum costs a lot, without some pillars, and it cannot attract tourists, but it will definitely lose money!"

"Don't worry too much about cultural relics. I'll just add some ordinary ones recently. By the way, Sister Mo, you can take a look at my cultural relics first, and then help me with the security measures. I'm just looking at them now!"

While Li Yi said, he turned on his tablet computer. Recently, he sorted out the cultural relics he collected and found that with these, it should be no problem to attract a certain amount of people, but in terms of the number of collections, it is indeed quite a bit short.

Although he did not enter all his collection photos into the computer, just showing them to Mo Jinxuan, it scared Mo Jinxuan. However, the things she paid attention to made Li Yi a little amused and cry.

The first thing Mo Jinxuan opened was the folder where Li Yi marked the jewelry and jade. At this file home, Li Yi not only put some finished jewelry, but also put all the outstanding raw materials in his hand.

"Oh my God... Nanyang white beads with a diameter of 1 mm, jade glass-type whole material weighing 24 kilograms, Dahongpao raw stone, a piece of white jade weighing more than 300 kilograms... Oh my god, are all yours? Where did you get them?"

Mo Jinxuan saw that there was a pigeon blood ruby ​​rough stone that weighed more than 30 carats almost perfect without cutting, a top-quality diamond cut by Louis Boya, and those crystal rough stones of different colors, but all of them were expensive and rare, so she almost fainted on the spot.

This guy, other people's jewelry exhibition halls, are all made of jewels. Although they are all very precious, they are limited in size after all. Although most of the things this guy has taken out are still raw stones, this head is too scary, right? How is this possible? (To be continued.)
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