Yesterday, I went out for 1 hour, took a punch, and earned 80,000.
Tonight, in just over an hour, I angrily earned 40,000!
In two days, I've earned 120,000 yuan, it feels like a dream!
Back in his rented room in xiao shahe village, jiang tao smoked three cigarettes in a row to calm his excited mood.
Ka-chak, ka-chak, ka-chak—
jiang tao used his phone to take several photos of the rare serial number bill as a memento.
He didn't want to explain to his wife, xu li, about the private money he'd gotten from selling the watch and the used sofa.
jiang tao didn't mention those two things to her, to avoid racking his brains with explanations.
Tonight's rare serial number bill is easy to explain; he'll just say a customer gave it to him while he was delivering goods.
Although this explanation is a bit far-fetched, it should fool his silly wife.
"I'll rest tomorrow and go browse around panjiayuan to see if I can sell this bill!"
After taking the photos, jiang tao carefully clipped the rare serial number bill into a notebook he usually used for bookkeeping.
He's not interested in collecting; he's more interested in money.
Selling this bill will make his silly wife happy for a long time!
"Sleep, sleep ~"
Calming his mood, jiang tao finally went to bed and snuggled under the covers.
He slept until 7 a.m.
jiang tao was awakened by the alarm he usually sets for work.
When he thought about how he was going to do something big at panjiayuan today.
jiang tao instantly wasn't sleepy anymore and quickly got out of bed and put on his clothes.
After getting dressed, he grabbed his phone, slung a crossbody bag over his shoulder, and put the notebook with the bill clipped inside.
After checking everything, jiang tao pushed open the door and went downstairs.
He drank a large bowl of mutton soup and ate half a baked flatbread at a mutton soup shop in chengnan village.
Full and satisfied, jiang tao didn't rush to leave but instead sent several messages to xu li on wechat.
Playing the part to the fullest.
The steps before the transaction must be there!
jiang tao sent the photos he took last night to xu li. In less than a minute, xu li's voice call came through.
"Husband, what do you mean? Did you pick up money?"
Sure enough, xu li, an amateur, didn't notice anything special about the bill at all.
"Silly wife, look at the bill i sent you. What's different about it compared to a normal one?"
"Ah? No way? Did you get a fake bill yesterday when you were delivering goods? What about trust between people!"
"…"
jiang tao's face was full of black lines after hearing his silly wife's words. What was all this about!
"It's not a fake bill, it's a real bill that couldn't be more real! Look at the serial number on the money."
"Serial number? So many 4s! How unlucky!"
"…"
jiang tao was completely defeated by his silly wife's thought process.
"Silly wife, this is called a 'heaven-reaching number,' you know! It's very valuable for collecting, maybe it's worth tens of thousands!"
"Ah? Worth tens of thousands? Really? Where did you get it? Don't tell me you were tricked into buying it for tens of thousands of yuan?"
"If i wanted to buy it, would i have that kind of money?"
"That's right… you don't have money."
"A customer gave it to me yesterday when i was delivering goods. I didn't pay attention at first, but i saw it when i was counting the money at night."
"Then will he ask you to return it?"
"Silly, do you think if he understood this, he would give this bill to me?"
"That's true! Then… are we going to get rich?"
"I can't say for sure that we'll get rich, but i can only say that there's a possibility. I'm going to panjiayuan today to see if i can sell it."
"What's seen is shared! If it's really worth tens of thousands, give me half!"
"Hahaha, okay! It's a happy decision!"
"Then you go quickly! I'll wait for your good news! Call me as soon as you sell it!"
Listening to xu li's excited and elated voice on the other end of the phone, jiang tao smiled.
After talking on the phone for seven or eight minutes, jiang tao paid the bill and left the mutton soup restaurant.
First, he took a bus to zhuxinzhuang subway station, and then he transferred to several subway lines.
After an hour and a half, he arrived at beijing's famous panjiayuan antique market.
jiang tao knew nothing about antiques, so he didn't bother looking around, to avoid being ripped off as an easy target.
His purpose in coming here today was very clear: to find a buyer to sell the bill in his hand for money.
He was here to make money, not to spend it.
The antique street was lined with antique shops on both sides, each displaying goods that looked very old.
Like antique vases, calligraphy and paintings, ancient coins, various stoves and tripods, and old objects made of rosewood and huanghuali.
After walking for a while, jiang tao stopped in front of a store called boya auction house, hesitated for a minute, and then stepped inside.
"Mr., hello, how can i help you?"
As soon as jiang tao entered, a young man who looked to be in his twenties greeted him.
"Do you buy rare serial number hundred-yuan bills here?"
jiang tao didn't waste words with the other party and went straight to the point, explaining his intention.
"Which year and edition? What's the face value? What kind of rare serial number is it?"
The clerk asked very professionally, but jiang tao was a complete amateur in this area. He didn't understand any of this and said:
"The face value is 100, all the same number, all 4s."
"All 4s? A heaven-reaching number! Can i take a look?"
The clerk's eyes lit up when he heard jiang tao's words.
If it was really a heaven-reaching number with all '4s' as jiang tao said, then it would be an absolutely rare serial number.
No matter which year it was from, it would be worth several thousand yuan.
If it was a rare version from a rare year, it would be even more valuable!
"Mr., please come this way, let's sit down and talk in detail over there."
The clerk sensed that he was about to make a sale, and his attitude towards jiang tao became much more enthusiastic.
After inviting jiang tao to sit down in the waiting area, he diligently poured him a cup of water in a disposable paper cup.
Seeing jiang tao take out an ordinary notebook from the bag on his body.
And then casually take out a red hundred-yuan bill from the notebook, the clerk's eyes twitched.
True coin collecting enthusiasts treat their collections with the utmost care.
They all have special laminated booklets for storing money.
When taking it out, they will also wear disposable gloves and use tweezers to take it, for fear of getting a little stain on it.
This guy is an amateur at first glance!
"This is it, how much money can you give me?"
Seeing the clerk come over with a water cup, jiang tao casually put the bill on the table.
"Mr., please wait a moment."
The clerk carefully took out a pair of disposable gloves from the box on the table and put them on, before carefully picking up the bill that jiang tao had casually slapped on the table.
Seeing that the serial number on the front was indeed as jiang tao said, a long string of all "4s", the clerk's eyes lit up a few more points in an instant.
The anti-counterfeiting was also fine, it was a real bill.
Turning over the back, he saw that the year on the back was 1999.
The clerk's breathing became much more rapid!
Relatively speaking, the 1999 edition of the hundred-yuan bill had a relatively small circulation and had been out of print for more than 20 years.
Relatively speaking, it was the most valuable version for collecting among the four hundred-yuan banknotes that had already been issued.
Moreover, it was a heaven-reaching number!
This bill could sell for at least twenty or thirty thousand!
"Mr., what is your target price?"
The clerk carefully put down the bill in his hand and asked jiang tao's target price with concern.
"40,000."
jiang tao held out four fingers and quoted a price straightforwardly.
Although he didn't understand money and didn't understand collecting.
But the information said that this rare serial number bill was worth 40,000, there must be a reason for it.
Therefore, jiang tao directly opened his mouth and asked for 40,000, anything less was out of the question.