The origin of the star lotus world

Chapter 2593 (2)

Chapter 2406 (2)

In the mortal world, from 2010 to 2023, the Year of the Rabbit, the price of gold slowly increased, averaging a rise of ten to several tens of dollars per year. In some other years, the price even decreased somewhat.

In the long run, some precious metals, while preserving value, appreciate slowly. Therefore, in those years, many people were not in a hurry to buy them, and there was no craze. The market for investing in precious metals was relatively stable, but not particularly booming.

Every so many years, good investment opportunities will arise, and some items may indeed appreciate in value.

I was buying goods before the Lunar New Year of the Horse. In that store, the middle-aged female shop assistant told me that in the past ten years, the price of gold would only rise by one or two hundred yuan at most.

I'm right, that was the reality back then. I remember when I first started working, I'd go to the mall to look at jewelry, not to buy anything, but just to look around. Back then, many gold shops had promotions, like "buy more, get one less gram," or other discounts. Even with low wages in big cities, a month's salary could buy ten grams of pure gold jewelry. In those years, more people wore gemstone jewelry than gold. But in the Year of the Snake, it was a real gold rush; the base price of gold rose by 60-70%, more than the combined increases of previous years. In the Year of the Horse, it was even more intense, becoming a natural luxury item. The prices of platinum, palladium, and silver also increased significantly; perhaps there will eventually be a correction. Buying at such high prices, I wonder if it will hold its value; perhaps not.

At that shop, I exchanged gold bracelets and necklaces with the help of a middle-aged female shop assistant. She explained that her family said their child wasn't married yet and they wanted to leave him three pieces of gold jewelry as a legacy. She said that if they exchanged them for cash, they would all be spent in no time, so they offered to pay extra for the new pieces instead of offering to buy them back for cash.

The middle-aged female shop assistant said that she was also a mother and of course understood the situation, so she tried to help reduce the price. If it weren't for her help, someone else would have had to pay much more to exchange for those gold jewelry pieces of a certain weight. She really met a benefactor.

I heard from that person that she used to run a business, but later, the profits were low and the costs were too high, so when she reached a certain age, she stopped running the shop and started working at a gold shop in the mall. She has been working there for several years. Although she doesn't earn much money, she doesn't have much pressure.