Future Stamps and Coins Diary

Chapter 1 Future Diary
"June 06, 9"

"Today is the first time I have come across a product called 'conjoined banknotes' since I entered the industry. I have to say that it really looks fake. Most people may have never seen one in their entire lives, including the older generation..."

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"June 06, 9"

"Today, the frenzy in the stamp, coin and card markets made me realize that just ten days ago, I just narrowly missed the first 'surge' in my life. I didn't expect that an announcement from the central bank would have such a powerful effect. The 'eight-coin concatenation' surged nearly four times in just ten days..."

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"June 06, 10"

"It's crazy, it must be crazy. I thought 5 times was the limit, but I was conservative. Today, the price has exceeded 300 yuan. If I remember correctly, the old man only asked for 20 yuan a dozen days ago. Fifteen days, 15 times! And it seems to be still rising..."

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In the crowded subway line 20, during rush hour, Lv Feng finally found a place to stand at the junction of the carriages. Even the air-conditioning at degrees all year round could not suppress the sweat on his forehead.

As an extension of Guangzhou Metro's "Death Line 3", the section of Line 1 from Tiyuxi West to BC is also a nightmare for workers.

Lu Feng took a deep breath and took out a leather notebook from the canvas bag that had been worn white. He gently stroked the word "diary" on the fake cowhide, and the contents of the first page of the diary involuntarily emerged in his mind.

The date it recorded was indeed September 2006, 9.

Today is the day.

The handwriting in the simple diary was not very neat, but in Lu Feng's opinion, it was strangely familiar. The reason why it was familiar was that the handwriting on it was exactly his own, and the reason why it was strange was that the name of the owner of the diary was exactly the same as his, but he dared to guarantee that he would never have written such content.

What's more, if the above text is true, it means that it was written by the future "Lü Feng".

Thinking of this, Lu Feng's mood, which had finally calmed down, began to become anxious again, and more beads of sweat oozed out of his forehead.

The authenticity of the contents of the diary will be verified most directly today.

9 Month 20 Day!
"An old man wearing a short shirt and a classic MLB black baseball cap offered 20 sets of "Eight-in-a-row Coins of the Second Set of Renminbi" for 20 yuan per copy, but the deal was not made in the end." The three important pieces of information here include: old man, eight-in-a-row coin, and yuan per copy.

As a small worker in a small stall in the stamp and coin market, Lv Feng has only been in this industry for three and a half months. To be more precise, he came to the provincial capital on the third day after the college entrance examination and entered the stamp and coin industry, which he had never been involved in before.

After accidentally obtaining this diary, Lu Feng deliberately paid attention to the information about the "Eight-linked Coin" in the market. The result was that this variety did exist, but the current market was lukewarm and few people even cared about it. The price had dropped from around 2000 yuan in 24 to around 17 yuan now, and no one was interested in it.

According to most people in the market, this variety has no one operating it and has become obsolete.

If the records in the diary are true, then it will usher in a huge turning point. That is, five days later, the central bank will issue an announcement, announcing that unnumbered paper money (including three denominations of 1, 2, and 5 cents) will cease to circulate on April 4 next year. Starting on the 1st of next month, major banks will conduct a centralized exchange for half a year.

If everything that happened today that overlaps with what is recorded in the diary is true, then the central bank's announcement on September 9 will come as scheduled, and this wave of more than tenfold market conditions regarding the 'eight consecutive cent coins' will also appear.

Lu Feng's mouth was dry and his heart was beating faster.

For a student who just graduated from high school and whose grades were so average that he almost didn't dare to take the college entrance examination, money was his only motivation and pursuit to leave his hometown and come to this provincial capital where he was unfamiliar with the place.

Especially in the past three and a half months, he realized again and again that in the adult world, 99 percent of dignity is given by money.

This is especially true for the stamp, coin and card industry.

Who among those working in this industry doesn’t dream of getting rich overnight, who doesn’t see money as the ultimate goal?

Unfortunately, he does not meet the threshold for stamp, coin and card collectors, and is not even considered a "retail investor".

A salary of more than one thousand yuan is quite a difference even compared to the auntie who sweeps the floor in the stamp and coin market.

Lu Tong found out that the aunt's salary had increased to 2300.

After three and a half months of hard work, even if he lived frugally, plus all the pocket money his father had given him when he left home, he only had a little over five thousand.

Lv Feng had always wanted to own a computer of his own, but after three and a half months in this city, he didn't even dare to go into Tianhe Computer City. With this little money, he couldn't even buy a decent collection in a collection market where the price was often several thousand or tens of thousands.

I heard that a 80-cent Monkey Year stamp issued in 8 has a market value of nearly yuan!
The station announcement finally sounded, and Lu Feng was squeezed out of the car along with the crowd. In the first street after turning right at Exit B at the west gate, one of the largest stamp and coin markets in the country, Zongyuan, was hidden under the shade of trees.

The stamp, coin and card market has a total of three floors. Lu Feng’s stall is on the first floor, less than 20 meters away from the main entrance.

Although the stall area is only less than 20 square meters, the net profit is over six figures every year, and in good years it can even reach nearly seven figures.

As for those big merchants, not to mention seven-digit, even eight-digit figures are not uncommon.

Of course, Lu Feng knew that these had little to do with him. His only goal at this stage was to ensure that his boss would not delay the three-month probation period.

There is no need to set the same price as most of the smaller players in the market. A hundred or two hundred yuan lower is at least within an acceptable range.

Otherwise, it would be a fantasy to save money in the provincial capital with a salary of 1,700 yuan.

Lu Tong could only open the files skillfully and sort the books into categories. It was not that he was unwilling to take on more responsibilities, nor that he could not do it well, but that the boss seemed to lack a little trust in a young man from a small place.

This is also the norm in the entire stamp and coin market.

The closer you are to money, the lower your income will be.

Many bosses of these markets even guard their own small piece of land every day in order to save a little labor cost. Even if they hire someone they are familiar with, there is always an inexplicable sense of superiority that "there are money-making opportunities everywhere in this industry. It is a great favor to bring you into the industry, and you still dare to negotiate salary."

They will never understand that opportunities have nothing to do with people like them at the bottom of society.

The vast majority of grassroots practitioners, from the time they step in to the time they leave, are just passers-by who can wave their sleeves and not take away a cloud.

Thirty minutes later, the market gradually became lively and the boss Lu Youxin finally arrived.

He must have gone out for "socializing" again last night.

Lu Feng understood the situation, and he still had some complaints about the fact that his boss spent thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars on wine and women in one night but was unwilling to keep his promise to make him a regular employee.

Despite this, Lu Feng quickly made way for him in the crowded passage and helped him move the "collections" in the safe and stack them neatly.

This means the business is officially open.

Sometimes, I would rather sleep until noon than tell Lu Feng in advance and let him handle it himself.

This feeling of distrust still made Lu Feng feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"You watch first, I'm going to lie down in the car for a while." Lu Youxin simply said, threw down the key, tore off a few pieces of toilet paper, and walked out.

Lu Tong knew that if nothing unexpected happened on this trip, it would be past lunch time when he returned.

"If I really want to steal something, can't I just take it and run away now?" Lu Tong laughed in his heart and put the key into the drawer.

He subconsciously looked up at the old-fashioned clock hanging on the wall of the stall opposite. When he looked down again, a black baseball cap slowly appeared at the corner.

Short suit pants and shirt, sandals, MLB baseball cap, and holding a blue supermarket shopping bag.

Lu Feng's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

"Mr. Lu, wait a moment." Lu Feng subconsciously called out to Lu Youxin.

While he was speaking, the gray-haired old man had already arrived at the stall and placed the blue shopping bag on the counter.

"Do you accept Siamese notes?"

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