Chapter 230 Moving
Li Changhe's analysis did make Director Zhao and Liu Hongtu lose their previous optimism.

The main reason is that they have never encountered such a sales explosion.

There are books that have a sales explosion in a short period of time, but they are all works of special significance, such as collections of great men.

And the sudden popularity of products like "The Rise of Great Powers" also made them unsure how to evaluate them.

Before this, they did not really consider the so-called "market capacity" issue. After all, there was no such thing as a market in China in the past few years.

"I think we should print an additional 200,000 copies. If sales slow down, we'll just have to wait for readers to digest them slowly."

Director Zhao considered it and decided to adopt Li Changhe's suggestion.

Because he felt that what Li Changhe said made sense, the number of readers in the country is actually closely related to the number of cultural and knowledge groups.

For example, the vast majority of people in rural areas are not interested in books like "The Rise of Great Powers".

Those who are truly interested are those with a certain cultural background and a love of reading. The majority of these people are students, government officials, and some workers.

In fact, sales in the following days did begin to slow down just as Li Changhe had expected.

Although the number of copies sold every day is still a significant number as the word-of-mouth of "The Rise of Great Powers" spreads, the sales volume is not as crazy as it was in the beginning.

After Li Changhe received the money and returned home, he rested for a few days and then came to Zhang Shiqi's courtyard.

But when I got there, I found my daughter playing in the yard.

"uncle!"

Seeing Li Changhe coming in, Nannan immediately ran over happily.

In the yard, Li Xiaojun and others were packing up.

"Why are you back so soon?"

Li Changhe was a little surprised when he saw Li Xiaojun and the others.

Didn’t they go back to Northeast China?
It’s only been a few days, and you’re back already?

"There's nothing to do over there. After we finish the household registration, your sister and I will come back."

"By the way, Changhe, I just happened to have something to ask you!"

"Do you still remember the production team leader of our village, my Third Uncle?"

"Chen Xiling, right?"

Of course Li Changhe remembered him. It was thanks to him that Li Xiaojun stepped in when the family was divided.

Later, the ginseng that Li Changhe brought back was also obtained through the method he found.

This guy has some knowledge.

"Yes, before I came back this time, the Third Master came to me and asked me to give you a message."

"He asked me to ask you if you still want that century-old ginseng?"

"Hundred-year-old ginseng?"

"He found out?"

Li Changhe said thoughtfully.

"Well, tell me, what exactly happened?"

"This has to start with my household registration."

Go back to a few days ago.

At Li Xiaojun's reminder, Chen Aiguo got up early in the morning and went to handle the procedures for transferring his household registration.

The first stop is naturally the brigade.

Inside the brigade, Chen Xiling was reading a newspaper. When he saw Chen Aiguo walk in, he glanced at him.

"Aiguo, I heard that you came back with something special this time. Did you bring a foreign watch with you?"

"Uncle, these were all given to Xiaojun and me by Changhe. We don't have the money to buy them ourselves."

"Uncle, I'm here to handle some formalities. Can you open it for me?"

Chen Aiguo then handed over his food and household registration transfer order to Chen Xiling.

After Chen Xiling took it and read it, he looked a little shocked.

"Aiguo, are you going to eat commercial grain from the capital? And you're going to be a soldier?"

Chen Aiguo drives for Liu Mantang and is in the driver class, but organizationally he still belongs to the army, just like the art troupe, except that he is a logistics soldier.

"Well, there happened to be a relative there, so they arranged for me to go in."

Chen Aiguo said in a low voice.

Then he said to Chen Xiling: "Uncle, you have to keep this a secret for me and don't tell anyone else."

"Is it Xiaojun's relative Pingfan who has returned to the city?"

Chen Xiling asked seriously at this time.

"He's her cousin, an officer, and I drive for him."

Chen Aiguo said in a low voice.

Chen Xiling seemed to be thinking that the officer who could accompany the car and the driver must be of a high rank.

At this time, Chen Xiling thought of the demeanor when Li Changhe first came.

Chen Xiling didn't completely believe what he said at the time and was a little hesitant.

After all, to put it bluntly, his family would have to be really powerful, not just find a commune secretary to lead the way for him.

But now it seems that their family is indeed becoming more and more powerful.

"I see. Anyway, this is a good thing."

"It just so happens that I have nothing to do right now. Come on, I'll go with you to the commune and get all your formalities done."

"Oh, by the way, there is another thing that Changhe entrusted me with before he left. He asked me to find out if there is any aged ginseng for sale nearby."

"Don't tell me, I actually found out some information recently. Go back and ask Changhe if he wants it. If he does, I'll help him make the contact."

Then, with the help of Chen Xiling, Chen Aiguo completed his household registration transfer procedures quickly and smoothly.

Afterwards, they returned to the capital with Li Xiaojun, but they stayed in Harbin for two days on the way to get a glimpse of their provincial capital before returning to the capital.

After Chen Aiguo finished telling him, Li Changhe understood.

This is because we saw the change in Chen Aiguo's identity, so we got the clue.

But Li Changhe didn't think it was a big deal. To put it in a more positive way, the other person saw the value in you and was trying to get closer to you.

To put it simply, it depends on the person you are dealing with, and the information you receive depends on your status.

Perhaps Chen Xiling had always had the information about the century-old ginseng, but he felt there was no need to give it to Li Changhe at that time.

Now that they feel that Li Changhe or their Li family is valuable enough, they revealed it.

This is normal; this is human nature.

"Just write him a letter and tell him I want it, and let him negotiate. No matter what price the other party offers, just open your mouth."

If it was an ordinary old mountain ginseng, Li Changhe would not care so much, but the century-old mountain ginseng is still relatively rare, and it is best to keep some at home.

Actually, if you say this thing is difficult to make, it’s not as difficult as you imagine.

Apart from anything else, there should be quite a few in the Soviet Union. The Russians are not as obsessed with ginseng as the Chinese are. They will sell all the ginseng dug up in the Far East.

There is also Korea, where Korean ginseng has been famous since ancient times, and there are also many high-quality old mountain ginseng.

However, adhering to the principle of not missing out on good things, Li Changhe would not give up since Chen Xiling sent someone to bring the news.

Anyway, he doesn't have much now, but he has a lot of money.

"Okay, then I'll send a telegram to Uncle Sanye when I get back."

"Are you going to move your things back to the family compound?"

Li Changhe asked again with a smile. "Yes, my mother said that your room is vacant and she insisted that we move back."

"It's good to move back. It's almost autumn. When it gets cold, upstairs will be much more comfortable than here in the yard."

There is heating in the family compound, which is absolutely a top-notch enjoyment in this era.

"Yes, Xiaojun also thought so. It's just that we are a little concerned about Mr. Zhang."

Chen Aiguo finally said helplessly.

I've lived here for nearly a year and I get along pretty well with the old man.

The couple hardly bothered him, and the old man was satisfied with them. From time to time, he would bring food to their daughter and pick up and drop off the child.

If they left, Zhang Shiqi would be left alone in the yard, and Chen Aiguo and Li Xiaojun would feel a little reluctant.

"It's okay, don't worry about it!"

Li Changhe waved his hand. Old Zhang didn't say that he needed someone to take care of him throughout the whole process.

Besides, many things will be relaxed next year, such as private restaurants, and eating will not be a problem at all.

"Okay, then go see Uncle Zhang. He's in the house!"

With Li Changhe's words, Chen Aiguo felt relieved.

Li Changhe then stepped into Zhang Shiqi's main house.

Old Zhang was sitting in the room with a fan on his back. There was a radio next to him, which was playing Peking opera, which should be "The Case of the Chopping of the Beauty".

"You kid, you've been running around and nowhere to be seen lately, what have you been busy with?"

Seeing Li Changhe come in, Zhang Shiqi reached out and turned on the radio, then asked.

"I followed my wife to the mountains of Mentougou to film a movie and experienced the joy of making a movie."

Li Changhe sat down and took the teapot to pour himself a cup of tea.

"I heard from Xiao Chen that you bought a house in the Overseas Chinese Apartment, so they are going to move back to your house?"

Zhang Shiqi didn't mind and continued to ask Li Changhe.

"Yes, our house is empty, and my mom wants them to move back."

"Otherwise, they will be dealing with coal tickets in the winter, which will be a hassle."

The main reason for moving back was that coal coupons were hard to find. Last year, Li Changhe spent a lot of money to help them get some coal coupons.

However, this year, with more and more people returning to the city, coal tickets have become increasingly difficult to get.

Even though Chen Aiguo had a job and received coal coupons, the family of three still had tight budgets.

So it’s better to go back upstairs.

"Coal tickets are really a hassle! Don't tell me, I'm not used to your sister leaving. Especially her cooking skills are really good."

Zhang Shiqi said with emotion at this time.

Li Changhe smiled and said, "That's easy. Just ask her to make some and send it to you every now and then."

"No need. It just so happens that from now on, this yard will be left to you!"

Zhang Shiqi said with a smile at this time.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Li Changhe was a little surprised.

"The meaning is very simple. I am also going to live back in Liulichang. Several old friends have returned. Why should I still live in this remote place?"

"I chose this courtyard a few years ago to seek quiet time here. It's next to the Friendship Hotel and not in the city."

"Now that I see the situation, it's really just as you said, it's getting more and more normal. If that's the case, I'm too lazy to live here anymore."

"These few days, I'm going back to live in Liulichang."

"Wait a minute, I'll give you an address, and then you can find me there."

Zhang Shiqi said leisurely.

Li Changhe suddenly realized at this moment.

"Good fellow, you were hiding from disaster here!"

"Of course, otherwise who would come here from such a remote place?"

Zhang Shiqi said naturally.

For someone like him who lives in the imperial city, Haidian is indeed a remote and poor area.

"You have a house in the city, right?"

Li Changhe continued to ask with a smile.

Zhang Shiqi glanced at him, then sneered and said, "Why, you're even eyeing my house in the city?"

"I'm telling you, I don't have a house. Who dared to have extra property in those days?"

"But, I don't lack a place to live. Some of the old guys who came back have spacious houses, so I can live anywhere I want!"

Many of his old friends had their private properties returned after they came back. Many of them had their own houses and yards with only a few people in them, and some had empty rooms.

"By the way, do you remember the family I told you about last time?"

"The family that's fighting over the family property division, right? Has the division been decided now?"

Li Changhe asked curiously.

The last time he came back from Hong Kong Island, Zhang Shiqi mentioned it to him, but there was no news after that.

The main reason is that these days, dividing the family property is really a very troublesome thing, because whether it is a house or antiques, there is no clear value.

How much is your yard worth? How much are the antiques in your hands worth? There is no standard to measure it in the entire market.

What's more, how much money did those people get when the family property was divided?

So Li Changhe was not in a hurry. There were enough things going on here that they had to argue about.

"It's been ordered, and I've invited a lot of people to be witnesses. All the things are packed up, including the property, and sold for 20,000 yuan, and I only want foreign exchange certificates of the same value."

"As for private property sales, as far as I know, the government still doesn't approve of them in principle, but quite a few people have started to do so privately, and the housing authority has turned a blind eye."

"After all, it is private property, not the state's."

"How about it, are you interested here?"

"If you consider their things only as antiques, their value is high, but if you include the house and land, the price is reasonable."

"The location is good. It's in the alley next to Beihai Park. Chang'an Avenue is only a few meters away. How is it?"

"No problem, but I won't argue with them. School is about to start, so I won't get involved in this kind of thing for now."

"It's a private sale anyway, and I won't go through the Housing Authority. I'll give you the money later, and you can just buy it for me."

Li Changhe said with a smile.

For him, this thing is basically just an investment value, he won't live in it.

In this era, the living experience in a courtyard house is definitely not as good as that in a building.

In fact, this is still the case even in later generations. Although the courtyard house is expensive, the living experience is still far inferior to that of a villa.

"Okay, then give me the money later and I'll do it for you. It's just a matter of convenience anyway."

"But what are you going to do with these things?"

"Antiques are not something you can just buy and throw away. You have to take good care of them!"

"And those things you collected before, people have cleared them out for you. With so many antiques, are you planning to sell them or just keep them for your own collection?"

Zhang Shiqi asked Li Changhe at this time.

After hearing this, Li Changhe also began to think.

(End of this chapter)