The four of them left with the oil paintings. Liu Shan Yang was all smiles as he sent them off. He waved enthusiastically and said, "Hey, brother, if I find any treasures in the future, I will look for you again."
A neighbor came out and saw Li Du leaving with some oil paintings. He teased, "Hey, hey, hey, Old Liu, you've been a swindler for so many years. Have you finally succeeded in swindling a foreigner?"
Liu Shan Yang said unhappily, "Go away. What do you mean by swindling? I told you that I dug those oil paintings out when I was digging the cellar. "
"Who would believe that?" The neighbor snorted. "Alas, this young man has no life experience. He was fooled."
Liu Shan Yang ignored him and said proudly, "You can think whatever you want. Anyway, I sold it for money. Hmm, I'll go get some pig head meat and some good wine first. I'll have a good meal today and then I'll buy a house … "
"You cheated them of so much money?" The neighbors were shocked.
Liu Shan Yang glared at him and said impatiently, "Damn idiot, I told you these are all real antiques."
Another neighbor came out and roared with laughter. "Aiyo, since when did you, Liu Shan Yang, start doing proper business? This isn't your style. "" It's not the tradition of your Liu family either. "
Liu Shan Yang waved his hand and said, "Get lost, get lost. I can't be bothered with you. I'm going to buy a house and move in. You poor people can just stay here … Also, let me tell you, the antiques I sold today are real antiques!"
Not only did the neighbors who were familiar with Liu Shanyang question the authenticity of the oil painting, even Sophie and her parents felt the same way.
Mr. Martin wondered, "Why do you trust that man? I don't feel right about him, Li. I don't think he's the type of businessman who would follow the rules. "
After hearing this evaluation, Li Du could not help but feel sad for Liu Shan Yang.
This guy was in the business of duping people. He earned money by winning the trust of others. But now, it seemed that even the relatively simple Sophie's family had such a bad first impression of him, not to mention the shrewd common people.
However, he knew that Liu Shan Yang was not lying this time. These oil paintings were real. They were all painted by the Qing Dynasty artist named Spoilum.
This name was very rare, and Li Du did not know how to translate it, so he went online to search for it in English.
Spoilin was the painter's Chinese name.
This person was not famous, but his identity was really extraordinary.
As far as we know, Spoilum was the earliest master of oil painting in the Pearl River Harbor during the Qing Dynasty. According to the documents related to him, he first rose to fame by painting oil portraits on glass. The earliest extant glass portrait with clothes was labeled in English: Spoilum painted dock in October 1774.
With this identity, even if Li Du did not search for the modern value of his paintings, he knew that he did not lose out on this deal.
The works of the earliest oil painting masters in China would definitely not be cheap. He would be able to make a profit.
As he was still with Sophie and her family, Li Du did not have much time to search for information. He kept the oil painting and continued driving.
Ever since he went to the United States, he hadn't been able to properly walk around the county. When he came back last year, he only attended a few gatherings and spent most of his time at home with his parents.
Although he had not left home when he was young, his hometown had developed rapidly and changed a lot. When Li Du wandered around, he was surprised to find that this was no longer the hometown he was familiar with.
In just three or four years, the county had changed greatly.
After walking around for a day, he had gained a lot, which was unexpected.
In the evening, Brother Wolf drove back in his Passat and sent some photos to Li Du's computer. He also told him about the information they had found that day.
They could only investigate Soft Company with their eyes. After all, both of them were foreigners and would be too conspicuous in a small county. They could not ask the locals for information about Soft Company.
There was no need for them to do anything about it. Du Hang helped Li Du investigate Soft Company and sent over all the information he could find.
No wonder Soft Company could run amok in their county. This housekeeping company was not ordinary.
Yesterday, the employee named Du Yun told Li Du that their manager and deputy manager had gone to attend the city leader's wedding.
He said this mainly to warn Li Du and scare him with the power of his own company.
In fact, he was not lying. Although the manager and deputy manager of Soft Company were in the county and did not attend the so-called full moon banquet of the mayor's grandson, their company was indeed very powerful.
However, their company did have some power. They were in charge of the cleaning work of the County Leaders' compound.
In the past, the county leaders had nannies at home. However, in the past two years, the whole country had been cracking down on the style of civil servants. The county leaders had fired the nannies and handed the housekeeping work over to the housekeeping company.
Soft Company took advantage of this and they made the county leaders very comfortable. The company's boss's network expanded. In addition, he had some background, so the company grew bigger and bigger.
From this point of view, Li Du quite admired him. A housekeeping company was not a unit that could be seen in public. The fact that their boss could enter the eyes of the county leaders was enough to show his ability.
However, this was exactly what Li Du wanted. The more the boss of Soft Company relied on the county leaders, the easier it would be for him to carry out his plan.
Before he carried out his plan, he received a call from Hans as soon as he returned to the country. Hans told him that the Anthonys had suffered a setback and were now both in the hospital.
This matter was not beyond Li Du's expectations. He had directed the trouble of the Eagle Beak Gang to the Anthonys. With the vengeful character of Eagle Beak Blade and his gang, how could they let the Anthonys live a good life?
Hans said gloatingly, "George Anthony must have never suffered such a loss before. Both of his ankles were fractured, comminuted fractures. I guess he will have to use a wheelchair when he attends auctions in the future."
Hearing this, Li Du could not help but be speechless. He had underestimated Eagle Beak Blade. This guy was really ruthless. He had actually beaten George Anthony into comminuted fractures!
George Anthony certainly did not expect the Eagle Beak Gang to be so ruthless. Otherwise, he would not have run away quietly. Instead, he would have stayed behind to settle the matter with Eagle Beak Blade.
There was no medicine for regret in this world. Since George Anthony had chosen to cooperate with these ruthless gangsters, he had to bear the consequences.
This matter spread among the treasure hunters in the United States. After all, George Anthony was the first member of the Ten Million Dollar Club to be beaten into comminuted fractures in both of his ankles.
The Arizona treasure hunters were delighted to see this. They even made up a saying, which, when translated into Chinese, could be related to a saying: George's brilliant plan brought peace to the world, but he suffered a double loss.
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