Li Du said to Lu Guan, "We have been very busy in the past year. Everyone has been working, so we need time off. Rest is rest, vacation is vacation …"
"I understand," Lu Guan laughed. "To hell with this d * mn news."
Li Du also laughed. "What do you know? A boss has to squeeze his employees. Tell me, what work news? Is there an auction here? "
Lu Guan was speechless.
The news was indeed related to the warehouse auction. The auction would be held this weekend, four days away, and the content of the auction was related to photography.
The city of Cleveland was opened in 1796. At first, it became a manufacturing center because of the intersection of canals and railroads. After the decline of large industries, the focus was on finance, insurance, and health care.
In addition, there were some art-related industries in the city, such as photography.
The photography industry in Cleveland developed very early, and the oldest existing photography studio in the United States was located there.
The studio, called Bourne and Safford's Eyes, was founded in the 1860s and was once famous for its portraits.
In 1910, Bourne and Safford's Eyes moved to a building now owned by the Ohio Life Insurance Company. It was forced to close after losing a 16-year lawsuit over the ownership of the space.
The studio and the office building had always been in a tenancy relationship. Due to space and rent issues, they could not reach an agreement with the owner of the building. The Ohio Life Insurance Company wanted to take back the building, and the studio decided to file for bankruptcy.
Lu Guan said, "This studio has been open for 150 years. They have a dedicated warehouse. This auction is divided into two categories: office auctions and warehouse auctions. Both belong to this studio."
When Li Du heard that there were still four days, he said, "Take a break. Don't worry about it for now. Occasionally pay attention to relevant information and ask if there are any good things."
Whether it was Hans or Lu Guan, they were both good at finding valuable warehouse auction information. The warehouse auctions that they found would always have good things.
Li Du could not compare to them in this regard. He was not good at finding hidden value in a pile of warehouse auction information.
Hans was good at this, and so was Lu Guan. So when they were on vacation, Lu Guan deliberately mentioned the warehouse auction information to him, indicating that the information was more valuable.
Li Du asked him to follow up occasionally. Now that they were staying in the resort, the main thing was to relax and rest.
The staff had warned them that there were brown bears in the woods and wilderness, but because of the long period of development, the brown bears seemed to have been domesticated and were not very ferocious.
This was one of the tourist attractions of the resort, which was to see brown bears. As long as one did not provoke the local brown bears, they would not be attacked.
Also, the brown bear had another special characteristic. The big bear stayed in the woods and rarely appeared in the resort area. It was mainly the little bear that came out to look for people to eat.
There was a biological exhibition room in the resort, which introduced the local wildlife, birds, fish, and so on. It also told the tourists what they could and couldn't hunt, what they could fish, and what they needed to protect.
There were quite a lot of projects around. There were a lot of independent houses and open tourist areas in the area. You could camp, swim, fish, hunt, build your own treehouse, and ski in winter.
However, before fishing, one had to apply for a fishing permit at the Bureau of Fisheries outside the resort. The permit cost two dollars each and allowed one to catch eight fish a day.
The exception was the Asian Carp. If one was willing to fish for Asian Carp in the lake, they did not need a fishing license. Instead, they could exchange Asian Carp for a fishing license. If they caught two Asian Carp, they could fish for one local species.
Asian Carp had flooded the rivers and lakes of the United States. It was said that this year, the U.S. Congress allocated $200 million to deal with them, but the effect was not great.
These carp were originally used to dispose of freshwater garbage. As a result, they had no local predators, and the population expanded rapidly. They followed the river all the way north and had now invaded the Great Lakes.
Along the way, Li Du saw some big fish jumping out of the lake. That was the heroic posture of the Asian Carp.
Surrounded by green trees and clear water, Li Du put on sunscreen, put on his sunglasses, and went to the beach by the lake to bask in the sun.
The lake was very lively. Some people were surfing with yachts towing them, and others were flying in the air with parachutes. In addition, there was a local lake activity, which was to put a large bathtub in the lake and stay in the bathtub to float around with the wind and waves.
Li Du saw that there were children in some bathtubs and asked, "What if the basin turns over?"
Lu Guan shrugged and said, "It won't turn over. Look, the basin is very stable. There are buoyant balls under it, just like a boat."
Li Du said, "But what if it turns over? There are only children in some bathtubs. "
"That child will definitely know how to swim. Anyway, everyone looks after their children. If there is an accident, it's the guardian's fault," Lu Guan said casually.
Li Du nodded. There was a reason why there were so few foreigners. The guardians were brave enough to let their children play such dangerous lake activities.
Lunch was quite sumptuous. There were coconut and lime flavored scallops and pickled fish, skim milk waffles with stewed duck legs, spicy octopus ramen, fried chicken and fish, and fried bologna and trout sandwiches that Li Du and the others had prepared.
Sitting on the beach by the lake, a group of people sat around and had lunch, enjoying the cool breeze from the lake and the delicious food. It was relaxing both physically and mentally.
Ah Meow and the others also joined in to eat and drink. Behind them, there was a stretch of forest. Li Du saw some mushrooms and suggested that they go pick them together in the afternoon.
Ah Meow and Ah Bai were both jungle animals. After eating and drinking, they went into the forest.
Sophie was afraid that they would be in danger and said, "Only here, right here. Don't go any further, okay? Just this way. "
Ah Bai climbed up a pine tree easily with its hands and feet. It dug out a bird's nest and dug out two eggs from it. It ran to Li Du to show off.
Li Du shook his head and told it to put it back. They were not in the wild and there was no need to eat other people's eggs.
Seeing that he was not interested, Ah Bai tilted its head and thought for a moment before going into the forest again.
They were still in the residential area and everything was safe. There were no large beasts, so Li Du was relieved.
More than half an hour after Ah Bai entered the forest, Ah Meow, who was lying on a branch and dozing off, suddenly got up and stared into the depths of the forest. "Meow, meow!"
Li Du took off his sunglasses and asked, "What's wrong?"
Soon, the branches swayed and a white figure jumped out. When he saw that it was Ah Bai, he put on his sunglasses again and prepared to rest.
As a result, some of the small trees in the forest behind them also swayed. Ah Meow's calls became more and more urgent, and Ah Ow and the others also jumped up.
Li Du saw that something was wrong and walked into the woods with Brother Wolf. Then he saw a big furry head.
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