The female bear approached them not to attack, but to get food.
Brother Wolf found a piece of watermelon and threw it to the female bear, then picked up an apple and threw it far away.
Bears were wild animals, after all, and they were difficult to tame. Although the female bear had not shown any aggression, Li Du and the others decided to stay away from it.
If the female bear suddenly went berserk, none of them would be able to escape.
The brown bear's cross-country speed was 60 kilometers per hour. It could run a kilometer in a minute and cover a hundred meters in six seconds. Besides, this was not sprinting speed. It could run at this speed for a while, and humans were no match for it.
Under Brother Wolf's distraction, the mother bear gradually moved away from them. The little brown bear tried to snatch the fruit to eat, but was slapped by the mother bear again. Just like that, the two bears, one big and one small, entered the forest.
The environmental protection and wildlife protection work in the lake area was going well. At night, they camped and met a fox out hunting and some wild birds returning to their nests.
Among them, the fox was the unluckiest. It had come out to look for food, but it met Ah Meow and was almost eaten by Ah Meow.
In addition, there were rabbits, hedgehogs, and other small beasts.
The next day, Li Du rented a large yacht and the group boarded it and sailed into the lake.
Brother Wolf and the others took turns surfing with the yacht's tow rope. Li Du did not know how to surf, and he was not interested in this form of entertainment. He just sat on the deck and watched.
After playing in the resort for three days, Li Du felt a little bored. He took Lu Guan and said, "Let's go to the photography studio and have a look. It would be best if we could make some money and give the guys a bonus."
Lu Guan was more interested in money than a vacation. After hearing Li Du's words, he immediately got into the car in high spirits.
The driver, who had no family and was even less interested in this kind of vacation, drove the two back to downtown Cleveland.
Ohio Life Insurance was one of the pillars of Cleveland. The location of the building was clear, not far from the downtown square, and the warehouse they rented was nearby.
Lu Guan had recently searched for information about photography studios and told Li Du about it on the way.
The photography industry had always been prosperous, but old studios like Bourne and Safford's Eyes had gone bankrupt. There were many reasons. This time, it was because of the company's strategic vision. They did not eat the cake of digital photography in time and had always insisted on film photography.
Film photography had already been eliminated by society. Even Kodak had gone bankrupt, let alone a studio like this?
In order to restore its former prosperity, the studio had also tried to expand its business scope. They had provided services such as commercial shooting, 16mm and 35mm film processing, etc. But when the photography industry entered the digital era, the studio did not keep up with the trend, so it was difficult for them to continue developing.
In 1991, a fire destroyed nearly 2000 glass negatives of Eye Studio, and their business was in trouble.
Originally, this was an opportunity. The dawn of digital photography had already appeared in the 1990s, but the studio did not seize this opportunity. They invested a lot of money in the restoration of glass negatives. Later, when they realized that they needed to follow the trend of digital photography, they had no money left.
"Moreover, this studio was very arrogant in the past few years. At first, they took the semi-commercial route. Many of their money-burning projects were non-profit projects, such as their records of the history of the Northern Indians," Lu Guan said.
Li Du asked, "What do you mean by historical records? Did they take a lot of pictures of Indians? "
Lu Guan nodded. "Yes, a lot. In the first half of the 20th century, this studio almost became the official photography studio of the Native Americans. They recorded many pictures and videos related to the Native Americans."
Before the American political scene found its conscience, the Native Americans had a hard life in the United States. They were still being slaughtered in the 19th century. In the 20th century, although the killings were no longer, they had no jobs and little money.
The studio naturally could not make money by serving the Native Americans. According to Lu Guan, they were not doing it for money, but for art and history. This studio was very ambitious and once wanted to use the Native Americans to step onto the stage of history.
The name of the studio was Bourne and Safford's Eye. The name came from the two founders, Mr. Bourne and Mr. Safford. Early on, when the studio was founded, they had been working with the Native Americans.
At that time, Safford was mainly responsible for running the studio and developing the photos, while Bourne was more involved in taking pictures of the Native Americans in the northern regions of the United States through adventure and travel.
From the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States to the Rocky Mountains in the western United States, the Native American tribes in the deep mountains and forests had left traces of Bourne's team.
It was said that during Bourne's time, the studio had left tens of thousands of images and photos of the Native American tribes.
These photos recorded the ever-changing Native Americans and the customs of many ancient tribes. At that time, it was highly praised in society. Many media outlets would use their photos when introducing Native American culture.
In addition, the studio continued to pay attention to Native American culture and society. With superb skills, they created information related to the influence of the Native Americans with first-class artistic value. This information entered many top museums, such as the National Portrait Gallery in the United States. It was recognized and collected.
Both the Ohio government and Washington had commended the studio and awarded them with many social service awards.
These awards to a certain extent numbed the people in charge of the studio. They were real artists and did not pursue money. What they pursued was a name in history.
However, history was forgetful. The problem of the Native Americans was solved by the government, and fewer people paid attention to it.
Unfortunately, the studio's management had problems. Now that they needed money, they had no money. In the end, they could only go bankrupt. The possibility of leaving a name in history was not high.
Lu Guan told Li Du all the information about the studio, introducing it as clearly as possible. This was very helpful for the auction, because Li Du had to know the situation of the studio and pay attention to the things that might be valuable in the warehouse.
Now he was aiming for the Native American art. The studio had such a close relationship with the Native American tribes that it must have received many gifts from the Native Americans in history.
After a long time, some valuable things had been left in the warehouse and had not been cleared out. What Li Du had to do was find them.
The auction was divided into two venues, one for the warehouse, and the other for the office. The studio had applied for a bankruptcy clearance auction. Their office had been frozen by the bank, and the things inside were untouched, waiting for the treasure hunters to pay.
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