What could be in a refrigerated container? Wasn't it just boxes of vegetables, fruits, and food?
This was a clutch refrigerated container. The freezer could be connected to or separated from the container. Generally speaking, this kind of container would be connected to the freezer when transported on land, and separated from the freezer when transported on the sea.
When the refrigerated container arrived on the ship, the inside of the container would be cooled by the ship's refrigeration cabin, which was connected to the refrigerated container through a cold air duct system.
Li Du saw these things as soon as the little bug entered.
Fortunately, the little bug had a very powerful ability, and that was automatic precision guidance!
In other words, if there were antiques in the container, it would automatically fly to find them.
This time, the little bug's ability was very useful. Among the countless boxes of various sizes, it flew to one of them. Inside the box were framed oil paintings.
Among them, the little bug stared at the paintings of roses. The colors of the flowers were dark red and gray, and they were placed in a green vase with green leaves. There were also some fallen flower petals on the table around it.
There was no signature on the canvas, so it was difficult for a layman to determine its author and identity.
However, looking at the painting, its author was probably not a famous artist, because the drawing was very crude and the colors were very rich. It looked like graffiti.
Seeing these oil paintings, Li Du suddenly understood. Needless to say, these two people's target was this painting. It should be a valuable antique, and the other paintings were just used to hide its identity.
The reason the paintings were stored in the refrigerated container was that this container could not only refrigerate but also dehumidify, just like an air conditioner. It maintained the container at a fixed temperature and removed moisture at the same time.
This was very important to protect the oil painting. Temperature changes and excessive humidity could destroy the painting.
So, what was the secret of this painting?
Another powerful ability of the little bug came in handy: Time Reversal!
Soon, a man that Li Du was familiar with appeared in front of the canvas.
Vincent Van Gogh! It was the most legendary painter in the world of flowers again!
Li Du had gotten Van Gogh's portrait before and had seen him in Time Reversal, so he was familiar with him. This time, when the time was reversed, he recognized him.
There was no doubt that this was a Van Gogh painting, and Van Gogh paintings were very popular in this era. Any one of them was very expensive.
Li Du had studied Van Gogh's paintings before, but he could not remember any description of this painting.
Time passed, and the painting took shape. Something that surprised him happened. What appeared on the canvas was not roses, but two men. Two bare-chested men. One of them reached out and grabbed the other's neck. The two of them were wrestling!
Now he knew the identity of the painting. "Two Wrestlers"!
When Li Du was researching Van Gogh's posthumous works, he had read the memoirs of his younger brother, Theo Van Gogh. In the memoirs, Theo said that his brother had studied at the Belgian Academy of Fine Arts. At that time, he had created a batch of portraits.
Among them, Van Gogh had painted some portraits of people, but very few of them had been circulated.
Theo said that he had asked his brother what he had painted, and his brother Van Gogh's answer was, "Some models, just some random character models. That's nothing. I'm tired of it, so I scrapped them."
Everyone, including Theo, thought that Van Gogh meant that they should be destroyed when he said 'make them useless.' However, looking at the painting, Li Du had a new idea.
At that time, Van Gogh was very poor. He would not waste canvas for no reason. Canvas was very precious to him, so he must have made use of it.
That explained why the roses in the painting were so colorful. Van Gogh must have wanted to cover up the wrestlers below and deliberately painted many flowers and a huge vase.
Also, at that time, he had just started to dabble in still life paintings. Perhaps he had used this painting to practice.
After understanding the mystery, Li Du's interest was piqued. This painting was very valuable!
Oil paintings were different from other paintings. Because of the paint itself, oil paintings were actually 3D paintings. The portrait protruded out of the canvas.
As far as Li Du knew, there was a technique in the oil painting industry, which was grafting.
The oil itself could be preserved for a long time, but the canvas and the canvas could not. They were easily damaged.
Some paintings were not protected in time. By the time their value was discovered, the canvas or the canvas had already been damaged.
In such cases, there would be professionals who would remove the painting from the canvas and transfer it to a new canvas so that it could be preserved better and longer.
Right now, this painting was actually two paintings. The bottom was the wrestler, and the top was the rose. In reality, there was a technique to separate them. That way, it could become two paintings.
Both were paintings by Van Gogh. That was very valuable!
Li Du did not know where the two b * stards Stein and Gasol got their hands on this painting. Furthermore, the two of them knew the true value of this painting. This was very strange. There were almost no records of these two paintings in the outside world.
However, this was not a big deal. He was not a very curious person. What he cared about was the result. That was, if he could take this box, he would have one more prey.
The value of this container lay in the two paintings. Other than that, there were fruits, vegetables, and meat. Because it had been at sea for too long, some of the fruits and vegetables had already gone bad.
Li Du summoned the little bug. He saw that there was another refrigerated container next to it, so he let the little bug go in and take a look.
This box contained mostly small purplish-red bricks. The bricks were very strange. The surface was very smooth, like glazed tiles. They were very beautiful.
It was no problem that they were beautiful, but why were they stored in a refrigerated container? Construction materials should be stored in open-top containers.
Open-top containers were a special type of general purpose container. Its top could be removed so that the goods could be lifted from the top by a crane. There were two main types: "hard top" and "soft top."
"Hard top" referred to the container's roof, which was made of a single piece of steel plate. "Soft top" referred to the roof, which was made of canvas or plastic sheets, supported by a removable extension beam.
Hard top containers were suitable for carrying large and heavy goods, such as steel and wood. Soft-top containers were suitable for some construction materials, such as glass, plastic products, cement products, and so on.
Out of curiosity, he could only use the little bug's ability to turn back time.
Immediately, the scene that unfolded before him was an eye-opener. It turned out that these were not bricks, nor were they construction materials. They were indeed a type of fruit product.
Coincidentally, the two refrigerated containers were together. He could bid for them together.
He was looking at the containers when someone bumped into him from behind.
Li Du looked back. The person who bumped into him was a stranger. He did not know him, but his attitude did not seem to be very good. He was looking at him coldly.
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