"Mr. Harris, you're here," Rick's voice rang out.
Li Du and Hans looked at each other. This was the arrival of another enemy. Their trip to Holbrook was not going smoothly.
Soon, Harris's sinister voice rang out, "Well, I'm here to see how you guys are preparing."
Lil 'Rick rushed to say, "There's no need to prepare. Tomorrow at the storage company, we'll teach the China guys a lesson. We'll definitely make them lose everything!"
Harris sneered, "Don't be too confident, kid. That China guy is not easy to deal with."
"Of course," Lil 'Rick said, "but this time he'll definitely lose badly. Just wait and see, we'll make a fool out of him."
Rick added, "Yes, Mr. Harris. There's no way he'll know that the mahogany furniture in the storage unit is fake!"
Li Du and Hans looked at each other. Hans whispered, "D * mmit, you're right. This storage unit is worthless. But how did they know?"
At this time, Harris spoke again. "Those mahogany furniture — are they really fake? Is there a problem with your information? If they're real, they should be worth a lot, right? "
Rick hesitated and said, "We're seventy percent sure, Mr. Harris. You have to understand, no one can be a hundred percent sure about this."
Harris said unhappily, "If the mahogany in there is real, then you'll be helping the China guys?"
Lil 'Rick said, "We got someone to look at the photos. The mahogany furniture should be fake."
"Should, should, should! F * cking should! What I want is confidence! D * mmit, what if the mahogany furniture is real? "
Hearing this, Li Du had already guessed what was going on. There was no need to listen further.
Hans also guessed it. "These b * stards want to trick us with fake furniture? Why are they so confident that they can trick us with fake mahogany furniture? "
Li Du sighed. "Maybe it's because from the outside, the mahogany furniture looks real enough."
In fact, the mahogany furniture in the storage unit could really be passed off as the real thing. If it weren't for the little bug that could enter the wood to examine the texture and structure, it would not be easy to determine the authenticity of the furniture just by looking at the outside.
Harris and the other two were still arguing about this matter. The Native Americans were greedy. They wanted to teach Li Du a lesson and make a lot of money at the same time.
Rick was betting that they thought the mahogany furniture was a fake.
They had concluded that Li Du would fall for the trap because they believed that the Chinese had a fanatical and unreasonable obsession with mahogany furniture.
The Ricks believed that as soon as the mahogany furniture appeared, Li Du would bid crazily to get them.
"Because the Chinese like mahogany furniture, just like the French like foie gras and the Russians like caviar." These were their exact words.
Later, the battery ran out, and they couldn't hear the three people's discussion. It was dinner time, so they went out to find a restaurant to eat.
Not long after they sat down, someone walked towards them and said with a smile, "Xiao Li, what a coincidence to meet you here."
Li Du turned his head and smiled. It was indeed a coincidence that he bumped into Liu Jianguo, Zheng Fengrong, and Liu Jinlong, who was on crutches.
He went up to shake hands with the three of them and asked Liu Jinlong, "How's your recovery from your gunshot wound?"
The fat youth smiled optimistically and said, "That's pretty good. However, it takes a hundred days to recover from a serious injury. It is better to be careful."
He could walk slowly without the crutches, but it was obvious that he was out for fun, so he walked carefully with the crutches.
Liu Jianguo asked, "What are you doing in this town? Don't tell me he's on a road trip on Route 66 like us? "
Liu Jinlong interrupted, "Old man, you can't even guess that? He must be here for the warehouse auction. Holbrook has a warehouse auction, right? "
Li Du smiled and nodded. "Yes, we are here for a warehouse auction. You guys are here for a road trip? Route 66 is a good choice. There are fewer cars and the scenery is good. "
"It's just that we have too few Chinese. They are all old Mexicans and Whites. I feel like they are not very friendly to us," Zheng Fengrong complained.
Liu Jinlong also complained, "Who asked my old man to read and not exercise? He looks like an expert, but Mexicans and Blacks like to target us Chinese intellectuals. They are rich and have a good temper. "
Hearing his son say that, Liu Jianguo did not know whether to be happy or angry. He smiled bitterly. "Isn't it good that I look like an expert? Is it good that I look like a butcher? "
They were joking casually, but when Li Du heard it, he suddenly had a bright idea and had a good idea.
The aesthetics of mahogany furniture were centered around China and spread to the rest of the world. Chinese classical furniture had spread to the West a long time ago, but the locals did not know its origin.
It was not until 1922, when the French scholar Odiland Roche systematically described mahogany furniture in his book "China Wood Art" that the trend of European and American mahogany furniture collection began.
Interestingly, what attracted Westerners to the mahogany furniture was not its sturdiness or beauty, but its complex mortise and tenon structure.
Westerners liked things with technical content, and the ever-changing mortise and tenon structure of classical mahogany furniture made them gasp in amazement. For this reason, Odiland wrote in his book, "In our medieval furniture design, you can't find anything stronger than classical Chinese furniture."
Besides the mortise and tenon structure, what fascinated Westerners even more was the craftsmanship and artistry of mahogany furniture.
However, for a long time, Westerners had no intention of "copying" China's furniture; they just admired it.
At that time, Westerners thought that some of the large frames in China were very exquisite, but the exquisite presentation was not for display or to show off, but for preservation and durability, so that it could be passed down to their descendants.
They were not interested in leaving a pile of furniture for their descendants, so they did not put much effort into researching mahogany furniture.
As a result, in the 1920s, with the emergence of the mahogany furniture collection trend, Westerners' knowledge and understanding were not up to standard, and they were easily deceived.
Therefore, early immigrants from China were regarded as mahogany experts. They frequently appeared in the furniture market to help white and black people choose the best mahogany furniture.
After the end of World War II, the world entered a relatively peaceful period of development, and beautiful and practical mahogany furniture collection became more and more popular.
At that time, Europeans and Americans began to study the art of mahogany, and many outstanding mahogany experts today were white or black.
However, the experts left a deep impression on the Chinese in the early years, and many people who did not know much about mahogany furniture still preferred to trust Chinese mahogany experts.
Thinking about this, Li Du looked at Liu Jianguo, who seemed to be an expert, and had an idea.
Didn't the Ricks set a trap for him? Very well, then he would also set a trap to see who was the hunter and who was the prey!
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