The two of them had been conversing in Mandarin, so Hans and the others could not understand what they were saying.
When Chen Haonan went to get a drink, Hans asked impatiently, "What were you guys talking about?"
Li Du sighed. "You don't want to know, or you'll beat this guy up."
Hans said unhappily, "He discriminates against us white people?"
Li Du said, "Who would dare to discriminate against you white people? He's the one who's been joking, all kinds of jokes that I can't understand! "
He felt that Chen Haonan was a giant baby. Although he looked like an adult, there was a child's soul in his body.
However, this gave him a strange charm, and it was easy to win people's trust. Anyway, Li Du felt that talking to him was quite enjoyable.
This was a very strange feeling, and could only be explained by the fact that the world was big and full of strange things.
Both of them took a break while drinking.
Li Du drank his Coke while looking at the messy sculptures in the hall. These sculptures were mainly made of wood, ranging from birds and beasts to humans, from buildings to plants.
Most of the sculptures were not finished, and many were given up halfway. This way, he could not identify the sculptures and could only make a rough guess.
Looking at the wood sculpture, he asked, "Brother Haonan, why did you give up halfway?"
Chen Haonan said lazily, "I'm not interested."
Li Du said, "So you're carving for fun?"
Chen Haonan said, "Yeah, don't people work for fun? I do it for fun. If it doesn't make me happy, I'll quit. "
Li Du could not help but give him a thumbs up. The life of a rich kid was great.
After the break, Big Quinn and Godzilla carried the wood down.
Chen Haonan went up to take a look and said, "This red sandalwood is of good quality. Your offer of 40,000 is a little low, 50,000 is fine."
Li Du translated, and Hans asked in surprise, "Then change the price to 50,000?"
Chen Haonan said, "People always say that I'm naive, but you're even more naive than me. You've already given me the price, and you still want to raise it?"
He looked at the wood one by one, and finally nodded and said that he was willing to buy all of them.
There were still some wooden planks and blocks on the truck. Li Du asked Godzilla to carry them all down, intending to give them to Chen Haonan. For a carver, wood blocks could be used as raw materials.
Godzilla went to work, and Li Du asked, "What are you going to carve with the mahogany?"
Mahogany was most suitable for making furniture. It would be a waste to carve it into other things, such as decorations.
Chen Haonan said, "I plan to drive the pearls."
"What?" Li Du was dumbfounded.
Chen Haonan looked at him strangely and said, "Beads, bracelets, prayer beads, luck beads, etc."
Li Du pointed at the tree trunk and said, "You used such a big piece of mahogany to make beads? Isn't that too wasteful? "
Chen Haonan said, "What's there to squander? I'll spend 80,000 to buy your wood, and I'll earn 100,000 in return."
Literary bracelets were indeed popular in the market, but it was a waste and a pity to use a whole piece of mahogany to make beads.
Small pieces of mahogany could be used to make the beads. Between the same weight of mahogany, the whole piece would definitely be more valuable. The value of the scattered pieces would be much lower.
Li Du wanted to persuade Chen Haonan. This kid was from a rich family and had never lacked money, but it was not a good idea to waste it like this.
Just as he was about to speak, Chen Haonan ignored him. His gaze shifted to Godzilla and Big Quinn, and he said in surprise, "Oh, you have such good stuff? Why didn't you tell me earlier? "
Li Du thought that the boxes that Godzilla and Big Quinn carried in were worthless scraps of wood. Looking at Chen Haonan's reaction, it seemed that was not the case.
Although he did not understand Mandarin, he understood the meaning of Li Du's words from the change in his expression. "Come, buddy, come over and take a look. See if you like these things."
One of the boxes was filled with wood scraps, and one of them, which looked like a small tree stump, was placed on top. It had a beautiful pattern, a soft color, and appeared to be a moving light red.
Chen Haonan picked up the heavy piece of wood and looked at it from left to right. He placed it on the coffee table and looked at it again. Then he laughed and said to Li Du, "Interesting. Bro, you're from China?"
Li Du said, "No, I'm from a storage auction. I found this wood in a storage unit. What do you think of it?"
Chen Haonan exclaimed, "Good wood. This is South China Sea scented rosewood. It's rare in the market now, especially in the United States. I didn't expect to see this stuff."
Hearing this, Li Du was shocked. He did not expect that there would be such good wood among the scraps.
South China Sea scented rosewood was the top wood among the mahogany. Antonio had told them before that the international market for this wood was crazy. One ton could fetch a terrifying 1.5 million US dollars!
Of course, this small wooden stump could not possibly be a ton, but it was at least 20 kilograms. Chen Haonan had a hard time carrying it.
Patting the small wooden stump, he said, "Alright, sell it to me together with this piece of scented rosewood. I'll give you 100,000 dollars. What do you think?"
Appraising mahogany was an extremely complicated subject. Li Du kindly reminded him, "Do you want to get someone to appraise them?"
Chen Haonan said, "No need. It's just a small deal of 100,000 dollars. Why bother?"
Li Du blinked. He had seen so many tycoons these two days.
Seeing that Li Du did not speak, Chen Haonan laughed and said, "I'm joking. My old man always told me that even if you have money, you can't spend it like this. But there's really no need to appraise them. I trust you. Whatever you say. "
This made Li Du feel pressured. He said, "Don't, we just met. This is not good. Brother, it's better to get an authoritative third party to appraise them."
Chen Haonan laughed again and said, "Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore. You really believed what I said just now?"
He patted the wooden stump and said confidently, "I have more authority than any third party when it comes to appraising these pieces of wood. This is what I do. Do you know what my family does?"
"I don't know." Li Du shook his head. He thought to himself, If only I knew.
He was about to go crazy with this guy. He was an experienced player, always joking, and had led Li Du into a ditch.
Chen Haonan said, "My family is in the furniture and wood business. I'm doing wood carving now because my great-grandfather was a wood carver. My great-grandfather was a wood carver. My grandfather was also a wood carver. I've been playing with wood since I was young. How can I not tell the difference between mahogany and fake wood?"
Li Du hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Sorry for not recognizing you. So you've inherited the skills of your ancestors?"
Chen Haonan said, "Yes, I inherited the skills of my ancestors. Originally, it was my father's turn to inherit it, but he wanted to do business, so he forced me to."
At this point, he sighed.
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