As soon as he said that, Li Du became excited.
However, he knew that he had to stay calm and not behave too strangely, so he waved his hand and said, "No, how can I do that?"
Jim King laughed and said, "What's there to be polite about? Why don't you choose a few paintings from my collection? You can take whichever one you like. "
Li Du pondered for a moment and said, "I might be going a little overboard by doing this …"
"Don't stand on ceremony, don't stand on ceremony!" Jim King said warmly. "However, Li, I hope you can help me explain to Mr. Ferrari that you and I are friends, and this matter has nothing to do with me."
Li Du patted his chest and said, "Of course, of course, you have absolutely nothing to do with this matter. I swear that Knight will not trouble you in the future."
Jim King was overjoyed and asked, "Really?"
Li Du said, "I swear I will do my best to help you deal with Knight. As for the paintings I choose, how about these two Van Gogh paintings?"
Jim King generously took down the paintings and handed them to him. He said, "Since you like them, they belong to you."
Holding the two paintings, Li Du was terrified. These were not just two frames or two paintings, they were tens of millions of dollars in US dollars!
Jim King was very smart. Seeing Li Du holding the two paintings so carefully, he felt that something was wrong and asked, "You seem to like these two paintings very much?"
Li Du said, "I like oil paintings now. I like all the paintings you have here."
Jim King asked tentatively, "In that case, how about I exchange these two paintings for you? Actually, I just bought these two paintings and have not cleaned them yet. They are not good gifts. "
Hearing this, Li Du immediately understood that because he had paid too much attention to the two paintings, this guy was beginning to doubt him.
So he made a prompt decision and put the two paintings back on the table without hesitation. He said, "No, forget it. Looks like I'm taking away someone's love, right? I'll return these paintings to you. I'll buy a set myself. "
Seeing him put down the painting so readily, the suspicion in Jim King's heart dissipated. He hurriedly pushed the painting back to Li Du and said, "No, no, Li, you've misunderstood me. I just wanted to give you a better gift."
He muttered in his heart. He had bought these two paintings from a grocery store. They couldn't be authentic. He could tell just by looking at the canvas. There were potholes and small grains of sand on it. If they were authentic, how could they be so badly damaged?
Also, the most fake part of the painting was the signature. Van Gogh was Dutch, so his signature was in Dutch.
It was true that Dutch and English were very similar in terms of grammar and alphabet usage. But this is the present, not the nineteenth century.
Van Gogh's signature on these two paintings was large and clear, as if he was afraid that others wouldn't know that this was someone's signature in modern English.
Li Du did not accept his gift again. He shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'd better buy it myself. There must be a lot of Van Gogh imitations online, right?"
Jim King said enthusiastically, "Don't stand on ceremony with me, Li. If you like them, you can take them. If there are other paintings that you like, you can continue to choose."
Li Du had taken a look when he had released the little bug earlier. Only these two paintings were valuable. The rest were real imitations or fakes. They were not worth much at all.
However, he still chose two more paintings. They were also Van Gogh's works. One was "Starry Night" and the other was "Sunflower."
Jim King personally wrapped the four paintings for him and said, "If you want to buy oil paintings in the future, you can contact me. I have a lot of experience in this area."
Li Du smiled. "Thank you very much."
Jim King said, "No, no, this is nothing. It's just about Mr. Ferrari …"
He was really worried about this matter, so he emphasized it again.
Li Du said, "Don't worry, Mr. Ferrari will not trouble you again!"
"That's good, that's good." Jim King's eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled.
However, this matter could have been solved with two paintings. In the end, he had spent four paintings and lost two paintings for nothing. When he thought about this, he could not smile anymore.
These paintings were indeed imitations. They were all imitations. Compared to the real ones, they were not worth much. However, Jim King's collection was the high-end of the imitations. They were still worth some money. Each of them could be sold for at least a thousand dollars.
Seeing that he had brought back two oil paintings, Hans asked in surprise, "What are these? You went to the art exhibition? "
Li Du laughed. "How is that possible? This is a gift from Jim King. "
"This stingy old man actually gave someone a gift? Then he must have asked you for help, "said a local treasure hunter next to him, curling his lips.
Hans motioned for him to put down the two paintings. He wanted to continue to show him the rest of the storage units.
How could Li Du be in the mood to continue? Anyway, he had seen the storage units and was very clear about what was in them.
He waved his hand and said, "You deal with these things. Give me a Narwhal's tooth. You can handle the rest. I'm a little tired. I have to go back."
Li Du wanted to go back and put the two paintings away. Today's harvest was really great!
Hans was surprised and said, "You're a little tired? Why do I feel like you're in high spirits? "
Li Du said, "I'm mentally tired."
Hans was speechless.
On the way back, he called Playboy and asked him to help contact Knight. No matter what, he did not want to cause trouble for Jim King.
Playboy said, "After our investigation, this b * stard can't get away with the kidnapping."
Li Du said, "Forget about him. Anyway, he didn't directly participate in it. Let him go."
No matter what the relationship was, Jim King had paid the price. It was a good enough price.
He asked Godzilla to buy a big box and put the two authentic oil paintings in it.
In fact, the oil paintings could be removed from the frame and rolled up for carrying.
However, he knew that these two paintings were authentic. They had been around for more than a hundred years. The canvas would probably not be able to withstand the torment. It was more reliable to keep them in their original state.
When Hans came back, he gave him a list of the gains from the storage auction.
In addition to the Narwhal's tooth, they had an even bigger gain, which was a box of watch hairspring.
The hairspring was the core of the operation of mechanical clocks. Before the invention of the hairspring, mechanical clocks relied on the pendulum as an oscillator to achieve energy division and travel time.
In the 17th century, Huygens invented the hairspring, which greatly reduced the size of clocks. The appearance of this thing was the foundation of the emergence of pocket watches and wristwatches. It was also the end of the glorious era of pendulum clocks.
This thing was very small, but the technical content was very high. The material was also very rare. The ones that Li Du had obtained were especially rare. They came from a high-end Swiss watch supplier company. They were all valuable goods!
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