136. Worth the money your mother approved (Dingding+1)
Lucas was also very excited. After Anthony paid 51,000 yuan, he called him and asked him to come and preside over the cleaning of the warehouse.
Li Du guessed that Anthony followed him under Lucas' command. He guessed it right, but what he didn't guess was that Lucas also came to Sedona.
In order to save face, the Mexican did not directly participate in the auction. He stayed in a hotel and was manipulating Anthony and others on the phone.
Anthony did not have the courage to pay more than 50,000 yuan to buy a warehouse. He only quoted this price after asking Lucas for instructions.
But what he was sure of was that Li Du really wanted to take a picture of the warehouse. After joining Lucas, he said: "I dare to swear by my family. That guy wanted to get it like crazy. I can see how intense his thoughts are."
“How intense?”
"It's as intense as the boss wants to get Megan Fox!"
Lucas chuckled, "Then he really has a fierce idea."
"But it ended up falling into our hands. Although the Chinese guy has a good vision, his courage is far worse than the boss." Another subordinate smiled flatteringly.
Lucas snorted and said, "Damn it, I really don't know why God favors him so much! I must make a big profit this time, otherwise I will have to go poison and pay back the money!"
He made a lot of money through warehouse and auctions, but he was splurged and had no idea of saving money.
Last time, he spent more than 80,000 yuan to shoot a worthless advertising screen, which caused him to suffer heavy losses. This time he came to the auction to borrow money.
"This warehouse will definitely gain a lot. The Chinese have been following the price to 50,000 yuan. And I can see that this guy was very determined when he quoted 50,000 yuan!" Anthony said confidently.
The warehouse opened and a pile of carvings of large and small appeared in front of them.
Looking at these stone sculptures, Lucas showed a joyful expression: "People, be careful, there must be works by famous artists inside. Don't break them, otherwise I won't spare you!"
"Don't worry, boss, unless they are made of tofu, they will never be damaged." Anthony laughed.
Lucas also brought one person, along with Anthony and others, and he had three subordinates here.
Arranged the three of them to carefully clean up the statues, and he contacted an engraving expert at the School of Art at Arizona State University on his mobile phone.
When the phone was answered, Lucas immediately smiled: "Hi, Mr. Russell? Hello, I am Lucas, do you still remember me?"
A soft voice came from the other side of the phone: "Oh, I remember, you once sold a imitation of "Mourning Christ" to our college. Is there anything wrong?"
Lucas nodded and pounded garlic: "Yes, yes..."
"Boss, it's useless for you to nod, he can't see your movements." Anthony giggled.
Lucas glared at him: "Shut up, do your work guy, I can't forgive you if something goes wrong!"
"What's the problem?" Anthony muttered.
He said this intentionally because he made a contribution. In his opinion, this appropriate and cute behavior can bring closer to his relationship with Lucas.
The phone continued: "Harrow, Mr. Lucas, what did you say just now? Sorry I didn't hear it clearly."
Lucas hurriedly smiled and said, "No guy, that's right. I want to ask you to help me. This time I got a batch of sculptures, and it's very likely that there are some good things here..."
At this moment, a scream suddenly interrupted his words: "Fake! This horse pedal, what's going on?!"
Lucas looked over with dissatisfaction, covered his phone and gritted his teeth, "Anthony...Sher!"
I saw that beside Anthony, a human-shaped statue lost half of its body, and a large amount of stone powder was piled up at his feet. At this time, stone powder continued to slide down from the statue.
For a moment, several people were stunned: "What's going on?" "I don't know either!"
There are also experts' voices on the phone: "Harrow?Harrow?Harrow?"
Lucas didn't bother to call, so he said 'I'll talk later' and hung up, then glared at Anthony and growled: "Faker is! Anthony, what's going on?!"
Anthony said with a sad face: "Boss, I don't know. This statue seems to be made of tofu. I touched it with my hands and it collapsed!"
Lucas walked over quickly and saw that the statue was not made of tofu, but made of stone powder. He pushed it with his hand and the remaining half of his body collapsed.
He was confused: "What's going on?"
Anthony shook his head hard, he didn't know what was going on.
The other two came to watch the fun. Lucas pushed them and said angrily: "Go to work, go to work, what should I see?"
The two of them smiled and prepared to continue carrying the statue. One of them carefully picked up a Christmas tree-shaped stone sculpture. As a result, he tried hard, the stone sculpture also turned into stone powder and collapsed!
"Boss, what's going on?" The man was stunned.
Lucas walked over in two steps in three steps. The statue was the same as the one just now, and even the material was the same. The stone powder was white and delicate, but it was dull and dull. I don’t know what material it was made of.
He twisted the stone powder on the ground with his hands. He looked at all the statues in the warehouse, and a bad idea appeared in his mind. He hurriedly said, "Don't worry about moving first, go and touch it first."
Anthony and others touched these stone sculptures one by one, and then something that broke his heart happened:
Another stone carving turned into powder. Finally, I counted it. Eight stone carvings were transformed into powder afterwards!
"Farke!" Lucas cursed, but there were many stone carvings in the warehouse, and he could still bear the loss of ten.
The subordinates gathered the stone carvings and he called the sculptor Russell again.
Russell was dissatisfied with his casual hang up the phone just now, and said, "If you have anything to do, please tell me directly."
Lucas smiled and said, "Sorry, I was a little surprised here just now. It's like this. I got a batch of stone sculptures. Can we do a video? Please identify their value."
Russell asked, "Do you know who the statue is?"
"Uh, I don't know..."
"Then look, the engraver will leave information on the work's name, creation age, etc. If the characters are like this, the information is usually on the clothes or skirt."
Lucas hurriedly looked at the statues gathered together. Indeed, the clothes of these statues had a name: "It seems that the author was named Leiden Burks?"
Russell said: "Leyton Burks? I haven't heard of this name. Please wait and I'll check it out."
When Lucas heard this, he felt a chill. Russell was an expert in the carving industry. Those who had never heard of him were basically out of reach with the master.
Soon, Russell's voice sounded again: "Is Leiden Burks right? I found out that he is a carving enthusiast and a sculptor."
"Then is his work worth?"
"His works have no value. I mean they have no artistic value. They may be used as home decorations." Russell said.
A layer of cold sweat suddenly appeared on Lucas' forehead: "No value? If I had more statues, such as fifty or sixty..."
"Is there a large stone carving inside? It's the kind that has a height of more than two meters and a weight of more than two tons?"
"No, no..."
"No matter how many there is, it is of no value. Maybe one can sell for fifty or one hundred yuan." Russell paused and added, "I'll hang up the phone first, goodbye."
Lucas put down the phone in a daze, and Anthony asked, "Boss, how much are these stone sculptures worth?"
Chapter completed!