369. A chance encounter with an expert (2)
"Mr. Harris, you are here." Rick's voice rang.
Li Du and Hans looked at each other, and this was another rival. Their trip to Hallbrook was not going well.
Soon, Harris's humble voice sounded: "Well, I'll see how you are going."
Little Rick rushed to say, "There is no need to prepare for this. If you go to the warehouse company tomorrow, we will make the Chinese look good, and they will definitely lose all their money!"
Harris sneered: "Don't be too confident, boy, that Chinese guy is not easy to deal with."
Rick Jr. said: "Of course, but he will definitely lose badly this time. Then you wait and see, and we will tease him well."
Rick added: "Yes, Mr. Harris, he absolutely could not have known that the mahogany furniture in the warehouse was all fake!"
Li Du and Hans looked at each other, and Hans whispered: "Damn it, you guessed it, the warehouse this time has no value, but how do they know?"
At this time, Harris spoke again and said, "Are those mahogany furniture really fakes? You have no problem with the news? If they are real, they should be of great value, right?"
Rick hesitated and said, "We are 70% sure, Mr. Harris, you have to understand that no one is 100% sure of this kind."
Harris said dissatisfiedly: "If the redwood inside is all real, will you cheat the Chinese guy or help him?"
Rick Jr. said: "We've found someone to see the photos, and the mahogany furniture should be fake."
"It should be! It should be done! What I want is to grasp! Damn it, what should I do if the mahogany furniture is a real thing?"
After hearing this, Li Du had already guessed what was going on, and there was no need to continue listening later.
Hans also guessed it and said, "These bastards want to cheat us with fake goods? Why are they so confident that they can trick us with fake mahogany furniture?"
Li Du sighed: "Maybe it's because from the appearance, those mahogany furniture is enough to make the real ones fake."
In fact, the mahogany furniture in the warehouse can really be fake and real. If it weren't for the bugs, they could enter the inside of the wood to see the texture and structure. Just look at the appearance, it would be really not easy to judge their authenticity.
Harris and the other two were still making noise about this matter. The Indians were very greedy and wanted to deal with Li Du and make a lot of money.
Rick means a gamble, they think that mahogany furniture is a fake.
The reason why Li Du was convicted was because they believed that the Chinese had a fanatical and unreasonable obsession with mahogany furniture.
Rick and his son believed that as long as mahogany furniture appeared, Li Du would definitely bid wildly to win them.
"Because Chinese people like mahogany furniture, just like French people like foie gras, Russians like caviar." This is their original words.
The battery behind them was out of power, and they could not hear the discussion of the three of them. At this time, it was dinner time, so they went out to find a restaurant to prepare for dinner.
After sitting down for a while, someone walked towards them and smiled, "Xiao Li, I met you here, what a coincidence."
Li Du turned his head and laughed. It was indeed a coincidence that he met Liu Jianguo, Zheng Fengrong and his wife, and Liu Jinlong with a cane behind him.
He went up and shook hands with the three of them one by one, and asked Liu Jinlong: "How is your gunshot wound recovering?"
The fat young man smiled optimistically and said, "It's pretty good, but it's better to be careful when it hurts for a hundred days."
He can walk slowly even if he gets rid of the crutches, but this time he obviously came out to play, so he walked carefully with the crutches.
Liu Jianguo asked, "What are you doing in this town? You won't be like us, you are also driving on Highway 66, right?"
Liu Jinlong rushed to say, "Old man, you can't even guess this? He must be here to participate in the warehouse auction. Holbrook has a warehouse to auction, right?"
Li Du nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, let's participate in the warehouse auction. Are you driving? Highway 66 is indeed a good choice, there are few cars and the scenery is maintained."
"We are too few Chinese, all of them are Mo Lao Hei or Lao Bai. I feel that they are not very friendly to us." Zheng Fengrong complained.
Liu Jinlong also complained: "Who told me to read books but not exercise? He looks like an expert. Lao Mo and Lao Hei like to attack our Chinese intellectuals. He has money but good temper."
After hearing what his son said, Liu Jianguo didn't know whether to be happy or angry for a moment. He smiled bitterly and said, "It's not good for me to be like an expert? Is it good to be like a pig slaughter?"
They were just jokes, but in Li Du's ears, he suddenly had an idea and had a good idea.
The aesthetics of mahogany furniture are promoted globally with China as the core. Chinese classical furniture was introduced to Western countries a long time ago, but locals do not know their origins.
It was not until 1922 that French scholar Audiron Roche systematically described mahogany furniture in his book "Chinese Wood Art", which began the trend of collecting mahogany furniture in Europe and the United States.
Interestingly, the part that attracts Westerners by mahogany furniture is not the sturdy and beautiful, but the complex mortise and tenon structure.
Westerners like things with technical content. The ever-changing mortise and tenon structures in classical mahogany furniture make them amazing. For this reason, Odilang wrote in his book: "In our medieval furniture design, we cannot find a stronger and stronger than Chinese classical furniture."
In addition to the mortise and tenon structure, what fascinates Westerners is the craftsmanship and artistry of mahogany furniture.
However, for a long time, they did not have the idea of "using" Chinese furniture, but just simply appreciated it.
Westerners at that time believed that "some large-scale frameworks in China are very meticulously crafted, but this exquisite expression method is not for display or show off, but for preservation and durability, and can be passed down to children and grandchildren."
They were not interested in leaving a bunch of furniture for their descendants, so they didn't make much effort to study mahogany furniture.
As a result, in the 1920s, with the emergence of the collection of mahogany furniture, Europeans and Americans did not meet the standards in their knowledge reserves and cognitive levels, and they were easily deceived.
Therefore, Chinese immigrants in the early years were regarded as experts in mahogany research. They frequently appeared in the furniture acquisition market to help white and black people choose good mahogany furniture.
After the end of World War II, the world entered a period of relatively peaceful development, and the collection of beautiful and practical mahogany furniture became more and more popular.
At this time, Europe and the United States began to study this craft by themselves. Many excellent mahogany experts today are white or black.
However, the experts left by Chinese in the early years were so impressed by them. Many people who had little understanding of mahogany furniture still liked to trust Chinese mahogany experts.
Taking this into consideration, Li Du looked at Liu Jianguo, who was quite expert-like, and then he had an idea.
Chapter completed!