Back at the hotel, Li Mo first contacted Chen Xiaojun in China and explained the matter in detail and told him how to deal with the top-notch artworks after they arrived in China. He also asked him to invite Professor Qu and Professor Zhao from the Art Department of Peking University. They would have good suggestions on how to arrange the oil paintings.
After everything was arranged, Li Mo quickly took a hot bath, then got into bed and fell asleep beautifully.
I slept until I woke up naturally at noon the next day.
After washing and getting dressed, I left the room and saw Dashan and the others standing boredly in the corridor, drinking water and chatting.
"Have you already had lunch?"
"We just woke up not long ago. Steven had a sleepless night and has two big black circles under his eyes."
Dashan said with a pointed smile.
Steven scratched his head and said, "It's very difficult for me to fall asleep after the sleeping time. I will definitely go to bed early tonight."
The insomnia was fake, mainly because Li Mo rewarded him with a million dollars last night, which knocked him unconscious. Although I still have some money in my hand, this is the first time I have received such a big bonus. Moreover, he clearly pledged his allegiance last night, and Li Mo accepted it. This was the main reason why he was so excited that he suffered from insomnia.
"Steven, the Chinese restaurant you found yesterday was a parallel import. I will treat everyone to a seafood dinner and a steak dinner later. Don't be polite. You are asking for it if you are hungry."
"It's natural law not to kill a big family, Mr. Qin, please."
May made a gesture of invitation.
"Mr. Qin, the people transferred from China will arrive around five o'clock in the afternoon. The rooms have been opened and we are waiting for them to check in. Do we need to go out for a walk in the afternoon?"
"Go, we have an antique shop now. The Antique Festival is coming soon, wouldn't it be strange if it doesn't open the door? Besides, it needs to be reorganized, and the empty space must be replenished as soon as possible."
"OK."
It's not an ordinary expense to have a seafood dinner at Seattle's most famous downtown hotel, but everyone is not lenient at all. They order as much lobster as they want, and the king crab is always the fattest, all kinds of fresh. Seafood is served one after another.
"Don't you want to try a prime Beef Wellington?"
Li Mo watched them desperately ordering seafood, and sighed softly and said: "Those with weak stomachs should take it easy, otherwise you may not be able to stand up from the toilet."
"willing."
May raised her chin proudly.
"In May, tell me honestly, what is the standard of the other half in your eyes? I am not bragging to you, there are talented people around me who are full of knowledge, there are business wizards with extraordinary talents, there are righteous retired soldiers, and there are A chef with excellent skills, etc. I’m not afraid that you ask for too much, but I’m afraid that you don’t ask for anything.”
"Mr. Qin, you are too worried."
"We are considered friends. Isn't it normal for friends to care about each other?" Li Mo ordered a few steaks and two bottles of red wine, and then said, "Da Shan, where do your wives and children live?"
"In my hometown in Subei, I have two daughters. The eldest is only three years old."
"If they are willing, they can live together in Kyoto, where the quality of life and educational conditions are better. Your wife will be arranged to work in my company later, and she will not be treated badly. The same goes for you two, Pitou and Xingkong."
The three men looked at each other, obviously very moved. With Li Mo's ability, it was just a matter of words.
"It seems that if I don't find a man to get married as soon as possible, I feel like it's a big loss."
May sighed, and everyone laughed.
In the afternoon, a group of people returned to the antique store. In the underground secret room, the corridors outside were reorganized and arranged, and then Steven and the others were asked to go out and buy a lot of porcelain, jade, sculptures and oil paintings to fill up the empty space in the store.
It was already dark when all the busy work was over.
"Mr. Qin, the small-leaf rosewood box from the Mughal Dynasty that you bought yesterday is still in my bag."
"Take it out, I will open the wooden box and open a blind box in front of everyone to see what good things are inside."
Several people gathered around. Dashan placed the small-leaf rosewood box on the round table. Li Mo picked it up and looked through it for a while, and then used a spotlight flashlight to shine on it.
"In May, there will be a tool kit at the checkout area at the counter. Check to see if there are any needles or anything in it. Anything smaller will do."
Wuyue quickly brought some very thin steel needles: "Let's see if this works?"
"Can."
Li Mo held a needle in each hand, then pointed one at the ugly dragon's eyeball, and the other at a concave place in the dragon pattern. At the same time, he pushed hard and heard a click from inside.
Li Mo then tried to open the lid of the wooden box again, which was relatively smooth.
"It's a pair of bracelets. The animal head looks a bit strange, but the exposed tongue is a bit cute."
May muttered.
"This is a bracelet inlaid with gold and precious stones from the Mughal Dynasty. Due to the differences in national culture, we think the animal heads carved on this pair of bracelets are a bit strange, but in their eyes it is the most perfect and beautiful."
Li Mo took out one of the bracelets and looked at it: "Although the quality of the jade is not as good as the Hetian jade in our country, it is still very exquisite overall. It is estimated that no matter how small it is, it is worth three to four million yuan."
No one can grab money as fast as Li Mo.
Ding ding, the brass bell hanging at the door rang, and three American men in their fifties walked in. They were wearing windbreakers and carrying travel bags. As soon as they came in, they looked around.
Steven looked back and hurriedly approached them to communicate with them, and May and others immediately showed strange looks on their faces.
"Mr. Qin, they are all friends of the original owner of the antique shop here. When they learned that he died of a sudden illness, they came all the way from Africa. It was just because of an accident on the way that it took a month to arrive in Seattle."
A simple translation in May.
Steven walked up to Li Mo at this time and said: "Those three people are all friends of the former boss. They said that this antique shop was also his life's work. Now that their old friend has passed away, they are very sad and want to turn this antique shop together." I’ll buy it back from the store, so I came over and asked the new owner what he wanted.”
"We just bought this antique store through bidding yesterday afternoon. It's impossible to transfer it to them. Besides, I spent 20 million US dollars. Even if it is transferred, will they be willing to pay 30 million US dollars to buy it? If they are willing , I will go through the formalities with them immediately. If not, don’t mention it again in the future. Also, even if they are willing to make this deal with me, they will have to wait until the Antiques Festival is over and will not accept any form of bargaining."
What an old friend, this place is basically a den of thieves. Their purpose may be to go for the top-notch works of art in the underground secret room.
So Li Mo directly doubled the price several times to test them.
Steven translated the original words, and sure enough, the faces of the three people showed anger, but several people in the store were obviously not easy to mess with. They only expressed their dissatisfaction with the price in a small way.
"It's interesting, Mr. Qin. They said that this antique store was acquired through bidding yesterday for 7.5 million U.S. dollars, which is not 20 million U.S. dollars at all. They are willing to offer 10 million U.S. dollars so that you can easily make a profit by reselling it. Two and a half million dollars.”
Li Mo just smiled and did not refute their words. Instead, he pointed to a piece of porcelain on the Bogu rack and said, "Ask them, how much can this porcelain from China sell for if they come to sell it?"
The three American elders looked at each other, and at the same time they stepped forward to take down the porcelain from the shelf and look at it.
May translated on the side: "He said that the porcelain is an imitation of the Jiaqing pink and white gourd amphorae of the Qing Dynasty, which can be sold for US$500 to US$800."
"But I can sell it for a hundred times the price, so I can easily earn two million and a half million dollars by taking over this antique store. In the future, I can earn five times, ten times, or even a hundred times. Since They are friends of the former boss, so they should know the antique business very well and eat with talent. Steven, see you off."
Steven kindly wanted to send them out, but one of the Americans became anxious and said something excitedly.
"He said that they don't have that much money at all. If you are willing to make it cheaper, they still have two antiques from China that can be exchanged for a discount."
Li Mo then showed an interested look, thought for a moment and said: "Tomorrow is the first day of the Antiques Festival. I will bring Chinese antiques over for an interview at nine o'clock in the morning. I won't wait until late. I would like to solemnly remind you, don't fool me with fakes. .”
The three Americans left, seeming a little anxious.
"Mr. Qin, are you going to send someone to keep an eye on this place tonight? I feel like they will make some movement tonight, and most likely they will explore what's going on below."
Dashan came over and asked.
"If they are a group, then they will definitely have a lot of antiques in their hands. Follow them and take a look. If they make some tricks at night, you should also go and make some tricks for them."
