Early on the morning of the third day, Louis came to his repair shop excited and a little nervous.
The door was closed and there was no movement inside.
He opened the door with his own key and found that nothing was missing inside.
The only thing that changed was that some tools were placed randomly on the ground, and there were still oil stains on the ground - but from his insider's perspective, the oil stains were poured deliberately and did not look like traces left by normal car repairs.
Amateurs are indeed amateurs. In fact, they can ask themselves to stay and help as technical guidance. Of course, it only requires a small technical guidance fee.
There was no shortage of things inside, so Lewis was relieved.
Of course, it would be better if this film and television company could stay a few more days and make more money for itself.
After walking around and finding that there were no other changes, Louis called to summon his workers - such a good thing is gone, the car must be repaired when it needs to be repaired!
Paying wages is not free to support these people!
When Zhu Yu and others returned to the villa, he said to Ran Jie:
"You have the afternoon off. If you want to go to the goods yard, that's up to you. Come pick me up tomorrow morning. I still have a business to do."
"I like it! As long as there is business!" Cao Dalong said eagerly.
In a few days, I can earn more than 10,000 US dollars. How great!
Cao Dalong is also satisfied.
After Ran Jie and others left, Zhu Yu entered the villa and was greeted by Cathy. Zhu Yu said:
"Send a pot of tea to the study, and then don't let anyone come and disturb you."
Cathy nodded.
Zhu Yu simply washed up, changed clothes and went to the study. When he saw a pot of tea and a plate of snacks on the desk, he nodded secretly.
He took out a few pieces of paper from his backpack, spread them out on the desk, and read each page carefully.
The first piece of paper listed some amounts, with the words "Mr. XX yuan, Mr. XX yuan, Mr. XX yuan" written from top to bottom.
Some lines are followed by parentheses with the note "Missing xx block".
The second piece of paper lists the time, location and number of patrol personnel.
The third piece of paper has five addresses, with the specific location written in small characters after the address.
And the three addresses where Zhu Yu found the gold are obviously on the list!
There was only one sentence written on the fourth piece of paper: If we die, all this will never be known!
Putting the contents of these four pieces of paper together, Zhu Yu felt that he had discovered something big!
These robbers are probably not just robbers!
There were five addresses written on the note.
If gold can also be found at the other two addresses, it means that everything written on this paper should be true.
And those on the first piece of paper, could it be that the gold that these robbers grabbed was finally given to certain people?
Zhu Yu didn't know much about the current affairs of Laos and the United States, and he didn't have any special feelings for Mr. XX who seemed to be relatively ordinary.
However, he has now imagined a big drama in his mind - about moles, embezzlement, and borrowed guns to kill people.
If there is no problem with verification in those two places, then maybe this story is true!
But Zhu Yu's sudden reaction was none of his business?
It's just a dog eat dog thing.
After thinking this way, Zhu Yu picked up a piece of snack and slowly ate it.
Well, it tastes good!
Throw these pieces of paper into space and take out those gold bars.
After counting, it was almost a hundred yuan. Twenty-five kilograms of gold are now worth just over one million US dollars.
Not much.
Huh?
Zhu Yu suddenly felt that he seemed to be a little drifting recently!
I got more than one million US dollars in half a day, but you don’t think it’s a lot?
It seems that with more money and ambition, I feel that my room for advancement is higher.
There was no shortage of money for the time being, so Zhu Yu put the gold into the space again, planning to take time to melt it.
After all, gold with numbers is difficult to handle.
In a good mood, Zhu Yu went to see Joanna in the afternoon, and the two of them lived a young love life, enriching and enriching their material and spiritual life, as well as... their bodies.
The next day, Zhu Yu, who was still refreshed, sent Joanna, who had good skin and complexion, to school, and took Ran Jie to see Heine.
Heine's appointment was in a villa. Zhu Yu was afraid that Heine would do something drastic, so he ordered Ran Jie and the three of them to bring weapons.
Heine had always been polite, but David was very aggressive.
But Zhu Yu has always distrusted Heine, feeling that he was the kind of person with a relatively deep reputation in the city. He did not rule out using any means to achieve his goals - as long as he finished well, it would not affect his image.
After being reminded by Zhu Yu, Ran Jie and the three of them felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and all of them were a little nervous.
Arriving at the villa, Zhu Yu got out of the car and looked around, finding that this was a relatively prosperous area, which made him feel a little more at ease.
Ran Jie stepped forward and rang the doorbell. After a while, someone opened the door. Zhu Yu took Ran Jie and Cao Dalong in while Qin Fei looked at the car.
Heine was greeted at the door by a bald white man in his fifties.
"Hello, Mr. Zhu." Heine extended his hand and said, "Let me introduce you to Mr. Hawkins. He is the owner of those ancient books."
Approval?
Zhu Yu suddenly became curious! It seems that there are a lot of ancient books that can be called batches!
"Hello, Mr. Hawkins." After Zhu Yu shook hands with Heine, he took the initiative to shake hands with Hawkins.
Hawkins forced a smile, nodded and said:
"Welcome, Mr. Zhu."
Then he turned around and walked inside.
Heine walked to Zhu Yu and explained in a low voice:
"Mr. Hawkins' investment failed and he owes a lot of money. He needs to sell assets to repay his debts. Not only those ancient books, but also many assets including this villa."
Zhu Yu immediately understood why Hawkins was unhappy.
Anyone who encounters such a thing will not be happy.
Entering the villa, Zhu Yu found that the villa was well decorated, very elegant, and even had a bit of oriental characteristics.
"This villa used to belong to a movie star who came from China. Later she returned to Xiangjiang, and then I bought it."
Hawkins saw Zhu Yu looking at the villa and explained, with a little expectation on his face.
However, Zhu Yu did not respond, but asked:
"Those ancient books..."
"Please follow me." Hawkins was a little disappointed with Zhu Yu's reaction, but his expression returned to normal immediately, and he took Zhu Yu to the basement.
There is a constant temperature and humidity device here, but Zhu Yu discovered that the constant temperature and humidity device was not used to preserve ancient books, because Hawkins asked someone to open another door.
Although this room is not a sundry storehouse like the room where the "Yongle Dadian" is stored in old Hans, the conditions are really average compared with those next door.
However, Zhu Yu was immediately attracted by the things inside and completely forgot about the conditions inside.
The room is very large, with many shelves inside, and the shelves display vacuum-packed ancient books!
Zhu Yu even saw some bamboo slips!
But even if he was an outsider, he could see that these bamboo slips were in poor condition. Most of them were bent and deformed, and some were even broken into several pieces.
Although they are also in the vacuum packaging bag, you can see with the naked eye that there are still some debris and the like in the packaging bag, which should be the broken parts of the bamboo slips.
Hawkins saw Zhu Yu's expression and explained:
"These things were bought through middlemen. It is said that they were dug out from a stolen ancient tomb. It turned out that there were some bronze and gold products, but they were bought by others."
Zhu Yu wants to curse!
If something like this could be unearthed inside, it would definitely not be an ordinary tomb!
Maybe it’s the kind that can rewrite history!
As a result, he was sold here!
And Zhu Yu absolutely believed that these things in front of him must be sold cheaply!
It’s his mother’s fault!
He resisted the urge to continue reading, walked forward, and then saw some words that seemed familiar, but he couldn't understand a single word!
I said!
Isn’t this the Xixia language?
Isn’t it said that Kublai Khan or his elders erased all the writings of this dynasty?
Is there still something here?
Zhu Yu had a ridiculous feeling of confusing history!
There are two ancient Xixia books, one is very thin, only about three to five pages; the other is thicker, with more than ten pages, but it looks very bad.
Then there were some ancient books with Chinese characters. Zhu Yu looked at them one by one and found that there were also letters in Mongolian and things like military orders.
The eyes of heaven glanced over and saw that these things were really real.
There are about a hundred copies in total.
After watching from beginning to end, Zhu Yu stopped reading and asked Hawkins:
"Mr. Hawkins, do you want to sell all these things?"
"Of course." Hawkins asked tentatively while observing Zhu Yu's expression:
"These are very rare ancient books in your country. Do you want to buy them, Mr. Zhu?"
"Of course I hope," Zhu Yu nodded, and when Hawkins was about to laugh, he added, "The premise is that the price is right."
Don't take me for granted!
Seeing Zhu Yu walk out of the collection room with no regrets, Hawkins felt that this was a difficult opponent!
He followed Zhu Yu to the living room and waved to the servant to serve tea.
After the servant left, Hawkins said to Zhu Yu:
"Mr. Zhu, I am in urgent need of money, so I don't want to say so much. My psychological price for selling these ancient books is fifteen million US dollars."
"I think Hawkins must have made an appointment with someone else, so I'm leaving first." Zhu Yu didn't even say the price, he stood up and planned to leave.
This guy really thinks he is being taken advantage of!
These things may be considered priceless in China, but now they are in this beautiful country!
How could these people ever really regard Chinese cultural relics as treasures?
The reason for the sky-high price is just to defraud the rich Chinese people out of their money.
Hawkins did not expect Zhu Yu to be so straightforward. He regretted that the price quoted was too high and hurriedly signaled Heine with a wink.
Heine wanted something from Hawkins, and he was the middleman, so he had no choice but to advise Zhu Yu:
"Mr. Zhu, don't worry. Mr. Hawkins has high expectations for these ancient books, but after all, he doesn't understand Chinese culture. It's not much use holding these things.
If you think you want to own it, quote a suitable price. In a transaction, both parties can change their views and reach an agreement through communication. "
Zhu Yu was originally just pretending, but after listening to Heine's persuasion, he sat down and took a sip of tea.
Hawkins also felt that his quotation was too high. Although he heard that Zhu Yu rose quickly and earned more, he didn't know the exact amount. At the moment, it seems that I don’t know how much I will earn, but I am definitely not someone who is easily cheated.
He adjusted his mood, smiled and said:
"Mr. Zhu, how much do you think these ancient books are worth?"
Zhu Yu put down the teacup and said:
"I saw that you have almost 150 ancient books here. I am not an expert, but I know that some of them are more valuable and some are not worth much.
For the sake of Mr. Heine, I will give you an average price of $10,000 per copy, for a total of $1.5 million..."
As a businessman, Hawkins has actually made money.
He bought these things for a total price of no more than half a million dollars.
But as a businessman, his belief is to squeeze the value of goods to the maximum!
So he immediately shook his head:
"No, no, no, this price is far from matching its value."
"Well, I believe Mr. Hawkins can find a buyer with a price that matches his price."
Zhu Yu stood up again, this time he really planned to leave.
"Mr. Zhu, I hope you will think about it. I think five million US dollars is more appropriate..."
Zhu Yu shook his head, nodded to Heine, and left with Ran Jie.
Hawkins hurriedly caught up and kept lowering the price:
"Mr. Zhu, four million U.S. dollars... no, three million U.S. dollars... Two million U.S. dollars is fine too!"
Zhu Yu waved his hand, left the villa, got in the car and left.
Heine walked to Hawkins and said to him:
"This Zhu Yu is a very determined person. He has determined the price, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to change it."
Hawkins was a little unconvinced. He thought for a while and said:
"I will ask two other Chinese people to look at these ancient books in the afternoon. I believe they will give a suitable price."
Heine nodded, but actually he didn't think so in his heart.
He also knew that those two people, although they were businessmen, might not be as generous as Zhu Yu in terms of transactions.
He recognized Zhu Yu more, mainly because he felt that Zhu Yu's money came quickly and he paid it happily.
Those two people may offer a high price, but the payment will never be so pleasant.
Sure enough, in the afternoon, Hawkins called Heine and sounded disappointed:
"Those two Chinese people wanted these ancient books very much, but the price they offered was less than half of Mr. Zhu's! What a stingy businessman!"
Heine thought that was indeed the case.
Zhu Yu was not surprised to receive a call from Heine again.
He felt that the price he quoted was considered a premium in the old American market.
If Hawkins is not satisfied with the price, he will have to settle for himself.
The next day, Zhu Yu took Ran Jie to Hawkins' home again. This time, Hawkins' smile was sincere and careful.
He was afraid that Zhu Yu would suddenly lower the price - after all, the negotiation almost collapsed yesterday.
However, Zhu Yu was kinder than he thought and did not lower the price. Only when the two parties reached an agreement that Zhu Yu purchased these ancient books for US$1.5 million, and after looking at and confirming them, did he ask people to move them out on the spot, did Zhu Yu feel relieved. .
It turns out it wasn’t a conspiracy.
However, after he supervised the people he called to move these ancient books, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he asked Hawkins:
"Mr. Hawkins, are you selling this villa?"
Hawkins' smile immediately became even brighter!
