Chapter 370 369. Meeting an Expert (2)

"Mr. Harris, you are here." Rick's voice sounded.

Li Du and Hans glanced at each other. This was the arrival of another enemy, and their trip to Holbrook was not going well.

Soon, Harris's swishing voice sounded: "Well, let me see how you are going."

Little Rick hurriedly said: "There is no need to prepare for this. We will go to the warehouse company tomorrow. We will make the Chinese guys look good, and we will definitely make them lose everything!"

Harris sneered: "Don't be too confident, boy, that Chinese guy is hard to deal with."

Little Rick said: "Of course, but this time he will definitely lose badly. You just wait and see, and we will tease him well."

Rick added: "Yes, Mr. Harris, it is absolutely impossible for him to know that the mahogany furniture in the warehouse is all fake!"

Li Du and Hans looked at each other, and Hans said in a low voice: "Damn it, you guessed it right, the warehouse is worthless this time, but how do they know?"

At this moment, Harris spoke again, and said, "Are those mahogany furniture really all fake? Is there any problem with your news? If they are real, they should be worth a lot, right?"

Rick hesitated, and said: "We are 70% sure, Mr. Harris, you have to understand that no one is 100% sure about this kind of thing."

Harris said dissatisfiedly: "If the mahogany inside is genuine, are you cheating the Chinaman or helping him?"

Little Rick said: "We found someone to look at the photos, and the mahogany furniture should be fake."

"Should, should, should! You should go to Nima! What I want is certainty! Damn it, what will happen once the mahogany furniture is genuine?"

Hearing this, Li Du had already guessed what was going on, so there was no need to listen to it later.

Hans also guessed it, and said: "These bastards want to deceive us with fake products? Why are they so confident that they can deceive us with fake mahogany furniture?"

Li Du sighed: "Maybe it's because from the appearance, those mahogany furniture are enough to confuse the real ones."

In fact, the mahogany furniture in the warehouse can really be confused with the real ones. If he had no bugs that could enter the wood to check the texture and structure, it would be really difficult to judge their authenticity just by looking at the appearance.

The three of Harris are still arguing about this matter. The Indians are very greedy. They want to clean up Li Du and make a lot of money.

Rick meant to gamble that they thought the mahogany furniture was fake.

The reason why they concluded that Li and Du will be recruited is because they believe that Chinese people have a fanatical and unreasonable obsession with mahogany furniture.

Rick and his son thought that as long as mahogany furniture appeared, Li Du would definitely bid wildly to win them.

"Because the Chinese like mahogany furniture, just like the French like foie gras, and the Russians like caviar." These are their original words.

The battery was dead in the back, and they couldn't hear the discussion of the three of them. It was also time for dinner, so they went out to find a restaurant to prepare for dinner.

Not long after they sat down, someone walked up to them and said with a smile, "Xiao Li, what a coincidence to meet you here."

Li Du turned his head and laughed as well. It was indeed a coincidence that he met Liu Jianguo, Zheng Fengrong and his wife, and behind him was Liu Jinlong who was on crutches.

He went up to shake hands with the three of them one by one, and asked Liu Jinlong, "How is your recovery from the gunshot wound?"

The fat young man smiled optimistically: "It's pretty good, but it's better to be careful if you've been hurt for a hundred days."

Now he can walk slowly even without crutches, but this time he is obviously out to play, so he walks carefully with crutches.

Liu Jianguo asked, "What are you doing in this town? You're not traveling by car on Route 66 like we are?"

Liu Jinlong rushed to say: "Old man, you can't even guess this? He must have come to participate in the warehouse auction. Holbrook has a warehouse to auction, right?"

Li Du nodded with a smile, and said, "Yes, we're here to participate in the warehouse auction. Are you from a driving tour? Route 66 is indeed a good choice, with fewer cars and beautiful scenery."

"It's just that there are too few of us Chinese. They are all old ink, old black or old white. I feel that they are not very friendly to us." Zheng Fengrong complained.

Liu Jinlong also complained: "Who told me to read books instead of exercising? He looks like an expert. Lao Mo and Lao Hei like to do things to us Chinese intellectuals. He has money and has a good temper."

Hearing what his son said, Liu Jianguo didn't know whether to be happy or angry. He smiled wryly, "Isn't it good that I look like an expert? Just like a pig butcher?"

They were joking casually, but in Li Du's ears, he suddenly had an idea and had a good idea.

The aesthetics of mahogany furniture is promoted to the world with China as the core. Chinese classical furniture has been spread to Western countries a long time ago, but the local people do not know their origin.

It was not until 1922 that French scholar Odilan Roach systematically described mahogany furniture in his book "Chinese Wood Art", which started the wave of mahogany furniture collection in Europe and America.

Interestingly, mahogany furniture attracts Westerners not because of its firmness and beauty, but because of its complex mortise and tenon structure.

Westerners like things with technical content. The ever-changing mortise and tenon structure in classical mahogany furniture makes them amazed. For this reason, Odi Lang wrote in the book: "In our medieval furniture design, we cannot find a more solid than Chinese classical furniture. It's firm."

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 ​​"imitating" Chinese furniture, but simply appreciated it.

Westerners at that time believed that "some large frames in China are very finely crafted, but this exquisite expression technique is not for display or showing off, but for preservation and durability, so that it can be passed on from generation to generation."

They are not interested in leaving a pile of furniture to their children and grandchildren, so they don't make much effort to study mahogany furniture.

As a result, in the 1920s, with the emergence of mahogany furniture collections, the knowledge reserve and cognitive level of Europeans and Americans were not up to standard, and they were easily deceived.

Therefore, Chinese immigrants in the early years were regarded as mahogany research experts, and they frequently appeared in the furniture purchase 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 kind of craftsmanship. Many outstanding mahogany experts today are white or black.

However, the experts left by the Chinese in the early years were too impressed. Many people who have little knowledge of mahogany furniture still like to trust Chinese mahogany experts.

Considering these, Li Du looked at Liu Jianguo, who was quite an expert, and he had an idea.

Didn't Rick and his son set a trap for themselves? Very good, then he will also set a trap to see who is the hunter and who is the prey!