Seeing the new bottle rolling out, Li Du picked it up and smiled: "There's a Santa Claus on it?" It's Santa Claus, isn't it? ”

Hans became excited and said, "Santa Claus? Yes, it's the original Santa Claus! Damn, this bottle is worth a lot! ”

Li Du asked, "Is it also an antique bottle?" ”

"It's been around for at least half a century, because Coca-Cola changed the pressed logo on the glass bottle to a printed label in 1957," Hans said, pointing to the uneven glass label on the bottle. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"What's going on with Santa Claus up there?" Li Du asked, "There is no such thing in the information I just found. ”

Hans said: "I don't need to introduce the information, I know what is going on!" ”

The legend of Santa Claus has existed for centuries, but its classic image was born at the beginning of the 20th century, and the father of 'it' was created by illustrator Hatton Sandbrom.

As early as the beginning of the creation, the image of Santa Claus was green instead of red, because Sandbrom believed that Santa Claus came from the land of ice and snow, loved nature, and loved green.

But by 1931, the United States was in a recession, and the Coca-Cola Company wanted to design a mascot that children would love in heartwarming colors.

Later, after screening, Santa Claus, who is loved by the public, came into their field of vision.

But how do you connect Santa Claus to the Coke mascot? How do you make people think of Coca-Cola when they see Santa Claus?

A genius idea was born, and the designer combined Santa Claus with a red and white logo color scheme!

As a result, Santa Claus, who wears a green hat and wears a green sleigh cart, becomes a chubby old man with a cute smile and a friendly smile and a red cotton coat.

"A lot of Americans know about this process, and I wondered when I was a kid why Santa Claus wears red. Then my mother told me about it. ”

Hans said this, with a smile on his face, he looked at the green bottle in his hand and said, "Look, Santa Claus is still green on this!" ”

Li Du said: "This means that this bottle was born before 1931? ”

Hans nodded, "Yes, this bottle should be very memorable." ”

There were still bottles in the vending machine, and they continued to throw them into the steel hammer, and a total of twelve bottles rolled out.

The bottles are all old-fashioned Coke bottles, which were supposed to be in the collection of the previous owner, and later, for some reason, they forgot about their existence and left them in the warehouse.

Hans carefully collected the bottles and said, "I'm going to contact someone who collects this thing, and if I can find the right buyer, they'll make us a lot of money." ”

Packing up the Coke vending machines, they worked together to sweep the warehouse and return to Flagpole City at night.

It was too hot during the day, and by the afternoon they had rested well, and Hans and Godzilla took turns driving, and there was no danger in driving at night.

The night breeze was cool, Li Du opened the car window to blow the wind, looking at the endless night, refreshed.

When he got home at dawn, he slept until the afternoon, and when he got up, he turned on his phone to see if there was any message from Hans, who said that he would immediately look for a buyer when he returned.

The phone messages were empty, but he noticed that his face-book had some text messages, all underneath the image of the specimen he had posted.

After getting this avian bone specimen from the Amish people, he never found out its identity, so he took a photo and posted it on the Internet.

But then he was busy looking for the four things the Amish needed and went to Los Angeles to attend the auction, so he put the matter behind him.

The text messages below the image are all from two people, one named 'Dr. Clinken' and the other named 'Mr. Steel Steve'.

The first message was left by Dr. Clinken: Is this true? Where is the specimen on this picture?

The second message was again from Dr. Clinken: this must be a photograph of a photoshop, and there could be no such complete dodo skeletal specimen.

The third message was left by Mr. Steel Steve: How can I reach you? This specimen is so beautiful, my phone number is as follows, 24 hours on.

The fourth message was left by Dr. Clinken: This is my phone number, and if you have this specimen, I want to talk to you.

Article 5: Why haven't you replied yet? Without waiting for your call, it seems that this is a fake photo?

Article 6: Is this a farce? Shame on you, you insulted nature and scientific research!

Articles 7, 8 and 9......

Dr. Clinken's wording became more and more harsh after that, and he kept leaving a message, sending one every day, but he was quite patient.

Li Du read these messages and listened to the doctor's meaning, this specimen is the skeleton of a dodo? No wonder he didn't recognize it, this thing was long extinct!

He is no stranger to dodos, which were introduced in textbooks as early as elementary school.

The dodo, a species of bird that lives in Mauritius, is included in textbooks because it is the first animal to be recorded to become extinct due to human activity.

In Li Du's memory, the places where the dodo appeared in textbooks were inevitably accompanied by topics such as 'protecting the environment' and 'maintaining ecological stability'.

He quickly recalled his impressions of the dodo, and found that he knew nothing about it except that it existed in Mauritius, was extinct long ago, and was very large.

So, he followed the phone number left by Dr. Kraken to see if he could get more information from the doctor.

The phone was quickly connected, and a rough voice spoke: "Hello, this is the Metropolitan Poultry Museum in New York, I'm George Kraken, who are you?" ”

Li Du said: "Hello, Professor Kraken, I am Li, this is the case I posted a photo of a skeleton specimen of birds on the Internet......

"Dodo! Specimen of a dodo! You posted that photo? Do you have a skeletal specimen of a dodo? Is that what the photo shows? Or is that photo photoshopped? ”

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the professor and asked him a series of questions.

Li Du had no choice but to answer first: "Yes, the photo was posted by me, I have a specimen of a dodo, it is not PS, it is what is shown in the photo." ”

Professor Clinken became agitated: "My God, you swear you're not teasing me?" ”

Li Du smiled: "It's just a specimen of an avian skeleton, what's there to tease about?" It's not a precious thing, I just happened to get it......"

"Just a skeletal specimen? Not something precious? It's worth millions, my man! The professor shouted.