361.Redwood Pavilion (Monthly Pass 73+)
Mr. Steel's name is Steve Tucsenberg, a wealthy young man living in the eastern city of Boston. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
He chatted with Li Du for a while, and Li Du sensitively sensed that this young man should not be in good health, or his life was also very restrictive and depressing.
When talking about birds and taxidermy collections, Steve can easily express his desire to fly, not for the 'ability to fly', but for the fact that birds can fly freely.
Therefore, Li Du speculated that either he was not in good health and could not move freely, or he had a special status and could not move freely.
The two sides left each other's addresses and hung up the phone, and Li Du promised to send him the specimen as soon as possible.
Hanging up the phone, he was about to tell Hans that he was going to Boston, but Hans first said excitedly, "Did you hear what Big Kane said?"
Li Du said: "Huh?"
"Big Kane said there was a warehouse in Holbrook City that was about to be auctioned, and we could see that he had a batch of mahogany furniture there. Hans said.
Mahogany furniture refers to furniture made of classical mahogany such as acid branches and rosewood, and for Chinese, it refers to the general term for rare hardwood high-quality furniture since the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
But don't think that only Chinese people like this kind of hardwood high-quality furniture, East Asian countries like it very much, not only in Asia, after the Silk Road is opened, the world's richest people also like mahogany furniture.
Especially in Europe after the twenties of the twentieth century, families with a little bit of class will use mahogany furniture to decorate.
Americans look down on Europe on the surface, but in fact, they secretly learn from Europe in their lives, and this is how rosewood became popular in the United States.
However, the most popular mahogany furniture is still Chinese.
When Li Du heard the news, he immediately became interested and asked, "Is that great, but is the news reliable?"
Hans looked at the big Kane who provided the message and asked, "Man, is the news reliable?"
Li Du couldn't help but kick his chair, this bastard didn't even check the accuracy of the message, so he came to tell him, isn't this teasing him?
He didn't believe the news that there was mahogany furniture in the warehouse, because if the news was true, the other party had no reason to tell him that it would be better to clap his hands quietly?
Big Kane swore by all sorts of curses, saying that the news must be true, that he had friends living in Holbrook, and that he had the news.
His friend originally wanted him to make a fortune, but Big Kane was engaged in thrift trading, he was a treasure hunter in the thrift industry, and he was not good at warehousing auctions.
So, when Hans asked about it, he said it.
Hans was an expert in this area, and when he got the news from the mouth of the big Kane, he held his computer and searched the Internet.
After a while, he approached Li Du and whispered, "The news may be true, we have to go." ”
"How?"
Hans put the computer on his lap and pointed to a piece of news to show him.
This news was two years ago and says:
"Recently, it was learned that due to the relocation of the head office of the Tran Mahogany Boutique in Holbrook, hundreds of mahogany furniture were cleared for auction!"
According to its person in charge, considering the cost of transportation and labor, and in order to give back to the majority of consumers, the inventory in the boutique will no longer be moved to the new location, but through the way of clearance auction, at a price lower than the ex-factory price, to bring the discount to more owners who love mahogany. ”
"It is understood that the price of this clearance is not only lower than the market price, but also more likely to fall below the ex-factory price!"
"Among them, including the bedroom needs a 3-piece set of large bed (rosewood), the living room needs a 6-piece sofa set (rosewood) and glass cushions, the dining room needs a 7-piece set of elephant head dining table (rosewood), glass and coffee table 5-piece set (hedgehog rosewood), induction cooker, a total of 21 sets of mahogany furniture combination only 50,000 yuan......"
Li Du looked at the news page, and the logo showed that the news was published by "Arizona Life Network", which is very reliable, and local housewives are its fans, and it is still very popular.
Hans added: "The news is fine, not only did it be reported on Life.com, but it was also reported in the newspaper at the time, and there was indeed a Mahogany Pavilion that held a clearance auction two years ago. ”
Hearing this, Li Du nodded and said, "Then what are you hesitating about?
If they could get their hands on mahogany furniture, they would make a fortune.
In the 21st century, the price of mahogany furniture began to soar around the world.
In 2001, the United Nations Wildlife Conservation Department issued the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and the import and export of raw materials for many types of rosewood began to be restricted.
In 2004, commercial international trade in Brazilian black sandalwood, Brazilian rosewood, Thai rosewood, Burmese rosewood, Laotian pear, and Vietnamese pear was expressly prohibited.
In this way, due to the shortage of raw materials and import and export restrictions, the price of mahogany furniture has risen vigorously.
Before leaving, Li Du and Hans began to look forward to it, if they got high-end material furniture such as big red sour branches and small leaves of red sandalwood, they would be able to make a lot of money.
Even if you get new mahogany like Indian sandalwood, Burmese pear, Laotian pear, etc., you can make money.
The Iron Knight drove onto Route 66, and Hans opened the window and poked his head out and shouted, "Woo, Holbrook City, the land of vendettas, here we come!"
An SUV drove past them, and a girl poked her head out and shouted, "Veni! Vidi!Vici!”
Hans asked curiously, "What is this beautiful girl talking about?"
Li Du said: "You don't know this? Julius Caesar's famous sayings, these are three Latin words, which translate as: I come, I see, I conquer!"
Hans probes shouted outside, "Hey, chick, do you want to conquer me? Welcome, I've got my baby ready, conquer me, haha!"
He was shouting, the off-road vehicle next to him stopped, and three strong guys got out of the car, looking at him with gloomy faces and saying, "Get down, slut!"
Seeing this scene, Hans smiled and said lightly: "Someone comes to the door and wants to find excitement?"
Li Du stopped him and said, "Don't, man, this matter is your verbal provocation in advance." ”
Hans said dissatisfiedly, "I'm provocative, I'm just joking, Lee, can you be a little more like a man? Don't be so cowardly!"
Li Du said: "If a man has to provoke, he has to fight? This is a reckless man, and a wise man will never do this!"
He sat with Hans, with Oo in the driver's seat and Godzilla in the passenger seat, and the two of them in the back seat, so Hans's window was pulled down, and the three young men saw him.
He was trying to persuade Hans, and a young man outside scolded: "There's an Asian chick in the car, get it down, break his ass!"
Li Du was furious: "Go down and them!"