Chapter 221: Windfall or Trap?
Early on the morning of the third day, Louis came to his repair shop excitedly and with some trepidation.
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 has changed is that some of the tools are placed on the ground haphazardly, and there is still oil stains on the ground - but in his insider's eyes, the oil stains are a bit deliberate, not like the traces left by normal car repairs.
A layman is indeed a layman, in fact, they can ask themselves to stay and help with a technical guidance, of course, only a small amount of technical guidance fees are required.
There was no shortage of things inside, and Louis was relieved.
Of course, it would be better if this film and television company could stay for a few more days and make more money for itself.
After turning around and finding that there were no other changes, Louis called his workers - there was no such good thing, and the car still had to be repaired!
Salaries are not paid for nothing!
When Zhu Yu and the others returned to the villa, he said to Ran Jie:
"You have a day off in the afternoon. If you want to go to the freight yard, it's up to you. Come and pick me up tomorrow morning, and there's a business. ”
"I love it! It's good to have a business! Cao Dalong hurriedly said.
How good it is to earn more than $10,000 in a few days!
Cao Dalong was also content.
After Ran Jie and the others left, Zhu Yu entered the villa, Cathy greeted her, and Zhu Yu said:
"Send a pot of tea to the study, and then don't let anyone bother you."
Cathy nodded.
Zhu Yu washed briefly, changed his clothes and went to the study, and saw that there was already a pot of tea and a plate of snacks on the desk, and nodded secretly.
He took out a few pieces of paper from his backpack, spread them out on his desk, and looked at them carefully.
The first piece of paper has some numbers listed on it, and from top to bottom is written the words "Mr. XX xxx block, Mr. XX xxx block, Mr. XX block".
There are a few lines that are followed by parentheses, with the note "missing xx blocks".
The second sheet of paper lists the time, location, and number of patrol officers.
The third sheet of paper has five addresses, and the specific locations are written in small print after the addresses.
And Zhu Yu found the three addresses of gold, which are obviously in the list!
On the fourth piece of paper is only one sentence: If we die, then all this will never be known!
Combining the contents of these four sheets, Zhu Yu felt as if he had discovered something extraordinary!
These robbers are probably not just robbers!
The note had five addresses written on it.
If gold can also be found at the other two addresses, it means that what is written on the paper should be true.
And the ones on the first piece of paper, could it be the gold that these robbers snatched and gave to some people in the end?
Zhu Yu doesn't know much about Lao Mei's current affairs, and he doesn't have any special feelings for these more ordinary-looking Mr. XX.
However, he has now made up a big drama in his brain - about ghosts, embezzlement, borrowing guns to kill people, and the like.
If those two places are verified to be fine, then maybe the story is true!
But Zhu Yu suddenly reacted to this, what is his business?
It's just a dog-eat-dog thing.
Thinking like this, the thought was clear, Zhu Yu picked up a piece of dim sum and put it in his mouth and ate it slowly.
Well, it tastes good!
Throw these pieces of paper into the space and take out the gold bars.
I counted it, and it was almost a hundred. Twenty-five kilograms of gold are now worth just over a million dollars.
Not much.
Hey?
Zhu Yu suddenly felt as if he had drifted a little lately!
I got more than a million dollars in half a day, don't you think it's too much?
It seems that there is more money, more ambitions, and I feel that I have more room for improvement.
For the time being, there was no shortage of money, so Zhu Yu put the gold into the space again, planning to take time to melt them.
After all, numbered gold is not easy to handle.
In a good mood, Zhu Yu went to find Joanna in the afternoon, and the two of them lived a young man's love life, enriching and enriching their material and spiritual life, as well as ...... Body.
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 place was in a villa, and Zhu Yu was afraid that Heine would make any drastic moves, 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 belongs to the kind of person who is relatively deep in the city, and does not rule out the use of any means in order to achieve the goal - as long as the finish is done, it will not affect his image.
After Zhu Yu reminded them like this, Ran Jie and the three of them were all a little nervous.
When he came to the villa, Zhu Yu got out of the car, looked around, and found that this was a relatively prosperous area, and he was a little more at ease.
Ran Jie stepped forward and rang the doorbell, and after a while, someone opened the door, Zhu Yu took Ran Jie and Cao Dalong in, and Qin Fei watched the car.
Heine was greeted at the door along with a bald white man of about fifty.
"Hello Mr. Zhu." Heine took the initiative to stretch out his hand, "Let me introduce you, this is Mr. Hawkins, he is the owner of those ancient books." ”
Batch?
Zhu Yu suddenly became curious! It can be called a batch, it seems that there are a lot of ancient books!
"Hello, Mr. Hawkins." After Zhu Yu shook hands with Heine, he took the initiative to shake hands with Hawkins.
Hawkins smiled reluctantly, nodded and said:
"Welcome, Mr. Zhu."
Then he turned and walked inside.
Heine walked up to Zhu Yu and explained in a low voice:
"Mr. Hawkins failed to invest and owed a large amount of money and needed to sell his assets to pay off his debts. Not only those ancient books, but also a lot of assets, including this villa, were sold. ”
Zhu Yu immediately understood why this 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, and then she went back to Xiangjiang, and then I bought it."
Hawkins saw Zhu Yu looking at the villa, so he explained, with a little expectation on his face.
However, Zhu Yu did not respond, but asked:
"That batch of ancient books ......"
"Please follow me." Hawkins was a little disappointed by Zhu Yu's reaction, but then his expression returned to normal and led Zhu Yu to the basement.
There is a constant temperature and humidity device here, but Zhu Yu found that the constant temperature and humidity equipment is not for preserving ancient books, because Hawkins asked someone to open another door.
Although this door is not like the room where the old man Hans put the "Yongle Canon" belongs to the utility warehouse, the conditions are really ordinary compared to the side.
However, Zhu Yu was immediately attracted by the contents and completely forgot about the conditions inside.
The room is large, and there are many shelves inside, and on the shelves are old books packed in vacuum!
Zhu Yu even saw some bamboo slips!
However, even if he is a layman, he can see that these bamboo slips are very poorly preserved, most of them have been bent and deformed, and some have even cracked into several pieces.
Although they are also in the vacuum packaging bag, the naked eye can see that there are some broken slag in the packaging bag, which should be the broken part of the bamboo slip.
Hawkins saw Zhu Yu's expression and explained:
"These things are bought through middlemen. It is said to have been dug up from a stolen ancient tomb. It turned out that there were still some bronze and gold products, but they were bought by others. ”
Zhu Yu wants to scold!
If something like this can be unearthed inside, it will definitely not be an ordinary tomb!
Maybe it's the kind that can rewrite history!
As a result, they were sold here!
And Zhu Yu absolutely believes that these things in front of him must be sold cheaply!
His mother!
He resisted the urge to continue reading, walked forward, and then saw some words that seemed familiar, but couldn't understand a word!
I said!
Isn't this special Tangut script?
Isn't it said that Kublai Khan or his elders erased all the words of this dynasty at that time?
Is there still a place here?
Zhu Yu has a ridiculous feeling of deranged history!
There are two ancient books of Western Xia, one is very thin, about three or five pages; The other one was thicker, with more than a dozen pages, but it looked terrible.
Then there were some ancient Chinese characters, Zhu Yu looked at them one by one, and found that there were also Mongolian letters, and things like military orders.
The eye of heaven swept over, and these things were really real.
There are about a hundred copies in total.
From the beginning to the end, Zhu Yu didn't continue to look and asked Hawkins:
"Mr. Hawkins, are you going to sell all of these things?"
"Of course." Hawkins observed Zhu Yu's expression and asked tentatively:
"These are very rare ancient books in your country, do you want to buy them?"
"Of course I hope," Zhu Yu nodded, and when Hawkins was about to laugh, he added, "provided that the price is right." ”
Don't take me for a bad man!
Seeing Zhu Yu walk out of the collection room without any nostalgia, Hawkins felt that this was a difficult opponent!
He followed Zhu Yu to the living room and beckoned the servant to serve tea.
After the servant left, Hawkins said to Zhu Yu:
"Mr. Zhu, I'm in dire need of money here, so I don't want to talk so much. The price of selling these ancient books is fifteen million dollars. ”
"I think Hawkins must have dated someone else, so I'm going to quit." Zhu Yu didn't even talk about the price, and stood up directly and planned to leave.
This thing really slaughtered himself as a wronged man!
These things may be priceless in China, but now they are in the beautiful country!
How could these people really regard the cultural relics of China as treasures?
The reason why the price is sky-high is just to defraud the money of the local tyrants in China.
Hawkins didn't expect Zhu Yu to be so straightforward, he regretted that the offer was too high, and hurriedly made a look at Heine.
Heine had a request for Hawkins, and he was a middleman, so he had to persuade Zhu Yu:
"Mr. Zhu, don't worry. Mr. Hawkins had high expectations for these ancient books, but he did not understand Chinese culture after all. It's not much use to hold these things.
If you feel like you'd like to have it, quote a price that's right. In a transaction, both parties can change their views and reach an agreement through communication. ”
Zhu Yu was also pretentious, but after listening to Heine's persuasion, he sat down and took a sip of tea.
Hawkins also felt that his offer was too high, although he heard that this Zhu Yu rose faster and earned more, but it was not clear how much. At the moment, I don't know how much I earn, but I definitely not know how much I earn.
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've seen that you have about a hundred and fifty ancient books here. I'm not an expert, but I know that some of them are worth more and some of them aren't worth much.
For Mr. Heine's sake, I will give an average price, $10,000 a book, for a total of $1.5 million......"
As a businessman, Hawkins has actually made money.
He bought these things for no more than half a million dollars.
But also 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'm sure Mr. Hawkins will be able to find a buyer who matches his bid."
Zhu Yu stood up again, this time he really planned to leave.
"Mr. Zhu, I want you to think about it, I think five million dollars is more appropriate......"
Zhu Yu shook his head, nodded at Heine, and left with Ran Jie.
Hawkins hurriedly caught up, and his mouth kept cutting prices:
"Mr. Zhu, four million dollars...... No, three million...... Two million is fine! ”
Zhu Yu waved his hand, got out of the villa, got in the car and left.
Heine went to Hawkins and said to him:
"This Zhu Yu is a very determined person, he has determined the price, I'm afraid it will be difficult to change."
Hawkins was a little unconvinced, he thought for a while and said:
"In the afternoon, I will ask two other Chinese people to look at this batch of ancient books, and I am sure they will give a suitable price."
Heine nodded, not thinking so.
He also knew that although they were businessmen, they might not be more generous than Zhu Yu in terms of trading.
He recognized Zhu Yu more, mainly because he felt that Zhu Yu's money came quickly and paid happily.
Those two people may pay a high price, but they definitely won't pay so much.
Sure enough, in the afternoon, Hawkins called Heine in a disappointed tone:
"Those two Chinese people wanted these ancient books very much, but the price they gave was less than half of Mr. Zhu's! What a stingy businessman! ”
Heine thought to herself.
Zhu Yu was not surprised to receive a call from Heine again.
He felt that the price he quoted was already a premium in the market of Lao Mei.
If Hawkins is not satisfied with this price, then he can only be stuffed into his own hands.
The next day, Zhu Yu took Ran Jie to Hawkins' house again, and this time, Hawkins' smile was sincere and careful.
He was afraid that Zhu Yu would suddenly reduce the price - after all, yesterday was almost a collapse.
However, Zhu Yu was kinder than he imagined, and did not reduce the price, and when the two parties reached an agreement, Zhu Yu bought this batch of ancient books with one and a half million US dollars, and after reading the confirmation, he asked someone to move out on the spot, Zhu Yu was relieved.
It turned out not to be a conspiracy.
However, after supervising the removal of these ancient books by the people he had called, he did not leave immediately, but asked Hawkins:
"Mr. Hawkins, is this villa of yours for sale?"
Hawkins' smile immediately widened!