Chapter 1611 Trolley Case (1/2)
It was useless to talk more. Sandler and his two men walked away with wounded hearts. They could only push their luck and hope that the painting in Li Du's hands was not their goal.
Magic Hand waved and asked, ”Give me your account number and I'll transfer the money to you.”
What happened just now was all an act. Li Du could guess their purpose when they saw the three people appear. Then he started an act with Magic Hand.
It was his idea to set a price of ten thousand dollars for a painting. He didn't just guess the price but set the sum according to the bidding price that the other side wrote on the tender sheet.
At that time, they were willing to buy the container for 200,000 dollars, so they bought these paintings. They were willing to pay at least 200,000 dollars, and the price of each painting was just ten thousand.
Li Du was just using this money to thwart the three of them and did not care how much they earned.
Therefore, when he saw Magic Hand raise his hand, he shook his head and said, ”Go and have a cup of coffee with the others. There is going to be some surprise.”
Magic Hand knew that a hundred grand is nothing to Li Du, so he put away the bank card at ease and shouted to the people beside him, ”Hey, Boss Li has given us some tips for drinks, so let's go and have some fun in the hotel after tidying up!”
”Oh yeah!”
”Let's work quickly, I can't wait for the drink!”
”Damn cool, man!”
Bell was not interested in drinking. He looked at the painting in Li Du's hand and asked, ”Hey, Li, what is so special about this painting?”
Li Du had nothing to hide from Bell. He said, ”It is a painting by Van Gogh.”
Bell was shocked. ”A painting by Van Gogh?”
Li Du smiled and said, ”I think it is, but I am not quite sure. When I find an appraiser to take a look and confirm this, I'll give you one of these.”
Bill Shoreton was speechless.
Li Du put away the paintings and said, ”Wait for my news. I can't say much now. I'll give you a surprise when the time comes.”
There were actually two paintings, and Li Du separated them and decided to keep one for himself and present the other painting to Bell, who loved art but certainly did not have the wealth that would enable him to get a Van Gogh's original painting for his collection.
Van Gogh's paintings were incredibly expensive, and these two paintings had a special meaning, so they were even more so. However, that was nothing compared to his friendship with Bell, who was a very good friend and definitely merited the gift.
After putting away the oil painting and grape brick, he left the other stuff to Bill and Lu Guan. The rest of the items were large and relatively simple to evaluate. Both Bill and Lu Guan would be able to give an approximation of their value.
One of the things that Li Du was very interested in was a large jet fire extinguisher truck built by modifying an aircraft engine. It was a unique item and would have a high value.
When the auction ended, Li Du got more than the money return he had expected. He even managed to fulfill a wish. The two fraudsters who almost drove him into a corner before were arrested.
It was like killing three, not two birds with one stone. No matter which way he thought of it, Li Du was in high spirits because all his victories were big this time.
After boarding off from the great ship, he did not have to worry about the rest of the business. He was ready to pack things up and go home from the airport.
He rented a car for convenience's sake these days. When he reached the parking lot in the port, he was in the mood to drive the car himself.
When he was about to get in the car, he saw a nice trolley case in front of it.
This thing was blocking his way. He looked around and saw no one was around, and then asked, ”Whose trolley case is this? Is it ours?”
Brother Wolf shook his head. ”No, it's not.”
Li Du had to look around and ask, ”Hey, whose trolley case is this?”