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95. Three British Battles Lu Bu

"What did you say to the cousin just now? Why did his attitude change so quickly?" Hans asked in wonder.

Li Du said relaxedly: "I know that he has a handle from Rose, so I used it to threaten him."

Hans thought about it and said, "Although this makes me feel good, but to be honest, Lee, this is not fair to Rose. She trusts you to tell you something, and you should keep it secret."

"It's okay."

"Very good, then tell me, I want everyone in Flagstaff City to know!"

"Fak has!"

The two were joking, but when they walked to the police station warehouse, a white man greeted them: "Good morning, two, are you the owners of mammoth ivory?"

This white man looks in his fifties, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, wearing a suit and tie on hot days, and dressed well.

Hans said, "Oh, yes, but we don't need a lawyer anymore, thank you."

"I'm not a lawyer." The white man smiled.

"We don't need financial services, we don't buy insurance, we don't buy stocks, and we don't have funds and futures..."

"I am a zoology expert and have also studied animal products. My name is Allens Brian. I am very happy to know you." The middle-aged man interrupted him and quickly introduced himself.

Li Du pushed Hans, shook hands with Allens and said, "Hello, Mr. Brian, what are you doing?"

Alans nodded and said, "Yes, I want to ask, where do you come from the ivory inside?"

"What's wrong with the warehouse auction?"

"So are you interested in selling them? I know a few ivory engravers who are out of stock recently. If you are willing to sell them, they are definitely good customers." Alans said with a smile.

Hans laughed, and he whistled, "Very good, I suddenly realized that it wasn't bad to be at the police station, not as bad as we thought."

But the police station is not a suitable place to discuss business, so they left the address of Hannah's small building.

The next morning, three white men of similar age as Alans came, and Hans called Li Du over, saying that he was going to discuss business.

The occurrence of this business was so coincidental that they thought it would take ten days and half a month to sell the ivory, but they did not expect that they would contact customers in less than twenty-four hours after they got the ivory.

Allens introduced the two sides. The three were named Alva Latin, Bill, and Todd, and they were all ivory engravers from different European countries. This time, they came to Las Vegas to participate in an art auction. Allens was friends with them and then contacted them.

Take out the five ivory, and the color changes from red-brown to yellow-brown, which looks much cleaner. The sun shines on it, forming a soft halo, making people look very comfortable.

Li Du asked, "Hey, why has the color changed?"

Hans shrugged, "This is their original color. I cleaned it with water and a brush last night, and it turned out like this."

"Yo, have you worked overtime?"

Hans smiled proudly and said, "Of course, I am a hardworking American."

Hearing the words of the two, Alans said: "The skin of mammoth ivory comes in various colors, blue, green, red and yellow. This is because they are stained with iron, copper phosphate when buried underground, and red is very common."

The roots of the five ivory were filed with files. The red part above was the ivory skin, and the white part in the lower part was the dentin of the mammoth ivory. There was a line between the two, which looked like it was cracked.

Li Du noticed and said, "What's going on? Is it cracked?"

Todd, the ivory sculptor, shook his head and said, "No, this is the dividing line between the skin and the dentin, not the crack. You can tell by picking it with your fingernails."

When you pick the cracks with your fingernails, you will feel a clear breaking feeling, and the boundary line of the tooth and skin will not feel broken. Li Du touched it and it was indeed lubricated.

Alva Latin took out a strong flashlight and turned it on, and then used the flashlight to illuminate the five ivory from beginning to end.

When the mammoth ivory with a white dentin was shined with a strong flashlight, it turned into a flesh-blooded red color similar to the one that shone on the fingers, with a soft and warm color.

"It's so beautiful, mammoth ivory has this trick?" Li Du exclaimed.

Alans nodded and said, "Yes, 95% of mammoth ivory is bloody. If the carving is finished, it will be more beautiful under the strong light."

After the five ivory photos were taken, Alva Latin held down the two ivory next to him with lightning speed: "OK, these two are mine, you can choose the others."

"Get out, these two are mine, I don't care about the remaining three."

"Dare to compete with me for ivory? You are so shameless. I only have one of these two, and I also want this one."

The three started to quarrel.

"Those two bloods are not red." Hans wondered.

Alans explained: "Yes, but the quality of mammoth ivory does not look at the thickness of blood, but the softness of the light. Those two are the softest and will make people look more comfortable."

The five people quarreled and then divided again. Alva Latin picked out the softest bloody one, and the other two divided them into two.

Then the price is negotiated. Li Du backed up and Hans came forward. This is his specialty.

"We all know that ivory is a banned product and a banned product. If you want to make ivory carving, the best material is mammoth ivory, so this one costs 100,000 yuan."

After hearing Hans' words, the three engravers immediately stared at each other: "Uh, we are right, this is ivory, not Burmese jade?"

"Yes, this is ivory, but not ordinary ivory. This is mammoth ivory. It is denser and harder than contemporary ivory. The crafts produced also have higher appreciation and collection value... This 90,000 yuan cannot be lower."

Alva Latin shook his head hard: "No, boy, your offer is ridiculously high. The quality of this ivory is the best among the five, but it is not the best among the ivory types. 30,000 yuan, it cannot be higher."

"Sorry, I didn't hear how much you said? 30,000 yuan? This is an insult to mammoth ivory!" Hans shouted.

Todd wanted to speak, but Hans didn't give him a chance: "You know, they are scarce materials and non-renewable resources. Every time one is discovered in the world, there is one less. Putting aside the material, they are so old, it's too vulgar to measure it with money, 80,000 yuan..."

Bill and Todd all went on the battle, and the three of them bargained with Hans together.

But Hans was not afraid. He was still at ease in the face of three mouths. From the collection value to the international situation, from the difficulty of mining to the artistic value, his mouth was flying up and down, which was extremely powerful.

Bill shouted, "Don't think we don't know. You got it from warehousing and picking up treasures, but you didn't go through a lot of hard work."

Hans said: "Look at what you are saying, because I have to stick to the price, because I have to be worthy of the workers who were attacked by damn snow and ice in Siberia, and I have to make their efforts respected!"

"Fifty thousand yuan, no matter how low it is, I won't sell it!"

The engravers were not satisfied and were still trying to bargain, while Hans bit the price to death and played the bitter card, and the two sides fought again.
Chapter completed!
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