Chapter 9: 9
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The next day, we began to clean up the things in the castle. More than 20 professional "garbage disposers" went to battle together. From the basement to the attic, from the garage to the storage room, piles of things that may not see the sun for decades or even hundreds of years were cleaned up.
There is an old saying in China that "breaking a house is worth a million", which still works in Britain.
Waldi castle has been built for more than 400 years and nearly 500 years. The Waldi family has always lived in the castle. At its peak, more than 40 direct members of the Waldi family lived in the castle. In addition, more than 400 soldiers were stationed in the castle.
Moreover, it has been more than 100 years since the last thorough cleaning of the ancient castle. According to Mr. John, the current housekeeper of the castle, the last cleaning of the castle was during World War I.
However, after the first World War, the world pattern has changed greatly. The original powerful empire with the sun never setting is no longer beautiful, and the Waldi family, which relies on the development of the British royal family, also began to decline with the decline of the British royal family. Otherwise, William Waldi's grandfather, the old Baron William, would not invest in IKEA, At the same time, it also began to invest in other industries.
In fact, the current Baron Waldi also wanted to make his family more prosperous, but he had the ambition to kill dragons, but he didn't have the skill to kill dragons. There were major mistakes in many important investments, which directly led to the rapid decline of the Waldi family.
Now, this ancient castle, which has lived for more than 400 years and nearly 500 years, can no longer be preserved, and those things that have not been cleaned up since World War I will naturally be revealed again.
The broken ship still has three Jin nails. Although the Waldi family declined rapidly, there are still many good things in the castle.
Apart from others, Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang alone saw with their own eyes the four garbage handlers responsible for cleaning the basement. They found a wooden box in a corner of the basement. As a result, they found an oil painting in Paul Cezanne's still life series
Although the size of that oil painting is small, it is famous for Paul Cezanne. If this oil painting is shot, the starting price must be at least eight digits, and the unit is euros
Of course, the painting can't be taken out of the castle. Although Mr. John is a housekeeper, his eyes are sharp. A professional English housekeeper like him knows more than many experts and professors. It's difficult to pick up leaks from under his eyelids.
Not to mention that Baron Waldi invited a famous appraiser to sit with Mr. John in the British Museum when cleaning the castle this time.
With these two in charge, those things of high value can never be taken out of the castle.
However, Yang Jing doesn't have to worry about this. The Great Dictionary of National Biography, which he has been paying attention to, is mixed in more than 200 books. If he doesn't search one by one very carefully, he can't find any flaws at all. Finally, after the rough appraisal by the expert, the books were finally sold to Yang Jing for ￡ 500.
Although those books are some years old, they are all batch printed books. They are not rare or isolated. Let alone being photographed, they can't sell at a high price even in the flea market.
The price of 500 pounds is very suitable for Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang. Guo Xiaoxiang also estimated that these books could sell for about twelve to fifteen hundred pounds in the flea market. The money was a big income for both of them, but Mr. John looked down on it.
There are a lot of these books, and there is no large-scale flea market in fishgard. If you want to dispose of these books, you have to pull them to Cardiff, the capital of Wales, or a big city such as London. Mr. John won't waste so much energy just because he spends more than a thousand pounds. By convention, these books that are useless to the family will naturally be sold to garbage disposers at a low price as a reward.
There were more than 200 of these books. After the first day of cleaning up, Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang worked for more than an hour before they brought them back to their motel.
After working hard for two and a half days, they cleaned up the whole attic. Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang didn't buy anything else except those books.
In the evening, Yang Jing paid more than 100 pounds for Guo Xiaoxiang to have a seafood dinner. Then the two returned to the hotel and began to deal with the books.
In fact, those books are nothing to Yang Jing at all, but Guo Xiaoxiang doesn't know yet, so Yang Jing will surprise Guo Xiaoxiang tonight.
"I said Lao Yang, what's the surprise you said?" Guo Xiaoxiang was obviously still thinking about the surprise. While summarizing the books, he asked Yang Jing.
Yang Jing held the Great Dictionary of National Biography and looked it up carefully there.
"Wait, if I'm not wrong, the surprise will appear soon!"
Hearing what Yang Jing said, Guo Xiaoxiang stopped picking up the books, stood up and wiped his hands, sat down next to Yang Jing and asked, "the surprise you said is this book?"
Yang Jing nodded. He had just finished turning the book and didn't see the three sketches. Now he was ready to tear off the plastic cover of the book.
However, the matter was not so complicated. Yang Jing just opened the cover and took a look, and saw a slightly yellow paper bag lying quietly under the cover.
"What is this?" Guo Xiaoxiang asked pleasantly.
Yang Jing shook her head and said, "I don't know what it is, but I thought it should be a good thing, otherwise this paper bag wouldn't be stuffed here by Baron Waldi's father or grandfather."
Carefully took out the paper bag. Paper is very common white paper, but it has been on the cover for a long time, but the color has turned yellow.
Put the paper bag on the table. Yang Jing took out a pair of white gloves and put them on. Then she carefully opened the paper bag.
There are several folded white papers in the paper bag. Because they are protected by the paper bag, these white papers don't change color very much.
After opening these white sheets of paper, I found that there were three pieces of paper with the size of 16 Kai. On each piece of paper, there was a sketch of furniture. In the lower right corner of the sketch, there was a signature that Yang Jing was very familiar with.
Yang Jing has seen the signature too many times since he came to Britain. Of course he knows the signature.
After seeing the three signatures, Guo Xiaoxiang couldn't help growing up.
"Lao Yang, pinch me! I'm not dreaming. This, this is Picasso's signature?"
Yang Jing, who had already known the results, naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity. She stretched out her hand and pinched the fat man's arm. As a result, the fat man didn't respond.
The fat man's reaction startled Yang Jing and shook the fat man hard.
For a long time, the fat man shook his head, bared his teeth, covered the pinched position, and said with a smile: "Lao Yang, I'm afraid, I know the pain, which shows that I'm not in a dream! But if it's not in a dream, how can I explain these three Picasso paintings..."
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The next day, we began to clean up the things in the castle. More than 20 professional "garbage disposers" went to battle together. From the basement to the attic, from the garage to the storage room, piles of things that may not see the sun for decades or even hundreds of years were cleaned up.
There is an old saying in China that "breaking a house is worth a million", which still works in Britain.
Waldi castle has been built for more than 400 years and nearly 500 years. The Waldi family has always lived in the castle. At its peak, more than 40 direct members of the Waldi family lived in the castle. In addition, more than 400 soldiers were stationed in the castle.
Moreover, it has been more than 100 years since the last thorough cleaning of the ancient castle. According to Mr. John, the current housekeeper of the castle, the last cleaning of the castle was during World War I.
However, after the first World War, the world pattern has changed greatly. The original powerful empire with the sun never setting is no longer beautiful, and the Waldi family, which relies on the development of the British royal family, also began to decline with the decline of the British royal family. Otherwise, William Waldi's grandfather, the old Baron William, would not invest in IKEA, At the same time, it also began to invest in other industries.
In fact, the current Baron Waldi also wanted to make his family more prosperous, but he had the ambition to kill dragons, but he didn't have the skill to kill dragons. There were major mistakes in many important investments, which directly led to the rapid decline of the Waldi family.
Now, this ancient castle, which has lived for more than 400 years and nearly 500 years, can no longer be preserved, and those things that have not been cleaned up since World War I will naturally be revealed again.
The broken ship still has three Jin nails. Although the Waldi family declined rapidly, there are still many good things in the castle.
Apart from others, Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang alone saw with their own eyes the four garbage handlers responsible for cleaning the basement. They found a wooden box in a corner of the basement. As a result, they found an oil painting in Paul Cezanne's still life series
Although the size of that oil painting is small, it is famous for Paul Cezanne. If this oil painting is shot, the starting price must be at least eight digits, and the unit is euros
Of course, the painting can't be taken out of the castle. Although Mr. John is a housekeeper, his eyes are sharp. A professional English housekeeper like him knows more than many experts and professors. It's difficult to pick up leaks from under his eyelids.
Not to mention that Baron Waldi invited a famous appraiser to sit with Mr. John in the British Museum when cleaning the castle this time.
With these two in charge, those things of high value can never be taken out of the castle.
However, Yang Jing doesn't have to worry about this. The Great Dictionary of National Biography, which he has been paying attention to, is mixed in more than 200 books. If he doesn't search one by one very carefully, he can't find any flaws at all. Finally, after the rough appraisal by the expert, the books were finally sold to Yang Jing for ￡ 500.
Although those books are some years old, they are all batch printed books. They are not rare or isolated. Let alone being photographed, they can't sell at a high price even in the flea market.
The price of 500 pounds is very suitable for Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang. Guo Xiaoxiang also estimated that these books could sell for about twelve to fifteen hundred pounds in the flea market. The money was a big income for both of them, but Mr. John looked down on it.
There are a lot of these books, and there is no large-scale flea market in fishgard. If you want to dispose of these books, you have to pull them to Cardiff, the capital of Wales, or a big city such as London. Mr. John won't waste so much energy just because he spends more than a thousand pounds. By convention, these books that are useless to the family will naturally be sold to garbage disposers at a low price as a reward.
There were more than 200 of these books. After the first day of cleaning up, Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang worked for more than an hour before they brought them back to their motel.
After working hard for two and a half days, they cleaned up the whole attic. Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang didn't buy anything else except those books.
In the evening, Yang Jing paid more than 100 pounds for Guo Xiaoxiang to have a seafood dinner. Then the two returned to the hotel and began to deal with the books.
In fact, those books are nothing to Yang Jing at all, but Guo Xiaoxiang doesn't know yet, so Yang Jing will surprise Guo Xiaoxiang tonight.
"I said Lao Yang, what's the surprise you said?" Guo Xiaoxiang was obviously still thinking about the surprise. While summarizing the books, he asked Yang Jing.
Yang Jing held the Great Dictionary of National Biography and looked it up carefully there.
"Wait, if I'm not wrong, the surprise will appear soon!"
Hearing what Yang Jing said, Guo Xiaoxiang stopped picking up the books, stood up and wiped his hands, sat down next to Yang Jing and asked, "the surprise you said is this book?"
Yang Jing nodded. He had just finished turning the book and didn't see the three sketches. Now he was ready to tear off the plastic cover of the book.
However, the matter was not so complicated. Yang Jing just opened the cover and took a look, and saw a slightly yellow paper bag lying quietly under the cover.
"What is this?" Guo Xiaoxiang asked pleasantly.
Yang Jing shook her head and said, "I don't know what it is, but I thought it should be a good thing, otherwise this paper bag wouldn't be stuffed here by Baron Waldi's father or grandfather."
Carefully took out the paper bag. Paper is very common white paper, but it has been on the cover for a long time, but the color has turned yellow.
Put the paper bag on the table. Yang Jing took out a pair of white gloves and put them on. Then she carefully opened the paper bag.
There are several folded white papers in the paper bag. Because they are protected by the paper bag, these white papers don't change color very much.
After opening these white sheets of paper, I found that there were three pieces of paper with the size of 16 Kai. On each piece of paper, there was a sketch of furniture. In the lower right corner of the sketch, there was a signature that Yang Jing was very familiar with.
Yang Jing has seen the signature too many times since he came to Britain. Of course he knows the signature.
After seeing the three signatures, Guo Xiaoxiang couldn't help growing up.
"Lao Yang, pinch me! I'm not dreaming. This, this is Picasso's signature?"
Yang Jing, who had already known the results, naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity. She stretched out her hand and pinched the fat man's arm. As a result, the fat man didn't respond.
The fat man's reaction startled Yang Jing and shook the fat man hard.
For a long time, the fat man shook his head, bared his teeth, covered the pinched position, and said with a smile: "Lao Yang, I'm afraid, I know the pain, which shows that I'm not in a dream! But if it's not in a dream, how can I explain these three Picasso paintings..."
The next day, we began to clean up the things in the castle. More than 20 professional "garbage disposers" went to battle together. From the basement to the attic, from the garage to the storage room, piles of things that may not see the sun for decades or even hundreds of years were cleaned up.There is an old saying in China that "breaking a house is worth a million", which still works in Britain.Waldi castle has been built for more than 400 years and nearly 500 years. The Waldi family has always lived in the castle. At its peak, more than 40 direct members of the Waldi family lived in the castle. In addition, more than 400 soldiers were stationed in the castle.Moreover, it has been more than 100 years since the last thorough cleaning of the ancient castle. According to Mr. John, the current housekeeper of the castle, the last cleaning of the castle was during World War I.However, after the first World War, the world pattern has changed greatly. The original powerful empire with the sun never setting is no longer beautiful, and the Waldi family, which relies on the development of the British royal family, also began to decline with the decline of the British royal family. Otherwise, William Waldi's grandfather, the old Baron William, would not invest in IKEA, At the same time, it also began to invest in other industries.In fact, the current Baron Waldi also wanted to make his family more prosperous, but he had the ambition to kill dragons, but he didn't have the skill to kill dragons. There were major mistakes in many important investments, which directly led to the rapid decline of the Waldi family.Now, this ancient castle, which has lived for more than 400 years and nearly 500 years, can no longer be preserved, and those things that have not been cleaned up since World War I will naturally be revealed again.The broken ship still has three Jin nails. Although the Waldi family declined rapidly, there are still many good things in the castle.Apart from others, Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang alone saw with their own eyes the four garbage handlers responsible for cleaning the basement. They found a wooden box in a corner of the basement. As a result, they found an oil painting in Paul Cezanne's still life seriesAlthough the size of that oil painting is small, it is famous for Paul Cezanne. If this oil painting is shot, the starting price must be at least eight digits, and the unit is eurosOf course, the painting can't be taken out of the castle. Although Mr. John is a housekeeper, his eyes are sharp. A professional English housekeeper like him knows more than many experts and professors. It's difficult to pick up leaks from under his eyelids.Not to mention that Baron Waldi invited a famous appraiser to sit with Mr. John in the British Museum when cleaning the castle this time.With these two in charge, those things of high value can never be taken out of the castle.However, Yang Jing doesn't have to worry about this. The Great Dictionary of National Biography, which he has been paying attention to, is mixed in more than 200 books. If he doesn't search one by one very carefully, he can't find any flaws at all. Finally, after the rough appraisal by the expert, the books were finally sold to Yang Jing for 500.Although those books are some years old, they are all batch printed books. They are not rare or isolated. Let alone being photographed, they can't sell at a high price even in the flea market.The price of 500 pounds is very suitable for Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang. Guo Xiaoxiang also estimated that these books could sell for about twelve to fifteen hundred pounds in the flea market. The money was a big income for both of them, but Mr. John looked down on it.There are a lot of these books, and there is no large-scale flea market in fishgard. If you want to dispose of these books, you have to pull them to Cardiff, the capital of Wales, or a big city such as London. Mr. John won't waste so much energy just because he spends more than a thousand pounds. By convention, these books that are useless to the family will naturally be sold to garbage disposers at a low price as a reward.There were more than 200 of these books. After the first day of cleaning up, Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang worked for more than an hour before they brought them back to their motel.After working hard for two and a half days, they cleaned up the whole attic. Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang didn't buy anything else except those books.In the evening, Yang Jing paid more than 100 pounds for Guo Xiaoxiang to have a seafood dinner. Then the two returned to the hotel and began to deal with the books.In fact, those books are nothing to Yang Jing at all, but Guo Xiaoxiang doesn't know yet, so Yang Jing will surprise Guo Xiaoxiang tonight."I said Lao Yang, what's the surprise you said?" Guo Xiaoxiang was obviously still thinking about the surprise. While summarizing the books, he asked Yang Jing.Yang Jing held the Great Dictionary of National Biography and looked it up carefully there."Wait, if I'm not wrong, the surprise will appear soon!"Hearing what Yang Jing said, Guo Xiaoxiang stopped picking up the books, stood up and wiped his hands, sat down next to Yang Jing and asked, "the surprise you said is this book?"Yang Jing nodded. He had just finished turning the book and didn't see the three sketches. Now he was ready to tear off the plastic cover of the book.However, the matter was not so complicated. Yang Jing just opened the cover and took a look, and saw a slightly yellow paper bag lying quietly under the cover."What is this?" Guo Xiaoxiang asked pleasantly.Yang Jing shook her head and said, "I don't know what it is, but I thought it should be a good thing, otherwise this paper bag wouldn't be stuffed here by Baron Waldi's father or grandfather."Carefully took out the paper bag. Paper is very common white paper, but it has been on the cover for a long time, but the color has turned yellow.Put the paper bag on the table. Yang Jing took out a pair of white gloves and put them on. Then she carefully opened the paper bag.There are several folded white papers in the paper bag. Because they are protected by the paper bag, these white papers don't change color very much.After opening these white sheets of paper, I found that there were three pieces of paper with the size of 16 Kai. On each piece of paper, there was a sketch of furniture. In the lower right corner of the sketch, there was a signature that Yang Jing was very familiar with.Yang Jing has seen the signature too many times since he came to Britain. Of course he knows the signature.After seeing the three signatures, Guo Xiaoxiang couldn't help growing up."Lao Yang, pinch me! I'm not dreaming. This, this is Picasso's signature?"Yang Jing, who had already known the results, naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity. She stretched out her hand and pinched the fat man's arm. As a result, the fat man didn't respond.The fat man's reaction startled Yang Jing and shook the fat man hard.For a long time, the fat man shook his head, bared his teeth, covered the pinched position, and said with a smile: "Lao Yang, I'm afraid, I know the pain, which shows that I'm not in a dream! But if it's not in a dream, how can I explain these three Picasso paintings..."
