Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 564
"The person who bought that crown was Mr. Baum, an American food processing tycoon, and one of a large number of millionaires produced in America during the Gilded Age in the early 20th century."

After two days of searching, Liang En and the others made a basic judgment based on the materials they found before and the contents found in the library.

"It's just that the problem now is that this Mr. Baum's family was so badly damaged by a series of supplement manufacturing scandals in the 20s that they had to sell a large number of family properties to tide them over, including crown."

"The problem now is that we don't know who the buyer is after this resale, because we can't find any records of the auction at all." Joan of Arc looked helpless on the side. "Even the auction houses went out of business 35 years ago."

The unfavorable start made Liang En and the others a little frustrated. Fortunately, the situation was not yet desperate, because Liang En and the others learned that there was a collector in New York who had collected a large amount of materials in this field after inquiring for a long time in the library. .

So after finishing collecting clues in the library, they quickly went straight to the collector's residence in Brooklyn, New York.

This collector is in Brooklyn, and owns the lower three floors of a six-story building. When Liang En and the others came here according to the map, they found that this collector should not be Why are you short of money?

"It seems that work may be a little difficult in the future." Standing at the door and looking at the house, Liang En felt that the situation was not as good as he imagined, because wanting to get something from this kind of person who is not short of money is always a problem. is somewhat difficult.

But when they knocked on the door and walked into this room, they found that the situation was much better than expected, because the collector named Hans was willing to share the information he had collected with others.

And the other party has obviously recognized Liang En, so he said that this inquiry does not need to charge a penny, but that Liang En is willing to give him a signed version of each of the books he wrote before. .

"These materials can only be considered alive when they are used." The collector named Hans said after learning about Liang En's purpose of coming, while helping them flip through the materials.

"So I'm happy to receive you visitors." "I'm glad to hear you say that." Liang En said with a slight nod to the other party.

"Many collectors of materials are unwilling to share their collections, because they feel that they have suffered a huge loss by doing so."

"The materials are still different from the antiques." Collector William shook his head and said, "Those precious antiques may indeed be damaged if they are taken out, but the information on the materials will not."

Because this Mr. William is rich and likes this aspect, he has copied or digitized most of the materials, so now it is much less difficult to search than imagined.

Because of this, after only half an hour, they got what they wanted, knowing who the previous businessman sold the duke's crown to.

"A professional art dealer, it seems that we have to go to the west coast of the United States." Liang En sighed after finding out the information about the dealer.

Because the buyer was a businessman who ran an entire art creation company, and his descendants now live in Hollywood near Los Angeles and continue to run their own business.

This means that they have only one option to find out what happened, and that is to travel across the United States to Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States to ask the descendants of this gentleman.

It can also be seen from this that unlike the class solidification in the United Kingdom, there is obviously much more mobility among the various classes in the United States.And this is probably one of the reasons why the United States has gradually surpassed Britain to become the most powerful country in the world.

Although it seems that the overall situation is indeed a bit cumbersome, considering that this crown has been flowing for 100 years, it is very reasonable how many hands have been reversed during this period.

It's just that, this time, Liang En's whole trip became a lot more busy. After only a few days in New York, they needed to cross the entire United States to the other side of the United States.

"To be honest, I think His Excellency the Earl should compensate us well this time." Fan Meng said a little depressed on the plane, "This trip is much longer than we imagined."

"With the Earl's generosity, the other party will definitely compensate us this time." Liang En looked at the white clouds outside the window and said, "And don't you think this kind of tracking work is actually very interesting?"

"That's true. At least I can feel that we are following a certain clue in history and restoring a lost history." After hearing Liang En's words, Fan Meng thought for a few seconds before clicking the button. nod.

For Fan Meng, after working in this job for so long, he has realized the interesting aspects of this job, so he does not reject this kind of trivial job now.

It’s just that this kind of journey of thousands of kilometers in a short period of time still makes people feel a little tired, especially the distance from New York to Los Angeles is about the same as the distance across the Atlantic Ocean, which can definitely be regarded as a long-distance trip.

Los Angeles, located in the southwestern part of California, is the second largest city in the United States and the largest city in the western United States. It is often called the "City of Angels".

The city is also one of the important centers of industry and commerce, international trade, science and education, entertainment and sports in the United States, and one of the main bases of the petrochemical, marine, aerospace and electronics industries in the United States.

Of course, to outsiders, the most famous city in this city should be Hollywood located in the northwest suburb of the city, and the target Liang En and the others are going to visit this time lives in Beverly Hills next to Hollywood.

Although Beverly Hills sounds like the name of a manor, it is actually an independent city.It has its own mayor, police station and fire department and other functional departments, and it is also the place where Hollywood stars and Los Angeles rich people live.

As the best place in the whole Los Angeles environment.Mansions everywhere and luxury cars all over the street didn't have a big impact on Liang En and the others, because they were considered people who had seen big scenes.

Especially for Liang En, the wealth he currently possesses is enough to buy a property in this place. There is no need to be envious of this place like most tourists.

However, the shopping malls here really stimulated them. For example, Rodeo Drive, which is dominated by famous store shopping, contains all the most expensive stores in Southern California, and each famous store has its own unique architectural style.

Just like the famous saying here, "Don't ask the price when you buy something, if you ask, it means you can't afford it." As the saying goes, the prices of those luxury goods in the store are really high and scary.

At least from Liang En's perspective on consumption, he really couldn't accept that a tie clip that cost no more than $1000 in raw materials and craftsmanship could sell for tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars.

Of course, he will definitely not object to this consumption concept, after all, he is also doing luxury business now.

People who love luxury goods like this are his target customers, so it is impossible to hate them, and he even hopes that there will be more such people from the bottom of his heart.

(End of this chapter)