Chapter 1431 1431. Statue (5/5)

Chapter 1431 1431. Statue (55)

Luguan is very good at inquiring about news, and soon he found out the situation at Sunshine Jazz Manor.

The former owner of the manor was named Black Crocodile Bick, and he was also nicknamed the Big Devil, who controlled the biggest gang in Santa Monica, Bleeding Blood.

At the beginning of this year, the police raided the bloody office building, seized unique products, arms and a lot of smuggled goods, and also found a large number of proofs of their tax evasion, and then sent the gang leader Black Crocodile Bick to the prison.

The black crocodile Bick was actually involved in a murder case, but he acted cautiously, and the police could not catch him and let him escape.

In Santa Monica, many people are afraid of this guy. The tenants are just ordinary businessmen, and they dare not provoke the Black Alligator Piccolo and the Bleeding Gang, so after receiving the warning, they gave up their ambitions for the manor .

During the auction, Li Du didn't leave anyone around the manor, so he didn't get the news in time.

But after getting the news, he was not afraid. At first he didn't know what was going on, and he was confused because of the unknown. Now that he knew the cause and effect, he didn't feel scared anymore.

Li Du is not afraid of the so-called gangs. He has worked with countless gangs over the years, even warlords. They are nothing to be afraid of, they can only scare the common people.

Snyder helped him deal with the real estate procedures. The foreclosure house cannot be used for bank loans and must be purchased in full, which is one of the reasons for its low price.

Li Du has enough funds on hand, and now his account funds are maintained at more than 100 million all year round, especially with the output of diamonds, the account funds are growing faster.

There are two main places where he spends his money, one is Shaou Island, and the other is to invest in Lei Moning.

And there are many places for him to make money. Lightning Ridge produces black opal, Amunda mine produces diamonds, storage auctions, adventures to get ivory and whale teeth, and this time he found a treasure of gold and cooperated with the Tawixi tribe. , all make money.

The procedures for foreclosure are fast, and the government has given special preferential treatment in this regard. It is estimated that it is to quickly convert the house into money, so soon after paying the money, Li Du got a bunch of real estate certificates.

Snyder advised him not to rush to sell the house, but to simply decorate it first, and then lease it out for a year or so before selling it.

The decoration of these foreclosed houses is relatively poor. Before the homeowner left, in order to vent his anger, even if he did not destroy the pipeline, he would smash the decoration.

Therefore, if it is difficult to resell directly at a high price, it is best to renovate first, rent out for a period of time after the renovation, and then sell it. At this time, the decoration is new enough but has traces of use, which is the most popular in the market.

Li Du handed over these matters to Snyder. He helped him handle the formalities smoothly. He was an experienced and well-connected expert. Li Du was willing to hire him to help him deal with the house he got.

The manor was not for sale, so he opened the gate and prepared to live in with a group of his men.

Li Du hired a housekeeping company to clean up the house. The lawn needed to be mowed, the groves needed to be tidied up, and the small vineyards and small farms all needed to be tidied up.

This is not a small amount of work. Just cleaning up the entire manor costs 12,000 yuan. This money can buy a nearly foreclosed house.

The cleaning process takes a week, and during this time Li Du has to deal with one thing.

Before the auction, besides being interested in the manor, Li Du was also interested in a detached house, or in other words, he was interested in something in the basement of the detached house.

This thing is a statue, a combined statue of two people, specifically a marble floor, a marble basketball hoop, and two basketball players wearing the numbers 34 and 8 respectively.

The ratio of the statue is almost one to one. The two statues are very big. Anyone who is familiar with basketball knows that the sculptures are the two superstars in the NBA, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.

Los Angeles has a super team in the NBA, and that is the Los Angeles Lakers. O'Neal and Kobe were once the ace combination of this team. The two teamed up and won three consecutive championships for the Lakers.

But these two are superstars with higher hearts than the sky. In the end, because of the team owner's small tricks and their personalities, they finally parted ways and the combination was broken.

Li Du found this statue from the chaotic basement when he inspected this independent house before. The sculptor is definitely a master. This set of marble statues is extremely realistic and of high value, even more valuable than the house to which it belongs.

The sculptor didn't want to use it to make money, otherwise he wouldn't have sold it after the carving was over, but had sealed it in the basement.

Some words were carved on the stadium floor, which is also made of marble, describing the origin of the statue and the reason for its subsequent neglect.

Carver is a basketball enthusiast. As a native of Los Angeles, his loyal team is naturally the Los Angeles Lakers, and his favorite players are naturally the Lakers ace combination Kobe Bryant and O'Neal.

After the Lakers won their third championship, the sculptor had the idea of ​​making a statue for the duo to celebrate the franchise's creation of a dynasty.

As a result, just one year later, the statue was not finished, Kobe and O'Neal fell out, the latter was sent to another team, and the Los Angeles Lakers fell into a trough.

As a loyal supporter of the team, the engraver was very sad, but he endured the pain to carve the statue, and hoped that one day his two favorite stars would settle down and reunite.

He left a message on the marble floor, hoping that when the day comes, he will give the statue to the Lakers and make a good story.

But for some unknown reason, the sculptor never came back, and the statue remained in the dark basement until Li Du discovered it.

Li Du guessed that the engraver was too sad, because until now O'Neal has retired, and he and Kobe have not been able to join forces again.

In addition, Kobe tore his Achilles tendon in the game against the Golden State Warriors in the first half of this year. This is a very serious injury, and it is speculated that he may also retire.

Li Du also called to comfort him when he was injured, but Kobe was stubborn and paranoid and didn't need these things at all, so he didn't know what was actually going on with Kobe.

After getting the statue, he thought he could give it to Kobe or O'Neal. The two had a quarrel back then, but after O'Neal retired, the relationship between the two parties began to develop in an optimistic direction again.

It was not easy to take the statues out of the basement. Li Du rented a crane to take out the four statues.

Assembled, the overall view of the statue is a basketball hoop standing on the marble floor. Kobe broke through sideways, and O'Neal raised one hand high and jumped up. The next step seems to be a pass and a catch to dunk.

The statues are very tall. Both Kobe and O'Neal are carved in full scale. One is 1.98 meters and the other is 2.16 meters. They are extremely precious.