50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 327 Moses Dividing the Sea

These past few days, he hasn't officially moved in yet, and he still goes back to his apartment in 6th Street to rest every day.

Because there are still some unresolved issues to be dealt with at the apartment, we can't move out immediately.

After that, it took another two days to refill the secret passage under the apartment and destroy all the entrances and exits.

He then cleaned the house thoroughly, wiped away all traces of his living there, and finally contacted the landlord to vacate the premises.

This time, he breached the contract by canceling his stay before the full term, so he will naturally lose a sum of rent, but he doesn't care anymore.

Mrs. Mary, the landlady, wasn't happy when she came, but when she heard that he had bought a new house and was moving, she still offered him a few words of congratulations.

When Mrs. Mary inspected the house and saw that it had been cleaned thoroughly and that there were some small secondhand appliances, her expression improved.

Landlords love tenants like Sun Zhiwei; every time a tenant like him moves out, Mrs. Mary gets a bunch of furniture and appliances.

That's why her apartment became more and more fully equipped, making it easier to rent out.

After the water and electricity were checked and the fees were paid, Mrs. Mary didn't cause any trouble with the lantern-based damage assessment and readily returned the deposit to Sun Zhiwei.

Seeing how readily Mrs. Mary agreed, Sun Zhiwei developed a slight liking for her.

In addition, Mrs. Mary has such a large apartment building for rent, so she must be his potential customer.

So Sun Zhi took the initiative to introduce his shop and invited her to visit when she had time.

Mrs. Mary was very interested in his antiques appraisal shop and promised to visit it when she had time.

Half an hour later, Sun Zhiwei drove back to Georgetown's 35th block and officially moved into detached house number 1420.

By the time he arrived at 35th Street, it was already 12:30, almost time for the shops to open.
He didn't have time to tidy up. He parked the car in the garage, put his luggage in the house, locked the door, and walked to the shop.

On his way to the shop, as he passed the mall, he sealed the envelope with his new home's phone number, which he had prepared in advance, in a waterproof bag.

Then it was randomly inserted into a water tank in a men's restroom, and as usual, a label was made on the water tank.

The phone at the apartment will no longer be usable; the emergency contact number will need to be changed to the one at the new home.

After opening the door in the afternoon, Sun Zhiwei couldn't help but proudly show off his new house, making Belinda very envious.

"Belinda, how about it? Want to come visit me?" Sun Zhiwei lay on the rattan chair, grinning like an old fox.

The house is so big and hasn't been cleaned in a while. Belinda looks very capable, so he plans to trick her into helping him clean.

Unfortunately, the young woman had probably received safety education from being a single mother since childhood, and was extremely wary of men, so she did not accept Sun Zhiwei's invitation.

Sun Zhiwei didn't care. He'd play a couple of rounds, whether there was a chance or not. If he couldn't get free labor, he'd just clean up himself.

However, he always felt that the method of using space dust removal without using any water was not clean enough.

Actually, that was all his misconception; the cleanliness achieved by using spatial abilities would definitely be higher.

There weren't many customers in the afternoon, and he remembered that the lawn in the front yard was still uneven and needed to be cleaned.

So he made a phone call to the HOA office and asked them to send someone to re-mow the lawn.

The other party said that this was not normal maintenance, but an extra project that required separate payment.

However, since the HOA's fees were indeed cheaper than hiring workers outside, he agreed.

This money can't be saved. The little mare from that rich kid's family is quite something; she's chewed up the front lawn so badly that there's not a single square meter of good grass left. Now the lawn looks awful, and HOA has his eye on this yard too. Since he got a bargain and bought the house at a low price, he still has to pay this little bit of money.

After 2 p.m., several customers came to the store one after another.

Among them, an elderly man with a white beard was attracted by a porcelain plate that Belinda introduced when he was about to leave after appraising a small item.

That was a 16th-century Italian plate depicting a bearded old man with a wooden cane standing by the sea.

According to the description of the space detection, this thing was a war trophy that the British seized from German soldiers after World War II, but it was also looted by the Germans from civilians.

The old man on the plate had no name or signature. If it were a beautiful woman, perhaps some embellishment would be made, but not many people would be interested in an old man.

So, he ended up in the British Museum's unidentified collection, and was eventually taken by Sun Zhiwei.

His design actually depicts a legendary figure: Moses.

It's the Moses who parted the sea. If you don't have that kind of knowledge, it's really not easy to recognize who the painting is.

Sun Zhiwei's card reads: 16th-century Italian handmade Moses dividing plate, $16600.

This thing is similar to mass-produced porcelain from folk kilns; otherwise, Sun Zhiwei could have set the price even higher. Anyway, those Jews are all very rich, so why not make some money?

The customer was holding the plate and didn't want to put it down, which showed that he really liked it, but he was clearly hesitant about the price.

Moreover, he was a resident in the neighborhood, so it was impossible that he hadn't heard the rumors about James's counterfeit store.

Seeing a glimmer of hope in selling the plate, Belinda immediately unleashed the first trump card Sun Zhiwei had given her.

"Sir, I see you still have some doubts. However, you should trust the credibility of a certified appraiser from the M Country Appraisers Association."

Belinda smiled and pointed to Sun Zhiwei's certificate on the wall.

“We can provide you with a certificate of authenticity for this plate. Mr. James will definitely guarantee the authenticity of the antiques sold in our store.”

The reputation of the M Country Appraisers Association is beyond question; their appraiser certificates are not easy to obtain. Since Mr. James is a certified appraiser, he can certainly be trusted.

"Okay, give me a certificate, I'll take this plate."

"Okay sir, the certificate needs to be made on-site. You can have a cup of tea and wait a while, or you can watch our production process in the whole way."

This was Belinda's own addition.

Although the guests are all relatively wealthy, people's curiosity doesn't decrease with the increase in wealth.

The process of creating an official certificate of authenticity has many interesting aspects.

The process includes interesting steps such as darkroom photography, photo generation, and certificate lamination, which guests will surely find fascinating.

Sure enough, her words immediately piqued the guests' interest.

So Belinda took her guests and personally participated in the production of the official certificate of authenticity.

Finally, Sun Zhiwei even took out a bronze seal and let the guest press it onto the certificate of authenticity. The sense of accomplishment was indescribable.

The customer was beaming with joy as he held the newly issued certificate of authenticity; this is the joy of DIY.

(End of this chapter)