Chapter 417: Columbia University Professor (Asking for a Monthly Pass, Asking for a Recommendation)
Two days passed quickly, and it was Sunday.
During this period, Ye Tian was not idle, and was still very busy.
On the day after the dinner, he disguised himself and went alone to Bowie's rented vault to inspect the vast collection of antiques and artworks kept there.
During the inspection, he and Bowie worked together to make a detailed classification of all the antique artworks.
According to the different regions, eras, and artistic styles, they divided a large number of antique artworks into more than a dozen batches and stored them in different categories!
This will facilitate the forthcoming appraisal and will also facilitate Bowie's handling of these valuable treasures.
Subsequently, Ye Tian began to quickly identify these antiques, and gave detailed information about each antique, so that Bowie recorded it, and nothing was missed!
Of course, he also gives an estimate of each antique, which is the most important part.
Like the previous batch of antiques, all the antiques and artworks in this vault of more than $100,000 will be sent to auction and gradually flow into the collector's market through auctions.
Antiques under $100,000 are handled by Bowie.
He also has the right to dispose of it flexibly, as long as he is guaranteed to sell above the appraised price, and the higher the price, the more reward he will receive.
Naturally, this condition made Bowie full of motivation and energy! I can't wait to go out with the antique to find a buyer right away!
Ye Tian only needs to sit back and enjoy the success and wait for a large number of dollars to be credited to his account! It is extremely easy to make money!
The only difference is that the antiques will be sent to Christie's auction house and in the coming months, through Christie's auctions, instead of Sotheby's.
Eggs can't be put in one basket, Ye Tian understands this very well!
The two of them were busy in the vault all day, and it didn't end until ten o'clock in the evening!
When leaving the vault, Ye Tian also wrote a check for $1 million to Bowie, which, like Jason, was a reward for his employees!
Bowie, who received the check, behaved no different from Jason, and was equally ecstatic!
The next day, Ye Tian went to the Museum of Modern Art in New York in the morning, swimming in the ocean of modern art, and sublimating his artistic accomplishment.
But improving artistic accomplishment is secondary, and his main goal is the surging and seductive aura that those top artworks have!
At one o'clock in the afternoon, when he left MOMA, the aura had already absorbed and was about to overflow!
And the perspective ability of his eyes was successfully upgraded again, and the distance of seeing the antique light exceeded 17 meters, and the improvement was very obvious!
The perspective has also been greatly improved, and almost all of MOMA's exhibits and stock artwork can be seen as much as he wants!
In the world in his eyes, there are fewer and fewer secrets!
As always, his physical fitness has also been strengthened and improved, and he has become even stronger!
Immediately after leaving MOMA, he went to a mixed martial arts club, where he practiced almost crazy masochistic training on numerous fitness equipment, in the boxing ring, and in the octagonal cage!
At six o'clock in the afternoon, he left the MMA club with his backpack.
Behind him, a shocking eyeball fell, and a terrible wail constantly came from the ring and the octagonal cage, and those who heard it were sad and those who heard it wept!
The few people who wailed were all well-known figures in today's martial arts world.
Maybe no one would have thought that these people would be killed in seconds in the fighting arena, and they would be abused and powerless to fight back!
The many mixed martial arts masters who trained in this club really saw Ye Tian's terrifying strength for the first time, and everyone was a little frightened, even afraid!
At the same time, they were all secretly rejoicing.
This extremely tough bastard is fortunate not to mix with the fighting world, otherwise everyone would not have survived!
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Sunday morning at ten o'clock.
A fiery red Rafa roared into Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus and drove straight for the College of General Education.
Wherever this top-of-the-line supercar passed, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.
In an instant, envy, jealousy and hatred permeated, and every trace of air could smell it!
Many people know this car, have seen it on the Internet and other media, and many people have even seen it, and Columbia University is not far from 110th Street.
Seeing this Rafa, everyone understands who is coming!
"What a perfect sports car! It's a pity that it fell into the hands of Steven's bastard, it's a pearl in the dark!"
"Why did this guy Steven come to our school? Don't come here to cause trouble, can you? Columbia can't help but toss him!"
Of course, Ye Tian didn't come to cause trouble, but to visit the two university professors.
After some consideration, he agreed to Betty's college tutor's request that the university professor's husband, an expert on Columbus American history, look at Sherman's marching notes.
However, the reason why Ye Tian agreed to the other party's request also had his own thoughts and purposes, and it was not entirely because of Betty's pillow wind.
The fiery red Rafa walked through the campus and soon reached the front of the Faculty of Liberal Studies.
Ten minutes later, Ye Tian and Betty were already in an office on the fourth floor of the teaching building.
In the center of the office stood an old white lady of about fifty or sixty years old, in good spirits, looking at the two of them with a smile and a little intellectuality and peace.
"Melissa, good morning, it's been a long time since I've seen you, you're still so beautiful!
Betty stepped forward to say hello and behaved very affectionately, and her relationship with her mentor was obviously good!
"Hehehe, thank you for the compliment! Betty, you are truly beautiful, full of youth, I am already old!"
Melissa said with a smile and hugged Betty.
After a few words of greeting, Betty began to introduce Ye Tian.
"Melissa, I'll introduce you, this is my boyfriend, Steven, a professional treasure hunter, Steven, this is Melissa, my college teacher, professor of sociology at Columbia University."
"Good morning, Melissa, I'm Steven, nice to meet you!"
Ye Tian took a step forward and introduced himself with a smile.
"Hello Steven, I'm Melissa, and I'm glad to meet you, I've admired your name for a long time! You're a famous professional treasure hunter, and you're a super lucky one!"
Melissa responded with a smile and complimented Ye Tian a few words.
The three of them then sat down on the couch in the office and began to chat.
After chatting for a while, Betty looked around the office and asked with a little curiosity:
"Melissa, why didn't you see Professor Kane? Didn't he want to see Steven?"
"Kane has something on hand, I'll come over when it's over, it won't be long, let's wait a minute!"
"Okay!"
Ye Tian nodded in response.
About fifteen minutes later, the office door was pushed open from the outside.
Immediately after, a tall and sturdy white man of about sixty years old walked in, with a smile on his face, very excited, and his eyes full of anticipation.
"Steven, this is Kane, my husband, a professor of history at Columbia University, who specializes in American history, and that's what he wants to see you, so that's why I contacted Betty.
Kane, this is Steven, the famous professional treasure hunter, should be the person you want to see the most now, this beauty is Betty, a former student of mine and Steven's girlfriend"
Melissa introduced the two sides.
Before the words fell, Kane had already stepped forward quickly, shook hands with Ye Tian, and introduced himself, showing great enthusiasm.
Where this enthusiasm comes from, Ye Tian knows it very well, and the rest of the people in the office also know it.
Everyone sat back on the couch, and after a few pleasantries, Kane immediately cut to the chase, he couldn't wait.
"Steven, can you show General Sherman's marching notes? Let me enjoy it, I'm looking forward to seeing more details of American history, even hidden secrets!
This is an invaluable historical book, which should record many details of the Sherman Sweep, and is one of the best and most authoritative sources for studying the history of the American Civil War.
My research is in American history, and this notebook is so important to me, so I took the trouble to read it, and thank you so much for agreeing to my request!"
"You're welcome, Kane, you're right, this is an invaluable historical book, and it contains many details of the Sherman Sweep.
A considerable part of its contents has never been known, and if it is revealed, it will certainly cause quite a stir in the American historiography circles!"
Ye Tian said with a smile and began to throw the bait.
"Wow! That's great! That's what I wanted."
Kane exclaimed, almost jumping in excitement.
"But I'm so sorry, Kane, I can't show you the Sherman marching notes to your face, which are currently locked in a vault and kept in a vacuum, so they can't be moved around!"
Ye Tian shook his head and said, his face was full of regret, and the performance was very good.
It's like pouring a basin of ice water on your head, directly pouring Kane cold on your heart.
All his enthusiasm and hope were completely extinguished in an instant! The bright smile on his face also froze in an instant!
After a moment's pause, Kane stood up abruptly, and asked with anger in force:
"Why? Steven, didn't you say yes? How can you not keep your word?"