After the divorce, I started to transfer

Chapter 959 Art Cells
After returning to the hotel, Brenna first called her father Frank and asked if there were any part-time jobs in the law firm. After receiving an affirmative answer, she told about the situation of Wu Yin and Qu Rui, as well as the situation between herself and Chen Feng today. "Through the troubles" with them.

Knowing that his daughter and Chen Feng had been shot again, Frank was worried and angry at the same time. He scolded those city councilors and politicians, and said that he would call the police station later, pay attention to the progress of this case, and urge the police to Hurry up and grab those two black men.

As for Wu Yin and Qu Rui's part-time job in his law firm, there is of course no problem, especially part-time jobs on weekends, which is really what their law firm needs.

You must know that very strict labor laws and overtime system are implemented here. The working hours per week shall not exceed 40 hours, that is to say, the working hours shall not exceed 8 hours per day on weekdays. 1.5 times the salary, after working more than 12 hours, you must pay twice the overtime pay.

As for the law firm where Frank is a partner, although he does not work on weekends in principle, if there are some big cases, he will definitely have to work overtime. In addition, people will definitely need people to send and receive materials.

In the past, the chores in this area were assigned to interns, but interns also had to pay overtime pay for overtime work on weekends, or even double the overtime pay.

From the perspective of the operating costs of the law firm, this is obviously not cost-effective.

Of course, as a partner, Frank certainly doesn't care much about operating costs and overtime pay for employees, but isn't there a better and more economical option now?And it was introduced by my daughter and Chen Feng, a big customer.

Therefore, without much hesitation, Frank agreed to let these two Longguo international students come to the law firm to work part-time.

After Brina ended the call with her father, she contacted Wu Yin.

When she talked about the content and remuneration of the part-time job in the law firm, Wu Yin agreed without thinking too much, and said that Qu Rui would definitely agree as well.

In fact, they are almost in the internship stage now, and they have been here for more than two years, and they are both excellent in character and learning, which fully meets the requirements of the "work-study program" for foreign students here in the United States.

They can completely regard this part-time job as an internship. Although the major is not suitable, who makes the salary high and the work easy?
The next morning, when Brenna went to school, Chen Feng didn't go with her anymore, but stayed in the hotel obediently.

He wasn't bored either, originally he was in Xiuzhou and stayed at home most of the time, but now he lives in a different place, if there is a big difference, it is not.

There are mobile phones and WiFi, and there is no shortage of food, drink and women. Where is the house not the house?

Chen Feng is in a good state of mind. Here he still insists on doing morning exercises according to his domestic routine, reading novels and watching short videos. Feeling a little tired, he puts down his phone, lies on the bed for a while, or contacts family members, and a few women , send a voice, make a phone call or something.

In this way, the day passes easily without feeling bored at all.

As for being lonely, Brenna came to look for him as soon as school was over, came back at noon, and stayed in the hotel room with him directly after school in the afternoon.

In this way, two days later, the police finally heard the news that the two African-American men who tried to rob them and shot them were captured.

The two African-American men were very honest. After being captured by the police, they directly admitted their criminal intent of trying to rob the BMW driver. As for shooting the four of them, they could not deny it.

There is no need for them to deny it. If no one is injured in armed robbery, Meilijia usually gives a light sentence. Even because there are too many such things, the police may not necessarily file a case.

This time, it was also because Wu Yin and Qu Rui were students of USC that the local police filed the case. Later, because of the attention and follow-up of Frank, a senior lawyer, the police intensified their efforts to investigate, and finally succeeded in arresting them three days later. lost these two.

They have committed crimes before. Although one of them is 21 years old and the other is only 19 years old, they have each committed two crimes. The older African-American man can be said to be cruel. In the first case, two people were seriously injured. In one party, he shot and caused one to be seriously injured and the other to be paralyzed; in the second case, also at a party, he went crazy and suddenly fired many shots, wounding a young man.

The young African-American man had committed two crimes before. Once when he was 17 years old (one year old), he robbed a foreign tourist with a gun and wounded him. hurt.

Therefore, this attempted robbery against Chen Feng and the others was their third joint crime.

If they hadn't escaped successfully at that time, they might have been injured or even died.

Although the two African-American men hadn't killed people before, there was no guarantee that they wouldn't kill people this time.

It is unbelievable that they have been committing crimes with guns since two years ago, and they were not caught by the police until this attempted robbery, which is outrageous enough.

If the two African-American men hadn't targeted USC students this time, and if Frank, a senior barrister, hadn't followed up, the two men might not have been caught.

This made Chen Feng feel very fucked up.

Fortunately, the four of them escaped danger this time, otherwise the law enforcement agencies on the Meilijia side would have been to blame.

After Chen Feng knew about these things, he couldn't help complaining to Brenna, and finally said: "This is the main reason why I don't want to live here. My personal safety is not fully guaranteed. Everything else It's all fake. No matter how much money you earn here, everything is useless."

Brenna smiled bitterly and said: "I don't make any excuses for the law and order on our side. There will be more and more gun-related cases in Lijia. The only advantage is that bad guys can easily get guns, and so can good guys. When a bad guy shoots at you or tries to commit a crime against you, you can also shoot him. If you beat him to death, you don’t need to be punished.”

Chen Feng shook his head and said, "I don't want to make fun of my life."

Brenna spread her hands and said: "I know you can't stay here for long, I can understand. I don't hope you can come here to settle down and live. My family has this expectation, but it's obviously unrealistic. Don't be too care."

Chen Feng shrugged and said, "I don't care, I'm just telling the truth, I'm not suitable to live here, let alone settle here."

Brenna said with a smile: "So, I plan to study abroad in Xiuzhou to see if I can adapt there. If I can adapt, I may settle there after my studies are over."

Chen Feng still welcomes her to study in Xiuzhou, after all, he gets along with her very easily and happily.

"If you really decide to live in Xiuzhou, I'm very happy, and I believe you can adapt to life there. At that time, if there is any need, I will definitely help you."

"Remember your words, I will definitely have a lot of things to trouble you by then."

"I will definitely help with your affairs."

The two smiled at each other.

In the evening, the two of them watched TV together in the hotel, and suddenly saw that an art fair was going to be held in Los Angeles this Saturday, and Chen Feng immediately became interested.

After asking Brenna, he learned that there are many art exhibitions here in Los Angeles, and there are also many large and small art fairs. The art fair just seen is relatively large, and it can be called "international" marked in it. two words.

Therefore, Chen Feng, who stayed at the hotel for three consecutive days, decided to participate in this international art fair the day after tomorrow, hoping to find the artwork he needed.

Soon it will be Friday.

In the morning, when Brenna came back from class, she went back to the hotel to meet Chen Feng, saying that her mother invited him to her house again and had dinner together.

This time it was just her and her parents, not her uncle and cousin.

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Feng accepted her mother's invitation. This time, he exchanged a bottle of champagne worth more than 200 dollars as a door-to-door gift. Without a doubt, he was once again warmly welcomed by her parents.

The atmosphere of the meal this time was much more relaxed, including the pre-dinner prayer ceremony, Chen Feng was able to accept it as the Romans did.

To be honest, it’s actually quite good for them to do this, full of ritual and faith, and didn’t waste much time.

After eating, the chat between Chen Feng and Brenna's family became more relaxed and natural.

After talking about Chen Feng and Brenna going to visit the art fair tomorrow, Frank and his wife both showed a very interested expression. Frank said that he has also collected some artworks over the years, mainly small pieces of handicrafts and small paintings There are also a few, and Clara said that she has collected postcards from all over the world since she was fifteen or sixteen years old, and has collected more than 500 kinds of postcards so far.

Chen Feng was quite interested in some of Frank's paintings. Before he asked to take a look, Frank took the initiative and dragged Chen Feng to the collection room on the second floor as if offering a treasure.

First, he took Chen Feng to see all kinds of handicrafts that he placed on an exhibition shelf, among which there were several pieces from Longguo, a vase, a porcelain plate, a cloisonné, and a wicker basket, Quite rich.

Of course, Chen Feng was not interested in these things. According to his previous experience, these things did not contain the kind of life energy he needed.

After reading these, Frank finally took him to see a few paintings in his collection, which he wrapped tightly in a dustproof cloth, and he could only see the true appearance of these paintings after opening them one by one.

After looking at three paintings in a row, none of them were what Chen Feng needed. It wasn't until the fourth picture that Chen Feng was a little surprised to sense the kind of painting he needed.

This is a standard Western oil painting, which feels like the painting method of Impressionism. The representative work of this genre is Monet's "Water Lilies". Frank's painting is roses, a bunch of red roses and green leaves. It looks very ordinary, but It contained the kind of life energy Chen Feng needed.

So, Chen Feng said: "This painting is so good, I fell in love with it immediately. Who painted this?"

As soon as Frank heard what Chen Feng said, he said happily: "I also like this painting very much. Every time I am in a bad mood, I take it out and look at it, and my mood will improve a lot. It is really amazing. This painting The painter named Dewald Calvert is a wandering painter. I met him by chance in Central Park in New York about ten years ago, and watched him complete this work on the spot. I At that time, I liked it very much, so I paid for it. At that time, he was not well-known, so I bought it for only five hundred dollars.

Now the wandering painter has unfortunately passed away, and his works that have been handed down to the world are gradually being recognized and appreciated by the art world, so that the prices of these works left by him are getting higher and higher.Previously, his work had fetched a high price of 120 million US dollars.I also asked someone to estimate the value of my painting. Two years ago, the estimate was more than 5 US dollars, and now it is more than [-] US dollars. "

When Chen Feng heard that he offered the price, he smiled and said, "Then if I offer 10 US dollars, can you part with me?"

Frank froze for a moment before asking back, "Are you serious?"

Chen Feng nodded seriously: "Of course."

Seeing this, Frank immediately extended his hand to Chen Feng without any hesitation: "Deal!"

What he said just now was somewhat bragging. For example, when he was buying paintings in Central Park, De Ward, a wandering painter, was in poverty. Otherwise, he would not have set up a stall in the park. He asked the price At that time, the other party offered 500 US dollars, and he finally cut it to [-] US dollars.

Now after the death of this wandering painter, although the value of the works he left behind has increased a lot, they are not too exaggerated. After all, there has only been one Van Gogh since ancient times.

He said before that the works of the other party had sold for more than 100 million US dollars, which was true, but it was a packaged auction price of a group of eight works. On average, each work was at most 15.And there is obviously some premium in it.

So, ten years ago, Chen Feng was willing to spend one hundred thousand dollars to buy the work he bought for one hundred dollars ten years later. The value has increased by a hundred times. How can there be any reason not to sell it?

When Chen Feng was about to reach out to shake Frank's hand and conclude the deal, Brenna suddenly pulled him back and said to Frank with some dissatisfaction: "Dad, I clearly heard you said before that you made this painting It was only bought for $100, how did it become $500? Also, you asked someone to estimate the value, and it was only $5, when did it become more than $[-]?"

Frank was left speechless by his daughter's question, so he could only spread his hands in embarrassment and said, "Linna, it was Chen who wanted to buy my painting, and he set the price."

Brenna said with a straight face, "He was misled by you just now, that's why he charged such a high price."

Speaking of this, she turned to Chen Feng and said, "Chen, do you really like this painting?"

Chen Feng nodded and said, "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be willing to pay $10 for this painting."

He could feel that this painting contained almost enough life energy for him to absorb for an hour. It can be said that it was relatively sufficient. If it really cost 10 US dollars to buy it, Chen Feng didn't feel bad about it.

Brenna didn't know the inside story, but when she saw that Chen Feng really wanted to buy it, she said, "Okay then. I think this painting can be worth ten thousand dollars at most, Dad, what do you think? You only paid 100 dollars ten years ago. In ten years, it will earn a hundred times.”

As soon as Frank heard his daughter's offer, his heart ached. They Westerners are very serious about money, and they will not be embarrassed to accept money just because Chen Feng is his daughter's boyfriend. Even the son-in-law will accept it. .

"Linna, you can't bargain like this. Chen just offered 10 US dollars. No matter how cheap it is, I can sell it to him for 5 US dollars at most. Chen, you are smart and have an artistic talent. You should know this painting The painting is an excellent work of art with a high collection value, 5 US dollars is really not much, and there will be huge room for appreciation in the future.”

(End of this chapter)