Chapter 485: Collecting Antiques

Wesley bought the land without delay and began to design it. Then he looked for the engineering team and gathered three of them at once, all of them with the best qualifications. What Wesley wanted was speed.

First, he broke into the sea and built a villa. In the future, it would be where he lived. There would be two floors above ground, and on the first underground floor, the land Wesley bought was large enough that he was not prepared to build a secret factory here.

Meanwhile, the villa extended inland for two hundred meters. Wesley had set up a private museum, which he was going to use as cover. Later, the underground section would be where he would really work, and the underground would be connected to the villa.

A private museum was one way of putting it. Wesley would also collect some things and put them in there, mainly cars. He would buy some antique cars and planes, and the focus was still on the cover. Some ancient Transformers were hidden above the earth, so Wesley naturally had to start collecting them.

After making the arrangements for the project, Wesley set out on his journey. His journey consisted of a number of motor and aircraft museums in Western countries. These places were good places to hide. Transformers who had lost their energy were bound to be here, especially the earliest cars and some aircraft. It would be easy to find them.

Wesley could feel a slight radiation or magnetic field through the apple, so he could easily distinguish it. Then, he could buy it with his own money.

Gold needed to be sold, and Wesley’s journey this time was to sell the gold he had brought with him in different places. He had used gold worth half a billion dollars in the 1970s. At this time, it could be sold for at least ten times the value. It was just that it was too eye-catching and needed to be sold in batches. Then the funds would be deposited in different banks, which was safer.

Although it could not stop people with ulterior motives, it was not a big problem under normal circumstances. Apple had put Elizabeth’s program into the Internet and let her monitor it in order to ensure her absolute safety, or to warn her in advance.

Instead of taking a plane, Wesley’s first stop was the San Diego Motor Museum. The museum was in California and close enough for Wesley to get there in his own car, which he did.

Driving the R8 all the way on the highway, they reached the limit of their speed. If sports cars couldn’t run faster, they wouldn’t be called sports cars. In the city, they were just showing off, but the speed they were proud of was drowned by the exhaust.

He directly increased his speed to 220. Although it was not the limit, it was still a lightning strike on the highway. Elizabeth would directly help Wesley escort him, and all the surveillance cameras would not see the R8. Wesley’s speed was still increasing, although it could not be increased to 300. That would be difficult after all. It was not a technical problem, but a problem with the car. He would have to drive the car to many places. If he really had to run that fast, he would have to repair the car constantly in the future.

The San Diego Motor Museum is a museum dedicated to collecting cars and motorcycles produced in history. Through the display of cars from different eras, visitors can have a deeper understanding of the history of automobile development. It is the museum with the most visitors to San Diego.

Wesley, on the other hand, drove straight here. After staying the night, he entered the museum early the next morning to take a look. He would get close to every antique car and motorcycle on display and observe them carefully, learning their history in detail, just like a true enthusiast. From this, he found the feeling of being an agent again and tried his best to perform his role, although most of the time he was in charge of the operational side.

Along the way, starting with the earliest steam-powered car, he saw a Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster. The sign next to it said that it was made in 1937.

The surface was well-maintained and glowed brightly in the light. Wesley reached out and touched the body of the car. Apple clearly felt radiation, but it was a little low. At the same time, there was a slight magnetic field, an energy field.

“Are you sure?” Wesley asked.

“More or less. You can’t scan it without equipment, but you can basically determine that you can buy one first, so we can also have a reference, but we don’t have a place to store it for the time being.” Apple gave the conclusion, so Wesley didn’t hesitate anymore. Anyway, he wanted to buy an antique car, so there was no problem even if he bought the wrong one.

He went straight to the person in charge and offered to buy it. “I’m sorry, sir, but we are not selling it.” The person in charge refused directly, but Wesley could see that this was just an excuse. The other party would definitely want to sell it. Who said that museums did not sell exhibits? As long as the price was right, there was no such thing as not selling.

“Money is not a problem. I’m building a private museum and now I’m choosing a car that I like. Not only cars, but planes will also be collected. You can drive the price,” Wesley said generously.

“This… since he is a collector, we will naturally support him. Please wait a moment, I will ask the curator.” The person in charge went directly to ask Director Guan, and Wesley waited patiently while looking at the car with shining eyes.

The curator came forward in person and bargained for a while. Wes bought it for six million dollars and packed it up and shipped it back to Los Angeles, where Wesley had no new gains. However, to cover his tracks, he bought a few more antique cars, but they were all relatively recent limited editions. The price was not very high, but it finally enriched his private museum.

In fact, Wesley wanted to go and buy Skyfire, but he held back. Skyfire was an important character, after all. He could guide Sam Witwicky to the origin matrix, and the place where the origin matrix was placed was Wesley’s goal. Inside were the bodies of several Supremes, and Wesley had to get his hands on the metal they used.

At present, he had set a lot of targets, including fragments of the Pyro Company’s source or contact with the Pyro Company’s source in advance. Then, there was also the energy pillar of the Imperial Guard. The space bridge built with the energy pillar was Wesley’s goal to study.

The ultimate goal was to get himself a Transformer that he could control. He liked the Six-Faced Beast the most. The six forms were his favorite when he was young. Whether he could do it now was unknown. It depended on the final research results.