Chapter 430 The Secret Collection of the Qing Dynasty (1/2)
Chapter 430: The Secret Collection of the Qing Dynasty
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
This auction was considered large as it contained 45 storage units. But the treasure hunters were not discussing the units. They were all talking about what had just happened.
”Those California guys were so unlucky. They had sh*t all over their bodies! But unfortunately I wasn't there to see it.”
”I have some pictures here. F*ck, they were too miserable. It's lucky you weren't there. I felt disgusted just looking at them!”
”Oh, my poor California brothers. Why did I feel happy hearing this news?”
”You're so bad, dude, but I couldn't stop laughing either! Ha! It's so funny!”
Li Du was listening the treasure hunters discussing the incident. Suddenly, someone touched his shoulder from behind.
He immediately turned around. His gaze was clear and cold; he looked gloomy, thinking that someone was looking for trouble again.
Because of his Chinese identity and race, many treasure hunters liked to provoke him and bully him. Now, he had become an extremely frightening person. So he immediately turned around.
It was someone he was familiar with, someone who had the same skin color as he: Zhang Kai.
”Hey, is something wrong?”
Zhang Kai was startled by his expression and eyes. He said cowardly, ”Oh not... not… no, nothing. Ah, yes, I have something to tell you, something serious.”
Li Du understood Zhang Kai's personality well. He was an honest and timid man like many other Chinese people who went abroad.
He patted Zhang Kai's shoulder to comfort him, then he asked, ”What's so serious?”
Zhang Kai gave him a wink and whispered, ”Follow me.”
Li Du followed him to pass through the crowd until they arrived at a secluded place. The unpleasant smell of the feces, however, was everywhere because of the poor ventilation there.
Zhang Kai covered his nose. ”The feces of the Americans are more smelly than of the Chinese. I was really unlucky. Some more their pipes are actually aging. Sh*t, I'm really up to my neck.”
Li Du asked, ”Why?”
”The Americans always bully people,” Zhang Kai complained. ”They leave all the difficult work like cleaning to me and other East Asians while they only do the easy work.”
This was the reality. There was discrimination and oppression everywhere even though the United States advocated the spirit of equality with ideals such as ”everyone is born equal.”
Li Du asked, ”So this is what you wanted to tell me? Let me think how could I help you—”
”No,” Zhang Kai shook his head. ”It's a more important matter. Come here and I'll show you something.”
He took a picture out of his pocket. There were a few vases and plates in the picture, all of which were porcelain, white on top, colorfully painted with pine trees and bridges. They were beautiful.
Li Du was immediately interested. ”What's this?”
Zhang Kai said refreshingly, ”Have you heard the saying, 'The secret collection of Qing court shined bright over the centuries?'”
Li Duo shook his head and asked, ”Is it something related to Chinese porcelain and the imperial Qing Dynasty?”
Zhang Kai had a twinkle in his eye and nodded. ”Yes, exactly, have you heard of famille before?