Chapter 713 The Australian Dumpster Diving Master (1/2)

Chapter 713: The Australian Dumpster Diving Master

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

This saying indicated that in ancient times, professions could be divided out into at least 360 different ones. The number had grown in recent times.

There were also 360 professions in the US. Li Du's storage auction, old goods trading, and gem hunting were among the more niche professions.

He liked to refer to his main business of storage auction as ”junk hunting.” In fact, this was just a self-deprecating term; there were junk hunting professions in the US.

Dumpster diving was one such profession—an extremely niche profession.

The United States was the highest trash-producing country in the world. Dumpster diving was a popular profession; the homeless folks everywhere and the poor from the slums engaged in this profession.

Dumpster diving masters originated from these people. As the name suggested, they were masters of dumpster diving, and there were many such people in big American cities.

”They are generally alternative collectors,” Hans said. ”They look for something worth collecting from the garbage dump and then put them in their own collection rooms. Many of them are millionaires.”

Li Du said, ”Collectors? They pick up trash just to collect?”

Hans shrugged. ”Otherwise, why would they be called 'masters?' Some people call them 'trash artists.' In short, they are different from the other trash collectors.”

These people would collect the valuable items that they gathered from the rubbish heap. Something that was ”valuable” might not be worth money, but often approximately worth money.

Some of the dumpster diving masters were aged. They reminisced about their younger days and would scan the streets and garbage dumps to find things that were related to their youth, such as some old photos and furniture.

Some dumpster diving masters were immigrants who collected things related to their hometown and their own cultures, such as the Indian dumpster diving masters, the Japanese dumpster diving masters, and those with the highest number—the Chinese dumpster diving master.

The dumpster diving master's home about to be auctioned belonged to the latter category. He was a rarely-seen Australian dumpster diving master. The old man had immigrated to Los Angeles more than 30 years ago. His yearning for his hometown had grown gradually. And so, he'd started to feverishly collect items to do with his hometown.

They didn't have much money, and couldn't go to the grocery stores or shops to buy such items. They also could not visit auctions to buy them, and mainly depended on pick-ups from garbage dumps and trash cans.

Lu Guan had called them to come back because this dumpster diving master was very extraordinary. He lived in a villa estate and owned a villa. A dumpster diving master of such a caliber would usually have a lot of prized items.

Li Du had been home for quite a while already and so after discussing with Hans, they decided to return. According to their itinerary, their first location upon entering the United States was LA—it was on the way.

When Mr. Mrs. Li had learned that he wanted to return to the United States, they didn't stop him, although they were reluctant to part with him.

After all, Li Du had been home for more than two months already. They didn't miss him as much as they used to. Besides, he was going back to further his studies and build his career—they understood his needs.

Two days before parting, Mr. and Mrs. Li had whipped up many sumptuous feasts, so that he could enjoy a few more home-cooked meals.

Of course, those who stood to gain the most were Godzilla and Big Quinn. How much could Li Du eat by himself? The two of them had eaten the most.

However, he'd brought with him many things from his hometown: his mother's homemade meat sauce, egg sauce, the pickled vegetables made by his father, smoked sausages, and all kinds of special seasonings.