Seeing that the two sides were at each other's throats, the black woman laughed and joked, "None of us can know everything. Mr. Capote is a famous writer. You may know Breakfast at Tiffany's. That was his work." Li Du suddenly realized that he knew about Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Li Du suddenly realized that he knew about "Breakfast at Tiffany's" only because Audrey Hepburn knew about it.
The black woman gave both sides a way out. She changed the topic, but the two men refused to let it go.
One of them, a white man with sunglasses and a big beard, sneered, "It's normal that we don't know about China's things. We don't rely on China to make a living. What about you? You live in America! Since China has a long history, why don't you go back? Why are you still here? "
Li Du shrugged and said, "I'm here to earn your money."
Besides, he looked at the two men's attire and let the little bug fly over. He used Time Reversal to look at the sunglasses, clothes, watches, cell phones, and other items.
He only looked at the initial production of these things, so he finished quickly.
After looking, he laughed, pointed to the big beard and said, "What's the brand of your sunglasses?"
"Oakley, what's wrong?" the big beard said proudly.
This brand of sunglasses was founded in 1975 by the famous American fashionista Jim Jennard. Later, the basketball superstar Michael Jordan invested in it. It mainly produced protective glasses for off-road racing, and was good at using high technology and intelligence to create high-performance fashionable glasses.
Li Du laughed and said, "Oh, Oakley? This thing is produced by us, China. "
From the perspective of Time Reversal, the sunglasses were originally produced in a city in the Pearl River Delta in southern China. It was a famous imitation product and was later shipped to Los Angeles for sale.
The big beard said disdainfully, "Don't flatter China. Everyone knows that Oakley's production line is in America."
Li Du nodded and said, "Yes, the real thing is produced in America. But you bought it in Chinatown in Los Angeles. This is not the real thing, it's a fake."
"And the Rolex and iPhone you have, you don't need to say more, right?"
Hearing his words, Big Beardy immediately flew into a rage out of humiliation. "Nonsense, I bought my glasses at a specialty store. No, I bought them when I helped an executive of Oakley Company appraise a French gilded table lamp. He gave them to me."
He knew very well what the truth was, so he didn't dwell too much on this topic. Instead, he raised his hand and said, "What else do you want to say? Do you want to say that my iPhone is also a fake? "
Li Du shook his head and said, "No, it's not a fake, but its production line is in China's Taiwan, so the things you use are related to China."
The other guy wanted to say something, but Li Du pointed at the belt on his waist and smiled. "Nice Hermes belt. Don't mess with my buddy, or you'll be the next one to be embarrassed."
The man did not speak. This belt was the latest Hermès belt, but he did not buy it from the Hermès brand store. It was too expensive to buy it there. This belt cost more than 10,000 yuan. He bought it in Chinatown.
Los Angeles Chinatown and San Francisco Chinatown had many small commodity markets, which were filled with counterfeit goods from all over the world. Some people who did not have much money but were in pursuit of fashion and reputation liked to go there to search for treasure.
The atmosphere backstage was a little dull. The black woman smiled and said, "Let's talk about Mr. Truman Capote. Mr. Li, you know the theme of our auction, right?"
Li Du had no intention of quarreling with these people, so he took the opportunity to say, "Yes, to peek into the private lives of Hollywood's most low-key stars."
The black woman continued with a smile, "Yes, that's why there will be some items or relics of Hollywood stars in this auction. Mr. Truman is a famous writer and a famous Hollywood screenwriter. His relics are very precious."
Li Du hesitated and said, "I'm not questioning the value of this item, but is it appropriate to auction this thing?"
The black woman nodded and said, "We have the permission of Capote's widow, Mrs. Jack Dunphy. She wants us to auction this item and donate the proceeds to a research institute that focuses on the dangers of overmedication."
"Mr. Truman Capote died in 1984 because of overmedication. You probably don't know this. Let me help you," Big Beard interrupted.
"In addition, this relic is really precious. It has been stolen twice. The first time was at a Halloween party in 1988, and then it was secretly returned. The other time was at a party held by Carson for Capote's play. At that time, the urn was also present, and then it was targeted by thieves, "the owner of the Hermes belt continued.
The black woman added, "This year, this urn was also invited to the opening night of the play 'Breakfast at Tiffany' on Broadway. It's really a good piece of art. We believe it will fetch a good price today."
Li Du nodded silently and said, "Okay, I was being nosy."
The Americans really dared to play. Since they were willing to play like this, he would be looking for trouble if he continued to talk.
Originally, he did not want to say so much. Li Du was a little shocked to see the urn appear at the auction, mainly because Big Beard and the Hermes belt had laughed at him. He could not help but retort.
The black woman was very easy to talk to and continued to explain, "We all know that people will think that this is a little disrespectful. But the fact is, Mr. Truman Capote himself liked the element of horror. He liked to be famous. If he had known that this would happen when he was alive, I'm sure he would have laughed and said, 'This is what I would do.' We all know that he was, after all, a very legendary figure. "
Li Du nodded and then looked at the auction items according to the auction list that the organizers of the auction had sent him in advance. As a guest, he would be commenting on some of the items.
The little bug flew through the auction items. There were not many things that it was interested in. Obviously, there was not much time energy in them, so it did not interest the bug.
There was an antique clock that was not bad. It looked like it was about 200 years old. Li Du had obtained such an antique clock when he first started in the warehouse auction industry. It was a gilded French clock from the time of Louis XV.
However, this clock was not very well preserved. Li Du had obtained two well-preserved clocks, and each one could sell for more than 70,000 dollars.
The clock here was not well preserved, and its value was greatly reduced. To him, it was not very interesting.
As he browsed through the other things, someone came up to him and said, "You are surprised to see the auction items here, right? Indeed, they are a little strange. But this is Los Angeles, Mr. Li, 'Los Angeles is the weirdest.' If you know that Christie's auction house has auctioned Napoleon's Tintin and William Shatner's kidney stones, then you won't find it so strange. "
Li Du looked at him. The other person was a young man about his age.
After getting his attention, the young man smiled in a friendly manner and extended his hand. "Hello, Mr. Li. My name is Bill Shoreton. Nice to meet you."
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