An auction with forty-five storage units was considered a mid-sized auction.
However, the treasure hunters were not talking about the storage units. They were all talking about what had happened earlier.
"These Californians are so unlucky. Covered in feces and urine? Too bad I didn't see it. "
"I have a photo here. F * ck, it's terrible, man. You didn't see it. I feel sick just looking at it!"
"Oh, my poor Californian brother, why do I feel so happy when I hear this kind of news?"
"You're so bad, man, but I can't help but laugh out loud. Haha, it's so funny! "
Li Du was listening to the treasure hunters talking about the auction when someone suddenly touched him from behind.
He immediately turned around. His eyes were cold and his face was gloomy. He thought someone was looking for trouble.
Because of his Chinese identity and skin color, many treasure hunters liked to provoke and bully him. Now he was like a frightened bird.
When he turned around, he saw a familiar face with the same skin color as him, Zhang Kai.
"Brother Zhang, what's up?"
Zhang Kai was shocked by his expression and eyes. He said, "Oh, oh, no, nothing. No, there's something, something big."
After some understanding, Li Du basically knew what kind of person Zhang Kai was. This person was honest and timid, similar to many Chinese who had just left the country.
He patted Zhang Kai's shoulder to comfort him, and then asked, "What's the big thing?"
Zhang Kai gave him a look and said in a low voice, "You come with me."
Li Du followed him and walked away from the crowd to a secluded place.
However, the ventilation was not good, and the air was filled with the stench of feces.
Zhang Kai covered his nose and complained, "These Americans' feces are smellier than our Chinese. So unlucky, their pipes are old. D * mn, I'm going to be unlucky again."
Li Du asked, "Why?"
Zhang Kai complained, "These Americans are bullying people. They always leave the dirty work to me and a few East Asians, and do the easy work themselves."
This was the reality. The United States held high the banner of equality and shouted that all men were born equal. In fact, discrimination and oppression were everywhere in society.
Li Du asked, "Is that what you want to talk about? I'll think of a way to help you. "
"No, no." Zhang Kai shook his head and said, "It's something more important. Come here, let me show you something."
He took out a photo from his bosom. In the photo, there were a few bottles and plates. They were all made of porcelain and had a snow-white background. There were colorful depictions of pine trees, small bridges, and flowing water. It looked very beautiful.
"What is this?" Li Du was immediately attracted.
Zhang Kai's spirits rose. "Have you ever heard of the phrase 'Qing Palace's Hidden Treasures, Flourishing Pastel'?"
Li Du shook his head and asked, "This is China porcelain. Is it related to the Qing Dynasty?"
Zhang Kai's eyes flickered, and then he nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, yes, yes. You know them?"
Li Du continued to shake his head and said awkwardly, "I don't know. I analyzed it from your words. Do you recognize these things?"
Zhang Kai chuckled. "Yes, I do. I used to have some status and money in the country. I've been a collector for some time. I've seen this kind of pastel before."
"The so-called pastel is the ceramic with overglaze color. It is painted on the pre-fired glazed white porcelain, and then fired in the kiln at a high temperature of 700 degrees."
"This thing was originally created during the reign of the Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. It is a ceramic technique based on the ancient overglaze technique of China, combined with the enamel technique introduced from the West …"
Li Du did not understand these things, so he quietly listened to Zhang Kai.
Zhang Kai could not stop talking for a while. He talked about the history, the technique, the method of identification, and from the method of identification to some legends. In short, he talked non-stop.
Li Du saw that the auction was about to start, so he had to interrupt him. "Excuse me, Brother Zhang, why don't we talk in the afternoon? The auction is about to start. "
Hearing this, Zhang Kai gave himself a slap. "Aiyo, look at me. I can't control my mouth. I just like to talk nonsense."
"It's okay, just get to the point."
"Well, the point is, there will be this thing at the auction!" Zhang Kai said mysteriously.
Li Du perked up and said, "There's this in the warehouse? In those warehouses of yours? "
Zhang Kai shook his head. "No, if it's in the warehouse that I'm in charge of, I would have told you yesterday. It's not in my warehouse. I got the news at the last minute."
He paused and continued, "Yesterday, I was chatting with a colleague about the warehouse auction. Then he told me that there was something good in one of his warehouses."
"That guy is an African nigger. He's uncultured and doesn't know anything. He took a few pictures with his phone, but most of them are worthless. Only this picture is different."
As he spoke, he waved the picture in his hand. "When I saw it, I thought it was very similar to our pastel. After I developed the picture and looked at it carefully, it was even more similar. I think it's the real thing. Americans don't know this stuff, so there's no need for them to make fakes."
At this time, Li Du was no longer interested. He knew that except for units 51 to 100, which he had not looked at, the other warehouses did not have such antiques.
Otherwise, the little bug would have been attracted to look for them after entering the warehouse yesterday.
However, he could not be sure because he did not know much about the little bug.
Li Du asked, "Which warehouse are these things in?"
Zhang Kai said in a low voice, "Warehouse 44!"
Li Du rubbed his chin. Warehouse 44? He had an impression of this warehouse. It seemed that the Warcraft motorcycle that he had his eyes on was in this warehouse.
However, when he had searched this warehouse, he did not remember finding the porcelain. Perhaps he had not searched carefully. After all, in order to save energy, he had only roughly scanned the warehouse.
After getting this information, he said to Zhang Kai, "Okay, I will definitely take warehouse 44. If the pastel is real, I will give you one-third of the money after I sell it."
Zhang Kai asked, "One-third?"
Li Du thought that he thought it was too little, so he explained, "I have a business partnership with an American. He has to take a share too."
Zhang Kai hurriedly nodded and said, "I understand, I understand. What I mean is, one-third is a little too much. If you give me one-fifth, I will be satisfied. This thing called pastel is very valuable!"
Li Du said, "Don't worry, it will definitely be one-third. Wait for my news."
Zhang Kai continued to nod his head. Li Du realized that he liked nodding very much. It seemed that his cervical vertebra was very healthy.
When they returned to the warehouse, the tour of the first warehouse had already begun. As there were many people in the warehouse, according to the old rules, there were five people in a group, and each group had one minute.
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