There is a saying in China that goes, "Every profession produces its own master."
From this saying, social work in ancient times could be subdivided into at least 360 professions. In modern times, there were even more professions.
There were also "360 professions" in the United States. Li Du was engaged in storage auctions, old goods trading, and gem hunting. These were all niche professions.
He liked to call his main job in storage auctions junk picking. In fact, this was just a self-deprecating term. There were other industries in the United States that specialized in junk picking.
Trash Master was such an industry, an industry that was even more niche.
The United States was the country that produced the most trash in the world. Trash picking was a mass industry. Homeless people and poor people in slums all over the world would do this.
Trash picking masters were originally derived from these people. As the name suggested, they were masters of trash picking. There were such people in major American cities.
"They are generally alternative collectors," Hans explained. "They look for things worth collecting from garbage dumps and put them in their own collection room. Many of them are millionaires."
Li Du said, "Collectors? They pick up trash to collect? "
Hans shrugged. "Otherwise, why would they be called 'masters'? Some people also call them trash artists. In short, they are different from the average trash picker. "
These people would collect the valuable things they found in the garbage dumps. 'Valuable' did not mean valuable, but it often meant valuable.
Some trash picking masters were elderly. They reminisced about their youth and would walk the streets and alleys looking for things related to their youth, such as old photos or old furniture.
Some trash picking masters were immigrants. They collected things related to their hometown and their own culture. For example, Indian trash picking masters, Japanese trash picking masters, and most of all, Chinese trash picking masters.
The trash picking master's apartment belonged to the latter group. He was a rare Australian trash picking master. The old man had immigrated to Los Angeles more than 30 years ago. He missed his hometown more and more, and collected things related to his hometown.
They did not have much money and could not go to grocery stores or shops to buy such things. They could not buy them at auctions. They mainly went to garbage dumps and trash cans to pick them up.
Lu Guan called them back because this trash picking master was extraordinary. He lived in a villa area and owned a villa. A trash picking master of this status often had a lot of good things in his collection.
Li Du had been at home for quite some time. After a discussion with Hans, they decided to return. According to their itinerary, their first stop in America was Los Angeles, which was on the way.
When Li Du's parents learned that he was going back to the United States, they didn't stop him even though they were reluctant.
After all, Li Du had been back for more than two months. They did not miss him as much as before. Besides, he had gone back to continue his studies and focus on his career, so they could understand.
Two days before leaving, Li Du's parents served him lavish meals so that he could eat more of his hometown's dishes.
Of course, in the end, Godzilla and Big Quinn benefited from it. How much could Li Du eat? These two were the ones who ate the most.
However, he took a lot of things from his hometown with him. His mother's meat sauce and egg sauce, his father's pickled vegetables, smoked sausages, and all kinds of special seasonings.
He stored these things in the little bug's black hole space. A space of about one cubic meter could hide quite a lot of things.
In early March, the weather in his hometown gradually turned warm. He said goodbye to his parents and got on the bus to the provincial capital. He flew from the provincial airport to Hong Kong and then to Los Angeles.
On the way, he learned about the garbage masters in the United States. There were not many people in this industry, but they all had their own personalities and were very famous.
One of the most famous garbage masters in the United States was called Vince Pluto. He stayed in Austin, Texas, and built a cathedral out of garbage.
Vince Pluto was originally a pastor. When he was young, he preached in Spain. For health reasons, he left the church and returned to his hometown of Texas.
About 20 years ago, Austin's economy was in a downturn. Many young people left the city, leaving behind a lot of garbage. The government appealed to the citizens to solve it.
Pluto got inspiration from the city's garbage. He thought of recycling it. Relying on the model of the church he saw when he was young and the architecture books he read while he was recuperating, he came up with the idea of using the city's garbage to build a church.
After that, he began his journey of collecting garbage for more than ten years.
During this period, Pluto collected a lot of garbage useful for building a church. He sorted and coded it. About ten years ago, he started work and finished it in one fell swoop.
Li Du read about Pluto's garbage church. He used empty gasoline cans to pour cement as the foundation of the church's stone pillars, recycled iron pieces and old cardboard boxes as auxiliary building materials, and decorated the church with a lot of colored glass. The construction was magnificent.
The garbage master who had something to auction this time was called Viktor. No one remembered his last name. The neighbors in the villa area called him 'Stubborn Viktor.'
The old man had been in Los Angeles for more than 30 years. He had immigrated with his uncle. When he first arrived, he was still a strong man, and his uncle was his only relative.
Later, his uncle died and left him a large inheritance, including this villa next to the Los Angeles Botanical Garden.
Viktor missed Australia very much, but for some reason, he did not go back. He stayed in Los Angeles and increased his sense of belonging by looking for garbage related to his hometown.
Collecting garbage in a high-end villa area was obviously something that other residents could not tolerate. After all, this was considered a high-end residential area.
So, first the neighbors came to negotiate, but Viktor ignored them. Then the neighbors complained to the property management company, but Viktor ignored them. Finally, they reported it to the police, but Viktor still did not cooperate.
Just like that, he got the nickname 'Stubborn Viktor.'
After 30 years of stubborn collection, Viktor had collected a lot of things and stored them in his villa, turning a large villa into a 'big garbage dump.'
Not long ago, Viktor died in his sleep. According to his will, his villa and the things he had collected over the years were donated to an American charity aimed at helping Australian immigrants — Good Australians.
Good Australians decided to auction the things in the villa first, and then sell the house.
After they entered the villa to have a look, they found that the collection was not art or other valuable goods. Most of it was domestic garbage, which was not very valuable.
Under the advice of a professional organization, they decided to use the old house auction method to bid for the things in each room of the villa.
However, their method of auction was slightly different from the old house auction method, which was that the auction would be conducted by room.
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