<h4>Chapter 314: The Extraordinary Umbre</h4>


    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio


    On the way, they saw Godzi and Big Quinn with the Iron Knight driving toward them. Hans swerved the Hellcat across thene and stopped directly in front of the Iron Knight; while doing that, he popped out his head and shouted, “Hey, stop!”


    Godzi stopped the truck. Big Quinn jumped out and asked, “What’s up?”


    As the two vehicles stopped, the cars behind them slowed down.


    When a car drove past them, the driver gasped when he saw Big Quinn get down from the truck, and gleefullymented, “That stupid fe overtook the truck—he’s going to be in trouble!”


    “Hey take it easy, that ck guy looks like he’s going to kill someone.”


    An old Ford stopped beside them; a kind old man alighted and said, “Young man, he just wanted to be in front, he didn’t mean to offend you, don’t be rash, okay?”


    Big Quinn had be ustomed to being treated as a bad guy. He took off his shades and nodded in a friendly manner. “Of course, we—”


    But when the old man saw his eyes, he immediately returned to his car and said, “It’s none of our business, we better get out of here.”


    Big Quinn was speechless.


    Li Duughed, “This is so interesting—Big Quinn’s appearance can really be lethal.”


    Big Quinn felt helpless and said, “Boss, don’tugh at me. I’ve been discriminated against since childhood.”


    Some people were born with a naturally vicious appearance, and Big Quinn must have been among the top of the most vicious-looking.


    Li Du felt that Big Quinn should have entered the movie industry. Heaven had given him a natural gift: he was born to y the role of a viin.


    When they returned to the hotel, Li shared this thought with the rest of them.


    But Big Quinn shook his head firmly. “No, I can’t do that. I don’t want to leave the impression in people’s hearts that I’m a bad guy, an evil thug, a viin—especially my kids. I don’t want them to have that kind of impression.”


    Just then Hans’s phone rang; he took a piece of paper and scribbled something on it, constantly muttering, “Okay. Okay.”


    After the phone call ended, Li Du asked, “Is it the silent auction? The results are in?”


    Hans waved his fist in the air. “Yeah! We won unit 16 and unit 58!”


    Li Du was ted when he heard that. Unit 16 was the fifth storage unit, which contained the cannon. Unit 58 was the vintage-goods unit; they got it with a bid of 2,000 dors, which should enable them to earn some cash.


    The fishing gear unit had fallen into the hands of others, which was no surprise to them. They had ced a rtively conservative bid, and there must have been someone who was willing to pay a higher price for it.


    For many treasure hunters, they were just d if there was profit to be made. Better to earn little than not make any profit at all.


    That night, because they had the Spirit of Ecstasy, which they had to keep secret, Li Du decided to lie low by not going out to eat and to bring back something for dinner.


    In addition, Big Quinn’s intimidating look could cause some inconvenience if he were to appear in the streets at night—it would inevitably cause some panic.


    Li Du and Godzi went out to get dinner. There was a restaurant just beside the hotel entrance. The two of them ordered takeaway for a huge amount of food that amounted to 400 dors!


    When they were on their way back, Godzi kept frowning and ncing around their surroundings. Li Du inquired, “What’s the matter?”


    The burly Mexican man had felt strange and said, “Someone’s following us.”


    “Is that so?” Li Du became vignt; now that he had a certain amount of wealth and there were quite a number of people he had offended, it was worth it to be more cautious.


    Godzi looked carefully around the area but ultimately shook his head and said, “Might be mistaken.”


    Back at the hotel, Li Du was preparing to eat his dinner when Hans patted his shoulders and motioned for Li to follow him.


    “What’s up? Let’s eat first.” Mr. Li was famished for he had activated the little bug’s ability on several asions that day.


    Hans ignored him and said, “I want you to see something—we found something good.”


    Li Du followed Hans and entered the room. As he spoke, Hans opened an umbre.


    Li Du recognized the umbre. “This umbre was found together with the hood ornament. What about it?”


    Hans pointed to the handle of the umbre and said, “What about it? Bud, you ask me what about it? If I told you that this very umbre has a market value of 15,000 dors, how would you react?”


    Li Du was surprised. “Such an expensive umbre? Who used it? Washington? Lincoln? Roosevelt?”


    “It had nothing to do with who used it,” Hans deliberately puffed out a sigh. “Obviously, you have not ridden in a Rolls-Royce before.”


    Li Du got impatient. “Of course I’ve never been in one before. What about it?”


    Hans raised three fingers and said, “A Rolls-Royce has three iconic details. The first is the costly, handmade hood ornament. The second is the rear-hinged doors, and the third is that it has an umbre!”


    With that, he handed the umbre to Li Du.


    The umbre’s silver handle was engraved with a double R logo, which was the Rolls-Royce logo, showing its origin.


    Li Du was not well-versed in luxury cars. Before obtaining the little bug, he had nothing to do with such cars. And after getting rich, he was busy attending auctions; there had been no time for him to learn about luxury cars.


    Looking at the umbre, he asked, “Rolls-Royce actually produces umbres? And the umbre is so expensive?”


    Hans replied, “Nope, this umbre is the Rolls-Royce’s standard feature. Some are built-in on the car door, some under the A-pir, some inside the handrail and so forth.”


    Li Du searched on the inte. Hans was right: this was a standard feature for Rolls-Royce cars.


    A luxury car was indeed a luxury car. The detailed considerations could especially bring this point out.


    Rolls-Royce was not only equipped with the umbre, but the storage slot of that umbre was installed with an automatic drying device. So when one got in the car on a rainy day and inserted the umbre back in its storagepartment, it would be automatically dried so that one need not worry about a wet umbre.


    Hans had also been very urate in his evaluation of the umbres—the umbre was really expensive at 15,000 dors, and not only because it was by Rolls-Royce, but also because of its quality.


    The material used to make the umbre shaft was pure silver, and the other metallic parts such as the ribs, were made of alloy.


    As for the material, different fabrics had been used throughout different eras. However, it was definitely the most advanced fabric at that point in time: waterproof, lightweight, windproof, and durable.


    It was said that every umbre had to undergo a wind test before leaving the factory—they had to be able to withstand very high wind speeds.


    This umbre was well-preserved, just like the hood ornament. It looked entirely new, as if it had never been used before.


    Hans opened and closed the umbre continuously,ughing, “We’ll be able to sell them for a good price if webine these two together.”


    Li Du asked, “Do you know what I’m wondering now?”


    “What?”


    “A Rolls-Royce costs about 400,000 dors, but just the ornament and umbre are already worth a good 55,000 dors. So the engine, transmission, body base, and furnishings—are these worthless?”


    Hans shrugged. “A Rolls-Royce is not a sports car. It does not use its engine or transmission as its selling point. The selling point is these unique things: hood ornament, umbre, and so on.”


    Well, it was none of their business, anyway. What mattered most was that the hood ornament and umbre were both valuable.