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[The Golden Eyes]

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[Episode 42]

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This Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain item has a full body shape.

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Its glaze is variegated and unrestrained.

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Beautiful. Very beautiful.

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You know the goods.

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You know the goods.

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Okay, I want it.

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Do you have any others?

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There are really not many authentic items around now.

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Right. In the market, it's really rare to see

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a Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain like this now. It's hard for this quality to come by.

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You're right!

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To be honest, my father

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really loves collecting antiques.

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- Me, too.

- He loves the Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains the most.

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I flew all around the globe just to find him these items.

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You're filial.

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How about this? I'll buy all the Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains

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that you have.

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Boss Li, we as children

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just want to please our elders.

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Help us, will you?

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Well...

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I don't have a lot, but what I have are all authentic items.

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However, you will have to wait.

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If you give me two days, I will be able to find more authentic pieces for you.

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Okay, I'll wait for your good news.

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Good. Good.

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Would it be okay if you pay a deposit first?

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I don't understand.

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Why would a boss who deals with millions of cash

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live in a place like this?

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This place is well-hidden and low-key, so it is unlikely to attract the attention of investigators.

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This Boss Li seems so ordinary.

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He doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would be pulling strings behind the scenes.

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What's wrong? You used your eyes again?

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I looked at that Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain earlier.

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There's also a "Feng" word inside.

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If this boss really treated us as some dumb tycoon,

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he will surely make a move soon.

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Xiao Fei, let's do this. We'll find a place to hide later.

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If he comes out, we'll quickly follow him.

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I think you should take Zhuang Rui home so he can rest.

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Xiao Yun and I will stay here to keep watch.

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I agree. Take him home so he can rest and be better prepared for further action.

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Just let us do a low-key task of doing surveillance.

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- Go.

- All right.

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Let's go. Get in the car.

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Why are you getting in the car?

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We have one, so why are we not getting on it?

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It's too eye-catching for us to ride a car in a village like this. Do you want everyone to know that we're here to stalk?

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Let's go!

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What are you doing?

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Take your shoes off!

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I...

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Why has everyone closed their doors during the day? It feels weird.

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We just saw Boss Li come this way,

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but how come there's no trace of him now?

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Who's to blame here? If you weren't so slow, we wouldn't have lost him.

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You try walking barefoot! I am almost freezing to death!

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You chose not to wear shoes.

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What shoes?

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These shoes? Zhuang Rui wouldn't be able to wear them, either!

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What are we going to do now? I am cold and starving!

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There's a restaurant here.

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Wait...

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Don't close your door!

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We are starving. Can you let us in and give us some food?

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Our business hours are over.

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Just give us some food. We'll leave as soon as we are done eating.

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We've sold everything. Come back tomorrow.

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No, just let us in and sit for a while.

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Look, we are new here.

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We couldn't even see anyone else around. Please be kind.

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Okay, please come in.

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Thanks.

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I recently accepted a huge order.

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Try rushing another batch of goods within five to six days.

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You mustn't delay my deal.

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You better listen.

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If you dare carve anything inside these things again,

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I'll kill you.

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You two don't look like locals, so why did you come to our place?

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That, sister, there's something you don't know. My wife is pregnant.

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The pressure in the big city is too huge.

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We're unable to rent a house nor buy a car, and even endure inhaling smog every day.

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I can't let my wife and the child in her womb suffer, right?

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You're quite a good man. You bear to walk barefoot and have your wife wear your shoes.

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Since you're pregnant, you shouldn't wear shoes like that anymore.

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Sister, you know me so well.

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I was thinking of taking my wife to a place with verdant hills and limpid water to live the rest of our days.

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I then searched online for pictures and found that this place looked good.

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But upon coming here, how come this is called Garden Village? I didn't even see a flower.

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We even got lost. Aren't we miserable?

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That picture of yours must be from years ago.

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Before, the air here was very good and the scenery was very beautiful.

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Really?

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Then, how come it became desolate like this?

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At the north of the village, someone acquired our village factory.

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At the start, everyone was fighting to get a job there.

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But in the end, we heard that there are ghosts in the factory.

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Slowly, the factory became deserted and abandoned.

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An abandoned factory?

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Do you know where it is? Is there anyone in there still?

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It's in that deserted area in the north of the village.

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It has been abandoned, so how could there still be people in there?

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I even heard that noises can be heard from there at night.

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There are smoke, flames, and ghost shadows.

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A few days ago, someone even went missing near that area.

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Everyone is quite scared.

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Hence, we will close our doors very early and not go out.

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Wife.

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Let's just go.

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Mr. Yamaki, please take a look.

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I didn't disappoint you, right?

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An exquisite item.

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Completely an exquisite item.

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I never thought that the Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain craft that has been lost for many years

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has reappeared.

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How about it? I told you that for this deal, you would surely earn.

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How about we sign the contract?

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This whole factory will be yours.

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Boss Li, you are such a straightforward man.

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But you should know

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that there are so many factories. Why would I choose to only work with you?

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What I'm interested in is not just the factory.

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More importantly,

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it is this exquisite porcelain craftsmanship.

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Of course.

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In terms of craft skills,

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it is priceless.

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A priceless treasure should walk toward a larger and more vast stage.

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Let more people understand it. Am I right?

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I believe that no one can give you a price higher than mine.

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This is ¥50,000,000. ($7,5 million USD)

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I hope that you can sell me

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your factory and all of its employees.

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Jeez, isn't ¥50,000,000 a bit too low?

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Of course. This is just the deposit.

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Deposit?

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I understand your rules.

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As long as you sign this contract,

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the road ahead is still far.

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You will get your share.

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Okay. After I sign the contract, I will give you the list of my employees.

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What?

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Ghosts? No way.

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I fear that it's a man-made ghost.

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Let me tell you, guys, that village is very weird.

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There is not one person out in the streets. All houses have their gates tightly shut.

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If not because the store owner was kind enough to give us some wantons,

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we would have died on the streets. Am I right?

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It's enough to act miserable while outside.

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Must you still continue to act upon returning here?

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Wife, you have a short temper because of your pregnancy. I understand.

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What? Wife?

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What? Only you two can act like a couple?

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Can't Feifei and I act like one, too?

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Let me tell you that my acting was way better than yours.

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Right, Feifei?

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That, we followed Boss Li going in circles there

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and still lost him.

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What to do now? Are we going to wait for Boss Li to find us?

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No, I heard you two talking about an abandoned factory.

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Since it's abandoned, how could there be smoke and ghostly flame?

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I think there's something wrong with that factory. Let's go check it tomorrow.

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What? You people are even forming a team to look for ghosts?

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You guys go by yourself. I'm not going.

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Didn't you say that you wouldn't come?

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You... people are old, weak, and disabled.

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I must protect you guys.

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Who are you saying to be old, weak, and disabled?

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Him. I must protect Xiao Rui.

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Wasn't it because you were afraid of staying on your own, so you joined us?

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I'm afraid?!

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Let me tell you that if there's a ghost later, I'll hit it when I see one.

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If two comes, I'll hit them as a pair.

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You all don't interfere. Just let me do it.

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I don't believe that there are ghosts in this world.

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Anyway, everyone, be careful. Sometimes, people are scarier than ghosts.

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It seems to be that place. Let's go in.

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Let's go.

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This factory is indeed quite old.

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No, this place doesn't seem like it's inhabited.

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How about we just leave after taking a glance?

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Could those have been left by the past productions here?

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This... is a shattered piece of porcelain that was just baked not long ago.

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In making a Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain, you would need a fine white clay as a base material.

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This was created using white clay.

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It means that the ghost flames and smoke that villagers were seeing

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are flames and smoke created from forming the Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain.

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Then that ghost shadow must be the porcelain maker.

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No, making a Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain isn't that easy.

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There must at least be some equipment and tools.

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But this is an abandoned factory.

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Let's continue walking forward.

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Are you all right?

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I'm fine.

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How long must we guard this crazy man?

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Just endure it a little more. After this batch of goods are done,

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let's look for someone to replace us and gamble a little outside.

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How long will that be?

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I'll go take a look.

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Don't go anymore.

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- Leave it to us.

- Peng Fei.

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Okay.

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Hold this for me.

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Say, that crazy man, why won't he just focus on making the goods?

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Who are you?!

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Bro, we were sent by Boss Li to claim the goods.

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- Get the goods? Boss Li didn't tell us that.

- Impossible.

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He already instructed—

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I haven't made any move yet.

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It should be here.

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Calm down a little!

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Let me die! Kill me!

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Calm down a little and listen to us.

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We are not bad people. We won't harm you.

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Why don't you just let me die?!

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Who is the one making those Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains? Was it you?

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I don't know! I don't know!

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Were you the one who created all these Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains?

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It's me. So what?

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Hit me then. Hit me!

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Only I can make such things!

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Then how come...

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the Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains here have no character etched inside them?

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How do you know there is no word carved inside?

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Boss, they are already in the factory.

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Get all our brothers here!

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Bring all the weapons! Do not let them get away!

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- Go quickly!

- Yes, Boss!

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Who are you?

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The Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains created by you

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are exquisite, and can be passed off as the real items.

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Why are you imprisoned in this place?

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I'm Feng Guoqing.

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This place was originally my family's business.

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We specialized in producing modern art.

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Later, due to the factory being poorly managed,

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I owed money to Boss Li.

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In order to pay my debts, I mortgaged the factory to him.

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I was also imprisoned in this underground place

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and made to create counterfeit Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains day and night.

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He said when I was finished making them, my debt to him would be paid.

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But how could he release me?

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Teacher, do you often fire the porcelains at night?

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Then, the rumors of the ghost fire and smoke are true.

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Boss Li used this method to force you to create counterfeit Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains.

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He is committing a crime.

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Because I wanted to guard our family business that was passed down by our ancestors,

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I once deceived myself, too;

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that one day, I'd escape from here and expose this criminal!

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But I never expected that

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he went back on his word and was going to sell the factory.

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He was even selling it to the Japanese!

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I can never agree to that! Never!

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Japanese?

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Why are the Japanese meddling in this matter?

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This factory has stopped production for so long.

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It's also rumored to be haunted.

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This business deal is definitely not a good one.

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I think what he wants to buy

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is your skills.

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It is your skills in creating Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain.

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I will not let him get what he wants.

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I have already been used by bad people to do so many illegal deeds.

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I will not allow something that my ancestors left behind to be sacrificed!

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Master Feng, please don't worry. Since you met us,

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we will not sit idly and not do anything to help.

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Your skill is a priceless treasure. It is the pride of our people.

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Those lowly people are short-sighted. They want to possess all this for themselves.

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They need to at least ask whether the majority of our people are willing, right?

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I am the first one to disagree.

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We are still depending on craftsmen like you

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to pass on and publicize our traditional culture.

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So, we will definitely rescue you.

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Yes.

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Don't worry. I'm a cop.

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This Boss Li is suspected of making and selling counterfeit goods.

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He will definitely pay the price for it.

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How did you know there was a word

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carved in the Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain?

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It was a coincidence. I broke a Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain.

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At that time, I saw this word on the inner wall of this Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain.

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But I didn't see this word on the inner wall of the Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain which I broke today.

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I believe Boss Li must have heard certain rumors outside

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and threatened you about it.

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Oh, right. There is something which I don't understand.

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Among those Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains which you've fired previously,

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why was a word carved on all the inner walls?

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They are all inside!

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- Who are you?

- Be careful.

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Good question!

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I want to know why this fellow is always carving words inside, too.

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He ruined my good business.

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Catch them all! Do not let anyone go!

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Bring them into the vehicle first.

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You can't burn it!

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You can't burn it!

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Everything was all my hard work over so many years!

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You can't burn them!

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Old Feng,

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if the old doesn't go, the new will not come.

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I will build a new factory for you.

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Don't worry, Old Feng.

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I will build an even bigger workroom for you.

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For the next half of your life, you will have time enough to work hard!

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Stop dreaming.

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I created those counterfeits for you

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only because I wanted to protect my factory.

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Now, the factory is gone.

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I will no longer be manipulated by you!

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I, Feng Guoqing, vow that

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even if my hands are made useless,

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I will not even make one more counterfeit!

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Mr. Feng!

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Don't move! Don't move!

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Stop!

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All of you, stop! Take control of the scene!

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Are you all right! Get up quickly!

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Are you all right?

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Are you okay?

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Isn't this... that year, you...

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This is not mine.

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Throw it away.

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[Jinfeng District Police Station]

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[Safe and Sound Jinfeng]

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Thank you for your cooperation. You may leave now.

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How are Feng Guoqing's injuries?

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Don't worry. We have already sent him to the hospital.

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Although the crime of creating and selling counterfeits is not a small one,

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we've already cleared the plot behind it.

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We will act with discretion and consideration.

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Okay.

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♫ Find the light too glaring ♫

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♫ Went to change the white window curtain ♫

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♫ Even during rainy days, I fear the lighting ♫

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♫ I just hide inside my little world ♫

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♫ Afraid that when I clean the room again ♫

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♫ I will startle all of these ♫

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♫ Your fingerprints are still very clear on the glass ♫

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♫ Still hasn't changed ♫

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♫ I never felt such an intense feeling ♫

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♫ Like lightning hitting the surface of the calm sea ♫

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♫ The raging water of my yearning ♫

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♫ Is about to burst the dam ♫

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♫ Toppling my little world ♫

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♫ Being foolish until eternity ♫

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Is your hand better?

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Mr. Zhuang,

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I'm really grateful to you.

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Otherwise, I would still be locked up underground.

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I was afraid I might have to create counterfeits for the rest of my life.

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No need to be courteous. This is what I should do.

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Boss Li was also arrested.

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The police investigation has already been cleared.

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You are a free man.

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I have always wanted your advice on a matter.

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How did you find out

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there was something wrong with that Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain?

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Could it just have been a complete coincidence

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that you saw the word on the inside of shattered porcelain?

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To be able to share such fate with you

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is really a great honor for me. I am very happy, too.

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But why do you persevere in asking this question?

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I don't understand.

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There should not be any problems with my skills.

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I have a thorough grasp of the work as far as making Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains are concerned.

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How did you manage to find any weakness in it?

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If you insist on talking about weakness,

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then it is because your creation is too perfect.

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Perfect?

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Is being perfect wrong then?

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As they say, the moon waxes only to wane, and water brims only to overflow.

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The Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains created by you were too perfect.

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Although you produced its grace and charm,

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it lacks the precipitation of history and vicissitudes of life.

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I think you know that

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the precipitation of time and vicissitudes of life can't be imitated.

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It requires the vicissitudes of time, changes in the mountains and rivers,

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and time, before it can be formed.

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This is also the spiritual nature of the item.

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This kind of spirituality

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is endowed by both history and the maker of the item.

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An item must have spirituality

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in order that people might be able to feel

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the vicissitudes and changes in history,

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the rise and fall of dynasties,

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the timelessness of a culture.

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I can create its form,

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but I can't give it a soul.

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Actually, your skills are not below the standard of the craftsmen of ancient times.

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If you would create things which you like,

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I believe after hundreds and thousands of years later,

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it will become treasures that people will fight over to collect.

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I... can't. I can't.

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I'm left only with this little bit of

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a hobby.

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Now, craftsmen with exquisite skills are getting fewer in numbers.

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A great master like you is as rare as the phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

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The Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains created by you are the only modern art pieces that

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I am unable to find any flaws with.

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If you don't try it, how would you know?

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If you tried it, I will definitely be your number one fan.

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Master?

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Now, I can't even preserve the dignity

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of a craftsman.

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The laboratory was destroyed.

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The factory was burned down. If we want to fire the oven again,

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I can't even afford

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just the production fees alone.

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I can help think of ways for financing.

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Hello, Mr. Feng.

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You have a visitor. This way, please.

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Hello, Mr. Feng.

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I'll take my leave then.

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Mr. Feng,

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may I sit?

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Thank you.

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You are the one from the stock company

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who wants to purchase the factory?

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Mr. Feng,

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I am very interested in

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the antiques and crafts of China.

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I really appreciate your Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains very much.

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I am here this time

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to invite you to make a trip to Japan.

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I will provide you with the best work space over there,

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the best laboratory, and first-class assistants.

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In addition,

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I will provide you annually

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with production fees of not less than US$3,000,000.

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You will be able to create

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even more porcelain items that will surprise the world.

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You are asking me to continue counterfeiting Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains?

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No.

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It is research.

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It is to bring your skills to a new height of development.

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It is to allow more people to understand, know, and worship you.

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It is also to allow more people to understand, know, and worship

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Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains.

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Sorry!

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Please go back.

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I can't leave this tiny piece of land that's China.

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Okay.

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Mr. Feng,

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if you are unwilling to leave China,

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I can build a factory in China

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that belongs solely to you.

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It will be managed by you.

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I guarantee that

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you will still continue to enjoy

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the best treatment in China

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and live the most dignified life.

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In China, there were many nightmares in the past.

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I hope you will forget them

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and restart your life again.

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[Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain camel]

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This is really great!

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Look. The face of that little Japanese is green with anger!

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But I still feel hurt about my Tang Dynasty tri-color camel.

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Even though it is a fake,

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it would still be good if I could bring it back as a gift for Teacher Xiao Jia!

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Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain! Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelain!

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You are even thinking about it in your dreams!

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I think you should stop thinking about this matter.

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Go and get ready quickly. We are setting out very soon.

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Okay.

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We are setting out for the desert immediately.

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My men should arrive there very soon.

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♫ Can't tell apart whose faces are these ♫

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♫ Seeking the crowd, only finding moon in the water ♫

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♫ Dream is like smoke, disappearing at one glance ♫

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♫ When we meet again, what year would it be ♫

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♫ How many years did love go through ♫

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♫ Before it was able to exchange for this moment ♫

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♫ This moment that you gave ♫

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♫ Even if it is goodbye forever ♫

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♫ How many years must I still must miss ♫

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♫ Before I can cultivate this tribulation ♫

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♫ No matter how many tribulations ♫

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♫ I will still return to your side ♫

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♫ Can't tell apart whose faces are these ♫

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♫ Seeking the crowd, only finding moon in the water ♫

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♫ Dream is like smoke ♫

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♫ Disappearing at one glance ♫

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♫ When we meet again ♫

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♫ What year would it be ♫

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♫ How many years did love go through ♫

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♫ Before it was able to exchange for this moment ♫

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♫ This moment that you gave ♫

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♫ Even if it is goodbye forever ♫

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♫ How many years must I still must miss ♫

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♫ Before I can cultivate this tribulation ♫

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♫ No matter how many tribulations ♫

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♫ I will still return to your side ♫

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♫ Return again ♫

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♫ To your side ♫