Chinese Zodiac Page #3

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this honest and beautiful citizen of France.

You're welcome. All I did was tell the truth.

My name is Catherine.

You seem interested in those bronze heads.

I have something at my house

you might be interested in.

Well, think about it.

Drive on, Bruno.

Chateau Sichel.

We've always wanted to visit this chateau.

Welcome! I'm sorry.

There are some routine security measures here.

The bank has taken possession of everything.

Nothing of value is permitted to be taken out.

It's okay.

Beautiful castle!

Please, follow me.

Follow them.

Our family went bankrupt

in the financial crisis.

Still nice to be able to live here.

Thank you.

Your ancestors may have been

the last people to see these beautiful creatures.

Yes, I know what you mean.

Thing are only treasured

after they've disappeared.

Yeah, you are right!

Rooster?

It's the reason I invited you here.

Is that real?

It's been here since I was born.

This is stolen property, right?

What did she say?

She said beautiful staircase.

Thank you.

Let's go.

This is my great-great-grandfather,

her grandfather.

Years ago he came back from overseas.

He always wanted to set sail again

to find his second command

but never had the funds to do so.

Later his son, my grandma's father,

put together an expedition

and went to sea in search of the Indestructible.

But he never returned.

He just disappeared mysteriously.

I heard you have the animals' heads.

Maybe you would have clues

about my great-grandfather?

I don't give a damn!

Bronze heads, scepter, diamond

they can never be made public.

The one I really want back is the painting.

The value of what they've stolen

is over a billion dollars!

If you'd installed an infrared security system,

things would have been

So it's my fault, then?

No, no, no...

I'll make you a promise.

If you don't recover that painting,

I will strangle you myself!

It's a rocking horse I had when I was a child.

My great-great grandfather painted this

after his return.

It's the view he saw after his ship was damaged.

Why don't you have a look around?

I'll go get some tea.

Thank you.

Over there.

Sorry, we need to talk in private.

How can we steal the Rooster-head?

Best is to stay here for 2 days, steal and go.

Not possible.

At least replace it with a replica.

But we need data to produce a replica.

Professor Guan has them.

Talk to Coco.

Never mention steal in front of her,

otherwise she won't help.

What should we do?

Guys, look!

Castiglione's Emperor Qianlong's Autumn Hunt!

Is it valuable?

All antiquities are valuable.

My granny's chamber pot must be priceless, too!

So this painting does exist!

I thought it was destroyed in a fire.

In 1860,

my great-great grandfather sailed to China

on Indestructible and won a great victory.

This was one of the spoils of war

he brought back.

You must mean

the ransacking of Old Summer Palace.

That was during the Second Opium War, remember?

That depends on your point of view.

Yes, she is right.

The killing of British and French diplomats

by the corrupt Qing Dynasty

was an excuse to start the war.

Is that a legitimate reason for two industrialized

nations to invade country?

In the eyes of those industrialised nations,

China was a superpower.

True, we even called ourselves Celestial Kingdom

Whose side are you on?

Yours, of course.

Then?

Sorry?

What's next?

On the way back, they met a storm,

and the ship was damaged.

I bet it was overladen with loot.

Served them right.

What did she say?

Could you speak in English?

I don't speak English.

She said that's unfortunate

I didn't say it was unfortunate.

I said it served him right!

Served him right?

What a cruel thing to say!

He went to China on orders of his country.

It was his duty as a soldier.

Fortunately, he was picked up

by a passing Chinese ship.

The God of Justice must be blind!

What did you say?

She said thank goodness he came back.

That's obviously not what she said.

But, thank you all the same.

You're welcome.

What are you doing?

I'm taking it back to China!

This is my home,

you can't just take anything you want!

Just like over a hundred years ago,

your ancestors didn't ask for permission

before taking this

Coco

Coco

These things happened so long ago.

Back then, if a woman wore too little clothes,

someone might throw a stone at you,

no, at her.

Oh, sorry.

Sorry for what?

Don't be a bleeding heart.

She should be the one apologizing.

What did she say?

Did she say something?

I don't need you to translate.

Did you all forget?

They came to our country a century ago,

burned, raped, murdered and pillaged.

Over a century ago,

you came to our country to rape,

pillage and murder.

Even a hundred years later,

these memories still hurt the Chinese!

It's true.

I studied history. Whatever the excuses

I studied history.

Whatever the excuses used,

these things did indeed happen.

Sometimes we can only explain

such things with invalid reasons, such as

That was an era in which might makes right.

We cannot use today's civilized standards

to judge the mistakes of the past.

Even now, it's the strong who comes up on top.

You must have power

before others will reason with you.

Never mind. I'm beginning

to understand her point of view.

Sorry.

Anyway, all of this now belongs to the bank.

They're worthless to me.

I'd give them to you if I could.

Didn't you want to visit this castle?

Now that we are here,

let's stay for a couple of days.

Come on, have some tea.

Since you're so fond of each other,

have fun yourselves!

She is going to the bathroom.

What is it?

Come take a look.

Catherine! Yes?

Your great grandfather, the ship...

did it sink, or was it grounded?

Who knows?

You know what? We're interested

about recovering your great grandfather.

If we stay another couple of days,

start an investigation, more information,

we might be able to help.

Thank you so much! It's wonderful.

We have plenty of rooms here.

You can stay as long as you wish.

I'm going to make the preparation.

But he may not be alive.

It's okay.

Coco.

Thank you. I will call you later.

Thanks for your help.

Thank you.

Let's stay and steal the Rooster-head.

No stealing!

As guests here, we mustn't steal.

Who says we can't?

They stole from us.

We're just retrieving, not stealing.

Good point!

We need a replica to do the switch.

But we don't have data to make one.

Professor Guan has them.

I'll ask him.

Great! Hurry up!

Here!

Data?

Hello.

Wee wee This way, Madam.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Bye!

Genius!

What are these fools doing here?

Launch picnic?

They're now our lunch!

Mom and dad, when can we go on holiday?

Look!

This is the data captured by our mini-plane.

How is it?

No wonder it's not on the map!

Binggo !

He was here when he drew this.

You guys are amazing!

No, technology is.

What shall we do next?

We'll camp here.

Voice mail? Oh, forget it

Martin.

News said three heads were auctioned.

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