There was nothing valuable in the next storage unit. Li Du used the little bug to search carefully, but did not find anything valuable.
This made him quite depressed, and he kept frowning.
The tenth storage unit was opened. Inside was a pile of recycled old books, mainly comics and novels. Many of the comics were wrapped in plastic and well protected.
Li Du searched the unit again, but still found nothing. He sighed and prepared to leave.
The treasure hunters next to him were discussing the value of the storage unit. "Hey, it's all old books. D * mn, this is a garbage dump. There's no need to stay here."
"There are a lot of comics in there. Maybe there's some value?"
"Haha, unless there are some out-of-print comics, what value could there be?"
"If it's the early Superman or Weekly Movie Comics, then it could really make a lot of money. How much can they sell for now? Millions, I guess? "
"Who knows? In any case, Stan Lee's hand-drawn version of the Hulk sold for 800,000 US dollars at the New York Metropolitan Auction! "
"..."
Li Du, who was about to leave, stopped when he heard this. What? The hand-drawn version of "Hulk" sold for 800,000 US dollars? Comics were so valuable?!
He clearly remembered that some of the comic books in the storage unit were hand-drawn, and someone mentioned the Superman comic. He seemed to have found it in a box of comic books.
The auction began, and the starting price was 500 dollars as usual.
The treasure hunters shook their heads, saying that the price was too high. They were not willing to spend 500 dollars on a pile of old books that might be waste paper.
There was no industry in the United States that collected waste paper. To dispose of large quantities of waste paper, one had to go to the garbage dump and spend money.
Li Du gave Lu Guan a look, indicating that he should take this storage unit.
There was a storage unit that was sold for 1.5 million dollars. The auctioneer was very satisfied with the day's harvest, but when he realized that no one was interested in the storage unit, he immediately lowered the price. "Okay, okay, let's end this early. How about 400 dollars? That's a good price, isn't it?"
Lu Guan raised his hand. "Four hundred dollars, that's fine."
Most of the treasure hunters were not interested in this storage unit. Li Du asked the treasure hunters around him, "Four hundred dollars for a pile of old books is not bad, right? As you guys have discussed, there might be some out-of-print comics in there. "
His words made a few people laugh. They shook their heads and said, "No, that's impossible." "The probability is too low. It's like finding a gold nugget in a pile of yellow metal."
Although they had previously discussed what valuable items could be found in the warehouse, none of them actually believed that there would be such things in there.
The main purpose of them saying that was to encourage their friends to buy, and then they could go and watch the fun.
Treasure hunters were all like that. They loved to watch a good show.
Four hundred dollars. Lu Guan took down the storage unit.
Hans leaned over and asked in a low voice, "What's in the warehouse?"
This time, Li Du was really uncertain. He shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. It looks like it's worth something. Anyway, four hundred dollars is cheap. Let's take it and see."
If what Tang Chaoyang said was true, then among the twelve storage units, the one with the highest possibility of having something worth tens of millions was this one. The other storage units were even more unlikely.
After the twelve storage units were auctioned off, it was already afternoon. A group of people went to pay.
Conrad and Merlot sat in the warehouse in a daze, looking at the pile of fake goods inside. They wanted to cry but had no tears.
Everyone could see that they were in a bad mood, so no one dared to provoke them.
The storage company did not want to provoke them either. But this was one and a half million dollars. The storage company's annual turnover was not even that much.
The boss personally came forward with the security guards. He said politely, "Mr. Anthony, you should go and settle the paperwork. Of course, if you want to pay here, that's fine too."
He brought the storage company's accountant. When Li Du saw him, he came over and took out stacks of green dollar bills from his suitcase. They also had a high-priced storage unit, fifty thousand dollars.
Seeing him, the boss loved and hated him at the same time.
He loved Li Du because if Li Du had not set a trap, unit 103 would not have been sold for a sky-high price of one and a half million dollars. He hated Li Du because Li Du had told the truth too early. Otherwise, Conrad and Merlot would have been more than happy to pay.
This matter had already been determined by the treasure hunters. It was Li Du who set a trap for the unlucky Conrad and Merlot.
Looking at Merlot's gloomy expression and dull eyes in the storage unit, Hans could not help but laugh. "Hey, good partner, wake up. Don't sleep anymore. It's time to pay."
Merlot ignored him and looked hopelessly at the Patek Philippe in his hand.
Conrad was provoked. He suddenly stood up, pointed at Li Du and shouted, "Chinaman, you tricked me! You tricked me! You actually tricked me! "
Li Du said coldly, "Who tricked you? Did I force you to bid for the storage unit? "
"F * ck you!" Conrad did not care. He roared, "I want you to die! You bastard! I'm going to kill you today! "
He picked up a wooden stick from the ground and rushed at Li Du.
Li Du stepped back. Conrad was like a mad tiger. "I'm going to kill you! Go to hell! If you don't kill me, I'll kill you! At most, we'll go to jail together! "
A few treasure hunters quickly stopped Conrad and kept telling him to calm down. In fact, they were hoping that he and Li Du would fight.
Brother Wolf was about to make a move, but Li Du stopped him.
Conrad really wanted to fight with all his might. Brother Wolf wanted to go up and stop him. He could either knock him out or do something else. Anyway, it was a serious injury and could be involved in a lawsuit.
He had another way.
Holding the fifty thousand dollars in his hand and preparing to pay, Li Du changed his mind. He threw the fifty thousand dollars on the ground and said, "Whoever is willing to protect my safety, this fifty thousand dollars is his!"
There were not only treasure hunters in the crowd, but also local gangsters from the slums.
These gangsters were real lunatics. They were drug dealers, gamblers, thieves, and robbers. As long as they could get money, they would do anything.
Fifty thousand dollars was a huge sum of money for the slums. Several black men's eyes lit up.
A black man whose body was as thin as a rib rushed out and shouted, "I'll do it!"
A big man next to him reached out and pushed him to the ground. He said disdainfully, "Go away, you drug dealer. What else can you do?"
The big man looked at Li Du and said, "One hundred thousand dollars. I'll split it with my brother. We'll help you take care of this idiot!"
Li Du said, "No, I don't need you to take care of anyone. I just need you to protect me."
The big man nodded. "One hundred thousand dollars. Whoever wants to touch you will have to do it over our dead bodies!"
Without another word, Li Du opened his suitcase and took out another fifty thousand dollars and threw it to the big man.
The big man laughed. He quickly picked up the money on the ground and shouted, "Guys, go! Kill that son of a b * tch!"
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