Hearing the treasure hunters sigh, Li Du cursed in his heart. The auctioneer found the Taser?
There were many rules for treasure hunters. One of them was that if there were contraband items found before the end of the auction, the auctioneer had the right and obligation to take them out and hand them over to the police or other relevant departments.
If the contraband items were not found at the time of the auction, and were found by the owner of the storage unit when the auction ended, then the contraband items could be handled in other ways.
If these contraband items could enter society, such as firearms, then they would not be confiscated and would belong to the owner of the storage unit. The owner of the storage unit could deal with them himself.
If the contraband items could not enter society, such as drugs or dangerous explosives, then the owner of the storage unit would have to cooperate with the police or other relevant departments to deal with them.
Some of these contraband items were more intriguing, such as stolen goods or smuggled products. How would they be dealt with?
According to the law, the storage unit still belonged to the owner of the auction, but the owner had to cooperate with the police or other relevant departments to conduct an investigation. Only when the investigation concluded that there were no problems could the owner of the storage unit take it away. Otherwise, it would be confiscated.
Previously, Li Du had gotten his hands on a few sets of army equipment. At that time, many departments had investigated this matter and found that Li Du had not stolen or obtained it through other illegal means. Hence, they did not confiscate it.
This was the greatness of the American Constitution. The law protected private income.
If the auctioneer found the gun now, he could take it away. That way, the value of the storage unit would be lower.
But if he did not find it, then when Li Du won the auction, the Taser would belong to Li Du.
Hans was also depressed. The auctioneer found a gun box.
As the auctioneer and the prison guard squeezed in and took out the box, Li Du smiled. This box looked like a violin box, not the canvas box that he saw for the Taser.
The long box was a gun box, usually used to hold a rifle. Hans and the others saw this box. They did not find the Taser.
However, Li Du knew that there were no contraband items in the gun box. It contained some books.
The auctioneer opened it and looked at it, then put the box back in.
The treasure hunters saw it and understood that there were no guns in it. They were almost fooled.
The auction officially began. The auctioneer raised his hand and shouted, "All storage units start at 2,000 dollars. Yes, this storage unit starts at 2,200 dollars. Does anyone want it?"
The starting price of 2,000 dollars was neither too high nor too low. This was the first auction for the prison storage unit, so it was very likely that there would be some good stuff. The storage unit was full of things, and the treasure hunters were quite willing to bid for it.
It was easy to sell the first storage unit for a high price. At this time, everyone had money in their hands, and they were also energetic. They would be able to find good things from the storage units.
Someone immediately made an offer and raised his hand to accept.
The other treasure hunters started bidding. "Two thousand one hundred dollars!" "I'll pay two thousand five hundred dollars!" "I'll pay three thousand dollars, guys!"
Li Du gave Hans a look. Hans raised his hand and said, "Ten thousand dollars!"
Hearing this price, Mr. Li's legs turned to jelly and he almost fell!
The most valuable item in the warehouse was the Taser, because the X-26X Taser was for police use. Only the police, prisons, and other violent organizations had the right to use it.
Other law enforcement officers in public places such as airports, railways, and bus stations used the basic X-26 Taser. Its range and power were a notch lower than the X-26X.
However, the manufacturing cost of the Taser was not high. One gun cost less than 2,000 dollars. Li Du estimated that it would be difficult to break even if he bought this storage unit for 10,000 dollars.
Admittedly, there were some silver coins in there, but silver coins were not worth much, and could only be sold for a few thousand dollars. They still had to deal with so much trash, and the cost was not just the auction fees.
Hans did not know about this. During this period of time, they had earned hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars from auctions. A small sum of ten or twenty thousand was nothing to him.
Seeing him bid like this, the treasure hunters started to talk.
"Big Fox bid ten thousand dollars. God, that's too high. What's in there?"
"There must be good stuff. Big Fox has Big Li behind him, and Big Li has a pair of eyes comparable to an X-ray machine."
"Yeah, I heard they earned tens of millions last time. Tens of millions!"
There was no way to hide the income of treasure hunters. The Association of Storage Treasure Hunters would collect it in order to cooperate with the tax authorities to prevent people from evading taxes.
Even though they knew that Li Du's team always had a big haul, people still did not dare to bid casually.
Treasure hunters were not gamblers. If they could not see the value of the storage unit, they would not easily bid a high price, let alone blindly follow the trend.
Of course, there were people who would do so. Li Du had met them a few times, but compared to the large group of treasure hunters, there were relatively few people who did so.
Li Du thought that he could take down this storage unit for 10,000 dollars, but someone intervened. "Eleven thousand dollars!"
Still bidding at such a price? Li Du was surprised. He turned his head and saw a familiar face: long, narrow cheeks, expressionless, and a Hitler mustache on his lips.
It was the boss of the Tucson gang, Princeps.
Li Du did not expect this guy to come. It seemed that Princeps had followed him.
However, he was not interested in teaching Princeps a lesson. For him, this kind of opponent was of a lower level than him, and it would be beneath him to deal with him.
Hans was excited when he saw Princeps. In his eyes, Princeps was a good opponent, and he was happy to fight such an opponent.
"Twenty thousand dollars!" Hans was rich and imposing. Together with the black gold abalone harvest, he now had tens of millions of dollars in his pocket.
"Twenty-one thousand dollars!" Princeps said calmly.
The treasure hunters stepped back and let the two of them face each other directly. At such a price, ordinary treasure hunters would not bid again.
Hans continued to increase the price. He acted like he was rich and imposing, and each increase was a multiple of 10,000 dollars.
When he increased the price to 50,000 dollars, Princeps still followed and bid 51,000 dollars.
Li Du decisively shook his head at Hans. "No, this storage unit is worth 5,000 dollars at most."
Hans whispered, "Just for show or is this the real price?"
"Really," Li Du said.
Hans quickly withdrew his hand and walked away. "Congratulations, congratulations, more than 50,000 dollars for a garbage storage unit, haha."
Hearing this, Turis asked curiously, "What do you mean, Big Fox, this storage unit is worthless?"
Hans said, "Just wait and see the Tucson gang cry."
Li Du looked at the storage unit with nostalgia. The X-26X Taser gun in it was really good. He was quite envious of this gun, but it seemed that he would not be able to get it.
When the Tucson gang heard Hans's words, someone said unhappily, "Boss, this price is too risky. Our opponent is the cunning China Li."
Princeps noticed Li Du's gaze and sneered. "Don't worry, we will definitely make a profit this time. Do you believe Hans's words? He knows nothing! "
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