The auctioneer did not care about personal grudges between treasure hunters. He had already earned enough commission from the previous two storage units, so no one was interested in storage unit 48. He quickly said, "Very well, 1,000 dollars. You've got a bargain for this storage unit, buddy!"
Lucas shouted, "Very well, 1,000 dollars, and this pile of trash is yours!"
Hans gave him the middle finger. "People like you won't last more than two minutes in TV dramas, really."
"Won't last more than two minutes in movies," Li Du said coldly. "I'm talking about Japanese action movies. He won't last more than two minutes."
Lucas laughed and said, "You even know this? Maybe you want to try my kung fu? "
"Two minutes of kung fu? Chopsticks? Spaghetti kung fu? "Li Du laughed disdainfully.
The fourth storage unit was a household unit. There were only some household items in it. Li Du was not good at valuing such storage units, so he nodded to Hans, indicating that he was in charge.
Hans looked at it and said, "It can sell for about 3,000 to 4,000 dollars. There's a set of Siemens white appliances in there. They have some value. If we can get it for less than 2,000 dollars, then we can try."
But the treasure hunters did not want to go home empty-handed. The competition for this storage unit was fierce.
The auctioneer started with 500 dollars, and after a series of bids, the price reached 2,000 dollars. Hans and Li Du shook their heads and left.
The last treasure hunter won the storage unit at 3,800 dollars. Li Du shook his head. "There's no chance of making money."
Hans said, "This is called betting on storage units. What he's seeing now is enough for him to break even. He's betting that there's something valuable in places he can't see."
Li Du asked, "Why didn't you bet?"
"Nine out of ten bets lose. I learned this valuable experience in Las Vegas."
"Then why did you go to Las Vegas?"
"Although I'll lose, I can gain excitement and the affection of beautiful women. That's different from betting on storage units."
After paying, everyone started to clean up the storage unit.
Hans called Godzilla and asked him to come over to work. Li Du waved him over and brought him to storage unit 31 to watch the fun.
There were many treasure hunters at the entrance of storage unit 31. Everyone was looking at Lucas' advertising screen.
Lucas opened the door, and then led the long-faced man and another Mexican man to carefully move the huge screen out.
As he moved, he said, "Be careful, all of you. This advertising screen is very precious …"
As he spoke, there was a sudden cracking sound on the advertising screen. Then, something seemed to have fallen down and was swaying inside.
Lucas's heart skipped a beat. He quickly signaled his two subordinates to put down the screen and asked loudly, "What's going on? What just happened? "
The long-faced man said helplessly, "I don't know, boss. I don't know what's wrong."
A treasure hunter who was watching the commotion said, "Lucas, just turn on the electricity and try it out. As long as it works, you don't have to care about it. Anyway, it will definitely fetch a high price."
The treasure hunters' trucks had all been modified to be able to supply electricity when they started up. Lucas drove the truck over and plugged in the advertising screen. At this time, a red light on the screen lit up.
Seeing this, Lucas's face lit up. He looked at the crowd proudly, and when he saw Li Du and Hans, he said disdainfully, "Two country bumpkins, here to broaden your horizons?"
The treasure hunter next to him was puzzled. "Buddy, what did you guys do to offend Lucas?"
Hans said, "We didn't offend him. That's just how he is. Otherwise, why would they call him Mad Bull?"
The red light indicated that the LED advertising screen could be used. Lucas confidently turned on the switch, but the expected light did not appear. The advertising screen was still dark.
"What's going on?" The long-faced man was dumbfounded.
Lucas panicked. He turned off the switch and said, "Wait a minute. Maybe it's been empty for too long. Some parts of the screen are not sensitive. We need to turn on the electricity for a while."
Li Du was watching the commotion from the side. The driving matrix and display array of the screen had been damaged by the little bug's absorption of time energy. It would be strange if it could still light up.
Sure enough, no matter how much Lucas fiddled with it, the screen did not light up.
After a while, he looked at the treasure hunters and asked, "Buddies, does anyone know how to use this thing? Did I make a mistake somewhere? "
A treasure hunter said, "Turn on the power, turn on the switch, connect to the computer, and use software to design the specific graphics and letters. But even if there was no computer, it should have lit up first."
"Now it's not lit up. Could it be that it's broken?" Another treasure hunter asked, his tone gloating.
Lucas heard this and roared, "Shut up, Prince, you idiot, what do you know?"
"Mad Bull, stop shouting. What you need to do now is to open it and see what's going on." A calm treasure hunter helped him to give an idea.
Lucas nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes. Anthony, go get the toolbox."
The long-faced man, who was Anthony, brought the toolbox over. They started to dismantle the advertising screen. But the tools were not right, and it was difficult to dismantle the screen.
Lucas had a bad temper. After a few attempts, he still could not remove a screw. He angrily slapped the advertising screen and said, "D * mn, what the hell, this screen …"
Before he could finish his sentence, the advertising screen made a cracking sound as if something inside had been smashed!
This time, Lucas could not be bothered to lose his temper. He finally opened the back cover.
The structure of the advertising screen appeared in front of everyone. It was full of broken LEDs, and in the middle was a chip that was carefully protected by silicone gel. At this time, it was also cracked and broken. It was obvious that it could not be used.
Seeing this, Lucas's face suddenly turned pale. The treasure hunters saw this and said regretfully, "This advertising screen is broken."
"It's not just broken. The LEDs and the control chip of the drive matrix are all broken. It's worthless!"
"Poor Lucas, this is worse than being infected with mad cow disease."
Li Du asked, "Worthless? In other words, this storage unit is not the most valuable one out of the four, right? "
"Definitely not as valuable as your sewing machine storage unit," a treasure hunter said. "But to buy a sewing machine for 20,000 dollars, you guys don't have much room to make money."
Hans shrugged and said, "That's okay. Looks like there's something wrong with Mr. Lucas's information network. But we really opened our eyes today. 80,000 dollars for an empty shell — this is really an eye-opener! "
Li Du added, "Also, it's obvious that probability is useful in our industry. Lucas, I suggest you go back to college. It might help you. "
The treasure hunters laughed. They were happy to see such a situation. To them, today's incident was another topic to talk about.
The 80,000 dollars' loss made Lucas go crazy. Hearing Hans and Li Du's mockery, he took out a wrench from his toolbox and said angrily, "Shut up, bastards. I'm going to smash your heads!"
A tall and burly figure squeezed into the crowd. It was Godzilla, who was full of violence. He walked in and said, "Boss, work?"
Li Du pointed at Lucas and said, "Wait, this guy said he's going to smash my head."
Godzilla narrowed his eyes and looked over. He clenched his fists, and the sound of his knuckles sounded like beans being fried.
Lucas's eyes widened. He loosened his right hand, and the wrench fell to the ground with a clang.
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