There were a lot of people who wanted to follow Li Du. With someone taking the lead, people gathered around to respond.
Most of these people were familiar faces. They had attended the hotel restaurant party two days ago and had only eaten with Li Du, so he could not refuse them directly.
So he thought about it and said, "I'd be happy to attend the auction with you, but now is not the time to discuss this. We should go to the event first."
"How about you take us to the Macy's auction after the New Year?" asked a local Phoenix treasure hunter.
Seeing everyone looking at him eagerly, Li Du laughed and said, "Of course, no problem. Let's go together."
Macy's was a famous department store chain owned by Allied Department Stores. Its flagship store was located in Hainaut Square in New York City. When it opened on Seventh Avenue, it was advertised as "the world's largest store."
In addition, Macy's had two national flagship stores, located in San Francisco's Union Square and Chicago's State Street. There were also a large number of chain stores in the United States and around the world.
But now, with the rise of super retail companies such as Wal-Mart, Metro, Tesco, and even Amazon, Macy's position has declined sharply and sales have declined.
In the past few decades, Macy's has introduced many policies in order to regain the market, such as "ten things salespeople know about goods," "gifts to consumers," "consumer competition with prizes," "gift points," "new product field show," "product showroom," "fashion show," and so on, in an attempt to effectively promote the sales of various goods.
These policies were useful, but Macy's made many directional mistakes in the development process.
At first, it went the high-end department store route. Later, the president and the board of directors thought that popular department stores would be the mainstream of the market, so they began to lower the threshold and lower the quality of goods, trying to compete with other big supermarkets and department stores for ordinary customers.
In this way, Macy's lowered its style and lost the upper-class customers they had once relied on.
In the process, they did not win the public's choice, because in the public's mind, Macy's was still a high-end mall, where it cost a lot of money to enter, and the salespeople were too enthusiastic.
A few years later, Macy's found that it was not working and went back to the original high-end mall route.
This time, they drove away some of the popular customers that they had worked so hard to attract, and the upper-class customers and high-end mainstream customers were not attracted.
In short, this once dominant retail company was no longer as glamorous as it was in the past. With the global economic downturn, they began to close some stores around the world to stop the bleeding.
Every year in the United States, Macy's stores would close down. After they closed down, they would auction off their warehouses and unsold merchandise to recoup their funds.
Every year, the Macy's closing auction attracted a large number of people. It was a grand event, and the Warehouse Auction Association's official website would put up the most eye-catching advertisement.
Li Du had long noticed the auction information. It would be auctioned at the beginning of the new year.
He would definitely attend the auction. At that time, he would attend together with the treasure hunters who had supported him a few days ago. That way, he could return some favors.
With his promise, many of the treasure hunters were excited.
The enthusiasm of the protest grew, and Black Mustang took advantage of the situation, leading a group of black treasure hunters to start playing hip-hop.
Several large speakers were placed around the square. They held the microphones and shouted a series of tongue-twister-like rap songs.
These people were obviously well-prepared, and the rhythm of the rap songs was good. Li Du and the other treasure hunters shook their bodies to the rhythm, as if they were watching a concert.
The state government next door was affected. The speakers were a little too good, so they asked the police to remove the speakers.
The American police system was chaotic, and the Phoenix police were in charge of maintaining order here. They did not want to do such a thing, so they simply said, "Let your state police take care of it."
The state government had no choice but to mobilize the state police who guarded the office building to deal with it.
The state police did not understand the situation and went to negotiate with Black Mustang. Black Mustang ignored them. They were angry and went to grab the speakers.
Now it was lively. The least afraid of a protest was the police. They were afraid that no one would take care of it and things would calm down quietly.
As soon as the state police made their move, Black Mustang waved his hand, and the treasure hunters, who were excited by his hip-hop, immediately stepped forward.
The Phoenix police were shocked and hurried to break up the fight. There were so many media and a bunch of video cameras here. Did the state police want to make a name for themselves?
Brother Wolf and Firecracker escorted Li Du away from the crowd. They did not participate in this kind of violent conflict.
When the state government saw that things were not going well, the governor personally came forward with some members of the legislature to discuss the matter.
The governor was also aggrieved. What did the rise in oil prices have to do with him? He had no right to take care of this at all.
This time, the price of oil in the United States had really hurt the hearts of the people, and the state government had to step in. At about ten o 'clock, the procession marched along the street, and many people joined in.
Seeing this, the governor had to say that he would apply to Congress to investigate the continuous rise in oil prices in Arizona, and that if any companies were behind it, they would be severely punished.
The Americans, especially the black brothers, were very stubborn. They did not care if the government gave in and continued to march.
Li Du felt that they were not doing this to lower the price of oil at all, but simply to stir up trouble, because they should know that the state government was powerless in this regard.
In short, it was noon, and the national holiday began. The government workers left work, and the procession dispersed. Everyone received their Christmas gifts and went home to prepare for Christmas Eve.
In the evening, the family got together for a reunion dinner.
There were many of them this time. Except for Hans, who had not yet returned, everyone else was there. There were about thirty people, and it was a lively scene.
It was fun to eat with so many people, especially with a few children and a few noisier kids inside. Later, someone let the dogs in, and it was really a mess.
Li Du was very busy, but on a holiday like this, he was not afraid of trouble, but he was afraid of loneliness.
Before going to bed, Sophie sat in front of the piano and played a few pieces, and the lively atmosphere gradually quieted down. After listening to the soft piano music, Christmas Eve ended perfectly, and everyone went back to their rooms to sleep.
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