As the name suggested, a joint warehouse auction was a joint auction of several storage companies.
This was rare at auctions because storage companies did not have a close organization such as the Association of Storage Treasure Hunters, and the expiration time and location of storage units were not uniform.
Li Du had been in the industry on and off for three years and had never encountered such an auction. Now he had finally encountered one.
Joint warehouse auctions were generally larger in scale, and there were many good items sold during the auction. Each time it was held, it attracted many treasure hunters.
This auction was held in Tucson. Because of Tucson's geographical location and local culture, fewer people were willing to go there, so the chances of getting something good were higher.
There were still some days before the auction, and Li Du agreed to go to Tucson.
Before that, he had to keep an eye on Seagull Island and the Amengda diamond mine.
Seagull Island was under construction. Of course, it was very simple construction, such as repelling snakes, building a small port, building houses, and building cement roads.
His old classmate, Su Nan, was watching the island construction and would tell him every day about the progress of the day. There were weekly and monthly reports on the weekends and at the end of the month, so everything was under his control.
Everything was ready for the diamond mine, and the Winston group was helping the mine to set up a diamond production line.
However, having a production line was not enough. Diamond production and sales was a very complicated project that required a large number of professionals, which Li Du could not handle on his own.
After some consideration, he called Cole Winston and Carlston Fitz and invited them to fly from New York to Phoenix.
In late June, the two tycoons landed at Phoenix International Airport.
Li Du went to pick them up, and he picked up Cole first. Cole wiped his sweat and said, "I must be crazy to come to Phoenix Furnace at this time. Or maybe I want to roast turkey."
"It's healthier to sweat more," Li Du said with a smile.
Twenty minutes later, the private plane of the head of Fitz Mining landed, and Li Du swept in.
Cole and Carlston were very enthusiastic when they met again. They went up to hug each other, and then discussed golf and the global rare mineral industry.
However, Li Du could sense the unfamiliarity and indifference hidden under their warm appearance. The relationship between the two was the same as before, and they could never be friends.
The two of them knew the purpose of this trip. Li Du had made it very clear on the phone that he could not handle the Amengda diamond mine by himself. He wanted to find someone to cooperate with.
The Winston group had been in the diamond industry for generations, while Fitz Mining had more contacts and experience in ore production. They were confident in the management of the diamond mine and wanted to work with Li Du alone.
Therefore, after a brief exchange of warm greetings, they began to display their abilities in all aspects, trying their best to suppress the other party.
Li Du turned a blind eye to this. He took the two of them to the resort hotel and snapped his fingers. Godzilla brought out an ice bucket with bottles of vodka in it.
Opening a bottle of hard liquor, he smiled and said, "This is a good liquor I brought back from the North Pole. You two, don't miss it today. You must enjoy it."
"You gained a lot from your trip to the North Pole, didn't you? The mammoth ivory market has been impacted by you. You really set off a storm in every industry you enter, "Cole said with a smile after receiving the wine glass.
Li Du shrugged. "You flatter me, Mr. President Winston. How many mammoth tusks have I put on the market? It has no impact on the market. "
Carlston also said, "I have read the report that Siberia has produced a lot of mammoth ivory in the last two months. You must have found a mammoth graveyard from tens of thousands of years ago there?"
Li Du said, "Not bad luck, but mammoth ivory is of little value. We should pay more attention to diamonds, right?"
Carlston winked and said, "You mean the Amengda diamond mine? That's the chicken that lays the golden eggs for you, but if you can't feed it alone, I can help you. It's easy. "
"It's really easy, Li. The Winston group has prepared a development team for you. As soon as the mine starts, they can immediately form a fighting force," Cole said, not showing any weakness.
Li Du laughed. This was the result he wanted.
He could not handle the Amengda mine alone. It was about diamond mining, certification, and sales, and he needed connections. In this regard, he lacked connections, while Cole and Carlston had enough.
However, if he only contacted one party, it would be difficult for him to take the initiative. Now that he had contacted both Carlston and Cole, the former had been driven out of the Winston group by the latter, who had been resentful of the former's scheme.
In other words, the relationship between the two was complicated, and it was difficult for them to stand on the same front.
In this case, the two of them could balance each other, and Li Du could get the biggest profit from it.
After some discussion, the three parties finally reached an agreement: Li Du would give the two of them shares in the mine, and the two of them would use their human resources to buy shares. Each of them would hold ten percent of the shares, and Li Du would keep eighty percent.
In fact, if he was willing to work hard, Li Du could open his own mine and produce diamonds. After all, if he asked Cole for help, Cole would help him.
However, he still decided to make money together. This ten percent of the shares represented tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in annual profits. Carlston and Cole would get the money, and Li Du would save himself the trouble. It was a win-win situation.
Fitz Minerals and Winston would input management and sales teams into the mine at the same time. The diamonds needed to be approved by the De Beers group, which Carlston would handle personally.
By paying a little money, Li Du could save a lot of time.
For him, he had enough time to manage the mine, and he could keep the twenty percent income for himself, but that was not what he was good at.
He would rather use the time and energy to participate in auctions, even if he could not make more money at warehouse auctions. But that was what he was good at.
While he was busy with the mine, Sophie did not rush to find a job when she returned to Phoenix as she used to. She had a new job, which was to be an Internet celebrity.
She was not the Internet celebrity. She was the manager. The Internet celebrity was Ah Meow and the little ones.
After Sophie accidentally posted some photos and videos on the Internet, she attracted a lot of fans. Facebook and Twitter happened to promote her videos, and Ah Meow and the little ones became popular.
When he was in Flagstaff, someone found Ah Meow and the little ones were smart and cute, and gave him similar advice. At that time, he participated in the Boy Scouts selling cookies. Ah Meow and the little ones performed well and were very popular.
But Li Du did not take it to heart. In his opinion, being an Internet celebrity was too far away from his world, and Sophie had succeeded by chance.
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