In the past when he participated in storage auctions, Li Du had also encountered many conflicts.
However, those conflicts came from the auctions, where treasure hunters clashed with him for the sake of profit. This time, it was a group fight with unrelated people. This was the first time in his career!
Outside the police station, Godzilla took a deep breath.
"Breath of freedom?" Li Du asked.
Godzilla said, "No, there's the smell of fried chicken. I'm too hungry. Boss, let's go eat. This fried chicken smells so good!"
Li Du had to go to his storage first. He had to clean it up quickly. The rules of the bidding auction were the same as normal auctions, except that there was an additional 24 hours to pay. The time limit for cleaning up the storage unit was still 24 hours.
Coincidentally, at this time, most treasure hunters were still at the police station. On the way, he bought a pile of fried meat for Godzilla and then rushed to the combat squadron storage company.
This time, he had won two storage units, a medium-sized storage unit and a small one.
After driving in, Li Du first opened the door of the medium-sized storage unit. The pungent smell of disinfectant hit his nose first, followed by some dusty boxes piled up in front of the door.
Godzilla and the others put on their masks and started to work. The boxes were quite big, and they were prepared to use their strength. However, when they lifted their hands, they found that the boxes were very light!
Li Du opened the box. There was a large balloon inside. The balloon's snorkel hung softly outside the box, but no one noticed it.
There was no doubt that these boxes were being held up by the balloon.
The box moved aside, and there was a turret inside. It was a steel turret painted with tawny anti-rust paint. The barrel was nearly five meters long, pointing forward, and full of murderous intent.
In addition to the most conspicuous turret, there was a large oak box in the storage unit. Behind it was a spread out tarpaulin and two wooden shelves, one of which was filled with maintenance tools.
Li Du went up and pulled the tarpaulin open. A tank made of nickel-chrome-manganese high-pressure cast steel appeared in front of them. Like the turret, the outside of the armor was also painted with tawny anti-rust paint. It was full of a rough and brave aura!
This was the Tiger tank, the number one ferocious god of land that had dominated World War II!
Someone walked past the entrance of the storage unit and happened to turn his head to see the tank. He suddenly shouted, "F * ck, there really is a tiger! This thing has really appeared! "
At this time, there were not many treasure hunters in the storage unit. Most of them had packed up and left after paying the money yesterday. There were also some treasure hunters who were locked up in the police station and had not come out yet.
Hearing the shouts, only four or five treasure hunters ran over. When they saw Tank, they were all envious. "This b * stard is really lucky!" "Lucky? This was the Treasure Tycoon! This is strength! "
Li Du had gotten the tank not by luck or ability, but by means.
The way he took over the warehouse was not honorable. When he discovered the tank that day, he also realized that the tank was not covered at all. Anyone could see it.
Therefore, he thought of a way. First, he went to the military store to buy some World War II weapon models and related supplies. Then, he asked Brother Wolf to secretly open the door of the warehouse and put the items in, using a smokescreen to interfere with the judgment of the treasure hunters.
He placed a large number of boxes at the entrance of the warehouse where the tank was kept. No one had expected the tank to be in a medium-sized warehouse, and with the boxes blocking their line of sight, no one would be able to discover the existence of the tank.
In the end, Li Du only bought the warehouse for 1,500 dollars. Otherwise, he was afraid that he would have to pay 5.1 million dollars!
This was a dishonorable method, but that was how business was. All that mattered was winning or losing, not fairness. Especially in a place like Tucson, where there was no fairness to speak of at auctions. In the past, the Tucson gang would directly chase people away and not allow treasure hunters from other places to participate in local auctions.
However, Li Du generally disdained using such petty tricks. This was a special situation. The appearance of the Tiger Tank among the people might only happen once. He wanted to get this tank.
Lu Guan called to rent a small crane and trailer. The main body of the Tiger Tank and the turret were hoisted onto the trailer. There were also boxes containing the main parts of the tank, such as the tracks, the fuel tank, and the protective plates.
In addition to the Tiger Tank, there were some other World War II supplies in the warehouse. There was a box containing a shredder, an MG-42 machine gun, and some World War II radio stations, military uniforms, tents, and other things.
Li Du estimated that the harvest this time was big enough. In addition to the tank, the rest of the things could be sold for more than 500,000 dollars. This veteran was really rich.
He also had a small warehouse, which belonged to a photography enthusiast. There were cameras, VCRs, computers, and other tools carefully preserved in the warehouse. Although they were not new, they were all famous brands and worth a lot.
After packing up the tank, Li Du made a prompt decision and quickly drove away with his men.
This time, he used illegal means. If someone wanted to investigate, they would be able to find out the problem. Every warehouse was photographed before the auction to preserve the original appearance of the warehouse. The purpose was to prevent people from tampering.
Although few people would investigate this, and the photos of the tank warehouse had fallen into Li Du's hands, the negatives of these photos were in the warehouse company. If the treasure hunters checked carefully, they would definitely find out the problem.
However, one thing was good. Brother Wolf's little tricks were very covert and no one found out. Therefore, even if the truth came out, Li Du could deny responsibility.
Back in Phoenix, he hurriedly took care of another matter, which was to leave Arizona for California. He was going to move to Los Angeles. After all, the pond in Arizona was too small.
Before moving, he had to go there and settle down.
Sophie decided to go back to Flagstaff. Before Li Du went to Los Angeles to establish himself, she would stay with her parents for a while. Because this time in Los Angeles, she would have fewer opportunities to be with her parents.
For a girl who had been living in the same city with her parents since she was a child, it was not easy to accept moving to another city.
In order to prevent Sophie from being bored, Li Du also threw the naughty children to her. "Continue to be an Internet celebrity. Come on, fight for half the sky!"
"They have long been famous, more than half the sky." Sophie gave Mr. Li a supercilious look.
Li Du drove to Los Angeles with his confidants, which was Porter's territory. When he learned of his arrival, Porter gave him an address and asked him to come first.
The rich second-generation otaku started his own business, but his business was not big. He opened a comic shop on Museum Street.
Museum Street, located not far south of West Hollywood, was the head of the central area of downtown Los Angeles. There were many neighborhoods around it, so there was a lot of traffic.
However, Li Du did not expect Porter's voice to be so explosive!
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