There were too many warehouses and too many bids. Hence, the time limit given by customs was five working days. They would notify them on Friday afternoon.
In order to be fair, the number and price of the winning warehouse would be displayed on the official website of California customs and in the California News the next day.
The following weekend and two days were a waiting period. During these two days, one could pay for the warehouse. If one did not pay within two days, the ownership of the warehouse would be postponed and given to the second highest bidder.
On Friday afternoon, Li Du and the others gathered at the manor. They refreshed the customs website and waited for the announcement.
At four o 'clock in the afternoon, Li Du received a message on his phone. On it was the number of the warehouse he had won and some things to take note of. It was asking him to bring his identification and money to claim the warehouse.
The others did not receive the message, which made them a little anxious.
Olly joked, "We've bid for so many warehouses. It can't be that we didn't get a single one, right?"
Li Du shook his head. "Impossible. The prices I've bid for are quite high. The prices are absolutely accurate. Maybe we'll lose some warehouses, but we should be able to get most of them."
"Definitely impossible," Dickens laughed. "More than 80 warehouses all lost? All lost? That's too low. We can go buy a lottery. "
Finally, the announcement was posted on the website.
California customs was full of talents. The announcement could be searched by keywords. As long as one entered their name, they would be able to see the information of the warehouse they had won.
Olly rushed to the computer and entered his name and auction number seriously.
The internet speed was fast. The website refreshed quickly and the result was: Plaston-Olly, No. 01788, no warehouse won.
Seeing this message, Olly was stunned. He said in a daze, "How, how is that possible? I've bid for six warehouses and all six were lost? "
"Did you spell the name wrong?"
"Impossible. The keywords for verification are the name and auction number. Only when both are correct will the message be displayed. Otherwise, it will be a 'typo' error!"
Olly did not give up. He re-entered his name and auction number, but the result was the same.
Plaston-Olly, No. 01788, no warehouse won.
Even the punctuation was wrong. Olly's face turned ugly!
Dickens went up to do it. Soon, a similar result appeared: Ston-F- Dickens, No. 01712, no warehouse won.
The others went up one by one to try, but the results were all the same. Nothing in the warehouse!
Ollie's joke had come true. They had really lost the warehouse.
"How could this be?" Everyone was stunned.
Li Du's face was ashen. He keyed in his information and clicked on search. The page refreshed: Li, 01705. Storage units obtained: 0008, 0119, 0185, 0454, 0585...
He checked the information on his phone and said, "There's no problem."
The others stared blankly at the computer screen. They were stunned for a while, and then, unwilling to give up, they checked the announcement again.
They knew that it was useless to do so. The website might have a loophole, but it was impossible to have so many loopholes at the same time. They had really failed!
Someone scrolled down the notice expressionlessly. Then Big Beard Carl suddenly said, "Logan Suchitte, Logan Suchitte, Logan Suchitte, d * mn it, why does he have so many warehouses?"
"Vic Vincent, Talbot Wayne, keep scrolling down. Robin Raymond, f * ck! What's going on? They're all house-pickers. Why do they have so many warehouses? "
Li Du said coldly, "Look at the warehouse number they got."
There was no need for him to remind them. Everyone knew what had happened.
They were very familiar with the warehouse numbers that the house-pickers had gotten. That was because they had also quoted prices for those warehouses. The other party's quotations were similar to theirs, but slightly higher.
That was how bidding worked. The item would belong to whoever offered the highest price, even if it was only one dollar higher!
But that was not normal. The warehouses that the house-pickers had gotten were all the ones that they were interested in, and the final prices were just slightly higher than their quotations. It was as if the other party knew everything about them.
It was not 'as if.' It should be said that the house-pickers knew everything about them. They knew which warehouse they were interested in, and what the reserve price was. They knew everything about them!
The faces of the treasure hunters became more and more unpleasant. Li Du said slowly, "The contents of the notebook have been leaked. Which one of you leaked it?"
Ollie said anxiously, "Impossible, I did not leak it. I definitely did not leak anything. I did not even contact anyone other than us for the past two days!"
Big Beard Carl shook his head and said, "I did not either. I deleted the pictures after I wrote down the warehouse numbers and the prices."
"Could someone have hacked our phones? Like implanting some Trojan virus in our phones? "Turis frowned and asked.
Li Du looked at them and said, "The possibility of that is very small. If it was so easy to implant a Trojan virus in a phone, why didn't the other party implant the virus in the phones of those people on Wall Street? That way, they could have gotten more money! "
"Then the information was leaked," Hans said.
The ten or so treasure hunters looked at each other and then started to be on guard.
Li Du said, "I have an idea. Everyone, take out your phones and we will check carefully. If the information was leaked to Logan, there will definitely be traces left on the phones! "
Ollie immediately took out his phone and slapped it on the table. "Alright, let's do that!"
The others also took out their phones happily. Li Du and Hans checked the phone's call records, text messages, and chat software under the supervision of the crowd.
In the end, after working until midnight and checking everyone's phones, there was nothing.
Hans said helplessly, "This person might have used another phone. He must have expected today's incident and threw that phone away."
Turis said hesitantly, "Then, could it be that all this is a coincidence? Or that Logan found a way to monitor us? "
"It can't be a coincidence," Li Du said tiredly. "Maybe he's monitoring us. Everyone, search your bodies and cars to see if there are any surveillance tools."
To them, this was a complete defeat.
They had been looking forward to this super auction for three or four years, but in the end, there was nothing to show for it. This kind of emotional ups and downs caused them to break down.
Ollie said angrily, "Big Li, we shouldn't have messed with Logan and his gang. They are the local bullies, and local bullies are not to be trifled with!"
Turis pushed him and said angrily, "What do you mean? Blaming Big Li at this time? "
Dickens pulled the two of them apart and said, "Ollie didn't mean that. He definitely didn't think that way. But Logan is really a powerful b * stard. We actually lost to him a few times!"
Li Du said, "Let's wait and see. Everyone, take a rest first. Tomorrow, we will go to the warehouse accounting office. I won't let you guys lose."
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