Hans was wrong. This time, the auction was not going to be sold according to the block. Instead, they were going to redivide the storage area into hundreds of small areas for sale!
This way, the information that Li Du had memorized yesterday was useless. He quickly wandered around the storage unit and recorded the locations of the valuable books that he had found yesterday.
After entering the second storage unit, he quickly walked around and then returned to a pile of books in puzzlement.
Hans asked, "What's wrong?"
Li Du said, "This pile of books didn't appear yesterday?"
The pile of books that attracted his attention was smaller and was protected by a plastic railing, which distinguished it from the other piles of books. In addition, there were other similar piles of books, all with fewer books and protected by railing.
Hans took a look and said, "These are all old books. Maybe the bookstore was afraid that they would be damaged if they were taken out too early, so they just took them out."
The new piles of books were not worth much. Li Du looked at the old piles and decisively released the little bug, wanting to see if it could find something more valuable.
After the little bug was released, it flew in a circle in the air and then flew to the pile of old books.
Li Du controlled the bug not to absorb the time energy, but to pay attention to which pile it flew to and recorded the order in which it flew.
He thought that the little bug would be interested in these old books, but other than flying to a pile of books, the little bug did not search anymore.
Obviously, other than this pile of books, the other books had not been around for a long time. These old books were worth less than the new ones.
An hour later, the auction was about to start. Someone held a loudspeaker and shouted, "Everyone, leave the storage unit now. Remember the location of the books you want, and please go outside the storage unit for the auction!"
Hans frowned and said, "This auction is different from the past."
In the past, people stood next to the piles of books and auctioned them one by one.
Li Du could understand that there were many stacks of books to be auctioned this time, and there were also many people participating in the auction. The bookstore obviously wanted to make a small profit and sell the books in small portions.
According to the order, the first to be auctioned were inspirational books.
There were a total of about 20,000 to 30,000 books divided into 20 portions, and each portion had about 1,000 books. The auctioneer spoke quickly, and the auction progressed quickly.
"Inspirational section A, starting price 1,000 dollars, 1,000 dollars, 1,000 dollars. Anyone who wants it, please raise your hand and let me see it …"
"Very good, buddy. It's you. 1,000 dollars. Next, 1,100 dollars. Yes, 1,100 dollars …"
"That fellow raised the price to 1,500 dollars, 1,500 dollars, 1,500 dollars. Is there anyone willing to raise the price? Very well, since no one else is bidding, these books belong to you, young man! "
One thousand five hundred dollars for a thousand new books. This was a good business. Li Du calculated in his mind and asked, "What do you think if we buy all the books and start our own bookstore?"
"Do you want to lose money?" Hans said. "If this bookstore could continue, why would they file for bankruptcy?"
Li Du shrugged. He was right. He had taken things for granted.
They were not interested in the inspirational books, so they did not participate in the auction and only watched from the side.
The speed of the storage auction was much faster. The two auctioneers took turns, and their words were like machine guns. If there was a moment of hesitation, an area of books would be auctioned off.
The auctioneers here would not wait for anyone to consider. They would directly bid and then ask the price three times. If no one responded within three to four seconds, the deal would be made.
Ten minutes later, the auction for the storybook section began. Li Du patted Hans on the shoulder and said, "Go on, warrior!"
"There are 1,000 books in the storybook section A, the starting price is 2,000 dollars, 2,000 dollars, 2,000 dollars, 2,000 dollars, anyone willing to accept …" the auctioneer asked quickly.
Hans immediately raised his hand. "2,500 dollars!"
The auctioneer pointed at him and said, "This fellow bids 2,500 dollars, then 2,600 dollars, anyone willing to accept?"
"Me!" A white woman nodded.
Hans immediately spread his hands and left. The price they had in mind was 2,500 dollars.
"There are 1,100 books in the storybook section B, the starting price is 2,000 dollars, anyone …"
"There are 1,080 books in the storybook section C, the starting price is 2,000 dollars, anyone …"
"… There are 980 books in the storybook section E, the starting price is 2,000 dollars, anyone willing to accept?"
Hans made another bid and nodded. "Let's just say 3,000 dollars!"
As the auction continued, the bidding became more intense. There were many people at the scene, and the more people there were, the more people there were. Many times there were several people who called out the same price.
To save time, Hans always called out the starting price.
This time, their starting price was higher, and the treasure hunters who were interested shook their heads. They thought that the price was too high.
The auctioneer pointed at Hans and said, "3,000 dollars, and these books belong to you, brother!"
In the storybook section, Hans bought a total of four stacks of books according to Li Du's request. He spent exactly 10,000 dollars and obtained 3,800 books.
In the other sections, such as management, education, technology, and lifestyle books, they did not make any bids. They just watched the scene, watching the hundreds of people compete.
The competition for the storybook section was the most intense, because the most valuable were the autographed books. In general, the author of the novel was the most famous, so the autographed books were also the most valuable.
In fact, there were some books that were more valuable: biographies, especially the biographies of sports and entertainment stars. If they had their autographs, the value of the books would increase by a hundredfold.
However, the bookstores were not stupid. These kinds of books were usually sold in symbolic places, and they would not leave them until the end to be auctioned at a low price.
After the lifestyle books, it was the auction of old books. Most treasure hunters were not interested in old books, because everyone knew that there were no treasures in these old books.
America did not have a long history, and did not have the antique calligraphy and painting books that China had. When this country was founded, the world had entered the era of the printing press.
Under such circumstances, expensive old books were rare, be it in the country or among the people. Bookstores would not have them, and even if they did, they would not appear in auctions.
The auctioneer started the bidding, and in the end, the first stack of old books was not sold. The price was lowered to 100 dollars, and still no one took it.
When it came to the second stack of old books, there were still not many people interested, and it was sold at the starting price of 1,000 dollars.
Seeing this, Hans and Li Du held back. When it came to the fifth stack, they did not make a bid, but waited for this stack of books to be sold.
Still, no one was interested in this stack of books. When the auctioneer waved his hand to move on to the next stack, Hans raised his hand and said, "100 dollars, I'll take it!"
Seeing this, some treasure hunters who knew Hans and Li Du's ability wanted to follow suit, but the auctioneer did not give them the chance. He nodded and said, "Alright, 100 dollars, these books are yours, buddy!"
A few treasure hunters muttered resentfully:
"I still want to bid." "What's in this stack of books?" "D * mmit, I have a feeling that these two b * stards are going to get rich again!"
Hans raised his eyebrows at Li Du, and revealed a proud smile.
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