Li Du followed the crowd to the fourth storage unit.
Lil 'Rick rubbed his chin and sneered, "Hey, Chinaman, why aren't you bidding? Did you forget to bring your wallet today? "
Li Du said, "Yeah, are you willing to lend us money?"
"If you call me dad, maybe I'll help you. After all, it's every parent's responsibility to help their children," Lil 'Rick said.
Rick said viciously, "I heard that China has a policy that forbids people from having children, so some people throw their children away. Li might be an orphan. I think he's longing for a father."
Turis pointed at them and said, "Hey, you guys are too much."
Li Du was still calm. He said disdainfully, "Get lost. You're more like my son."
Hans shook his head. "I don't want a son like that. He's so ugly. I'd rather shoot him into the wall than give birth to him. But he's quite similar to you in some ways. "
"What?"
"Look, his ears are about the same shape as yours. Judging from his ears, his dad should have a pair of good ears," Hans said seriously.
Someone laughed and looked at Rick. "That's true. Judging from your ears, you two don't look alike at all."
Li Du said, "If I were you, I'd get a DNA test done before the family fortune becomes an inheritance. It's possible that the son you've been raising for more than 20 years is not your own."
Both sides' words were vulgar, and the atmosphere inevitably became heated.
The treasure hunters stopped looking at the storage units and gathered around to watch the two sides bicker.
The auctioneer said, "Can you guys be quiet? If you don't want to participate in the auction, please leave. Everyone, please focus on the storage units. You're here to participate in the auction, not to watch a quarrel, right? "
A treasure hunter replied, "Don't worry, buddy. Of course we want to look at the storage units, but we can't miss such an intense talk show."
Li Du didn't want to be laughed at. Rick felt the same way. He said coldly, "You guys have sharp words, but that's all you can do. You're destined to lose today!"
Both sides parted ways, and the auction continued as usual.
Li Du did not bid on the last two storage units. There was nothing valuable, so it was not worth bidding on. At most, he could earn two or three thousand dollars. He was no longer interested in such a small amount of money.
After the five storage units were auctioned off, Li Du was waiting for Rick and the rest to tidy up the units.
At this time, the auctioneer's phone rang. He answered the call and said, "Don't be in such a hurry to leave. The lucky ones have a chance to buy two units!"
The scattered treasure hunters gathered again. The Ricks had a strange smile on their faces.
Li Du noticed that they were sneaking glances at him, and he became suspicious.
The two units that were opened were units 92 and 105. The first unit to be opened was unit 92. After the shutter door was pulled up, the cardboard boxes appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
These boxes were stacked together, so no one could tell what they were.
Li Du let the little bug fly in and immediately squinted his eyes.
To his surprise, the box was filled with motorcycle parts!
There were lights, headlights, gearboxes, axle drive components, mailboxes, batteries, exhaust pipes, cylinders, bumpers, fenders, and so on.
However, these parts were second-hand goods. Some of them were rusty, and some were damaged. These things were not worth much in the market.
Seeing these boxes, the crowd began to discuss noisily.
"Damn it, what's inside? We can't see anything, how can we bid? "
"I hate this kind of storage unit. It's a pile of sh * t. Does the storage company want us to gamble?"
"Of course they want us to gamble, but I won't bid. I don't want to take the risk."
Someone stepped into the storage unit and reached out to secretly open the box. The auctioneer saw this and frowned. "You don't want to participate in this auction? Take another step and you'll get out! "
The treasure hunters retreated to the door. The rules of storage auctions were that no one was allowed to touch the items in the storage units.
Every industry had its own rules, and these rules maintained the operation of the industry. In storage auctions, not only were treasure hunters not allowed to touch the items in the storage units, but also the storage companies were not allowed to do so.
When Li Du first entered this industry, he thought, why don't the storage companies check the items in the storage units first? If they found anything valuable, they could deal with it themselves.
Hans told him that they couldn't do that because it would violate the privacy rights.
After the storage unit was rented out, unless the renter violated the rules, the storage company had no right to enter the unit until the end of the contract.
At the end of the contract, the storage unit would become ownerless. They could enter the unit, but this kind of storage unit would have no auction value.
The storage unit that entered the auction had not expired, and the company and the renter signed a one-week buffer period. This period was used to auction the storage units.
In other words, if the renter did not renew the lease one week before the expiration of the contract, the storage company would sell them.
Because of the contract and legal restrictions, the storage company could not check what was in the storage unit at this time. The value of the items in the storage unit was maintained, which was why the treasure hunters were willing to take over.
Before every auction, the storage company would show the rental contracts of the storage units to let the treasure hunters know that the storage unit was still in the buffer period and that the storage company had not entered it.
However, in reality, the storage company would not be so honest. The storage units had custodians and maintenance personnel, and they would take the opportunity to go in and take a look.
In this way, the information about the storage units would be found out by the treasure hunters.
Good treasure hunters had good relationships with the custodians of the storage company, and could get some insider information. Based on the insider information and what they saw outside the door, they could estimate the value of the storage units.
As the storage units were full of boxes, it was very risky to not see what was in them. Hence, the starting price was very low, only 200 dollars.
However, good treasure hunters could still determine the identity of the items in the boxes through some details. For example, Hans noticed that there were oil stains on the edges of a few boxes.
"There should be mechanical things in there," he said in a low voice.
Li Du nodded and said, "Let's try it out. I think it's not bad."
"What's the price?"
"Five thousand dollars."
After the little bug carefully flew around the boxes, Li Du estimated that the parts could be put together to make at least four or five motorcycles. Even if he only sold the parts, it would not be a problem to sell them for eight to ten thousand dollars.
The auction began: "One hundred dollars, one hundred dollars, one hundred dollars for this storage unit. Anyone who is willing to let me see his hand!"
"Two hundred dollars!"
"Three hundred dollars!"
Hans followed up, "Five hundred dollars!"
Rick smiled coldly and said, "One thousand dollars!"
"One thousand one hundred dollars." Hans stared at him.
The other treasure hunters saw that the two sides were going to compete again, so they decisively backed out of the bidding to avoid hurting the innocent.
"Two thousand dollars."
"Two thousand one hundred dollars!"
"Three thousand dollars!"
"Four thousand dollars!" Hans also raised the price by one thousand dollars, and then looked at the Ricks.
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