"'Warcraft II: The Dark Portal,' a 1996 collector's edition. I didn't expect to see them again. I actually got one when I was a kid, but I didn't cherish it and threw it away.
"'Warcraft II' was named the best multiplayer online game of the year by PC-Game and the best online game of the year by C. Net. Blizzard Entertainment was on its way to success...
"Look, there's a trailer for a new game on the back of the disc. This is the famous' StarCraft. ' Hey, there's also a flyer for 'Diablo,' but why is it so small?
"It seems that Blizzard Entertainment didn't have high hopes for 'Diablo' back then, but it was a dark horse. It sold one million copies within eighteen days of its release..."
Porter was no longer shy when it came to these game discs. He spoke confidently, as if he was familiar with each disc.
After looking through them one by one, he said, "Well, gentlemen, I think I'm willing to buy these little guys, provided that they are the original discs."
"Once the price is agreed, you can open them for verification," said Hans.
Porter asked, "How much do you want to sell them for?"
Hans put down his coffee cup and said in a confident tone, "I think twenty-five thousand dollars is a reasonable price. Look, they are so well preserved, and they are from such a..."
"Okay, if they are the original discs, then twenty-five thousand dollars," Porter said straightforwardly.
Hans was about to start his introduction, but the rest of the words were stuck in his stomach.
Li Du couldn't help but laugh. He had seen this expression on Hans' face before.
When they first started working together, they got a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and sold it to Cylinder Head and other bikers. At that time, as soon as Hans mentioned the price, they accepted it.
In fact, this was a negotiable price. They were willing to pay twenty thousand dollars for it.
However, it was better to sell it for more money. Hans shrugged at Li Du and whispered with a wry smile, "I should have asked for fifty thousand dollars."
Porter was obviously the kind of rich second generation who was not short of money. This could be seen from his clothes.
He was wearing an Armani casual shirt, which was probably worth the price of all the clothes Li Du had worn for the past twenty years combined.
Porter opened the game disc. He had a laptop in his backpack. After putting it in the drive, the game started to run.
He randomly picked a few more, and after verifying that there were no problems, he said, "It's a pleasure working with you. Tell me your bank account number, and I'll transfer the money for you now."
One handed over the money and the other handed over the goods. This cooperation was indeed very pleasant.
Hans shook hands with him and said, "Thank you, buddy. We are very happy to have found a suitable owner for these discs. With all due respect, there are not many people who are worthy of them. Obviously, you are one of them."
Potter smiled shyly. "I like to collect game discs and comic books. If you have any comics worth collecting, you can come to me. I'll give you a good price."
"It's a deal!"
After getting rid of the game disc, all that was left was the Old Winchester.
Hans had also found a few customers for the gun, but they did not have the time to sell it. Early the next morning, they had to go to the warehouse to scout.
"The movie storage doesn't belong to the storage company. Every movie company has storage units all over the US. They store a lot of useful and useless stuff."
"Our mission is to find something useful and then make money," Hans said on the way.
Li Du nodded and asked, "Who does this storage company belong to?"
"Warner Brothers."
Li Du laughed. "This is a giant in the entertainment industry. I hope they can leave some good stuff in the storage units."
Warner Brothers Entertainment was a subsidiary of Time Warner. Its headquarters were in Burbank and New York, with Burbank belonging to Los Angeles County.
This entertainment company was very powerful. It had several subsidiaries, such as Warner Bros Pictures, Warner Bros Studios, Warner Bros Television, Warner Bros Animation, Warner Home Video, Warner Bros Games, The CW, and so on.
Li Du had seen many movies produced by Warner Brothers. In fact, this entertainment company's movies were very dominant in the China area. As long as the movie had the "WB" logo at the beginning, it was their product.
Although the entertainment company's storage units did not form a storage company, the scale was still very large. They set off in their car, and after 20 minutes, they saw a continuous stretch of storage units. This was their destination.
"There's a total of 118 storage units. The big ones take up thousands of square meters, and the small ones are only about ten square meters. However, the smaller the storage unit, the more valuable it is.
Hans continued to point out to Li Du, "This time, almost half of the storage units are going to be auctioned off. I heard that Warner Brothers is going to set up a new subsidiary to clear out the storage units in preparation for the filming of a brand new superhero movie."
"What superhero movie? Didn't the 'Lord of the Rings' series make them a lot of money? "Li Du asked.
"Who would complain about not making enough money? I saw the news. It seems that they are planning to reorganize their DC Comics company into DC Entertainment Company. They will enter the film, television, and other multimedia industries to compete with the Disney-Marvel alliance. "
At this point, Hans shook his head. "This has nothing to do with us. However, according to the news I heard, there are things from Batman and Superman in this storage unit."
The storage units were surrounded by courtyard walls. A few cars were parked outside, and some people were looking in with binoculars.
Seeing this, Hans laughed and said, "My colleagues are here. Look, the early bird gets the worm. Looks like everyone understands this principle."
Using the binoculars to look at the storage units, Li Du did not know what they could see. After getting out of the car, he waved his hand to release the little bug and started looking at the first storage unit.
This time, there were 45 storage units to be photographed. The order was changed from the first to the 45th.
The first storage unit was very big, covering an area of thousands of square meters. The things inside were messy. The little bug flew around, but there was nothing in particular that attracted it.
There were some damaged posters at the entrance of the storage unit. Li Du looked at them. On the poster was a man with his arms wide open and his head raised to the rainy sky.
This poster was so famous that he did not need to look at the words on it to know which movie it was from: "The Shawshank Redemption"!
In addition to the rolls of posters, there were some wooden shelves, stone slabs, tables, chairs, doors, and other props in the storage unit. They were neatly arranged, which made it easy for the little bug to look.
After walking around for a while, Li Du saw something valuable.
For example, there was a shelf full of thin plastic boards with patterns on them. Li Du looked at the instruction manual. These were polystyrene splints, important props in the "Lord of the Rings" movie.
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