Pershing Square was a landmark in Los Angeles. It was named in honor of General Pershing. Located in the historic district of the city center, it was the first public park in Los Angeles and a tourist attraction.
Since its completion in 1866, the square had been renovated many times to keep up with the times. It had never been outdated and was still performing its function of entertaining the public.
The most recent renovation of the square was in February 1994. It was redesigned in a postmodern style. Although the square had not undergone major renovations since then, small repairs had been carried out.
For example, the most recent renovation had taken place at the beginning of the year. A network had been installed in the square, and now the entire square could be connected to WIFI.
Pershing Square was a rare open public space in the old city of Los Angeles. Li Du and the others arrived at the auction company early but did not go in. Instead, they stayed in the square for a while.
At this time, the sun was hanging in the eastern sky. The golden rays of the sun shone down. The weather was not too hot, so it was not uncomfortable.
There were some breakfast trucks in the square. Godzilla went over to buy a bunch of sandwiches, burgers, and other fast food. He brought them back and ate happily with Big Quinn.
Li Du was not interested in these things. He saw that there was a Chinese food truck, so he went to buy a small steamed bun.
The steamed bun was unexpectedly delicious. There was gravy in it, so he drank soy milk and ate four trays of steamed buns, spending 50 dollars.
The breakfast price was a little high, but considering that they were in the city center of Los Angeles, and that the speed of making the steamed buns was slow and expensive, 50 dollars was acceptable.
While eating, he sat on the seats in the square.
The seats were very interesting. There were old postcards on the back.
The postcards were porcelain, black and white photos of the old city of Los Angeles. They were very clear and could help people remember the city's past.
After breakfast, they rested in the square for a while, and then the four of them went to the auction.
There were a total of six storage units to be auctioned, and more than 40 people had come. Obviously, there was no shortage of people in Los Angeles, especially treasure hunters.
Hans looked around and shook his head. "No threat."
"Looks like there are quite a lot of people," Li Du said.
Hans sneered. "They're just jobless people. These guys see that there are no barriers to entry in the storage auction industry, so they want to rely on good luck to make a fortune. Their thinking is too simple."
Although the two of them were communicating in private, the storage company was only so big. Other than the necessary corridors, the rest of the place was filled with storage units.
After all, this was downtown Los Angeles. Every inch of land was worth its weight in gold.
There were more than 40 people gathered in the corridor. Even though Hans's voice was soft, the people beside him could still hear him.
As they were chatting, a big black man suddenly reached out and pushed Hans. He said angrily, "What did you just say?"
Hans staggered from the push. Li Du teased, "Buddy, you should work out. Why are you so weak now?"
The surrounding treasure hunters roared with laughter. Most of them did not know the two of them and thought that they were having an internal conflict.
However, there were still people who had seen Hans and Li Du. When they saw the black man push Hans, these people retreated to avoid being implicated.
Hans did not get angry. He staggered a step to regain his balance, turned around, and said, "Let me give you a reminder. Not everyone can make it in storage auctions. If you want to rely on luck to make money, you might as well buy the lottery."
The big man gave him the middle finger and said, "I'll buy your penis."
Hans sighed, "God gave you a way out. Why did you block it with sh * t?"
The big man said fiercely, "Shut up, foreigner. Don't provoke me, or I'll crush your head!"
Hans walked over and said, "Come on, crush my head."
The big man's face darkened and he used his chest to hit him. However, as soon as he took a step, two strong men squeezed in and pushed him against the wall.
Being pushed against the wall by two strong men who were about six feet tall, the big man panicked and shouted, "D * mn it, what are you doing?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to crush my head? But it looks like you'll have to crush my two brothers first. "Hans laughed.
A treasure hunter beside him added, "Idiot, you really dare to provoke anyone. This is Big Li and Big Fox from Flagstaff. Have you seen many Chinese treasure hunters? You have no taste! "
"Who is Big Li and Big Fox?" Some treasure hunters whispered to each other.
Someone replied, "The most legendary treasure hunters in Flagstaff. That Chinese is a genius. He might be the person who took the shortest time to join the Hundred Thousand Club from the Ten Thousand Club."
"Last time at the Warner Bros. auction for their film storage, the two of them taught Frank and York a lesson!"
"Frank and York from the Million Dollar Club? Oh, they're considered part of the Million Dollar Club. "
The big black man was scared stiff. He said weakly, "I'm sorry, I must have lost my mind. Big Fox, I'm sorry."
Hans didn't lower himself to his level. After all, he was the one who spoke nonsense. He waved his hand and let the two of them move away.
This was just a small incident at the auction. The big black man was too ashamed to stay there. He was also afraid that he would be the target of revenge when no one was around, so he quickly left.
At the start of the auction, Li Du was just testing the waters with his bids.
When it came to the fourth storage unit, he saw the fire extinguishers that were separated into two big boxes. Only then did he start bidding seriously.
Perhaps it was because the image of Godzilla and Big Quinn was more intimidating, when he bid for the fourth storage unit, the other treasure hunters backed out of the competition.
The auctioneer pointed at him and said, "100 dollars, 100 dollars, 100 dollars. Is this storage unit that cheap? Everyone, look carefully. It's worth more than 100 dollars …"
From the outside, this storage unit didn't seem to have much value. This was also the reason why everyone didn't participate in the bidding.
In the end, Li Du won this storage unit at an extremely low price of 100 dollars.
After the auction ended, they didn't bother to clean up the storage unit and quickly drove to the next one.
There was another storage company that was holding an auction that day. This one had a larger number of storage units — a total of 11.
By the time they arrived, they had only reached the third storage unit. This auction attracted more treasure hunters — there were more than 80 people gathered together.
As the two of them squeezed in, someone pushed Li Du from the side, and Li Du bumped into a treasure hunter.
That treasure hunter frowned and turned around. When he saw that it was Li Du, he smiled and said, "Big Li? Hello. "
Li Du smiled and nodded, then looked to the side with a gloomy face.
A bald, burly man smiled at him and said, "Hey, Chinaman, are you a soft-footed shrimp? You almost tripped just now. "
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