The so-called monopoly auction was a rare but common auction method in the auction market. It was regarded as a vicious auction by major auction houses. If it happened, the auctioneer had the right to cancel the auction.
This kind of auction was a group of people participating in the auction. These people knew each other or even formed an alliance. When the auction started, only one person would bid and the others would not bid.
The profit margin of the auction lay in everyone bidding together, constantly raising the price.
Monopoly auctions undoubtedly violated the purpose of normal auctions, affected the healthy development of the market, and affected the profits of auction houses.
For general auctions, such as auctions organized by large auction houses such as Christie's and Sotheby's, this kind of situation was very rare. Because the participants were invited by them, there would not be a situation where everyone would form an alliance.
However, storage auctions were different. The participants would randomly choose the storage units. Some storage companies might not have many participants due to the quantity and quality of the storage units being auctioned.
In this way, it was easy for the participants to be familiar with each other.
In this case, if the treasure hunters formed an alliance, they could take all the storage units at the lowest price. After that, they could sell the goods and split the money.
But Li Du had a question. "I know, but why didn't the auctioneer stop the auction? Oh, I understand! "
After asking this question, he realized that he had asked an idiotic question. There was a dirty deal between the auctioneer and the Tucson Brotherhood. They must have formed an alliance!
Sure enough, Hans said, "You can see that the auctioneer has a close relationship with the Tucson Brotherhood. I bet that the Tucson Brotherhood will compensate him for the money he can get from the auction, or even more."
The second auction began. This time, Li Du was serious. He had not won the last storage unit. If he lost this one as well, then his trip to Arizona would be in vain.
At the end of the tour, Li Du gave Hans a look. He stood at the front of the crowd, and Hans did the same. The two of them stood at the side of the auctioneer, in case of any accidents.
The treasure hunters noticed their attitude. Some of them were immediately confused and wanted to go back to see the situation of the storage unit. However, the door was locked and they could not see anything.
Even if they could look again, they wouldn't be able to see anything, because the warehouse was filled with wooden boards and wooden boxes. Judging from the color, texture, and smell, these boards were ordinary poplar boards, which weren't very valuable.
The auctioneer raised his arm and shouted, "OK, you've finished watching, guys. The second round of the auction has begun. The starting price is still 500 dollars, 500 dollars, 500 dollars!"
Hans said, "Five hundred dollars, us!"
Princeps stroked his mustache. A young Mexican man said, "Six hundred dollars!"
Hans continued to raise the price. "Seven hundred!"
Someone joined in the fun. "Eight hundred!"
Just as the man made his bid, a few Mexican treasure hunters suddenly surrounded him.
Seeing this, that person became angry and roared, "Hey, you're blocking me, what are you doing? What do you mean by this? "
A Mexican went up and whispered a few words. The man's expression changed, and he pushed them away angrily and walked to the back of the crowd.
Li Du saw this scene and frowned. He sensed that this auction wouldn't go smoothly.
There was nothing wrong with the name of the Tucson Brotherhood. These treasure hunters acted like gangsters, and they must have threatened the bidders.
"One thousand dollars!" The Mexican man continued to bid.
Li Du said, "One thousand one hundred dollars."
Princeps continued to stroke his mustache, and the Mexican man continued to bid. Just like that, the price quickly increased to two thousand dollars.
At this time, Li Du was a little hesitant. He didn't know if the other party knew what was in the warehouse. If so, it would be too difficult for him to get the warehouse.
Hans was very calm. He gave Li Du a look, gritted his teeth, and said, "Three thousand dollars!"
Raising the price by a large margin was a common tactic used in storage auctions. It was to scare off competitors by raising the price by a large margin.
However, this also showed their intentions, and it was easy to attract treasure hunters who had no confidence in the warehouse to join in.
Princeps looked hesitant as well. This storage company was located in Tucson, and in his view, all the warehouses in Tucson were their property. This was their territory.
Therefore, when he learned that Li Du had come, he was very angry. He knew that Li Du was good at making money, but he didn't know how much Li Du would make.
He had studied Li Du's experience in auctions and found that Li Du had a hobby of entering storage companies in advance to observe.
He was very puzzled about this. Like the other treasure hunters, he didn't understand what was going on and didn't know what Li Du was doing.
However, it didn't matter if he didn't understand. The important thing was to prevent Li Du from making money. Therefore, he contacted the storage company's security to prevent him from entering the storage company before the auction started.
Princeps could guarantee that today was Li Du's first time entering the warehouse and seeing the things in it. So what did he see? Why did he have to bid for this warehouse?
He could get to where he was today not only because of some small tricks, but also because of his outstanding foresight.
However, Princeps looked carefully at the warehouse and didn't find anything valuable.
So when he asked his men to bid, he had to be careful. He had to be on guard against Li Du and Hans cheating!
The price soared to three thousand dollars. Princeps didn't see the value of the warehouse. After hesitating, he slowly shook his head.
Seeing this, Li Du was relieved. Princeps's action was obviously reminding the Mexican youth to give up bidding.
Reality seemed to be the same. After getting the hint, the Mexican youth shook his head and retreated into the crowd.
The auctioneer stared at Hans and said, "Three thousand dollars, three thousand dollars, three thousand dollars. The current bid for this warehouse is three thousand dollars. Is there anyone who is willing to bid three thousand and one hundred dollars? Don't let one hundred dollars hinder you from becoming rich!"
Just as he said this, the Tucson treasure hunters who were watching suddenly moved. More than twenty people split into two groups and walked in front of Hans and Li Du, forming a human wall to block them.
Li Du was stunned and then heard someone shouting, "I bid three thousand and one hundred dollars!"
He was very anxious and quickly shouted, "I bid …"
"Ah, d * mn it, it's so hot! I can't stand it, it's too hot! "
"Who's pushing me? Don't push me. Damn it, don't let me know who did it! "
"When -i-was-young-id-listen-to-the-radio, waiting-for-my-favorite-songs …"
Everything suddenly became chaotic. Li Du was stunned. What was going on?
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