The police officer was very efficient. After leaving those words, he drove away.
Li Du opened the envelope. On the magenta invitation, it read:
Dear Regards, Du Li and Hans Fox, July 1st, 14: 30 p.m., at the state capital's office lobby, please attend the press conference for this year's old goods auction.
It was signed by the Arizona State Storage Auction Commission and the State Department of Public Services. At the bottom, there was also a contact person and phone number.
Hans asked with interest, "Oh, the state capital is learning from California and holding a press conference before a storage auction?"
Li Du asked, "Haven't they done it before?"
"California has done it before. California has always done it," Hans said. Hans said, "Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger brought his Hollywood style to Sacramento, holding a press conference to attract attention whenever there's an event."
Many people knew about Los Angeles, and many knew that Schwarzenegger was once the governor of California. However, many people did not know that Sacramento was the state capital of California. All official events were usually held in that city.
Li Du asked, "What's this press conference for? We're going to interact with the reporters? "
The Playboy smiled. "It's to set an example. The government found a bunch of guys who made a fortune in the storage auction industry and showed them to everyone through the media to attract more people to attend the auction."
Li Du was puzzled. "I haven't even joined the Million Dollar Club and I'm already a guy who made a fortune?"
Reeves laughed. "This list might have been given to the state capital by the Association of Storage Treasure Hunters. Without a doubt, you're a legend in the association. You're a guy who made a fortune."
By the time they returned, it was already the end of the month. The press conference was in two days, and the storage auction was set for July 2nd. It would be sold for two consecutive days, and some items would be auctioned online on eBay.
It was different from ordinary storage auctions. Because the government, police, and banks would calculate and evaluate the items confiscated, the information of many of the auction items was very clear.
Under such circumstances, it was not easy to get a bargain. There was a possibility, but the chances were lower than at ordinary storage auctions.
Although the chances of getting a bargain were low, the official auction was large and there were many good items. Hence, the chances of making a profit were higher.
Many of the items were posted on the Internet. There was a link on the homepage of the Arizona state government's official website. Everyone could download the information.
Hans found a list of items for sale for Li Du. From Ford Mustang sports cars, jewelry, laptops, to airplane engines, traffic light bulbs, and military stretchers, there was a wide variety of items.
As mentioned before, the sources of these items were stolen goods seized by the police, contraband confiscated at the airport, or second-hand goods used by government departments.
Looking through the items on the list, Li Du was puzzled. "I say, there are quite a lot of good things here. Why didn't the government auction them off before?"
Hans said, "First, the price is not suitable, and no one is willing to buy it. Second, the government does not have that much time and energy to organize too many auctions."
The items on the list were very good, but it was impossible to get them at a low price. Otherwise, they would have been bought by someone with ulterior motives.
In other words, it was impossible to make a fortune just by looking at the items on the list. Li Du still had to go to the various storage units to take a look.
Phoenix had an official storage unit for the state of Arizona. The unit covered a large area, at least 20,000 square meters, and was used to store things that the government deemed useless and a pity to throw away. It was managed by the Department of Public Services.
Governments in the United States were under great financial pressure. The economy was depressed, and the government relied on taxes to make money. It had long been unable to make ends meet.
Li Du found out that the Arizona government had a budget deficit of nearly 20 billion dollars. The neighboring California government was even worse, with a budget deficit of more than 40 billion dollars.
Governor Schwarzenegger was an excellent bodybuilder and an excellent actor, but he was not an excellent governor. Now that he had left office, he left a mess for the new governor to clean up.
The next day, Li Du drove to the location of the storage unit, an area in the city center of Phoenix.
The storage company was located between the musical instrument museum and the art museum, very close to the subway entrance. It was a prime location, and the land was very expensive.
Li Du shook his head and said, "The government is too much. Wasting such a large area for a storage unit? It should be used to build high-end condominiums. The 20 billion deficit could be filled in minutes. "
Hans snorted. "You think the state government doesn't want to do this? It's just that the museum and the citizens are not happy about it. Now that they have emptied the storage unit, I guess they are preparing to move out. "
The government storage units were no different from ordinary storage units. They were divided into five types: super large, large, medium, small, and mini. Different spaces stored different things.
Li Du released the little bug and first went to the super large storage unit. He saw a few cars inside — there were two Ford Mustangs on the list.
The government was very cunning. Unlike storage companies, they were not legally bound to enter the storage units. The things inside were sent in by them, and the placement was also set by them.
Looking in from the entrance of the storage unit, the first thing that could be seen were good cars and new cars. In fact, there were broken cars, scrapped cars, and other miscellaneous things inside.
That was not Li Du's goal. It would be difficult to clean up without making money. He controlled the little bug and continued to fly down.
In the end, the super large storage unit in front of him mainly contained cars, yachts, mechanical tools, and the like. They could be seen from the outside, and they did not require vision.
As he continued to look, there were ores in the storage unit.
Seeing these ores, Li Du was speechless. The government really took out everything. Where did they get the ores?
The ores in the first storage unit were dark green, uneven, and varied in size, ranging from the size of a fist to the size of a basketball.
Li Du looked it up online. According to the characteristics of the ores, they were iron ore.
There was a lot of iron ore, enough to fill up two storage units. There were fewer ores in the storage units at the back. Most of them were two or more kinds of ores stored together.
There were even ores stacked together with some building materials, such as tiles, green bricks, and the like.
Li Du was dumbfounded. The Arizona state government really knew how to take care of things. They really could not bear to throw anything away and kept everything.
The little bug flew over a pile of tiles. He suddenly noticed that there were some small bricks in the pile. These bricks were about ten centimeters long, four or five centimeters wide and thick. They were dark brown in color and had a rough appearance.
Li Du felt that these were not bricks. How could such rough bricks be used for construction? He looked carefully and then had an idea. He used the little bug's ability to turn back time.
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