Li Du felt that Conrad was a little stupid. He had just made the worst choice.
Bell had come forward to mediate between the two. He had two best choices. One was to give Bell face and withdraw from the auction. Bell would owe him a favor.
The second option was to vent his anger and continue to fight Li Du without giving Bell face.
In the end, he chose the third option. He continued to raise the price and fight Li Du before withdrawing from the auction.
This meant that he had not given Bell face. He had not succeeded in defeating Li Du and snatching the storage unit. He had wasted his energy and offended Bell.
Of course, in his opinion, that might not be the case. In Anthony's eyes, he had made the best choice. By withdrawing from the bidding, he had given Bell face, and in the end, he had raised the price again. Although he had not managed to hurt Li Du, he had managed to disgust Li Du.
Princeps gave him a thumbs up. "Well done, Conrad. This is the first time I've seen this Chinaman suffer."
Conrad snorted. "If it weren't for the Son of God, if it weren't for the Son of God, he wouldn't be able to take this storage unit today!"
His tone was domineering, and his words were full of arrogance.
Princeps continued to give him a thumbs up, his face full of admiration. Many of the Tucson Brotherhood members saw this and lowered their heads.
Their boss was fawning over a young man from a foreign country, which made them feel ashamed.
The group walked to the next storage unit. Hans asked, "What was in that storage unit?"
Li Du said, "You saw it, a bunch of files."
"What's the use of these things?" Hans was puzzled. "Valuable files can't be thrown away. The things inside must have been exposed."
Li Du said, "Who knows? Let's take a look. Maybe the government and the police might have missed something useful? "
He did not bid on the next series of storage units. Instead, he became a consultant for the Flagstaff treasure hunters. He constantly evaluated the storage units and told everyone to choose for themselves.
In this way, although he did not gain anything, the treasure hunters of Flagstaff had gained something. Since they had earned money by following him, they were even more willing to follow him.
In the afternoon, everyone was a little tired. The auction for the small and medium storage units had ended, and the auction for the medium storage units began.
The medium storage units covered an area of more than a hundred square feet. These units began to show large items such as cars, machinery, office supplies, and household items.
The first storage unit was opened. Inside was a series of motorcycles. Conrad's eyes lit up after examining it. He rested his chin on his hand and waited at the door.
Li Du had already used the little bug to take a look. This storage unit was not bad. There were many well-preserved motorcycles inside, especially the series of cars displayed outside. There were Harley Davidson, Dodge Tomahawk, Yamaha T-Rex, and other famous cars.
The motorcycles were marked by the police. They must have been seized illegally or stolen cars. Since no one had come to collect them, they were sent to auctions.
The motorcycle was worth a lot of money, but Li Du did not want to bid for it. Everyone knew that this storage unit was worth a lot and would definitely bid for it. There was not much profit to be made from this kind of storage.
The weather in Phoenix was hot, so he ran into the shadows of a warehouse. Lu Guan went to buy some cold drinks and cold beer. The group of people gathered together to drink beer and watch the auction.
Big Beard Carl walked over, and Li Du threw him a bottle of frozen orange juice.
Li laughed. Du had the orange juice. in. "Carl," he said. and "Du" and "and and" and said. and said.
Li. and that he. that Li the Li the "Bottle" and Bell that.
Carl asked, "Boss Li, what do you think of this storage unit?"
A group of treasure hunters gathered around to listen to his answer.
Li Du said, "This storage unit is valuable. Everyone knows that there are at least a hundred people interested in it. You can't get it at a low price. It's not easy to make money."
Big Beard Karl sighed regretfully and said, "Then forget it."
The bidding started, and it was intense. The price of the storage unit kept rising. The starting price was 5,000 dollars. Before long, it had reached 50,000 dollars, and then 100,000 dollars.
The treasure hunters were not stupid. The second-hand motorcycles were not worth much. There was no profit margin at 100,000 dollars, so they all backed out.
Finally, Conrad shouted a bid of 100,000 dollars. No one wanted to compete with him. The storage unit looked like it was going to fall into his hands.
This was the first storage unit he had gotten. From the outside, the storage unit looked good. He felt a little smug. He stood at the door and looked around, like a king surveying the battlefield.
Reeves and the others noticed this. He asked Li Du, "Boss Li, is there any profit for this storage unit for 100,000 dollars?"
Li Du hesitated and said, "There should be some, but not much."
He did not know much about the motorcycle market. It was full of ordinary motorcycles. There were no antique or limited edition bikes, so it was not easy to value it.
Reeves also looked around and said, "This kid from New York is very disrespectful to Boss Li. I don't like him. I don't want him to get this storage unit."
"Me too. We have to teach this kid a lesson. Who does he think he is?"
"Count me in. Even if it doesn't make money, I'm willing to teach this kid a lesson for Boss Li."
"I'm in. Boss Li's dignity should not be challenged by such a stupid kid."
"I'm in too."
Everyone understood what Reeves meant. He was calling on the Flagstaff treasure hunters to pool their money to buy this storage unit. Almost everyone responded to the call.
"… 100,000 dollars, 100,000 dollars, 100,000 dollars. Is there no higher bid? Then I announce …"
The white glove waved his hand to make the final decision. At this moment, Reeves raised his hand. "101,000 dollars!"
Someone appeared to bid. Conrad was a little shocked. He turned around and saw that it was a Flagstaff treasure hunter who made the bid. He sneered and followed up with a bid. "105,000 dollars!"
"106,000 dollars," Big Beard Carl shouted.
Conrad continued to sneer. "110,000 dollars!"
"One hundred and eleven thousand dollars," Dickens laughed.
Conrad's face did not look good. He gritted his teeth and said, "120,000 dollars!"
"121,000 dollars," Olly said. "It's time for me to be in the limelight. Bidding for a storage unit that's worth more than 100,000 dollars. It feels so good!"
The price rose. The situation now was that the Flagstaff treasure hunters besieged Conrad. Each time they increased the price by 1,000 dollars, they were very patient in competing with him.
Conrad did not lack the money, but he thought highly of himself. In his opinion, the Flagstaff treasure hunters bidding was Li Du's idea. Now he was competing with Li Du's underlings.
This made him feel a little embarrassed. He gave Princeps a look and said, "Buddy, bring your men and take this storage unit."
Princeps, however, did not want to do a business that did not make money. He said, "At this price, there's no point in bidding for this storage unit. Conrad, forget it. There's no need to use money to fight with these idiots …"
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