Chapter 6 A Poor Mans Glare (1/2)

Chapter 6: A Poor Man's Glare

Translator: Vicky_Editor: Vicky_

The auction for unit 207 pushed the event to its climax. This unit contained the very well-maintained box for the massage chair, giving off the impression that the original owner replaced it back in its package. 207 was the unit that everyone had come for.

The previous four storage units were each sold for a few hundred dollars, and this somewhat prevented Li Du from taking this auctioning business seriously. However, after the massage chair package was revealed, Li Du witnessed the intensity of this career.

”Two hundred! Two hundred, two hundred is the starting bid. Is there anyone willing to bid three hundred, three hundred dollars for the priceless treasures inside?”

In no time at all the price jumped by more than one thousand dollars.

”… One thousand five hundred dollars is the current bid! Is there anyone willing to bid one thousand six hundred? One thousand six hundred? Very good, this gentleman has placed a one thousand six hundred dollar bid. How about one thousand seven hundred, one thousand seven hundred dollars is the next bid.”

It kept increasing.

”… Two thousand five hundred is the current price, anyone willing to bid two thousand six hundred? Very good, the bid is now two thousand six hundred dollars, now let me be a bit aggressive and ask for Two thousand eight hundred! Two thousand eight hundred…”

”Four thousand dollars!” shouted a wealthy looking African American. Li Du was shocked by the price. ”There's someone who's willing to bid that high?”

Hans could only admire the wealth of the few still participating, ”Of course! Didn't I already tell you? Another name for that Kassrow massage chair is the ”Multipurpose Electric Space Capsule.” A new one costs somewhere around twenty thousand dollars!”

In the end, unit 207 was won by the wealthy African American for the price of six thousand five hundred dollars. Seeing his smug look as he placed a lock on the door, Li Du only gave him a pitiful stare. He knew that in that box, there were just a bunch of finance books and magazines. Its owner probably thought that the box was quite spacious, so he used it for organizational purposes.

Unit 208, the next storage unit, was offered at fifty dollars because of all the trash inside.

Seeing this, Li Du raised his eyebrows at Hans. ”Hey, Big Fox, how about we buy this storage unit?”

”What's inside?” Hans asked, somewhat surprised.

”See, that's a television cover, so there's probably a television under it. That alone is probably around fifty dollars”, Li Du said as he pointed inside.

”Anything else?” Hans asked.

”For that, we'll have to wait and see.”

”In other words, you only see one thing that would make us break even?” Hans asked. ”Then don't bid for it! When we bid, we are undertaking a risk, and the reason that we face such risks is for the sake of profit. Why would we undertake risks with little to no return?”

The last storage unit had a few items that looked quite nice. However, after Hans swiped the unit with his flashlight, he only shook his head with regret.

”What's up?” Li Du asked.

”If I still had my truck, I'd try my best to bid for this storage. Do you see that case? I think it's a gun case. There's probably an antique gun inside that could be sold for quite a high price.” Hans sacrificed convenience when he had mortgaged his car.

After winning the bid for a storage unit, they only had 24 hours of ownership. Within that time, they had to haul away everything, including any garbage. They must leave a clean warehouse for the storage company. If they only take away the valuable objects and leave behind the worthless ones, then they would not be welcome to participate in any future auctions at this auctioning company.

When one didn't have a car, it was a lot harder to deal with the trash.

In the end, the final storage unit was sold for 1,500 dollars. Just from this, it was apparent that Hans wasn't the only one who had seen the gun case.

When the auction ended, Hans went to pay the fees. This storage company didn't accept credit cards or online wire transfers, so Hans had to pay with cash.