Chapter 114 You Do Not Know Anything (1/2)
Chapter 114: You Do Not Know Anything
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
”Sh*t, such a huge advertising screen?”
”Where did that bastard Lucas get such accurate news from?”
”Thanks, buddy, you are indeed a generous guy. I admit that I have underestimated you previously.”
On hearing the shower of praise from the treasure hunters, the burly Mexican man gave a satisfied smile—and glanced at Li Du and Hans arrogantly—before walking off with his shoulders shaking with laughter.
Hans said gloomily, ”I did not expect this guy to know which storage unit the advertising screen was actually in. But is he nuts? Why did he reveal this news in advance?”
Li Du said calmly, ”Simple; the last time we were competing for the Yamaha storage unit, and he lost, many treasure hunters had developed doubts about him. This caused his reputation to suffer.”
Hans got it at once, and said in realization, ”Oh, so this time he had known of the location of the advertising screen, and knew he could not miss picking it up. He decided to pretend to be generous, and used this as a way to prove that he has many news channels in order to regain his lost reputation?”
Li Du nodded; this was his guess.
The appearance of this LED advertising screen had driven the atmosphere at the auction into a frenzy right from the start.
The auctioneer raised his hands and shouted, ”Everyone has seen the value of the unit. I originally wanted to call 200 dollars, but it is obviously not the right price. If I call 20,000 dollars, would anyone accept?”
The starting price of 20,000 dollars was considered a high price at an auction. More than 90 percent of storage deals did not reach this price.
But the treasure hunters had no complaints, and were all raising their hands in competition.
”Twenty thousand dollars here, me, me!”
”Twenty-one thousand dollars, Shelton, look at me, I offer twenty-one thousand!”
”Twenty-two thousand dollars, this is worth up to twenty-two thousand dollars.”
The prices were rising rapidly. Hans looked at Li Du. ”This unit has value?”
Li Du said, ”Of course—you see the advertising screen here—you said it could go for 100,000 dollars.”
Hans shook his head, and said, ”If it could work normally, then it could sell for that much. If it is damaged, especially if there is any problem with the display drive matrix, and LED display array, then it’s junk.”
Li Du understood what he meant: Hans was not sure if this advertising screen was valuable. He wanted to test it himself.
In the short half-minute conversation between the two of them, the price had jumped to almost forty thousand dollars.
Li Du thought about it, and released the little bug into the advertising screen to have a close check.
The LED advertising screen’s main structure was the display array formed out of the display drive matrix and the light-emitting diode. In the screen was a lot of dust, but there was no issue with the light-emitting diode. As the core chip of the matrix was also intact, it appeared that the advertising screen could be used normally.
Seeing that Li Du had nodded, Hans raised his hand to offer a price, ”Forty-one thousand dollars, I’ll take it!”
If the advertising screen was not damaged, then it was valuable and could sell for 100,000 dollars without any issue. In this case, it would still be worth it to offer 80,000 dollars. It was only going for 40,000 dollars currently.
At the same time as Hans’s offer, Lucas, who had been leaning against the door with folded arms, puffed out his chest and said, ”Fifty thousand dollars!”
Raising the price by almost 10,000 dollars in one go, dozens of treasure hunters looked at him in shock.