Chapter 134 Give It To You (1/2)
Chapter 134: Give It To You
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Li Du also perked up; this was the unit that he had wanted to get his hands on most at this storage auction.
It had nothing to do with the price. He had wanted to check out the issue with the material of the stone sculptures, and use it to research the little bug, as well as to find a way to help the little bug evolve.
On seeing the stone sculptures, Hans was both agitated and hesitant: ”Damn, all sculptures. Not sure whose works they are, can the traces of the identity of the sculptors be found?”
With stone or wooden sculptures, if the material was not valuable, then the price largely depended on the sculptor’s identity. The works of regular sculptors were worthless; only those from famous sculptors were valuable.
Like the time when they got hold of the toy ceramic dinosaur sculptures; if not for them finally ascertaining that it was the great ceramicist Brett Kern’s work, they would not have fetched much.
Li Du also did not know the creator’s identity, but he knew it probably would not be anyone famous.
Yesterday, during the time reversal, he had seen the creator’s face. None of the famous sculptors he saw on the Internet resembled him at all.
Other than sculptures, there were also tools left behind. Hans estimated the tools to fetch about 800 to 1,000 dollars, which meant that to turn a profit, they would still need to depend on the sculptures.
He looked at Li Du, who nodded his head. ”Get it.”
”Price?”
After some thought, Li Du said, ”No limit at the moment.”
On hearing this, Hans was instantly delighted. ”This is a valuable storage unit, right?”
Li Du was unable to explain, he shrugged and said, ”I will make the offer myself.”
Hans was even happier; he misunderstood what Li Du had meant.
Everyone had finished queuing up to view the unit. The auctioneer raised his hand to name the price. ”Everyone, now the bidding starts. The price will start at 500 dollars. Any takers?”
Given the lesson from the last storage unit, Li Du quickly raised his hand. Seeing this, Freddy’s voice was heard: ”Don’t raise your hand and then put it down like earlier!”
Ignoring his sarcastic comments, Li Du said, ”Five hundred dollars, me.”
The auctioneer pointed at him. ”Very good, five hundred dollars. Five hundred dollars, now six hundred dollars. Six hundred dollars, six hundred dollars...”
Freddy nodded and said, ”I accept.”
”Six hundred dollars accepted! Why don’t we pick up the pace? One thousand dollars. One thousand dollars, one thousand dollars, how about it?”
”One thousand dollars, okay,” a middle-aged treasure hunter nodded.
The price started to shoot up. Li Du put his finger up, ”Look at me, here, 2,000 dollars!”
”Two thousand one hundred dollars!”
”Here, two thousand two hundred dollars!”
”Me, two thousand four hundred dollars!”
Li Du raised his finger again, ”Three thousand dollars!”
On hearing his offer, and looking at his expression, the treasure hunters became more agitated. Those who were initially not interested also started to throw in their bids.
”Three thousand two hundred dollars!”
”D*mmit, everyone has thick wallets, huh? Then I'll offer 3,500 dollars!”
Hans pulled Li Du aside and whispered, ”Bids are not won this way, buddy. Everyone knew that we had made money from previously getting the storage with the ceramic sculptures. The way you are bidding, who wouldn’t know this storage unit is valuable?”
In the business of storage auctions, news traveled fast. If anyone had gotten anything valuable, the news would travel quickly around the circuit.
Hans was right. Previously when the two of them got the storage with the ceramic toy sculptures, they tried to explain that it was based on coincidence and luck. The treasure hunters did not believe them, and thought that they had deep knowledge in the business of sculptures.