Chapter 209 The Movie Prop Warehouse Auction (2/2)

These types of tomatoes were great for making stewed beef brisket with tomato. Hence, Li picked a few of them and put them into a bag.

He also picked some celery and garlic so he could make mashed celery root with garlic, which was a great meal for summer.

Green beans were a must too. The fresh green beans plus the fresh red peppers could be stir-fried together or sautéed. They could be a side dish to stewed, fatty pork meat.

Just thinking of all this food almost made Li’s mouth water!

Li didn’t want to take advantage of the kind Amish, so he just picked an amount enough for one to two meals. However, it still amounted to a few bags of fresh vegetables.

After saying goodbye to Tomassen, the four of them went back to their own places, with Hans and Li heading back to Pine Tree Tops.

Li was packing the vegetables into the refrigerator. Hans was in the living room checking out news of any upcoming auctions.

Hans just surfed around for a short while and started shouting, ”Hey, buddy! Come, there’s good news!”

Li Du asked, ”What’s up? We got a potential buyer for the gun?”

Hans replied with enthusiasm, ”No, it’s a big auction. There’s a movie prop warehouse auction in L.A., and it’s a major event that we can not miss!”

”A movie prop warehouse auction? The movie production company wants to let go of their own warehouse?”

Hans shook his head. ”No, what’s inside a movie prop warehouse? It’s a movie production company’s warehouse, you know? Hollywood produces so many movies in a year that their warehouses must be jam-packed with equipment and props!

”The props used for shooting the film, the shooting equipment, the various materials used during the promotion of the movie—all of that will all be auctioned off!”

Li Du got what Hans was trying to say. ”Okay, so we might be able to uncover valuable props used for a movie, or stumble upon a famous movie star’s poster with their signature, right?”

”Right: at the last movie prop warehouse auction, someone got the Ducati Sport Classic 1000 motorbike used in ‘Tron: Legacy.’”

”You mean it’s worth some cash even if it was just a prop motorcycle?”

”That motorbike’s not just for show. It’s powered by a very strong engine, it’s got hydraulic brakes, and a car computer installed. There’re also headlights in the back. The motorbike is so cool that it was sold at a price of 500,000 dollars!”

When Hans finished explaining all this to Li Du, his eyes were glistening. One could tell how much Hans wanted to go to the Hollywood auction.

”Okay, what are we waiting for? Let’s go!” Li said decisively.

Well, the mention of 500,000 dollars was enough to make Li agree to set off for Hollywood. Although Li Du had close to 600,000 dollars sitting in his bank account, he felt that he was still poor.

”Of course we have to go to Hollywood. We need to go there to look for potential buyers for the gun. We’re unable to sell it for a good price here,” Hans reminded him.

Hans had posted pictures of the gun on eBay, Facebook, and Instagram to see if anyone would contact them.

Then he brought the games with him to look for buyers. Hans entered a game store and showed the store owner what he had brought.

The store owner was surprised to see the entire collection of Blizzard games. ”Wow, you’ve got some nice stuff here. Some of these can no longer be found.”

”How much would you be willing to pay for them?”

The store owner answered honestly, ”I won’t buy all of them. If you’re willing to sell them separately, I would like ‘The Lost Viking,’‘Rock n’ Roll Racing,’‘Shanghai II: Dragon’s Eye,’ and ‘Warcraft: Orcs & Humans.’ We can talk about the price.”

”No, I won’t sell them separately.” Hans shook his head firmly. ”This is a complete set, and I want to sell it as a collection.”

The store owner shook his head as well. ”Well, that’s too bad then. There are too many ‘World of Warcraft’ titles out there—they aren’t worth much.”

Hans begged to differ. ”Pal, you mean the collector’s edition of ‘World of Warcraft’ is not worth much?”

The store owner gave a sigh and explained: ”Okay, they are worth some cash but who can I sell them to? There aren’t many game collectors in Flagstaff.”