Chapter 246 Smitten With a Storage Uni (1/2)
Chapter 246: Smitten With a Storage Unit
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
That night, the treasure hunters gathered together and organized a bonfire barbecue.
At the mountaintop, when the sunset, the temperature would drop significantly.
The wind started to get cold and one would get chills when it blew. Once the bonfire was lit up and the grills spread out, everyone gathered around the bonfire.
A bonfire in the daytime would be way too hot. But at the current temperature and time of day, it was extremely pleasant.
Of course, cold beer was a must in such gatherings. The hotel employees placed buckets of ice and bottled beer on a table. Hans and the treasure hunters raised the beer bottles and cheered.
Li Du sat near the edge of the mountain, looking at the night view of Jerome. Past Jerome, lights from nearby towns and cities could be seen.
Toward the northeast was the Sin City, Las Vegas.
Hans walked over with another two treasure hunters. ”Hey bud, penny for your thoughts?”
Li Du laughed and replied, ”Look, that’s Las Vegas. That’s a city full of wealth!”
Hans nodded in response. ”Yeah, a city full of wealth. There’s many more storage companies, more valuables, and many people who have made a fortune living there.
Li Du seemed interested and asked, ”Well, why didn’t you look for storage information in Las Vegas?”
A fellow treasure hunter replied, ”That’s because Big Fox has no guts.”
”Ha! Yeah, he has no guts to go to Las Vegas.”
Hans showed the two treasure hunters the middle finger. ”Okay, you two are right,” he said, ”it’s true I don’t dare go to Las Vegas, but that’s because I’m rational!”
”Why do you say that?” Li Du was curious.
”Las Vegas isn’t known as the ‘Sin City’ for no reason,” Hans explained. ”There are lots of street gangs in Las Vegas. The treasure hunters there work in groups, some of them backed by gangs.”
Li Du exclaimed, ”Gangs? It sure sounds complicated.”
A treasure hunter chimed in, ”Storage auctions are an enormous industry, Big Li. Obviously you don’t understand it well enough. There are some places we shouldn’t go.”
”We work in this industry for a livelihood but not everyone else does so,” Hans said. ”Some join this industry with other motives.”
”What motives?”
”Well, there’s smuggling, money laundering, selling high-quality imitations, and so forth,” Hans replied. ”Those people in Las Vegas are mostly into money laundering. We need to stay away from them.”
The treasure hunter beside Hans gave a sigh and said, ”Las Vegas is full of valuable storage units. If we have the ability to go there, we should give it a try.”
The other treasure hunter sneered at the remark. ”What kind of ability? You would think someone like Andrew is good enough. That fellow went to Las Vegas a couple of times. Once, he got mobbed and locked up in a storage unit!”
Li Du nodded his head. ”Wow, the waters run deep in the storage auction business.”
Hans sipped his beer. ”Remember what I said previously? You’ve just been dealing with the tip of the iceberg.”
Li Du smiled. ”I do hope I can experience more of the industry.”
The treasure hunters enjoyed their bonfire until midnight. Li Du carried two sound asleep pets back to the room.
The next day was the auction at Red Rock Storage Co.