Chapter 263 Super Camp (1/2)

Chapter 263: Super Camp

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Yes, the one interested in the boiler wasn’t Godzilla, but Li Du.

Earlier, Li Du had asked Hans about the personality of Garter; Hans had said he was a cunning, cautious person.

Thus, Mr. Li had guessed that if he were to directly offer his chandeliers to trade with the boiler, or if he were to try and purchase it with cash, Garter would probably suspect that he had some hidden intentions.

After some thought, he decided to use the jade replica to test things out, and formulated Plan A and Plan B.

If Garter were willing to exchange the chandelier for the replica, then he would execute Plan A: He would offer something else in exchange for the distilling boiler. If Garter were overly wary and unwilling to trade, then he would activate Plan B: Godzilla would state that he likes the boiler, and Li Du would then try to bait Garter into making a trade.

In the end, after testing him, it seemed that Garter was in fact an extremely cautious individual, and rejected Li Du’s offer. However, he was also quite foolish. Once Godzilla appeared, he had taken the bait.

Packing up the distilling boiler, Li Du suggested to Hans to continue trading with the treasure hunters from the old goods auction.

The camp still had all kinds of valuable old goods, such as appliances, furniture, and some decorations.

A few more treasure hunters came over. Some of the old goods caught their eye, so they brought back the useless junk around them. Some were unwilling to clear the junk, so they brought their own old goods to trade.

Li Du minimized cash trades. They either had to help clear out the junk, or they had to use old goods to barter. He prioritized these two methods.

Someone asked, ”Hey, Boss Li, why don’t you sell the useful old goods? You’re just throwing your money away like this.”

Li Du laughed, but didn’t explain why to him. Though, he didn’t think he could explain why in the first place.

According to his plan, bartering was to bring to them closer to the old goods auction business, while clearing the junk was a way of the laying out the initial foundations for their future scheme.

When business grew larger, the number of auctions that he had to attend would increase because he would need to get as many items as possible. It would be too much of a waste of time if he had to look into each of the storage units to search for something valuable.

Now, Li Du was more ambitious. He only wanted the most valuable and easiest-to-sell goods. He didn’t want those ordinary second-hand goods, and didn’t want to waste his energy just to make a small profit.

With these conditions, he decided that it would be better to just let the treasure hunters from the old goods auction to pick things out for themselves, and help them clear up the trash they got from the units.

Without a doubt, to treasure hunters, clearing up the trash and getting something valuable in return was a worthwhile exchange for them.

As the business grew larger with more old goods, Li Du would change his method of trade.

When that time came, Li Du would organize his own team of men to clear the junk. The valuable goods would be sold off with cash or bartering.

The reason why he could not do that now was that the scale of this business was still small. He didn’t have many valuable goods, and there were also not many treasure hunters who would come.

To put it simply, he was using this method to attract treasure hunters to his storage site.

Later, once the frequency of visitors, size, and reputation of the place increased, he would be able to start up a regular old goods market.

Eventually, he wanted to be able to set up an old goods auction.