Chapter 416 An Unexpected Visitor (1/2)

Chapter 416: An Unexpected Visitor

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

York was worried and asked, ”Those Native Americans, they won’t be bashing us up, right?”

Li Du waved his hands. ”They won’t. I told them specifically that we only deal with the traitor. You both are friends from California, why would they beat you up?”

His goal was achieved: he had successfully changed the topic to Rick getting bashed by the casino thugs. He had vaguely mentioned it to mislead them into thinking he had ordered the Native Americans to beat up Rick. Of course, he was the one responsible for Rick being beaten up, but his relationship with the Native Americans was different from what they were imagining.

These did not know the truth and were frightened.

This was a carrot and stick tactic. When Li Du invited them over for the party, both of them gave it a thought before agreeing to attend; even the hot-tempered Frank did not refuse the invitation.

When the party day arrived, it was crowded over at the cabin. Since morning, people had been strolling in. Besides the treasure hunters from storage auctions, the treasure hunters from the old goods industry also came to the party.

Li Du’s old goods site had become a place for the exchange of information. Regardless of whether Li Du was there or not, there would be people visiting and chilling there.

Around 10 o’clock, a burly white man arrived. When Li Du saw him, he waved and said, ”Hey Big Caen, come hang for a while.”

The man raised a carton of beers and said, ”Are you checking to see if I brought any present?”

Li Du nodded at Hans, and the latter pulled out a stack of crisp American dollars, waved at Caen and threw it towards him.

Big Caen released the beer and hurriedly caught the stack of bills. He was perplexed by their actions. ”What’s that for?”

The other treasure hunters also noticed that and turned over their heads to check what was going on.

Hans explained, ”Remember the last time you gave us some information on Holbrook and that Mahogany Gallery?” asked Hans. ”You provided us reliable information. According to the rules, this is your share.”

Big Caen was dumbfounded for a moment. ”This is for real? You’re not joking?”

”Pal, this is September,” said Hans. ”April Fools’ Day happened five months ago.”

”Oh my God! Big Caen, you lucky fella, you’ve earned it!” someone instantly shouted enviously. ”If you think this is a joke, you can give me the money!”

”How much is that? 10,000 dollars? D*mmit, this fella’s lucky!”

”I knew about Holbrook too. Why didn’t I say anything? I’m really an idiot, too stupid.”

Big Caen scanned through the stack of bills with his hands and exclaimed in surprise, ”Sh*t, it’s really 10,000 dollars! I feel like I’m rich!”

Ten thousand dollars could not make anyone rich, but it was not a small sum either. The treasure hunters who were there knew that very few of them could earn that kind of amount in an entire month.

Li Du banged the table a few times. ”Listen to me, everyone. Big Fox and I adhere to the rules and we’re reasonable. In the future, if anyone supplies us with real, reliable, and accurate information, we’ll give them a ten percent commission from our earnings.”

It was true that the storage auction industry had this rule. Nevertheless, not many people practiced or adhered to it unless it was specially requested.

For example, if someone had some insider information, but did not have the money to bid for the unit, he or she could sell the information or tell someone about it.

Generally, one would sell the information to make money, and both parties would negotiate the price. But if one told another person some accurate information, and that person managed to get the unit, the information provider was entitled to ten percent of the proceeds.