Chapter 506 The Unfriendly Locals (2/2)

Anyhow, these soldiers didn't bother Li Du and the group. They barbequed in their own territory.

Li Du wanted to find something out from the army, but was afraid that they might open fire at him if they were in the middle of discussing military secrets.

Fortunately, he had a new man: Lu Guan. He waved at him and asked him to do the job.

These soldiers were apparently talking about former president Bush and current president Obama. After hearing what Lu Guan had said, Li Du was shocked because it seemed like they weren't happy about the current leader. He thought, Are they gonna start a secret rebellion?

They definitely wouldn't. It was normal for Americans to curse their president, even for the armies and the Defense Minister. But one thing was for sure: they couldn't even comment on the person leading the military district.

The next day, they finally drove to their destination, the Red Mount Storage Company.

This storage company was a large area located on the outskirts of Tucson. Along with the transformation of the urban areas, people living around the storage company had moved out one by one. Without the source of customers, the storage company was out of business.

A property developer had taken a liking to the property. The storage company saw the opportunity to gain profit, so they filed for bankruptcy, disposed of all the storage units and sold their property for money.

Li Du stopped the car and went into the storage company with Hans.

A few steps before they entered the building, someone blocked their way. Hans held out the cigarettes he'd brought but the person didn't accept them.

Hans was puzzled by his reaction and said, ”Do these guys think that they are guarding the military base? When did they become so responsible?”

Normally, guards at low-paying storage company positions would take any money offered.

”Next time, don't buy stuff for them, give them some shopping vouchers. It's more practical,” Li Du said.

”Franklin would be more practical,” said Hans. He took out some cash and offered it to the guard. ”Bro, here's 200 dollars, take it and go somewhere else for a minute. This is all yours man—200 dollars in cash.”

The guard looked at him cautiously and asked, ”What do you guys want to do?”

”Don't worry,” Hans said, ”we're storage treasure hunters. We would like to get familiar with this place before the auction tomorrow.”

”If you're worried, you can come with us,” Li Du said.

The guard stared at the money in Hans's hand; he licked his lips and said, ”Alright, how 'bout you go in, but not this Chinese dude.”

”Why?” Li Du asked curiously.

The guard shrugged and said, ”I can't tell you that. That's the only way to be familiar with this place.”

Hans thought about this and narrowed his eyes at the guard. ”I see. So someone has told you that if a Chinese man wants to enter the company, you need to stop him, right?”

The guard glanced at the cash in Hans's hand. Hans immediately gave him some of it.

”Yeah,” the guard blurted out after receiving the money. ”That's right. Bro, I can't decide on this, it was ordered by our leader. I can't turn against him, I don't wanna lose this job.”

Hans turned to Li Du. ”Alright, someone's targeting us. Probably the locals who knew that we would come for the auction and want to stop us from entering the storage company.”

Li Du laughed, ”Is that so? Looks like this city is rather unfriendly. We haven't even met these people and they are already trying to make things difficult for us.”

The treasure hunters were smart enough to realize that Li Du would always get something profitable from an auction. They had studied his treasure hunting pattern and discovered something unusual.