Chapter 871 Government Storage (1/2)

This police officer was very effective, and with those few sentences, he got in the car and left.

Li Du opened the envelope. The purple and red invitation read,

”Dear Du-Li and Hans-Fox,

You have been cordially invited to join the press conference for the annual old stock auction that will be held in the state office lobby on the first of July, at 1430 hours.”

The commissioned signatures were of the Arizona Storage Auction Committee and the State Department of Public Services. There was even a person to contact along with his phone number.

Hans asked with much interest, ”Yo-ho, the Arizona state government is learning from California. Now they have to hold a press conference before storage auctions?”

Li Du asked, ”They haven't done that before?”

”California has done it before, and actually in California, they still do it,” Hans said. ”Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger brought his act from Hollywood to Sacramento, so he held press conferences for all the events to attract people's attention.”

A lot of people knew about Los Angeles, and a lot of people knew that Schwarzenegger had been the governor of California in the past, but a lot of people did not know that the state capital of California was Sacramento. All of the official events were usually held in that city.

Li Du asked, ”What is this press conference for? For us to interact with the press?”

The playboy laughed. ”It's for us to act as role models. The government found a bunch of fellows who made a fortune from storage auctions and showcased them to everyone through the media in order to attract more people to participate in the auction.”

Li Du wondered and said, ”I still haven't joined the million dollar club, and I am already a fellow who made a fortune?”

Reeves laughed as he said, ”This list of names was probably handed to the state government by the Association of Auction Hunters. And within the association, you are, without a doubt, a legend. You are a fellow who made a fortune.”

When they came back it was already the end of month, and the press conference was happening two days after that. The storage auction was set for the second of July, and it would go on for two days. There would be some items auctioned on eBay, too.

This was different from the other storage auctions, because the items confiscated by the government, police station, or banks would be tallied and appraised. Thus, the information for most of the auctioned items was very clear.

Under such circumstances, it would not be easy to take advantage of missed items in the storage units. The possibility was there, but the probability was much lower compared to normal storage auctions.

Even though the odds of finding missed items were low, due to the fact that the official auctions were larger and had better goods, the chances to earn some money were actually better.

Most of the items were directly listed on the website. There was a link to the list of items on the Arizona state government official website. Everyone could download the information for viewing.

Hans found the list of items being auctioned for Li Du. There were things from a Ford Mustang sports car, jewellery, and laptops, to airplane engines, light bulbs for traffic lights, and a military stretcher. It could be described as a wide variety of things, and it was definitely all-encompassing.

These items were sourced from stolen goods seized by the police, prohibited goods confiscated at the airport, and second-hand stuff used by the various departments of the government.

Browsing through the items on the list, Li Du wondered aloud, ”I say, there is quite a lot of good stuff in here. How come the government couldn't auction it off before?”