Chapter 1078 Trouble (1/2)

The warden of the Miami prison, a middle-aged white man with thin hair on the top of

his head, called on Li Du as soon as he received the news.

Felister, the warden, was kind-looking and businesslike. Accompanied by the prison

guards, he met Li Du at the warehouse and asked him cheerfully, ”Hey, young man, you

said there is a way to make a fortune? Could you tell me more?”

Li Du said, ”This warehouse is a treasure chest, sir.”

Felister looked at him suspiciously and said, ”What do you mean? Are you suggesting

we might sell the contents? Is that how you say we can make big bucks?”

He looked disappointed and waved his hand. ”No, man, this won't work. It's full of

rubbish. I could only send this trash to the dumpsite, and I would have to spend money

on it.”

As warden, he was not brainless. The reason he wanted the prisoners to clean up the

warehouse was that he wanted them to sort through the inventory and see what was

valuable, sell what could be sold, and get rid of the rest.

However, he didn't think it was very likely anything worth keeping would show up. The

stored items were sent to the warehouse after a preliminary check and were generally

rubbish.

Li Du calmly said, ”There is a lot of junk and a small number of valuable goods here, but

if you are not an expert, you will not be able to tell them apart.”

”The things are in such a mess. How many experts do you want me to hire to sort

through them?” Felister interrupted. ”Cut it off, this is impractical.”

Li Du quickly said, ”No, you don't need to hire anyone, the experts will come on their

own. I won't keep you in suspense, Mr. Felister. You can put out an advertisement for a

warehouse auction and organize a public sale.”

On hearing this idea, Felister was stunned and said, ”Auction? You mean auction off the

contents? But I only have two warehouses here.”

The prison warehouses were very large, but with only two of them, a regular auction

would not work.

Li Du said, ”You don't have to do it the traditional way, with one warehouse as a unit.

You can set one or two shelves as a unit. The treasure hunters will be interested.”

Felister said, laughing, ”The way you say it, it sounds so simple. The treasure hunters

are not fools. Will they really bid on this junk here?”

”The treasure hunters are certainly not fools, sir,” said Li Du. ”I am actually a treasure

hunter myself. You can go and look at my file for more background.”

Felister suspected something. He pondered this for a few seconds and asked. ”Who are

you?”

Li Du said, ”We're all treasure hunters of the Million Dollar Club in Arizona, with assets

worth millions.”

He didn't say his property was actually worth a few hundred million dollars. Felister

would not believe him if he did and would decide he was just boasting.

Felister apparently thought so anyway, and laughed. ”The Arizona Million Dollar Club,

huh member?”

Li Du's goal has been achieved. He didn't really want to help the prison make money,

he just wanted to let the warden understand what trouble the Miami police had got into

by unlawfully imprisoning him. Hopefully, they would get scared and let him out.