Chapter 1484 Sorry (1/2)

”What's the meaning of this?” A house picker asked anxiously.

Logan smiled calmly. ”Is there any point in saying it now? Those are just empty words. Would we believe you? We managed to take away the warehouses that you guys spent so much effort to pick out!”

Li Du smiled too. In fact, he was smiling more happily than Logan was. ”The warehouses that I picked with a lot of effort? Are you sure? Bill bought the warehouses that I picked out.”

Bill shrugged his shoulders. ”The competition was not tough. It was no hassle getting those warehouses.”

Li Du stretched out his arms and drew a circle across Logan and his men. He said, ”Do you guys think I'm stupid or something? There have been three rounds of property auctions before. You guys managed to take away the houses at a price lower than my estimate every time. You had taken at least twenty houses that way. Was I supposed to think it was a coincidence?”

Saying that, he smirked. ”I knew that there was a traitor amongst us, playing a game of catfishing. You guys really think that my buddy has been moved by your words?”

”I purposely let you have those warehouses. Don't you feel that they were slightly expensive? Fifty-four warehouses, which altogether had cost nearly four million. Did you guys feel smug paying that?”

The more Li Du spoke, the brighter he smiled.

On the other hand, the house pickers started to get nervous. Logan tried his best to stay calm and smiled coldly. ”You can say what you want. You think we'd believe your words? You said that just to get us to tell you the name of my spy. No, I won't do that!”

Li Du said in a relaxed manner, ”Think whatever the hell you want. You guys go ahead and check out the warehouses. I swear, if the value of those warehouses comes up to a million bucks, I will leave Los Angeles immediately. On top of that, I will never go into the warehouse auction trade again. Everyone here can bear witness!”

Many treasure hunters had stopped queueing up to pay. They were now surrounding Li Du and his people, watching the conflict unfold.

Initially, they had thought that Li Du had fallen into Logan's trap and were waiting to watch the drama. Later, they realized that it was Logan who had been duped. Everything that happened seemed to be something right out of a movie. They were all enjoying the show.

Hearing Li Du's oath, many treasure hunters started to laugh:

”Hey, buddy, you're doomed. Li is the treasure-hunting king of Arizona. If he swore that, he must be extremely confident!”

”Where did this idiot come from? He wanted to trick Boss Li. That man has never fallen into anyone's trap since he joined the trade. In fact, he has never left an auction empty-handed, either!”

”This is getting interesting. Haha, four million for fifty-odd warehouses? These people are real amateurs!”

The house pickers were all terribly nervous by now. Li Du was right. They had found a traitor amongst the treasure hunter team. Their initial motive had been simply to get their valuation of the houses.

Then they had found out about the custom warehouse auction. After gathering some information, the bunch of them were all shocked by the possible value of that auction.

When they learned that Li Du was very capable in the warehouse auction trade, they had a new idea. They meant to get the traitor to provide information on the warehouses to them. Then, they would bid higher and snatch the warehouses away.

On the surface, everything proceeded smoothly. They had received the bid records of the warehouses. Then they went to confirm the value of the warehouses and in the end, they topped up slightly above Li Du's estimation and won with higher bids.

There were a few reasons why they dared to bid higher. One, Logan believed in the authenticity of the information that the traitor provided. Two, he got someone to check Li Du's background. The information that they received about Li Du raised their confidence.