Chapter 1486 Leaving (1/2)

When Li Du went back to make his payment, the queue opened for him. The treasure hunter made a way for him so that he could go to the front of the queue.

Bell waved. ”You deserve the credit for helping the guys in our industry to teach the bastards a lesson.”

The treasure hunters nodded. ”Nice to see those motherfuckers crying. Serve them right.”

”How dare they look down on us?”

”Haha, I still feel like laughing when I recall their faces!”

Li Du went to the front of the line. There was no need to be low key and humble in the United States, where people appreciated high self-confidence.

He walked over and beckoned to Bill Shoreton, got the clearance with his ID and handed it to Bill, saying, ”You take care of the rest.”

Bill was stunned. Then he smiled pleasantly. ”Am I officially your assistant?”

Li Du raised his finger and said, ”I'll give you a three-month trial.”

Bill nodded vigorously. ”No problem at all. Leave it to me, boss!”

Leaving the paperwork to Bill, Li Du was no longer involved with the warehouse.

He needed to disappear from the warehouse auction business for a while. Although he did help the treasure hunters, the ability that he showed made them wary of him.

On the upside, it meant that treasure hunters dared not go against him anymore. However, it also meant that they formed the impression that he was a schemer.

It was a bad impression, and he had to tone it down. In addition, the fact that Turis had hurt him made him want to stay out of the business for a while.

Turis was the first treasure hunter he had ever known who had been kind to him, and when everyone looked down on him, he threw a party and invited him and Hans to it.

He still found it hard to believe that Turis betrayed them for an unknown amount of money. It was heartbreaking.

Li Du was loyal to his old friends. Otherwise, he would not have helped the Flagstaff treasure hunters all the time.

Some people, it turned out, thought about nothing but profit and loss. The rest of the Flagstaff people stayed loyal so far, but who could know how many of them would be ready to turn their backs on him if they thought they could earn more elsewhere?

This feeling frustrated him, so he didn't even bother to see the warehouse.

He already had a rough idea of what was in the warehouse, and by the end of the auction, he would be a member of the California Million Dollar Club.

In all, he took eight warehouses. That was not many, but each was worth a fortune.

The handling of the warehouse goods was left to Bill Shoreton, and the young man was clever and skillful enough to get Lu Guan to cooperate with him. The two of them could do it well.

Li Du and Hans went to an auction at Sotheby's, and he was there just for the fun of it.

The auction had nothing that interested him, but he just went there to distract himself from this recent disappointment.

The auction ended in October. By then, the fighting in the Kokang region finally ceased, with the government and the guerrillas signing a ceasefire agreement to regroup and recuperate.

Thus, Li Du was ready to go to Myanmar to look for the jade mine that might still exist.