Chapter 1608 Light up the Gun Powder Barrel (2/2)

They had a close relationship. In fact, Gasol and Sandler were relatives.

To earn their trust, Stein and Gasol had previously revealed to them some information about the container, namely, that the container contained a very valuable oil painting.

However, that was all they knew. They did not know the details of who the artist was, what kind of painting it was, or from which era.

Hence, after Stein and Gasol were arrested, they were flustered and did not know what to do.

The South American said, ”There must be something strange going on with this d*mned auction. Let us go check the other bidding slips. I definitely bid two hundred thousand, how can it land in someone else's hand for fifty thousand dollars?”

Sandler spit out some saliva that had traces of blood. He said angrily, ”How would the insurance company show us the slips so easily? We have no time for these games. Follow me up the ship, let's go keep our eyes on that frozen container. We will strike when there's an opportunity!”

The results were released in the afternoon and they had to pay up right away. On that day, the treasure hunters would have received all the rights to the containers that they have successfully bid for.

Li Du glanced at the public list. There were only 800 containers that were successfully auctioned off, out of 2000 of them. That was less than half. He asked, ”What will happen to the rest?”

Bell said, ”They will be auctioned off in a lower level by-invite-only auction. The next time, they would be inviting some Million Dollar Club members, One Hundred Thousand Club members. And if there are still leftover containers, they would again invite more treasure hunters of a lower level. There are a few hundred thousands of treasure hunters in the States. There would be some way of getting rid of all those containers.”

The sea became livelier. The mid-to-small sized ships started to set out. They were ready to bring out the goods.

That was a grueling process. Auctions out at the sea were very troublesome. That was because the ships could not dock at the port. Hence, all the preparations had to be done while out on the water. The treasure hunters had to engage people to move the items they bid for onto a ship that they rented. Then, back on land, they had to move the goods from the ship onto their truck...

Each of the containers was opened up. The sea and the ship became crowded and the traffic was high.

Li Du opened up the frozen container at a corner and Big Quinn brought with him some strong men to get to work.

Playboy and Magic Hand, who had been standing by the side, stretched their heads out and asked, ”Hey, Li, what's that? You bid for a frozen goods container? What's in there?”

Li Du opened a box and revealed small bricks that were purple-red.

”What are those?” Playboy could not fathom.

Magic Hand examined the small bricks carefully. He frowned and was about to speak when someone spoke from the container by the side, ”Whose container is this?”

Hearing the question, Magic Hand turned around and looked. ”Mine. Hi, Sandler. Batlon, how are you feeling? Heard that you guys fell into the sea from the ship and then were attacked in the hospital? What happened?”

It was Sandler and his two men who began asking the questions. Sensing that Magic Hand sounded like he was mocking them, the three men felt unhappy but could not let that show.

Sandler muttered, ”Nothing much. Does this container belong to you? Are these oil paintings yours too?”

The container was opened and there were movers who were packing up the place. The rotten fruits, vegetables, and meat were dumped directly into the sea. The food items and other stuff that was not damaged were sorted into different piles. In one of the piles, there were more than ten oil paintings.