Chapter 148: Stacks of Old Books (1/2)
Chapter 148: Stacks of Old Books
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Hans rong; this auction would not sell according to the genres, but that each section had been additionally divided, into hundreds of smaller sections!
With this, the information that Li Du had memorized yesterday lost its use He hurriedly rushed around the unit, hoping to remember the new sections for the valuable books they had recorded yesterday
Entering the second storage unit, he briskly walked around, and then returned to one of the stacks of books, puzzled
Hans asked, ”What’s up?”
Li Du said, ”This stack of books; it wasn’t here yesterday”
The stack that caught his attention was relatively small It was cordoned off by plastic poles, so it stood out from the other sections There were also other similar stacks around These stacks were all relatively fewer in books, and protected by poles
Hans glanced and said, ”These are all old books Perhaps the bookstore was being cautious of people da them if they took them out early, so they only took them out now”
The new books didn’t seem to have much value Li Du looked at the stacks of old books and decided to let the bug out to try to see if he could score a hit
When the bug came out, it made a round in the air and then fleard the stacks
Li Du controlled it to prevent it froy He paid attention to which stack it went to, and recorded its traveling path
He thought the bug would be interested in these old books, but besides the initial burst of energy when flying toward the first stack, the bug didn’t search around anymore
Apparently, besides this particular stack, the other books didn’t have y These old books had an even lower value than new books
An hour later, the auction was about to begin Someone shouted in a loudspeaker, ”Everyone, please leave the storage rooe room Remember the details of the location of books that you want to auction for, and please go outside so that we can begin the bidding!”
Hans, his eyebrows creased, said, ”This auction will be different from the past ones”
Previously, the people stood beside storage units the auction proceeded
Li Du could understand With the sheer nu auctioned, as well as the number of attendees, the bookstore clearly wanted to sell off asto the sequence, the first section to be auctioned was the self-ienre
A total of 20,000 to 30,000 books were separated into 20 different sections, with each section having about a thousand books or so The auctioneer spoke quickly, so the auction proceeded quickly as well
”Self-i bid is 1,000, 1,000, 1,000 dollars Whoever wants it, quickly raise your hand up so I can see you…
”Alright fella, 1,000 for you then Next up will be 1,100, anyone for 1,100…
”That guy went straight to 1,500, 1,500, 1,500—anyone want to go higher? Alright, no one is going for it, so these books belong to you, kiddo!”
One thousand five hundred dollars for a thousand new books; it was quite a good deal Li Du mentally calculated for a moment, and then asked, ”Say, how about we take all the books and set up a bookstore ourselves?”
”Are you trying to burn your money away?” Hans asked ”If these bookstores could still stay in business, ould they declare bankrupt?”
Li Du shrugged Hans was right; he see the idea
They didn’t have much interest in the self-improve They just stood at the side to watch how things played out
The book auction was proceeding e auctions Two auctioneers took turns on stage The words caun’s rate of fire If one hesitated for a moment, a section of books would be sold off
The auctioneers here didn’t bother to give anyone time to think They called thrice for the current offer, and if no one responded in three to four seconds, it would be a deal
About ten enre was about to start Li Du gave a pat on Hans’s shoulder and said, ”Let’s go, soldier!”
”Novels, section A, consisting of 1,000 books The starting bid is 2,000 dollars—2,000, 2,000, anyone willing to take it?” the auctioneer asked speedily