Chapter 34 The Momentum of Five Million
Xu Youyou learned about warehouse auctions in the shortest possible time.
It is said to be a warehouse auction, but it is actually Taobao. Those who participate in the warehouse auction are also called Taobao people. What is auctioned is not the collection, but expired warehouses.
There may be antiques, gold and silver jewelry hidden in these warehouses, or of course they may all be garbage. After all, the truly valuable things may have been collected by the warehouse management company long ago.
Xu Youyou quickly found out about the latest warehouse auction in Upper New York Harbor this afternoon. There were a total of seven warehouses up for auction.
The largest warehouse is about 20 cubic meters, which is about the same size as an average person’s garage.
Xu Youyou looked at the picture and saw that it was packed full of messy things. She thought she might miss everything, but she still wanted to join in the fun.
"Ms. Xu, you'd better bring a local with you for this kind of warehouse auction," the guest room housekeeper reminded.
Xu Youyou understood instantly that it was a free country after all. The high-end private museum in-house purchase event almost had an accident a few days ago. The warehouse auction that she was going to go to today was probably even more brutal.
Not only did Xu Youyou bring her two original bodyguards, she also hired a local bodyguard for a single day. Seeing the bulge on the other person's waist, which seemed to be in the shape of a gun, Xu Youyou felt that her sense of security had improved a lot.
The warehouse auction is located near the port. Thanks to the booming personal warehouse industry in recent years, many people have rented warehouses but owe rent due to financial reasons. The warehouse management company will auction the items in the warehouse on a unit basis.
When Xu Youyou arrived, more than 20 Taobao people had gathered here. Xu Youyou was not the only Chinese face. She also saw a young man with a Chinese face in the crowd, who looked to be in his early twenties.
When the time came, the staff of the warehouse management company came to the scene. He did not say any polite words, but directly stated the rules of the warehouse auction: "Each warehouse is only allowed to be observed for three minutes, no touching is allowed, and the price cannot be lowered each time." At twenty dollars”
After saying this, the staff member took a group of people to the nearest warehouse. After the staff member opened the scroll door, he took out a timer.
More than twenty people crowded at the door and looked inside. Xu Youyou squeezed in the crowd and realized that she had made a mistake.
Unlike her empty-handed, everyone else brought tools, such as small searchlights, magnifying glasses, and flashlights. Xu Youyou was so blinded by their tools.
"Why don't you bring anything?"
Xu Youyou heard the broken Mandarin and turned around to look at the speaker, who happened to be the young man with a Chinese face that he had seen before.
"I decided to come here on the spur of the moment, so I didn't make any preparations." Xu Youyou explained.
The young man took out an old flashlight and said, "Do you want it? I'll sell it to you for five dollars."
Xu Youyou knew that the person who suddenly spoke to him could not be so kind. She shook her head: "No, I'm here to join in the fun."
The young man's face was full of regret. He was anxious to see the specific situation in the warehouse and did not continue chatting with Xu Youyou.
Perhaps because of Xu Youyou's Chinese face, the two white men next to her did not deliberately avoid her when they were talking.
"I received inside information. It is said that there is porcelain in a cardboard box."
"Porcelain is not necessarily an antique."
"If it is a complete set of porcelain, as long as it is not obviously damaged, even if it is not an antique, it can at least pay for itself."
"Then you decided to shoot?"
"Let's try it first. If it's within this number, I'll decide to win it."
Xu Youyou also wanted to see what the numbers they were drawing were, but as soon as she turned around, she received a fierce stare from the other party.
Xu Youyou has long known that there is nothing new under the sun. Although on the surface it is a blind box auction, some people have been in this business for a long time and naturally have ways to get inside information.
She had no tools and could only use her naked eyes to look at the situation inside.
The warehouse was packed to the brim, with many cardboard boxes stacked on top of each other. Many of the cardboard boxes had instructions sealed on them, making it even harder to see what was inside.
"The auction is starting now. The starting price is one hundred US dollars. Each bid increase cannot be less than twenty US dollars." As soon as the staff member finished speaking, someone immediately called for a bid. It happened to be the Chinese guy who talked to Xu Youyou earlier: "One hundred and twenty dollars."
Soon someone called again: "One hundred and forty dollars."
Xu Youyou watched the price soar and was called three hundred dollars.
She looked at the lively atmosphere at the scene and asked the system in her mind: "Is there any leakage here that can be picked up? How come everyone is bound to win?"
System: [Just some junk, not worth much money. 】
Xu Youyou was keenly aware of the meaning in its words: "Tongbao, if it doesn't have big money, is it worth small money?"
[Don't call me that, disgusting! 】
But it still replied to Xu Youyou: [About six thousand US dollars. 】
When Xu Youyou heard this, she joined the auction at the speed of light: "Four hundred dollars!"
The scene fell silent, and everyone looked at her strangely.
If she increases the price by a hundred dollars at a time, she breaks the rules in their eyes.
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"Yellow-skinned pig, go back to your country, you are not welcome here!"
The speaker was a young white man with freckles standing next to Xu Youyou.
Xu Youyou's bodyguards wanted to step forward to deal with them, but Xu Youyou stopped them, frowned and said to the freckled man: "Apologise to me for your inappropriate words and deeds."
When the freckled man heard this, he pointed at Xu Youyou and laughed: "The yellow-skinned pig lost his temper. I really thought this was..."
Xu Youyou reached out and grabbed the protruding finger of the other person, and then pulled him away. He stumbled and the freckled man fell flat on his back.
"Apologise!" Xu Youyou said fiercely.
The freckled man was shocked when he saw her posture.
"Tom, why are you such a loser that you can't even beat a little girl?" The people next to him laughed at him.
There was a bit of fear in Tom's eyes: "She knows Chinese Kung Fu!"
After all, only he knew how hard Xu Youyou had held him just now.
Xu Youyou looked like she was going to kick him again.
The freckled man was scared after all: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said nonsense."
Xu Youyou stopped arguing with him.
The staff watched the dispute stop and then asked: "Four hundred dollars, is there anyone who offers a higher price than this lady?"
"Four hundred and twenty dollars." The bidder this time was standing next to the freckled man.
Xu Youyou remembered that the two of them seemed to be in the same group, and this person did look at Xu Youyou provocatively at this time.
Xu Youyou is now worth billions, how could she care about such a small amount of money? She said loudly on the spot: "Five hundred!"
The bid was obviously five hundred dollars, but she made a bid of five million dollars.
(End of chapter)