Chapter 81 Auction
Fly bar.
Luke ordered two glasses of whiskey and handed one to David next to him.
"Why did you think of buying me a drink?"
Luke clinked glasses with the other party, took a sip, "I want to borrow some money."
"How much?" David put down his wine glass, as if not surprised by this.
"One thousand dollars."
"No problem, no matter how many, I can't do anything."
"Why, you don't pick up girls, and you don't mess around?"
David drank the wine in the glass, "Lindsay."
"She asked you for money again."
David shook his head, "I want to release Lindsay on bail, and I'm preparing the bail money."
"Are you her guarantor?"
David nodded.
"Do you think she can change?"
David ordered two more glasses of whiskey, "I don't know."
"If she violates the bail regulations, not only will the bond be confiscated, but you will also be held responsible. Think clearly."
"I have no choice, she was a policeman, if the prisoners in the prison know...
She's my wife, and I can't stand by. "
"How much is the bail bond?"
"Just take care of yourself, I will take care of the security deposit myself."
"How much is missing?"
"Ten thousand dollars."
Luke took a sip of his whiskey, "Do you still love her?"
"No... But, I have a responsibility to take care of her."
…
American warehouse industry is very popular.
The reason is very complicated, mainly in two aspects.
First, there is no household registration system in the United States, and the mobility is high. Many people don’t like to buy a house. Renting a house and moving is too troublesome, so the warehouse leasing industry has emerged.
Beyond a certain period of time, the owner of the warehouse does not pay the lease fee, and the warehouse is legally regarded as an unowned property, and the storage company can dispose of it by itself.
One more thing, the United States has detailed garbage classification laws, and it takes a lot of money to dispose of garbage.
In order to save money on garbage disposal, many households will rent a warehouse for garbage disposal. If they don’t renew the fee, they will leave the pot to the warehouse company. Therefore, more than 90% of the warehouses auctioned are worthless and even have to pay for garbage disposal.
It is precisely this kind of uncertainty that warehouse companies will handle in the form of auctions.
If you take pictures of the warehouse, you must completely empty everything in it, including garbage. You can’t just take valuable things and leave garbage, otherwise you will be blacklisted.
The warehouse company can also save a sum on the cost of garbage disposal.
There are more than a thousand warehouses held public auctions every day across the United States, so many "professional warehouse auctioneers" were born.
It's different from people like Luke who try their luck.
Many treasure hunters are in the second-hand business, so that the items found in the warehouse can be sold through channels to obtain the greatest value.
At around nine o'clock, Luke rushed to the Munn Storage Center.
Many people gathered in the warehouse, chatting in small groups.
Luke didn't have much communication with them. He bought warehouses not based on experience, but based on the system. It can almost be said that he won't lose money.
In other words, if it is based on experience, it is too late to cram. He is definitely not as good as a treasure hunter who relies on this industry for a living.
At ten o'clock, Boret, the manager of the Munn Warehouse Center, came over, "Gentlemen, welcome to the Munn Warehouse Center. If you want to participate in the warehouse auction, please go to the office and pay a $100 cleaning deposit."
Everyone lined up in two rows to pay the fee, and Luke stood among them.
Borret saw Luke nodding, and the two didn't communicate much.
During the payment process, Luke also saw an acquaintance Thompson.
After paying the fee, Bolet took everyone to an open space, "Gentlemen, our company is entrusted by the district court to auction 5 private warehouses in arrears of rent according to law.
After winning the auction, the bidder can obtain the ownership of the warehouse within 24 hours and own all the properties in the warehouse.
After 24 hours, the right to use the warehouse and the property in the warehouse shall belong to the company.
Gentlemen, if there is no doubt, the auction has officially begun. "
Boret led the crowd to the outside of No. 94 warehouse and opened the warehouse door, "The old rule is that you can only stand at the door and watch for a minute, you can't probe, you can't use tools, and you can't enter the warehouse.
The auction will start in one minute, and the highest bid will win. "
Luke stood at the door and looked in. The door of the warehouse was three meters wide, and the items in the warehouse were stacked in a mess. Of all kinds of sundries, only the outermost items could be seen, and everything inside was blocked.
This is the first time I participated in this kind of auction, and I don’t understand the details here, so I just follow blindly.
Through the gap, he saw a familiar wooden box. The box was gray with a blue carving, probably because it had been stored for too long and the color had faded a lot.
But he can be sure that he has indeed seen a similar box—in the file of the 'Disappearance Case at Tellson Manor'.
This is most likely a box that Mrs. Anna lost.
In the case of the disappearance of Tellson Manor, there are still two parts of stolen goods that have not been found, and one part is the oil painting that is worthless.
There is also part of the jewelry that Tony got, of course, it may have been sold by him for drug use.
Luke did not reveal his identity hastily. Although the box looks similar, it may not necessarily be the same. In order to avoid an oolong, he is going to take a photo first to see what is in the box.
Boret’s voice came to mind, “Gentlemen, one minute is up, and today’s auction house has officially started.
Warehouse 94 starts at $100. "
"$150," yells an old man in a cowboy hat.
"Oh, this generous gentleman bid $150, $150 once, is there any higher bid..."
"$200," Luke asked.
The old man in the cowboy hat bid again, "250 dollars."
"The bidding is fierce, $250 a time, is there any higher price, look at the things in the warehouse, you will definitely not be disappointed..."
Luke raised the price, "$300."
"Wow, this gentleman is really discerning, he raised the price again..."
Thompson waved his hand, "$400."
"Oh, it's Thompson, an old friend of our company, there should be no one who doesn't know him. It's 400 US dollars once, is there any higher bid..."
Luke shouted again, "$450."
"$500." Thompson continued to bid, and shrugged at Luke, "sorry, I have also taken a fancy to this warehouse, and I didn't mean to target you."
Luke smiled, "Just to remind you, the things in this warehouse are not something you can get."
"You are not too strict, oh, I almost forgot, you are a policeman." Thompson still couldn't let go of what happened that day. Since that confession, his son has seen him in a different way.
He regretted it.
Regret that he didn't have a fight with Luke that day, even if he lost, at least he was still the hero in his son's heart.
He wanted to make amends.
"Police badges are useless here, but this one." Thompson shook the green bill in his hand.
Borret had a smile on his fat face. This was the scene he wanted to see the most. Once there was friction between the bidders, they would compete with each other and get a better price.
"$500 once, $500 twice, has anyone offered a higher price..." Boret looked at the old man in the cowboy hat, and then at Luke next to him.
Finally, Luke gave up the bid.
He found clues to the case in the warehouse, and bought it to facilitate investigation and not affect the normal bidding of the warehouse.
But now the situation is different, Thompson competes with himself.
He insisted on getting involved in the case, and Luke couldn't help him.
In fact, it may not be a bad thing to say to Luke to take yourself out of it.
If there is no belongings lost by Anna in the warehouse, the warehouse may not be worth much.
If there are properties lost by Anna in the warehouse, then these properties are stolen goods and no one can take them away.
Great joy and great sorrow.
Thompson will cry badly...
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(end of this chapter)