Early the next morning.
Tang Songyuan and Ni Sisi had breakfast and took a taxi to Long Beach Port.
After some inquiries, I learned that the container auction would not start until 9:30 local time.
Tang Songyuan signed up at the management office and waited there with Ni Sisi.
After a while, a pair of acquaintances from Tang, Song and Yuan rushed to the scene. They were Yuri Jin and Keith Jin, the fat black brothers he met in Los Angeles last time.
"Hey, mysterious Tang, long time no see!" Yuri Jin recognized Tang Songyuan as soon as he saw him, and came over to greet him enthusiastically.
After studying hard with Ni Sisi in the past few days in Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, although there was no major breakthrough in speaking,
But a simple hello can still be said.
But if there are more, Ni Sisi will need to translate.
He smiled and agreed: "Hi, Yuri, Case, long time no see."
Yuri Jin smiled and nodded, and Keith Jin approached Tang Songyuan and asked curiously:
"Hey Don, what good stuff did you get at the warehouse auction over on Santa Monica Street last time? Why didn't you reveal anything about it?"
Tang, Song and Yuan didn't understand what he heard. After Ni Sisi's translation, he said perfunctorily:
"Oh, there's nothing particularly good. It's just some discarded junk that can barely pay for itself."
Keith King obviously had an expression of disbelief, but Tang Songyuan didn't want to say more, so he didn't ask any more questions.
Then people who participated in the container auction came to the management office one after another. Brother Hei Fat also enthusiastically introduced to Tang Songyuan:
"The fat white guy in the black T-shirt is Lewis Jeffrey,"
"The tall, thin man with sallow skin and hair parted in the middle is Matthew,"
"The tall white man who is also fat but has a beard is Jolin,"
"The hot 36F blonde girl is named Shelly Jacqueline..."
When talking about Shelly Jacqueline, Tang Songyuan couldn't help but be attracted by her outstanding majesty and took a second look.
One look is respect, one more look is true love.
"Does it look good?" Ni Sisi, who noticed the direction of his gaze, sat next to him and asked casually.
Tang Songyuan said frankly without changing his expression: "It doesn't look good, but it's just a medical beauty technology. How can silicone fillings be as good as natural ones."
"Haha, you know what's going on!" Ni Sisi chuckled.
Just as he was talking, a tall white man walked up to Tang Songyuan and asked:
"Asian?"
Tang Songyuan raised his eyebrows and responded: "Chinese, what's wrong?"
This man was introduced to him by the fat brother just now. His name was Rolls Baker, and he was an old player in container treasure hunting.
Rolls showed a smile on his face and said: "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were the Neon People just now. Brother Yuri knows that. The Neon People and I have never dealt with each other very well."
Tang Songyuan also smiled and said: "That doesn't matter, as long as you also hate the neon people, we will be good friends."
Yuri Jin on the side agreed: "Yes, I haven't seen that neon man for a long time. I don't know where he went."
Rawls looked a little displeased and said, "Don't mention him to me. When I think of that guy, I want to slap him in the mouth with a toilet plug."
Keith King did not believe in evil, and he said the name of the neon man with a smile:
"Ijima Itaoshi, Ijima Itaoshi..."
"Farke!"
Rawls punched Keith King on the arm in annoyance, but perhaps because he didn't use too much force, the fat black brothers started laughing together.
The time came to 9:30 Los Angeles time.
The person in charge of the container auction from the management office came out, and Yuri shouted loudly: "Hey, Merlin, can you start? I'm almost hungry from the wait."
Everyone burst into laughter. Merlin held a folder in his hand, glanced at him helplessly, waved his hand and said, "Let's get started, all follow me!"
More than a dozen people participating in the container auction followed suit. Tang Songyuan and Ni Sisi came to the end and walked slowly behind the group.
Soon we came to an area where containers were piled up like mountains. A large forklift was unloading containers one by one from a high place and placing them on a spacious open space in the venue.
It is estimated that these are the expired containers that will be auctioned today.
Merlin opened the first container based on the batch on the folder.
When the door is opened, there are a bunch of cardboard boxes, and they are arranged very neatly. Judging from the appearance, there must be good things inside. All the cabinets at the door are helmets.
These brand-new helmets are wrapped in plastic film and look very cool. You can tell they are worth a lot of money at a glance.
The square, three-dimensional cardboard box was fixed into a frame by several wooden boards. It looked like it contained a motorcycle. If it was brand new, it would be conservatively estimated to be worth several thousand dollars.
Looking at the size of the boxes, there are no fewer than twenty such boxes in the container.
If the bet is successful, if there are really more than twenty brand-new and cool motorcycles in this container, they will be worth at least one hundred thousand US dollars.
Everyone gathered at the door to watch, but according to the regulations, they were not allowed to reach out and their heads were not allowed to go beyond the door of the container.
The fat black brothers were talking quietly while watching. Rawls scratched his head and raised his feet, as if he wanted to explore the information about the items in the container from different angles.
The funniest thing was Matthew. He fell down directly on the ground and used the magic toad skill, trying to find some clues from the bottom.
But Shelly Jacqueline blocked him intentionally or unintentionally, making him look lonely.
Tang, Song and Yuan also opened up their perspective and scanned the interior of the container.
Under perspective, what was inside those tightly wrapped cardboard boxes was not brand-new motorcycles at all, but a variety of accessories.
They are all unopened computer accessories, including mice, keyboards, memory sticks, etc.
Tang Songyuan also saw several brand-new laptops. In the innermost corner of the container, there were hundreds of cardboard boxes piled up, all of which were actually brand-new graphics cards.
The box also says: GEFORCE RTX 4090.
4090!
It is actually a 4090 graphics card. Anyone who knows computers knows that a graphics card of this level costs at least 13,000 to 15,000 yuan in China.
Even in Western countries, this thing costs almost 2,000 US dollars each, and there are hundreds of them in this container.
Although there is no motorcycle, this batch of graphics cards alone makes this container worth US$200,000.
Five minutes of observation time is up.
Merlin stood at the door of the container and began to preside over the auction: "Okay, the starting price of this container is 500 US dollars, start bidding!"
"$2,000!"
As soon as Merlin finished speaking, the fat black brother couldn't wait to quote.
Just now, Yuri Jin's sharp eyes saw the words "computer speakers" written on one of the cardboard boxes. The brothers thought that there were probably several boxes of laptops hidden inside.
Matthew, Rawls, and Lewis, who were also interested, took turns bidding.
In addition, the person in charge, Merlin, had to repeat their quotation. He spoke very fast and spit, and the price was quickly raised to 10,000 US dollars by several people.
Tang Songyuan also raised his hand at the right time and quoted: "Ten thousand US dollars!"
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