Franco Lee didn’t come alone.
He was accompanied by an old white man with a white beard who drove a truck with a cargo compartment and arrived at the Long Beach Port where the container auction was taking place.
It seems like this isn't the first time.
Through Franco's introduction, Tang Songyuan learned that the old white man was Hod Marcelos, who had been selling computer accessories in Los Angeles for many years.
"Hello, Mr. Marcelos!" Tang Songyuan greeted enthusiastically.
"Just call me Hod!"
Marcelos's eyes have been attracted by the various boxes that Tang Songyuan moved out of the container.
Whether it's a dazzling array of accessories, a few brand-new Apple notebooks, or more than a hundred 4090 graphics cards, it's all comparable to a large-scale purchase site.
He said: "It's unbelievable, Mr. Tang, did you just move out of these?"
Tang Songyuan smiled calmly and relaxedly: "As you can see, these accessories are indeed from the container that was just photographed."
"My old friend Franco also knows that my luck has always been relatively good..."
Franco raised his eyebrows helplessly, but still nodded in agreement: "That's true. Tang is really the luckiest treasure hunter I have ever seen."
He remembered the story of Tang, Song and Yuan's last treasure hunt and the drug dealer's lair, and he was still a little frightened.
Fortunately, the drug dealer went in and was jailed for life, otherwise there might have been subsequent troubles.
Although he is not necessarily afraid of this.
Next came the inventory work. Hodder carefully checked the various accessories in the box and confirmed that they were all brand new.
"Hey~ This is a Corsair DDR4 memory module. There are both 32G and 64G. The 32G one will cost you $120, and the 64G one will cost you $200. What do you think?"
Huo De looked at Tang Songyuan with shrewd eyes and asked.
In fact, Tang Songyuan had already checked the selling price on the official website, but he could also understand the price difference of the purchase.
As a retailer, it would take Hodder at least half a year to digest these accessories after buying them back. Why would he bother to make this trip without making any profit?
He smiled slightly and said: "No problem, Hodder, you are an expert in this field, and I believe in Franco. He can bring you here, which means you must be a trustworthy person."
Hodder curled his lips and continued to count the various accessories.
In the end, the miscellaneous accessories added up to a total of 86,000 U.S. dollars, including five Apple laptops, each worth 2,500 U.S. dollars, and 108 4090 graphics cards, each worth 2,000 U.S. dollars.
There were also twenty Bell Star carbon motorcycle helmets. Although Hodder was not in the business, he still reluctantly accepted them after Franco's persuasion.
But he was only willing to pay $450 for a helmet.
Tang Songyuan agreed without much hesitation. As a result, he bought Container No. 1 for US$21,000 and sold it for a total of US$323,500.
Net profit of more than 300,000 US dollars!
After accepting the check issued by Hod, Tang Songyuan helped him re-seal the box and move it to the truck driven by Hod.
Watching Hodder's truck leave the dock, Franco was about to chat with Tang Songyuan, but he was seen by the fat black brother who was unpacking the box at the side.
"Hey, Franco, we were about to call you, but we didn't expect you to be here now!"
Yuri Jin came over to greet him with a smile, and when he saw the empty container that Tang Songyuan had emptied, he couldn't help but curiously said:
"Oh, amazing Tang, I didn't pay attention just now, what good things did you get here?"
Tang Songyuan said with a relaxed smile: "They are just ordinary accessories, barely enough for the cost."
Then he changed the subject and said, "What about you, what good things are in container No. 6?"
Yuri Jin slumped his shoulders and said: "The things are very messy and complicated, and it is difficult for us to estimate the price of some of them. How about you come with me and take a look."
Although before the auction, Tang Songyuan knew clearly what items were in the container bought by Brother Hei Fat, he still pretended to be interested and followed them together.
When we arrived at the place, all the items had been counted by the fat black brother.
First there was a pile of fabric, carpet, and in the middle some cushions that looked like they were stuffed with worn pillows.
These occupy two-thirds of the volume of the container, plus a five-meter-long ship.
Franco picked up the fabric and the stall, checked it, and said, "These fabrics are a specialty of Arabia, and the clothes they are made of are very breathable."
"The carpets are of typical Omani style, and some of them are even elaborately woven with Arabian mythological stories. The same goes for these cushions, which are also made of pure handmade leather..."
In the end, Franco estimated the price of these items at 4,500 US dollars.
But this was still less than half of the $9,000 they spent.
Whether the money can be recovered in the end depends on whether the 80% new ship is worth anything.
Then Franco called a friend who owned a rowing shop. The friend confirmed based on the nameplate on the boat that it was a first-class rowing boat.
And it is a customized model with special customs, basically used to participate in professional competitions like marathons.
The motor on the boat alone has about a thousand horsepower, and all the parts on it are brand new and intact.
After the appraisal, my friend was willing to buy it at a price of 35,000.
After hearing the news, the fat black brother jumped up excitedly, beating his hands and feet like two gorillas and yelling.
"Ho~! Franco, you are so awesome!" Keith King even wanted to kiss Franco, but the latter avoided him without leaving a trace.
The two brothers made a net profit of more than 20,000 US dollars from this racing boat alone, not to mention the extras such as carpets.
Unlike the big harvest here with the fat black brothers, the situation of Shelly Jacqueline not far away was not so wonderful.
She spent 15,000 US dollars to buy this container. She was dumbfounded when she opened the first box.
It was filled with a bunch of model toys for children, and even a lot of summer homework books.
Damn it, what are you going to do with these summer homework books now that the summer vacation is over?
There were dozens of boxes, large and small, all containing similar things, either plastic bottles or cardboard cups.
The total value of these things is at most two thousand US dollars, which is still more than half of her principal of fifteen thousand US dollars.
Then Shelly also moved an oversized squeeze bottle out of the container. This thing made the fat black brother not far away couldn't help but laugh loudly:
"Beautiful Shelly, this thing is really great. I think it will be very comfortable if you take it back and take a bath!"
An angry Shelly raised her middle finger at them regardless of appearance.
Her last hope was placed in those boxes with pictures of camera lenses on them, but when she took them out and opened them, she was still disappointed.
What was in the box was not a camera lens or video camera at all, but a plastic coffee cup.
Shelly grabbed a few cups angrily and slammed them back into the box.
She estimated that these items could be exchanged for up to 2,500 US dollars. This container cost her 12,500 US dollars.
If converted into RMB, that would be a loss of RMB 88,000.
However, what made her even more angry were the fat black brother's words that were like needles pricking her:
"My dear Shelly, I still need to learn more Chinese in the future. Do you know what Yiwu, China, does?"
