Early the next morning, Zhu Yu cooked porridge and fried two vegetables. After eating and cleaning up, he went to the edge of the port.
There are many large and small yard owners in the port area.
Yesterday, Zhu Yu learned from John that a small cargo yard owner, James, was going to auction four containers today.
James's cargo yard is located in the corner of the port area. It is inconspicuous and the traffic is not very convenient. Basically, those who rent containers here are not rich people.
Zhu Yu also came here to try his hand this time - after all, in the busy cargo yard in the port area, most of the auction containers stored some popular commodities, and Zhu Yu couldn't afford the auction goods that often cost tens of thousands of dollars.
When he arrived at the goods yard and saw a dozen people already here, Zhu Yu's heart skipped a beat!
These treasure hunters are so unscrupulous!
I saw several treasure hunter celebrities, such as Madden, Diana, the black Joey brothers, etc. These are all great treasure hunters who hang out in the port area!
I often hear about them taking photos of containers for tens of thousands of dollars and earning tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars a month.
Why would such a person come here to hunt for treasure?
Seeing Zhu Yu's arrival, several regulars in the bar smiled and said hello:
"Hey, Zhu, are you here to watch the fun, or are you ready to take a gamble?"
"I heard from Old John that this Chinese boy also wants to gamble his luck."
"When you get here, it all depends on your luck!"
Madden, who had a good attitude, said to Zhu Yu:
"Then good luck to you!"
Zhu Yu said thank you.
This Madden looks very polite, but according to John, he is the most sophisticated among these people.
John also warned Zhu Yu that if he came to take pictures of the containers, he must not let others, especially Madden, see what he was thinking.
Otherwise, you will definitely be intercepted!
Zhu Yu blended into the crowd, saying hello while looking at the four containers that had been hung in the open space.
The auction hasn't started yet, and all four containers are locked.
Zhu Yu walked up to him and "scanned" the first container seemingly unintentionally.
Inside the container were some old furniture, several tin tubes, and an old box.
According to the experience gained from John, old furniture is not valuable. Most people cannot see the contents of the tin tube, but Zhu Yu can see that there are some old packaging bags inside.
In that old box were some game controllers, old records and other things.
It all adds up to less than a hundred dollars.
He immediately closed his eyes and went to look at the second container.
There is an old piano at the door of the second container. There are also several standard boxes inside, filled with musical instruments.
Zhu Yu simply passed by. This container was an "open item", so he couldn't gamble.
Close your eyes and feel dizzy. rest for a bit.
The black brother Joey next to him laughed at Zhu Yu:
"Chinese boy, your body still needs training. You must learn from us!"
Zhu Yu smiled and said nothing.
My heart says that if we really want to fight, the two of you combined are nothing!
The third container contained several boxes of old clothes and a broken suitcase. There was a table at the door blocking the view, and a pile of old clothes on the table.
The focus was on the suitcase. Zhu Yu glanced at it and found an antique typewriter inside.
This thing is worth some money!
Zhu Yu immediately looked away, feeling a little dizzy.
At this time, the owner of the goods yard has come over, but the auctioneer has not arrived yet and will have to wait for a while.
Zhu Yu rested for a while and looked at the fourth container.
Inside the fourth container were a dozen cardboard boxes neatly arranged. Zhu Yu glanced at it and saw printing paper inside!
There seemed to be machines or something in the box at the back, but Zhu Yu couldn't see clearly!
His dizziness became even worse, and he had no choice but to withdraw his Sky Eye!
Gotta take a break!
At this time, the auctioneer arrived.
Zhu Yu had seen this auctioneer before. He was about forty years old, bald, wearing a jacket, and usually relatively silent in bars.
But during the auction, it was very eye-catching!
The yard owner said a few words in a hurry:
"These containers are all leased by others without renewal. Some of the owners are farmers and some are businessmen. I hope you can make a fortune here!"
After saying this, he motioned to his assistant to start.
The assistant took the big pliers and unscrewed the lock of the first container.
The container opened to reveal the old furniture inside.
Onlookers immediately came over to watch, but could not cross the line.
After looking around, the auctioneer immediately stood in front of the container and raised his hand:
"The starting price is fifty dollars, fifty dollars...good! Sixty...one hundred...one hundred..."
He speaks very fast, but expresses himself very clearly!
As long as one person increases the price, the numbers in his mouth will immediately start to change, and his hand will point to the person who increased the price.
Zhu Yu listened to the auctioneer shouting the price while resting. He was a little surprised at how he kept the same tone from beginning to end and couldn't even hear the breath exchange!
This auctioneer is not simple!
Zhu Yu also offered a symbolic $100, but after being surpassed by others, he stopped bidding again.
Not many people bid.
Soon, the container was acquired by the black brother Joey for two hundred dollars.
Everyone else was laughing and joking, some congratulating Joey and some making sarcastic remarks.
The second container opened, but Brother Joey did not look at his own container, obviously intending to take continuous pictures.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw the old piano, and the voices of the onlookers immediately became enthusiastic.
The auctioneer was also very happy. After everyone had seen it, he immediately shouted:
"The starting bid is five hundred dollars, and the increase in bid for each auction must not be less than fifty dollars!"
"One thousand dollars!" Madden was the first to bid!
"Two thousand dollars!" Diana followed.
"Two thousand five hundred dollars!" Zhu Yu also followed.
However, his price was quickly surpassed. In less than a minute, the bid for the container reached six thousand US dollars!
Everyone knows that although those musical instruments are second-hand goods, they are still worth some money!
In the end, Matt paid $9,000 for the container.
Matt had a look of pride on his face.
Next, is the third container.
The auctioneer started the bidding at twenty-five dollars this time, and increased the price by no less than twenty-five dollars each time.
Because the old table at the door was blocking it, it was difficult to see inside clearly.
But those with sharp eyes still saw the old clothes exposed from the box inside.
The auctioneer also knew this, so the starting price was not high.
But even so, not many people participated in the photo shoot.
Diana called the price once and raised it to fifty dollars.
Then Zhu Yu increased the price once, to seventy-five dollars.
Zhu Yu's performance was not eye-catching, and no one noticed.
Madden raised the price once to a hundred dollars.
Zhu Yu's palms became sweaty - he planned to take over this container, but he couldn't make it too obvious.
Seeing that no one was raising the price, he raised the price to one hundred and twenty-five dollars with a slightly nervous voice.
The auctioneer looked at him with strange eyes - he had seen him several times at the auction site, but he had never seen Zhu Yu auction before.
But this time I'm afraid this Chinese boy will suffer a loss!
After Zhu Yu made two bids, no one bid again.
Zhu Yu was a little worried, but he didn't show it.
Diana suddenly asked Zhu Yu:
"Zhu, why do you have to take this container?"
Joey added:
"I heard that Chinese people know kung fu and some mysterious things. Can Zhu see the treasure in this container?"
After listening to these two people's words, everyone else turned to pay attention.
Zhu Yu wanted to strangle Joey to death at this time!
However, he remained calm on the surface, smiling self-deprecatingly:
"I also want to take down the previous container. But I only have more than a thousand dollars on hand, so I can only look at these containers of little value."
He pointed at Matt, then at Diana, and said:
"As long as you want to bid for tens of thousands of dollars for the container you are interested in, there is no need to compete with us poor people for this small amount of money, right?"
His words successfully attracted the firepower to these big guys.
After all, most of these dozen people have a net worth of several thousand dollars, and they can't compete with those big names!
Zhu Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
I hope this way, I can get through it!
