Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets -
Chapter 106 - One Hundred and Six: Small Gain or Small Loss?
Chapter 106: Chapter One Hundred and Six: Small Gain or Small Loss?
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Whether everyone is fond of cars or thinking that buying this car can find a bargain, the atmosphere is ignited as soon as the auction started!
Madden, as always, pushed the price directly to the first highpoint:
"Five thousand US dollars!"
Before the auctioneer could repeat this offer, Diana Smith, who had previously failed to compete with Hamilton Diaz, immediately raised her hand:
"Eight thousand dollars!"
Elder Joey wouldn’t show weakness either:
"Ten thousand US dollars!"
At this point, the bidding slightly slowed down. Auctioneer Cook, who was as stunned as the other treasure hunters, just reacted in time and repeated loudly:
"Ten thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars Mr. Joey offers ten thousand dollars, any more increase, ten thousand dollars, alright, twelve thousand dollars, twelve thousand dollars...."
The person who increased the price again was Ralph Turner. He raised his hand high, seemingly confident that he would win this time.
Madden started to consider as he stroked his chin, wondering if he would lose money if he increased the price again.
After cursing "shit," Diana raised her hand again:
"Thirteen thousand U.S. Dollars!"
The auctioneer was delighted, the higher the price increase, the more commission he made. He spread his hands wide and loudly announced the price:
"The beautiful lady offers thirteen thousand dollars, thirteen thousand dollars, any more increases, thirteen thousand dollars..."
Elder Joey seemed to be provoked, he loudly raised his hand:
"Fifteen thousand dollars!"
The auctioneer immediately turned towards him, with an expression of amazed surprise, but his tone was still very calm, showing no emotions. This contrast made Sean Knight find it quite interesting:
"Fifteen thousand dollars, fifteen thousand dollars, any increase, any, fifteen thousand dollars for the first time..."
As the auctioneer was about to end the auction, Madden suddenly leaned over to Sean Knight and asked quietly:
"Sean, why don’t you increase the price?"
Sean Knight shook his head and said:
"From the beginning of the auction to now, it’s less than two minutes, and you guys have already bumped the price from five hundred to fifteen thousand. That’s too fast, I can’t keep up! I think you guys should bid, I’m not going to participate!"
Madden thought about it and gave up.
Ralph Turner, however, did not want the imminent wealth to slip away, so he raised his hand for an increase:
"Fifteen thousand five hundred dollars!"
Auctioneer Cook, as if he had discovered new continents, raised his hands high and then pointed to Ralph Turner, and loudly called out in a tone completely void of emotion:
"Another increase, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars, any more increase, if not, this container will go to Mr. Ralph Turner, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars...."
Diana wanted to struggle a bit more, raised her hand:
"Sixteen thousand US dollars!"
Elder Joey seemed enraged. He ignored Little Joey’s pleas and raised his hand, saying loud:
"Eighteen thousand US Dollars!"
This price directly exceeded the upper limit of many people, no more increases were made.
Diana cursed at Elder Joey:
"There must be a broken car in there! You’re bound to lose everything, not even a pair of pants left!"
Facing Diana’s curse, Elder Joey confidently said:
"Don’t worry, I will earn double the money back! Wait and see me get rich!"
In front of the fourth container, Auctioneer Cook loudly said:
"This is a container sent from Ocean City that was detained because of incomplete procedures. The cargo owner finally had to auction it off because they did not complete the procedures for a long time. Now everyone has one minute to observe and then the auction will begin!"
Although Sean Knight could reach this level, he really admired Cook, or all auctioneers for their strong lung capacity!
He said so much and didn’t even pause to breathe in between!
It’s undeniable, no job is easy!
The assistant cut open the container lock, opened the door, revealing the large boxes outside.
A unpleasant smell diffused out. The people who were close to the entrance retreated a few steps. Diana cursed "fuck" while covering her nose, then stepped back to the end.
Although the smell was unpleasant, it didn’t prevent the other treasure hunters from looking for wealth. They covered their noses and observed closely.
Sean Knight noticed that both Elder and Little Joey, and Hamilton did not come over.
Apparently, the previous containers had pretty much exhausted their budget for the day.
The Ralph Brothers peered inside again, one atop another, as other treasure hunters also approached to examine the details inside this container.
The big shots had both withdrawn, and now it was their chance.
Sean Knight also approached to observe, but backed off when the time was up.
"Is this all just scrap metal, do you reckon?" Someone speculated.
"Judging by the smell, something’s gone bad in here. I don’t think it’s worth much."
"There is a copper bar peeking out from the corner. If there are ten bars like that in here, it would be worth the bid!"
...
Auctioneer Cook was actually listening to everyone’s reactions, before deciding on the reserve price.
Seeing everyone backing away, he immediately raised his hands:
"Auction starts now at the reserve price of 200 dollars, the minimum increment for bidding is fifty dollars. Mr. Madden bids one thousand dollars, one thousand dollars..."
Mr. Madden once again made a substantial initial bid.
A newbie treasure hunter raised his hand and shouted:
"One thousand five hundred dollars!"
"One thousand five hundred dollars, one thousand five hundred dollars, this handsome young man bids one thousand five hundred dollars..."
Sean Knight raises his hand:
"Two thousand dollars!"
"Two thousand five hundred dollars!" Diana, although unable to bear the smell, never liked to be outbid.
She really is a daredevil!
Ralph, who had never won an auction, also joined in, making a bid:
"Three thousand dollars!"
The price was quickly raised to six thousand dollars.
Sean Knight bid again:
"Eight thousand dollars!"
Madden immediately followed:
"Ten thousand dollars!"
No one else followed, Sean Knight, hesitated for a moment, then continued to raise the bid:
"Eleven thousand dollars!"
Madden looked at Sean Knight with a strange expression, then pushed the price up again:
"Fifteen thousand dollars!"
"Sixteen thousand dollars!" Sean Knight said in no rush.
Madden raised his hand to indicate he was giving up.
"Sean, do you think that the stuff in this container is worth that much?" Diana Smith was caustic again:
"Maybe there are just a few raggedy copper pipes inside, worth at most one thousand dollars!"
"I think it might be worth at least thirty thousand dollars", Sean Knight replied indifferently, "Perhaps this will be my biggest earning today?"
Diana waved her hand in dismissal and swung around, leaving Sean Knight a view of her back.
Sean Knight didn’t look at the remaining warehouses, this one was enough for today.
After paying and going through the handover procedures, Sean Knight called Jason to bring a forklift.
This container was filled to the brim with metal, he couldn’t do it all himself!
Jason Caldwell quickly arrived with a forklift, and he didn’t just bring the vehicle, he brought a dozen guys to help out.
Sean Knight laughed joyfully.
It’s great having minions. Now he doesn’t need to lift a finger for all this cleanup work!
At this moment, the arguing Joey brothers next door were cursing loudly:
"Shit!"
"Fuck!"
"What sick bastard did this disgusting thing!"
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