Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 14 014 Auction

The next day the weather was not so good, the sky was overcast and it looked like it was going to rain.Early in the morning, the three of them drove to the warehouse square after finishing their breakfast of canned soup and canned mashed potatoes.

The auction was held at 10 o'clock in the morning, and the reason for coming early was the suggestion made by Old Pierce, in order to observe the situation of the venue and opponents.

"You can find a lot of information from the opponent's clothes, vehicles, and actions, and then make targeted adjustments when quoting—"

As an old Pierce who had been in this industry all his life, he immediately became active after entering the warehouse area, and then whispered his experience to Liang En and the others.

By 8:45, almost everyone has arrived.Sure enough, it was the same as the news they had received before. This was a relatively high-end auction, so there were not many participants. There were about 20 people in total.

"It seems that today's competition should not be too fierce." After counting the vehicles on the field, Liang En let out a sigh of relief.Because there are only seven vehicles on the venue together with their quantity, that is to say, there are only seven groups of people who came to buy things today.

After all, even the smallest of these warehouses is no less than 200 square meters, so the people who came to this auction basically drove all kinds of trucks, otherwise they would not be able to take things with them.

"Okay, let's get started." Just five minutes before nine o'clock, a black Mercedes Benz drove into the yard of the warehouse from the door, followed by a middle-aged man in a suit Get out of the car.

"I remember that the foreign language you took as an elective was German, right?" Pierce suddenly became nervous when the manager began to explain the auction instructions in German with an accent, because it was only at this time that he realized that he didn't Know German.

"That's right, although his German has a lot of accents, it's still understandable to me." Liang En nodded, and then helped translate what the man said.

In fact, the content of this person is also very simple, that is, there are a total of eight warehouses available for auction today, and the minimum price of each warehouse is 1 euros, and it is required to pay in full, and no credit is allowed.

Five or six minutes later, when all the content was finished, another young man in the black Mercedes-Benz opened the locks hanging on the door with a bunch of copper keys covered with a thick black and red oxide layer, and then pushed hard the door.

Next, all the people at the venue were divided into groups according to the time when they came here, holding flashlights and passing by those doors, while two people from the organizer held their mobile phones to watch the time, while preventing participants from crossing the line.

According to regulations, each group can watch in front of the door for 2 minutes.It's just that everyone can only stand at the door and is not allowed to cross that line, otherwise they will be directly disqualified from the auction.

"The Germans of xxx—" The moment he shone the light of the flashlight into the warehouse, Old Pierce cursed in a low voice.Because these warehouses are so tidy.

Some of the warehouses are full of iron shelves, and all kinds of items in the warehouse are neatly classified and placed on the shelves, even if there is dust on them, it will not prevent everyone from seeing the things inside.

In another part of the warehouse, there are various boxes and packages wrapped in oiled paper, and the shapes of the boxes and packages look uniform, and nothing can be seen except for the maximum size of the items inside.

"This is the worst situation in a warehouse auction." After watching it and walking aside to discuss, the old Pierce said to the two young people.

"Normally, we rely on our eyesight and experience to judge how much something in a warehouse is worth."

"For example, a box that says handle with care on the outside may indicate china or glassware inside, while a plastic handle showing canvas may indicate a bicycle underneath."

"In this case, with enough experience, eyesight and a little bit of luck, you can make a lot of money in this kind of auction."

"But the situation just now is completely abnormal. Half of the warehouses can see what's in the warehouse as long as they stand at the door. In this way, everyone can't make much money if they take down the warehouse with the bottom line."

"The other half is covered too tightly, and you can't see any information at all. What you can buy depends entirely on luck. If the auction reserve price of each warehouse is 1 euros, the risk of buying such a warehouse will be very high."

"But I seemed to see something just now." Liang En said in a low voice after looking around and no one else was approaching. "In the second warehouse from the left in this row of warehouses, there appears to be a blue torch symbol on a box."

The box was hidden under a thin layer of dust. If it wasn't for Liang En's extraordinary observation ability, he might have missed the half-palm-sized logo.

"Blue torch logo, blue torch—." After repeating it several times, Old Pierce took out his phone and tapped it a few times, then held the phone up to Liang En's eyes. "Is this what you saw just now?"

"That's right, that's it." Liang En nodded as he looked at the picture of the torch formed by the deformed artistic TP and the flames above it. "What does it mean?"

"The Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organization, a government-related children's organization in East Germany." Old Pierce nodded, "It's just that it disappeared completely with the disappearance of East Germany in 90, so you These young people probably don't know."

"In other words, that warehouse should store some items related to Ernst Thälmann's pioneer organization!" Pierce asked like his father. "If these things are relics of the Cold War, there should be a market."

"There is a market, but it is relatively small, and the overall price is also very weak." Old Pierce said after thinking for a while, "So look at the price when the time comes, and if it is cheap, you can buy it and take a gamble."

Soon, the discussion time ended, and the warehouse auction officially began.

"The starting price for each warehouse is 1 euros, and each increase should not be less than 1000." The middle-aged man in a suit raised his right hand and said loudly.

"Okay, now the No. 10000 warehouse is 11000 euros, are you willing to pay - [-] euros."

Warehouse No. [-] is full of mechanical parts, which should belong to vehicles, and there are even several large vehicle engines that appear to be very complete.

Although these things are old products from 40 to [-] years ago, many of the parts in them belong to the kind of standardized parts. It is not too difficult to find the market, so the competition has become fierce from the very beginning.

Liang En and the others naturally called for the price several times, but they gave up when the price reached 17000 Euros.Because at that time, the old Pierce judged that if the price was increased, they would basically not make money.

In the end, the warehouse fell into the hands of a bearded man for 20000 euros.Unlike Liang En and other outsiders, as locals, they often have sufficient channels, so even if they buy it for [-] euros, they can still make money.

After the bearded man won the bid, he went to the Mercedes-Benz to deliver the cash, and then the young man locked the door of the warehouse and handed him a key.

And within the next 72 hours, the warehouse was owned by this person.

(End of this chapter)