LA Detective

Chapter 81 Bidding
Fly bar.

Luke ordered two glasses of whiskey and handed one to David next to him.

"Why did you think of buying me a drink?"

Luke clinked glasses with the other party and took a sip, "I want to borrow some money."

"How much?" David put down his glass, seemingly not surprised by this.

"One thousand dollars."

"No problem, no matter how much, I can't do anything."

"Why, you don't pick up girls, and you don't mess around?"

David drank the wine in the glass, "Lindsay."

"She's asking you for money again."

David shook his head, "I want to release Linda on bail, and I'm preparing the bail money."

"You are her surety?"

David nodded.

"Do you think she can change?"

David ordered two more whiskeys, "I don't know."

"If she violates the bail regulations, not only will the bond be confiscated, but you will also be held responsible. Think clearly."

"I have no choice, she was a policeman, if the prisoners in the prison know...

She's my wife, and I can't just sit back and watch. "

"How much is the bail bond?"

"Just take care of yourself. I'll take care of the security deposit myself."

"How much is missing?"

"Ten thousand dollars."

Luke took a sip of whiskey, "Do you still love her?"

"No... But, I have a responsibility to take care of her."

……

The American warehouse industry is very popular.

The reasons are complex, mainly in two aspects.

First, there is no household registration system in the United States, and there is a lot of mobility. Many people don’t like to buy a house. Renting a house and moving is too troublesome, so the warehouse leasing industry has emerged.

After a certain period of time, if the owner of the warehouse does not pay the lease fee, the warehouse is legally regarded as an unowned property, and the storage company can dispose of it by itself.

Another one is that the United States has detailed garbage classification laws, and it takes a lot of money to dispose of garbage.

In order to save money on garbage disposal, many households will rent a warehouse for garbage disposal, and leave the pot to the warehouse company without renewing the fee. Therefore, more than 90% of the warehouses auctioned are worthless and even have to pay for garbage disposal.

It is precisely this uncertainty that warehouse companies will deal with in the form of auctions.

If you take pictures of the warehouse, you must completely empty everything in it, including garbage, and you can't just take valuables and leave garbage, otherwise you will be blacklisted.

The warehouse company also saves a fortune on disposal fees.

There are more than a thousand warehouses held public auctions every day across the United States, so many "professional warehouse auctioneers" were born.

It's different from people like Luke who try their luck.

Many treasure hunters are in the second-hand business, so that the items found in the warehouse can be sold through channels to get the most value.

After nine o'clock, Luke rushed to the Mengn storage center.

A lot of people gathered in the warehouse, chatting in small groups.

Luke didn't have much communication with them. He didn't buy warehouses based on experience, but based on the system. It can almost be said that he won't lose money.

In other words, if it was based on experience, it would be too late to cram. He would certainly not be able to compare to a treasure hunter who relied on this industry for a living.

At ten o'clock, Boret, the manager of the Munn Warehouse Center, came over, "Gentlemen, welcome to the Munn Warehouse Center. If you want to participate in the warehouse auction, please go to the office and pay a $100 clearance deposit."

Everyone lined up in two rows to pay the fee, and Luke stood among them.

Boret saw Luke nodding, and the two didn't communicate much.

During the payment process, Luke also saw an acquaintance Thompson.

The two belonged to each other on a narrow road, and no one wanted to see the other. There was a middle-aged man next to Thompson.

After paying the fees, Boret led everyone to an open space, "Gentlemen, our company is entrusted by the district court to auction 5 private warehouses in arrears of rent according to law.

After winning the auction, the bidder can obtain the ownership of the warehouse within 24 hours and own all the properties in the warehouse.

After 24 hours, the right to use the warehouse and the property in the warehouse shall belong to the company.

Gentlemen, if there is no doubt, the auction has officially begun. "

Bolet led the crowd to the outside of No. 94 warehouse and opened the warehouse door, "The old rules, you can only stand at the door and watch for a minute, you can't probe, you can't use tools, and you can't enter the warehouse.

The auction starts after 1 minute, and the highest bidder wins. "

Luke stood at the door and looked in. The door of the warehouse was three meters wide, and the items in the warehouse were stacked very scatteredly. Of all kinds of sundries, only the outermost items could be seen, and everything inside was blocked.

This is the first time I participated in this kind of auction, and I didn't understand the details, so I just followed blindly.

He saw a familiar wooden box through the gap. The box was gray with a blue carving, probably because it had been stored for too long and the color had faded a lot.

But he can be sure that he has indeed seen a similar box - in the file of the 'Disappearance at Tellson Manor'.

This is most likely a chest lost by Lady Anna.

There are still two parts of the stolen goods in the case of the disappearance of Tellson Manor that have not been found, and one part is the oil painting that is worthless.

There is also part of the jewelry that Tony got, of course, it may have been sold by him for drug use.

Luke didn't reveal his identity hastily. Although the box looks similar, it doesn't necessarily have to be. In order to avoid trouble, he planned to take a photo first to see what's in the box.

Boret's voice came to mind, "Gentlemen, one minute is up, and today's auction house has officially started.

The starting bid for Warehouse 94 is $100. "

"$150," yelled an old man in a cowboy hat.

"Oh, this generous gentleman is offering $150, $150 once, is there any higher bid..."

"$200," Luke bid.

The old man in the cowboy hat bid again, "$250."

"The bidding is fierce, $250 a time, is there any higher price, look at the things in the warehouse, I don't think you will be disappointed..."

Luke raised the price, "$300."

"Wow, this gentleman is really discerning, he raised the price again..."

Thompson waved his hand, "$400."

"Oh, it's Thompson, an old friend of our company, there should be no one who doesn't know him. It's 400 dollars a time, is there any higher bid..."

Luke shouted again, "$450."

"$500." Thompson continued to bid, and shrugged at Luke, "sorry, I also like this warehouse, and I didn't mean to target you."

Luke smiled, "Just to remind you, the things in this warehouse are not something you can get."

"It's not that you're too strict, oh, I almost forgot, you're a policeman." Thompson still couldn't let go of what happened that day, and since that confession, his son saw him differently.

He regretted it.

He regretted not having a fight with Luke that day. Even if he lost, at least he was still the hero in his son's heart.

He wanted to make up.

"Police badges are useless here, but this one." Thompson waved the green bills in his hand.

There was a smile on Boret's fat face. This was the scene he most wanted to see. Once there was friction between the bidders, they would compete with each other and get a better price.

"$500 once, $500 twice, has anyone offered a higher price..." Boret looked at the old man in the cowboy hat, and then at Luke next to him.

In the end, Luke gave up his bidding.

He found clues to the case in the warehouse, and bought it to facilitate investigation and not affect the normal bidding of the warehouse.

But things are different now, and Thompson is competing with himself.

He insisted on getting involved in the case, and Luke couldn't help him.

In fact, it may not be a bad thing to say to Luke to take yourself out of it.

If there is no belongings lost by Anna in the warehouse, the warehouse may not be worth much.

If there are belongings lost by Anna in the warehouse, then these belongings are stolen goods and no one can take them away.

Great joy and great sorrow.

Thompson will cry badly...

　Ask for a monthly pass!

　　Ask for a recommendation ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)