Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

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

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

"You can discover a lot of information from your opponent's clothes, vehicles and movements, and then make targeted adjustments when making quotations -"

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

By 8:45, almost everyone had arrived. As expected, 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 won't be too fierce." After counting the vehicles on the field, Liang En let out a slow breath. Because there are only seven vehicles on the site and their quantity, which means that there are only seven groups of people coming 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 participate in the auction basically drove various trucks, otherwise they would not be able to take away the things they bought.

"Okay, let's get started." Just five minutes before 9 o'clock, a black Mercedes-Benz sedan drove into the warehouse yard from outside the door, followed by a middle-aged man wearing a suit. Got out of the car.

"I remember that the foreign language you took as an elective was German, right?" Listening to the manager starting to talk about the auction instructions in German with an accent, Pierce suddenly became nervous, because it was only then that he realized that he didn't know how to do it at all. Know German.

"Yes, even though his German has a lot of accent, I can still understand it." Liang En nodded, and then helped translate what this person said.

In fact, what this person said was very simple, that is, there are a total of eight warehouses available for auction today, and the minimum price for each warehouse is 10,000 euros, and they are required to be paid in full, and no credit is allowed.

Five or six minutes later, 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 wrapped in a thick black-red oxide layer, and then pushed open the door with all his strength. The door.

Next, all the people present were divided into groups according to the time they came here and passed by those doors with flashlights, while the two organizers held their mobile phones and looked at the time while preventing participants from crossing the line.

According to regulations, each group can watch in front of the door for two minutes. However, 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 ****——" The moment the flashlight light shined into the warehouse, Old Pierce cursed in a low voice. Because the things in these warehouses are so neatly packed.

Some of the warehouses are filled with iron shelves, and the various items in the warehouse are neatly arranged on the shelves. Even if there is dust on them, it does not prevent everyone from seeing the contents clearly.

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

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

"Under normal circumstances, we rely on our eyesight and experience to judge how much the items in a warehouse are worth."

"For example, a box that says Handle with Care on the outside may mean there is china or glassware inside, while a plastic handle with a canvas exposed may mean there is a bicycle underneath."

“In this case, with enough experience, eyesight and a little luck, you can make a lot of money at this kind of auction.”

"But the situation just now is completely abnormal. Half of the warehouses can see clearly what is contained in the warehouse just by standing at the door. In this way, everyone can't make much money by taking down the warehouse without a bottom line."

"The other half is covered too tightly, and no information can be seen at all. What you can buy depends entirely on luck. If the auction bottom price of each warehouse is 10,000 euros, buying such a warehouse will be very risky."

"But I seemed to have seen something just now." Liang En said softly after checking that no one else was approaching. "In the second warehouse from the left in this row of warehouses, there seems to be a box with a blue torch logo on it."

The box was hidden under a thin layer of dust. If Liang En didn't have extraordinary observation skills, he would probably have missed the half-palm-sized logo.

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

"Yes, that's it." Liang En nodded while looking at the torch picture composed of the TP of the deformed art body and the flames above. "What does it mean?"

"The Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organization, a government-related children's organization in East Germany." Old Pierce nodded, "It just disappeared completely with the disappearance of East Germany in 1990, so you These young people probably don’t know.”

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

"There is a market, but it is relatively niche, and the overall price is also very weak." Old Pierce thought for a while and said, "So look at the price when the time comes. If it's cheap, you can buy it and take a gamble."

Soon, the discussion time was over and the warehouse auction officially began.

"The starting price of each warehouse is 10,000 euros, and each increase must not be less than 1,000." The middle-aged man in a suit raised his right hand and said loudly.

"Okay, now there is 10,000 euros in warehouse No. 1. Are you willing to pay - 11,000 euros?"

Warehouse No. 1 is filled with mechanical parts, which look like they belong to vehicles. There are even several large vehicle engines that look very complete.

Although these products are already old products from thirty or forty years ago, many of the parts in them are standardized parts. It is not too difficult to find a market, so the competition became fierce from the beginning.

Liang En and the others naturally called out the price several times, but they gave up when the price reached 17,000 euros. Because at that time, the old Pierce judged that if they raised the price, they would basically not make any money.

Finally, the warehouse fell into the hands of a bearded man for 20,000 euros. Unlike outsiders like Liang En, as locals, they often have sufficient channels, so they can make money even if they buy it for 20,000 euros.

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

Within the next 72 hours, this warehouse will be owned by this person.