Under McRae's urging, Li Du and Hans got into their car and left .
Once they had left, McRae stopped to ponder . Then, he turned back to walk towards number 77 . Li Du's earlier words seemed to have revealed some message .
Just as he neared warehouse 77, a bald white man appeared . The man frowned and said, "McRae, come over . What do you want?"
Seeing him, McRae jumped . He said, "Ah, Supervisor Wendette, you, you… when did you return? I'm just preparing to check if the warehouses have been locked up safely . Want to make sure there's no issue with the door locks . "
The bald man said, "No need to check further . There are no problems . Come with me . Just now, someone told me that you brought two men into the warehouse . What's going on?"
McRae jumped in to start explaining, using the excuse he had thought of earlier . "Those are maintenance workers, Supervisor, if you don't believe me, you can go to the kitchen and ask Old Harley . He brought the two men in with me to do some work…"
Wendette looked at him, suspicious . Then he nodded and said, "Alright . You better not try anything funny . If something happens, you'll be sorry . "
McRae shook his head . "No, no, I wouldn't do anything funny . "
The bald man replied, "Fine, you've knocked off . What else are you doing staying around here? I don't see you being a hard worker on regular days . Go home . "
McRae turned to glance at number 77 for the last time . He smiled sneakily and walked out .
At that time, Li Du's car had not gone far .
Seeing that McRae had left the compound, Li Du nodded and said, "Driver, let's go back at high speed . "
Seated in the truck, Li Du said, "There's gold in that warehouse, and also jewelry . Warehouse number 103 definitely has good stuff . "
Hans could not understand . "How can it be? How would Macy's be so careless? Number 77 has got lots of branded new furniture . And now number 103 has got jewelry? What's up with them?"
Li Du said, "Who knows? No wonder they are closing down . Their internal management must be a mess . In any case, I definitely saw jewelry . There are diamond necklaces and ruby earrings . I swear, they seem genuine . "
Hans said, "No wonder those rascals from Eagle Beak Gang wanted to get number 103 . There's gold jewelry inside . D*mnit, we have to take that warehouse down, right?"
Li Du nodded . "Of course . 103 and 77 . We must take down those two warehouses . However, are those men you contacted reliable? I hope there will be no problem with the information you got on number 77 . "
Hans spoke up confidently, "Definitely no problem, I swear! I know them from Las Vegas . They still owe me gambling debts and they are definitely keen to make money . The furniture in that warehouse is worth at least five hundred thousand . I promised them two hundred thousand . With this deal, he revealed that piece of information to me . "
Li Du shook his head . "The warehouse manager we saw just now is really dumb . Did they exchange the information on warehouse 103 for money? They should have looked for a treasure hunter to work with . That warehouse is worth millions!"
"Millions? That much?" Hans was shocked .
Li Du said, "Yes, the jewelry that I saw fell out from one safety deposit box . There must be more inside . You saw the gold jewelry on the photographs . Think for yourself, wouldn't it be worth millions?"
Hans replied, "I did not see the gems you mentioned . However, those accessories made of gold, I guess we can sell them for at least two to three hundred thousand . But do you believe that information? What if it's fake?"
Li Du went silent for a while . Then, slowly, he nodded and said, "There's that possibility . That rascal might be just fooling us . We don't know him well, he is unreliable . "
"How should we deal with warehouse 103?" Hans asked . "Do we still want to take it down? We might offend the Eagle Beak Gang . "
Li Du said, "Who gives a damn about those gangsters? Money is the law we follow . Even if there is no gold jewelry, the profits should still be pretty good . "
Hans found it hard to believe . "It's that valuable?"
Li Du nodded . "Believe me, the jewels in the safety deposit box are very valuable . "
Hans considered this for a while before he said firmly, "Then let's be more daring . We must take it down, and we will increase our maximum bid . We will increase it up to six hundred thousand . We can take it down as long as it is up to that sum!"
There was silence in the car . After thinking for some time, Li Du spoke . "Alright, six hundred thousand dollars it is . "
After having dinner outside, they drove the car back to the hotel and continued to discuss the auction that would take place the next day .
"Number 103 might not be easy to win . You heard the guy . That dude said they have sold the information . I'm afraid that there will be many people who got the news . Hence, we must definitely take down number 77 . "
"No problem with number 77 . The furniture is all inside the boxes . They are well kept . From the outside, it looks like just a bunch of boxes, and nobody would want to take a risk for those . "
"Then let's first take down number 77 . How far can we go?"
"That's not easy to decide, brother . If all goes OK and nobody knows what is inside the warehouse, we can keep the price at two thousand dollars . But what if the in-charge revealed the information to others?"
"He won't do that, right? What would he gain?"
"But what if he did? On the other hand, maybe he really didn't tell anyone . However, who can confirm that nobody else knows what is inside number 77? We should be ready for anything . "
"Alright then, let's set an auction reserve price . How much would you say?"
"Four hundred thousand . The furniture in the warehouse is from brands like Zenith Badge, Versace and other similar brands . We can sell it off for at least five hundred thousand . Even if we get four hundred thousand for it, there should still be a profit for us . "
"Then we should go ahead with that . Four hundred thousand dollars as the auction reserve price . And for warehouse number 103, we will set it at six hundred thousand?"
"Yes, we just have to take down those two . We would be able to make a six-digit profit . If we are lucky, it might even go up to seven digits!"
"F*ck, we must definitely succeed!"
The two of them kept up an animated discussion . In between, Hans made another phone call to confirm with someone the information on the items inside warehouse number 77 . He also took the chance to ask about warehouse number 103 .
The other party did not know anything about 103 . Now that the warehouse was locked up, he did not have a way to go in for a look anymore .
After Hans hung up, he and Li Du continued to drink and chat about other topics . It was only nine-thirty when they split up to go to bed .
Though it was the first weekend of January, the surroundings of the Macy's warehouse became lively . There were many pickup trucks passing by in the early morning and the carpark was filling up fast .
The trucks and cars did not stop arriving and when the parking lots were all occupied, the drivers had no choice but to park at a deserted area nearby .
Li Du and his group had had a comfortable breakfast before driving towards the warehouse .
It was not even eight o'clock when they arrived and there were already forty to fifty people . The carpark was full and hence, they ended up parking their car at a random empty spot .
Shortly, two MPVs parked near them . When the door opened, a few tough men with the Eagle Beak Gang tattoos on their necks stepped down .
Chapter end
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