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Li Du made money and got a warehousing auction information.

When the results came out, the gems he gave were all natural black opals and were highly graded.

Bryant bought six dollars, which cost a total of $1.2 million, and the price was high, but it was already below the market price. These six black opals are about 200 carats in total, and they are all large.

The bigger the black opal, the more expensive it is, and when it comes to this head and this texture, it costs seven or eight thousand dollars for one carat.

Li Du helped him contact Harry Winston's top jewelry designer, and the rest had nothing to do with him, and Kobe Bryant made a one-way contact with the designer.

After taking the helicopter, Hans had not come back yet, so Li Du checked the information about the warehouse auction that Chakobi told him on the Internet, and the warehouse company was called Horse Walk Warehouse Company, and the information was easy to find.

Later, Hans came back, and Li Du told him the news.

After a brief discussion, the two decided to fly to Indiana to see what the auction was all about.

It's only three days before the auction starts, and it's not that Kobe Bryant didn't convey it in a timely manner, but the warehousing auction is like this, from the release of the news to the start of the auction, it was all within a week.

Just as their helicopter arrived, Hans went for emergency registration, Big Ivan applied for an airway, they did it in half a day, and then the helicopter was ready to take off.

It has to be said that there are many airports and planes in the United States, and flight control is relatively small, so it is relatively easy to take off and land planes here.

The warehouse is in Indianapolis, a city on the east coast of the United States, half a diagonal from Los Angeles.

The helicopter took off and flew from noon until late in the evening before they arrived.

The auction was in a hurry, and when they arrived in Indianapolis, they had two days left to prepare.

Indianapolis is the largest city and capital of Indiana, and the fourth largest state capital in the United States, after Atlanta in Georgia, Denver in Colorado and Phoenix in Arizona.

The city is in the middle of Indiana, and when they can see a long river from the air, Hans says, "Here we are." ”

The long river they saw was called the White River, and Indianapolis straddled both sides of the river and stretched in all directions.

Compared to Phoenix and Los Angeles, Indianapolis is less prosperous, and the city is calm in the sunset, with fewer high-rise buildings and less traffic.

Li Du sighed: "This city is good, not very impetuous. ”

Hans laughed, "It's called a city? It's a big Indianapolis village." ”

Compared to other big cities, Indianapolis does have a good economy, but mainly because of its size, some people call it rural.

But this can't be helped, historically the city's economy can't work.

It was founded in 1820, established as a city in 1847, and in January 1825, the Indiana state capital moved here, and in 1847 it was time to establish a city, and the railroad was opened, and the Madison-Indianapolis Railroad began operation, the first railroad in Indianapolis.

With railroads and a fairly developed road network, Indianapolis began to grow economically.

At the time, however, even with its convenient accessibility, Indianapolis was still regarded as a transportation hub for American immigrants to the West and a distribution center for agricultural and livestock fur products.

By the end of the 19th century, with the rise of industry and the rapid growth of the city, it was not far from Chicago, and it became a major industrial center, an important grain market, and the largest livestock market in the Mideast.

When the helicopter landed, Hans said solemnly to Li Du: "If you don't take me and Brother Wolf at night, don't go out on the street, the race relations here are very bad." ”

From the second half of the 20th century, with the massive use of land in suburbanization, local ethnic relations deteriorated rapidly.

The United States has a large number of blacks, yellows, and minorities, and in many cities there are very few whites who occupy a traditionally dominant position in society, with the exception of Indianapolis.

According to statistics, more than 70% of the city's population is still white, and white people still dominate society here.

Another anecdote about this is that in the late sixties of the last century, there was a major event in the United States, that is, the assassination of Martin Ruud King, the leader of the black civil rights movement.

At that time, there were almost riots in the whole of the United States, black people everywhere formed groups to demonstrate, radical points directly began to smash and loot, and similar things happened in all major cities, Indianapolis was the only exception......

Listening to Hans's words, Li Du was surprised: "So serious?"

Hans had a heavy expression on his face: "The local white supremacy ideology is very radical, and yellow people like you walk on the streets at night and are easily robbed. ”

Brother Wolf said coldly: "Who dares?"

Hans suddenly laughed: "Haha, of course, Indianapolis is very safe, I'm just teasing you." The area is predominantly white, there is little conflict, and the auctions here are more peaceful than elsewhere. ”

Li Du snorted: "What you say is also racist, but I don't have the same understanding as you." ”

After the helicopter landed on the hotel tarmac, Hans went to check in, Big Ivan checked the helicopter, and Li Du and Brother Wolf took to the streets.

There is not much traffic and people in the city, and the pace is very slow, and many people walk their dogs and run in the sunset.

Feel the rhythm of the city, and few would believe that this is the host of the 500-mile speed race.

Indianapolis' 500-mile race car is famous all over the country, and every year when it's time to race, the atmosphere in the city gets wild and hot, and Li Du has only seen the news reports, but has not really felt it.

But he felt the resistance of the city's residents to people of color, and as he walked down the road, some runners approached him, and they would subconsciously avoid it in advance, and their eyes swept over him, as if they didn't see anyone, and they wouldn't stop for a second.

This made him very depressed, and he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "This is really an indifferent city." ”

No one responded to him, so he continued to sigh: "Brother Wolf, why have you become so indifferent?"

Brother Wolf: "Huh?"

"I said this is an indifferent city, why don't you respond to me?" Li Du said dissatisfiedly.

Brother Wolf picked his ears and said, "Are you indifferent? I don't feel it, isn't everything good?"

Li Du stopped talking, no matter how indifferent this city is, can it be compared to Brother Wolf who doesn't say a word all day long?