55. Antique clock

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Li Du asked, "How much income can you have?"

Hans patted the white refrigerator and said, "I bet it can be sold for at least four thousand, and if you find the right buyer, it will be fine to sell it for five thousand." ”

Hearing this, Li Du was disappointed: "So little." ”

Hans's eyes widened: "Hey, man, do you really think you are the Son? You think you are the godbrother of Jesus? We only invested four hundred dollars, four or five thousand income, a lot!"

"I don't think it's very much. ”

"Big brother, if I tell you that we used to refuse to let go of the warehouse with an income of four hundred yuan, would you feel better now?"

Phoenix had a grocery store, but Hans dragged the appliances back and sold them to Kevin, the grocery store owner in Flagpole City.

"That's how the relationship came about. He explained.

Old man Kevin smiled when he saw the appliances they brought, and he patted Hans on the shoulder and said, "Thank you, young man, where did you get these good goods?"

"Phoenix. ”

"Okay, thank you for remembering me from so far away, I'll give you a satisfactory price, a full set of five thousand dollars, okay?" Kevin said.

The price was indeed okay and met their expectations.

Hans didn't bargain, shook his hand and said, "No problem, but it's still the old rule, invite us to a roast lamb." ”

Kevin laughed: "I guessed you would say that, come with me, it just so happened that my nephew slaughtered a few sheep yesterday, and I left some lamb chops." ”

After a hearty meal of grilled lamb chops, they were going to prepare Jerome's auction when they got back.

Jerome is an old mining town that is well-known in Arizona about 60 kilometers southwest of Flagpole City, right next to the side of the Cleopatra Mountains.

The town's fame comes from its rich history and internal sliding prison, and it's almost the same age as Arizona, making it one of the first districts to follow the state's fortunes.

Jerome used to be rich in iron ore and copper ore, but after half a century of mining, these ores were exhausted and people moved away.

Compared to its heyday, the town now has a population of less than one in ten, hence the nickname of a ghost town, and there are many eerie empty houses.

The town is built on a hillside, which is surrounded by rugged mountainous terrain, with a lot of uphill and downhill streets and many stairs in the houses.

Walking on it, Hans laughed, "Does this remind you of a childhood game?"

Li Du asked, "What kind of game? The games we played in our childhood may not be the same, right?" ”

Hans said with a sudden expression, "Yes, our childhood was on two opposite points of the earth, climbing and ladder. ”

"What?"

"Climbing and ladders, that's what I'm talking about as a childhood game. Hans said.

Li Du shook his head: "I don't understand, I haven't heard of it." ”

Hans wanted to explain, but they had already reached their destination, an old warehouse company that was a few years old.

When he saw the company's sign, he cut to the chase and said, "As you know, Jerome is a place full of history, so if we're lucky, we can get some antiques from a hundred or two hundred years ago." ”

That's what they're targeting, and according to Andrew, there's a collection of vintage clocks hidden in the auction warehouse.

The warehouse company is called Red Rock Warehouse Storage Co., Ltd., and at its peak there were three to four hundred warehouses, which was the largest company Li Du had ever seen, but now there are less than fifty warehouses in operation.

There are a lot of warehouses to be auctioned this time, there are twenty-five.

Hans said that the warehouse company was about to go out of business, and that they would accumulate a batch of warehouses that had not been renewed and then auction them off instead of renting them out.

Li Du nodded, fortunately, his control over the insects was much stronger, otherwise he would not have been able to look at these warehouses at once before putting them in.

He still can't read it all at once, but the first time he is looking for an antique clock, which is a purposeful search, so it will be easier.

Ten of the twenty-five warehouses are mini-warehouses, fifteen are small ones, and the antique clocks are relatively large and several together, so it is not difficult to find.

He controlled the worms to fly through it, quickly launched a search, and soon found the clocks in a small warehouse.

To his delight, the clocks were packed in wooden boxes and wrapped in several layers of brown paper, which were well preserved and not easily discovered by the treasure hunters during the auction.

Li Du counted them, there were a total of fifty or sixty boxes, most of them were empty, and only nine of the boxes still had clocks and watches.

They should belong to the mass-produced kind, the style is similar, the whole body is nanmu, the appearance is gilt, the dial is Roman numerals, and the dial has a red, blue and white three-color interlaced enamel pattern, which looks exquisite.

Finding these clocks, he wrote down the number of the warehouse, which was warehouse number 240, which contained a lot of wooden boxes, and some linen and raw cowhide at the door, which was easy to find.

Li Du guessed that these boxes used to be full of antique clocks, but most of them were sold, and these nine were left.

It just so happened that these nine were left to him, but he couldn't tell the specific age or model of these clocks, so he didn't know how much they were worth.

After finding the clock and completing the task, they return to the town center and begin to solve the problem of food and shelter.

Hans, who seemed to be familiar with all of Arizona, took Ledou to Jerome State Historic Park and said, "I'll take you to a mansion tonight." ”

Li Du was surprised: "There is a mansion in the historical park? We don't want to sleep in the park, do we? Wouldn't that be a homeless man?"

Hans confidently said, "Come with me." ”

The car went around and a large mansion appeared at the end of the road with a sign that read 'Jimmy Douglas's Yard'.

"Jimmy Douglas was once Jerome's No. 1 mining magnate, and the mansion was built in 1916 to witness its greatest glory. Hans said.

Douglas never married and had no descendants, and before he died, he donated the mansion to the state and converted it into a historical and cultural hotel. ”

The house is very large, there are many houses, and the two of them booked a presidential suite, which only costs 155 yuan a night, and they can get one day away if they book for three days.

Putting down their luggage, they went to dinner, which was naturally arranged by Hans.

Hans asked, "You don't have a fear of heights, do you?"

Li Du nodded and said, "Of course, what's wrong?"

Hans didn't answer, and soon the answer came to them automatically: they entered a park called Audley Heidfrem, and in the valley of the park there were hidden restaurants.

The restaurant they entered was built on top of the mine, the floor was transparent tempered glass, and the bottom of the mine was looking down!

"It's one of the most stylish restaurants in Arizona, and guess how deep the mine is down there?" Hans asked.

There were incandescent lamps on the four walls of the mine, but Li Du couldn't see the end of it when he looked into the distance, so he shook his head and said, "It's hard to guess." ”

"1,910 feet, 650 feet higher than the Empire State Building," Hans said.

Li Du exclaimed: "Who came up with the idea of building a restaurant in such a place? What a crazy and genius idea!"

It was the first time he had eaten in a restaurant of this style, and I have to say that it might be a little scary, but it was too creative.