When Li Du came to Lightning Ridge, he had studied the black opal mine market, and he knew this auction method, but the mine auction was not a warehouse auction, and this kind of opportunity was hard to come by. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

There are five years from the cessation of tax payment to the repossession of a mine, and any of these five years can be taxed, as long as the tax is paid, it can avoid being auctioned.

In order to save trouble, the bank will not take back a mine and auction one, but often accumulate the previous batch and auction it together, which is similar to the warehouse auction.

There is no doubt that it is much harder to accumulate a mine than it is to accumulate a warehouse.

The reason why banks don't hold an auction instead of repossessing a mine is because these mines are difficult to auction off and end up in mines abandoned by their owners, often shit mines.

It's easy to understand that as long as a mine produces gems, the mine owner will not abandon it, let alone throw it away for the sake of taxes.

Generally speaking, there are two sources of the auctioned mine, one is the ultimate shit mine, for example, several mine owners have bought it, but in the end they can't dig up the gems from it, this kind of ultimate shit mine is worthless.

The second is that the owner of the mine has financial problems, or for other reasons, he cannot control the mine, which may have produced gems and some value.

Mine owners go to the auction with the goal of a second type of mine, and no one will buy the first type of mine.

However, the mines that are put on the auction shelves are mainly the first type......

Lidu asked Obradovich to collect information on the mine to be auctioned, and then he went on a site visit.

It was easy, and Obradovich got him a list of fourteen of them that day, the most recent of which was Lidu's neighbor, Mine 120.

Li Du has used small flying insects to scout the surrounding terrain, and there are ore veins in the depths of the mine here, but they are scattered, and it is difficult to find them.

There are also traces of ore veins in the No. 120 mine, and the small flying insects can't complete the all-terrain search, Li Du doesn't know how many gems there are in the ground, but there must be thirty pieces above.

The first mine to be auctioned was not a shit mine, which inspired Li Du, and he was more confident in his future investigations.

When Steve learns that he is going to investigate the mine to be auctioned, he stops mining and follows him to investigate.

"I'm definitely going to buy a mine in the future," he said, "so I'll learn from you how to choose a mine first." ”

Li Du smiled bitterly: "Seriously, Steve, I'm not a broomstick, I really don't have any special skills, mainly by feeling." ”

Steve grinned, "How about you pick a mine for me based on your feelings?"

Li Du nodded and said, "That's no problem, you can trust me if you want to." ”

He is happy to help in this regard, and as long as he helps Steve, then the other party owes him a favor.

When I was in Sydney, so many people wanted to get to Steve, and they just wanted to get Steve, and they never thought they could get his favor, so it can be seen how valuable it is for Steve to owe favors.

"Do you need to use a helicopter?" asked Steve.

Li Du shook his head and said, "No need, let's just drive to check." ”

Two days later, an off-road vehicle circled the mine.

There are many mines to be auctioned this time, and there are many mine owners who are attracted to auction, and many miners are also ready to sell.

Most of the mines that are listed for auction are cheap, and some miners who have saved up want to take advantage of this opportunity to turn over, they can buy a mine for tens of thousands or more than hundreds of thousands, and if the gems are dug up, they can turn into millionaires.

After reading the mine, Li Du was very depressed, he sent the little flying insect to search roughly, except for the No. 120 mine, the other mines did not find a single gem!

However, there is still good news, this time it is not only the mine that will be auctioned, but also a leasing company, which is next door to the company where Li Du originally leased mining tools.

Li Du used a small flying insect to go in and see, although there were no rental tools in the company, there was a helicopter to be assembled inside!

He didn't know how there could be a helicopter in the rental factory, but it was true, and now he used the little flying insect to check, and he could still see the helicopter.

The leased factory was also sold as a mine, because it was located on top of the mine, it was converted from a shit mine, and the owner of the factory had not paid taxes for many years, and now it has been taken back by the bank.

Over the weekend, Li Du prepares to go to the auction.

Steve changed into a suit and asked, "Did you find anything from these mines?"

Li Du said: "Some things have been found, but the details will not be known until the mine is photographed." ”

With an interested expression, Steve asked, "Is there anything I need help with?"

Li Du pondered for a moment and said, "You know what I used to do in the United States, right?"

"Yes, warehousing auction, you introduced yourself. Steve laughed.

Li Du said: "Mine auctions and warehouse auctions are actually no different, they are essentially the same, if you are interested, I can take you to participate, because warehouse auctions often require the cooperation of partners." ”

Steve was intrigued by this novelty, and he immediately replied, "That's great, man, I'm willing to be your partner, just like Sherlock Holmes and Watson." ”

Li Du saw that he was quite excited, so he shrugged his shoulders and said, "You'd better not get your hopes up, it's just a boring job, it's not interesting." ”

"You don't know, Lee, for some reason, I used to be arranged by my parents to live in a fixed area, and the things I came into contact with were single and boring. Things like gem digging and warehousing auctions may seem like work to you, but they're new to me. ”

Li Du understood what he meant, and the first time they met, it was Steve who bought his dodo specimen.

At that time, Steve was frantically collecting all kinds of bird specimens, and as you can imagine from his words, he was very envious of some free life in the outside world.

The two got into the car and rushed to the trading floor in town, where the auction would be held.

On the way, Li Du said to Steve: "Man, our target is Mine 120 and Mine 645, Mine 120 belongs to you, and Mine 645 belongs to me, these two mines are the most valuable." ”

"You can see that there are gems in the mines, don't you?" asked Steve, enthused.

It's useless to hide some information now, because when the mine is photographed, the truth will be revealed.

So Li Du said: "There is no doubt that there are gems in mine 120, there is no doubt about it, there is a helicopter in mine 645, and only God knows if there are gems or not." ”

Steve was stunned, a puzzled expression on his face.

However, he didn't go straight to the bottom of the question, but changed to a more subtle question: "So, how should I cooperate with you?"