Chapter 852: 851. Filming Starts Hot (5/5)

Chapter 852: 851. Shooting Hot (55)

Whenever he thought that Li Du not only stole 550,000 yuan in cash from himself, but also stole his gems worth millions, Blatche would feel distressed.

Want to cry but have no tears!

But he had no place to reason, let alone prosecute Li Du. Although he had relatives in the police station, he had no relatives in the court, and according to the judicial fairness of Australia, even if he had relatives, it would not matter.

After all, it was his initiative to repurchase the No. 115 mine, and he also voluntarily handled it.

As for the mine in No. 115 mine leading to No. 114 mine, he could not prove that Li Du dug it, let alone that gems were dug out of this mine.

The grievance in his heart drove Blatche crazy. Officially, he couldn't take revenge on Li Du, so he wanted to do it secretly.

But after the fight before, he already understood how powerful Li Du was, and knew that he might not be his opponent, so he wanted to unite with Wright and his party.

He had inquired, Wright and the others were punished by Li Du, and the punishment was miserable.

Li Du didn't notice that Blatche was staying with his new neighbors, and his attention was all on the two target mines.

Bank employees and government officials alike descended on the trading floor, where chairs were set up in the previously empty hall for bidders.

The auctioneer was hosted by a big fat white man, a tall and fat middle-aged man, the mayor of Lightning Ridge, named Branzo Barron.

Barron is a standard politician, smiling, smooth, and eloquent.

He and all the mine owners present seemed to know each other. When he arrived at the trading floor, he greeted, chatted and joked with the mine owners like a butterfly wearing flowers.

After seeing Li Du, he took the initiative to extend his hand: "Wow, wow, wow, you must be Du Li, who has become famous in Lightning Ridge recently, nice to meet you, I'm Branzo Barron. "

Li Du smiled and said: "I am even more honored, Mayor Barron, Lightning Ridge is really an outstanding place, and you are amazing to build such a good town."

Barron laughed loudly and said, "It depends on everyone. This is the home of the miners, and it is the territory of our mining industry. I must thank everyone for their help, especially a guy like you."

As he spoke, he winked at Li Du: "I've heard about it for a long time. You took a timely action to avoid a terrible disaster. I must say, you did a good job, young man!"

After a simple greeting, he continued to entertain other mine owners, with a majestic appearance and a smooth road.

At half past nine, the auction officially started.

Standing on the auction stage, Barron first thanked everyone for their participation, then began to introduce the importance of the Black Opal Mine to Lightning Ridge, and once again thanked the mine owner and miners for their help in the construction of the town.

After some thanks, he cut to the point, and he began to introduce these mines.

All the mines have an area of ​​20 acres, so he only needs to introduce the location. If there are gems dug out in the history of the mine, he will focus on the glorious history of the mine.

Unfortunately, no gemstones have been dug out in mine 120 in the past. This is a veritable shit mine.

The value of this kind of mine will decrease with each transaction. The previous owner of the mine bought the mine for less than 200,000 US dollars, which is already a bottom price.

But in occasions like mine auctions, there is no minimum starting price, only lower:

"...Everyone already knows about this rich mine, right? Then please prepare the signage in your hand, I will start quoting, No. 120 mine, the base price is - 100,000 yuan!"

Li Du shook his head, and Steve asked, "What's the matter, the price is too high, isn't it worthy of competition?"

He smiled and said, "No, the price is really low. I bought the first mine, but it cost 550,000 yuan."

"Then what are you waiting for, it's ours, isn't it?" Steve asked cheerfully.

They are not in a hurry to raise their placards. No matter Li Du or Steve, they are all veterans in the auction market. Of course, the auctions that Steve has participated in are all high-end works of art held by Sotheby’s, Christie’s and other large auction houses. auctions.

The price of 100,000 is very low, and some miners who usually pay more attention to saving money have this money, so the quotation was very fierce at first: "I will offer 100,000!"

"I offer one hundred and fifty thousand yuan, and I am number 18."

"One hundred and ten thousand dollars, guys, I am determined to win this mine!"

"One hundred twenty thousand……"

"Get out of the way, I'll offer 150,000 yuan!"

When the price reaches 150,000, there are fewer mine owners who are interested in bidding.

Seeing this, Li Du knew in his heart that everyone was not very optimistic about this mine, so he gave Steve a wink, and Steve raised his card and said, "Two hundred thousand!"

He directly raised 50% of the starting price, which is very aggressive and domineering.

The mine owners and miners who were hesitating whether to bid or not gave up bidding directly. Someone shouted: "Is there a mistake, this shit mine was only sold for 200,000 last time, and now it costs 200,000?"

When the mine is auctioned, part of the money goes to the bank to repay the loan, and part goes to the town. In addition, the new mine owner has to pay taxes, and the tax will fall into the town's financial wallet.

Therefore, seeing Steve's quotation so high, Barron was overjoyed, pointing at him and shouting: "This lovely boy quoted a lovely price, there is no doubt that he is now the closest to the No. 120 mine, he gave Is there anyone willing to give a higher price of 200,200,200,000..."

All the mine owners shook their heads. Barron stopped wasting time and continued to stir up everyone's emotions. Seeing this, he knocked on the table with a small hammer and shouted: "OK, 200,000, deal!"

Li Du and Steve clapped hands, the plan was completed smoothly, and the first mine was won.

As the auction progressed, Li Du began to realize that their quotations were a little too fast just now, and his opponents did not have discerning eyes and were not very enthusiastic about the mine.

No. 120 mine was sold for 200,000 yuan, but the next two mines in a row failed to sell!

The starting price of these two mines is also 100,000 yuan, but no one is willing to take over.

Li Du went to investigate them, indeed, these two mines are worthless.

The mine owners knew more information than him. These two mines had been excavated by many mine owners, and they almost plowed the ground carefully, but there was no harvest!

One mine after another was put on the auction table, some failed to be auctioned, and some would be auctioned off. Most of the auctioned mines were cheap, and the most expensive one was only 360,000 Australian dollars.

The mine owners told Li Du that the shit mine was worth the price at best.

It can be seen from this that when Li Du first came to Lightning Ridge, he would be pitted by Blatche. The same shit mine, Blatche sold him for 550,000 yuan.

Fortunately, in the end, he got back the 500,000 that he was cheated out of, and earned 450,000 in cash and a bunch of gems.