Easy Tycoon

Chapter 209 Storage Auction
Beaumont is close to the Gulf of Mexico, so even in December, it is still quite warm here. Under the sunshine in winter, Yang Jing feels very comfortable in single pants and a jacket.And Chris Barton and John Bruno even wore a T-shirt directly.

The four were talking and laughing while waiting for the person Lin Dan was looking for to arrive.Chris Barton and John Bruno told Yang Jing about their deeds when they performed missions in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa, and they didn't feel that time passed slowly.

After waiting for about twenty minutes, a pickup truck drove in along the farm road.After the driver got out of the car, he said to Yang Jing and the four of them, "Excuse me, who is James Lin? I'm David Parker."

Lin Dan quickly greeted them, and after some pleasantries, he introduced everyone to David Parker.

This David Parker is an engineer for a local oil company in Beaumont. He usually works offshore, and these days he happened to be taking a break at home. When he heard from a friend that there was some business here and wanted to consult, he came here to earn some extra money.

"Mr. Parker, how long will it take and how much will it cost to restart this oil well?" Yang Jing went straight to the topic.

David Parker shook his head slightly and said: "Mr. Yang, if I were you, I wouldn't spend my hard-earned money on this oil well. This oil well is older than my grandfather. We Bo Almost all the locals in Monte know these oil wells nearby, including this oil well. To be honest, there is really no need for this well to be reopened.”

Yang Jing smiled and said: "It's okay, Mr. Parker, I just want to open this well to see what's going on inside. You know, since I've bought this well, I need to get a definite answer .”

David Parker shrugged his shoulders and said: "Well, you are the boss and you have the final say. But what I want to tell you is that this oil well has been closed for a long time, and it was the second oil well that year. The first well closure was done permanently, so it may cost a lot to reopen the well. Because this oil well is sealed with cement for a long distance, it needs to be re-drilled with a drill bit. .”

After a pause, David Parker continued: "Besides, this well has been opened. If you think it is not possible, in order to protect the environment, this well needs to be sealed again, and because of the damage to the casing caused by opening the well, When you seal the well, it is estimated that you need to replace a section of casing, or even replace all the casing, otherwise there is no guarantee that the well can be completely sealed."

"That is to say, how much money and how long will it take to do what you said?"

David Parker thought for a while and said: "It won't take long to open the well, and the well can be reopened in about two or three days. As for closing the well, it depends on the condition of the casing inside the well. But this The well was not deep at the beginning, only more than 600 meters deep. Even if it is calculated according to the need to replace all the casings, the cost of materials and labor required will not exceed 30 US dollars. If the casing inside is in good condition That number would drop by about half."

Yang Jing thought about it and said, "Mr. Parker, do you have any workers to do this small project?"

"Of course, that's what I do. I have a lot of skilled workers under my hands, enough to handle this small project.",

"Well, we can sign the contract today. After signing the contract, I will give you a part of the advance payment."

After a pause, Yang Jing continued: "Funding is not a problem, but I have a request, that is, I must see the situation after the well is opened within three days. How about it, Mr. Parker, can you follow my plan? Request to complete this task?"

Parker smiled and said, "It's no problem, I can assure you."

You can call Texans rude or short-tempered, but Texans do have one advantage, that is, they have a special spirit of contract.

When Lin Dan signed the construction agreement with David Parker on behalf of Yang Jing, David Parker immediately started calling, and in less than an hour, he called all the people together. At the same time, all the tools used in the construction And the materials are almost ready.

After lunch at noon, electricity was sent to the oil well, and David Parker immediately led the workers into the site for construction.As for the farmer, Yang Jing asked Lin Dan to write a $[-] cash check to the farmer, and immediately sealed the farmer's mouth.

After all, you are working on someone else's land, and building a good relationship with your boss is only good and not bad.But for Yang Jing, things that can be solved with money are nothing.

As for David Parker, because Yang Jing gave the money happily, this typical Texan also seemed to be very happy, and he was also a rush when he was working.

There were old oil workers working in the old oil well, so Yang Jing and Lin Dan had nothing to do, so the two young people decided to go to Houston for two days.

As a result, as soon as he arrived in Houston, Lin Dan excitedly knocked on Yang Jing's room again while he was about to rest after dinner.

Yang Jing was about to take a bath and go to bed.

"Damn, why are you here at this point? Is there anything you can't talk about tomorrow?" Yang Jing yawned and asked Lin Dan.

Lin Dan smiled and didn't think he was disobedient, "Brother Yang, do you want to earn some extra money tomorrow?"

While pouring tea for Lin Dan, Yang Jing asked suspiciously: "Make extra money? How do you make money?"

"Brother Yang, I wonder if you have watched an American drama in China?"

"American TV series?" Yang Jing shook his head, "I'm not very interested in American TV series, I just watched two seasons of "Prison Break" and a few episodes of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but it wasn't very interesting, so I didn't watch it." go down."

"Oh, Brother Yang, if you like to watch American dramas, you know that there are actually many things in American dramas that contain some business opportunities. For example, "Warehouse Digging King" broadcast on the American Discovery Channel, this program is very interesting. I started working as a treasure picker in my spare time because of watching this movie. Hehe, to tell you the truth, I made a lot of extra money in my spare time doing the treasure picker business. It’s not that Uncle Zhao has always valued me very much and wants to train me as his successor, so I really want to be a treasure hunter professionally.”

Yang Jing brought the tea to Lin Dan, and said with a smile, "Then tell me what kind of profession this treasure picker is."

Seeing that Yang Jing was interested, Lin Dan said, "Brother Yang, this is your first time in the United States, so you must not know much about the storage culture in the United States?"

Yang Jing shrugged his shoulders and said, "I must not understand."

"Brother Yang, in fact, the warehousing culture is a major feature of the United States. The warehousing industry in the United States is very developed, because Americans like to travel and go shopping, so Americans like to rent a small warehouse as a temporary storage when they go out. A place for things. But after these people finished traveling, or felt that the value of the things stored in the warehouse was not high, or simply forgot that they had rented a warehouse to store things, they patted their buttocks and left. Wait for the warehouse lease period After arriving, because no one cares about these warehouses, they will be taken back by the storage company and then auctioned at an optional date."

Yang Jing nodded, he had heard of this before.

"Similarly, the United States has a very strict "Garbage Disposal Law", so it is a headache for ordinary people to dispose of garbage. At this time, many Americans often rent from storage companies in order not to pay expensive garbage disposal fees. A warehouse, and then put your own garbage and unused things in it. When the lease period expires, if you don’t continue to pay the storage company, the warehouse will be confiscated by the storage company and then auctioned.”

"It is precisely because there are a large number of unpaid warehouses in the United States that about [-] unmanned warehouses are auctioned in the United States every day. This is the reason for the prosperity of the American warehouse culture."

Yang Jing shook his head in disbelief and said: "Brother, you also said just now that many Americans rent warehouses just to dispose of unnecessary garbage. What is the value of such warehouses at auction? Besides, even those Forgotten warehouses, those storage companies didn’t take a look after they took them back? Pick out those valuable things, and when you go to auction, what valuable things can you take?”

Lin Dan said with a smile: "Brother Yang, don't forget that there is also a "Privacy Act" in the United States. This law stipulates that even if the storage company takes back those private warehouses, they cannot enter the warehouse at will. The warehousing culture does not allow warehousing companies to do this. Because once warehousing companies do this, we treasure hunters will never be able to take pictures of good warehouses. After a long time, no one will participate in warehousing auctions. Warehousing companies How to deal with those private warehouses? Among other things, the garbage stored in the warehouses alone is enough to cause headaches for storage companies.”

"So, except for a very small number of warehousing company staff who have no professional ethics, they will play side-by-side, enter those private warehouses in the name of maintaining warehouses, and then sell the information inside to treasure pickers to earn extra money. Most of the warehousing companies The company strictly prohibits staff from entering the private warehouse that will be auctioned without authorization."

Lin Dan shrugged his shoulders, and said as if he remembered something: "Of course, there is nothing to say about the storage companies controlled by the gangsters. Those storage companies controlled by the gangsters are often channels for the gangsters to launder money. Money laundering can be carried out through this kind of storage auction. However, such storage companies are extremely rare, especially large-scale storage companies, and it will not happen that such staff enter the warehouse in advance without authorization, or are controlled by gangsters. Therefore, most of the warehouse auctions in the United States are still very formal."

When Lin Dan said this, Yang Jing understood a little bit. "Xiaolin, what do you mean to say that this kind of formal warehouse auction is actually a process of picking up leaks, right? It's about comparing whoever has better eyesight, whoever has better luck, and whoever can get a better warehouse?"

"Well, Brother Yang, you are right to think so. Many treasure hunters rely on this to maintain their lives and even make a fortune."

After a pause, Lin Dan continued: "Actually, not only in the United States, but also in many European countries, the warehousing culture is quite developed. I read a piece of news the year before last, saying that a retired Portuguese used his pension Bought a warehouse, this warehouse has been empty for 15 years, even the former owner and wife of the warehouse are no longer alive, and there is no heir, the door and windows of the warehouse are welded dead, even if the locals want to open This warehouse also needs to spend a certain amount of money. As a result, this warehouse has not been touched for 15 years, and in desperation, the local government auctioned this warehouse."

"As a result, the Portuguese bought the warehouse. Originally, the Portuguese bought the warehouse and planned to repair it for other purposes. When he opened the warehouse, he was pleasantly surprised by the contents."

"There must be a treasure hidden inside, right?" Yang Jing's interest was also aroused.

"It's more than just a baby! This guy is really lucky! Because in the warehouse that has been dusty for 15 years, there are dozens of classic cars parked! Including Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz, Lotus, BMW V8, Chrysler and other classic cars from famous car brands, among them there is even an F1 racing car, of course, they are all classic cars from the 70s and [-]s."

"Damn it! Let me tell you this, this guy is really lucky!" Yang Jing was also a little emotional.

"Of course, after these classic cars have been cleared out and assessed by experts, how much do you think these classic cars are worth? Thirty-five million U.S. dollars! Just take out one of these old-fashioned cars, it's worth more than a million U.S. dollars! A warehouse of classic cars is worth thirty-five million dollars!"

When Yang Jing heard this number, he swallowed involuntarily.If this is in China, it is definitely the rhythm of picking up big leaks!It was only back in 1994 that I could pick up such a big leak. Otherwise, I am afraid that it would be really difficult to pick up such a big leak now, even with the Holy Ring.

Looking at Lin Dan's excited face, Yang Jing said, "Do you mean the storage auction when you mentioned earning some extra money?"

"Well, it's the storage auction. Brother Yang, although I only participate in storage auctions in my spare time, and most of them participate in storage auctions in and around San Francisco, I am also a treasure picker registered in the American Storage Treasure Association, so I have a way to know Some news about storage auctions. This time in Houston, to be precise, the day after tomorrow, there is a large storage auction held at the Port of Houston, so I came to ask you, do we want to participate?"

(End of this chapter)