Chapter 55: 55. Antique Clock

A set of nearly 90% new electrical appliances made Hans very satisfied.

Li Du asked: "How much income can I expect?"

Hans patted the clean white refrigerator and said, "I bet you can sell it for at least 4,000 yuan. If you find a suitable buyer, you can sell it for 5,000 yuan."

After hearing this, Li Du was disappointed: "There are so few."

Hans widened his eyes: "Hey, buddy, do you really think you are the Son of God? Do you think you are the godbrother of Jesus? We only invested four hundred yuan, and the income of four or five thousand is quite a lot!"

"I think that's very little."

"Big brother, if I tell you that we used to refuse to let go of a warehouse with an income of 400 yuan, will you feel better now?"

Phoenix has a lot of grocery stores, but Hans still hauled the appliances back and sold them to Kevin, the owner of the grocery store in Flagstaff.

"That's how relationships work," he explained.

The old man Kevin smiled when he saw the home appliances they brought. He patted Hans on the shoulder and said, "Thank you, boy, where did you get these good things?"

"Phoenix."

"OK, thank you for remembering me as an old guy from so far away, I will give you a satisfactory price, 5,000 yuan for the whole set, is that okay?" Kevin said.

This price is indeed ok, reaching their expected price.

Hans didn't negotiate the price, but shook hands with him and said, "No problem, but it's still the old rule. Treat us to a meal of roast lamb."

Kevin laughed loudly: "I guessed that 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 roast lamb chops, they will prepare for Jerome's auction when they get back.

An old mining town in Jerome, located 60 kilometers southwest of Flagstaff City, close to the side of Cleopatra Mountain, is quite famous in Arizona.

The town's fame comes from its long history and internal sliding prisons. Its age is almost the same as that of Arizona, and it is one of the first areas to follow the state to benefit.

Jerome used to be rich in iron ore and copper ore. Unfortunately, after half a century of mining, these ores were mined out, and then people moved out one after another.

Compared with its heyday, the town now has less than one in ten people, so it is also nicknamed a ghost town, with many eerie empty houses in it.

The town is built on a hillside, and the surrounding area is full of rugged mountains. There are many ups and downs in the streets, and there are many stairs in the houses.

Walking on it, Hans smiled and said, "Does this remind you of a childhood game?"

Li Du asked: "What game? The games we played in childhood may not be the same."

Hans showed a stunned expression and said, "Yes, our childhood was on two opposite points on the earth, climbing hills and ladders."

"What?"

"Climbs and ladders, that's what I mean by childhood games," 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 arrived at their destination, an old warehouse company that had been around for a while.

Seeing the company's signboard, 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 one or two hundred years ago here."

This is their goal. According to the information provided by Andrew, there are a batch of old antique clocks hidden in the auction warehouse.

The warehouse company is called Red Rock Warehouse Storage Co., Ltd. In its heyday, it had three or four hundred warehouses, 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, a total of twenty-five.

Hans said that the warehouse company is about to close down, and they will accumulate a batch of warehouses that have not been renewed and then auction them together instead of renting them out.

Li Du nodded. Fortunately, his control over Xiao Chong was much stronger, otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to go through these warehouses all at once before releasing them.

It is still impossible to read it all at once, but the first time he is looking for an antique clock is a purposeful search, so it will be easier.

Ten of the twenty-five warehouses are mini warehouses, and fifteen are small warehouses with a small area. Antique clocks are relatively large and there are several of them together, so it is not difficult to find them.

He controlled the worms to fly around inside, quickly searched, and soon found these clocks in a small warehouse.

To his delight, these clocks and watches were all packed in wooden boxes and wrapped with several layers of kraft paper. They were well preserved and would not be easily discovered by treasure hunters during the auction.

Li Du counted and found that there were fifty or sixty boxes in total, most of which were empty, and only nine boxes still contained clocks.

They should belong to the mass-produced ones, with similar styles, nanmu wood, gilt exterior, Roman numerals on the dial, and red, blue and white enamel patterns interlaced on the dial, which look very exquisite.

After finding these clocks, he wrote down the number of the warehouse. This is warehouse No. 240. There are many wooden boxes in it. There are some linen and rawhide at the door, which are easy to find.

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

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

Find the clock, complete the task, they return to the town center to start to solve the problem of food and housing.

Hans seemed to be very familiar with the whole of Arizona. He took Li Du to the Jerome State Historic Park and said, "I'll take you to live in 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? Doesn't that mean we become homeless?"

Hans said confidently, "Follow me."

Driving around inside, a big house appeared at the end of the road with a sign saying 'Jimmy Douglas' Yard'.

"Jimmy Douglas used to be Jerome's first mining tycoon. This house was built in 1916 and has witnessed the most glorious time here." Hans introduced.

"Douglas never married and had no offspring. Before he died, he donated the house to the country and turned it into a historical and cultural hotel."

The house is very large and there are many houses. The two of them booked a presidential suite, which only cost 155 yuan a night, and they can get one free day after booking for three days.

After putting down their luggage, they went to have 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 appeared automatically: they entered a park called Audley-Hedfram, and there were restaurants hidden in the valley of the park.

The restaurant they entered was built above the mine, and the floor was made of transparent tempered glass. Looking down, it was a bottomless mine!

"This is one of the most stylish restaurants in Arizona. Guess how deep the mine shaft is down there?" Hans asked.

There are incandescent lamps on the four walls of the mine, but Li Du still can't see the end of it, so he shook his head and said, "It's hard to guess."

Hans said: "1910 feet, 650 feet higher than the Empire State Building!"

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

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