Chapter 360: The Value of the Dodo Specin
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
As more and more people ca to Li Du’s old goods site, another role of the cabin erged: a place for the exchange of information.
It was noon on September 3rd when soone suddenly revealed to Hans, “Dog Ears Rick and Lil’ Rick are back in business again.”
“Really?” Hans exclaid. “Haven’t seen them in a while. I thought both of them had left Flagstaff and gone elsewhere.”
“Yup, that’s right. They ran away. I heard they offended those from the Comanche Casino.”
“But they were caught by the Native Aricans. Now the Ricks are working for them as they seem to owe them a lot of money. Working to pay their debts.”
“What do they work as? Ha! Selling their *ss or courting those fat chicks at the Casino?”
“Of course it’s storage auctions. They can continue to attend storage auctions but the money they earn goes to the Comanche. The two poor n are now workers.”
Li Du could not sympathize with them, for the Ricks had dug their own graves—they could only bla themselves.
He could make a killing at the Casino because of the little bug. Otherwise, Marlin and his n would not be in awe of his gambling skills or dread to see him walking in the door. Without the little bug, he would be the one working for the Comanche.
He interrupted the conversation and asked, “How are the Ricks doing now?”
“Not bad. With the Comanche as their backer, they’re more arrogant than ever,” replied soone. “Oh yeah, Li, they said they’ll get even with you.”
Hans took off his sunglasses and glared at the treasure hunter. “Oh yeah? Let them co. I’d like to have a good look at how they’ll get even with us?”
A few treasure hunters burst into rry laughter.
Li Du waved his hands and said, “Ok, let’s stop joking around. Big Fox, we’ve been idling for a few days—find so auctions with so good items.”
Hans answered helplessly, “Didn’t we just go to Water Valley Town for an auction? Look, the chair you’re sitting in is from that storage unit.”
Li Du said dryly, “I want a unit with more value—great value.”
Hans puffed out a sigh. “Okay, who has information on good storage units? Co on pals, I’ll give a reward to anyone who tells that.”
“What reward?” imdiately ca a reply.
Hans stomped his foot and made a splash in the ditch. “You’ll get to relax in the ‘golden’ resting seat of our storage site. How’s that? Not bad huh?”
“Boo!” Sounds of jeering ca from the group of treasure hunters.
However, there was bound to be soone willing to disclose sothing about storage auctions. “Big Fox, I can tell you sothing I know. I heard Holbrook’s Vendetta Storage has good stuff inside.”
“What’s that?” Li Du was interested.
As he finished his sentence, he received a call from an unfamiliar number.
He was therefore unable to hear the reply from the treasure hunter. He answered the call, “Hello, this is Li speaking.”
“Hello?” ca a friendly voice over the phone. “Hello, Du Li? Mr. Li, right? Hello there. I’m Mr. Steel Steve, glad to speak with you. I’ve been ssaging you on Facebook.”
Li Du was bewildered. “Sorry, I don’t really rember. You are?”
“My na on Facebook is ‘Mr. Steel Steve.’ Maybe because we didn’t manage to chat, so you might have forgotten. I often send you information about dodo specins.”
Li Du suddenly realized who this person was.
When he’d left a picture of the skeletal dodo specin on Facebook, two people had sent him ssages about it: one was Dr. Clinken and the other was Mr. Steel Steve.
After he’d learned the value of the dodo specin from Dr. Clinken, he’d removed the picture as he was worried there might be people who knew the value as well, and that they might co after him.
Mr. Steel Steve had sent him ssages, but Li had chosen to contact Dr. Clinken, who seed to be a more trustworthy figure, instead of replying to Mr. Steel Steve.
Subsequently, once he’d realized the specin could only be sold for 100,000 dollars—although it was worth millions—he decided to leave things as it was. Dr. Clinken had called him several tis but he would always co up with an excuse and hang up the phone.
In Li Du’s opinion, because he was not short on cash, and the specin was really rare, he decided that he might as well keep it.
He was sowhat embarrassed to receive a call from Mr. Steel Steve. “I know who you are now. So you’re calling because of the dodo specin?”
The person on the other end of phone replied instantly, “Yes, yes, yes—I like collecting bird specins. I’m a bird specin collector, and I’m very interested in your dodo specin.”
Li Du declined politely. “Thank you for your interest. But I don’t plan on selling it.”
“Are you also interested in collecting bird specins?” asked Mr. Steel Steve. “Or did soone else give you a quote?”
“I’m actually not really interested in collecting bird specins,” Li Du admitted, “and I don’t lack money. The dodo specin can’t be sold for a good price so I’m not interested in selling it.”
“Has soone quoted a price? May I ask how much are they willing to pay for it?” Mr. Steel Steve sounded startled.
There was nothing to hide in regards to this matter and Li Du replied, “Dr. George Clinken, from the tropolitan Museum of Birds, told that this specin is worth millions, but he could only offer 100,000 dollars.”
“That *sshole!” Mr. Steel Steve cussed.
Li Du was puzzled and asked, “What’s up?”
Mr. Steel Steve said, “You didn’t deal with George Clinken, right?”
“No, I didn’t.”
“That’s clever of you, pal. You were nearly fooled by him.” Mr. Steel Steve sounded a little exasperated. “That man knows how to fool people.”
Li Du asked, “What do you an?”
“Your specin is worth a million dollars, and you can sell it for a million dollars, not 100,000 dollars,” said Mr. Steel Steve. “George Clinken is a greedy b*st*rd. He likes to use his identity to deceive others who don’t know about this industry. Obviously, you’ve been fooled by him.”
As Li listened on, he got excited and said, “So do you an you’re willing to buy this specin for a million dollars?”
Mr. Steel Steve replied affirmatively, “Of course, if the specin is exactly what your picture shows, I’m willing to pay 1,000,000 dollars!”
Li Du wasted no ti and said, “Give your address, I’ll deliver it to you. I guarantee you that the actual specin is better than what you saw in the picture!”
He might have felt indifferent about selling the specin for 100,000 dollars, but 1,000,000 dollars was a different story. A million US dollars!
This had co as a surprise to him. Originally, he had exchanged a few things for sothing that could sell for 100,000 dollars from the Amish—he was already satisfied with that.
Now, he was told the specin could really be sold for a million dollars, which was a huge difference from what he was told of the previous amount of 100,000 dollars.
Li Du was actually a little doubtful as well. He even thought that maybe he was dreaming. Despite the fact that he had a personal net worth of millions, a million dollars was still not a small sum. It was enough to make him jump with joy.
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