Chapter 9 It takes eyesight to pick up leaks!
Zhu Yu picked up a piece of tattered clothes, wiped the dust on the old safe, and said with a smile:
"The most valuable thing in this container is this safe."
"Safe?" Joanna was a little surprised and a little disbelieving, "Isn't this safe...an ordinary old-fashioned safe?"
"No, no, no." Zhu Yu shook his head and said, "This safe is at least eighty years old."
"So long? Is it true or not?" Joanna knows a lot about motorcycles, but she's no expert on other things.
She owes her understanding of motorcycles to her friend.
"It's true." Zhu Yu knelt down and pointed at the sign on the safe and said:
"Look at this brand. Now the owner of this brand has been acquired and the brand has been hidden.
In other words, there is no such new safe produced in the world now."
"So that's it!" Joanna looked very knowledgeable.
Although Zhu Yu knew that Joanna was catering to him, he still felt that it satisfied his vanity.
"So how much is it worth?" Joanna asked the most critical question.
"Probably..." Zhu Yu looked at it carefully again and gave an estimated price:
"It should fetch four thousand dollars!"
"Oh!" Joanna couldn't help but exclaimed, "The two of us, these two containers, made more than seven thousand US dollars!"
Even though Joanna is a little rich woman, she couldn't help but exclaim after calculating today's profits.
This makes money so fast!
Zhu Yu immediately suppressed her idea:
"Don't think so. Not all containers can be profitable. The two of us are lucky. To be precise, today is your lucky day and you have brought me good luck!"
As he wiped the safe, he said:
"Most people may only earn tens or hundreds of dollars by taking photos of containers. Some even have to pay a lot of money!"
Although Zhu Yu had just joined the industry, he had been observing it for more than half a month. He told Joanna some examples of failed bets he had seen and heard, trying to dispel her idea of underestimating the risks of this industry.
Joanna smiled and held Zhu Yu's arm and said:
"Don't worry, I won't come here to bet on the containers myself. There are so many expired containers in our cargo yard. If you are really interested, I can just go and open one secretly!"
Zhu Yu sweated profusely.
He forgot that the beautiful girl in front of him had a large warehouse at home.
There are at least a dozen expired, abandoned or forgotten containers every day, right?
At this time, Joanna's cell phone rang. She picked it up and saw that it belonged to a classmate, saying that it had arrived at the door of the goods yard.
When I got out of the container, I saw a middle-aged white man and a girl walking over.
"Andy, here!" Joanna waved.
The tall girl with short hair came over, glanced at Zhu Yu curiously, and said to Joanna:
"Is this your Prince Charming?"
"Yes!" Joanna admitted generously, "Hello, Uncle Ronald!"
"Hello Joanna." The middle-aged white man greeted with a smile, "And you, young Chinese guy, hello!"
"Hello, Mr. Ronald." Zhu Yu responded with a smile.
"What's your name?" Andy asked curiously.
Andy is a tomboy, average-looking, and quite lively.
"My name is Zhu Yu."
"Uncle Ronald, that's the Harley I'm talking about."
Joanna introduced it like a treasure: "I opened it from the container!"
"You are so lucky!" Ronald was truly envious. Not everyone has such luck.
Ronald said, walking over to inspect the car carefully.
After checking for more than ten minutes, he stood up and said with a smile:
"Yes, it's a good car, well maintained, no rust, and the parts are original... Are you sure you want to buy it?"
"Yes, yes!" Joanna said excitedly.
"Well, I can give you eleven thousand dollars..."
"Deal!" Joanna said impatiently.
I originally thought it would be $10,000, but I didn't expect it would be $1,000 more. Naturally, the deal was about to be completed.
Ronald asked Ronald to take away the motorcycle, parts, and tools, while Zhu Yu called John and said that he had an old-fashioned collectible safe here.
After John asked about the model number, he immediately said:
"This is very rare. I know someone who wants to collect it. Just wait."
After a while, a strange phone call came.
"Zhu Yu? I'm White. I heard from Old John that you have an old-fashioned safe there? What model is it?"
Zhu Yu reported the model number, and after confirming it again and again, the man said he wanted to come over and have a look.
While waiting, Zhu Yu and Joanna collected the garbage from the container and took it to the garbage dump outside.
This was Joanna's first time doing such a job, and she worked very hard because of the bonus.
Forty minutes later, a car drove outside the freight yard.
A short, middle-aged white man walked over in a hurry.
After seeing Zhu Yu, he immediately asked:
"Where is the safe?"
"Inside. Mr. White."
Zhu Yu smelled a strong smell of engine oil on this person.
Mechanical?
Zhu Yu guessed and followed White into the container.
Joanna also walked in curiously.
She couldn't imagine that such an old safe, which was about the same size as a bedside table, was worth several thousand dollars?
If it were left outside, she probably wouldn't even look at it.
"Well, it's the real thing." White looked at it for a while, then stood up and said, "I think $3,500 is a good price."
"Deal!" Zhu Yu saw that White was a determined person, so he did not intend to bargain and made the deal directly.
"Okay, here you go!" White took out a stack of green coins from his pocket and handed it over.
Zhu Yu thought that sure enough, if he made a counteroffer, there was a high probability that the other party would not agree, and the negotiation might even collapse.
A small profit of US$3,300, not bad!
Zhu Yu was still wondering whether the reason why White paid 3,500 US dollars was because he also had to pay Old John 500 US dollars in agency fees?
Helping White carry the safe into the car, Zhu Yu and Joanna left happily.
"Let's have something delicious?" Joanna hugged Zhu Yu's arm and said, "Let's celebrate."
"Okay." Zhu Yu thought he was going to a restaurant to eat.
Unexpectedly, Joanna took Zhu Yu to the supermarket, bought some materials, and then returned to the container where Zhu Yu lived.
Her so-called delicious food is made by Zhu Yu!
Joanna rested her head on Zhu Yu's arm and said unhappily:
"I'm going to class tomorrow... If I want to see you again, I'll have to wait until next weekend. It's really annoying!"
Zhu Yu thought this was good.
I can just take advantage of this week to make some money, and when I am closer to my goal, I can also improve my living environment.
It's really inappropriate to let such a beautiful girl date you in a container!
Even if Joanna doesn't care!
Such a happy decision!
Chapter completed!