Happy Tycoon

Beaumont is close to the Gulf of Mexico, so even in December, it is quite warm here. Under the sunshine in the winter, Yang Jing feels very comfortable wearing a trousers and a coat. And Chris Button and John Bruno wore a T-shirt directly.

The four people were talking and laughing while waiting for the arrival of the person Lin Dan was looking for. Chris Barton and John Bruno told Yang Jing about their deeds in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa when they performed their missions in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa. They didn't think time flies too slowly.

After waiting for about twenty minutes, a pickup truck drove in along the road of the farm. After getting out of the car, the driver said to Yang Jing and the four of them: "Who is James Lin? I am David Parker."

Lin Dan quickly greeted him, and after some greetings, he introduced everyone to David Parker.

This David Parker is an engineer at a local oil company in Beaumont. He usually works at sea. These days he is on a shift at home. But when he heard from a friend that he wanted to consult with some business, he came over and planned to earn some extra money.

"Mr. Parker, take a look at how long and how much will it take to reopen 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 would not spend my hard-earned money on this oil well. This oil well is older than my grandfather. We blog Almost all the locals in Monte know about these oil wells nearby, including this oil well. To be honest, there is really no need to reopen this well."

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 have bought this well, I need to get an exact 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 this oil well was second in the year. When the second well was shut down, it was done permanently, so if you want to reopen the well, it may cost a lot. Because this oil well has been sealed with cement for a long distance, it needs to be re-drilled with a drill bit. ."

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

"That's 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. It takes about two or three days to reopen the well. As for re-closing the well, it depends on the condition of the casing in the well. But this The well was not drilled deep at the beginning, only more than 600 meters deep. Even if all the casings were replaced according to the needs, the material and labor costs required would not exceed 300,000 US dollars. If things are good, this number will drop by about half."

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

"Of course, this is 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 requirement, that is, I must see the situation after the well is opened within three days. How about, Mr. Parker, can you follow my instructions? Required to complete this task?"

Parker smiled and said, "It's okay, I can promise."

You say that Texas people are rude or grumpy, but Texas people do have an advantage, that is, they have a special spirit of contract.

After Lin Dan signed the construction agreement on behalf of Yang Jing and David Parker, David Parker immediately began to call, and then it took less than an hour to gather all the people, and all the tools used in the construction. And the materials are almost ready.

After lunch was over, the oil well was connected to electricity, and David Parker immediately led the workers into the construction site. As for the farmer, Yang Jing asked Lin Dan to write a cash check for 10,000 U.S. dollars to the farmer, and immediately sealed the farmer's mouth.

After all, they are working on other people's land, and a good relationship with the owner is only good and not bad. As for Yang Jing, things that can be solved with money are nothing.

As for David Parker, because Yang Jing gave the money so happily, this typical Texan also seemed particularly happy, and it was a rush to work.

The old oil well had those old oil workers working, so naturally there was nothing to do with Yang Jing and Lin Dan, so the two young men planned to go to Houston for two days together.

As a result, just arrived in Houston, after dinner and was about to rest, Lin Dan once again happily knocked on Yang Jing's room.

Yang Jing is preparing to take a bath and sleep.

"Damn, what are you doing at this point? Is there anything you can't say tomorrow?" Yang Jing yawned and asked Lin Dan.

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

Yang Jing poured tea to Lin Dan, and asked doubtfully: "Make extra money? How to make money?"

"Brother Yang, I wonder if you have ever watched an American TV show in China?"

"American TV series?" Yang Jing shook her head, "I am not very interested in American TV series. I have watched two seasons of "Prison Break" before. Well, "Agents of S.H.I. Go down."

"Oh, Brother Yang, if you like watching American dramas, you know that there are actually many things that contain some business opportunities in American dramas. For example, the "Warehouse Digging King" broadcast by the American Discovery Channel is a very interesting show. It’s because of watching this film that I started to be a treasurer in my spare time. Hey, let’s tell you, I’ve made a lot of extra money in the industry of picking treasures in my spare time. It’s not that Uncle Zhao has always valued me very much, and if I want to be trained as a successor, I really want to be a professional in the industry of picking up treasures."

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

Seeing Yang Jing's interest, Lin Dan said, "Brother Yang, this is the first time you have come to the United States. I think you still don't understand the American storage culture, right?"

Yang Jing shrugged his shoulders and said, "I definitely don't understand."

"Brother Yang, in fact, the storage culture is a major feature of the United States. The storage industry in the United States is very developed. Because Americans like to travel and go shopping, Americans like to rent a small warehouse for temporary storage when they are out. The place for things. But when these people finish the tour, or feel that the things stored in the warehouse are not of high value, or simply forget that they have rented a warehouse to store things, so they patted and left. Waiting for the warehouse lease period After they arrive, these warehouses will be taken back by the warehousing company and auctioned off at a selected time because no one cares about them."

Yang Jing nodded, he had heard of this.

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

"It is precisely because the United States has a large number of unmanned warehouses that it causes about 10,000 unmanned warehouses in the United States to be auctioned every day. This is the reason for the prosperity of American storage culture."

Yang Jing shook his head in disbelief and said, "Brother, you just said that many Americans rent warehouses just to dispose of unnecessary garbage. What is the auction value of such warehouses? Besides, even those. Forgotten warehouses, those warehousing companies have not taken a look at them first after they have taken them back? Pick out those valuable items and then you will go to auction. What valuable items can you still photograph?"

Lin Dan smiled and said: "Brother Yang, don’t forget that the United States also has a "Privacy Law." The warehousing culture also does not allow warehousing companies to do this. Because once the warehousing company does this, our treasurers will always not be able to photograph a good warehouse. After a long time, no one will go to the warehousing auction again. The warehousing company How to deal with those private warehouses? Not to mention, just the garbage stored in the warehouses is enough for the storage company to have a headache."

"Therefore, except for a very small number of warehouse staff with no professional ethics, they will hit the edge ball and enter those private warehouses in the name of maintaining the warehouse, and then sell the information inside to the treasure pickers to earn extra money. Most of the warehouses The company strictly prohibits staff from entering the private warehouse that is about to be auctioned."

Lin Dan shrugged his shoulders and said as if thinking of something: “Of course, those warehouse companies controlled by gangs can’t tell. Those warehouse companies controlled by gangs are often channels used by gangs to launder money. Money laundering can be done in the form of storage auctions. However, such storage companies are extremely rare, especially for large-scale storage companies, and it will not happen that such staff enter the warehouse in advance without authorization or are controlled by gangsters. Circumstances. Therefore, most warehouse auctions in the United States are still very regular."

When Lin Dan said so, Yang Jing understood a little bit. "Xiao Lin, you mean that this kind of formal warehouse auction is actually a process of picking up leaks, right? It's just that who has better eyesight, and who has better luck, who 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: "In fact, not only in the United States, but also in many European countries, the storage culture is quite developed. I saw a piece of news the year before that it was a retired Portuguese who used his pension in Portugal. I bought a warehouse, which has been empty for fifteen years. Even the former owner and wife of the warehouse are dead, and there is no heir. The warehouse’s doors and windows are welded to death, even if the locals want It also costs a certain amount of money to open this warehouse. As a result, there has been no movement in this warehouse for 15 years. In desperation, the local government auctioned off the warehouse."

"As a result, the Portuguese bought the warehouse. Originally, the Portuguese bought the warehouse and planned to repair it for his own use, but when he opened the warehouse, he was surprised by the contents."

"There must be a baby hidden inside, right?" Yang Jing's interest was also hung up.

"It's more than a baby! This guy is simply a dog. Shit luck! Because in that dusty warehouse for 15 years, there are as many as dozens of classic cars parked! Including Aston Martin and Mercedes-Benz. , Lotus, BMW V8, Chrysler and other classic cars of these famous car brands, among them there is even an F1 racing car. Of course, they are all classic cars from the 1960s and 1970s."

"Damn! Let you say that, this guy is really out of luck. Shit luck!" Yang Jing was also a little emotional.

"Of course, after these classic cars have been cleaned out, after evaluation by experts, how much do you guess these classic cars are worth? Thirty-five million dollars! Just take out one of these classic cars~www.readwn.com~ Worth over a million dollars! The classic cars in this warehouse are worth 35 million dollars in total!"

When Yang Jing heard this number, he couldn't help but swallowed. If this is in China, it is definitely the rhythm of picking up big leaks! Since I went back to 1994, I was able to pick up such a big leak. Otherwise, I am afraid it is really difficult to pick up such a big leak now, even with the holy precepts.

Looking at Lin Dan's excited face, Yang Jing said, "Do you just mean making some extra money in the warehouse auction?"

"Well, it's a warehouse auction. Brother Yang, although I only participate in warehouse auctions in my spare time, and I mostly participate in warehouse auctions in San Francisco and nearby, I am also a registered treasure picker in the American Warehouse and Treasure Picking Association, so I have a way to know Some news about the warehouse auction. This time in Houston, to be precise the day after tomorrow, there will be a large warehouse auction held in the Port of Houston, so I will come and ask you, should we participate in it?"

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