Chapter 358 357. Donated (Monthly Pass 72+)

He got a set of carriages and horses for free, and Hans was very pleased with himself.

Li Du shook his head and said, "Man, taking advantage of others is not a good thing."

Hans curled his lips and said, "You say I like to take advantage? You say that a person who donates half of his income to orphanages and orphanages likes to take advantage?"

Li Du was speechless.

It is true that Hans propped up Mama Mesa's house with his own strength.

Now the orphanage has even opened a special orphanage to take better care of the children, and most of the funds are given by Hans.

Hans not only donated money to Mama Mesa, but also donated money to other welfare organizations when he made a lot of money. Li Du had to admire him for this.

Li Du is rather stingy in this regard, he will not donate money at will, unless he can see benefits from it, such as the charity auction he held last time, the purpose is to punish those who maliciously slander him.

As the last light of the evening fell below the horizon, the auctioneer Ceditel entered the stage, raised his arms and shouted: "Welcome everyone to the Hessman Auction House, I am your favorite old friend Ceditel ..."

As usual, there were boos below.

Li Du stood outside the crowd, listening to the boos, he smiled and said, "This guy is really interesting, why does he always start like that when he knows he will be booed for saying that?"

Hans crossed his arms and said, "Because this is the mode of the auction, it's the first interaction. In fact, it's not that everyone doesn't like it, it's just that it's interesting."

The two were chatting when another white man in his fifties or sixties came up to them and asked, "Good evening, both of you, Boss Li and Boss Fu?"

Li Du looked at him in surprise, and said, "Yes, hello, is there anything I can help you with?"

The old man asked: "That's it. I'm the mayor of Mountain Town. You can call me Steve Kilton. It's a pleasure meeting you two."

Hans whispered to Li Du, "Shandi Town is a small town near Flagstaff City. It's a very old town with about one or two hundred families."

Li Du nodded and looked at the old man.

The old man continued: "I don't know if you have been to Shandi Town, it is a beautiful place, and the people are very kind."

Hans nodded and said, "I've been there. The 'farm to table' service is very special. Green tomato corn sticks, flying bacon and finger-licking roast chicken are great."

Kilton smiled and said: "Thank you for the compliment. You must have been there to know that there are many old-fashioned old timber buildings in our town."

Hans continued to nod.

Kilton added: "With older timber buildings, they are prone to fire and you have to do fire protection and be ready to fight fires at all times."

"But the firetruck in our town has a problem, it can't be used, we have to buy another one, but it's helpless, our town doesn't have that much money."

American cars are cheap. This refers to family cars. Special vehicles are also very expensive. A brand new fire truck costs at least 100,000 yuan.

Kilton said: "We saw your fire extinguisher, which was removed from the fire truck. I want to ask if you still have it?"

Li Du said: "It hasn't been sold yet, it will appear at the auction later."

Kilton smiled wryly: "No, is there anything else besides this set? At the auction, the price of the fire extinguisher will not be low. We don't have that much money to get it."

Hans asked: "Not necessarily, how much money have you prepared?"

Kilton said, "About two thousand yuan."

Hans spread his hands to Li Du in a helpless gesture. The money was really too little, only two thousand yuan, and the starting price was more than that. The starting price was at least five thousand yuan, and the transaction price was likely to be around ten thousand yuan.

Kilton sighed: "So, I would like to ask if you have another plan in private. If so, I would like to see if I can apply for an installment payment."

Li Du also smiled wryly, and said, "Mayor Kilton, your town can't be so poor, right?"

Kilton said: "The main reason is that the autumn harvest season has not yet arrived. If the autumn harvest comes, then our funds will be more abundant."

Hans whispered close to his ear: "The economy of the mountain town is underdeveloped. There is a small-scale peasant economy, and most people have no money."

Li Du didn't know what the smallholder economic model meant, but looking at the clothes of Kilton, the mayor, he knew that they really didn't have much money.

He asked, "Don't your neighboring towns have firetrucks? Or, haven't the state and Washington allocated funds for you?"

"No, there is no allocation, and we are 40 kilometers away from the neighboring town, so I'm afraid it's inconvenient to share a firetruck." Kilton looked helpless.

Li Du thought about it for a while and asked, "Can the auction be revoked for the items sent to the auction table?"

Hans said: "Yes, but you must have a good reason, otherwise the auction house will not be willing to cooperate with us in the future."

Li Du said: "Is there any good reason? There is a town that needs a fire extinguisher, and we have one, and now we want to donate it to them."

"Donation?" Hans emphasized.

Li Du said: "Yes, donate. This fire extinguisher belongs to a fire truck. In this case, let it go where it should go."

Hans said: "Good proposal, I will negotiate with the auction house."

Kilton listened to what the two said, with a surprised expression on his face, and said, "Gentlemen, are you serious?"

Li Du said: "Yes, if this fire extinguisher can protect the safety of one party, then we are willing to let it perform this duty."

He received a carriage as a gift today, so he should give something away as well.

In addition, he made this choice for another purpose, that is, in his opinion, donating a fire extinguisher to a poor town is more useful than exchanging it for thousands of dollars.

He is not short of thousands of dollars, but he lacks a good reputation. He donated the fire extinguisher to Shandi Town. If the news spreads, he will have a higher evaluation in the circle of treasure hunters.

Of course, it would be nice if the fire extinguisher could help Mountain Town.

After Hans negotiated with the people in the auction house, someone went up and whispered something to Ceditel, Ceditel nodded, and the auction continued.

When it came to the fire extinguisher, Saditel shouted: "I know a lot of guys are attracted to the fire extinguisher, but I'm sorry, I have to apologize to everyone..."

After hearing this, someone below shouted dissatisfiedly: "Don't tell me this thing is no longer for sale."

"Did someone buy it at a high price in advance?"

"I guess there is no such fire extinguisher at all, it is a fake gimmick created by the auction to attract people!"

After hearing these words, Li Du understood why the things that went to the auction were almost not allowed to be taken down, which greatly affected the reputation of the auction.