Chapter 477 476. Giant (5)

The Phoenix in the American population is different from the Chinese. According to Chinese habits, the name of a city represents the city. Even if there are small towns around, that family is independent.

This is not the case in the United States. They like to call a place by a large area, such as the Los Angeles area, the New York area, and the Phoenix area.

Scottsdale is not a small city, located in the southwest of Phoenix, with a population of about 240,000 and a total area of ​​477.7 square kilometers, which is larger than Flagstaff.

But like Tempe, the city is collectively referred to as Phoenix, and they are part of the Greater Phoenix area.

Compared with Phoenix and Tempe, Scottsdale has a better climate and scenery. It is a high-quality tourist attraction and an ideal place for shopping in the region.

Li Du had passed by this city many times before, but he had never observed it seriously.

It's actually a great city, quintessentially American West, described by The New York Times as "Miami's South Coast desert."

He is not an American, and he only has a superficial understanding of many cities, but for treasure hunters, superficial knowledge is not enough.

Warehousing auctions have a lot to do with the environment, culture, customs, and humanities of the area where the warehouse is located. This work is a test of one's eyesight and knowledge reserve. If you have a good understanding of various aspects of the local area, it will be of great help to the auction.

Li Du doesn't need to worry about this aspect. Usually, every time he participates in an auction in a region, Hans will introduce him to the situation in that region.

This time Hans didn't come, so the job fell to Lu Guan.

And Luguan is very good at doing this kind of thing, without Li Du's request, he quickly introduced Scottsdale.

"Let me introduce you to the Phoenix area first. It is composed of several towns..."

"Town?" Li Du asked strangely.

Luguan shrugged and said, "Actually, it's a city, but Californians call us country folks and say our cities are all towns, so I actually made a joke to satirize Californians, hahaha."

Li Du: "..."

"You can think of Phoenix as a family, Phoenix is ​​definitely Papa's, Scottsdale is the trendy big sister, Tempe is the college student and Mesa is the suburban big brother."

Having said that, he looked at Li Du and said, "Do you know who is the mother?"

Li Du shook his head, he didn't know.

Lu Guan said: "It's Flagstaff City! Haha, because the Phoenix area is too hot, mom can't stay, so she ran north to Flagstaff City, haha!"

Seeing how happy he was smiling, Li Du could only laugh along with him.

"From my introduction, you should know about these cities, right? Phoenix has a strong economy and military power, so it's Dad, Tempe has many schools, so it's the younger brother of college students, Mesa is located in the wilderness, and Cotsdale is trendy."

Li Du nodded and said, "I probably understand that the city we are going to has its pillar industry as tourism, right?"

"Yeah!" Lu Guan nodded heavily, "That's it. If you find ten people in this place, four of them will do jobs related to tourism! I read the news, it attracted more than 10 million tourists last year!"

The huge tourist base makes Scottsdale's tourism market have great potential. As we all know, New York has the most AAA five-star hotels and resorts in the United States, so where is the second largest number?

Not Los Angeles, the city of angels, not Houston, the powerhouse in the Southwest, and not Miami, known as the best tourist destination in the United States, but Scottsdale, which is not well-known abroad.

Among them, the pleasant climate is the main reason for the thriving tourism industry in Scottsdale. The climate here is mild and sunny all year round, and there are at least 330 days of sunshine every year.

In this case, tens of millions of tourists come here every winter in the Northeast of the United States and Canada, and it is considered to be an ideal place for leisure and recuperation in winter.

Relatively speaking, Scottsdale is very warm in winter, so needless to say in summer, it is now early autumn, and the autumn tigers are ferocious and the temperature is very high!

Listening to Luguan's introduction, Li Du knew what to pay special attention to when inspecting the warehouse: tourist supplies, hotel supplies, and sporting goods.

Golf in Scottsdale is well-known throughout the United States. There are hundreds of golf courses here, and this sport is a sport for the rich, and things related to the rich are always extremely valuable.

Arriving at the warehouse company, Luguan handed him the printed warehouse distribution map, marking out the warehouses that will participate in the auction.

This will happen to have a fleet of vehicles entering the warehouse, and some companies lease a large number of warehouses to store things.

Seeing this, he sneaked into the convoy, mixed with the porters and mixed into the warehouse.

The name of the warehouse company is Volcanic Rock, and the warehouses inside are all made of stones, which look indestructible, but they should not be volcanic rocks. Li Du thinks the name has something to do with the local climate, because it is too hot!

Of the 11 warehouses to be auctioned, five are linked together, from No. 1 to No. 5 consecutively.

Li Du released small flying insects into the No. 1 warehouse. Inside was a neat row of toilets. There must be forty or fifty of them.

Seeing so many toilets, he knew the occupation of the warehouse renter, which should be hotel supplies.

The things in the five warehouses are neatly arranged, including toilets, tables and chairs, chandeliers, various kitchen and bathroom supplies, etc., but there are problems, all of which are obsolete.

Li Du left here resolutely. These five warehouses were of no value to him, and there was no room for profit if he had to pay a high price for such a warehouse.

The sixth warehouse is No. 38. Compared with the previous five, the distribution of its things is very messy, just thrown in casually.

Among these sundries, a tin box attracted Li Du's attention. Generally, the things stored in this kind of box are more valuable, so he directed the little flying insect to look at it.

When the little flying insect entered the box, the first thing it saw were two thick iron pipes.

Judging from the shape, this is the barrel, which is what some double-barreled shotguns look like.

But no matter the length or caliber, it is too exaggerated to say that it is a barrel. The length of the barrel is one and a half meters, the thickness is one centimeter, and the caliber is five or six centimeters...

He gasped when he saw the barrel. Is this a double-barreled gun?

The next layer of the box proves the identity of the iron pipe. This is the barrel, not the barrel. There are gun handles, triggers, scopes and other accessories underneath, all of which are super big!

Li Du had never seen such a big gun, nor heard of this gun, but he knew that this gun was valuable, and he would have competitors.

The news Lu Guan heard was correct, there were guns in the warehouse here, and the news he could get, obviously many treasure hunters could also get it.