Chapter 39: Underground Trading Hall

  "Alright, I'll register as an anonymous bounty hunter." Zhou Jian really needed the Bounty Hunters Association's proof of strength.

  "Alright, if it's convenient for you, sir, you can come tomorrow to take the ability test."

  "Uh, okay, but before that, I have something I'd like to sell here at this trading conference."

  "Then you've found the right place, follow me." Andy led Zhou Jian to the elevator and pressed the button. After that, Andy said to Linda, "Sorry, this beautiful lady, the trading area only allows traders and bounty hunters to enter, would you mind waiting outside for a moment?"

  Linda pouted unhappily, "I wasn't interested in your Bounty Hunter Association to begin with."

  Then she looked at Zhou Jian again, changed a gentle expression that she thought was very gentle, and said sweetly: "I'll wait for you here, come back early."

  Due to what happened just now, Linda's attitude towards Zhou Jian made a 180-degree turn. Westerners worship the strong, and as someone who loves fitness and martial arts, Linda is even more so. At this moment, in her mind, Zhou Jian, the lazy and weak boy who doesn't work out, has been upgraded to a mysterious, powerful, and infinitely charming Eastern warrior.

  To be honest, Linda is not a gentle beauty, but it must be admitted that her voice is sweet and soulful.

  "Uh, no need to wait for me, thanks for bringing me here, I'll take care of the rest myself."

  "It's okay, I'll wait for you." Linda blinked at Zhou Jian, and couldn't help but say that Linda had a pair of electric eyes, with a lethal power.

  Andy smiled meaningfully, "Although I'd like to invite this beautiful lady to go together, but due to the association's internal rules, I can only say sorry. However, I will arrange for the service staff of Bounty Hunter Bank to entertain this beautiful lady until your friend returns."

  Andy said, pressing the button to close the door, and Zhou Jian followed him in.

  The elevator didn't go up, but continued to descend. Zhou Jian looked at the electronic screen, already on minus three floors, and it was still going down until the fifth underground floor. The elevator stopped, and the door opened.

  Spread out before them was an underground tunnel, a stretched Lincoln was already waiting. "Does the gentleman speak English? Or French, Spanish?"

  "I understand a little English and can hear what you're saying."

  "Oh, that's great, may I know your name, sir?"

  "My surname is Zhou." Although Chu Qingyun had assured Zhou Jian of the underground bank's credibility, Zhou Jian still didn't want to reveal his name, after all, these diamonds were of dubious origin.

  "So I'll take the liberty of asking Mr. Zhou a question, what's the price range of the things you're selling? Is it around one million US dollars?"

  "Got it." Zhou Jian said bluntly. Although he replied calmly, he was secretly shocked in his heart that Andy had casually mentioned one million US dollars, as if even the smallest business wasn't worth doing. Maybe his own worries were unnecessary, a giant like Bounty Hunter Bank didn't need to risk damaging its reputation for this small diamond.

  Andy smiled, "Great, let's go." In fact, the Bounty Hunter Association's business wasn't that exaggerated either. They would still take on small businesses worth tens of thousands of dollars. However, Andy subconsciously thought that Zhou Jian came from a wealthy family and was skilled, so he believed that what he took out must be very valuable.

  If he hadn't had a mind for making connections, he wouldn't have personally accompanied Zhou Jian on this trip.

  Two people got into the car, and a stretched Lincoln is nothing unusual in Las Vegas.

  The driver started the car, and Andy introduced: "In the early 20th century, Las Vegas was once a gold mine. This is the paradise of gold diggers. The place we are going to is a pit left at that time, which was transformed into its current form by the Gambi family."

  Zhou Jian knew that the Ganbi family was one of the precursors to the current American Mafia. The car drove for about a kilometer before entering an underground parking garage. The two took the elevator up one floor, and when the doors opened, Zhou Jian saw a large hall with people sparsely seated inside. From their attire, it appeared that these people were bounty hunters, gathered in small groups trading something.

  "Andy said, 'This is the transaction district. The bounty hunters inside are basically treasure hunters. You know, since the catastrophe in the middle of last century, many treasures have been lost in the world, so the profession of treasure hunter has a good prospect.'"

  Zhou Jian knew something about the disaster of last century, but he was not clear about the real cause of the disaster. There were many versions of rumors, but he knew that the prosperity of ancient martial arts families and bounty hunters began after that disaster. However, in Huaxia, there were only ancient martial arts families, but no large-scale bounty hunter organizations.

  "What kind of treasure is Mr. Zhou selling this time? Antiques? Jewelry?"

  Jewelry.

  "Alright, I'll take you to the jewelry trading district," Andy said, leading Zhou Jian to a corner of the trading district. "Later, I'll introduce you to the appraiser from the Bounty Hunters Association. After his appraisal, you can choose one of three methods to handle your jewelry: sell it directly to the association, consign it with the association's guild, or auction it publicly at the trading hall. Of course, as a director of the association, I'd prefer if Mr. Zhou chose the first option. However, I must inform you that the association's offer will be about 20% lower than market price. If you choose to consign or auction, the final sale price will likely also be around 10-15% lower than market price, and the association will take a 5% commission. The most profitable method is free trading, although the transaction price is generally not as good as the second option. The advantage is that you don't have to pay the 5% handling fee. If you're worried about being cheated, just pay a small appraisal fee."

  Americans often speak in long sentences, one clause after another, and Zhou Jian had a hard time understanding Andy's meaning. In fact, he already knew that selling diamonds here would be at a loss compared to the market price. It was an unavoidable situation - who made your goods unsellable? Otherwise, people might as well go to a jewelry store to buy them, why choose this place?

  According to Andy, free trading can make the most money, but Zhou Jian doesn't want to do that. Because if he does free trading, he will inevitably have to ask people in the hall who buys and sells at what price, and then his possession of diamonds will be exposed. With Sun Deguang's brain, how could he not know that Chu Qingyun hired professional bounty hunters this time? So it is very likely that his lost diamond flowed into the Bounty Hunters Association. If he doesn't send a few spies to investigate, it would be abnormal.

  I'd like to ask for a recommendation vote. Speaking of which, Xiaoxue's book took half a month after signing the contract and another half a month waiting for recommendations. This week is the last week of "Divine Thief" on the new book chart, and the recommended posts are almost all at the starting point, but I still hope to move up a bit in the rankings, at least get closer to the charts.