Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1008 - 548

Chapter 1008: 548

After all, the Base was now under Sean Knight’s control, and these people were very clear about that.

Sean himself hadn’t anticipated that because of exchanging supplies, the Base had now become similar to a small town center.

Some people, after trading items at the Base, would take some of what they received and engage in secondary trading at their stands, becoming "second-hand dealers".

When these people saw Sean Knight, their faces showed an unnatural expression.

Sean just pretended not to see it. He didn’t want others to feel embarrassed, nor did he want to embarrass himself—they were, after all, outsiders, and it was good enough to exchange for the supplies they wanted without getting involved in too many things.

He strolled a few steps forward, then saw the Elders who had been looking at the photovoltaic solar panels coming down the slope.

Watching them head straight for him, Sean knew they had something they wanted to discuss.

Sure enough, once Hassan Bager arrived with them, the first to speak said,

"Mr. Knight, we’d like to ask how much this power generation equipment costs. Each Tribe wants to set up a system like this..."

"Not very expensive, mostly just troublesome," indeed within Sean’s expectation. "This equipment is actually quite cheap domestically, but shipping it here by airplane would definitely not be cheap..."

"Mr. Knight, we all from the various Tribes have already discussed this, and as long as these items can be installed, we are willing to pay the appropriate price. Although our Tribes may be somewhat poor, we do have some resources."

Elder Hassan had obviously anticipated this from Sean.

Of course, he and Sean knew that Elder Hassan was just a frontman.

After the Base had installed the photovoltaic power equipment, Hassan came to Sean wanting to get a set for the tribe.

Sean had said at the time that he could supply the tribe a set of equipment at cost, but Hassan had rejected it.

Now, with the supplies in the cave storehouses, plus the golden mine that was being mined continuously, Elder Hassan could be described as financially powerful like never before.

As the saying goes, money emboldens the meek. With money, Hassan spoke with more confidence.

He not only wanted to purchase a set at market price, but also told Sean that he planned to bring other Tribal Elders over, to let them see for themselves and get more people involved in the project.

According to Hassan, it was giving them an opportunity—if Hassan’s Tribe did this, and the other Tribes didn’t follow, then it probably wouldn’t be long before people would want to move to Hassan’s Tribe.

This was an open conspiracy, no matter what, the Tribe’s future growth and expansion after cooperating with Sean was just a matter of time.

"We could pay with resources," Hassan clearly unified the viewpoint with other Elders, and formally said to Sean,

"Mr. Knight, of course, we’d include a portion as commission for you. We just hope these devices work well and that there will be someone responsible for maintenance when needed."

"That’s definitely not an issue," Sean said with a smile. "If there’s a problem with the equipment, we will definitely take care of it. During the warranty period, we will arrange for free repairs, and even after the warranty expires, we will be responsible for fixing it."

These days, the trading of supplies at the Base had gradually made the Tribal Elders believe in the good faith of Sean and his people; they had established their reputation.

Additionally, having Hassan as a middleman helped speed up the negotiation process.

A total of seven Tribes needed the photovoltaic power generation equipment installed.

What surprised Sean was that the Tribal Elders were quite ambitious. According to their requests, and taking the population into account, the amount of power needed was far beyond basic everyday use.

Seeing Sean’s puzzled look, Bagel, who had already completed his role transformation, took the initiative to explain,

"Mr. Knight, mainly we hope to introduce some household appliances in the future, such as televisions, washing machines, air conditioning, refrigerators, etc. We want to have a surplus in power capacity as preparation for the future."

Sean nodded his head, understanding.

Everyone has the freedom to pursue a higher quality of life. Although tribal life is relatively backward, they have many resources—is indeed abundant; Sean even discovered a particularly large coal mine in the past two days, which is practically open-air.

It’s just that transportation is inconvenient; otherwise, just this coal mine could make the residents of the nearby Tribes wealthy.

Of course, not being rich now doesn’t mean they can’t become rich in the future. With so many resources, not even talking about sustainable development, just selling the resources would be enough to achieve a comfortable life.

Of course, that’s on the premise that there are no more wars.

Since the opponent was willing to buy, Sean was naturally willing to be the bridge.

It was as if he was giving the money to the photovoltaic equipment factory, and the Tribe was giving him resources; he was just brokering the deal.

Because the Base had already installed a batch and the technicians had just returned, Sean was quite clear about the price of the equipment.

Upon learning that the Tribes were willing to trade with resources, Sean casually valued the equipment in terms of local resources—raw Lapis Lazuli, carpets, gemstones, and so on.

As for how much profit he made, Sean didn’t really care much, so the price he proposed made the Tribal Elders think it was a real bargain!

If they had known it would be this cheap, the Tribes would have done it a long time ago!

These Tribes lived in the Mountainous Areas and each Tribe had a stash of Lapis Lazuli, gemstones, etc. There were plenty of moldy carpets in the warehouses.

After all, the War had just ended not long ago. There used to be regular trade, but trade was cut off as soon as the War started, and they were not willing to sell these items at rock-bottom prices to the Americans.