Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1038 - 559: Even more bizarre demands!

Chapter 1038: Chapter 559: Even more bizarre demands!

Sean Knight didn’t say a word, and looked at Zackery Guthrie like he was looking at an idiot.

Laura Caldwell covered her mouth, exclaiming in surprise:

"That high? Then Mr. Knight would become a billionaire immediately!"

As she spoke, she even threw a flirtatious glance at Sean Knight.

Elijah Hastings, standing nearby, could no longer stand the exaggerated performances of the two, and said coldly:

"Our boss’s oil field alone has reserves of one hundred million tons, and the extractable amount is at least 50 million tons!

With the market price of 3,500 yuan per ton of crude oil, just 100,000 tons amount to a price of 300 million yuan! The current reserves of crude oil in the oil field are far more than 100,000 tons! Mr. Guthrie, are you joking?"

Zackery Guthrie listened to the numbers calculated by Elijah Hastings and laughed awkwardly:

"I am talking about US Dollars, US Dollars!"

"Even then, it’s just times six—but the conservative value of this oil field’s extraction has already exceeded 15 billion, Mr. Guthrie, your abacus is strikingly optimistic, isn’t it?"

Sean Knight said:

"Mr. Guthrie, I already told you the basic situation of the oil field when you called earlier. This is still a conservative figure without the full reservoir capacity of the oil wells being estimated.

Now, you give me this offer—are you looking down on me, or are you looking down on yourself?"

Zackery Guthrie smiled embarrassingly.

On the contrary, it was Laura Caldwell who spoke sarcastically:

"Isn’t data just spit out? You just say it like that, print out a piece of paper, who knows if it’s true?"

Sean Knight looked at Zackery Guthrie expressionlessly, saying:

"Mr. Guthrie, are we discussing an acquisition here?"

Zackery Guthrie nodded hastily and said:

"Yes!"

"Then why don’t you speak, and let any Tom, Dick, and Harry keep talking—what’s the meaning of that?"

"Oh, oh! No, no." Zackery Guthrie was even more embarrassed, "Laura is just ignorant... she’s young, think of it as a child who doesn’t know any better..."

At this, Laura Caldwell was displeased and stood up, hands on hips, pointing at Elijah Hastings and shouted:

"Why can he speak, and I can’t? What kind of crappy negotiation is this?"

"Of course he can speak," Sean Knight looked at her coldly and said unhurriedly, "he has a stake in this oil field, he’s one of its owners, his words count and naturally he’s entitled to speak!"

His words silenced Laura Caldwell. But Sean Knight didn’t stop there, he continued to ask:

"So, I’ve made myself clear, what about your side? Mr. Guthrie, how much of that 300 million in funds is yours?"

"This... this..."

This time, both Zackery Guthrie and Laura Caldwell clammed up.

"Mr. Guthrie, being in the energy sector, it’s unlikely you’re not aware of the price of crude oil. So, this time, you really came unprepared. Well, I won’t keep you, please leave at your leisure!"

Sean Knight didn’t want to keep talking to such a bizarre person, it was taking years off his life.

"Mr. Knight, no, no, no, I have a private matter to discuss with you quietly," Zackery Guthrie said hurriedly upon hearing Sean Knight showing him to the door. He approached Sean Knight and said softly:

"Mayor Hill asked me to send his regards to you..."

"Mayor Hill? Which Mayor Hill?" Sean Knight asked with some confusion.

"The mayor of our city!" Zackery Guthrie said somewhat urgently, "Actually, some of the 300 million, his family members contributed, you know, some things can’t be said in the open..."

"What do you want then?" Sean Knight asked, unfazed.

"Since we can’t buy the oil field, let’s buy some crude oil," Zackery Guthrie said through gritted teeth, as if he was giving up a huge benefit, "300 million for 1 million tons of your crude oil..."

"Your money is quite a bit short," Sean Knight thought this guy’s brain was not muddled with water, but the water was muddled with a bit of brain.

"That’s simple! I’ll take away the crude oil, sell it, then pay you the rest of the money, this 300 million can be the down payment, how about that?

With Mayor Hill in the mix, don’t worry, I won’t cheat you! Besides, your family is in the county too, right? Mayor Hill has a lot of influence there, what do you say?"

"Not so good," Sean Knight didn’t want to listen to him anymore, this attempt to get a free ride—well, not exactly free, but accustomed to taking advantage, always thinking that some connections can let one walk freely under heaven.

Plus, who is this Mayor Hill? Sean Knight had never even heard of him!

Even if it were the mayor of the city where his hometown was located, would he dare to do this? If he dared, he could be reported in a minute.

Most likely, it’s just another case of false flagging!

Zackery Guthrie wanted to say more, but Elijah Hastings and others pushed him out.

His bodyguard was quite skilled, but it was neither the time nor place, and on top of being morally wrong and outnumbered, he had no choice but to leave as well.

Once they left, Sean Knight enjoyed the much quieter environment.

After a while, Elijah Hastings came in and said to Sean Knight:

"Boss, thanks for standing up for me just now."

"I didn’t speak out of turn," Sean Knight knew what he was referring to, "the oil field rightfully has a share for you guys. But I won’t be giving more, though."

"Boss, no need to give us anything, those ten kilograms of gold are more than enough. We mainly do the legwork; it’d feel wrong to take too much."

"What’s yours is yours," Sean Knight gestured dismissively, "don’t worry, I’ll definitely exploit your labor to the fullest!"

Then everyone laughed.

As noon approached, two off-road vehicles and a minibus stopped in Big Valley.

Aria Wilson got out of one of the off-road vehicles, excitedly walking towards Sean Knight:

"Mr. Knight, I’ve brought the experts over!"