Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 105: Returning to the Old Business Once

Chapter 105: Chapter 105: Returning to the Old Business Once

What a fantastical turn of events!

At first, Sean Knight only wanted to make enough money to recover the will and hire a lawyer, as well as to acquire the Black Jade Pendant.

Now, he’s become famous before accomplishing his goal!

What is this?

What’s more serious is that guy William was blown up and killed!

One can imagine that they must have found the passage but failed to notice the simple mechanism!

Sean wouldn’t play the saint by thinking that he caused those people’s deaths.

After all, even if he hadn’t gone, those people would still have been killed by the explosion.

It’s just a bit sigh-worthy – being a treasure hunter, a treasure hunter isn’t easy!

The second day, Sean called Paul Walker, learned that the case was still under trial, and decided to stay low at the Port.

Mr. John sent a series of messages that there would be Container Auctions at several Freight Yards today. Sean thought it would be good to go and take a look.

Upon arriving at Freight Yard 33, Sean found that people were gradually coming, and Mr. Madden was already there.

Seeing Sean, Mr. Madden was somewhat surprised, and greeted him with a smile:

"Sean, I heard you’ve recently expanded your business to treasure hunting in suburban manors, and it’s said that your story is circulating in the treasure hunter circle. I didn’t expect to see you here!"

"I suppose you didn’t want to see me, right?" Sean chatted with Madden while laughing. In a short while, familiar faces like Elder and Little Joey, Diana Smith, the Ralph Brothers, and Hamilton Diaz all arrived.

These people were all surprised to see Sean, and they greeted him and joked with either mockery or good intentions.

The Auctioneer and Assistant came over and, after seeing Sean, went directly to shake hands with him.

It turned out to be the newbie Auctioneer Cook from back then.

At that time, Sean had helped him out, and surprisingly, not much time had passed since then, but Cook had become much more confident.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Cook announced the start of the auction and began by introducing:

"The first container comes from Dubai, and I’m sure everyone is well aware of the wealth there. So, my friends with dreams, get ready to bid!"

Upon hearing that the container was from Dubai and not the waterlogged kind, the treasure hunting big shots and numerous onlookers all got excited!

But Sean glanced over the container and didn’t feel particularly excited – this container was packed with six to seven dozen suitcases.

These suitcases were all ordinary, and with a scan from Sky Eye, Sean found that they were mostly filled with ordinary clothing and a few electronic devices, totaling a value of no more than 5,000 US dollars.

Compared to the suitcases he’d gotten from the airport himself, these were worth much less.

It seemed that there were still many ordinary people in Dubai!

Seeing that he’d stirred up everyone’s emotions, Cook immediately had the Assistant open the container door, and when people saw the suitcases, their expressions changed!

People who liked blind boxes got even more excited, while the big shots like Madden, who always sought clues from the smallest hints, had expressions that were changeable.

They couldn’t see what was inside, so they could only blindly guess, making the gamble too risky!

"Alright, one minute of observation time, starting now!"

As Cook announced, everyone stepped forward to take a look. But Sean’s gaze had already fallen on the second container.

There were a total of six containers to be auctioned today, so Sean decided to take his time choosing.

The second container held quite a few bags, each containing a certain kind of ore.

Sean couldn’t tell what kind of ore it was, so he didn’t pay it any more attention.

The third container was quite interesting.

A large waterproof cloth hid a car underneath.

From the front, the car seemed fairly decent.

But after Sean glanced over it, he laughed. This box might end up tricking someone.

The fourth container looked great, with two big boxes inside without tops. When Sean saw what was inside, his eyes lit up.

He immediately lowered his head and began searching. After finishing the search, Sean was sure – this was the one!

Just at that moment, Mr. Cook announced loudly:

"Observation is over, the auction starts now, the reserve price is 500 dollars, each increase must be no less than a hundred dollars. Let’s start bidding. Madden bids 3,000 US dollars...!"

As always, Old Madden soars with his high bid, putting the price at 3,000 dollars right from his first bid.

Sean Knight turned his attention back, hearing Cook skillfully using traditional auctioneer’s tongues here, shouting out constantly rising prices, feeling somewhat emotional.

Everyone was growing, weren’t they!

As he watched the fierce bidding, he couldn’t help but raise his hand to bid:

"6,000 dollars!"

As long as it doesn’t go below 10,000 dollars, there’s always a profit.

However, his price was barely maintained for a second before Diana Smith, the fierce woman, broke it, shouting directly a price of 7,000 dollars and even giving Sean a flirtatious glance!

This wild woman!

Sean Knight shook his head, withdrawing from the bidding, feeling that this container might go for an inflated price!

Old Madden raised the bid to 12,000 dollars and withdrew. He too felt that it wouldn’t be worth it to go any higher.

On the contrary, Diana and Hamilton Diaz were bidding against each other, pushing the price up to 15,000 dollars!

Diana stopped bidding after 15,000 dollars, and Hamilton Diaz called out 16,000 dollars, then couldn’t help himself and called 16,500 dollars again!

He raised his own bid!

Auctioneer Cook, holding back his laughter, shouted loudly:

"16,500 dollars, 16,500 dollars, any more increases? Any more? 16,500 dollars for the first time, 16,500 dollars for the second time, and sold for the third time!"

At this point, everyone else came to their senses and burst into laughter!

Hamilton Diaz successfully reduced his own fortune by 500 dollars!

Even Diana, who was somewhat annoyed by her failing in the auction, couldn’t help but laugh out loud!

This black dude was too invested in the auction and ended up raising his own bid!

Compared with everyone else’s happiness, Hamilton Diaz could only reluctantly swear "f**k" and then go find Mr. Cook, hoping that the final auction price would not count, or at least be based on his 16,000 dollars.

But Cook was obviously not in agreement, raising his hand and saying:

"You’ve already called out the price, and we’ve received the information here, so that offer is now valid! Alright, pay up!"

Old Madden laughed and said beside him:

"Hey, buddy! You’ve got to keep your word! You can’t do that in this line of work!"

Everyone else agreed.

It’s normal to be happy when you see someone else making a mistake.

Hamilton could only admit his bad luck, step forward, and pay.

The second container was opened, and many people speculated at the sight of the bags. Most of them were outsiders, so after observing, the bidding started with a low reserve price of a hundred dollars and not many people actually bid. Finally, Old Madden bagged it for 2,500 dollars.

The excitement rose as soon as the third container was opened!

Seeing a car in the container is not rare in this line of work.

Basically, every car that comes out makes a fortune for the treasure hunter who gets it!

The observers tried their best to be as detailed as possible when observing, including the car’s outline under the waterproof cloth, tires, nearby toolboxes, and so on.

Sean also stepped forward to take a look in a pretentious manner.

"This should be a Mercedes!" Elder Joey said confidently.

"And it should be an SUV!" Ralph Turner added.

"If I’m not mistaken, this car might have been in the process of being modified, or it’s already been modified." Diana expressed her opinion.

As for whether it was professional or not, it was hard to say.

"Observation is over, and the auction begins! The reserve price is 500 dollars, each increase must be no less than a hundred dollars, now let’s start bidding!"