Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1092 - 577 Oh My God! Oh My God! It’s all Oh My God!

Chapter 1092: Chapter 577 Oh My God! Oh My God! It’s all Oh My God!

"This time, the auction has drawn no small crowd," Duterte Rogers said to Sean Knight with increased warmth, in his office, where he was introducing him around. "Some well-known international land merchants have come."

"Why?" Sean Knight was somewhat puzzled. The documents Duterte Rogers had provided him indicated that the total amount of land being sold this time was merely 10,000 hectares—which was a bit more than previously mentioned.

But was that enough to cause such a big stir?

"Because quite a few people have invested in cultivated land in Ukraine, and they’ve lost everything in this round," Duterte Rogers said with a touch of schadenfreude. "They were all hoping that the war would end quickly, but it has dragged on for two years now. International grain prices are starting to rise..."

Sean Knight nodded slowly.

He thought back to a few years ago when face mask issues first emerged, many countries internationally, such as Vietnam and Australia, had already started to ban the domestic sale of food.

Back then, someone brazenly boasted on the foreign version of Twitter:

"By year’s end, a can of this beef could be traded for a mainland girl..."

Of course, those idiots didn’t realize how seriously Inside China regarded its grain supply.

When the international Big Four grain merchants entered the Chinese food market, aiming to manipulate grain prices—they had done it once before, but that first time was with edible oil, which saw a major price spike.

But there is nothing new under the sun, and how could domestic big shots let such a thing happen again?

The Grain Reserves started releasing grain as soon as the international grain merchants began raising prices. The Big Four had no idea of the extent of China’s grain reserves!

As a result, the Big Four grain merchants returned defeated, and it was said that the Grain Reserves had at least one hundred million tons in reserve!

That’s equivalent to half of the grain traded on the international market!

Sean Knight clearly remembered that even when the Food Bureau, which was so important to farmers, was disbanded, it seemed like there was still a grain depot in every county!

This is the country’s backbone!

Now, those who boasted brashly see that a can of beef is indeed just a can of beef, but people abroad understand all too well that once they lose the protection of their country, those Eastern European girls are indeed worth only a few cans of beef.

So, is food important? Of course it is!

Therefore, after learning about that incident, Sean Knight never bought brands like Jinlongyu for cooking oil again, despite it being hailed as a powerful national brand.

After all, it wasn’t founded by the Chinese.

You can complain, you can grumble, but when it matters, Sean Knight still knows who can be relied upon.

"What’s the price of the land now?" Sean Knight asked.

"Around 10,000 dollars per hectare," Duterte Rogers said, "but that depends on the location and surrounding situation.

In principle, we have many policies, such as a foreigner not being able to purchase more than one fourth of the land in any given city, nor can they buy more than fifty modos (a local unit of land area with a variable true size), and they must have a development plan..."

Duterte Rogers winked as he introduced these policies to Sean Knight.

Sean Knight understood that this meant the policies could be somewhat flexible.

The land he had previously obtained had already "violated" the rules, hadn’t it?

It seems Japan also knows how to navigate the system.

They’re just not very good at understanding human nature. Why make those people underneath suffer so much?

"However, before the auction begins, a deposit must be made," Duterte Rogers went on to say. "Most of this land has been collected by the city. Some have been repossessed from bankrupt landlords and are being re-auctioned by the state.

Others are reserved land from the city, and some are lands that landlords voluntarily asked to be auctioned.

After the deposit is made, if the auction is unsuccessful, then the deposit is returned, but if you win the auction and fail to pay, then the deposit is forfeited.

Besides, I have some information to leak to you."

Duterte Rogers looked at Sean Knight without continuing.

Seeing this, Douglas Cooper immediately pulled out a stack of money and passed it over.

"I knew it," Duterte Rogers said with a smile as he took the money, "it’s good to be friends with Chinese People! Right, the news is that it’s not just your company from China participating in the land auction.

The opposition is also a Chinese company, two people have come this time to bid on land, so you should be careful. After all, everyone can guess about the news of the food price rise. Just for this auction, there are four internationally renowned land merchants! So, you better prepare well.

All right, if you’re sure you want to participate in the bidding, hand over the deposit to me now, 100,000 dollars."

After Sean Knight paid the money, he left the office.

Duterte Rogers had told him that the auction was taking place in this building, early the next morning.

When they left Duterte Rogers’s office, they found the floor to be quite lively, with people of various skin colors coming and going.

"Seems like the Brazilian officials also have their favorites, huh?" Douglas Cooper commented.

"Everywhere has its fair share of decent officials as well as flies," Elijah Hastings stated, "that’s just the way of the world, and it can’t be different here. Of course, this also has its advantages. For us, who are unfamiliar with the area, it’s easier to get things started this way."

"That’s true."

With the procedures completed and the invitation card in hand, Sean Knight planned to stay overnight in the city, preparing to attend the auction the next day.

In the parking lot, Sean Knight saw a Chinese man and woman just getting out of their car.

The man was over six feet tall, about thirty years old, tall and handsome. The woman was tall with long legs, around five feet nine inches, clad in a cheongsam, with a great figure, pretty face, and quite an air of elegance.