Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1157 - 598: Once, Twice? Can we go for a Third?_3

Chapter 1157: Chapter 598: Once, Twice? Can we go for a Third?_3

He speculated, could this auction of China’s bronze wares this time possibly be specifically targeting him?

Previously, he had won quite a few items, in the opponent’s eyes, he was either a big tycoon or he had some ulterior motive!

Fortunately, he was currently a white person, and Elijah Hastings’s silicone appearance was also that of a white person, at least he wouldn’t be suspected of being Chinese. Otherwise, there might be another trap waiting for him!

However, no matter what, these nine pieces of bronze ware had to be in his hands.

In Room 17, a Chinese man excitedly pressed the auction button.

200,000 dollars!

The young man next to him asked with some concern,

"Uncle, will we be outbid by that person from Room 3 again this time? We can’t back down like before!"

"Don’t worry, we won’t back down." The middle-aged man who bid 400,000 said, "The previous items weren’t from our country anyway, so it didn’t matter. If we could win the bid, of course it was great, we would have scored a bargain. If not, then it was also nothing to fuss about.

But now it’s different, these nine bronze wares must be obtained... Since we’ve seen this bronze ware, we can’t let it slip away!"

Meanwhile, in Room 21, two white men were laughing and saying,

"I’ve heard that there’s a billionaire participating in the auction this time, who has already successfully bid for several batches of items. I wonder if this stuff will catch his eye."

The other said, "Even if it doesn’t catch his eye, those few Chinese bidders will definitely care. As long as we can sell this pile of junk, we’ll be making a profit!"

The bid for what these two men considered junk bronze ware was climbing steadily and soon reached the high price of five hundred thousand dollars.

These two, originally plants in the audience, no longer dared to stir up bidding, fearing they’d get stuck with the items themselves.

The Chinese uncle and nephew bid 550,000 dollars again, while Sean Knight raised the bid to 560,000 dollars.

He dared not bid too high, fearing the organizers might get suspicious.

In the end, it was just the two of them chasing, and the bid went all the way up to 1,250,000 dollars before the opposing side gave up.

Sean Knight guessed that the opponent hadn’t run out of money, but they must have seen his determination.

"Boss, could those people be Chinese?" Elijah Hastings guessed.

"Probably." Sean Knight nodded and said nothing more.

Then, there was a knock on the door.

A young man carrying a notebook came in, smiling.

Two bodyguards entered to continue supervising Elijah Hastings.

Elijah Hastings also put down his mobile phone and stood by Sean Knight’s side, faithfully carrying out his duties as a bodyguard.

After the account was transferred, the young man left, and Sean Knight sighed with relief.

It seemed he had still been a bit too high-profile.

But really, seeing those items, he couldn’t help but bid.

It just so happened to spend some of the US dollars he had on hand.

With the current financial market, keeping so many US dollars would only lead to depreciation.

In the following auctions, Sean Knight kept a much lower profile. Out of the remaining four auctions, Sean Knight only bid in one, which was also a batch of items from China, a collection of books from Dunhuang.

Sean Knight managed to pick up a bargain with this item, competing with the Chinese uncle and nephew up to 300,000 dollars before they gave up.

"This auction session is temporarily concluded," the host suddenly said. "There might be another session, but because some bidders are planning to carry out a conspiracy, the auction had to end early. If we manage to resolve the situation, we will inform the reliable bidders about the second session."

The auction ended abruptly, which was unexpected for Sean Knight, but he figured it must have to do with the security measures here.

He didn’t believe that something had gone wrong in the middle – signals were blocked, what could be done? After all, the items weren’t here; they were only watching via television, so even if someone wanted to investigate, it would be difficult to find anything!

Fortunately, he had made arrangements early!

By now, Lincoln Harrington should have already figured out the opponent’s bottom line, right?

When Sean Knight was about to stand up and leave, he was informed through the TV that he had to wait for a notification before leaving – there was a certain order.

Alright, this was probably to prevent the bidders from seeing each other, wasn’t it?

After about fifteen minutes, Sean Knight and Elijah Hastings were told they could leave.

Driving away from there, Sean Knight and his company arrived at the indicated courtyard.

Sean Knight saw that the courtyard was bolted from the inside, but this couldn’t stop him and Elijah Hastings.

There was nobody inside the courtyard, and then they entered. In the house’s living room, they found the items Sean Knight had bid for.

"Damn it, they’re so careless with these treasures worth several million dollars!" Elijah Hastings said angrily.

"Heh, stealing over 2,000 items at once, they wouldn’t think these items are precious," Sean Knight looked over the items and said:

"Alright, let’s move them to the car."

It took several trips for the two men to move all the items – mainly because the bronze wares were somewhat cumbersome.

They first drove the car to a villa, which had been booked by Douglas Cooper.

After placing the items inside, Sean Knight was the last to lock the door – in fact, by the time he left the room, he had already stowed the items in his spatial realm.

Driving back to the farmhouse, it was the latter half of the night.

The two parked the car back in the forest, and Elijah Hastings asked:

"Boss, is this okay?"

"Don’t worry," Sean Knight said as he walked towards the farmhouse. "Those guys have made so much money, they won’t give up this opportunity. They will try to sell off the remaining goods quickly, make enough money, and then possibly go after those who acquired the items.

If the items can’t be transported out, then for Britain, it’s as though they were never stolen."

Elijah Hastings nodded, seemingly getting the gist of it.

The next day, in the daytime, Lincoln Harrington made a phone call.

"Boss, I found two points, the items were transported from these two points. But I guess there might be other points as well," he reported cryptically.

"Then don’t do anything for now," Sean Knight decided quickly. "Wait a bit longer, let them expose more points before we act!"

Sean Knight figured the enemy surely wouldn’t keep all their items in one place, as it was too easy to be exposed.

So these two points were certainly not everything.

Well then, let’s wait for the next auction! As long as the opponent showed up, more flaws would be exposed!

Sean Knight’s intent was not just on these few items!

He wanted both the fish and the bear’s paw!