Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1179 - 606: Are you in Mongolia? Hurry over! There’s big cargo here!

Chapter 1179: Chapter 606: Are you in Mongolia? Hurry over! There’s big cargo here!

Sean Knight sat quietly in his office, listening to their reports.

"I interrogated that leader, his name is Jin Cun Zhi Er, and as we suspected, he is a remnant member of the Chrysanthemum Organization. He was following orders from their currently highest leader to sabotage all your business and assets, boss.

However, he’s a peripheral member, getting his information by listening to the radio. He’s not clear on how many people the Chrysanthemum Organization has left. He reported a few specific strongholds in Japan, but upon checking, I found that all of them have already been taken down by us.

He once was a peripheral operative, but because he was greedy, he got kicked out of the core members. He was executing tasks on the periphery and managed to escape our earlier sweep."

The information he knew wasn’t much, and his will wasn’t that firm; this time, he only hoped to save his own life, so he spilled everything he knew. It’s just that since he didn’t know much, the intelligence value was limited."

The others, those Japanese, were his subordinates, plus some technicians who were specially recruited, and they knew even less."

Douglas Cooper finished speaking, and Elijah Hastings continued:

"Douglas is right. The two I interrogated were just technicians, lured here by Jin Cun Zhi Er with the promise of a high salary and the chance to take some gold back home.

Now that Japan’s economy is in a downturn, these guys all carry a lot of debt, so they came willingly. After arriving, Jin Cun Zhi Er kept his word, but the conditions here were too harsh. These technicians didn’t plan to stay long; they were getting ready to leave."

"It’s pretty much the same here. But one of the technicians is also a peripheral member of the Chrysanthemum Organization, secretly overseeing Jin Cun Zhi Er. This guy thought Jin Cun Zhi Er was disloyal to the organization, had pocketed a considerable amount of gold, and was gathering dirt on Jin to report to the superiors after contacting them—

According to him, the gold obtained by Jin should have been handed over to the organization, but it was obvious that Jin had swallowed a large portion for himself..."

Lincoln Harrington’s account was somewhat surprising; it seemed there were internal conflicts within the organization as well.

"Aren’t they worried we’ll find them? After all, this matter can’t be kept hidden." Sean Knight was somewhat curious.

"Actually, once this month’s gold is mined, Jin Cun Zhi Er plans to go out and lay low for a while. Then he’ll remotely control the people here. After all, Antony Carter has already been taken down by him—oh, right, he knocked Antony Carter out of the running for just $100,000.

At that time, he promised Antony Carter a five percent commission on the extracted gold, so Antony Carter betrayed us."

Wealth tempts the heart!

"Get back the money we used to send them off, and throw it all into the mine pit. If they don’t work for three full years, don’t let them leave. Let the other miners supervise them—Jin Cun Zhi Er and that other member of the Chrysanthemum Organization, they better not even think about leaving this mine in their lifetime."

"For a lifetime? Our mine won’t last that long, right?" Lincoln Harrington, always the more honest one, asked.

"Won’t last that long? That depends on how long they can live." Douglas Cooper scoffed, "These scumbags can’t possibly enjoy regular miner’s benefits, can they? Isn’t it quite normal for something to happen inside a mine?"

Lincoln nodded, showing he understood.

The others did not discuss anything else, showing no psychological burden when it came to dealing with these people.

"We can’t hire locals for the security team anymore. Elijah, call home and have Charles Young bring over 100 team members. We must use our own people for the mine’s security..."

"One hundred members? Isn’t that a lot?" Elijah Hastings was puzzled, "For those 100 team members, based on the salary we offer, that’s a monthly wage of three to four million alone..."

"That’s enough. The mine produces at least fifty kilograms of gold a month, roughly equating to 20 million. Deduct the expenses, and we can still make a profit of over ten million. Right now, the main thing is to have security. You know, such a small matter still requires us to handle it personally, how troublesome. Spending money to avoid disasters also preserves a stronghold."

Sean Knight’s approach was entirely for long-term considerations, as the mines in this area weren’t limited to just gold.

Last time, when looking for the Treasure of the Song Dynasty near this place, he not only saw a gold mine but also a copper mine. Even if they’re not being exploited now, that doesn’t mean they won’t be in the future.

Holding this stronghold, employing locals as miners and people from home for management and security, and keeping the major powers in our own hands will basically prevent similar situations from happening again.

"Also, make it clear to those back home that we should recruit as many from the Mongolian Ethnic Group, preferably former soliders with a strong sense of duty. Additionally, find two Mongolian translators for easier communication and management."

After Sean Knight made his requests, Elijah Hastings took note and then planned to make the phone call to the domestic side.

With Sean Knight’s businesses growing, the need for security forces was also increasing. Here it counted as a minor concern, the biggest demand was for the Grain Fields in Brazil, followed by the Oil Fields in the Middle East—of course, that didn’t include the Heavy Combined Brigade. The forces in those Oil Fields were particularly strong.

Next came the Coal Fields, and the Lithium Mine in Africa. The strength there is actually considered the weakest. However, since there weren’t too many issues there, Sean Knight didn’t pay much attention.

While Elijah Hastings made the call to arrange for people, Douglas Cooper and Lincoln Harrington went to organize the Japanese "miners," and Sean Knight began making phone calls to Lana Brown and others.

The time zones matched, and Lana Brown was also busy.

She was aware that Sean Knight was always traveling around, and she wasn’t his only woman. So now, she was mainly focused on the construction in Big Island.