Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1447 - 695: Money Can Change a Person_3

Chapter 1447: Chapter 695: Money Can Change a Person_3

"The quality is all about the same," Alyosha said, showing Sean Knight the ivory, "The texture of the mammoth ivory on this whole stretch of beach is pretty consistent."

"Actually, when these pieces of ivory were dug up, they were together with the corpses of the mammoths. However, the poachers only wanted the ivory, so they just discarded the bodies," Alyosha continued.

Sean Knight thought to himself about the time he had dug up a woolly rhinoceros; in fact, he too had excavated its horns and left the rest buried.

It was the same, a waste of natural treasures.

"Then it’s the same old rate, twenty thousand dollars each," Sean Knight said, "Your cut is one thousand dollars per piece."

"Great, great, great!" Alyosha had been awaiting those words eagerly, rubbing his hands together in excitement, "Can you give me the money now?"

Sean Knight walked around the tent and put the money into a bag, which he then handed to Alyosha.

As soon as Elijah Hastings and the others had unloaded all the ivory, an excited Alyosha waved to Sean Knight and hurriedly left.

This time he came in a police car leading a truck. Except for the truck driver, Alyosha didn’t bring anyone else.

Clearly, he didn’t want too many people to know.

Looking at the pile of ivory, Sean Knight sighed.

The quality of the ivory this time was a bit better than Alyosha’s batch. There were two more ice tusks, and the rhino horns were larger.

It’s likely that on this stretch of beach, there just aren’t as many or as large mammoths.

Of course, it’s also possible that they were buried too deep to be dug up.

Yenia had already grown numb to it all. She was helping to clean the dirt off these pieces of ivory, having volunteered for the job. Though it paid nothing, she was well aware that without Sean Knight, she would probably be manure by now.

Two days later, a team of fifty members arrived at the campground with three trucks, and during this time, Alyosha came again, bringing five tusks of ivory and two rhino horns.

Alyosha’s reason was that a few months ago, the team leader of the patrol team had handed over a batch of ivory and received a modest bonus in return.

When that team leader realized that Alyosha had a stable and secure channel, he almost slapped himself.

For the next two days, the team members loaded the ivory into the van and then transported it back to the castle. Meanwhile, Sean Knight and his team started looking for mammoth ivory farther away.

It wasn’t that they were running out, but Sean Knight felt that since he was there, he might as well find something to do.

Anyway, there weren’t many days left—the Arctic Ocean had already started to freeze over, and the ice floes pushed ashore by the waves were getting higher and were freezing together.

According to Elijah’s analysis of satellite cloud maps, a heavy snowfall was expected here in a few days.

By then, not only would the land be frozen over, but it would also start to get dark with the end of the summer, making it unnecessary to stay any longer.

While they were looking for mammoth ivory clad in leather coats and down jackets on one side, on the other side, Alyosha was fervently persuading his superior.

"Director, the earliest ivory stored in your warehouse has been there for ten years now.

You destroyed a batch ten years ago, and I’ve heard you filed a report for the rest, but it’s never been approved. Those pieces of ivory were seen as worthless by your previous superiors; they can’t be openly auctioned off, and don’t bring in any value. Besides, there have been several changes in leadership, and they probably don’t even know these items exist," Alyosha argued.

Now with money in hand, Alyosha spoke with far more confidence in front of his boss.

His boss, Maxim, was unaware of what had brought about this change in Alyosha—previously, he had been a grumpy and stubborn old soldier whom no superior liked.

But now, it seemed, he was a bold and reckless man!

Doesn’t he want to sell that ivory?

But once sold, who can guarantee that the buyer won’t expose them?

And with such a large quantity, who could handle it?

"The person who contacted me is a Chinese billionaire!" Alyosha knew what his boss, Maxim, was worried about and immediately said,

"He has a mining permit issued from Tomsk. This means he can legally export the mined ivory..."

"And he can pay in cash! US dollars! The price is not low either... He also has a private plane, a military transport aircraft that can carry all the cargo at once. When that happens, a single report here..."

Alyosha didn’t finish his sentence, but the implication was clear.

"Director, I’m just bridging the gap, although I’m not familiar with that billionaire.

But I know some of his affairs.

He once excavated a war ruin site in a small town to the east, sold part of the supplies, and then handed over the site to the locals to earn money... He’s not a bad guy!"

After finishing, Alyosha didn’t disturb the director’s contemplation and left the office.

As he prepared to exit the office building, his mobile phone rang.

When Alyosha saw it was a call from the director, he knew that the deal was secure!

The stored ivory and rhino horns were not just a few or several dozen pieces; it was a large area’s worth of inventory, accumulated over ten years!

At least several hundred pieces!

If he could sell all to Sean Knight, just the commission would make him a millionaire!

Just the thought was thrilling!

Alyosha arrived at Sean Knight’s campground three days later.

When he saw so many armed team members suddenly in the campground, Alyosha couldn’t help but feel relieved.

It wasn’t that no one had suggested the idea of raiding the Chinese man’s camp. After all, with him being so wealthy, a successful raid might instantly make one a millionaire!

But as a veteran, Alyosha scoffed at the suggestion!

Sean Knight’s team members clearly looked well-trained.

Raid?

Heh.

Comparing night battle tactics with the regular Chinese military?

He wasn’t foolish!

He sent the person who made the suggestion to guard a lighthouse on a small island nearby, immediately clarifying to the other team members that such suggestions should be kept to themselves in the future.

"Are you saying there’s a deal involving three hundred ivory tusks?" Sean Knight’s eyes lit up as he listened, "And over sixty woolly rhinoceros horns? You want cash? No problem!"