Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 152 - 151: Diverting Trouble Away

Chapter 152: Chapter 151: Diverting Trouble Away

New York, at a high-end cocktail party, handsome men and beautiful women shuttle back and forth, looking for their targets.

Brown was holding a wine glass and chatting with someone else.

"I heard you found your ancestors’ treasure this time?" The other person raised his wine glass to congratulate him, "It looks like your crisis has been resolved."

"Not really," Brown shook his head slightly, "For others I can say that, but for you, I’ll tell the truth. Although the treasure has indeed been found, it’s not all of it, and my goal hasn’t been achieved yet."

"That’s still better than me," The other person was a middle-aged man with gray hair, a hawkish nose, around fifty years old, slightly thin, and taller than Brown. Even when talking to his old friend Brown, there was no smile on his face.

Several people wanted to come over and chat with them but were scared away by the serious expression.

"I’ve looked for more than a dozen treasure hunters for those treasures left by my ancestors, but I haven’t found them. Damn, I’m already thinking of giving up."

Brown’s eyes turned and he said with a smile:

"In fact, this time I was able to find the treasure, thanks to a young man with very good luck. If it weren’t for him, I would have definitely returned empty-handed like last year."

"How so?" Although the cold man didn’t immediately become interested, he thought Brown’s words were somewhat unusual.

He had heard a lot about professional treasure hunters, but he had never heard of one with good luck.

"I was introduced to this Chinese man. He is a newcomer in this field, having been in it for less than half a year, at most an amateur in the field."

"You dared to use someone like him?" The cold man was a bit surprised. Brown was not the kind of person to act on a whim. Having been in business for many years, Brown was steady and clear-headed, although somewhat greedy, but still a successful businessman.

Although he faced bankruptcy on this occasion, the main reason was not caused by him, it was just a general trend.

For such a person to choose a newcomer for such an important task, it was really quite unexpected.

"Because although he has only been in the field for half a year, he has had two very successful treasure hunting experiences." Brown took a sip of red wine and explained, "I think his luck is very good."

The cold man nodded slightly, seemingly agreeing with this reason.

"And he didn’t disappoint me. During the treasure hunt, he found the treasure in just under three days," Brown said, with a complicated expression, but didn’t continue.

When conversation with Sean Knight broke down, and his two bodyguards disappeared, Brown knew that Sean Knight might not be as simple as he seemed on the surface.

But at the time, Brown’s main focus was on the treasure hunt.

He spent a lot of money and effort to bring in machines and cut down a large swath of trees, moving the equipment to the shores of Swan Lake.

In Brown’s view, this was the best time of the year - Swan Lake’s area was several times larger last year, but they hadn’t determined that this was the target.

Now that they knew it was Swan Lake, Brown was sure that there was a huge treasure under the lake!

Think about it, how many years had the Native Americans lived here before they were massacred?

This was their sacred lake! It was to be worshipped every year! The offerings were to be thrown into the lake after the ceremonies were over.

So theoretically, the lake contained the gold offering from thousands of years of several Native American tribes’ sacrifices!

At that time, Brown was so excited that he didn’t care about Sean Knight’s whereabouts at all.

Even though he later learned that Sean Knight had safely returned to New York and guessed that the two bodyguards must have died at the hands of Sean Knight, Brown’s mind was solely occupied with the treasure at that time.

His focus was entirely on emptying the lake water and silt.

However, to Brown’s surprise, the reason why the water in Swan Lake was drying up was not entirely due to upstream water cut off; the more important reason was that the spring mouth at the bottom of the lake was blocked.

As a result, the excavation not only failed to dig out the treasure but instead opened up the spring mouth, causing the water to rise rapidly and ultimately forcing the project to fail.

Although Brown was unwilling to accept this, he knew that the situation could only go this far for now when he saw the ten-times-expanded Swan Lake.

Even if they brought in water pumping machines now, it would be useless.

After all, this place was located in the depths of a primitive forest with no electricity and nowhere for the water to be drained.

Brown later thought about hiring divers to go down once the water surface stabilized, but the water surface kept expanding slowly, and the silt underwater was constantly being stirred up, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

Brown finally realized that at least this year, it was impossible to dig for treasures in Swan Lake.

He had to withdraw.

By the time he remembered Sean Knight’s matter, Brown felt a strong sense of unwillingness.

Why did that kid take away treasure worth millions in just three days?

However, at this point, Sean had secluded himself and barely left his house for days.

Brown wanted to make things difficult for him, but there was no way.

After all, this was New York, not a primitive forest.

Brown was very upset but had no other choice.

Now that his old friend was present, Brown immediately thought of recommending Sean Knight to him.

Peter Smith had Viking blood, his ancestors had been pirates, and his family was ruined when he was young. However, Peter was fierce. He first followed someone involved in the underworld, then took advantage of a gang fight to rise through the ranks. Later, he laundered the gang’s funds and became a businessman.

Compared to Brown, Peter was ruthless and not easy to approach.

Brown was one of Peter’s few friends.

Brown believed that if Sean Knight fell into Peter’s hands, regardless of whether he found the treasure, the outcome would not be good.

"I heard he took 30% of your treasure?" Peter asked expressionlessly, "You don’t seem like such a tolerant person."

"Indeed," Brown didn’t try to hide it from Peter, "I sent someone to intercept him, but he escaped."

"Give me his contact information, I need to investigate," Peter was more powerful than Brown, and the treasure he was looking for was more difficult.

He couldn’t just give him the clue; Peter needed to see if Sean Knight had the strength.

Even though the treasure clue Peter received was far less clear than Brown’s, after evaluation, Peter’s treasure might be worth much more than Brown’s.

At least more than what Brown had gotten so far.

Brown didn’t tell him everything, but Peter had already got information about Brown’s actual treasure hunt this time through various channels.

Brown was known for being stingy, especially to his subordinates. So Peter found it very easy to inquire for information.

Just needed to spend some money.

Brown smilingly told Peter Sean Knight’s contact information.

"On such a beautiful night, let’s not talk about these unpleasant things," Brown laughed, "So many beautiful girls are watching us, we can’t hurt their hearts, can we?"

Peter rarely grinned but didn’t say anything.

He didn’t play as flamboyantly as Brown, and a settings like this for him were just about finding opportunities.

As for seeking fun and excitement, he would not reveal his true colors here.