Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 181 - 180: Becoming a Professor? Forget it!

Chapter 181: Chapter 180: Becoming a Professor? Forget it!

Before the experts arrived, Sean Knight’s grandfather Benjamin Lewis’ another old friend Mr. Lancaster, the director of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department of the Provincial Traditional Medical Hospital, also brought his students over.

"Mr. Oliver, that’s not fair!" Vaughn Thornfield loudly said to Benjamin Lewis, "You have such a good treasure, but you didn’t tell me the truth."

At first, when Benjamin Lewis told him about it on the phone, he didn’t take it seriously and even thought it was made up by Benjamin Lewis to attract everyone’s attention.

After all, among the circle of friends, he, Colin Sullivan, and a few others were always in the limelight.

Although they all studied medicine, he was in the Provincial Traditional Medical Hospital. Not to mention his position and power, but if someone wanted a hospitalized patient to be taken care of, they would have to ask him.

Colin Sullivan was in the Traditional Chinese Medicine University, and if a student wanted to take the college entrance examination, they would have to contact Mr. Ward. Even if they didn’t want to study Traditional Chinese Medicine, a consultation was always professional.

As for Benjamin Lewis, in Mr. Lancaster’s eyes, he had always been a fringe figure among classmates.

Unsociable and ignorant of the rules - choosing to be a village doctor in the rural area in the beginning was simply foolish, how could it lead to a promising future?

So, when Benjamin Lewis showed these photos, Mr. Lancaster’s first choice was not to believe, and the phone call was not without the intention of ridicule and unmasking.

But he didn’t expect it to be true!

Moreover, it wasn’t explained by Mr. Oliver himself but leaked out from the circle of friends. News broke that a Bronze Man of the Song Dynasty was believed to appear in a certain county in this province, and experts were now gathering together for a collective consultation and appraisal!

Mr. Lancaster was almost sure it was true, and he cursed Mr. Oliver in his mind, "Why didn’t you explain more?"

So as soon as he saw Mr. Oliver, he said that.

When Mr. Lancaster came, a significant part of the classmates had already come and seen.

A professional with the Chen surname felt that the Bronze Man was so precious that they shouldn’t let others see it casually.

But Mr. Oliver did not listen, putting it on display for everyone to see, as it had been circulated overseas for so many years without anyone cherishing it.

Besides, what could one lose by merely looking at it for a few moments?

So, look, feel free to look!

The expert had no choice since it was a private possession, and he couldn’t control it!

When Mr. Oliver heard Mr. Lancaster’s words, he said with a smile,

"I told you, but you didn’t believe me. What can I do? I can’t move the Bronze Man to your house for you to see, can I?"

Mr. Lancaster was choked with embarrassment!

You might as well say that he, who was used to being in the limelight among friends and being complimented a lot, was indeed thinking that way!

"Where is it? Let me see." Mr. Lancaster had an air of righteousness.

"The experts are looking at it." Mr. Oliver didn’t even move, "It’s now placed in the Inn. It is too troublesome with a bunch of experts surrounding it."

Mr. Lancaster was choked again, as he originally intended to follow the conversation to tease Mr. Oliver. However, Mr. Oliver was not playing along, and Mr. Lancaster genuinely wanted to see the Bronze Man. If it were indeed a Song Dynasty Bronze Man, Mr. Lancaster would have to make a move.

So he smiled and said,

"Well, Mr. Oliver, why don’t you take me to see it? As old classmates, I should have such face value."

Mr. Oliver said,

"Grandness Inn, you go and see it. I’ve seen it every day, and I’m tired of it."

Mr. Lancaster was speechless, as he really had to show off! But he couldn’t lose his temper, so he went to the place Mr. Oliver pointed out.

When he arrived at the Inn, the experts asked the security guard not to let him in, and he had to call Mr. Oliver again. Now, his title as the chief of the Provincial Traditional Medical Hospital did not carry much weight in front of these experts.

Luckily, the security guard knew Mr. Oliver and let him in after asking some questions.

In the Inn’s meeting room, a circle of experts was studying the Bronze Man while the security guards were surrounding it.

Hearing the experts discussing various evidence, Mr. Lancaster understood a little, but he was not particularly clear across the line.

At this moment, Mr. Lancaster saw his acquaintance.

"Hey, Mr. Ward!" Mr. Lancaster, who was initially feeling somewhat uncomfortable as the other experts were talking to each other and ignoring him, felt like an invisible man.

When he saw Mr. Ward, even though they usually didn’t get along, it was better than having no one to recognize.

"Mr. Lancaster, what brought you here?" Colin Sullivan said half-jokingly, "It seems like you’re not very interested in what’s going on here in our circle of friends!"

"Just look around, just look around." Mr. Lancaster waved it off, "What about you?"

"Me? I plan to take this treasure to our university and show it to the students for them to see how great our ancestors were!"

When Mr. Lancaster heard this, he knew something was wrong, and Colin was getting ahead of him!

"So now..."

"We’re waiting for the experts’ appraisal results." Colin was full of confidence.

He has been following the appraisal process of the experts, and it is almost confirmed that this was one of the two Bronze Man from the Song Dynasty.

It’s a pity that it was not the one discovered; otherwise, it would have definitely been listed as one of China’s Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries this year.

But Sean’s insistence and lack of dedication make them unwilling to donate the Bronze Man to the university, so they can’t want to buy it either.

It seemed like they could only rent it.

Sigh!

Benjamin Lewis had a lucky grandson!

However, even if they wanted to rent it, they would have to find Mr. Oliver’s connection. Otherwise, it would be tough!

Although Colin only dealt with Sean once, he knew that this young man was very righteous and not easy to deceive.

He glanced at Mr. Lancaster in front of him, revealing a mocking smile.

He always looked down upon others.

At crucial moments, people genuinely looked down on him.

Suddenly clinging to a higher power didn’t work.

After thinking it through, when today’s appraisal was over, Mr. Ward went to find Mr. Oliver.

"Rent? For how long?" Benjamin Lewis listened to Colin’s suggestion, thought about it, and thought it was feasible.

It was a waste if the topic would always be covered at home and easily targeted by others.

Putting it in the university would make it useful and shift the danger away.

"My idea is to sign a three-year contract at first," Colin has been thinking about it, "After three years, if there’s no problem, sign again. Of course, other institutions may want to rent it as well, but our university has priority under the same conditions."

After Benjamin Lewis scrutinized it for Sean, the rest was for Sean and Colin to discuss.

"I must make it clear that I can talk to my grandson, but it’s not guaranteed if it would work."

"Alright, alright, just say it." Colin said with a smile.

"I also want to leave a lecturer’s position for your grandson, an honorary one. What do you think?"

Colin suggested.

He still had this power.

Benjamin Lewis was tempted!

He actually had the idea of being a university teacher as well.

However, starting from too low and not continuously studying further education like Colin and others, it’s impossible.

If Sean could become a lecturer in the university, even if only honorary, it would bring glory to their ancestors!

This generation values ​​reading, teaching, and universities very much.

In private, Benjamin Lewis thought that the things Sean was doing outside were not considered stable and long-lasting.

Having a stable and decent job as a lecturer is face-saving, isn’t it?

However, after hearing the suggestion, Sean immediately refused!

"Me, a lecturer? Forget it, forget it. How much do I weigh?" Sean knew very well that the main reason Colin made this suggestion was to tie the Bronze Man and the university together, as well as him and the university.

He couldn’t do it, either.

Benjamin Lewis was a bit regretful, but he also knew that he couldn’t force this.

Then they looked for a lawyer to discuss the rental matters.

In fact, Sean also thought that renting out the Bronze Man was a good thing. As long as the contract was signed well, there should be no problems.

For this matter, he planned to consult Melvin Richardson. He was an industry insider and should give good advice.