Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 329 - 260: The Proactive Buyer Who Comes to the Door

Chapter 329: Chapter 260: The Proactive Buyer Who Comes to the Door

Once they got in the car, Joanna finally spoke with a shaky voice:

"I didn’t expect..."

"You don’t come here often, do you?" Sean Knight said with a smile while driving, "Otherwise, you wouldn’t be so surprised by the chaos here."

"I just heard about it from my classmates, I’ve never actually been here before..." Joanna really hadn’t been here.

"No worries, it’s a good experience," Sean laughed, "Quite exciting."

"Let’s not go there again," Joanna advised Sean, "It’s too dangerous!"

"Agreed." Sean actually didn’t like such noisy places either. Just experiencing it once was enough.

The car hadn’t reached the villa yet when Sean’s mobile phone rang.

Sean glanced at it and found out that it was a call from Mr. Smith.

He pulled the car over and answered the call.

"Mr. Sean Knight, I hope I’m not disturbing you,"

Mr. Smith spoke very politely.

"No, not at all. Calling this late, you must have something important, Mr. Smith?"

"Yes, you guessed correctly." Smith said, "I heard that you recently acquired a large number of ancient gold coins from the seafloor?"

"That’s correct." Smith getting this information was within Sean’s expectations.

"A wealthy merchant wants to buy those gold coins to build a Pirate Museum. Are you interested in selling them?"

Sean hadn’t expected a buyer to come so quickly, but he thought for a moment and said:

"I’d naturally like to sell them, but the price has to be right. Also, this batch of gold coins is quite large, I’m not sure if the buyer can handle it."

"In the words of a Chinese proverb, the buyer says ’the more, the better.’"

"Can they handle 300,000 coins?" Sean mentioned a number.

Smith choked, that’s so many!

He hesitated for a moment but didn’t make decisions for others. He said:

"I need to make a phone call to check then. By the way, what’s the shape and pattern of these gold coins?"

Sean said, "I’ll take a photo and send it to you."

"Alright."

Sean took a golden coin from his pocket, placed it in his hand, took a photo, and sent it over.

"Is this the gold coin you found this time?"

"Yes." Sean put the gold coin in Joanna’s hand and continued driving.

After returning to the villa, Mr. Smith called:

"The buyer says that if all the gold coins are of this type, they can still manage 300,000 pieces."

"The billionaire also said that if there are other pirate-related items, they’ll purchase them too, but they have to be ancient."

"Alright, I’ll come to your shop tomorrow to discuss it."

After a tiring afternoon and evening, Joanna could only last one round in bed before falling asleep.

Sean didn’t want to bother her anymore, so he simply took a cold shower and went to sleep.

The second day, while Joanna stayed at the villa to rest, Sean went to Smith’s shopping center.

The economic downturn had brought many people selling second-hand goods.

When Sean arrived, Smith was checking an ancient jewelry box brought by an old lady.

Seeing Sean, Smith nodded in acknowledgment, apologized to the old lady, and then signaled a clerk to deal with the old lady’s jewelry box. He then led Sean into the back room.

Once inside, Sean took out a handful of gold coins and placed them on the table.

Indeed, just a handful.

The gold coins were irregularly round, and the surface pattern had a roughly carved portrait of a crowned man.

Smith picked up a coin and examined it, saying:

"These rough-looking gold coins were typical of that era. Basically, they were made by cutting gold bars and then carving patterns on them, making them very irregular."

Afterward, he took out a small electronic scale and weighed the gold coin.

Sean saw the displayed number: 5.1 grams.

On average, they were about 5 grams each.

About the size of an adult thumbnail, they couldn’t be very heavy.

"In terms of weight, 300,000 pieces would be about 1.5 tons," Smith said, "Of course, antique gold coins can’t be priced at today’s gold rate.

However, the quantity is a bit too large, so one piece... 500 dollars."

If priced by the gold value, one coin would be worth more than 300 dollars.

Of course, the purity of these gold coins couldn’t reach that level.

But they were, after all, antique gold coins, so Sean felt that 500 dollars per piece was a bit low.

"At least one thousand dollars," Sean bargained.

"Impossible." Smith shook his head, "With one thousand dollars, you could buy coins of better quality made in the same period. The most I can offer is 600 dollars."

"If a museum is to be built, a large number of gold coins would be needed," Sean said, "Even if you can buy the coins from other sources, there just isn’t enough of them!

If it’s a Pirate Museum, there has to be lots of money inside, right? Do you know about the recently famous Haihun Marquis Museum in China? They display ancient coins by the ton!

Right now, the only place to find such a large quantity is with me. So, at least 900 dollars per coin!"

Sean didn’t mention that the coins displayed by the ton were copper coins, but to be honest, the Haihun Marquis Museum had plenty of gold, and big chunks of it.

"It can’t be that high," Smith had no idea about Haihun Marquis, but since Sean mentioned it, it must be true.

The rich people in Ancient China were really wealthy!

Of course, this had nothing to do with today’s matters, so he continued:

"The highest amount I have the authority to give is this: at most, 650 dollars!"

Both sides provided reasons for their prices, and after a lengthy tug of war, they finally agreed on 780 dollars per coin.