Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 466 - 330: Playing the Bad Guy for Once

Chapter 466: Chapter 330: Playing the Bad Guy for Once

That night, Sean Knight and his crew dredged up three more boxes, which were empty.

Gone.

For these three boxes, Sean didn’t rush to deal with them, but instead called Elijah and the others over, saying:

"Come on, let’s stir things up."

"Stir things up?" Elijah was a little perplexed.

"Yes, stir things up." Sean said with a laugh.

The three boxes were opened, one with gold, one with silver bars, and one with jewels and jade, including some rough gemstones.

These items were laid out, lit up, and sparkled brilliantly.

"Come, let’s take some photos." Sean pointed to these things, "Remove the background, only focus on the objects, and then leave some space for a few people."

Douglas Cooper understood what was going on and asked excitedly:

"Boss, are you planning to frame someone?"

"Yes." Sean nodded and said, "It seems you have quite a cunning mind, figuring it out so quickly."

"Much obliged!" Douglas chuckled.

"You think I’m praising you? This task is yours!" Sean laughed, "Take the photos well, then photoshop Caprio onto them. No background at all, making sure that even if someone else gets the photos and wants to trace them back, they can’t reveal anything about us!"

"No problem, leave it to me, boss!" Douglas exclaimed with a smile, "My ex-girlfriend loved to do these kinds of things, like the ’Four Evils of Asia: The China Chapter’. I’m familiar with this!"

Seeing him casually mention his ex-girlfriend, it seemed he had moved on.

"Alright, you handle it, once you’re done, we’ll call it a day."

Elijah and Lincoln Harrington also joined in with laughter to lend a hand.

Today’s mobile phones have powerful functionality, comparable to a computer. Although Elijah and others were not professionals, they could still handle such minor tasks.

After the three boxes were photographed, Douglas and the others went to another room to clean up, whereas Sean put away the three boxes.

Then, Sean began to take stock of their haul.

In total, they had dredged up sixteen boxes.

Among them, five boxes of gold, weighing almost 500 kilograms.

Eight boxes of silver, also weighing about 500 kilograms.

The remaining three boxes contained miscellaneous items, mainly jewels and rough gemstones.

These items were difficult to valuate, but Sean estimated that this trip netted them nearly 50 million dollars.

Of course, there may be discrepancies, mainly depending on the value of the jewels and jade. Some of these items were classified as antiques, and some were rough stones, with quality not readily discernible.

But it was already very impressive.

The regrettable part was that they did not find any items capable of absorbing energy. There was jadeite, but they were too small, made into jewelry, and Sean didn’t want to destroy them.

After renting a boat to decoy and switch the goods, they disappeared without a trace.

At this time, all hell broke loose online!

Originally, Douglas and his crew had taken photos from multiple angles, and close-ups. The focus was to feature Caprio and Dubawnt Ramirez.

So, when photos of Caprio holding golden bricks and gems, and gesturing in front of a golden box, appeared on foreign social media accounts, they instantly went viral!

They went beyond viral!

Just at a glance, these items were worth at least several million dollars!

Who could guarantee there weren’t other items?

Caprio was currently recovering in his villa in Manila — with a bellyful of anger.

After all, so many things in his villa were lost, and he spent a lot of money to buy the big courtyard, but actually didn’t dig out anything.

Two consecutive losses, even with some financial cushion, were unsustainable!

Moreover, this was a huge blow to his reputation.

At this rate, people following him would lose faith, and his own reputation would suffer, leading to less information.

Then a barrage of phone calls came in, congratulating him on finding the treasure and hoping for deep cooperation.

This left Caprio somewhat dumbfounded.

What’s going on? He hadn’t found anything recently!

Dubawnt called in immediately:

"Boss, we’ve been framed!"

"What do you mean?" Caprio felt a sense of foreboding, "How have we been framed?"

"Many photos of you finding treasures have surfaced on social media, you’d better take a look and clarify. The government will definitely intervene when such an incident happens!"

Caprio immediately hung up the call and opened his phone, upon searching, he slapped his plastered leg in anger!

Who could be so vicious?!

Isn’t this pushing him into the fire pit?!

"Ah——!"

He had slapped the part of his leg where it was broken, and a scream ensued, causing Caprio’s wife and children to rush in and his bodyguards to check the situation.

After explaining the misunderstanding, Caprio calmed his anger. He realized he had to respond quickly, otherwise, domestic authorities would certainly come to collect money!

After all, he hadn’t gone out during this period.

If he did dredge up anything, even with his permit, he would still have to surrender a large portion of it!

But what was he supposed to hand over now?

He immediately called and hoped that the social platform would immediately remove these photos, he declared that the photos were fake.

The media naturally didn’t want to, this was a hot topic!

Everyone loved to see such overnight wealth stories, if they were removed, how would they attract traffic?

Unable to negotiate, Caprio had no leverage — after all, he was just a billionaire, his social status hadn’t reached that level yet.

Then, it was time to report to the relevant departments — this was a false accusation against him, he hadn’t found any treasures at all!