Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 486 - 340: Virtue Like This_2

Chapter 486: Chapter 340: Virtue Like This_2

Sean caught a glimpse of disdain from Number Eight’s gaze, as if he were looking at a country bumpkin.

"Mr. Knight, right? Hello, hello." Number Eight responded quickly, "I am Nicholas Scott, and I am very happy to cooperate with our compatriots. What happened at the auction house earlier was a misunderstanding, really a misunderstanding."

Nicholas sat down and waved his hand, and his two bodyguards placed two boxes on the conference table, opened them, and turned them over to face Sean.

Nicholas pointed at the two boxes and said,

"Mr. Knight, these are very rare items. It’s not an exaggeration to say they’re worth a fortune... Not only do they have extremely high appreciation value, but they also have great research value."

He finished speaking without giving Sean time to react.

Sean thought to himself that this guy was indeed an expert in diverting attention. If he were dealing with an ordinary person, their initial anger would have been diluted and shifted after seeing the contents of the boxes.

Unfortunately for him, he was dealing with Sean.

Sean took a glance at the contents of the boxes.

The two boxes contained different items. In the left box were ancient jade artifacts, jade cong, jade huang, and jade wall, which looked very ancient and elegant.

In the right box were two pieces of bronze ware: one was a bronze plate, and the other was a bronze sword with bird characters inscriptions.

The bronze plate had obvious rust, while the bronze sword was very clean and showed no signs of rust.

"Mr. Knight, how about it, isn’t my sincerity enough?" Nicholas smiled triumphantly,

"If these items were in China, they could be treasured artifacts in any museum. I really like them myself.

If it weren’t for the current financial issues I’m dealing with, I would never bring these items out..."

"You think these broken things can be treasured artifacts? Are you misunderstanding the concept of treasured artifacts, or do you think my age makes my eyesight bad?" Sean suddenly slammed the table and angrily said,

"I sincerely came to trade with you, but you try to deceive me with these broken things. Do you think I can’t deal with you?"

"What do you mean?" Nicholas’ face changed when Sean said this, "What broken things? These have expert appraisal certificates, they’re legitimate artifacts from well-known periods. Don’t talk nonsense!"

As he spoke, Nicholas pulled out several appraisal certificates from the boxes and slapped them down in front of Sean.

Sean didn’t even look at them, and coldly laughed,

"Do I need to explain to you the character of a good number of domestic treasure appraisers? If these certificates are useful, then jade artifacts on the domestic market must be worth a fortune!"

"What do you mean, Mr. Knight?" Nicholas didn’t expect Sean to see through the issue so quickly, but he knew that he couldn’t lose momentum:

"Although I’m short on money now, I won’t be humiliated! These items were brought from China by me, and they are genuine treasures!

If you want to negotiate the price, we can discuss it, but I will not accept you calling them fake!"

"Hehe!" Sean stood up, pointed at Nicholas, and said: "Mr. Scott, don’t pretend to be confused! Since you dare to deceive me like this, I’ll let you know the consequences of offending me.

Actually, I understand that you think I’m Chinese, so you’re superior, and it’s easy for you to take advantage of me. But you’ve really miscalculated!

Although I haven’t seen many people like you, I can see what’s in your bones!"

Sean pulled out his mobile phone and dialed Robert:

"Robert, the guy you introduced is dishonest. He’s using fakes to deceive me. I think you can spread the news in the circle. I don’t want anyone else to be duped, and I don’t want people like him to tarnish the reputation of Chinese people."

As soon as the call was made, Nicholas panicked!

He indeed thought that since Sean was Chinese, he would be young and easy to deceive, with poor insight, and he would naturally accept the items and expert appraisal certificates.

However, he didn’t expect that Sean would see through his thoughts and expose him to the public with lightning speed, even asking Robert to spread the news in their circle!

How was he supposed to survive in this business after this?

He stood up violently:

"Mr. Knight, don’t push your luck! You can either buy or not, but you’re ruining my reputation? Let me tell you, I’m not easily scared! My reputation isn’t so fragile that it can be ruined by your words!

But what you’re doing is breaking the rules! Let me tell you, if you buy these items now, I’ll let it go. Otherwise, I’ll make sure you can’t survive in this circle! Young man, don’t be too arrogant!"

Sean Knight sneered at him, then dialed another number. Once the call connected, he said:

"Mr. Smith, I have something to tell you. Number 18 we met at the auction, a Chinese guy named Nicholas Scott. Oh, he should be a Beautiful Country citizen now.

He sold me a fake antique—I think you can spread the word about this in your circle. I don’t want such people ruining the reputation of Chinese people."

Upon hearing this, Nicholas’s face immediately changed!

Robert wasn’t famous and Nicholas had found him to be a middleman partly because he didn’t want this matter to spread.

So even if it spread, its influence wouldn’t be significant.

But that Mr. Smith was different—he was a very famous appraiser in New York’s antique circle!

Sean Knight was already preparing to leave. He looked at Nicholas and threw down one more sentence:

"You come out wanting to be a lap dog for others, which is none of my business. But since you come out, you want to serve them as a dog while acting all high and mighty in front of me, how disgusting—"

Having said this, Sean Knight left.

From the beginning, he didn’t really care about this matter.

After getting into the car, Elijah Hastings hesitated for a moment before starting the engine and told Sean Knight:

This guy is a corrupt criminal—originally Frederick Hall, embezzled 500 million and fled overseas, and has not been caught till now..."

Sean Knight didn’t expect Elijah to know this. Only now did he react that when he was talking to Nicholas earlier, Elijah seemed to be thinking about something.

It finally made sense.

"Embezzled several billion?" Sean Knight now felt that this guy’s money was probably more than that.

Or rather, it was found to be that much, but in reality, it was much more!

Moreover, this guy definitely had some real antiques. Sean Knight was suddenly intrigued!

Sean Knight felt completely justified in targeting these guys’ money!

Elijah sensed Sean Knight’s thoughts and said immediately:

"Boss, should we make a move?"

"Don’t rush, let Douglas investigate this guy’s background," Sean Knight was more cautious, "Maybe we can find a better way to get his stuff and money!"

Sean Knight believed that since Nicholas was in such a hurry to sell his stuff, he must be short of money.

So he would spread the news and the guy would come back to him sooner or later—if his reputation was bad, others might not do business with him.

Next, the best way to deal with such people would be a dull knife cutting flesh—taking their stuff away all at once would not make them suffer too much.

But cutting them bit by bit, until all their flesh is gone, would be the most painful for them.

And Sean Knight felt that such people deserved it.

Sean Knight’s guess was quite accurate.

After returning, Nicholas even said to his female assistant:

"This kid is indeed arrogant, but his arrogance is just talk. Our stuff is good and will definitely sell. As long as we hold on through this period, we can return to the good life."

He said this to his assistant, but he was actually comforting himself.

However, what happened next made him realize the power of Sean Knight’s two phone calls.

In order to recover the money as soon as possible, Nicholas called two businessmen who had expressed interest in his items after returning.

However, they said they were not interested in his stuff for the time being.

Nicholas was somewhat dumbfounded.

Could the kid’s words really be so effective?