Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 487 - 341: Well Played with Both Front and Back Hands!

Chapter 487: Chapter 341: Well Played with Both Front and Back Hands!

Originally, Nicholas Scott thought that since this kid was so capable, it was okay for him to change the location or wait for a while to trade those real cultural relics.

After all, money wasn’t that tight.

However, when the tax season arrived, his money was all in Silicon Valley Bank, where he had a lot of assets and owed even more taxes.

Although he still had some money on hand, his life would be very difficult once he paid the taxes!

Now Nicholas Scott was really anxious!

He searched for connections everywhere, even trying to sell at a loss.

But no one would buy.

Nicholas Scott couldn’t even understand why.

Sell at a loss!

If he could get these items into China, there would be plenty of people scrambling to buy them - they could instantly make money from them, so why wouldn’t anyone buy them?

Of course, he had no idea that during this time, Sean Knight had already visited all of Nicholas Scott’s potential clients one by one.

He wanted those cultural relics and had even hinted at Nicholas Scott’s identity, implying that he was actually a wanted person on the Red Arrest Warrant. If anyone bought his stuff, the Chinese government would definitely pursue it.

As soon as this news spread, those people naturally lost interest in Nicholas Scott.

Besides, as far as the Beautiful Country is concerned, only those who want to invest in China or intend to take advantage of the Chinese market would try to learn more about China’s affairs.

Most people in the Beautiful Country don’t even know about China, so Nicholas Scott was actually mistaken - his potential customers were people like Sean Knight.

But now he had no way out.

He couldn’t offend the tax authorities, although he still had several tens of millions of dollars in Silicon Valley Bank, the fuse would only pay 250,000 dollars.

He was naturally unwilling to accept that.

With no other choice, he had to come and find Sean Knight again.

This time, Nicholas Scott was humble:

"Mr. Knight, it was my mistake last time, I was too arrogant. This time, I’ve brought some genuinely good items, none of them are fake, they’re all appraised by experts... Rest assured, they are real experts!"

Sean Knight agreed to meet him because he had sent a Song Dynasty Copper Buddha statue - it was exquisitely made and finely shaped, a rare treasure.

Sean Knight accepted the statue and then agreed to meet with Nicholas Scott.

This time, Nicholas Scott brought five people and carried four boxes. He opened them in front of Sean Knight, and took out the eleven cultural relics stored inside.

From Han Dynasty to late Qing Dynasty, every item was authentic!

If the items brought by Nicholas Scott last time were modern fakes, this time they were truly treasures from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty!

Sean Knight glanced over them - there were inscribed bronze wares, inherited calligraphy and paintings, and even a rare prince’s gold seal.

He didn’t know how Nicholas Scott managed to obtain these national treasure-level cultural relics and somehow managed to bring them out!

Sean Knight shook his head and dismissed this thought.

In fact, it’s really useless to think about these things since they were already brought out by the other party.

"I’ll take these items. Five million dollars." Sean Knight gave a fair price as he saw it.

Nicholas Scott hurriedly waved his hand:

"Mr. Knight, this price is really too low. If these items were put in Christie’s Auction House, they could sell for at least 20 million dollars..."

"Do you dare to take them there, or dare to ask someone else to take them?" Sean Knight asked in response.

Nicholas Scott was speechless.

Of course, he didn’t dare to.

"I think these items should be officially recorded, right? As long as they appear in the auction house, someone would immediately go negotiate, right, Frederick Hall?"

"What...what did you say?" Nicholas Scott, or Frederick Hall, suddenly hearing someone call him by this name, stuttered!

Somehow, he had been in hiding for many years, and even he himself had chosen to forget about this matter selectively.

He didn’t expect to be recognized by someone!

At this moment, Frederick Hall felt unprecedented nervousness.

"Relax, Mr. Scott. I’m not from the domestic authorities. I’m not interested in how you got out or what you did to get out."

Sean Knight’s words slightly eased Frederick Hall’s anxiety.

"I’m only interested in these items in your hands." Sean Knight’s next words made Frederick Hall feel an intense sense of bitterness:

"I can offer five million, and I think that’s very generous. Otherwise, I could leak your information out, and I imagine there would be plenty of people who want to take you back, right?"

Frederick Hall remained silent.

"Five million can help you solve a lot of problems."

"But it’s not enough!" Frederick Hall frowned, looking a little pathetic, "This tax season, I have to pay at least over 10 million dollars in taxes..."

"You can sell your other assets, right?"

Sean Knight didn’t plan to compromise, as he was determined to cut a few pieces of meat from Frederick Hall today.

"But it’s not of much use." Frederick Hall had already started considering selling his assets, but the prices offered by others were too low - they were even less than two-thirds of the original cost of buying those assets, so how could he bear to sell them so cheaply?

However, Sean Knight offered them only five million dollars and refused to increase the price.

With no other choice, Frederick Hall had to accept the price.

Because he once tried to ask a Chinese friend who had also fled, the latter only offered one million dollars!

This was clearly a robbery!

"If you’re short of money, the deposit receipt in Silicon Valley Bank can actually be used as a mortgage for me." Sean Knight casually said while transferring money to him, "After all, you can only get a maximum of 250,000 dollars, but if you mortgage it to me, I can give you 500,000 dollars."