Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 559 - 376: Defending One’s Own "Territory"_2

Chapter 559: Chapter 376: Defending One’s Own "Territory"_2

Everyone is here to make money, not to die.

Before the fishing boat sank from being hit, the fishermen jumped into the sea one by one, swimming towards the surrounding boats.

They knew that if they waited for the boat to sink, it would create a huge whirlpool with strong suction, and it would be too late to escape.

The nearby fishing boats were also helpful, as they were all fishermen, just like many drivers on mountain roads who usually help when they see an accident.

Of course, there are exceptions for those with bad intentions.

As for those who helped with the rescue, Elijah didn’t stop them.

Their goal was to prevent fishing boats from entering private territory, not to take people’s lives.

Seeing that Sean Knight and his friends were not really cruel, someone came over in a small boat, asking for a meeting.

Sean put the cap on the rocket to avoid misfires, then showed his face to the other party.

He remembered that the man was also from the yacht, so he asked:

"What do you want to say?"

This straightforward attitude caught the man off guard, but he quickly said:

"Actually, we came for making money. Can we negotiate, like paying rent, how much per day, or how much for a piece of the sea? Just let us salvage..."

It turns out that since he can’t get what he wants by force, he wants to try a soft approach.

"No." Sean rejected him with a single word.

He must be kidding.

Talking to me about money?

I’ll crush you!

Seeing that Sean actually refused the money, the man’s face stiffened, and he insisted:

"Five hundred thousand dollars, how about that? This price is already very high! Five hundred thousand dollars is enough to buy two yachts!"

"Get out!" Sean gestured impatiently, "Don’t force me to make a move!"

"Sir, don’t be so stubborn!" The man saw that Sean was really not interested in the money and changed his strategy, "Your island just started construction, and I assume you need a lot of supplies brought in from other places, right?"

He smiled and took out a business card, and as he handed it to Sean, he said:

"My family runs the third-largest trading company in Jakarta. As long as you let me salvage this time, I will guarantee the supply for your island!

Absolute cost price, provided until the construction on your island ends, how about that?"

Sean didn’t bother talking to him anymore.

"Stop talking and get out of here!" Douglas said, "If you don’t leave now, you won’t be able to get away later!"

Seeing that Sean was unaffected by both soft and hard approaches, the man reluctantly got back on his boat.

After getting on the boat, he shouted:

"If you’re so unreasonable, then you’ll have to think twice about purchasing supplies in the future! I’m afraid this path won’t work for you, sir!"

As the small boat left, other small boats came to negotiate.

Some offered money or other items in exchange for the opportunity to salvage, while others threatened them.

But they were all dismissed by Elijah.

Seeing that even those with power and influence could do nothing, the remaining people realized it was virtually impossible to salvage here.

About half of the boats turned back and left the area.

But some boats anchored a kilometer away and began diving for salvage.

You can control the sea surface, but not underwater, right? If I dive over there, let’s see what you’ll do.

Sean didn’t mind this, and he signaled for the two yachts to spread out

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"Boss, this isn’t a long-term solution," Douglas looked at the fishing boats with a worried expression.

"It’s fine, once Caroline’s people come over and salvage, we can relax," said Sean.

Sean’s plan was simple. Caroline represented Harrison. She naturally had the right to salvage these things.

As long as the people she sent came, they would hand it over, and the other fishing boats should understand.

Sean thought it would be simple, but it wasn’t until a day later that the salvage ship sent by Caroline finally arrived.

"Mr. Knight, how are you? I’m Whyte Mabry," the salvage ship’s captain came over to greet Sean.

The salvage ship was relatively large, with a tonnage significantly larger than the current yachts, fishing boats, and motorboats.

"You’re late." Sean pointed to the fishing boats and said:

"They came yesterday. I promised Ms. Caroline to protect the site, so I had a conflict with them.

Now that you’re here, you’d better tell them, then you can quickly salvage the wreckage and leave."

Whyte agreed with the matter and planned to send someone to speak with those people.

However, they clearly underestimated the persistence of the people on the fishing boats. Before they could send someone, the people came directly to them.

"Mr. Knight, why can he salvage, but we can’t?" For the first time, a member of the third-largest trading company’s family came to question Sean Knight.

"Because they were sent by the owner of the crashed plane to salvage it. It’s their right." Sean explained, "Alright, please leave."

"We can help with the salvage too..." The visitor was not giving up.

"Don’t force us to use force!" Sean gave him a fierce look.

Knowing that it was impossible, the man had no choice but to leave.

With advanced equipment on the salvage ship, the largest piece of wreckage was quickly located. The ship went to the location, anchored down, and started the salvage operation.

Watching as the pieces of the wreckage were hoisted up, those nearby ships enviously helplessly looked on, wanting to take advantage of the situation.

Meanwhile, Sean was talking on the phone with Caroline.

"The person you sent, Whyte, has started the salvage. I hope they can finish salvaging and leave here as soon as possible. Many fishing boats have arrived, wanting to profit from this."

"I have also seen the news. I actually found out through the news that Mr. Harrison went to Southeast Asia for gemstones. These people must be coming for the gems..."

Caroline thanked Sean and said she would urge Whyte to complete the work as soon as possible, leave, and not to disturb Sean’s normal life as much as possible.

It was at this point that Sean remembered he still had the so-called painite in his hands.

When Oliver Brooks reminded him at the time, he just thought about establishing his reputation, so he didn’t care about this thing worth millions.

Now with some free time, Sean took out his phone and started searching for information about painite, curious about what it was.

His search startled him!

It turned out that painite was a new type of gemstone discovered and named in the last century.

The key thing was, there was a scarce amount of this substance found worldwide; the most famous one was a 1.7 gram piece in the British Museum.

Less than 100 grams in the whole world?

Holy moly!

How rare is this stuff?!

Looking at the people outside, Sean finally understood.

No wonder they stayed for a few days and didn’t leave.

Mainly because it had a nominal value of one carat, sixty thousand USD.

But the actual value was probably much higher!

After all, you can’t buy this even if you have the money!

Gold might be expensive, but at least there’s a place to buy it!

Is Imperial Green glass jadeite even more expensive?

If you have money, you can buy it as well!

But you can’t buy painite with money!

No wonder, no wonder!

Sean felt like he must have exploded a barrel of luck to have such a thing fall from the sky right at his feet.

He remembered the mysterious dream and the little boy in it.

Was his good fortune given by that young boy?

Shaking his head, Sean didn’t want to think about it too much.

Since there was someone in charge of the salvage operation, Sean just stayed nearby, keeping an eye on the situation. As long as those fishing boats didn’t go overboard, he and his team wouldn’t be too harsh on them.

Thus, a brief period of calm came.

Above the water, it was calm and peaceful, but beneath the surface, it was turbulent. After all, there were many valuable things underwater!

Sean saw fishing boats constantly calling their divers--some had disappeared underwater, while others had been injured on their ascent.

There was no shortage of sea snakes here!

To Sean, there was no great emotion towards all this.

After all, one seeks wealth amid danger, so how can one make extra money without risking something?

Whyte and the salvage ship spent a week salvaging, collecting wreckage in various sizes.

After that, they ended the operation and planned to leave.

Sean thought this matter must have come to an end.

Little did he know, there was more to come!