Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 601 - 396: Forced to Leave Home_2

Chapter 601: Chapter 396: Forced to Leave Home_2

"Alright, I’ll come over then." Sean liked to eat seedless white grapes, which could be eaten by the handful without spitting out seeds.

"It wasn’t that smooth. Those Russians tried to cheat us, but we saw through them." Sean guessed that Mr. Kenton wouldn’t tell Gerald about the gunfight, so he vaguely mentioned it and then said seriously to Gerald:

"Gerald, I got some good stuff and made a lot of money on this trip. As I told you before, this referral fee thing..."

"Yeah, I know, I know." Gerald said with a smile, "So I’ll just take that 10,000, and I won’t be polite with you. Mr. Kenton also said that you are very generous."

"One thing at a time." Sean waved his hand, "That 10,000 can be considered an information fee, but it’s not enough. I’ll transfer another 100,000 to you..."

"What?" Gerald was shocked, and then immediately waved his hand: "Sean, this is not right! I just made one or two phone calls, and it’s not worth that much. We don’t need to do this..."

Sean smiled and said:

"Gerald, do you know how much I made on this trip?"

"How much?" Gerald asked and then cautiously speculated, "If you dare to give me 100,000, then you must have made at least one to two million... This..."

Now he knew how Sean made his money.

"Not just that, much more." Sean laughed and said, "So take the money, you deserve it. Without you, I wouldn’t have had this opportunity to make money."

Gerald still wanted to say something, but Sean had already started to transfer the money on his mobile phone, while saying:

"Our ancestors always said that rules must be followed. Otherwise, who will give me this kind of information in the future, right? Don’t worry, I made a lot of money, and I don’t care about this amount."

After finishing the transfer, Sean said again:

"It’s so convenient in our country. The money goes straight through. It’s only after going abroad that you realize how inconvenient it is over there... Sigh."

Since Sean insisted so much, Gerald didn’t refuse anymore.

But to tell the truth, it felt like a dream.

Growing cotton on contracted land, it’s not easy to make a net income of 100,000 in a year.

When cotton prices were high, the income was almost that much. If cotton prices were low, even with the national cotton subsidy, the income would probably be around 30,000 to 50,000, or even require out-of-pocket expenses.

In the previous year, when cotton prices were high, some people with a lot of contracted land could make that amount of income. Last year, the price of the contracted land doubled.

Then last year, cotton prices were nearly halved. In the village, 70% of the people who contracted large pieces of land lost money. The more land they contracted, the more they lost...

That’s a whole year’s hard work!

And he just made 100,000 with a few words...

When Sean left, Gerald was still a little dazed.

When Gerald’s wife came back from working at the cooperative, she saw Gerald’s unusual appearance and asked him while changing her clothes:

"What’s wrong with you today? Why do you look like you’ve lost your soul?"

Gerald didn’t speak but showed his wife the transfer page from Sean on his mobile phone.

"Is this... one hundred...thousand...ten thousand?"

Gerald’s wife also jumped in shock when she saw the amount!

"How did it become so much?"

She didn’t know Sean was back.

"Sean said that the information I gave him allowed him to earn much more than this. This is an intermediary fee." Gerald explained.

"He must have made a million if he gave us this much, right?" Gerald’s wife asked, still stunned.

"More than that, he said it’s far more than that. At first, I didn’t dare to take it, but he said it was a rule, and I didn’t think I did anything illegal, so I accepted it."

"A hundred thousand dollars..." Gerald’s wife sat on the edge of the bed, murmuring, "A few words... Your mouth is really worth a lot!"

"What’s it to me?" Gerald saw his wife like this, but he has already figured it out, "This is external wealth, and it only works if someone like Sean has the ability. If it were someone else, they would have just listened to it as a joke."

"Yeah." Gerald’s wife calmed down and said, "This kind of good deal won’t happen again. But Sean is really... generous."

"That’s true. Even if he didn’t give the 10,000 later, we wouldn’t know. No wonder he’s rich!"

"You can’t use this money for gambling!" Sean’s wife suddenly reminded, "We agreed before that we can’t step back if there’s anything going on in Uncle Mark’s

family."

"Don’t worry, Sean didn’t let us down. We can’t help with other things, but we can’t step back in this either. And don’t worry, I won’t gamble!

Isn’t the end of those villagers who gambled miserable enough? Plus, it was Sean who exposed the gambling issue. Going to university really makes a difference!"

"Also, it’s best not to talk about this..."

"Alright, alright, I definitely won’t, just make sure you keep your mouth shut."

The couple carried on with their life.

However, the secret didn’t last long. One day at the cooperative, Sean’s wife accidentally leaked it out while arguing with another villager who was gossiping about Sean.

Feeling guilty, Sean’s wife hurried to tell Sean and apologized. However, Sean reassured her, saying there was nothing wrong with telling others about it.

So, the villagers came to know that a simple chat with Sean was exchanged

for 110,000 dollars!

It made many people envious, and some started having ill intentions.

In the following days, the Knight family received a constant stream of visitors.

Sean couldn’t help but feel both amused and annoyed. Most of them offered so-called treasure-hunting information.

However, 99% of them were either "my grandfather’s generation..." or "I heard it’s somewhere in...".

Sean had to persuade them to leave one by one.

As they were all villagers, mostly older than him, he couldn’t bring himself to lose his temper.

"...Uncle Thompson, digging in our country is against the law. Besides, it’s been over a decade, nobody knows what it’s like now. I won’t get involved..."

Before dinner, Sean saw off a reluctant Uncle Thompson and decided to have dinner.

"Sean, why don’t you go stay in the County Town for a couple of days?" Mark

suggested at the dinner table, "Some people in this village are desperate for money that they’re even thinking about robbing a grave..."

"That’d be pushing me into a pit." Sean smiled, "Although I haven’t revealed everything, I have also educated them on the law, so they won’t think I’m dumb."

"Sean, did you give too much money to Gerald?"Oscar asked, "With this amount of money, no wonder other people have ideas."

"If we follow the rules, it’s actually less." Sean took a sip of bean porridge, put down his bowl, and said, "Brother, do you know what I got from this trip?"

"What?" Oscar asked.

Sean went to his room, took out the golden crown from his spatial realm, and showed it to his family at the dinner table:

"This is Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty’s golden crown - there’s only one on display in the whole country. The one belonging to Emperor Wanli. But mine’s even more famous, just think about it..."

"Is this... a National Treasure?" Mark looked at the crown, shocked, and then asked.

"Yes, a National Treasure among National Treasures!" Sean confirmed, "There’s also the Yongle Encyclopedia and the Imperial Jade Seal. You tell me, are 100,000 too much?"

"Not too much, then." Oscar wasn’t stupid. Over the past few days, several people had been gossiping about this, but since he didn’t know the truth, he couldn’t explain it.

Now that he knew the situation, it was clear.

"But let’s keep the golden crown a secret within the family. I don’t want any trouble."

"Don’t worry, none of us will tell anyone." Mark thought about it, then said, "You should still go to the County Town. It’s less troublesome there. People come here every day asking questions and who knows when your slip up."

"Okay," Sean agreed, "I’ll go stay in the County Town for a couple of days."

After making up his mind, Sean drove to the County Town that night.

The next day, people came to the Knight’s house only to find Sean gone. There was not much to be said.

As for phone calls... such things couldn’t be discussed over the phone, and it was much easier to reject their requests on the call.

With that, Sean finally had some peace.

However, he was soon surprised by another phone call which meant he had to head out once again.