Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 732 - 454 Everything is under control!

Chapter 732: Chapter 454 Everything is under control!

When Lincoln returned, he told Sean some news.

"When I was taking Miss Joanna back, I did encounter some tracking. So, I suggested to Miss Joanna to go straight back home.

She agreed - because her father is currently working for the ocean shipping company, and there are two hired female bodyguards at home besides her mother. The security is basically guaranteed, so I came back."

Sean nodded, Lincoln did the right thing.

He then asked Douglas:

"Douglas, how are Charles and the others?"

"As you instructed, I asked Charles to apply for a flight route to return first. He should still be in the air now and will give us a phone call when he arrives on the island."

Even though the police don’t know about Charles and the others at the moment, Sean doesn’t want to take any risks with this.

If the police dig out Charles and the others’ existence after several fruitless searches and create some issues, Sean’s side would be passive.

That’s why as soon as he came out, he told Douglas to inform Charles and the others to leave.

It so happened that Old Master Ralph and the others had had enough fun on the big island and planned to return. Charles going back would be perfect to bring them back to Xinjiang.

"It’s good that they left. Once they’ve delivered my family, have them fly to George Washington and wait for instructions from me."

Douglas nodded to show he understood.

"Boss, what do we do next? Just wait like this?" Elijah asked.

"Of course not," Sean sneered, "the real drama is just beginning. Next, we are going to play a key move!"

Sean called Ms. Kathy over and asked:

"Ms. Kathy, which of my current fixed assets has the greatest potential for appreciation?"

Kathy was very familiar with Sean’s assets and immediately told him:

"There is a seaview villa in the wealthy district of Long Island of New York, currently valued at 65 million dollars.

Due to its beautiful environment, high safety factor, and a nearly 80% white occupancy rate, as well as convenient nearby transportation and no crowded population, it is considered a high-quality asset with an annual appreciation potential of five to ten percent."

"Over 60 million..." Sean thought for a moment and said, "Put it on sale then. List it with several real estate agencies, with a price tag of 60 million!"

"Why?" Kathy was extremely puzzled and tried to dissuade him:

"Mr. Knight, this is very unwise! Such high-quality assets have always been in high demand and hard to come by.

Usually, once such assets are available, many people will come to snatch them up. Therefore, the listing price would be about ten percent higher than the actual estimated price!

But you have lowered the price here, I’m afraid within an hour of putting it on the market, buyers will contact you!"

"That’s exactly the effect I want!" Sean remained unfazed.

Kathy seemed to understand Sean’s intentions, but she still advised:

"Mr. Knight, I still don’t recommend you list this villa for sale. The previous owner took great care of it, and both the decoration and layout are excellent.

I originally wanted to persuade you to live in this villa. However, you refused due to the distance. But I still think selling it is not a good choice.

You also own several other villas, and we can choose to sell less appealing properties...

Although the villa on Fifth Avenue is quite old, its market value is about 60 million dollars.

I think we can put that one up for sale, which will also achieve your desired purpose."

"No, no," Sean waved his hand. "What I want to achieve is something with shock value. Ordinary villas cannot attract that much attention.

Ms. Kathy, don’t try to persuade me. This operation is very important to me. So it’s decided."

Seeing that Sean was determined, Kathy did not say more. She immediately went to handle this matter.

"Boss, this is a bit ruthless, isn’t it? Five million off the listing price just like that?" Douglas found it hard to believe.

"I just want them to learn their lesson. Really think we’re easy to mess with?" This time Sean was ruthless, even if he had to lose eight hundred, he would kill three thousand!

"Well, the boss’s loss this time is not small either." Elijah sighed.

"It’s fine. The value of those things is still there. If we count it all together, it’s still a gain!" Sean no longer cared about this "small amount" of money.

Kathy was right. There were many people calling to inquire about the villa the day it was listed.

What Sean didn’t expect was that the first person to call him was Elijah Hayes.

"Mr. Knight, is the Long Island seaview villa one of your assets?"

Sean was a bit surprised by Elijah’s call.

"Yes, Mr. Hayes," Sean didn’t expect such a quick reaction, but it was a good thing.

"Are you really going to do this, Mr. Knight? Have you given up hope?"

"Although I may win my lawsuit, or rather, it won’t have much impact, but frankly, I’m really losing hope."

Sean’s half-true-half-false tone actually made Elijah Hayes believe him. He sighed:

"The way you’re doing things now is making me a little worried too."

"Today, they could break into my villa for no reason and try to hurt me; tomorrow, they could find an excuse to freeze my assets, and maybe the day after that, they could come up with a reason to restrict my freedom of movement completely."

Sean’s voice was devoid of emotion, as if talking about someone else’s business. This tone made Elijah think that Sean’s heart was truly dead.