Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets-Chapter 24 - Some Clues

“Don’t slander me! I have no intention to deceive Sean. I’m telling the truth – and besides, you can’t make decisions for Sean anyway. I’ll talk to him directly!”

“Get out!” Mr. John became angry, knowing what kind of person Jude was. After driving Jude away, Mr. John planned to talk to Sean about the matter.

As the call connected, Robert’s voice was solemn on the other side:

“Sean, I didn’t expect you’d get into such big trouble!”

In China, Sean might have tried to lighten the mood, but there’s no need for that here. It is natural to pay and get things done.

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“How is the information gathering going?”

“Mark is a professional lawyer, handling wills and troublesome matters for billionaires, with a not-so-good reputation. Just a month ago, he suddenly became rich, receiving a large sum of money…

As for the Knight family you asked me to investigate, it’s quite simple. Jeremy Knight has passed away, leaving an adopted mixed-race son named Elson Johnson.

Elson has a very close relationship with Mark. Mark often goes to Elson’s manor to play –

By the way, Jeremy’s inheritance mainly consists of a villa, two farmlands, a company, some stocks, and cash, among other things.”

Although it cost 30,000 yuan for this information, Sean felt it was worth it.

At least now he knew who his opponent was.

Mark is like an ancient litigator, handling matters for money.

If there’s no surprise, Elson Johnson must be the one pulling the strings from behind the scenes.

Sean didn’t expect that Jeremy had raised a white-eyed wolf!

When Jeremy returned to China from the Beautiful Country, he had mentioned this matter casually, about adopting a mixed-race child.

The child’s father was a Chinese international student, while the mother was the daughter of a wealthy merchant in New York.

When the two had an affair and had a child, the wealthy merchant flew into a rage. He sent people to the school and, through connections, expelled the Chinese student, who eventually returned to China in desperation.

The child’s mother was confined to her house and the child was left at an orphanage, where Jeremy took him in – not exactly adopting him.

“Is there any issue with Jeremy’s death?” Sean thought for a moment before he asked.

“I didn’t find anything. Jeremy has had on-and-off health issues for the past two years, but nothing serious. There’s no specific cause of death this time. Why, should I look into it?”

“Yes, look into it. If you can get hold of the will, that would be great. Also, can you check if Elson Johnson has a black jade pendant that looks like a curved fish… I’ll send you a sketch later.”

“Sure, I can find that. As long as you pay, I can even find out what color underwear Elson wears!”

“How much more money do you need?”

“The information I’ve given you so far is worth 10,000 dollars. I still have 20,000 left. I’ll start looking into it, and I’ll let you know when I need more.”

After Robert hung up, Sean felt his money was still insufficient!

He had to start making money quickly!

It seems he needed to find a collector to sell the pen holder.

Sean didn’t have any channels to sell antiques, and his friends and classmates in China didn’t have such hobbies either.

Either post it online or let John find it.

Sean thought Helen might have such a channel, but he didn’t intend to let that woman know that he had found another antique.

After all, Helen’s character is unreliable, and Sean doesn’t trust her.

He suddenly thought of Monica Brown, would she have such a channel?

Should he try calling her?

Sean dialed Monica’s number.

Monica had just finished class and was packing up. She took out her mobile phone and saw that it was Sean’s number, which was a bit strange.

Emily Taylor, who was in the same major as her, sat next to her. Seeing Monica hesitate, she moved closer to see, and when she saw it was Sean, she immediately said proudly:

“See? The fox’s tail is finally coming out, right? I bet he might ask you out for the weekend!”

Monica didn’t pay attention to Emily’s guess and answered the call.

Sean explained his goal, Monica was a bit surprised, a bit disappointed, and a bit happy. She thought for a moment and said:

“Send me pictures and videos of the item, and I’ll ask around.”

She really does have a channel!

After hanging up, Monica said to Emily:

“Did you hear that? He didn’t come to me for personal reasons, but to ask me for help in selling an antique!”

“Really?” Emily didn’t believe it, “Where did this guy get the antique? Monica, which antique is it?”

“A boxwood pen holder from the late Ming.”

“A wooden pen holder! How much could that be worth?” Emily sneered, somewhat disdainful.

In her mind, only porcelain, jade, and gold and silver antiques were valuable.

“It’s carved by a famous artist. Many of his works are collected in the royal palace. If it’s from the palace, it’s worth at least 700,000 to 800,000 dollars!”

Feeling defeated, Emily gaped, saying:

“No way? He doesn’t look good, dresses casually, and lives a little better than a vagrant. How could he have so much money?”

“You can’t judge people by their appearance!” Monica smiled, “But his pen holder may not have been collected by the palace. It could be worth several tens of thousands of dollars.”

“That’s still pretty impressive!” Emily still felt unconvinced, “I don’t know how he got so lucky to get all these good things—

First jadeite, then antiques, who knows what’s next!”

Monica also became curious about Sean.

Could he really have picked up such bargains from container auctions?

Sean himself didn’t know that the two girls were gossiping about him, and he sent the photos stored on his phone to Monica. When he returned to the reception, John immediately reminded him with a solemn expression:

“Sean, you’ve provoked the Latino Americans, and they’re troublesome. Keep a low profile these days. I’ll try to help you look out for auction information that’s not at the port. When some time has passed, and the trouble blows over, they won’t bother you anymore.”

Sean nodded:

“John, don’t worry, I just want to make more money now, I don’t want to cause trouble.”

“That’s good!” John was most afraid of Sean being impulsive, actively looking for trouble, or falling for someone’s provocation and taking action, which would lead to big trouble.

John soon found new auction information for Sean: In a small town outside the port, someone was auctioning a warehouse—a warehouse like a small house.

People with land would build a row of small houses here, each the size of one or two restrooms in China, and rent them to others as warehouses.

It’s close to the port, so people with too few items to rent a container would rent one of these to store their stuff.

When the lease term is over and the tenant doesn’t come to pick up their belongings, the warehouse will also be auctioned off.

Sean thought about it and agreed.

Where to bid is still bidding, right?