Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets-Chapter 57 - Cunning and Deceptive Trade

“One of them is a replica. The other one is most likely real.” Sean said, “By the way, there are also two rifles, Springfield. As for whether they’re real or not, you’ll need to come over and appraise them yourself. They’re most likely real too…”

“Wait for me!” Judy’s attitude told Sean how eager she was.

Sean immediately knew that this was a big deal!

Otherwise, the money-loving Judy wouldn’t be rushing over without even finishing listening to him!

Finally, there was an opportunity to rip her off!

Seeing Sean’s smile, Jason Caldwell cautiously asked from the side:

“Boss, can we make back our investment by selling these things?”

“Make back our investment?” Sean laughed, “No, no, no, we can make back several times our investment!”

On the American second-hand website, though there weren’t any such bronze cannons for sale, someone was seeking to buy one for 150,000 US dollars!

Of course, they wanted an authentic one.

A Springfield rifle would go for several thousand dollars each.

The military uniforms might not be worth much, but if they were real, they should be worth hundreds of dollars, right?

Judy arrived quickly, and her car roared to a stop at the entrance of the container.

With an excited expression on her face, Judy rushed out of the car. She just nodded at Sean, then rushed to the container to look at the two cannons.

She checked the first cannon for a while and then immediately went to look at the second one.

Sean didn’t bother her. He continued to move the items in the container with Jason.

After moving all the wooden boxes out, Jason was disappointed.

That’s because, other than the two cannons and two rifles, all that was left in those wooden boxes were old military uniforms.

They didn’t seem to be worth much at all.

When the container was finally cleared, Judy had already finished her inspection. By that time, she had returned to her usual calm. She walked out slowly, looking at the two rifles that Sean had put back into their fine gun cases.

“The rifles you mentioned are these two?”

“Yes.” Sean nodded.

Judy looked somewhat perplexed and regretful.

In the past, treasure hunters who came across such a great find would usually ask how much it was worth in a hurry.

For these treasure hunters, things like cultural relics and antiques didn’t matter all that much. All they wanted to know was how much money these things were worth!

Why wasn’t Sean in a hurry now?

Judy probably understood that she had been too hasty before!

However, she couldn’t help it. One of her clients had always been looking to purchase such a bronze cannon and had been insisting on an authentic one.

That client was very wealthy, and competitors had been digging into her business. If she couldn’t come up with something that satisfied the client, she had to be prepared to lose that client!

Judy even thought that Sean was sent by God to help her.

With that in mind, Judy’s face showed a slight smile as she squatted down to inspect the rifles.

Jason happened to be standing not far behind her, and seeing the woman’s buttocks raised, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

This woman really knows how to make the most of her strengths!

Although she’s no longer young, she still has charm.

“These two rifles have been well maintained!” Judy, being a professional, quickly gave her answer, “These sets of uniforms are genuine too, but they haven’t been maintained as well.”

Sean thought to himself, how could wood, metal, and fabric objects be the same?

Without waiting for Sean to ask the price, Judy seemed a bit disappointed; this young man from China was getting harder and harder to fool!

Unable to persuade him, she reluctantly took the lead:

“For this replica bronze cannon, I can offer you eight thousand dollars…”

Sean nodded, considering the price fair.

“Three thousand five hundred dollars each for the two Springfield rifles…plus these uniforms, I can give you ten thousand dollars.”

Sean nodded again.

“For the real bronze cannon, I can offer you one hundred thousand dollars, Sean, you must have made a fortune this time!”

Judy appeared to be happy for Sean and was ready to get the money.

“No, no, no.” Sean stopped her, “Miss Judy, I think your offer for the other items is good, and I accept them. But the price you offered for the real cannon is too low, I can’t accept that!”

“Too low?” Judy’s expression was one of surprise: “One hundred thousand dollars! That’s the income of an ordinary worker for two years, and you made it all in one afternoon and still think it’s too low?”

Sean’s face darkened:

“Judy, I think you’re misunderstanding something! How much money I make and how much the cannon is worth are two different things! If you still insist on this price, then I can only say that’s a pity! I think there are no shortage of collectors in New York City!”

When Sean said this, Judy got anxious!

However, she wasn’t sure if Sean was just bluffing or if he really had other channels to sell it.

So Judy tentatively asked:

“Alright, I will buy these items, and I’ll pay now, how about that?”

“Sure!” Sean saw that Judy was just bluffing and smiled, “You can pay according to the prices you quoted for these items.”

As Judy took out the money, she casually asked:

“What are you going to do with the real cannon?”

“Sell it! Once you take away the replica cannon, I’ll contact other buyers.”

Judy handed eighteen thousand dollars to Sean, and while she called people to load the items, she asked:

“A hundred thousand dollars is a good price, won’t you reconsider?”

“No, we have a saying in China: “If the deal isn’t made, kindness remains.” It’s perfectly normal if we can’t agree. Don’t worry, Miss Judy; the cannon has no shortage of buyers.”

Judy was about to walk to the car when she saw that Sean had no intention of stopping her, so she knew she had to pay up!

She shook her head helplessly and came back:

“Sean, you win, quote your price!”

Sean pretended not to know what she was talking about:

“What do you mean, I win? We Chinese do business stressing win-win situations! Miss Judy, what are you trying to say? Do you want to buy the cannon?”

“Yes, I’m buying the cannon; just quote your price!” The sense of defeat in Judy’s heart was severe; she really felt cornered!

“If you really want to buy it, I think $150,000 is a good price.” Sean said with a faint smile.

“Impossible!” Judy shouted in protest when she heard the offer, “Even if I took the cannon out to sell it, I couldn’t sell it for that much!”

“Well, in that case, considering we’ve worked together several times, I’ll lower the price a bit, 148,000 dollars!”

Judy looked at Sean’s “generous” expression and was so angry she wanted to vomit blood!

However, she desperately wanted the cannon, so she gritted her teeth and lowered the price bit by bit.

In the end, the two sides agreed on a price of 138,000 dollars.

Judy left in anger, but Sean was smiling so much that he couldn’t close his mouth!

At last, he had collected five hundred thousand!