Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets-Chapter 61 - The Warehouse and the River Dragon

“As long as you’re okay. I also looked into it, and those people were after your money… There might be someone behind this stirring things up, but it’s hard to find out. Do you want to take a break for a while?”

Sean Knight shook his head, saying:

“No, I’m really short on money right now, so I’m going to try my luck at the warehouse, and if there’s any unclaimed luggage for sale at the airport, I want to take a look too.”

“Well,” said Mr. John, seeing Sean Knight insistent on going. “I’ll send you the information. You decide.”

Then Mr. John joked: “Sean, do you know? In less than a month, you’ve made more commission for me than others did in two years. So if anything happens, let me know immediately.”

Mr. John hung up, and Sean Knight shook his head with a smile.

His relationship with Mr. John was not just about work cooperation. Mr. John was his benefactor, and no matter what, this kindness could not be simply measured by money.

Sean Knight went downstairs and saw Aunt Susan cleaning up the living room. He took out 2000 dollars and handed it over:

“Ma’am, this is my fault, so I’ll cover the losses. Use this money to pay some workers to come and fix things up.”

Not only compensation for the losses but also an apology and gratitude to Aunt Susan.

Aunt Susan hesitated a bit before accepting it.

Sean Knight went out to drive and contacted Jason Caldwell:

“I’m planning on going to the warehouse today. What about you, are you coming with me or gambling on containers yourself?”

“Boss, of course, I’ll follow you.” Jason immediately agreed without thinking.

He didn’t expect Jason to be so straightforward, which gave Sean Knight some comfort.

With a life-saving benefactor helping him, a “little brother” following him, and extraordinary abilities, what was there to fear?

Sean Knight picked up Jason and told him what happened last night while driving and reminded him to be careful.

After making sure Sean was fine, Jason immediately said he would find someone to investigate the truth behind the incident.

Sean Knight didn’t stop him. After witnessing Jason’s “appeal” last time, Sean felt that sometimes it was good to have Jason as an agitator.

This time, the warehouse was on the outskirts of New York City.

Warehouses here were indoors, somewhat similar to China’s concentrated commercial buildings.

The only difference was that the compartments in China’s commercial buildings were all for selling things, while these were all turned into individual warehouses.

Upon registering at the administration office, it was learned that six warehouses would be auctioned off this time, with over a dozen treasure hunters arriving to try their luck, with more coming later.

After Sean Knight and Jason had registered, they waited for the announcement, then followed the auctioneer and security guards inside.

At Auction Warehouse One, the auctioneer read from the list in his hand:

“As per the rules, there will be one minute to observe once the warehouse is opened, then the auction will begin.

Please do not cross the warehouse door during observation, follow the rules, and pay in cash immediately after the auction is over…”

After finishing, the security guard cut open the iron lock with a pair of pliers and lifted up the rolling gate.

A musty smell hit their faces.

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Considering that these abandoned warehouses had not been paid rent for at least six months, it was normal for them to have an odor.

What came into view was a pile of old furniture.

Sean Knight activated his Sky Eye in the crowd, pretending to observe with everyone else.

Although the furniture was old, it was mostly intact.

Near the wall inside, there were several boxes, including wooden ones filled with clothes and iron ones containing furniture repair tools, and another… huh?

Sean Knight’s eyes lit up!

He didn’t expect the first warehouse to have such a big harvest!

It was a suitcase containing a small box of jewelry!

These jewels included diamond-studded gold rings, gold necklaces, gold bracelets, and some gemstone jewelry.

Bid on it!

Jason whispered to Sean Knight:

“Boss, how come this warehouse doesn’t look as valuable as those containers?”

Sean Knight chuckled and whispered back:

“It’s actually quite similar. Because you also don’t know what other things are in there, whether they’re worth money or not.”

The auction began, and this auctioneer did not speak like those at the container pier. He spoke clearly, and his sentences were more normal.

Having grown accustomed to the auctioneer’s speech at the pier, Sean Knight felt a little awkward here.

“Starting bid is 200 dollars, increments of no less than 10 dollars. Bidding starts now!”

Warehouse auction prices are often relatively low, with low increments as well.

Sean Knight had studied before; most of the items auctioned here had been abandoned by tenants who thought that the content was not worth the rent.

Of course, there were also cases of tenants disappearing, having accidents, or simply forgetting they had a warehouse here.

“220 dollars!”

“230 dollars!”

“250 dollars…”

Listening to the bids here, Sean Knight really wasn’t used to it.

Frequent bidding wars with Mr. Madden, Elder and Little Joey, Diana, and others had made Sean Knight accustomed to easily pushing auction prices to tens of thousands of dollars.

After a while of bidding here, the price still hadn’t increased by 100 dollars, making it feel unreal.

Or perhaps, it felt kind of petty?

“300 dollars!” Sean Knight suddenly raised the bid.

This surprised the middle-aged big-bearded man, the chubby white youth, and the petite, beautiful green-dressed girl who had been engaged in a bidding back and forth.

They noticed that Sean Knight was a newcomer and exchanged glances, their eyes questioning each other: where did this outsider come from? Or was he just reckless?

But Sean Knight didn’t care about that. As others continued to raise their bids, he followed from time to time.

With Sean Knight’s participation, the price rose quickly. After breaking through 1,000 dollars, only Sean Knight and the big-bearded man were left bidding.

Big-bearded man was clearly reluctant, but his means were limited, and he could only raise 10 dollars at a time.

Sean Knight wasn’t anxious either, adding 20 dollars each time as grinding.

There were many places that needed money; even flies and mosquitoes were considered meat, so they couldn’t waste it!

Eventually, Sean Knight won the warehouse for 1,280 dollars.

Then, the security guard handed Sean Knight a lock with a key.

Sean Knight was a little confused. What did this mean?