Novel - Drama Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Hailey arrived in half an hour and drove a black Bentley Continental.
Oliver stared at Hailey from the balcony. Hailey, who had long wavy hair and picturesque eyes, got out of the car and waved at him. Her long legs were very eye-catching.
Hailey went into the mansion and glanced around while walking upstairs. The house was about four years old, with 70% of the decoration still new. It looked quite good.
Before Hailey could ask anything when she arrived upstairs, Sofia and Yvonne had already come out of the study.
Sofia held two things in her hand and asked Oliver and Hailey, “Ms. Fox is here too? Just in time! Mr. Eastwood, can you look at these two? Mercer put them in the safety deposit box, and I almost forgot about them. Are these… valuable?”
Hailey took these two things and looked at them. The first one was a piece of yellow skin the size of a foot round. She didn’t know what kind of skin it was, but there were some things on its back that looked like mountains and grass.
The other one was a transparent jade ring. It was a thumb ring, and the middle section of the ring was movable.
Hailey looked through them and couldn’t see what they were before she handed them to Oliver.
Oliver took over and stared at the unknown skin first. Three seconds later, an identification message appeared in his mind.
[The stomach of the lynx, which was 17 years old, was made by Holmes Watt’s advisor, Henry Callum in 1646 CE. The contents on the skin were the Seven-Star Treasure Map of Mount Rockenan where Henry hid his treasures.]
[Craftsmanship: Inferior.]
[Value assessment: One-third of the Seven-Star Treasure Map. Infinite value.]
“A treasure map? This only appears in movies and novels, doesn’t it? Such a thing actually exists?” Oliver thought in surprise.
Then, he looked at the ring with a golden movable button and jade surface.
[The ring was a 90-million-year-old precious jade, found in 1621 CE and carved by Elijah Gillcrest in 1646 CE, a famous miniature carving craftsman. Craftsmanship: Outstanding.]
[The button was made of pure gold by a goldsmith in Lommore, Isaiah Johnston, in 1646 CE. Craftsmanship: Excellent.]
[Value assessment: A miniature carving was present on the surface of the precious jade, which was the entrance and route of Henry’s Seven-Star Treasure Map. It contained one-third of the content and had infinite value.]
This miniature carving ring was actually one of the Seven-Star Treasure Maps, and there was even a method to use it.
Sofia looked at Oliver and couldn’t help but ask, “Mr. Eastwood, these two… How much are they worth?”
Oliver looked up at Sofia’s expectant expression and shook his head. “Ms. Clark, these two… The skin is a map made of a lynx’s skin, which has a history of more than 300 years. It isn’t worth much, but the
content on the map is valuable for historical research. In addition, the jade ring is precious, and the surface of the jade ring is movable with pure gold buttons…. I could evaluate the price at 80,000 dollars. For the Lynx Map, it would be 20,000 dollars…”
Sofia nodded after thinking for a while. “Okay, 100 thousand dollars it is. I’m selling them. The total amount is 1.75 million dollars plus the 100 thousand dollars, which is 1.85 million dollars. There’s also the house. How much can you pay for this house?”
“The house…” Oliver looked at Hailey and murmured, “Your house is worth about 2.2 million dollars according to the market price, but you have a mortgage of 2 million dollars, so…”
What Oliver meant was that he didn’t want to take over the house. Sofia had a mortgage from the bank, so it couldn’t be sold if the mortgage wasn’t paid off. He couldn’t earn much from it as well, even if he got the house, and the process of it was troublesome.
But Hailey took it over and said, “Sofia, I’ll take the house. How about this? I will pay back the bank loan for you, and you can transfer your ownership to me. I’ll even give you 100 thousand dollars at that.”
Sofia pondered, “The bank loan plus interest is about 2.2 million dollars. If she gives me another 100 thousand dollars, the house will be sold for 2.3 million dollars. This price is not low, and the agent wouldn’t pay me this price.” She then agreed immediately after thinking about it.
1.85 million dollars plus 100 thousand dollars, which came to a total of 1.95 million dollars. Yvonne filled in the blank contract before Sofia and Oliver signed it, along with their fingerprint stamps.
The deal was basically completed, and Hailey personally transferred 1.95 million dollars to Sofia. Later, Yvonne accompanied Sofia to repay the loan at the bank before going to the Land Registry to transfer ownership.
Oliver was supposed to do these things, but he was called away by Hailey.
Oliver then drove behind her car and went to her house, the mansion at Navarre Peninsula.
Chapter 12
Hailey didn’t ask him to enter the house last time. She just led him to the garage and told him to drive the Porsche 911.
This time, Hailey waved to him and said, “Oliver, move all the antiques you just bought from Sofia into the house.” Oliver was thinking as he moved the boxes, “She’s not selling them and not looking for a buyer, but she wants them in her house?”
In Sofia’s mansion, Oliver felt that his eyes were feasting on the meaning of “luxury,” but he never thought that Hailey’s living room would be a whole new level.
Hailey didn’t stop. She walked while saying to Oliver, “Follow me to my dad’s study on the first floor underground.” Oliver’s impression of a study was small and exquisite, with a variety of books on several shelves.
But Hailey’s father’s study was not like a study at all. It had an area of at least 5,000 square feet, and its shape looked like a bank vault, which was tight and luxurious.
Oliver felt like he was some peasant entering a grand area. He wasn’t used to luxury, and there were too many collections here.
Porcelain, antique calligraphy and painting, jade, and other various antiques were there, and they were all valuable authentic works.
Everything he saw was authentic and worth no less than 200 thousand dollars.
In the 5,000 square feet basement, there were at least 10,000 collections here, if not 8,000. “How much are these all worth?” Oliver thought.
In an instant, Oliver’s impression of Hailey upgraded. She was a true rich kid.
Two men in their fifties were drinking tea at a dark wood coffee table. The tea set was also a 300-year- old Double-glazed purple clay teapot.
The air was filled with a faint smell of coffee.
The chubby man glanced at Hailey and said with a faint smile, “Hailey, you never like to come to my study. You say that it’s old-fashioned and lame. What’s wrong with you today? Are you short of money?”
Hailey curled her lips and said, “Dad, I’m not here to ask for money. I’m here to do business with you.”
The slightly fat man laughed and asked her with interest, “What kind of business are you going to do with me? I’m afraid it wouldn’t be profitable for me to do business with my daughter…”
The man opposite him was silent and smiling.
Hailey snorted and waved to Oliver. “Oliver, bring the boxes over.”
After Oliver opened the boxes in front of them, she introduced them and said, “Dad, my store manager accepted a batch of calligraphy and painting antiques from a customer today. Don’t you like these things? Look at them and offer me a price.” novelbin
The slightly fat man was stunned. He looked at Oliver again and asked in surprise, “Isn’t your store manager Samuel? When did you replace him with a… young man? Do you youngsters even know antique calligraphy and painting? This isn’t like playing house, so don’t be easily fooled by others…”
Hailey immediately said, “My store manager is a top-notch specialist. What’s wrong with being young? I just can’t take how you oldies look down on the youngsters’ abilities just because they’re young. This is what we called young and promising!” Oliver was a little embarrassed and smiled.
That was Hailey’s father, a real billionaire with a net worth of billions of dollars.