Jesus was friends with Joseph of Arimethia, friends who was quite wealthy man. There’s plenty of written text aside from our bible...volumes that were not included by the council of Nicea, that shed a lot of light about Jesus and his younger years. Author Glenn Kimball has written and researched in depth.
Christ was influential, because His message was so radical in His day that he gathered an army amongst the downtrodden. It shouldn’t be surprising that even the wealthy and powerful would be curious as to why, wherever Christ was, dozens and hundreds and thousands would always flock,to hear him.