"So, you want to acquire all the Source Stones from our channel?" Valentin put his feet on the desk and asked casually.
"Yes, we are willing to increase the price on the market by 5%." The negotiator sitting across the table nodded slightly, and his professional smile made Valentine feel disgusted.
"5% of the price, all the Origin Stones." Valentin put down his feet, stood up, supported the table with his hands and approached the negotiator opposite, his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Do you know how much this is?"
"I understand, but this is what the boss wants. I have no right to add more." The negotiator showed a wry smile.
"No, I'm not saying your prices are low. In fact, your deliberate price increase makes me doubt whether you and the people behind you can spend enough money to buy so many Origin Stones."
"Since you are willing to negotiate terms with me here, you must have obtained the corresponding information."
"This is not a matter of two Origin Stones, my friend."
"It's hundreds."
In this world, Source Stone is not a very cheap thing, although they can be found everywhere. The source stones produced after every natural disaster will be taken over by the government, and then the army will be sent to mine them, and sent to manufacturers designated by the government for processing. Finally, they will be made into finished products and sold to the government, and the remaining fractions can flow into the market.
Although the government purchases a large amount of source stone products every time, the profit per stone is very low. Even so, every time the government invites bids, many companies will compete to bid.
Just one reason, large quantities.
If you do not sell the source stone to the government but flow it into the market, it will be strictly controlled by the government. Each source stone will also have a high tax rate, and the number of source stones circulating in the market will also be limited. Although the profit of a single source stone is higher than the price offered by the government's unified procurement, you can't sell so much, so you will make less.
Fortunately, Valentine has an Originium processing factory that supplies the government. In order to make the production environment of this processing factory meet government standards, he specially bought a set of 10 million gantry coins from Rem Billiton. Anti-infection equipment. Although there was a lot of investment, within a year, the money earned from the government had already been recovered.
However, he still kept the channel for smuggling the Origin Stone for his own use. Maybe one day you will encounter danger and need help from the system, and those smuggled source stones will be useful.
Moreover, the profit from smuggling the source stone can be much greater than the profit from selling it to the government.
He also stocked up a lot this year, about a hundred of them, ranging from crude to pure. The crude source stone is cheaper, but the pure one is more expensive. The official price is 99,999 Longmen coins per piece. The smuggled pure source stone is not 99,999 or 9,999, but only 149,999.
Yes, you read that right, the price has increased by half.
There is no way, pure Origin Stone is a hot commodity. Once the pure Origin Stone on the market is released, it is basically reserved by major companies, and the remaining ones are snatched up as soon as they are released. Only the black market still has them, so the black market The price is also much higher.
Whether you like it or not, someone will buy it anyway.
"I understand." The negotiator nodded. "You can rest assured that we have enough money to buy the Origin Stone in your hand. If you are still not assured, we can pay you a deposit of 30% of the total price first, and then pay the balance upon delivery. "
Valentine looked thoughtful.
After five seconds, he spoke.
"Dragon, see you off."
The negotiator looked confused.
"Can you tell me why? Mr. Valentine?" He stood up in confusion and swayed twice.
"Because I don't want to sell, it's that simple." Valentine turned his chair and looked out the window, leaving only a pair of blue horns for the negotiator.
"...I understand." The negotiator was stunned for a few seconds, and his expression returned to its original state.
Xing Yihuang looked at the closed door and asked the question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.
"You seem to...have a hobby of collecting Origin Stones?"
Valentine almost slipped when he heard this.
No wonder she was so suspicious. Since taking over the gang in Chernobog, Valentine's first order was to send all the source stones obtained from smuggling channels to his residence. In one year, a total of nearly a hundred Origin Stones were sent in. Except for some low-quality crude Origin Stones, which he had people sell, the others were kept in the villa.
"That's right, don't you think the Origin Stone is beautiful? If it wasn't infected, it would definitely be a luxury jewelry like diamonds." Valentin admitted Xing Yihuang's statement with a guilty conscience.
Xing Yihuang blinked and kept staring at Valentine's face.
A drop of sweat fell on Valentine's forehead.
"Alas." Xing Yihuang sighed and turned his attention elsewhere. "Looking at those Origin Stones, don't you feel uncomfortable?"
"Uncomfortable? Why do you feel uncomfortable?" Valentine looked confused.
"Because we became infected because of that thing." Xing Yihuang leaned against the wall. She lowered her head, covered her face with her hands, and spoke in a dull voice.
"During the years in the Siberian snowfields, I observed the entire process of natural disasters at close range. At that time, I was only 14 years old and had just become an introductory hunter."
"That is nature's punishment for mankind. It is the most terrifying force in the world. No one can stop it. Everything within the scope of the natural disaster will turn into dust."
"Then the natural disaster passed and the Source Stone was left behind."
"Nature is moody. You don't know where and when she will vent her anger on humans, and then leave a pile of Origin Stones as compensation afterwards."
"Human beings are really pathetic. They can still feel at ease when faced with something like this that they have exchanged their dignity for."
Valentine's heart trembled.
How much resentment does this sister have towards the world... But if you think about it carefully, if it hadn't been for the natural disaster on the way to escape, Xing Yihuang would have been reunited with her family.
If anyone dared to stop him from being reunited with his family, he would be furious.
Seeing Xing Yihuang's negative emotions rising, Valentin wanted to go over and hold her in his arms, pat her back and tell her that you don't have to be afraid that I'm here, I will always protect you by your side, but he Do you have the guts?
He was very clear about his nature, and he understood what the system said that day.
Who knows if he just likes Xing Yihuang's body? Who knows whether he will meet true love in the future?
He is a novice who has never been in love, and he doesn't dare to ask others such questions.
What a shame.
Looking at Xing Yihuang who was gradually losing his temper, Valentin was silent for a long time before saying something dryly.
"Well, I'm sorry to remind you of the bad past. I don't have a pulse in my hand right now. Can you get it back on your own? After all, it's work time now."
As soon as he finished speaking, Valentin wanted to slap himself in the face.
Isn't this a typical straight male cancer? How miserable are these girls, and why are you still here asking for work? The correct approach should be to take a taxi and ask her to go home and drink more hot water!
Poof.
Xing Yihuang smiled. She looked up at Valentine and bowed slightly to him.
"I'm sorry, BOSS. It's my fault."
Valentin felt that the relationship between him and Xing Yihuang had become weaker.
"Ah, well, go home. There's nothing to do now anyway." Valentin called Leonid and motioned to Xing Yihuang to drive.
"My father-in-law is not Leonid. Today's affairs will be left to you. You know what to do."
"Boss, you want to be lazy again." Leonid on the other end of the phone was helpless.
"You are so capable, it must be okay, right? Vera asked me to take her to a friend's house, so I'll hang up first."
Even if Vera calls someone, she still calls her Miss Long. How would she call you, a gangster who doesn't do anything? Besides, can you drive? Leonid looked at his phone and complained wildly.
Yes, I have to work overtime again today. Leonid looked at the pile of documents on the table and felt that he was not far from sudden death.
Outside Chernobog, in the slums.
This is a place beyond the control of Chernobog city laws. It is full of sewage and garbage. It is a restricted area for transportation, a hiding place for infected people, and a paradise for criminals.
A well-dressed Luper appeared here, it was the guy who negotiated with Valentine in the office not long ago. The clothes he wore were incompatible with the surrounding environment, and it was particularly dazzling here. The moment he appeared, several eyes appeared in the shadows of the slums staring at him, staring at his advancing back, as if waiting for some opportunity.
Soon, the Luper stopped and stood in front of an iron door. The guys in the shadows saw that the iron door disappeared instantly without a trace.
He knocked on the iron door, three short and one long.
The iron door opened, and he was greeted by a man in white, with a scratched white mask on his face and a simple stab-proof suit. He was not sure whether he was a man or a woman.
The Luper walked in, the iron door closed again, and the calm remained as before.
"He didn't want to give us the Origin Stone." The Luper walked to a table and sat down, taking off his beard.
"Why?" a white-haired boy asked. Next to his seat, there was a strange cane.
"No reason. I offered him the highest price we could give him, but he still said no."
"There's no reason."
The Looper took off his suit, threw it aside, and put on a black hooded jacket.
"So, I don't have any extra bombs to play with." The white-haired woman sitting next to her curled her lips and put a remote control into her pocket.
"Ha." The boy sneered and played with the crutch beside him.
"Don't be impulsive Mephistopheles. There is still a long time before the plan is implemented. You will lose everything if you act on impulse." The Luper put his hand on the back of his neck and took off a small device. His voice was unexpectedly Became a woman.
"I understand the importance of this plan better than anyone else." Mephisto said with a dark smile.
"But we also need to teach that unscrupulous guy a lesson."
"Kingslayer, why didn't you give him a knife? Your ability was enough to escape, right?"
"That guy just destroyed our stronghold in Dongcheng District!"
"Because there are others here." The female Luper named the Regicide shook her head. "The dragon woman next to him is very powerful. If I can't kill her with one strike, I will be the one who dies."
"What should we do?"
The Regicide took a photo from his pocket and threw it on the table. Under the dim light, everyone could clearly see the appearance of the person in the photo.
It was a Sakata man who was rescuing a patient, and the four pairs of golden wings behind him were particularly conspicuous.
"Oh, the angel in white of Chernobog, a true Madonna, the winner of the last Chernobog Outstanding Citizen." Mephistopheles recognized the character in the photo at a glance.
"Raphael."
The Kingslayer spoke the name calmly and nailed the photo to the table with his dagger.
"She is the chief physician of a well-known clinic and Valentine's most trusted subordinate."
Mephisto's expression is wonderful.
"Such an upright man turned out to be a subordinate of a gang leader. The world is really full of surprises."
"She is from Sakota. She must have a guardian gun in her hand. She looks like a medical warlock? Do you remember a certain red-haired Sakota?" The girl with long white hair looked at him with a smile. With the regicide.
The Regicide gave her the middle finger.
"So I didn't want to go on this mission."
"I'm only responsible for commanding, and occasionally I'll be a doctor. Don't count on me. W, go ahead." Mephistopheles passed all the responsibilities.
The girl named W shook her head wildly and hit Mephistopheles in the face with her hair, as deliberately as she wanted.
"I don't want to be overthrown by physics again. Bullets hitting my body will hurt."
W looked at the regicide with starry eyes.
"I don't expect you to go either." The regicide sighed. "They are not active in doing tasks, but they are more aggressive than the others who want to take credit."
W knocked his head cutely, Mephistopheles turned his head to the side, ignoring the sarcasm of the Kingslayer.
A member of the integration movement wearing a red scarf came over and put the photo away.
"Leave it to me." The voice was hoarse and low, like the black sea, and I didn't know how many reefs were hidden underneath.
"Bring more people, you should know how Klaus died, in Buttermore." The Kingslayer reminded him.
The Avenger laughed, his laughter like two pieces of dry bark rubbing against each other.
"I'm not a loser like him."
He finished his sentence and disappeared into the shadows.
