As Ginny listened to the other person's words, she realized that someone who didn't know the inside story could easily be fooled by Drake, after all, he was looking for a new habitat for humanity, a new Living Planet.
It's not just the Life Foundation that has ideas in this area; similar projects exist in major countries.
No company or country would dare to claim that it can make a major discovery in one or two attempts, but Ginny did know that the Life Foundation had made some significant discoveries.
"What are your requirements for building Life II?"
"2 billion, we still need 2 billion US dollars."
Upon hearing the amount, Ginny frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then decided it wasn't a big problem. She then said, "Our Sudis Industries can lend you this money for the construction of Life II until the spaceship is completed, but it will require equivalent shares as collateral."
"After the spacecraft is built and launched, the pledged shares will need to be repurchased at the market price of the stock at that time. If the value of the pledged shares is lower than the loan amount, we have the right to make unlimited claims."
In short, Ginny lent Drake $2 billion in exchange for 10% of her stock as collateral to fund the construction and launch of Life II. Once the spacecraft is built and launched, if the Life Foundation's stock price rises, turning $2 billion into US Dollar 3 billion, Drake will need to use $3 billion to redeem his shares.
If the Life Foundation's stock price falls, and its market value drops from $20 billion to $10 billion, then Ginny 2 billion investment will acquire a 20% stake.
If the Life Foundation's stock price falls to around $4 billion, Ginny will directly own 50% of the shares. The more the price falls, the more shares she will acquire; the more the price rises, the more valuable her 10% stake will become.
Upon hearing Ginny's request, Drake looked at Ginny seriously and said, "Are you sure you can get your hands on me?"
Ginny laughed and said, "Yes, I've got you cornered."
Drake began to think seriously. His Laboratory had already started human trials of Symbiote. Once the experiments were successful, successful hosts could board Life II to explore the planet where the Symbiote existed and learn about everything there.
When a habitable planet is discovered, the Life Foundation's stock price will be worth far more than a mere 10 or 20 billion. Currently, 2 billion is worth 10%, but by then it might not even be worth 0.01%.
Having made up his mind, Drake said, "It's not impossible to agree to your conditions, but I have two conditions."
"First, you need to withdraw the lawsuit concerning the drug trial."
"Secondly, the malicious suppression of our company's shares needs to stop."
"If you can achieve the above two points, I am willing to accept your investment."
Hearing Drake's conditions, Ginny smiled and agreed, "No problem."
The two parties quickly reached an agreement and signed a loan and mortgage agreement as requested by Ginny.
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On the other side.
Having received the offer, Eddie Block quickly joined Charlotte's news media company and started a new show, Brock Reports News, following the information provided.
This brought him back to the peak of his career after his previous setbacks, and his popularity was no less than before.
Time flies.
Another month has passed in the blink of an eye.
During this month, things did not calm down. S.H.I.E.L.D.. discovered Captain America 'Captain America shield some distance from the wreckage of the plane that crashed.
Upon finding the shield, Agent Coulson was the most excited. As a loyal fan of Captain America, seeing the shield was like meeting his idol.
In Nick Fury's office.
"Director, now that we've found Captain America's shield, it means Steve should have crashed nearby."
"I believe that if we continue searching in this area, we will definitely find Steve. As the first superhero and the one who led the Howling Commandos to thwart Hydra's plot, I think the act of bringing back the hero Steve is still very significant."
Upon hearing Coulson's words, Nick Fury wasn't thinking about the political leverage he gained from winning back Captain America Steve; instead, he was thinking about Steve's body itself.
That's right, it's Steve's body. Steve fell into the ocean and glaciers. If he was frozen like Captain America's shield, then his body would definitely be preserved.
It's important to know that Steve is the only soldier who has successfully injected the Super Soldier Serum. For Nick Fury, as long as he finds the soldier's body, he can conduct extensive research. In particular, both the military and other companies have conducted research on the Super Soldier Serum and achieved some results. If Captain America's body can be used as a sample for research and replication, the hope of successfully developing the Super Soldier Serum will greatly increase.
You have to understand that a whole body can yield a lot of things, which is far more than a single Physical Enhancement Serum can provide. The Physical Enhancement Serum we got from the Sunagakure Puppet Shop has not made any progress in the past two months of research, but we still haven't figured out what the most important thing in it is.
After a moment's hesitation, Nick Fury said, "Coulson, I've always known your idol is Captain America, Steve. I'm entrusting this mission of searching for him to you."
"I'll arrange the personnel and resources for you, but if we can't find it, Coulson, then you'll need to focus your attention on other tasks."
Upon hearing Director Nick Fury's words, Coulson pondered for a moment before asking, "If we still can't find it, can we request a mission request from the Ninja Village?"
Upon hearing Coulson's request, Nick Fury paused for three seconds before speaking, "Coulson, we can't always place the last hope of a mission on those ninja villages. That's not what we should be doing."
"For this mission, unless absolutely necessary, we should try our best to find Steve's remains using our own resources."
"Of course, you can also call upon Yakushi Kabuto and see if he can provide some assistance in this mission, given his status as a ninja."
Coulson nodded upon hearing Nick Fury's suggestion.
"Yes, Director, I know what to do."
Coulson then glanced at the Captain America shield on the table, then turned and left Nick Fury's office.
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San Francisco.
Life Foundation.
With the funds provided by Ginny, Life II Spaceship 2 was quickly built within a month. With the experience gained from building the first spaceship, many things could be quickly assembled and spliced after being ordered, thus creating the second spaceship.
Regarding experiments on Symbiote, Drake once again resorted to his old methods, using contract fraud to trick homeless people on the streets into participating in the experiments.
However, the adaptation of the Symbiote was not ideal, and many homeless people used for testing did not survive and died on the spot. But after a large number of human trials, some hosts began to survive, but the observation period after symbiosis was not long.