The family that is driving up prices is the real duke family, but it was once a family that has now been reduced to the rank of lord.
However, even so, compared to the so-called "Philosopher Duke", they are still aristocratic with upright roots.
In the past three hundred years, this family has produced several talented people in succession, and the momentum of revival is very obvious.
Currently, there are people who still hold important positions in the empire's top ranks and are also members of the Energy Block Alliance.
But in terms of real strength, the two companies are Buduo apart, and their cooperation in the past has been quite pleasant.
When they learned that Digital Phantom had leaked the news, the Duke family was first shocked, and then angry - do you really dare to open two fronts? But in the end, they had to return to reality: Hegel Family can't afford to offend them, and they can't afford to offend either!
And they also noticed that Digital Phantom moved his mouth first this time instead of taking action directly.
Therefore, there is still much room for maneuver.
The Duke family specially sent a supreme leader from Core Circle to make things clear - it would be best if the misunderstanding could be resolved.
The supreme face was still Claire. He felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't care too much.
He said that he had no intention of offending Digital Phantom and was just doing business.
However, Claire got Mu Guang's guidance and just asked lightly - if we don't respond, what will others think? Those who know say we are too lazy to care, but those who don't know think we can't afford to offend you! When the tone reached this level, the Supreme Being was speechless.
Regardless of their subjective intentions, objectively they may have caused such an impact, and this cannot be undone no matter how hard it is.
Immediately afterwards, Claire said, in order to prove that we are not afraid of your family, are you... are you interested? There is no need to issue a statement or anything like that. Those kind of superficial stories are just meant to fool ordinary people.
We don't want to be vain, give some benefits and be practical!
It's not surprising that the Duke's family also planned to bleed this time.
However, how much should be paid is still controversial, so the supreme said: We will send 20 billion Energy Block, is it enough? Claire replied calmly, if we had known this was the case, then we might as well have killed some of your masters!
Is the safety of the once dignified Duke family only worth such a small amount of money?
Do you want me to remind you, if we launch an operation against your family, how many people do you think will be hurt?
If you really can't guess, just look at the Hegel Family, they are a typical example! Supreme was speechless. In fact, the possibilities she mentioned really exist objectively.
Considering that the other party is just Rank A and should have no pretensions, Zhi Gao simply asked directly: Then how much do you think we should pay? Claire really didn't hold back and directly offered a price of 80 billion.
The authority given to her by the boss is 30 to 50 billion, but who doesn't want their KPI data to be more eye-catching?
The corner of Zhi Gao's mouth twitched when he heard this, you really dare to retaliate!
There is such a stalemate between me and Hegel Family, and the psychological price gap between the two parties is only a mere 30 billion.
Now this is not about stealing the chicken but losing the rice, it is basically losing three chickens!
But this is not something that cannot be tolerated. The losses here are relatively large, but they can still be made up for in other aspects.
So the Supreme Being stopped holding back and asked very honestly: I want to ask now, have you settled things with the Hegel family? This matter must have been instigated by the Hegel family, and the related losses can naturally be recovered from them!
Regarding this question, no one has really told Claire how to answer it.
At this time, her experience in mixed society as a teenager reminded her what to do.
In her understanding, Hegel Family is the younger brother who has been defeated by her own side.
The price I paid was a little higher, but now I am covered by Digital Phantom - they also paid 60 billion in protection fees!
She didn't have the ability to make a decision on this matter, but she still asked: Are those who want to deal with Hegel not coming for us? These words made Zhi Gao almost roll his eyes, and he didn't know how to answer the question.
He is not young, and he is said to be well-informed, but after doing business for so many years, he is more accustomed to making decisions based on interests.
The idea of Claire has a strong flavor of Jianghu. Supreme really ignored this point.
But when he thought about it more carefully, he realized that Digital Phantom might really have similar needs.
In the final analysis, our company's idea is purely business, but the other party's business... focuses on willfulness! Those who value profit and those who value reputation are originally two different paths. When it comes to such a willful person, it makes no sense.
And he also admitted that if he does not place too much emphasis on profit, given the current market situation of Digital Phantom, it is indeed necessary to consider reputation.
So he simply asked frankly, "Are you sure you must protect Hegel Family?"
Claire was not going to take this issue. She answered evasively, "Digital Phantom's dignity cannot be provoked, you know."
This does not mean absolute protection, but whoever wants to touch Hegel Family should first prove that it is not against us.
The Supreme Being was speechless. This kind of self-verification is too difficult. If you are not careful, it may be regarded as a suspected provocation.
So he could only say, "Since we can't make up for it, 80 billion is a bit too much."
Claire still understands this logic - if you want to protect the other party, then you must allow me to bargain.
She nodded slightly, "Well, tell me the number first."
Supreme thought for a while before asking in a deep voice, "Why must we protect them?"
"Your team was offended by Hegel before! They are not good people!"
"If you give up protecting them, we are willing to pay 280 billion!"
Hegel Family is now in a state of severe financial distress, but the family is still extremely large.
Those industries add up to trillions of dollars, and the shares of many mines are also related to stable income for decades to come.
Once this family falls completely, I don't know how many forces will be fattened.
So it's still a good deal to buy a Digital Phantom for 280 billion without spending too much money.
"Twenty-eight billion..." Claire thought for a while and shook his head, "It's not a small amount, but it may not be enough to buy two magic weapons!"
Don't tempt Digital Phantom with your little thoughts, we have seen the world.
Claire knows that she is not able to make the final decision, but she knows her boss very well.
With how much the boss loves face, he would never do something like this.
Hearing this, the Supreme Being couldn't help but said in surprise, "With such a large amount, don't you need to discuss it with the team?"
"No need," Claire shook his head and answered without thinking.
"I can't decide what can be done, but I can determine what can't be done!"
"Your team really... trusts you!" Supreme gave a thumbs up.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of compliment, he changed the subject and said very naturally, "Since we can't make up for it, we are willing to pay 30 billion."
"It's not enough." Claire didn't accept this idea at all. She shook her head, "At least 60 billion, I'll give you ten days!"
"You can really make the decision," the Supreme Being was really shocked. There is no need to ask for permission at all to increase or decrease the tens of billions level? But this did not affect the speed of his counteroffer, "Sixty billion is still too much... forty billion!"
One Rank A, just like a street vendor, started haggling.
But no one is laughing at them. If this kind of series of negotiations is carried out by a lower level person, who knows that it will be discussed in the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse!
However, Claire is not a patient person after all, and he will not lower the price even if it drops to 50 billion.
"... The maximum period has been relaxed to fifteen days. If you still don't agree, then there is no need for us to talk."
The supreme face on the other side darkened slightly when he heard this, "There is no need to talk. What does this mean?"
Claire was startled for a moment, and then laughed, "It seems that the first thing to do is to be reasonable. As expected, it won't work. You have to speak with a knife first!"
"My wording was wrong," the opponent said, giving in. The speed of light was really as fast as it could go.
He really got carried away in the conversation and actually thought that the other party was the real Rank A. It was so careless.
But deep down in his heart, why didn't he take stock of the other person's intentions? Come and talk to me at a young age - are you in charge?
But now he was sure that the other party had really taken charge and actually issued a direct threat.
Zhi Gao has no doubt that if he continues to be stubborn, he will become the first soul killed by the other party - most likely tonight!
So he said simply, "Then 50 billion, half a month... but I still have to discuss it with the senior management."
"Tch, this amount of money has to be discussed," Claire twitched the corner of his mouth, "What's the point of being such a supreme person?"
This is not because she meant to insult the other person, but... everyone knows the little girl's style, she is so willful in what she says and does! However, to her surprise, the other party was not angry, but nodded with a smile.
"Yeah, it's really not interesting. Does your organization still lack some thugs?"
"It's really baffling," Little Gangster Girl couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Please... Sir, where is the highest dignity?"
"Who is qualified to talk about dignity against you Digital Phantom?" Supreme smiled at himself. This was his sincerity.
One day later, he gave a formal reply - 50 billion within half a month, and the past grudges were settled! After Hegel's Supreme heard about it, he said with regret, "I thought you were going to take action!"
It didn't cause any substantial damage to the duke family, and it always felt like it was a bit of a fly in the ointment.
"I said we would take action, but I didn't say we would take action," Claire was a little unhappy after hearing this.
"And I emphasized that your home is not allowed to be touched. Did you not hear the news, or do you want me to withdraw my protection from your home?"
Rank A, who is truly worthy of being Digital Phantom, has been quarreling to the highest level continuously, and his temper is getting louder and louder! In fact, she didn't go out alone, so the team couldn't have put her teammates in obvious danger.
Where everyone can't see, there are Hua Xiezhi and Mu Guang ready to respond.