Lanqi flew to a stop not far in front of Su Yu, his face dark as he said, "Doubling it is far too much. At most, I'll agree to a 10% increase."
"10%? Are you trying to fob off a beggar? The minimum is a 90% increase, or I'll burn these artifacts right now!"
Su Yu glanced at the artifacts floating beside him, the flames in his hand stirring restlessly.
Seeing that Su Yu truly intended to keep burning the artifacts, Lanqi hurriedly raised a hand to stop him. "Stop! How about another 10%? That makes 20% total."
"No. Too little!"
"Then how much do you want?"
"A 90% increase. No less!"
"I've already compromised. Can't you give a little too?"
Cole also chimed in from the side. "Your Excellency Su Yu, you should compromise a little as well. After all, if we really fail to reach an agreement and the artifacts are burned, that won't do you any good either, will it?"
Su Yu thought for a moment before replying, "Fine, then I'll compromise by another 10%."
And so, Su Yu, Lanqi, and Cole entered bargaining mode.
Before coming here, Su Yu had estimated the total value of this batch of artifacts. The cheapest among them were worth at least several million Solar Coins, while the most valuable were priceless treasures that could easily sell for several hundred million each!
On average, each artifact was worth around 20 million Solar Coins. Two thousand artifacts had a total value of roughly 40 billion Solar Coins.
The average price of gold on Skrull Star was 500 Solar Coins per gram. Forty billion Solar Coins was enough to exchange for 80 tons of gold.
Thus, every additional 10% Su Yu fought for meant another 8 tons of gold. Of course, he was