"Twice the premium?" Qin Ping was already getting restless at this point. The sheer wealth she displayed even left Wu Tong and Ruan Yu'er, who were standing nearby, stunned.
"Indeed. If it's an investment, I'll inject goods worth twice the value of your Heavenly Pavilion. If it's an acquisition, I'm willing to offer twice that value as a premium, considering it some compensation for the years you've spent putting down roots here. What do you think?" Of course, I had the capital to make such a generous offer. Though the black market had pushed its business on the dark side of Sky City to the limit, it still couldn't compare with the city's truly top-tier treasure pavilions.
"Heh heh, Lord Xia is certainly generous, but you don't think you can actually operate in Sky City, do you? If I took this money and opened another treasure pavilion, I'm afraid there'd be nothing you could do about it." Qin Ping was sounding me out.
"That's precisely why I think this price is perfectly reasonable for you to withdraw. I'll take over everything here, while you leave with wealth worth four times that of the Heavenly Pavilion, cleanse your reputation, and build another Heavenly Pavilion from scratch using your own network. That shouldn't be difficult, should it? After all, if I'm not mistaken, the Heavenly Pavilion is currently involved only in Sky City's underground business. You do have some legitimate business as well, of course, but the ones making money in that sphere are those proper treasure pavilions outside. The Heavenly Pavilion still hasn't squeezed its way into that circle. As for the businesses of Immortal-Seeking Continent beyond this city, you shouldn't have any reach there, should you?" I immediately pointed out the crux of the matter.
Qin Ping looked me up