Chapter 929 - When Two Tigers Fight
"I need Snake Kings. As many as you have. I'll pay top dollar."
Seeing the magnificent scale of the breeding operation, Bowden Crison, deputy general manager of American Damon Company, grew excited. He had been instructed to purchase as many Chinese Snake Kings as possible.
"I'm sorry, but this breeding facility can raise only two Snake Kings a year. We can't produce any more."
The breeding ground's manager shook his head.
A Snake King was hardly easy to raise.
Though the Nine Provinces Xuan Association had other breeding facilities, this one could produce at most two Snake Kings a year—and that was the latest achievement, attained only in recent years.
Before that, this breeding ground had been a money pit, costing nearly a hundred million yuan every year just to keep it running.
At last, they were finally producing results. It should have been cause for celebration. Foreign customers had even come knocking. But...
Of all the times, an unwelcome guest had shown up right then.
As the manager responsible for both the aboveground and underground breeding areas, he had a choice MMP he wasn't sure he should say aloud.
Before Mr. Bowden could speak, Li Bai cut in. "I'll take them all!"
"Wait. By Chinese custom, business should be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis."
Bowden Crison once again put his Level Four Chinese to use. It was probably a way of adapting to local customs.
Not many Chinese people spoke foreign languages fluently, but plenty of foreigners spoke Chinese fluently. The former did it for exams, the latter for business. Different motivations naturally led to different results.
"I wasn't planning to pay, so this isn't business. Yes, you guessed right—it's a straight-up robbery!"
Li Bai bared his teeth in a grin,