However, decisions of this level naturally had to be submitted to the young master first.
"Let the royal family have it."
Dark returned that portion of the documents to the maid beside him and spoke casually.
"They need it more than we do."
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Every transaction was a comparison of value.
Lei Qi Huojiya believed that his own value was sufficient to match the terms he had proposed.
However, Laura believed that paying such a price for the "services" Lei Qi could provide was not particularly worthwhile.
Thus, she asked Dark for permission to withdraw their bid. After consideration, Dark approved her request. It was that simple.
Sellers could raise their prices on the spot. Buyers could naturally choose to stop bidding.
Although Lei Qi, as a holder of a "God Card," possessed immeasurable value, his personal value was not actually equivalent to the value of the "services" he could provide.
The calculations involved were extremely complex.
Moreover, they would involve the buyer's own needs.
Just as Dark had said, the royal family needed him more than they did, and would naturally offer a higher price.
Competing with the royal family would only lead to destructive bidding.
Furthermore, the "services" Lei Qi could provide were inevitably limited. He could not be like the maids raised within the Duke's Mansion from childhood, able to devote everything to the family.
Therefore, Dark believed that rather than paying an enormous price to win over someone who would never truly become one of their own, it was better to spend that same price cultivating their own people into capable talents.
In fact, that was what he had been doing all along.
The five maids who had successfully advanced into the preliminaries were proof that his cultivation plan was