It was a full half hour after the two men left before Ruff Dad recovered from his dazed state.
Looking at the acquisition agreement in his hand, Ruff Dad still found it hard to believe.
The other party to the agreement was actually a very famous, major merchant guild from the Candel Empire. That alone had astonished Ruff Dad.
What astonished him even more, however, was that they had offered a purchase price of eight hundred thousand gold coins!
By Ruff Dad's own estimate, all the shops, factories, and physical assets owned by his Ruff Merchant Guild were worth, at most, a little less than two hundred thousand gold coins.
Although the buyers had specified that the acquisition also included the production technology for magic-powered kettles and magic-powered stoves that the Ruff Merchant Guild had obtained from the Xinfei Merchant Guild, the total value still came to only five hundred thousand gold coins.
If he sold it for eight hundred thousand gold coins, Ruff Dad would make a profit of a full three hundred thousand gold coins on the transaction!
Moreover, with eight hundred thousand gold coins in hand, Ruff Dad would still have more than seven hundred thousand left after paying off his debts.
With that much money, if he wanted to retire in comfort, he could do absolutely nothing, feast every day, and live the most extravagant life he could imagine for decades. He would not spend it all before he died.
And if he wanted to keep striving, his enormous capital of seven hundred thousand gold coins, together with the experience and knowledge he had already gained in the industry, would surely give him even better prospects.
So, no matter how he looked at it, accepting the offer and selling the Ruff Merchant Guild was an excellent