Zhong Dingming sat at his desk with his back to the window, hiding his expression in shadow. "A hundred kilograms? Why not ask for a hundred tonnes?"
Even a single kilogram of yellow-silver star ore was extremely expensive on the market, let alone the hundred kilograms Li Tianming was demanding.
Naturally, Zhong Dingming thought Li Tianming was making an outrageous demand today.
Li Tianming's gaze remained deep and steady. "I'm asking for that much because I need that much. And my price is reasonable."
Zhong Dingming pushed up his glasses, abandoning his usual amiable tone for an icy one. "You don't get to decide whether it's reasonable. Let's set aside whether I even have that much yellow-silver star ore."
"Even if I do, why should I give it to you?"
Before Li Tianming could reply, Zhang Kuang rubbed his eyes and spoke up beside him. "If you don't, I'll make the method for producing yellow-silver star ore public throughout the Safe Zone."
Hearing Zhang Kuang's words, Zhong Dingming couldn't help shaking his head. "Make it public? Professor Zhang, you should know how much upheaval revealing that method would cause in the Safe Zone, shouldn't you? You would become a sinner against the Safe Zone."
"I know." Zhang Kuang yawned. "But I don't care."
Zhong Dingming looked at Li Tianming. "Professor Li, was this your idea? I don't think you're the sort to say, 'I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me,' are you?"
Li Tianming truly hadn't expected Zhang Kuang to do this.
Human nature couldn't withstand being put to the test. It never had.
How many people would stop at nothing and sell out everything for wealth and status?
Yellow-silver star ore was incredibly precious. If its production method became public, who knew how many people