"If you wanted to buy it, Xia Xu, you could've just said so. Why go to all this trouble?"
Finally realizing what Xia Xu was after, Pan Long said, "I don't know whether the technology you mentioned is here, but if you want anything here, just take it. It probably wouldn't be much use to me anyway."
Of course, there was some politeness in those words. Anyone who actually took them at face value would have to be pretty socially clueless.
"If you put it that way, I really won't pay you."
Xia Xu watched Pan Long with a smile.
"Uh..."
Pan Long choked, then ventured cautiously, "How about... you still pay a little?"
"Sure. Name your price."
Xia Xu nodded with a smile.
"Then... five... five hundred thousand?"
Pan Long really felt no pain selling off what his father had built, tentatively holding up five fingers.
"Okay. If there are only samples here, five hundred thousand. If there's detailed technical documentation, I'll give you five million."
Xia Xu grew serious and nodded.
"Five million?"
Pan Long was startled.
Partly because the amount shocked him, and partly because he had never seen anyone bargain like this.
Who bargained a price upward? And by ten fucking times at that?
Was this the terrifying power of money?
"As long as you don't think it's too little. Honestly, even at five million, I'm getting a huge bargain. The technology your father developed is worth more than you can imagine."
Xia Xu shook his head. "Of course, that's assuming you have the ability to turn it into money.
"If you want to use it commercially, you'll need to develop products from scratch, then contact hardware manufacturers, handle production and marketing, and a whole series of other operations. It's practically the same as building an