Wang Yixue and Tong Yao had stars in their eyes. They loved that glittering, sparkling glow!
Elder Hua looked excited and hurried forward.
He grabbed a piece of Carbyne Alloy, his hand trembling.
"It's all Carbyne Alloy!"
Xu Fan slowly followed him over, cleared his throat slightly, and said,
"Elder Hua, if you're interested in these materials, I was actually thinking of selling them."
"We'll buy them!"
Elder Hua panted heavily and agreed without the slightest hesitation.
Holding a piece of Carbyne Alloy, he liked it more the longer he looked at it.
Elder Wang also came over and cradled a piece in his hands, utterly enamored.
He immediately added,
"We'll take however much you have!"
Xu Fan's eyes instantly lit up.
With those two elders giving their word, he had finally found someone to take this useless scrap off his hands.
Flowers were already blooming with joy in his heart.
But he couldn't look too excited. They hadn't discussed the price yet, after all.
"Ahem..."
"In that case..."
"Even brothers have to keep their accounts straight."
"These alloy materials don't come cheap. I'm sure you know that!"
"I spent cold, hard cash buying half of them."
"Besides, as you two have seen, this factory of mine is huge. The rent really isn't cheap!"
"Then there are the utility bills, garbage removal fees, and so on."
"I'm a college student running this workshop in my spare time. It isn't easy."
"So!"
"Let's get this straight first: the price definitely won't be too low!"
Elder Wang and Elder Hua exchanged a glance, both their hearts tightening at the same time.
They understood what Xu Fan was saying. After all, without an income, how was a researcher supposed to fund his research?
But the problem was, never mind something as precious as Carbyne Alloy.
Even titanium used to manufacture aviation equipment fetched an international price of 600 yuan per jin.
That meant Carbyne Alloy would probably start at a minimum of 2,000 yuan per jin, even at a friends-and-family price.
Judging by the scale of this scrap pile,
there had to be at least twenty-five tonnes of Carbyne Alloy.
That worked out to ten million yuan!
Even the two elders would have to go through a strict application and reporting process for that price.
It wasn't money they could simply produce on a whim!
Yet Carbyne Alloy's formidable performance meant they had to agree, no matter what price Xu Fan named.
After all, Carbyne Alloy was simply too powerful. They absolutely couldn't let it flow overseas to Little Japan or Eagle Sauce!
Elder Wang's and Elder Hua's expressions both settled.
Their years of rapport meant that sometimes, a single glance was enough to know what the other was thinking.
They nodded at each other, their gazes resolute.
Whatever price Xu Fan named, they had to buy it.
"Young Xu, we understand everything you've said. Name your price!"
At this point, Elder Wang had actually calmed down. No matter how high Xu Fan's price was, he wouldn't be surprised.
He rather looked like a man ready to face death without flinching.
Elder Hua also looked at Xu Fan, already guessing whether it would be 2,500 per jin or 3,000 per jin.
Or perhaps ten thousand per jin?
"Hahaha..."
"We've done business before. The price is negotiable, really."
"With the cost of these materials, plus rent and utilities and everything, it works out to at least 500 yuan per jin!"
"Ah, I'll take a little loss."
"Let's call it 499 per jin!"
Xu Fan furrowed his brow and spoke with a pained expression.
He looked as though he were taking an enormous loss.
"Hiss-"
Four sharp intakes of breath sounded around him.
All four people beside Xu Fan, including Elder Wang, had eyes as wide as bronze bells.
They stared fixedly at Xu Fan.
For a moment, they were utterly speechless.
Their bodies involuntarily began trembling in intermittent fits.
After a long spell of stunned bewilderment, Elder Wang forced a swallow down his parched throat.
Uncertain, he asked again,
"How-how-how... how much did you just say?"
"Uh..."
Their reaction made Xu Fan hesitate.
They still thought it was expensive!
Sure enough, he couldn't fool these characters.
They were really shrewd!
Actually, it really didn't cost that much. He had already made the money he was supposed to make, after all.
Fine, I'll make it a little cheaper for you.
"Heh..."
Xu Fan gave two dry chuckles.
"I was actually joking just now. See? Gave you a scare, didn't I?"
"Don't worry. We're all family here!"
Only then did Elder Wang and Elder Hua let out long sighs of relief.
They started laughing too, their brows relaxing.
How could it possibly be that cheap?
Now that made sense!
That brat had almost pulled one over on them.
He really fucking knew how to play around. As expected of a genius-even his jokes were different from everyone else's.
Xu Fan immediately continued,
"Consider it my contribution to your research work, Elder Wang and Elder Hua!"
"I'll cut my margin a little more!"
"498 yuan per jin. This really is the lowest price this time!!"
"Ack-"
Before his words had even finished falling, Elder Hua sucked in a sharp breath, his eyeballs trembling rapidly.
His heart pounded, almost smashing through his ribs.
His face was filled with disbelief.
"Y-Young Xu, did you just say 498 yuan per jin?"
"Elder Hua, he really did say that. I heard him clearly this time!" Elder Wang's jaw was still trembling as he spoke.
The two elders were now completely numb inside.
They began to profoundly doubt their own understanding.
Their brain cells couldn't keep up with how things were unfolding.
They had completely short-circuited.
It could withstand a nuclear bomb head-on!
It had an absurd ability to maintain a constant temperature!
Unparalleled mechanical properties!!
Carbyne Alloy that surpassed the world's strongest alloy thousands upon thousands of times over!!
And you were fucking selling it for just 498 yuan per jin???
Even 4.98 million per jin would seem perfectly reasonable to me!
You were fucking insulting this invention that outshone everything from antiquity to the present!
You were insulting the great inventor who created this alloy!!
Even if you were that inventor yourself.
I absolutely wouldn't accept you insulting yourself like this!!
It wasn't just Elder Wang and Elder Hua who were shocked.
Even Tong Yao couldn't stand watching from the side.
Xu Fan really didn't have the slightest fucking clue about what he had invented.
This truly was a cabbage price.
Even cabbage wasn't this cheap.
Seeing the four people's expressions,
Xu Fan's heart gave another jolt.
They still thought it was expensive?
It really wasn't that he was being greedy. Although his material costs only worked out to twenty yuan per jin, asking 498 was a little excessive.
But he had to think about the future! Buying a house and a car, wedding betrothal gifts, baby formula, and his children's schooling! Right, he'd heard school fees had gone up again. How could he afford to ask for less?
Young people these days didn't have it easy!
Fuck!
"Elder Wang, Elder Hua..."
"No, listen, you two don't run a household, so you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are."
"If I go any lower, I really won't have any profit left."
"This is just a small business."
"You can't just watch my little workshop go under, can you?"
Hearing Xu Fan say this, the shock in Elder Wang's and Elder Hua's eyes intensified.
Neither of them knew what to say anymore.
Elder Wang simply threw out a sentence.
"I'm going out for some air!"
"Wait, I'll come too."
Elder Hua followed him.
Tong Yao was worried. After all, the two looked as though they couldn't catch their breath. Afraid something might happen, she followed them out too.
The two elders panted heavily as they pondered the current situation.
Just then, Tong Yao suddenly said,
"Elder Wang, Elder Hua, do you think it's possible that Xu Fan actually wants to use this cabbage price as a way to give the Carbyne Alloy to our research base practically for free?"
Hearing Tong Yao say this instantly opened up a new avenue of thought for Elder Wang and Elder Hua.
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