Sophia shook her head slightly, with a smile on her face. Her experience along the way told her that there is no bad deal, it just depends on how much you are willing to pay.
"Two hundred million."
Claire was stunned for a moment, but after being stunned, he still laughed softly, "I'm not increasing the price. It's useless if you give me 500 million."
Sophia's expression didn't change at all, and he continued to smile, "Then it will be as you said, five hundred million."
Claire pursed her lips, not that she was moved, but just curious about how much money she could make from this transaction, and she was actually willing to share the profit of 500 million for herself.
Seeing that Claire didn't speak, Sophia thought that the money he paid was within his psychological price, and continued to smile, "You don't have to answer in a hurry, you can think about it."
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Claire rejected her, "You don't have to think about it for so long. I can give you the answer now. I won't help you."
Sophia was stunned, only her eyelashes were trembling slightly, her beautiful eyes were staring at Claire, her mouth was half open, but she couldn't say anything. She really couldn't figure out Claire's reason for rejecting her.
Sophia put away the smile on his face, "Tell me why you rejected me."
"There is no shortage of money." Claire said truthfully, "I can now earn nearly ten million per month. After excluding Nafu City's normal operating expenses and the construction of future public facilities, as well as the research funds for Academy of Sciences, there are still several million left. I am only at the Archmage level now. No matter how much I squander on experiments, I can't spend that much money in a month."
"Even if you give me 500 million, the change to me is nothing more than a few extra zeros in my account. Other than that, there is no change at all to me."
Since Claire took control of Wizard World, his horizons have suddenly broadened, and the situation has become a lot bigger. With Claire's current position in Wizard World, he can completely collect all the currencies in the world in Wizard World, and then bless all of them with himself, making himself appear to be extremely wealthy and wealthy.
But the essence of money is just a general equivalent, which can be used to trade what you need. Once your needs are met, no matter how much money you have, it is nothing more than waste paper and rubble to an individual.
Therefore, no matter how much money Sophia gives Claire, Claire will not be as excited as before when he was left with nothing.
After listening to Claire's words, Sophia was stunned for a moment. Claire saw it much more clearly than many people. For a moment, Sophia doubted whether he had also fallen into the whirlpool of money.
But after thinking about it for a while, she put this idea behind her. Her purpose was very clear from beginning to end, which was to control August Family. Making money was just her means, and she could also get pleasure from making money, so she was not a slave to money.
However, Claire's words also gave Sophia a bargaining chip to recruit Claire.
Too much money to spend? Then find a way for him to spend money.
Claire continued, "So, money is really not attractive to me."
"Then let's trade something else." Sophia exchanged the positions of his two long legs and leaned towards Claire. The distance between the two was so close that they could even feel their breath.
"Your current territory is larger than the average county. If you come to help me, I can apply to His Majesty King, saying that with your help, the backup materials can be sent to the front line in such a timely manner. If nothing else happens, Griffin Barony can become Griffin County, my lord." After speaking, Sophia's expression became particularly seductive, as if he was teasing Claire.
"The temptation of profit is over, now you have achieved fame, right?" Claire thought to himself.
This acquisition is extremely tempting for those nobles who care about their title, but for Claire, it has no attraction at all. Even if he is made an earl, the territory he controls is still so large. In terms of attraction, it is not as attractive as the 500 million Gold Coins just now. At least it is a real benefit, and this is just a false name.
"I feel that I am not capable enough to become an earl yet, so I would like to thank Madam for her kindness." Claire politely refused.
"No!" Sophia breathed out softly, stretched out his finger and put it on Claire's lips, "You will be interested."
"After you become an earl, I will introduce you to His Majesty, and you will get a leisurely and powerful position in the royal capital."
"Then, as the second largest shareholder of Temi Bank, I will invite you to join Temi Bank. You can use your extra money to participate in the shares. Temi Bank's annual dividends are a large amount of money. If you are an ordinary person, even if you need more money, it is impossible to join Temi Bank without the recommendation of shareholders."
Hearing this, Claire's expression was still calm, but he already had some guesses in his heart, so he suppressed his emotions and continued to listen.
"Not only that, you can also become our August Family partner and get part of the channels of our August Family's magic store. Moreover, our August Family's industry is not just magic stores. Many auction houses in the capital are also owned by our family. You know what that means." Sophia winked at Claire.
The corners of Claire's mouth turned up slightly at this time. This was not the temptation of fame and fortune, but the temptation of power.
But this is really useful for Claire. Many things can't be bought with money. For example, Merlin's master-level recovery potion previously cost about one or two million on the market, but you may not be able to buy it even if you spend four to five million. It is completely priceless.
Many things that money cannot solve, power can solve. The kingdom produces countless high-end Magic Potion every year, but only a few are circulated in the auction house. What is the reason? From the very beginning, it has been monopolized by those who hold great power at the source.
Whether it is Magic Potion or other resources, they have been divided up by those who hold power before they are produced, and the remaining bits are circulated to the outside world.
The conditions proposed by Sophia now allow Claire to obtain a powerful but idle official position in the capital, which is equivalent to inviting Claire and inviting him to become part of the power center of the capital. Although it does not directly give him much power and benefits, it does give him the opportunity to enter the top level and participate in the monopoly. This is what Sophia just said, since there is so much money and nowhere to spend it, I will give you a way to spend it. This is a class leap, and many people spend their entire lives unable to cross their class.
In addition, some channels of the August Family's magic shop, as well as the Royal Capital Auction House, all mean that Claire's channels for obtaining magic materials will be greatly increased in the future, and some magic materials that are not currently available on the market will be easily available in the future. This is the benefit of power, and it cannot be achieved no matter how much money you have.
Sophia knew that Claire understood what she meant. He smiled slightly and continued, "I remember Nafu City has a blacksmith street? You have enough blacksmiths here. The quality of the weapons and armor produced is also high, but what about? There are only a few that can enchant and inscribe, can they be compared to the old weapon manufacturers in the kingdom? Except for those mid-level and low-level adventurers, advanced adventurers still won't buy their equipment from you."
"If you have our August Family channel, you can dig out many mages who are proficient in this area and form a real equipment industry chain... By then Nafu City may become a newly emerging weapons manufacturer. The profit in this area is not low." Sophia had a faint smile on his face. They August Family are not in this area of business, they just have channels in this area, and Claire poaching people will not affect them.
Hearing Sophia's words, Claire also had a smile on his face, which really attracted him. It's not like he didn't think about looking for talents in this field before, but there was no way at all. Those mages were different from blacksmiths. They could be popular anywhere, and they were arrogant. There was no need to risk coming to such a remote Nafu City.
Moreover, Claire does not have enough raw material channels to support so many mages. The blacksmiths only need iron. They now have several metal mines. But a mage who can enchant inscriptions can use more than these raw materials. As for buying them from a magic store? The price is ridiculously expensive and there is no way to make a profit.
And if Claire has the channels of the August Family, he can purchase a large amount of the required magic materials at cost price. With your own methods, you might be able to capture some market share from those established weapon manufacturers. The cake here is so big that as long as you get a small share, your income from it can easily exceed tens of millions.
This is the benefit of power, and these powers have long been divided up by established forces like Sophia. Anyone else who wants to enter must obtain their permission. Now Sophia is trading these powers with Claire.
Claire held his chin, leaned forward towards Sophia, and asked, "Is there any more?"