Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 842 - 847: The Best Buyer

Chapter 842: Chapter 847: The Best Buyer

"I want half of the 10 million US dollars."

Yang Yi didn’t hesitate; he was quite resolute as he spoke to Eric, "As long as this deal goes through, I am willing to split it between two people."

For the importance of this task, a quotation of 10 million US dollars could be considered cheap, but sometimes a higher quotation isn’t necessarily better; a too high price might scare off the seller or make the seller realize they can hold out for a better offer, which is problematic because then the seller might look for more buyers to gain higher profits, which is the most troublesome aspect.

Therefore, the initial offer of 10 million US dollars was carefully considered and reported, as it is an irresistible temptation for Eric but would not scare him.

As long as Yang Yi still wanted to take half of the 10 million US dollars, it was purely for the sake of bargaining.

Eric thought for a moment and then smiled, "I thought the entire 10 million was for me and that you had already received your share of the benefits."

Yang Yi shook his head and said, "Buddy, it’s 10 million US dollars. I’m not telling you after taking most of it that I’ll give you 10 million. My thinking is that since the buyer has approached me but only you can provide the goods, it’s only fair that we split it half and half, don’t you think?"

Eric sighed softly.

Yang Yi spread his hands helplessly and said, "I’m just trying to see if this would work by discussing it with you, I actually think this deal won’t be easy to succeed."

Eric raised a finger and quietly said, "I want 10 million US dollars, my own 10 million US dollars, not shared with you. How much money you want is your business, whatever you negotiate with the buyer I won’t interfere, if he agrees, then we can try to proceed with this transaction."

Yang Yi fell into contemplation, while Eric just picked up his coffee cup, his face indifferent, "They want the technology to produce the camera, but what’s so hard about that technology? It’s just miniaturization and micro-miniaturization. Does the buyer just want to know how to assemble some components? I don’t think that’s likely. What the buyer wants must be the industrial system that the camera represents."

Yang Yi looked surprised and spoke to Eric, "I knew I couldn’t hide it from you, you’re right, just assembling some components obviously has no value."

Eric indifferently said, "Just like computer chips, everyone knows that only a few companies can manufacture chips. Is it a design issue? No, it’s a problem with manufacturing techniques, equipment, and lithography machines. We should all be aware of these basic principles, so saying they want the camera’s manufacturing technology is a bit too vague."

Eric put down his coffee cup and smiled, "I can’t bring you a whole laboratory, but I can give you the camera’s designer, that’s what I can do. If your buyer wants a designer, give me 10 million US dollars, plus meet the designer’s conditions, you can ask your buyer, if they agree, then this deal can go on."

Yang Yi took a deep breath, thought for a moment, and then said in a low voice, "I need to contact the buyer."

Yang Yi stood up and walked aside, took out his phone, and pretended to talk for a while. After returning to the table, he sat down and excitedly said, "The buyer agreed, 15 million US dollars, plus meeting the designer’s personal conditions."

Eric laughed, "I thought you were going to ask for 20 million."

After finishing, Yang Yi smiled and said, "I’m not demanding, my goal is to get 5 million US dollars, so to facilitate this transaction, I can take a bit less."

Eric pondered for a moment, then said firmly, "To poach a designer from his original laboratory, at the very least, you must let him know who the new boss is, so, you need to tell me who the buyer is, don’t worry, I know the rules, I won’t go behind your back and contact the buyer myself."

Yang Yi still seemed hesitant, Eric said, "It’s not hard to guess, is it Huaxia?"

Yang Yi looked very surprised and spoke quietly, "You really can’t hide anything from you."

Eric sighed lightly, "No other buyer would spend 15 million US dollars just to poach a designer. Huaxia is always thirsty for talent, they are willing to spend, and crucially, they have the money."

After a bitter laugh, Eric said with a helpless face, "Actually, I don’t want to deal with Huaxia, because the more we sell to them, the less I can sell later on. But there’s no helping it, if I don’t do this business, others will, so why shouldn’t I be the one to make the money? I need to earn enough to retire."

Yang Yi spoke quietly, "Selling to anyone is still a sale."

Eric shook his head, "It’s different, others just buy products, but the Huaxia people also buy up the factories; the Huaxia are digging at our roots."

After expressing his feelings, Eric said softly, "Let me lay out the conditions first, give the designer 3 million British pounds, plus a job and his own laboratory."

Yang Yi spoke quietly, "Do we need to consider his family?"

"No need, he has no family."

After finishing, Eric spread his hands, "An engineer who can’t fully utilize his own skills, a designer whose budgets are always unsatisfactory, whose excellent products end up discarded as trash; he’s been dissatisfied with the situation for a while, but what can he do? The United Kingdom is like this now, the military desperately cutting budgets, MI6 constantly reducing their spending, saving money to build yachts for the monarchy, haha, what a cursed era, how can such a country retain its talent?"

Eric seemed full of grievances; after pouring out his woes to Yang Yi, he said sternly, "I’ll just handle the contact, how you extract him from the United Kingdom is your business, any problems?"

Yang Yi shook his head, "No problem, but it’s best if you could cooperate a bit, uh, buddy, you’re not going to be in any danger, are you? I feel that although making money is important, safety is more important, you should not jeopardize yourself."

Eric sighed, nodded at Yang Yi, and then with a disdainful face, said, "What problems could I have? Even if there’s real trouble because of this... what do I have to fear? If I’ve made enough money, I might as well retire, opportunities to make big money like this won’t always be around, I can’t miss out, making enough to retire in one go, buddy, you have found a good customer indeed."

Yang Yi was a bit surprised, "A good customer, really? You’re interested in dealing with Huaxia?"

Eric shrugged, "Who wouldn’t like to do business with the Huaxia? Right now, they are the best buyers, key point is they have the money, brother, they have the money!"

Yang Yi thought for a moment and said, "You know I don’t deal in equipment, so how about I introduce you? Maybe you could even work together long term, interested?"

Eric appeared very puzzled, "You would introduce the buyer to me? Really?",