Paladin of Asgard

Regarding Anton Vanke's questioning, Dufresne was noncommittal: "Mr. Stark, if I sell this thing to you, what price do you plan to offer?"

Old Stark pondered for a while, and tentatively said, "3000 million dollars, what do you think?"

In fact, Dufres didn't know the value of the energy stone very well, but he knew that the price must be too low, so he shook his head without saying a word.

"5000 million US dollars." Old Stark quickly gave a higher price, "This amount of money is enough to make you one of the world's top [-] richest men."

Dufresne smiled: "How do you know I'm not the top [-] richest people in the world?"

"..." Old Stark didn't know what to say for a while, and asked after a while, "Then how much do you think is appropriate?"

"One hundred million dollars in cash." When Dufresne just said this, the old Stark almost wanted to agree, but the next words made him quickly give up the idea, "plus 20.00% of the Stark Industries Group stock."

"20.00%?"

Anton Vanke's eyes widened: "Do you know what Stark Industries' [-]% stake means?"

Dufresne: "Of course I know, it means a market value of more than one billion US dollars, which means two thousandths of the annual GDP of the United States, but I would like to ask if you know what this energy stone means?"

Old Stark and Anton Vanke were silent for a while.

Dufresne went on to say: "There is no doubt that if you can master the technology of this device, Stark Industries will definitely become the number one company in the world, and companies such as AT&T, General Electric, and IBM will all be trampled by Stark. "

"You are right. If you come up with a complete technical drawing, Stark Industries will be fine even if you exchange 90.00% of the stock." Old Stark said.

Then he changed the topic: "This is not a technology, but a product. We still need to invest a lot of energy in reverse engineering it, and maybe it will fail."

"Even if it succeeds, we can only get a part of its technology, not all of it. It is not yet known how much profit these technologies will ultimately bring. Let Stark Industries invest 20.00% of the shares and [-] million US dollars in cash for this. Take a risk."

"It is impossible for the company's board of directors to agree to this plan." Old Stark added one last sentence.

Anton Vanke said: "More importantly, the origin of this thing is unknown, and you can't prove that this is the only one in your hand. If other people have it, wouldn't our money be wasted."

Dufresne looked at them: "The reason why I chose Stark Industries is not because I think you can give a higher price. You are neither the company with the highest market capitalization nor the company with the most cash."

"It's because in my opinion, Stark is a company looking to the future. I will go to every tech expo you have, and I have seen with my own eyes how you change the world."

Old Stark smiled politely: "Thank you."

Dufresne paused: "If it wasn't for this, I could have sold this energy device to a stronger company at the price I just mentioned. You should seize this opportunity."

Old Stark was silent for a long time, but still shook his head: "The price is too high. As an engineer, maybe I am willing to take such a risk, but for the vast majority of shareholders of Stark Industries, the most important thing is profit."

"If it's 5.00% stock and $5000 million, I think it should be fine."

Dufresne did not let go: "20.00% of the stock and [-] million US dollars in cash must be at this price."

Old Sta[fo]ke was silent.

Anton Vanke said a little angrily: "You are simply an insatiable blackmailer! Stark Industries will not accept blackmail, you can leave and see who in New York will pay this price for your stone!"

After speaking, he closed the box and pushed it back to Dufresne.

Old Stark also sighed: "Dr. Dufresne, if you still insist on the original price, then I can only say sorry."

Dufresan nodded, without saying anything, put the energy stone back into the briefcase and got up to leave, followed by Xinqilubu.

There were only Anton Vanke and old Stark in the room again.

"Stark, where do you think his stuff came from?" Anton Vanke said.

Old Stark thought for a moment: "As you said, I also think his device came from outside the earth. I guess it might be a crashed alien spaceship?"

Anton Vanke nodded: "This is indeed the greatest possibility. That guy named Dufresin is probably the lucky one who picked up an alien device and came to blackmail us."

Old Stark put his hands on the table, frowned, and said after a while: "Maybe his price is not high, we can talk again."

"Are you crazy, Stark." Anton Vanke looked at him with wide eyes, "That's one-fifth of Stark Industries, and $[-] million in cash."

Old Stark said, "But we have plans for the Ark Reactor, and this thing will almost certainly take our plans a big step forward, even a leap."

"That's too expensive." Anton Vanke hesitated. "In fact, we have other options, and we can get the device at zero cost."

Old Stark was stunned for a moment, and then realized when he saw Anton Vanke's eyes, he couldn't help but shook his head again and again: "No, this is too despicable. Once it is exposed, Stark Industries will be infamous for thousands of years."

Anton Vanke: "They look like little-known little characters at first glance, and no one will support them. Do you want to be blackmailed by such a small guy for more than a billion?"

Old Stark still shook his head: "I'd better discuss it with the board of directors first."

After that, he left the meeting room first.

Anton Vanke was still sitting in his seat, his eyes flickering, as if he had made up his mind for a while, he secretly clenched his fist...

"Dufrene, why don't you continue talking, Stark has promised 5.00% of the stock and 5000 million in cash." Hinchrub asked.

Dufresne walked in front of him with a briefcase, and the two of them walked through the bustling streets: "The great lord said that we should make good use of the eye of reckoning."

"What?" Xinqilubu didn't react for a while.

"When I went upstairs, I looked at the Soviet man with the eyes of reckoning, blood red." Dufresne said, "He said he was Russian, and most of the people who made such claims in the United States were defected from the Soviet Union. It can be seen that he is a Shameless villain."

"so?"

"So we may have a chance to kill some hooligans, gangsters or killers." Dufresne smiled, "It won't take long for Stark Industries to confirm that we are just two nameless stinky people who have no power to fight back." dick."