In response to Anton Vanke's question, Dufresne was noncommittal: "Mr. Stark, if I sell this thing to you, what price are you going to pay?"
Old Stark pondered for a long time and said tentatively: "Thirty million dollars, what do you think?"
In fact, Dufresne was not very clear about the value of the energy stone, but he knew that the price must be too low, so he shook his head without saying a word.
"Fifty million U.S. dollars." Old Stark quickly gave a higher price. "This amount of money is enough to make you one of the top 500 richest people in the world."
Dufresne smiled: "How do you know I'm not one of the top five hundred richest people in the world?"
"..." Old Stark didn't know what to say for a moment, and asked after a while, "So how much do you think is appropriate?"
"One hundred million dollars in cash." When Dufresne said this, Old Stark almost wanted to agree, but his next words made him quickly give up the idea, "plus 100% of Stark Industries.
Twenty stocks.”
"Twenty percent?"
Anton Vanke's eyes widened: "Do you know what a 20% stake in Stark Industries means?"
Dufresne: "Of course I know. It means a market value of more than one billion US dollars and two thousandths of the annual GDP of the United States. But I would like to ask you if you know what this energy stone means?"
Both Old Stark and Anton Vanke were silent for a while.
Dufresne continued: "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. Companies such as AT&T, General Electric, and IBM will all be stepped on by Stark.
"
"You're right. If you come up with complete technical drawings, Stark Industries can exchange it for 99% of its stock." Old Stark said.
Then he changed the topic: "But this is not a technology, it is just a product. We still need to invest a lot of energy in reverse engineering it, and it may fail."
"Even if it succeeds, we can only get part of its technology, not all of it. It's unclear how much profit these technologies will bring in the end. Let Stark Industries invest 20% of the shares and US$100 million in cash for this.
, it’s too risky.”
"It is impossible for the company's board of directors to agree to this plan." Old Stark finally added.
Anton Vanke said: "What's more important is that the origin of this thing is unknown, and you can't prove that the piece you have is the only one. If others also have it, wouldn't our money be wasted in vain?"
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 value nor the company with the most cash."
"But because in my opinion, Stark is a company that looks to the future. I go to every technology expo you hold and see with my own eyes how you change the world."
Old Stark smiled politely: "Thank you."
Dufresne paused: "If it weren't for this, I could sell 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: "This price is too high. As an engineer, maybe I am willing to take such a risk, but for the vast majority of Stark Industries' shareholders, the most important thing is profit."
"If it's 5 percent of the stock and $50 million, I think there should be no problem."
Dufresne did not relent: "Twenty percent of the stock and US$100 million in cash must be at this price."
Old Stark was silent.
Anton Vanke said angrily: "You are simply a greedy blackmailer! Stark Industries will not accept blackmail, you can leave and see who in New York will pay this price to buy your stone!"
With that said, 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."
Dufresne nodded without saying anything, put the energy stone back in his briefcase, stood up and left, followed closely by Xinchilub.
There were only Anton Vanko and Old Stark in the room again.
"Stark, where do you think his stuff comes from?" Anton Vanko said.
Old Stark thought for a moment: "As you said, I also think that his device comes from outside the earth. I guess it may be a crashed alien spacecraft?"
Anton Vanke nodded: "This is indeed the most likely possibility. That guy named Dufresne is probably a lucky guy 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 too high, and we can talk again."
"Are you crazy, Stark?" Anton Vanke looked at him with wide eyes, "That's one-fifth of Stark Industries and 100 million US dollars in cash."
Old Stark said: "But we have the Ark reactor plan, and this thing will almost certainly make our plan a big step forward, or even a leap forward."
"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 startled for a moment, then looked at Anton Vanke before he realized what he was doing. He couldn't help but shook his head: "No, this is too despicable. Once exposed, Stark Industries will be infamy 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 extorted of more than one billion by such a little guy?"
Old Stark still shook his head: "I'd better discuss it with the board of directors first."
After that, he left the conference room first.
Anton Vanke was still sitting in his seat, his eyes flickering, and he seemed to have made up his mind for a while, secretly clenching his fists...
"Dufresne, why don't you keep talking? Stark has promised 5% of the stock and 50 million in cash." Xinqilubu asked.
Dufresne walked in front of him carrying a briefcase, and the two walked through the bustling streets: "The great lord said that you must make good use of the eye of reckoning."
"What?" Xinqilubu didn't react for a moment.
"When I went upstairs, I looked at the Soviet man with the eyes of liquidation. It was blood red." Dufresne said, "He said he was a Russian. Most of the people who claim this in the United States defected from the Soviet Union. It can be seen that he is a Russian.
Shameless villain."
"so?"
"So we may have a chance to kill some gangsters, gangsters or killers." Dufresne smiled, "It won't take long for Stark Industries to confirm that we are just two nameless bastards with no power to fight back.
