Chapter 715 (1/2)
Chapter 715: Get Rich or Die Trying
Translator: Udeze Editor: Udeze
Men would die for riches as will birds for food as it was said in an old adage.
In Xie Zhiqiang’s eyes, wealth was ranked second in his top priorities, and his puny little life was ranked first. He could kill his parents, murder his wife and children, and do all kinds of evils for the sake of money. His motto in life was: whoever dares to block the source of my money must die.
And this time, there were more than a dozen guns aimed at him. His life would be claimed in an instant as long as one of them pulled the trigger. In this moment of crisis, however, he was not afraid at all, as he sat on the cozy sofa and even gestured the four men behind him to put the guns down while letting out a smiling face toward a foreigner Caucasian man in front of him.
“Don’t blame me for overriding the initial price, Brother Cole. That genetic drug particle developed from our joint research is way too precious. Our previous agreement was indeed stating that you’ll pay me 200 million USD once the research on this gene particle is done. It also stated that you will take away the gene particle along with the research data. But, you too know that the time spent on researching this genetic drug was much longer than expected. You gave up providing more additional funds needed in the past two years, so I got all the money on my own. Hence, it’s 1 billion USD. A penny less and you will never take it away. Tell your men to shoot me on if you dare. My death is just a trivial thing, but you will never get that gene particle.” Xie Zhiqiang touched his chin and said with a smile.
The tall and big Austin Cole was full of momentum and killing intention. When he wanted to kill someone, he would habitually pinch the button on the lower part of his clothes. At this moment, however, his fingers were fastened on it. He had met many greedy bastards, but none had dared to override the initial price agreement with him.
However, he knew perfectly well that Xie Zhiqiang and his SOE’s Big Boss had a very deep friendship since this guy once saved him. If he were to kill this fella, though his Big Boss would not lash out his anger toward him directly, he could expect bad treatment from him in the future.
Nonetheless, 1 billion USD was not a price he could bear.
“Xie, the SOE has had internal problems in the past two years. I’m sure you should have heard something about it. We invested all our funds into a huge project, so we can’t provide the funds you needed on time. That was indeed our mistake. But, 1 billion USD is way too much. Let alone me, even Boss himself won’t agree to it. Our bottom line is 300 million USD. Or you can opt to become our enemy if you don’t agree.”
“Hmph, 300 million USD, eh?” Xie Zhiqiang coldly smiled. “Do you take me as a beggar? The total amount of capital I’ve invested in this project for the past two years cost me nearly 200 million USD, as I had to import tons of research material from various countries around the world. You should know something called nanobot, right? Just to get this stuff, I sent my people to some secret research labs belonging to the United States in Africa. Do you know how much I lost? I sent my true bloody combat experts there. Of the 40 of them, 27 died, while 4 men of the remaining 13 who escaped with the nanobots turned disabled.
“Furthermore, do you fucking know from where I obtained the information about those labs? I spent 25 million USD to buy it from the Darkwind Organization. And yet, you increased the price by a mere 100 million? HELLO??? You have the nerve to bullshit me?”
Austin Cole fell silent. He could not tell if what Xie Zhiqiang said was true or not, but breaching the contract was indeed their fault. It had been eight years since they began the joint research and, while his SOE company had invested a total of 480 million USD for the first six years, there had been no substantial progress with the research. Therefore, just as they had given up on the plan, they unexpectedly caught the news that the experiment was successful.
It was a gene particle! Something he must get at all costs. Once they obtain this gene particle, they could transform the body of ordinary people and formed a group of mutated gene experts. Though the SOE company had its own armed forces, the gap between them and the top armed forces in the world was like a chasm.
“500 million dollars, this is my bottom line.”
Finally, Austin Cole could only opt to compromise and directly added 200 million USD. It was also the highest price he was authorized to offer.
“As I said, I want 1 billion, not a penny less. Else I will not sell these gene particles to your SOE company.” Xie Zhiqiang shook his head. “Besides, I’m pretty sure that once I sell the gene particles to other foreign large powers there will be countless forces willing to bid for a higher price.”
“ARE YOU FORCING ME?” Roared Austine Cole furiously.
“You got that right. I’m indeed forcing you,” said Xie Zhiqiang. “Take it and we have a deal. Leave it and we separate. This is China. You may have brought a lot of men with you, but wanting to kill me will not be easy. Moreover, it’s uncertain whether you can leave the border of China as well.”
Those who have threatened me are all dead!
Austin Cole did not say it out loud but chanted it inside thrice. He could only endure and employ patience, for the purpose of the SOE company was to groom a large number of powerful genetic warriors that would finally double the armed forces under the company by ten times.
As he took out a Cuban cigar, a middle-aged man lit it up for him. After taking a few puffs, he waved his hand, motioning his men to put their guns down. He then stared at Xie Zhiqiang and said indifferently, “I’m only authorized to fork out 500 million dollars, so I need to call Boss about this matter and ask his decision.”
“I can only give you three days.” Xie Zhiqiang shrugged his shoulders and smirked. “No answer in three days and the document in the mailbox will automatically send the files. At that time, there will be at least 20 top forces in the world who will send their people to China to discuss a business deal with me.”
Austin Cole subconsciously glanced at the bottommost button of his clothes and nodded with a cold expression, before he got up and left.
After half a minute, a girl with heavy makeup and a voluptuous, charming figure came out of the next room. There was a sharp butterfly knife in her hand as she fiddled and played it up and down, creating images of blossoming flowers.