“You want to buy it?”
Mr. Chardon nodded and said, “Yes, I want to buy it. Please quote me a price for this ring!”
When Landon heard Mr. Chardon asking about the price of the ring, he immediately thought of Zachary’s previous instructions. He would have to quote a sky-high price that was more than a hundred times the market price of this ring no matter who wanted to buy this ring.
Landon did not understand why Zachary was doing this, but since he was just getting paid to get things done, he had to play his cards according to the routine. He was just here to pick people up, and the old man would have to go and deal with Zachary directly if he truly wanted to buy this jade ring.
Therefore, he pondered for a moment. This jade ring was worth thirty to fifty thousand dollars at most, so he would have to quote a price within the range of three to five million dollars if he had to quote a price that was a hundred times the market price.
As he thought of this, he clenched his teeth, stretched out three fingers, and said to Mr. Chardon, “I estimate that this thing will cost at least three million dollars!”
“Three million dollars?!” Mr. Chardon frowned slightly. Although he cultivated in seclusion all year round and did not go out often to do business, he still understood the concept of three million dollars very well. It was definitely a bit too much to ask for three million dollars just for a ring.
Fortunately, the Qing Eliminating Society had sufficient funds. Therefore, not to mention several million dollars, but even hundreds of millions of dollars was nothing to Mr. Chardon.
Thus, he asked Landon, “Can we make the trade now if I want it?”
Landon was shocked. He did not expect that this old man would actually buy the jade ring, so he said, “You will have to go and discuss this matter with my boss if you really want to buy it. I cannot make the decision for this matter.”
With that said, he asked Mr. Chardon, “Old man, I have to let you know that the price of three million dollars is just a preliminary quotation. It’s the lowest price, and there’s no upper limit. If you can accept it, I will call my boss and ask for his instructions. We should not waste each other’s time if you can’t accept it.”
Zachary snorted and said, “If he can accept it, ask him to come to Antique Street to talk to me face to face.”
“Okay!” Landon agreed readily and then asked, “Mr. Zachary, I spent a lot of time and effort talking to this old man. You have to reward me if this jade ring can truly be sold for three million dollars!”
Zachary said without hesitation, “Don’t worry, I will give you ten percent of the final price as a reward no matter how much the deal is.”
“Do you really mean that?” Landon was extremely excited. Ten percent of three million dollars was three hundred thousand dollars. Landon could never earn that much money even if he worked hard for a whole year.
Zachary smiled and said, “When have I ever lied to you? I will give you another five percent as a reward if you can introduce a big customer that will buy some other things from me!”

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