Seeing Wilfred’s resolute attitude, Adrian Peters suddenly panicked. He didn’t know why this old fellow, Wilfred, suddenly changed his mind, and he didn’t know how he would explain this change to Lord Banks when he went back.
He argued with a sad face and a voice full of pleas, “Master Elms, are you still not satisfied with the money? It doesn’t matter. If you are not satisfied, we can negotiate. Our master said that 2 billion is only an intended price, but if Master Elms is not satisfied with this offer, he can still increase the payment to, say, 3 billion. What do you think?!”
“Three billion?!” Mido, who was standing next to Wilfred, was going crazy. He couldn’t even envision what 3 billion dollars could mean in reality. He could only think to himself that he would expand his original daydreams of what he would buy with 2 billion by another 50%. Luxury houses around the world became larger mansions, luxury yachts could be 50% longer, and private planes could be 50% bigger!
Mido stared at his father with bloodshot eyes bulging out of his head and blurted out, “Dad! Why are you still hesitating? This is 3 billion!”
Wilfred raised his voice and said coldly, “Even if it’s 30 billion, I still refuse!”
Adrian Peters was a person who believed money would solve this problem. He had originally thought that if Wilfred was not satisfied with the price of 3 billion dollars, he would simply raise the price a little more. But now it dawned on him that no amount of increase would change the outcome. His expression gradually became gloomy. He nodded heavily and said, “All right! So be it!”
With that, he gritted his teeth as he pointed to Wilfred and said, “Master Elms, you are going back on your word. There will be a reckoning for this with Lord Banks. If you are forced to pay for this with interest in the future, don’t say I didn’t warn you!”
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