Seeing Marguerite like this, Connor knew that this woman wanted to bargain with him. He couldn't be bothered to compete with her in terms of patience. He took out a list from his spatial ring, placed it on the guest table, and pushed it to Marguerite. He said indifferently, "If you find everything here, I'll give you 10% of the magic stone mine's output!"
Marguerite's delicate face revealed a seductive smile. She picked up the list on the guest table and observed it with interest. After looking at it for a while, she put down the list and said to Connor with a serious expression, "You can refine alchemy puppets now?"
Connor wasn't surprised that Marguerite could tell that he wanted to use alchemy puppets to mine magic stones. He nodded and said in a deep voice, "Mining can be done with the simplest alchemy puppets. Although I haven't started refining alchemy puppets yet, it shouldn't be a problem if I study it for a while!"
Marguerite had seen Connor's alchemy ability. Seeing that Connor was so confident, she no longer had any doubts. She glanced at Connor with a faint smile, stretched out five fair and delicate fingers, and said, "Although the things you want aren't very precious, there's a lot of them. I need time to prepare them, but I want 50% of the magic stone mine's output, and I want to take a look at the magic stone mine personally!"
Although Connor knew that Marguerite was asking for a sky-high price, her conditions had far exceeded his bottom line. Connor looked coldly at Marguerite and said in a cold voice, "I can find someone else to cooperate with!"
"The magic stone mine is in your hands, so of course you can find someone else to cooperate with, but I believe that I'm your first choice. Besides, in Loen, I'm the only one who can provide you with so many alchemy materials! Marguerite didn't care about Connor's threat. She smiled faintly and said indifferently, "How about I take a loss for the 40%?"
Although Marguerite's asking price had been reduced by 10%, Connor's eyes were still cold. He had to admit that Marguerite was right. It was impossible for the Meazza Club or the Men's Prosperity Club to provide him with such a large amount of alchemy materials. Even if they did, it would definitely attract the attention of others. When that time came, the gains wouldn't make up for the losses!
If he told the Secret Society about the magic stone mine, he might get some rewards, but he didn't even want to get the bulk of the magic stone mine!
His only choice was Marguerite. Although that was the truth, Connor couldn't let Marguerite realize it.
"If that's what you think, then I can only express my regret. Marguerite, you're really too greedy!" Connor sighed. He wanted to use the failure of negotiations as an excuse to force her!
Seeing Connor's unyielding attitude, Marguerite, who felt that she had grasped Connor's weakness, put away the smile on her pretty face and said in a deep voice, "Connor, you want so many materials. Let's not talk about the value of the materials. I believe you also understand that although I have connections to get them, it's very laborious. I also need to make arrangements to complete such a laborious task. You bringing me to see the magic stone mine you found is a prerequisite for negotiations. 35% is my bottom line!"
Marguerite lowered her price by another 5%, but Connor still appeared unmoved. However, Connor was secretly calculating in his heart. His bottom line was 30%. Connor wasn't surprised that Marguerite wanted to bring him to see the magic stone mine as a prerequisite. After all, no matter who invested so much, they had to be careful. Besides, if they didn't see the magic stone mine, how could they determine the split?
In fact, regarding Marguerite's request, as long as Marguerite agreed to his precautionary measures, Connor was completely willing to accept.
"If you agree to my precautionary measures, I can bring you to see the magic stone mine, but I can only give you 20% of the profits! If you don't agree, I will consider finding someone else! "After thinking carefully, Connor firmly gave Marguerite an ultimatum!
Seeing that Connor had compromised and agreed to bring her to see the magic stone mine with precautionary measures, Marguerite's heart flashed with a trace of regret. 30% of the magic stone mine was actually her bottom line, but now that Connor had compromised and given her the final condition, in this situation where the negotiation would break down if she didn't agree, Marguerite could only choose to compromise. She nodded with some regret and said, "20% is fine. Tell me about the precautionary measures you're taking me to see the magic stone mine!"
Seeing that Marguerite had chosen to compromise, Connor succeeded in giving Marguerite 10% less than his bottom line. He glanced at Marguerite and said in a deep voice, "The old method, the Eye of Arbitration!"
After 10 minutes of discussion, Connor and Marguerite finalized the contents of the Eye of Arbitration.
Facing the strange vertical eye suspended in mid-air in the apartment, Marguerite swore in a cold voice.
"Under the witness of the Eye of Arbitration, I, Marguerite Rodriguez, swear that as long as Connor Ferguson brings me to the magic stone mine, I promise that I will never disclose the magic stone mine to any third party in any form. If I violate the oath, I am willing to accept the arbitration of the Eye of Arbitration!"
A few seconds after Marguerite finished reciting the oath, the Eye of Arbitration flickered a few times, then exploded into specks of starlight that drifted over Marguerite's body.
Seeing that Marguerite's oath had been completed, Connor didn't wait for Marguerite to speak again and said, "The magic stone mine is in Tunguska City. I'll bring you to it in three days. Is that okay?"
"Tunguska City?" Marguerite asked with a look of astonishment. She clearly found it hard to believe that the magic stone mine was here.
"That's right, it's in Tunguska City!" Connor nodded and said with certainty. At this point, he paused and looked at Marguerite with some playfulness. "Do you still remember that Snake Eye that you and I worked together to kill? That guy's meditation technique has a unique ability to find all kinds of mineral veins in the ground. I found clues about the magic stone mine from him and finally found it!"
Sensing the playfulness in Connor's words, Marguerite glared at Connor and muttered in a low voice, "I shouldn't have let you take his space ring!"
Connor smiled slightly and didn't mind Marguerite's muttering. Then, he seemed to have thought of something and reminded Marguerite, "I need some time to figure out how to refine the alchemy puppet. You can slowly gather the alchemy materials. Don't be too anxious. Remember to be careful and don't arouse suspicion!"
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