I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

"Mr. Zhang, you should be well aware that the prices of our new soil minerals exported to Europe and America exceed $40,000 per ton. Your price is simply too low!"

"It's not low. Isn't it just a quarter of the normal price?" Zhang Menglong said with a smile, "I import this coal at a cost of $320 per ton, and the price you offer is also just a quarter, and I haven't even counted the warehousing costs during this period. In comparison, it's already very conscientious!"

"$10,000 per ton, that's my price. If you think it's too low, you don't have to sell it!" Zhang Menglong said with a smile, "I'm not in a hurry anyway!"

Kim Taejing felt a bitterness in his heart that he couldn't express. True, you're not in a hurry. You have plenty of money to support your employees; even delaying for a year or two is not a problem.

But they couldn't wait! Not to mention a year or two; they couldn't even drag it out for a week. This was a matter crucial to the livelihood of the people! If there wasn't enough coal imported this week, the whole Kaibong would directly fall into a predicament of power shortage.

But the price Zhang Menglong proposed was simply outrageous.

At $80 per ton, Zhang Menglong indeed would lose three to four hundred billion US Dollars, but are coal and new soil minerals commodities of the same grade?

The export price of 400 million tons of new soil minerals reached $1,600 billion USD, and if calculated at $10,000 per ton, their loss would amount to $1,200 billion USD, which was almost like taking their lives!

"Alright! Mr. Zhang, let's do this: we'll buy that batch of coal from you at the average price you purchased it for! Isn't that worth over $400 billion USD? We'll deduct this amount from the cost of your import of new soil minerals. You want 400 tons of new soil minerals, so we only need $1,200 billion USD. Does that sound fair?"

Even though they would still lose more than three hundred billion US Dollars, these mineral resources weren't visible cash; at most, it was just earning a bit less.

Losing $300 billion USD was much better than losing $1,200 billion USD, wasn't it?

At this juncture, obtaining that batch of coal from Zhang Menglong's hands was the most crucial.

"No, no, no, Mr. Kim, $300 per ton was the price then, it's not the price anymore!" Zhang Menglong said with a smile, "Now, I can sell this batch of coal to you, but the price has doubled to $600 per ton!"

"You!" Kim Taejing pointed at Zhang Menglong, his upper and lower teeth visibly trembling as though he wanted to grind his teeth in frustration.

"Mr. Kim, I had offered you the price of $300 per ton last time, but you didn't agree. I had also warned you that if you came to me to buy again, it wouldn't be at that price!"

Zhang Menglong said with a smile, "I still maintain what I've always said: I am a businessman, and naturally, a businessman needs to make money; or else, should I go drink the North Wind?"

"Mr. Zhang, don't you think this is a bit excessive?" Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire

"Mr. Zhang, perhaps we could discuss this price again?" Seeing the increasingly tense atmosphere, even President Zhou couldn't help but start mediating.

"President Zhou, I made it very clear. If it was last time, I might have sold it for $300 billion USD per ton, considering the face of our countries' relations, but not this time." Zhang Menglong was unwavering.

"Mr. Zhang, you are deliberately stirring up trouble!" Kim Taejing said, "We have already tried to meet your price, but you are insatiable. Is this the right attitude?"

"Bang!" Zhang Menglong slammed his palm on the table, and a thick Inner Strength surged from his palm, actually cracking the marble surface of the table!

Zhang Menglong's current Inner Strength could kill a Level Four Mutant or Enhancer as if slaughtering a dog—a slap emitted could shatter the internal organs of even an elephant to pieces; had he not pulled back some of his strength, the marble table would have shattered into pieces instantaneously.

But even so, it still gave President Zhou and Kim Taejing quite a shock.

This was a solid marble table after all; who had seen someone able to crack a piece of marble with a slap? Not to mention the terrifying strength, would ordinary bones not be shattered?

"He is not an ordinary person!" Having dealt with Dark Ninjas before, Kim Taejing was well aware that there were some extraordinary individuals in this world. He had actually always thought that Zhang Menglong was just an ordinary person!

"Kim Taejing!" Zhang Menglong said coldly, "You know very well what mess you've made; if I didn't have some abilities, wouldn't I have already died in Baodao Province last time?"

"What?" President Zhou's expression faltered. What did Zhang Menglong mean by that? He almost died in Baodao Province? Could it be that Jintianjing Long had secretly used some underhanded methods?

Given Zhang Menglong's tough stance today, even though he is Zhang Menglong, if he had been targeted by an assassination attempt, he definitely wouldn't negotiate business calmly.

"Mr. Zhang, I don't understand what you are talking about," Jintianjing Long said unflinchingly. With President Zhou here, how could he possibly admit that they from Kaibong had sent someone to kill Zhang Menglong?

"Fine! 600 US Dollars it is!" Jintianjing Long gritted his teeth. Although there was less than 100 billion US Dollars in profit left, it was still a profit. Their country's new soil mines were rich in resources; just consider it as if a little bit from the reserves was lost.

"Mr. Jintian, don't be anxious," Zhang Menglong revealed a hint of a smile, which in the eyes of Jintianjing Long, instantly turned ominously terrifying, "600 USD per ton was the price two minutes ago. Now the price has risen. I want to double it, 1200 USD per ton!"

"Hiss!" Upon hearing the number Zhang Menglong called out, President Zhou couldn't help but inhale a breath of cold air.

The market price of 60 USD per ton skyrocketed to 1200 USD per ton—nearly a twentyfold increase. This wasn't just a lion's mouth wide open; this was outright daylight robbery!

At this price, their Kaibong's 4 million tons of new soil ore was practically no different from being given away for free.

"Zhang Menglong, don't go too far!" The rage in Jintianjing Long's heart erupted like a volcano.

"I'm not holding a knife to your necks forcing you to buy," Zhang Menglong laughed, "You can completely decide not to buy."

"Or you could take some money and ask other countries, see if they are willing to sell their coal to you. By then, I will still buy your new soil ore for 40,000 USD per ton!"

"If we could get coal, would we be crazy to come to you?" Jintianjing Long had already cursed all the curse words he could think of in his mind.

"All right, now it's 1300 USD per ton," Zhang Menglong, arms crossed in front of his chest, watched with a playful smile, "From now on, every extra minute will see an increase of 100 USD per ton."

"You!"

"Only 50 seconds left in the next minute!" Zhang Menglong opened the stopwatch on his phone.

Jintianjing Long's face twitched as if paralyzed; he of course knew why Zhang Menglong was being so uncompromising this time. If it weren't for their last attempt to assassinate Zhang Menglong, things wouldn't have escalated to this point.

He hadn't anticipated that Zhang Menglong's revenge would be so fierce, not only destroying one of their Dark Ninja bases but now even seizing their achilles heel relentlessly—this was truly losing both the wife and the troops!

"Only 30 seconds left! Think fast!"

Jintianjing Long's entire body was twitching, "Fine! Let's do it at the price you mentioned!"

"Haha!" Zhang Menglong finally showed a satisfied smile.

"Tomorrow, I will arrange for someone to take over the goods, farewell!" Jintianjing Long felt that every second he stayed here drove him closer to madness, leaving these words behind, he immediately turned and left.

He had just taken a few steps when he heard Zhang Menglong's voice from behind.

"President Zhou, I'm in a good mood today. Let's have dinner tonight!"

"Hahaha! Getting a free ride is just too sweet!"

"Cough cough..." Jintianjing Long suddenly felt a surge of blood rushing up...