Sophia shook her head slightly, with a smile on her face, her experience along the way told her that there is no such thing as negotiating business, just how much you are willing to pay.

"Two hundred million."

Claire was stunned for a moment, but after being stunned, she still laughed softly, "I'm not raising the price, it's useless for you to give me 500 million." ”

Sophia's expression didn't change at all, and she continued to smile: "Then according to what you said, five hundred million." ”

Claire pursed her lips, not because she was moved, but she was a little curious about how much money she could make from this transaction, and she was willing to share 500 million profits for herself.

Seeing that Claire didn't speak, Sophia thought that she had paid for his psychological price, and continued to smile: "You don't have to answer in a hurry, you can think about it." ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Claire opened her mouth and rejected her, "Don't think about it for so long, I can give you the answer now, I won't help you." ”

Sophia froze, only her eyelashes trembled slightly, and her beautiful eyes stared at Claire like this, her mouth half open, but she couldn't say anything. She really couldn't figure out what Claire's reason for rejecting her was.

Sophia put away the smile on her face, "Tell me why you rejected me." ”

"There is no shortage of money." Claire said truthfully: "I can now earn nearly 10 million yuan a month, excluding the normal operating expenses of Nafu City and the construction of future public facilities, as well as the research funds for the Academy of Sciences. There are still a few million left, and I'm only at the level of an archmage now, so no matter how much I squander my experiments, I won't be able to spend that much money in a month. ”

"Even if you give me 500 million, it will be nothing more than a few more zeros on my account, and other than that, there will be no change for me."

Since Claire took control of the wizarding world, her horizons have suddenly broadened, and the pattern has become much larger. With Claire's current status in the wizarding world, she can collect all the currency of that world in the wizarding world, and then bless herself with all of them, making herself look rich and rich.

But the essence of money is just a general equivalent, which can be used to trade what you need, and once your needs are met, no matter how much money you have, it is just waste paper and scrap for individuals.

So no matter how much money Sophia gives Claire, Claire will not be as moved as poor and white as before.

After listening to Claire's words, Sophia was a little stunned for a while, Claire saw much more thoroughly than many people, and Sophia was a little skeptical for a while if she was also caught in the whirlpool of money.

But after thinking about it for a while, she put this idea behind her, she has a clear goal from beginning to end, that is, to control the August family, making money is just her means, and she can still get pleasure from earning money, and she is not a slave to money.

However, Claire's words also allowed Sophia to find a bargaining chip for Laclere to join the gang.

Can't spend a lot of money? Then find him a way to spend money.

Claire continued: "So, money really doesn't appeal to me. ”

"Then let's trade something else." Sophia swapped the two long legs and leaned towards Claire, the distance between the two of them was so much that she could even feel her snort.

"Your current territory is larger than the average county, if you come to help me, I can apply to His Majesty the King, saying that you have your help, so the backup materials can be sent to the front line in such a timely manner, if nothing else, the Viscount of Griffin can become the County of Griffin, my Lord Earl." Speaking of the back, Sophia's expression became particularly seductive, as if she was teasing Claire.

"The temptation of profit is over, and now it's famous, right?" Claire said secretly in her heart.

This acquisition is extremely tempting for those nobles who care about the title, but for Claire, the attraction is equivalent to nothing, even if she is made an earl, the territory under her control is still so big, and the attraction is not as attractive as the 500 million gold coins just now, at least it is a real benefit, and this is just a false name.

"I don't think I'm capable enough to become an earl now, so I'd better thank you Madame for your kindness." Claire politely refused.

"No!" Sophia exhaled softly and put her finger on Claire's lips, "You'll be interested." ”

"After you become an earl, I will introduce you to Your Majesty, and you will get a quiet and powerful position in the royal capital."

"Then, as the second largest shareholder of Temi Bank, I will invite you to join Temi Bank, you can use your excess money to participate in the shares, Temi Bank's annual dividends are a large amount of money, if you are an ordinary person, even if you want more money, if you don't have the introduction of shareholders, it is impossible to join Temi Bank."

Hearing this, Claire's expression was still flat, but she already had some guesses in her heart, so she suppressed her emotions and continued to listen.

"Not only that, you can also become a partner of our August family, you can get a part of our August family's magic shop, and our August family's industry is not only involved in magic shops, many auction houses in the royal capital are also our family's, you know what that means." Sophia winked at Claire.

The corners of Claire's mouth also curled up slightly at this time, this is not the temptation of fame and fortune, this is the temptation of power.

However, this is really useful for Claire, many things are not something that can be bought with money, such as Merlin's previous tube of grandmaster-level recovery potion, the price in the market is about one or two million, but even if you take out four or five million, you may not be able to buy it, it is completely priceless.

Many times money can't solve things, power can solve. There are countless high-grade magic potions produced in the kingdom every year, but there are only a few that circulate in the auction house, what is the reason? From the very beginning, it was monopolized by those who held great power at the source.

Whether it's magic potions or other resources, they've been divided up by those who hold power before they can be figured out, and the rest is circulated to the outside world.

Now the conditions put forward by Sophia allow Claire to get a powerful but idle official position in the royal capital, which is equivalent to inviting Claire and inviting him to become a part of the power center of the royal capital, although it is not to say how much power and benefits are directly given to him, but there is an opportunity to enter the top to participate in the monopoly. This is also what Sophia just said, since there is nowhere to spend more money, then give you a channel to spend money. This is a class leap, and many people have exhausted their entire lives to not be able to cross the class they are in.

In addition, some channels of the August family's magic shop, as well as the Royal Capital Auction House, all mean that Claire's channels for obtaining magic materials will be greatly increased in the future, and some magic materials that are not available on the market will be easily obtained in the future. That's the benefit of power, and no amount of money can do it.

Sophia knew that Claire knew what she meant, and after smiling slightly, she continued, "I remember if there was a blacksmith street in Nafu City? You have enough blacksmiths here, and the quality of the weapons and armor you create is also there, but what? There are only a few who can enchant and inscribe, can they compare to those old weapon manufacturers in the kingdom? Except for those who are low-level adventurers, high-level adventurers who choose equipment will not be purchased from you. ”

"If you have the channel of our August family, you can dig up a lot of mages who are proficient in this area, and form a real equipment industry chain...... At that time, Nafu City may become a new arms manufacturer, and the profits in this area are not low. Sophia had a faint smile on her face, their August family is not in this business, but there are channels in this regard, and Claire's digging will not affect them.

Hearing Sophia's words, Claire's face also smiled, which really attracted him. It wasn't that he hadn't thought about digging up talents in this area before, but there was no way at all, those mages were different from blacksmiths, they could eat anywhere, and they were arrogant, so there was no need to risk running to such a remote Nafu City.

And Claire doesn't have enough raw material channels to support so many mages, the blacksmiths just need iron, and they now have several metal mines. But there are more than these ingredients for mages who can enchant inscriptions, and as for buying them from the magic shop? The price is ridiculously expensive, and it is impossible to make a profit at all.

And if Claire has access to the August family, she can buy a large number of required magic materials at cost price. With their own means, they may be able to win some market share from those old weapons manufacturers, and the cake is very big, as long as they get a little bit, their own income on it can easily exceed 10 million.

This is the benefit of power, and these powers have long been divided by Sophia's old forces, and everyone else has to get their permission to enter, and now Sophia is trading with Claire with these powers.

Claire cupped her cheeks and leaned forward to Sophia, asking, "Anything else?" ”