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And as for this price, Pepper was very satisfied!

Selling four military factories for 20 billion in a package deal—what more could she be dissatisfied with?

It was 2 billion higher than her expected price!

This was 2 billion, not 20 dollars!

Of course!

As a qualified CEO, Pepper did not show any emotional expression on her face.

Instead, she looked like she was contemplating, seemingly hesitating.

Luo Di was not in a hurry either.

He had money, but he wouldn't offer a price significantly higher than the market value.

Before coming, he had already estimated the value of Stark Industries' four military factories, with a total value of approximately 17 billion.

Considering that Stark Industries was not in a hurry to sell, there would definitely be a premium on this price.

Otherwise, they wouldn't sell it to him at all!

After all,

at a price of 17 billion, others might have already made offers.

But why didn't Stark Industries sell?

Wasn't it because the price wasn't satisfactory?

So, Luo Di directly added a premium of 3 billion!

For him, 3 billion was not much, but this price should be one that Stark Industries would not refuse, and one that others were unlikely to offer.

In fact, it was exactly as Luo Di had thought; before him, or more precisely, in the past few years, people had made offers to buy those four military factories.

After all, for companies in the military industry, Stark Industries' military factories were the most top-notch and excellent!

Buying them would undoubtedly earn a large sum of money in the future.

So it was worth investing.

But the prices they offered were either below the market price, around 15 to 16 billion.

Or they were just around the market price of 17 billion.

Few companies offered more than 17 billion.

And there wasn't a single one that offered 18 billion!

That's why Pepper had been hesitant to sell.

It wasn't that she didn't want to sell, but that the price hadn't been agreed upon!

But now;

Luo Di directly offered 20 billion.

This price made it impossible for Pepper to refuse, and she wouldn't refuse!

So, after pretending to think for a moment, she nodded and accepted Luo Di's offer.

As for why not raise the price again?

Pepper wasn't stupid; she knew Luo Di must have checked the actual market value of those four military factories.

The reason he offered a price higher than the market value was to show his determination to buy.

But if she were to greedily keep raising the price, it would only make Luo Di think she was overly greedy.

He might even get angry and decide not to buy, which was also possible.

In fact, Pepper had long wanted to sell those four military factories.

After all, their company had already withdrawn from the military industry, and although those military factories had been leased out for short periods in recent years.

But Pepper still wanted to sell them from the bottom of her heart.

She just hadn't found a suitable buyer yet.

This time, encountering Luo Di, a generous buyer, Pepper felt it was good enough, and it was about time to sell to him.

"So, a pleasant cooperation?"

Pepper stood up and extended her hand.

But Luo Di shook his head, then took out a piece of metal from his pocket and placed it on the desk.

"Not so fast. While I can offer 20 billion, I'd like to use this instead of the 20 billion to purchase those four military factories from Stark Industries."

Luo Di said.

He didn't have 20 billion in cash.

But he had Vibranium!

On the black market, one gram of Vibranium could sell for 50,000 U.S. dollars.

20 billion U.S. dollars was only 400 kilograms!

Of course;

for large-scale sales, people would certainly not buy at the black market price of 50,000 U.S. dollars.

But 30,000 to 40,000 was the minimum.

As for the official market price?

Sorry!

Do you have such a market? Do you just set the market price?

Do you understand 'no other branch'?

"What is this?"

After hearing Luo Di's words, Pepper picked up the metal cube on the table.

Although she had seen Captain America's shield, she couldn't recognize at a glance that the one in her hand was Vibranium, which is why she had a question.

"Vibranium, black market price is 50,000 U.S. dollars per gram!"

Luo Di said.

"This is Vibranium?!"

Pepper looked at the light metal cube in her hand in surprise.

She hadn't expected this little thing to be so valuable!

One gram cost 50,000 U.S. dollars!

The one in her hand weighed about ten grams, but its value was already over 500,000 U.S. dollars!

"You plan to pay with Vibranium?"

Pepper understood Luo Di's meaning and asked.

"That's right. You can consult Tony Stark about this; I believe he will be willing to make this deal with me."

Luo Di said.

Even if Pepper thought Stark Industries didn't need Vibranium, what about Tony?

He definitely needed it!

After all, what could be better than Vibranium as a material for building Iron Man suits?

Even if there were future updates and iterations.

Vibranium could be reused repeatedly!

It wasn't Adamantium.

That stuff had too high a melting point and was difficult to reuse repeatedly.

But Vibranium's melting point was only 20,000 degrees Celsius.

It could be reshaped repeatedly!

Therefore,

buying it once didn't mean it could only be used to build one Iron Man suit.

Not to mention that more than 400 kilograms of Vibranium could definitely build more than one Iron Man suit.

Even if Tony wanted to build a larger one.

When it was eventually phased out, the Vibranium could still be melted down and used to create new Iron Man suits!

So, spending 20 billion to buy Luo Di's Vibranium was definitely an incredibly cost-effective deal.

It's good for you, good for me, good for everyone!

"Mr. Luo Di, please wait a moment!"

Pepper also felt she should go ask Tony.

Not to mention she had to confirm whether Luo Di would actually give her Vibranium in the transaction, but also whether to spend 20 billion to buy a batch of Vibranium, this question also needed Tony's agreement!

Although even if Pepper lost 20 to 30 billion, Tony wouldn't say anything to her.

But Pepper herself was definitely unwilling to engage in such wasteful behavior.

So, whenever it involved large monetary transactions, Pepper would ask Tony for his opinion.

If he agreed,

the transaction would proceed!

"No problem, take your time."

Luo Di gestured with his hand.

Then he picked up the coffee on the table and drank it.

Seeing this, Pepper also left the office with the 500,000 U.S. dollar Vibranium cube.

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It just so happened that the Avengers had no off-site missions today.

She could go up and find Tony directly.

At this moment, Tony should be busy designing a new Iron Man suit in his workshop, right?

...

Stark Tower, 98th floor.

In Tony's workshop.

When Pepper came in, she indeed saw Tony working on the design of a new Iron Man suit.

"Pepper, why are you here?"

Seeing Pepper approach, Tony asked.

Normally, Pepper wouldn't come upstairs unless there was something she needed to consult him about.

Although Tony had told her countless times not to consult him and to make her own decisions.

But Pepper still went her own way.

"Look at this thing."

Pepper didn't answer Tony's question but handed him the Vibranium cube she was holding.

"Vibranium?"

Tony recognized it as Vibranium at a glance after taking it.

After all, he had studied Captain America's shield countless times.

He had even developed several new alloy formulas by studying the shield.

"Someone just came to me to discuss a collaboration, regarding those four military factories.

They offered 20 billion to buy those four military factories, and this price has exceeded my expectations, so I agreed."

Pepper said.

Tony nodded upon hearing this; selling those four useless military factories for 20 billion was indeed a very profitable deal.

"However, the other party then said he wanted to use Vibranium instead of this 20 billion, so I came to ask you if we should agree?"