Chapter 808: Making the deal
Three days later.
Sam is currently walking towards the majestic building that is in the center of the city along with Varien.
Today is the day, he is going to have a meeting with the true decision-makers of the Sirens.
He is really looking forward to it.
From all the incidents that happened till now, Sam has an advantage if it is a fair deal. There are two attempts on his life and there is mistrust from the decision-makers which are all detrimental to any sort of cooperation.
Sam also clearly mentioned his desire to leave this place earlier clearly showing that he doesn't care much about the deal. So, if Varien's father and the rest of the people on Varien's side are really desperate to clear this problem and can influence the opposition to yield, then Sam would have some decent gains over the top of the actual price of what he is going to give them.
Soon, Sam is in a meeting room sitting on a chair across the table there are six sirens and every one of them has an aura that is trying to suffocate Sam. The intimidation is so obvious.
Sam just stayed there and smiled at them. Not speaking first.
After five minutes of the uncomfortable silence and Varien's nervous looks, the Siren in the middle spoke.
"Hello, I am Valian. Varien's father. Nice to meet you. I am the one who asked him to bring you here."
"Thank you. Your city is beautiful. I tried my best to enjoy my time here. But it was hard."
Sam emphasized on the word tried hardly and this didn't go unnoticed by the sirens at the table.
"Hahaha, I am really sorry if you had any problems here. It would be hard for a human to adjust in the underwater city anyway. Let us discuss the business deal."
The siren next to Valian who is also in the center spoke.
Sam looked at him with a questioning gaze and asked.
"May I know who you are?"
"Aranab. Nice to meet you."
"So, are you Arav's father by any chance?"
Arnab's smile froze a bit. But he still answered.
"Yes. Why?"
"Your two sons have tried to kill me twice in the few days I have spent in the city. Once they tried to ambush me when I was on my way to the volcano and then your son deliberately crossed the boundary of the sea urchin territory, knowing well that I am in and almost made me a victim of the transcendent stage sea urchin. "
Everyone became silent. Before the meeting all of the sirens came to a tacit understanding to not bring up this matter directly, this is a disadvantage on their part, so they wanted to cover it up with smiles and sweet nothings.
But Sam didn't let that go. He just laid the whole situation bare in front of them.
Sam looked at their expressions and continued.
"I already risked my life coming here. I am sure that as soon as I left this place, the elves would come and pester me until they truly found out what really happened. They might even send some people here to see the situation. And by any chance, they finds out about what I am selling you, I and my friends and my subordinates will all die.
But even in that condition, I am still here. Do you know why?"
"Don't make it sound so noble. It is just for money."
One of the sirens on the right side beside Arnab said coldly.
"Do you know what my net worth is? You can ask Varien, I am sure he knows."
The sirens looked at Varien and the latter spoke in a soft voice.
"His last business deal was made for around fifty billion."
All the sirens were dumbfounded.
"I have so much money, that I highly doubt that I would be able to finish spending it before they became useless to me. Don't judge me if you know anything. I was here because, Varien asked me, requested me, and almost begged me. And he didn't do it for his personal gain. He did it for your race and city. That is why I stayed.
So, before you talk business you guys must understand who you should be thankful for and what you are paying for, that is why I am bringing this up. Now, we can talk about business."
Sam said with a smile.
Now the situation reversed.
Sam clearly knows what these guys are thinking how they wanted this negotiation to go. He experienced this in his previous world.
Every time a rival boss either in business or in the mercenary world or even in the assassin world tried to mess with and later wanted a truce or a business deal, the first trick they would use is to downplay their own actions.
The attempt on life would be dubbed as an impulsive action due to misunderstanding.
A gang war would be dubbed as a minor scuffle.
A fight to the death will be dubbed as a quarrel of immature youngsters.
And to destroy that façade the best and the most direct method is to lay everything on the table without hiding anything.
Now, took the higher stand and the sirens had to take the lower stand and then the negotiations proceeded.
Sam took out a scroll along with the two products that he is going to sell.
He is not selling the products individually, his foundations in the charbhum realm were just laid down, he is not strong enough to have an arms deal with a potential rival of the elves which would put him crosshairs.
So, he is going to sell the manufacturing method.
Even though these people don't know how to forge and manufacture things, they have a great heat source and methods to regulate the temperature of the heat source. Sam created a plan with this heat source as the center and he would create a manufacturing plant.
Along with that, he would also create a defensive structure around the city using the lava around the city which would be a cover-up for the arms factory they are going to create.
If the deal was signed, Sam's men would come and finish the construction according to the designs and finish the process and they would also be in charge of providing necessary occasional services and training the sirens to operate on the machines.
He would let his team train until they reached a certain level of expertise in operating the machines without any problems and let them make their own weapons along with the training in assembly process and operation.
The defensive structure would also be filled with different mechanisms and it would need some regular maintenance for which his people will come regularly and also check the weapon factory which would be kept completely hidden from the elves.
And there will be a clause in the contract that they wouldn't reveal this airpower weaponry to the elves any time soon. In fact, they could only show them when the elves attack them with the harpoons. If not, everything will go to shit.
Sam would be in trouble and the maintenance will not just stop, but Sam would be forced to create something that could counter these airpower weaponry.
After discussing everything that Sam has to offer and that includes his special defensive structure that could be used against the sea creatures or any other invasion that could happen against the city and it mainly focuses on using the heat energy of the Lava and the lava itself as a weapon of defense.
As much as fire is considered weak against water, that depends of the intensity of the fire and there are many indirect methods they could use this.
Then came the discussion about Sam's compensation. The discussion was heated and Sam clearly said that he is not really interested too much in the spirit stones, even if they are elemental stones.
After some futile attempts to convince him, they decided on a certain value of the spirit stones for the compensation and they would provide different options to Sam in a few days and each option would be equivalent to that said value and he can select what he wants from among those options.
Sam agreed and he stressed the fact that the compensation should include the explanation they have for the two attempts on his life and the deal wouldn't go through.
One must say he is treading on thin ice as he was very aggressive in the negotiation without backing down. There are veiled threats, warnings, and forceful demands, but he didn't back down but he still managed to walk away.
After Sam finished the negotiation, Varien is tasked to take Sam back to the capital.
Sam went on with selecting the artisans that will be working on this and many of the newly joined artisan students are also going underwater. The first construction would be the defensive structure which would also give a veil for the elves. After it was completed, the main artisans that are part of Sam's original crew will make the internal construction of the weapon manufacturing plant.