Chapter 6: Give you a chance to get close to your face

However, no matter how much she wanted it, she still had to drive the price down.

Carlos said, “Do you know that openly demanding such a price is illegal?”

“The Patrol Department can issue you a bonus, but if you want star coins equivalent to an assault boat, that’s a bit out of line.”

“Firstly, the assault boat must have some wear and tear. More importantly, the origin of this assault boat is unknown. Why wouldn’t we purchase one through official channels for the same price?”

“Look at what you’re saying,” Lin Wei Yu chuckled, “Didn’t you just happen to discover this ship during your routine patrol, then confiscate it according to federal regulations, and finally, just happen to give me, a warm-hearted citizen, a reward for reporting it?”

“Host, the other party’s breathing has become heavier, and their heart rate has increased by 20%.”

“It’s estimated that they were shocked by the Host’s shamelessness.”

Lin Wei Yu corrected the system in her mind: “How can a conversation at the negotiation table be called shameless? This is called negotiation skill. Besides, him offering me 500,000 star coins is even more shameless.”

She then added more fuel to the fire.

“Since the Patrol Department doesn’t really need the assault boat, then forget it. I can go ask the Special Operations Team, I’m sure they’d be very interested too~”

The communicator on the other end suddenly fell silent.

“And…” she continued to add fuel to the fire, “Don’t the officers of the Patrol Department want to show off in front of the Star Pirates by driving their assault boat? I’m giving you all a golden opportunity to rub it in their faces.”

Carlos: Damn it, this person on the other side really got to their most important point. This is a great opportunity to mock the Star Pirates!

“Detected the other party’s breathing rate has increased by 20%.”

“Host! He’s clearly tempted!”

“How about this,” Lin Wei Yu offered, “Let’s go with half the market price, 500 million star coins.”

“You…” The expression on Carlos’s face almost fractured. Even though he knew this price was a good deal, hearing it still startled him. “This is almost an entire year’s equipment budget for the department!”

“Oh, is that so? What a pity. Then let’s forget about it.”

Carlos had been prepared to haggle with this enthusiastic citizen for a few more rounds, but he didn’t expect the other party to play by her own rules and prepare to terminate the transaction directly.

No! Didn’t you contact us for a transaction! How can you stop talking halfway through!

“Wait, wait a minute!”

“20 million,” Carlos’s voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, “I can offer up to 20 million, on the condition that the overall framework of the assault boat is not damaged and it can operate normally.”

Carlos had never considered that Lin Wei Yu had a complete assault boat in her possession.

Of course, this was also due to Lin Wei Yu’s intentional misleading; the pictures sent to Carlos were all tattered and old.

This was also one of Lin Wei Yu’s strategies. If a particularly perfect item was sold cheaply, others might be wary, but if there were some minor flaws, everything would seem more reasonable.

Besides, her original goal was not to sell a complete assault boat.

Moreover, she couldn’t ask for too high a price, otherwise she might be targeted by the Patrol Department.

So, getting rid of this hot potato at a reasonable price was what she needed to do.

“This price is still a bit low, but considering I’m an enthusiastic citizen willing to support the work of the Patrol Department, I’ll take a small loss and give it to you at this price,” Lin Wei Yu said with a smile, “How do you plan to pay? I need to collect a certain deposit first.”

Carlos: “A maximum of 30% upfront!”

Lin Wei Yu stood her ground, “70%, and you pay the remaining balance after you see the goods.”

Carlos thought for a moment and nodded: “50%. We need to see complete photos of the assault boat to confirm its condition.” He said, seeing as she was still somewhat cooperative.

Lin Wei Yu generously stated: “Alright, as long as we reach an agreement, I can send you a video of the assault boat.”

“Okay, please give me a little more time. We still need to raise funds internally. Will this still be the contact method afterward?” Carlos still needed to contact the Patrol Department’s overall commander for approval.

“Hmm, but time waits for no one, my friend. After today, the assault boat will have to find a new buyer.”

After ending the communication, Carlos breathed a sigh of relief. The other party was a difficult one; the price was too hard to push down.

“Speaking of which, have you found any clues about Xiangyang District?”

“Let’s see if we can follow this lead to find that guy.”

“This is a big fish. With such strong abilities, it would be best if we could recruit him. If not, we must also be prepared.”

“The technical department will continue to track the other party’s traces, and also strengthen the system’s firewall.”

“Miller, Zhu Di, come with me to meet with the commander.”

—

On Lin Wei Yu’s side.

After hanging up the phone, she and Beibei dragged a pile of tools from the logistics storage room.

The system looked at their actions, somewhat puzzled: “Host, what are you doing?”

It was good that the system didn’t speak, but once it did, Lin Wei Yu remembered that there was still a laborer here!

“System, my dear system, can you possess a small robot?”

Lin Wei Yu pointed to a cleaning robot and asked.

“No! This system will not! I don’t want to possess such an ordinary robot!”

“But we’re going to have a super fun activity next, don’t you want to participate?”

The system, whose curiosity was piqued: “...What activity?”

“A little stress-relieving treasure hunt game, it’s really fun, isn’t it, Beibei?”

Beibei next to her flashed its signal lights in perfect cooperation, and even raised a mechanical claw to tap it.

System: What to do if I’m a little tempted?

“Alright, then let’s give it a try, but first things first! If it’s not fun, this system will immediately leave this broken robot!”

“Yay, let’s go! I’ll take this big one, Beibei you drag these tools, and System, you’re in charge of this pile.”

Lin Wei Yu dragged a pile of tools and swaggered out to the assault boat.

“Come on, let’s smash it!”

“Wait! Wait a minute, Host! The game you mentioned is destroying the assault boat?!”

“This assault boat was already damaged when it crashed during its land landing, why continue to destroy it?”

“Of course, it’s for ourselves! How could we give the other party a complete assault boat for such a cheap price? Of course, we’ll dismantle it first, keep the good stuff for ourselves, and just leave a frame for the Patrol Department~”

System: ...

It still underestimated the extent of the Host’s black-heartedness.

If the other party knew that the Host had dismantled an assault boat worth 1 billion into something that looked like 20 million, they would probably shout “what a waste of resources.”

“Don’t just stand there, come and pick through it together, see if there’s anything we need. Don’t you dislike the cleaning robot as a body? Then why not collect materials yourself and make a body?”

While Lin Wei Yu was speaking, Beibei had already operated the small laser cutter to cut open the outer shell of the assault boat.

Beibei could connect itself to the laser cutter and directly command the cutter to perform various actions.

Although it couldn’t show an expression, it exuded an air of excitement.

The Master said that Beibei could also choose whatever good stuff was inside!

Beibei wanted to see if there were any good parts.

It would replace its own with the good ones, and keep the rest as spares!

＜(￣︶￣)＞ Economical and diligent Beibei~