Once everyone was seated, Alex took a folder from the assistant beside him and handed it to Nick, saying, "Mr. Nicholas, this is basic information about our company, as well as some of our past successful cases."
Parrot Industries is a technology company focused on the research and development of drone technology. Over the past few years, we have achieved great things in drone technology. You can take a look; this is the drone light and shadow performance we did for the Atlanta Tourism and Culture Festival last year."
For this project, we used a total of 9,000 drones. You could say it set the world record for drone light performances last year."
While your technology still has many merits in terms of flight control technology innovation, there are still many shortcomings."
I know you want to start a business, but entrepreneurship requires capital. Our company is willing to invest one million to purchase your technological achievement, sponsoring you to continue fulfilling your entrepreneurial dreams."
One million, how generous.
Nick smiled, then turned to Terry at his side and said, "Go, bring over a case of water."
Terry nodded, glanced at Alex and his group, and then walked out quickly.
Seeing this, Nick shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, President Stuart. As you said, our technology is not yet perfect, so we have no plans to sell it for the time being."
"Haha, I know. It's not easy to develop a technology, so you're reluctant to sell it. I can understand that. But you also have to think about it—isn't technology developed precisely to realize its value?"
Technology updates so fast nowadays; hundreds or thousands of new achievements and technologies are born every day around the world."
If you don't seize the current opportunity, I'm afraid it won't be long before someone develops technology more advanced than yours. By then, the technology in your hands will become worthless. It's better to sell it for more money while you can."
If you're not satisfied with the price, we can discuss it further. Everything is negotiable," Alex said, not annoyed but persuading him with a face full of kindness.
Seeing Terry hand the water to everyone, Nick also picked up a bottle, twisted it open, took a sip, and then said to Alex, "I'm sorry. We currently have no plans to sell this technology. You've made the trip for nothing."
Alex's expression shifted upon hearing this. Beside him, Jerry quickly said to Nick with fervor, "Nicholas, why don't you reconsider? President Stuart here is very sincere. Once a person misses an opportunity, they'll be left with eternal regret."
To this, Nick gave a chuckle and shook his head. "Mr. Morgan, I'm sorry. Right now, we just want to do a good job with the exhibition. We aren't considering anything else for the time being."
Jerry wanted to say more, but Alex interrupted, "We can discuss the price further. How about this: a flat price of two million. This much money is enough for you to continue fulfilling your entrepreneurial dreams. Even if you don't want to start a business anymore, you can use this money to buy a house, a car, or something."
Young man, don't be so stubborn. Some things you think you can hold in your hands, but soon you'll find you were too naive."
Hearing Alex's words, Nick didn't bother dealing with him anymore. He leaned back against the chair and looked at him, saying, "Without naivety, where would innocence come from? Perhaps that is the capital of us young people."
I'm sorry, we still have many things to attend to. I won't see you out, President Stuart."
Alex originally wanted to say a few more words, but seeing Nick's gaze, he said nothing more. He stood up, glanced at Nick, and then walked out quickly.
As for Jerry, his expression shifted, then he put on a smile again and chased after him.
Nick sat there thinking for a moment, then shook his head slightly.
This person had no sincerity in cooperation at all; he was completely here to pick up a bargain. Whether the materials they brought were real or fake was one thing. Besides, for this technology, could two million really take it? He underestimated him too much.
Did he really think today's college students were that easy to cheat?
"Boss, that guy had a very unfriendly look in his eyes when he left. Will he trip us up somehow?" Terry said with some concern.
Snapping back to his senses, Nick shook his head. "Don't worry, he'll do nothing more than find some small trouble for us. No need to fear him."
What I'm worried about now is this guy surnamed Alex. He has already realized the value of our technology. I'm afraid he'll keep keeping an eye on us from now on."
"Then what should we do? Should we call the police? Hire some ninjas?" Terry's expression changed as he spoke quickly.
Nick shook his head. "What are you talking about? Our technology isn't world changing, he'll move on to the next fish."
But everyone should be careful over the next few days, especially keeping an eye on our things."
"You mean..." Terry began to understand.
Nick nodded. "As long as you understand. It's better to be safe than sorry."
He originally thought the matter would just pass like that, but he didn't expect the trouble to be yet to come. No one knew who had overheard their conversation, but soon the entire venue knew.
The figure of two million indeed stimulated many people's nerves and caught everyone's attention.
Everyone wanted to know exactly what project they had brought this time that could actually be offered two million directly.
After all, they were all college students or young people fresh out of school, at an age when they were proud and arrogant.
Now that one of them had suddenly emerged as better than the rest, these people naturally became envious and jealous.
Thus, their booth became lively. From time to time, two or three young people would come over to offer them a cigarette, borrow a light, or try to build a connection.
Nick was naturally clear about these people's purposes, but since everyone was young and there was no conflict of interest between them, chatting was still relatively relaxed.
During this time, Nick and the others naturally saw many projects brought by other teams, but there were very few that he could actually take an interest in.
Most of them were conceptual designs or small practical inventions, and they were all still in an initial stage, requiring a large amount of optimization before they could be converted into products.
This wasn't to say these things had no value; on the contrary, these projects were more welcomed by enterprises.
Every year, many tech companies would pick up some good things at very low prices among these exhibited projects. Perhaps those invention and innovation teams didn't even know how much their results were worth and were still jumping for joy over those few million.
As Nick expected, the commotion they caused naturally didn't escape the keen senses of those companies. When these companies saw the test videos of Nick and his team that had been circulated, they all gathered toward them like sharks smelling blood, their mouths wide open.