Hubert looked at the elders, but they stood there with awkward expressions, not knowing what to do.

‘Damn it, useless fools!’

There was no one among them well-versed in business, so there was no one to lead this negotiation.

“The young man is quite firm, I see. But transactions don’t always go exactly the way one wants. Since you’ve come all this way, and we can conduct this deal smoothly, let’s settle on double the price as we initially discussed. That should be more than suff—”

Before Hubert could finish speaking, Ghislain stood up again.

“Take care.”

“I meant it …