"Mark, your performance at the press conference just now was wonderful!" As soon as Mark walked in, Coulson, who had been waiting in the dressing room, came up to greet him.
Mark knew the other party's intentions and remained calm. After a polite handshake with Coulson, he got straight to the point: "Thank you for the compliment, Agent Coulson. We've met several times before, and we've reached a preliminary agreement on a partnership. The only thing we haven't agreed on yet is the price. So let's cut through the formalities and get straight to the point."
Seeing Mark's directness, Coulson didn't hesitate. He also wanted to complete the task quickly and report to his director. "Mark, let's start with the basic materials and discuss them in detail one by one."
Mark nodded in agreement, and Coulson continued, "First, there's graphene, which is considered a versatile material. Our SHIELD research center has already provided an evaluation report on the graphene material you discovered, Mark. The report shows that its military applications are incredibly valuable.
The Mark Research Center is currently the only company in the world with mature and cost-effective large-scale graphene production technology. Considering the practical applications of graphene in military, medical, energy, and other fields, S.H.I.E.L.D. is willing to accept your offer of $8 million per ton, but the prerequisite is that we can sign a priority supply agreement. If multiple parties place orders with the Mark Research Center at the same time, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s orders will be given priority."
"On this point, my bottom line is to give priority to meeting 70% of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s needs, and the remaining 30% will be supplied after the supply and demand are balanced." Mark did not agree to the other party's conditions just because S.H.I.E.L.D. agreed to his offer. Considering the future development needs of his own Stark Industries, if he agreed to this condition, then Stark Industries would be in a passive position when the supply and demand are tight and graphene materials are urgently needed.
"Okay, then I'll write this into the contract." Coulson nodded and modified the contract content directly on his laptop. It seems that they also took into account that Mark would leave some room for his own industry, and the 70% share did not exceed their expected bottom line.
"The second item is the magical suit you showed us earlier. It includes a magical suit that can give an ordinary person superhuman abilities, tracking glasses that can display maps and work with trackers and eavesdroppers, a bow tie-shaped voice changer that allows a person to have a variety of voice changes, an agent badge that allows agents to communicate at any time, a non-lethal portable weapon, a tranquilizer needle watch, a versatile and multi-purpose retractable belt, and enhanced shoes that can increase an agent's leg strength.
These equipment can indeed provide great help to our SHIELD agents in their work and reduce the risk of casualties during missions. However, at a price of $800,000 per set, we cannot equip every agent with this equipment.
So I hope your company can make some concessions on the price of the magic suit. After all, it concerns the life safety of an agent who maintains social stability, and S.H.I.E.L.D. has limited annual funding."
Hearing Coulson's request, Mark was somewhat hesitant and embarrassed. He was hesitant not because of the reduced profits brought by the price reduction, after all, he knew very well how low the true cost of the artifact set was. Even if he gave S.H.I.E.L.D. a 90% discount, he would still make a profit.
The problem is that the agents in S.H.I.E.L.D. are not only heroes who maintain social stability, but also Hydra soldiers lurking in the dark, ready to subvert the world at any time. Although he is confident that no one can break through his technical encryption of Hydra, Mark is reluctant to let the other party follow behind the real heroes and pick up such a big advantage.
Looking at Mark in front of him frowning and thinking, Coulson felt a little nervous. Could it be that the cost of the artifact set was really so high that the other party needed to consider it so deeply?
Coulson, who was unaware of the truth, could only endure the torment of waiting while pretending to be waiting patiently.
Suddenly, Mark, who was originally very conflicted, raised his hand and slapped his head, with a sly smile on his face, obviously he had thought of a brilliant idea.
"Coulson, I think what you said makes sense. We can't let the heroes bleed and cry. I can give you a 50% discount on the price, and you can also split the purchase according to your needs. You don't have to buy the whole set. I can also ask each SHIELD agent to be equipped with a free agent badge based on the SHIELD logo."
"Sir, you are so kind. I admire you!" Coulson was filled with gratitude. He knelt on one knee and saluted Mark with his fists clasped. The scene that Mark had imagined did not happen. Coulson just nodded excitedly and began to type rapidly on the keyboard again, adding the conditions given by Mark into the contract, as if he was afraid that Mark would regret it if he was slow.
"Hey, you Westerners really don't know how to be polite." Mark Zhineng complained silently in his heart, without any awareness of being a white-skinned, yellow-hearted egg person.
"Well, Mark, we have one last item on our list: a military-grade health assistant. It can handle a variety of injuries, perform complex surgical procedures, and has all-terrain adaptability and lethality. Honestly, your White Ball series isn't just exciting to us; the military, CIA, and FBI are all urgently applying for special funds to purchase this product. So, if you can guarantee that SHIELD's order will be prioritized, we can agree to a price of $18.6 million."
"Deal!" This time Mark did not refuse the other party's request. After all, the inflatable robot is not a basic material like graphene, and the other party has already made concessions on the price. There is no reason to continue arguing about this.
After the two sides agreed on the terms, Coulson immediately took out a portable suitcase printer and printed out three copies of the draft contract. One copy would be kept by Mark's company, one by S.H.I.E.L.D., and the final copy would be submitted to the World Security Council, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s parent organization.
Mark glanced through the contract and asked his secretary to fax it to the company's legal department for verification. After confirming that there were no problems, he signed the contract readily.
Coulson put the contract away with satisfaction. "I'll take the contract back to the Director for confirmation and signature, and then I'll send your copy back."
"No problem." Mark agreed. "Now that we've finished discussing this, I'll be leaving first. Tony is still waiting for me."
Seeing Mark getting up to leave, Coulson quickly called out, "Wait a minute. I'm here today not only to finalize this procurement contract, but also to complete something the director has instructed me to do..."
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