Even though Christine had a very large budget to work with, she was a little intimidated by this price. Setting aside the issue of whether she would be able to gather so much money in a short time, even if she could, Fall Crystals were a material that she had never come into contact with, so she had to think carefully about this. If she were to put down a deposit of 125,000 Loonies, that would place quite a strain on the turnover of their business.

"I'm already offering you a very good price. Even we don't know exactly what kind of price something like this will climb to in the future. At the moment, the price of 250,000 is only taking into account the labor costs involved. You just so happened to ask me if I had any new and interesting stock that I could offer, and that's why I mentioned these Fall Crystals. Otherwise, I wouldn't even have raised the subject. These are still very early days, so the price is still quite reasonable. Who knows that this number could swell to in the future?" Lewen said with a genuine expression, trying to rule out any possibility of bartering.

"Truth be told, after hearing your description of these Fall Crystals, we are actually very interested," Christine...