Chapter 33

Topaz was stunned for a moment; this was clearly outside the plan.

Jade didn't speak again, but after turning around, she winked at her, and only by her lip movements could one recognize what she was saying.

'Good luck.'

Good luck with what?

Negotiations?

Before Topaz could react, Jade had already left the shop with all the company commissioners.

For a moment.

Only three people were left nearby.

Miss Miss Xueyi had that same expression; even though she heard Jade's entire offer, which actually shocked her, on the surface, she showed no change.

Considering her skills, from a bodyguard's perspective, she was absolutely qualified.

"Let's go."

Lin Qi said suddenly.

"Where to?"

Topaz asked subconsciously.

"To eat, aren't you hungry? Even if you don't need to eat after becoming an executive, it's good to satisfy your cravings," Lin Qi explained.

"Oh, oh, where are we going to eat?" Topaz asked.

"Right here."

Lin Qi looked at Miss Miss Xueyi, "Did you buy it back?"

Miss Miss Xueyi nodded, then took out an exquisite wooden box from her dimensional pocket, which was indeed food from a high-end restaurant in Luo Fu.

But Topaz didn't think so on the other side; she only saw that these had been bought in advance.

So...

I ran all the way from the company headquarters, flatly rejected the top-tier banquet arranged by the Luofu Luofu Xianzhou officials, just to eat takeout with you?

Seeing Topaz didn't react, Lin Qi asked again.

"What are you still standing there for? Don't want to eat?"

"Eat!"

Inside the shop.

Lin Qi watched Topaz wolf down the food, dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.

Finally, he could only look at Numby, who was also "eating" under the table, and said, "You really are your master's pet, same personality."

"You got it backward!"

Topaz rolled her eyes at Lin Qi, not forgetting the serious business.

"Lady Jade entrusted me to continue negotiating the cooperation, but I don't know where to start, after all, such generous terms have already been offered; if it's just cooperation, it shouldn't reach that level."

"But I still want to ask one thing, what do you need most?"

"As long as it's within the company's acceptable range, anything can be agreed to."

What do I need most?

Lin Qi found the answer in his mind without hesitation.

Influence points.

Come to think of it, joining the company is actually a good choice.

Because the company is big enough, and his position after joining would be high enough, he could easily create influence through curiosities and obtain a certain amount of ordinary influence points.

But whether it's ordinary influence points or plot influence points, they are obtained more from "specific" people.

And the multiplier is extremely high!

Much higher than non-specific characters.

A slight influence on a specific character even exceeds a comprehensive transformation of an unknown galaxy.

Therefore, the company actually can't give too many influence points.

At least joining the company can't make Lin Qi's heart race.

Furthermore.

The way of cooperation might not necessarily fail to obtain influence, it's just not as direct, and the acquisition rate will be a bit lower.

And besides this, what else is needed?

Credits?

These are just numbers, not very meaningful.

Although buying a life planet does cost a lot, that's because Lin Qi follows the rules.

As long as he wants to, credits are nothing.

Various technologies never encountered before? Scepter-level computing facilities? Scientific research resources that can be called astronomical?

It seems none of them are that scarce.

After some thought, Lin Qi knew what he wanted.

And it was the kind the company could give.

Seeking flowers, seeking evaluations.

33. Negotiation reached.

"I need a set of data, and I need you to provide information related to it long-term."

Lin Qi replied after some thought.

This answer surprised Topaz quite a bit.

"Data? The latest achievements of the Technical Research Department? That should be no problem! Anyway, they have hundreds of thousands of people in one research branch, and the output of one Amber Era isn't as much as yours in a month..."

"Not technical data."

Lin Qi shook his head, and without waiting for Topaz to guess, he explained, "After leaving the company, I have been researching imaginary energy, or rather, Path power, but my research didn't last long before it was forced to stop because the materials weren't enough..."

"Then you should ask for these materials," Topaz couldn't help but say.

"That is indeed the case, but you can't provide these materials. Think carefully, where is Path power generally concentrated?" Lin Qi asked back.

"Powerful Pathstriders, or even Emanators."

Topaz reacted quickly and nodded, "Oh! I understand, you want a list of... famous Pathstriders in the universe?"

Lin Qi nodded, "Something like that, but it's better to be more precise, narrow down the scope of the list, only the special ones, you understand?"

"Got it!"

Topaz was able to become a company executive at a young age, so her comprehension ability was naturally not bad, and her memory and business ability were also top-notch.

Lin Qi had just made the request, and she had already started executing it the next moment.

"I happen to have the authority to access the list of these special people, wait for me to filter it."

Saying this.

Director Topaz entered work mode.

In Topaz's view, Lin Qi might need to do "human experiments" to deeply study Path power.

And for such experimental materials, there is only one choice.

That is criminals.

And preferably the kind that are famous throughout the universe.

In that case, she wouldn't have much psychological burden, at least... that's what Topaz thought.

So.

She was currently filtering out people who met the conditions from the list.

But what she didn't know was that Lin Qi's words were half-true and half-false.

And she also guessed wrong about the reason Lin Qi chose the list.

Lin Qi was indeed researching Path power, and even achieved results; the power source in Miss Miss Xueyi's body was an application of that result.

But researching Path power doesn't necessarily require the cooperation of powerful Pathstriders.

Even for experiments, there are many ways to achieve them.

The real reason Lin Qi chose the data was still plot influence points.