Orion Crest, Series_1

Chapter 136: Financial independence

　　There wasn't really a question of who won and who lost, the proposal Orion had made was definitely a win-win situation for both him and Umicore.

　　Otherwise Carodit wouldn't have nodded so easily.

　　But after all, it was a $400 million business.

　　Even for an international chemical giant like Umicore, it was by no means a small sum of money, especially when Orion put forward the difficult condition of "a lump sum payment before the end of the year".

　　After signing the letter of intent, in order to convince the board of directors in a hurry, Carodit did not even bother to eat dinner, only had time to open a bottle of champagne and toast with Orion, and then made a phone call while leaving the hotel in a hurry.

　　According to his promise to Orion, he would fly back to his headquarters in Brussels, Belgium tonight to convince the board of directors to agree to this patent cooperation agreement and try to get the contract signed before the end of the year.

　　As for whether it could be done, Carodit could only say that he would do his best.

　　After all, for a listed company, involving hundreds of millions of dollars of transactions, not a casual decision.

　　Other than that, no matter whether the contract was finally achieved or not, from the moment the letter of intent was signed, the relevant information would have to be disclosed in advance on the stock market.

　　The phone call from Carodit just now was to the secretary of the board of directors.

　　Quietly enjoying the rest of his dinner, Orion got up and left the hotel lobby, returning straight to the room where he was staying.

　　His steps along the way were light, just like his mood.

　　Until the door of the room closed behind him, Orion sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the letter of intent in his hand and feeling the accelerated heartbeat.

　　"Four hundred million dollars ......"

　　Never thought he'd make the jump from middle class to financial independence in just one night.

　　When he was a child, he did dream of winning the million dollar lottery, as for the millions above the millions, and even hundreds of millions ...... to be honest, he did not even dream of it.

　　What would be something nice to buy?

　　Hire another teaching assistant?

　　Buy Cara a supercomputer?

　　Go to Paris to buy two suites? One for himself and one for his pets?

　　Or ......

　　Tweet first?

　　Well, in the end, sanity prevailed.

　　Orion, who had just taken out his mobile phone, eventually restrained the urge to "share the joy" with his fans and put the phone back into his pocket.

　　When it comes to money, it's better to keep a low profile.

　　Taking a deep breath, Orion got up and went to the bathroom to take a shower to calm his boiling brain down a bit.

　　As for the question of "what should he buy with so much money?", he planned to leave it until after the contract was signed.......

　　After washing up, he lay flat on his back.