Hello, Mr. Luo Men, I am Zhao Hailun."
The beautiful woman in blue work attire introduced herself to the handsome young man who looked a bit young but perfectly fit her aesthetic.
"Hello, Dr. Zhao Hailun, I am Luo Men."
Sitting across from Zhao Hailun, Luo Men's expression was calm.
"Mr. Luo Men, let's not beat around the bush. The Rebirth Cradle project has a very promising future, but the subsequent funding required is quite substantial."
"It's fine. The one thing I'm not short on is money."
Sitting across from Zhao Hailun, Luo Men showed an indifferent expression.
However, this was also a fact. After changing his thinking, Luo Men also thought of a way to intervene in the Ultron incident: invest in Zhao Hailun and then directly participate as an investor.
Affecting Zhao Hailun's destiny wasn't a big deal. As long as the outcome of the Mind Stone wasn't changed, doing anything to the subsequent development would generally not cause any problems.
As for where Luo Men got the money, he still had to change his thinking.
After thinking for a long time, Luo Men realized that his initial idea still had some problems.
For example, living in a base for a short time was fine, but as time passed and the population increased, there would eventually be a risk of exposure.
Previously, because they had to escape the laboratory, the situation was quite rushed. Luo Men could only lead everyone to open up a base in the Nevada Mountains. Fortunately, Lisa's power could accelerate the growth of various crops, so there was no shortage of non-GMO food.
After living there for some time, everyone had actually adapted quite well to this stable life.
But ultimately, such a life was still a last resort.
However, Luo Men was fully capable of leading everyone to a better state. His Telepathy ability was now among the strongest, second only to Professor X, and perhaps even the strongest Telepath in this era. After all, Professor X, who was likely out of control at the moment, might not even be able to fully control his own abilities.
After changing his mindset, Luo Men began to use his Telepathy ability to get things done.
Getting a legal identity goes without saying. The next step was to borrow money from kind people.
Luo Men was not a moral paragon, so after a good discussion with kind people in Beacon Country, Luo Men made slight use of his Telepathy and successfully completed the initial accumulation of capital.
After completing the accumulation of capital, Luo Men immediately began to transfer everyone from the base.
With his Telepathy ability, sufficient financial resources, and little Lucci's metaphysical boost, he successfully transferred everyone to a private island in the Pacific Ocean.
That's right, to house everyone, Luo Men specifically bought an island, spending billions of dollars. However, it was worth the money; at least he didn't have to worry about any unnecessary dangers.
Because the island was full of his own people, everyone could use their powers freely.
Later, Luo Men also planned to visit Wakanda. Wakanda's Vibranium shield mimicry technology was quite good. Although they were all developed based on Vibranium, he would just bring back the Vibranium along with them.
As for why he wasn't doing it now, the reason will not be elaborated on too much. It was still due to concerns about Ancient One, and at present, there were still relatively few people on the island, so there was less need to worry about exposure.
It didn't take him long to settle everyone down before he began to contact Zhao Hailun.
For experimentalists, except for guys like Tony Stark, there was basically never a time when the budget was completely sufficient. Having someone invest was naturally a good thing.
"That being said, I won't let my investors invest without knowing anything. You can take a look at this information first."
As she spoke, Zhao Hailun handed a document to Luo Men.
Luo Men looked at Zhao Hailun's serious face, nodded, and then took the stack of documents.
Looking at the documents in his hand, Luo Men also read them carefully. His powerful mental strength allowed him to almost achieve photographic memory. However, he didn't particularly show this, just scanning through them at a speed of ten lines at a glance.
After reading, Luo Men gained a better understanding of the Rebirth Cradle technology.
This was a regenerative, self-generating, and self-manufacturing technology. It could be said to be an advanced medical technology, an application of genetic technology, nanotechnology, and intelligent technology integrated into the medical field. It was applied to wound repair, tissue and organ regeneration, and human body reconstruction, more advanced than cloning technology.
To some extent, the Rebirth Cradle technology could even achieve the effect of eternal life, but to reach this level, further development of this technology was needed.
However, Luo Men thought of more things. Did this technology have greater potential, such as using it on Mutant to promote the awakening of their X-Gene, and so on? For such gene-related technology, it seemed not impossible to achieve this without risk.
Luo Men's expression remained unchanged, but the Rebirth Cradle technology was indeed not that simple.
His main purpose for coming here this time was to contact Zhao Hailun and then, incidentally, contact Ultron to see if he could get close to the Mind Stone. However, it now seemed that the Rebirth Cradle technology might also be a good harvest.
"How much more funding is needed?"
After reading the document, Luo Men spoke calmly.
Hearing Luo Men speak, Zhao Hailun was not surprised. She was incredibly confident in the potential of this technology.
Therefore, after a moment of thought, looking at Luo Men, Zhao Hailun tried to speak, "Three hundred million dollars, for a ten percent share."
"Five hundred million, for twenty percent!"
Looking at Zhao Hailun, Luo Men stared into her eyes and spoke. Anyway, the money came easily, and he felt no heartache spending it. If it's used, it's used.
Hearing Luo Men's words, Zhao Hailun's pupils constricted. This inhumane generosity made her wonder if she had asked for too little.
However, after thinking about it, a five hundred million dollar share was enough to cover her experimental needs. The original three hundred million dollars for a ten percent share was meant for Luo Men to bargain down, and she would seek investment from other sources for the remaining shortfall. But with Luo Men's offer, even giving up a twenty percent share didn't seem unacceptable.
"Then it's settled. Happy cooperation."
"Happy cooperation."
Shaking hands with Zhao Hailun, both parties summoned their legal teams to resolve the contractual issues. With both sides reaching a consensus, this was a relatively simple matter.
"It will take some time for the contract to be finalized. There's no need for us to just sit here. Mr. Luo Men, would you be interested in visiting my laboratory?"
"It would be my pleasure."