Ginny listened to the other party's words. If people who didn't know the inside story were involved, they could easily be deceived by Drake.
After all, searching for a new habitat for humanity, a new life planet, was not just an idea of the Life Foundation; various countries also had similar projects.
No enterprise or country dared to claim that they could make significant discoveries in just one or two attempts. However, Ginny knew that the Life Foundation had made some significant discoveries.
"To build Life Ship 2, how much is your funding gap?"
"2 billion. We need another 2 billion US dollars."
Hearing this amount, Ginny frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then said, "Our Sudis Industrial Company can lend you the 2 billion dollars for the construction of Life Ship 2. However, it needs to be secured with equivalent shares."
"After the spaceship is built and launched, you need to repurchase the pledged shares at the market price at that time. If the value of the pledged shares is lower than the loan amount, we have the right to unlimited compensation."
In simple terms, Ginny lent 2 billion US dollars to Drake, obtaining ten percent of the shares as collateral, to be used for the construction and launch of Life Ship 2.
After the construction and launch of the spaceship, if the stock price of the Life Foundation rises, turning the 2 billion shares into 3 billion US dollars, then Drake needs to use 3 billion to redeem the shares.
If the stock price of the Life Foundation falls, for example, from 20 billion to 10 billion, then Ginny's 2 billion dollars would receive twenty percent of the shares.
If the stock price of the Life Foundation falls to around 4 billion, then Ginny would directly own fifty percent of the shares.
The more the stock price falls, the more shares she would acquire. Conversely, the more the stock price rises, the more valuable her ten percent of the shares would become.
Hearing Ginny's request, Drake indeed looked serious and said to her, "Are you trying to take advantage of me?"
"Yes, I am."
Drake began to think seriously. His laboratory had already started human trials of symbiotes. Once the experiment succeeded, the successful hosts could directly ride Life Ship 2 to explore the planet where the symbiotes existed and learn everything about it.
By then, if they discovered a habitable planet, the stock price of the Life Foundation would be unstoppable. With the current value of 2 billion at ten percent, it would probably not even be worth one percent at that time.
After making up his mind, Drake said, "I accept your conditions, but I have two conditions of my own."
"First, the lawsuit regarding the drug trials needs to be dropped by you."
"Second, the malicious suppression of our company's stock price needs to stop."
"If you can do these two things, I am willing to accept your investment."
Listening to Drake's conditions, Ginny smiled and agreed, "No problem."
Soon, the two parties reached a cooperation agreement and signed a loan mortgage agreement according to Ginny's requirements.
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On the other side-
Eddie Brock, who received the offer, quickly joined the news media company under and started a new program, "Brock".
In the news-
After experiencing setbacks in his career, he once again returned to the peak of his professional career, and his popularity was not worse than before.
Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, another month passed.
During this month, things did not calm down. SHIELD found Captain America's shield near the wreckage of the plane where Captain America had crashed.
Agent Coulson was most excited upon finding the shield. As a loyal fan of Captain America, he was thrilled to see the shield, as if he had met his idol.
In Nick Fury's office-
"Director, since we have found Captain America's shield, it means that Steve should have crashed nearby."
"I believe that continuing to search in this area will surely lead us to Steve. As the first superhero and the leader of the Howling Commandos who thwarted Hydra's conspiracy, I think bringing back hero Steve is still of great significance."
Hearing Coulson's words, Nick Fury didn't think about winning back political capital by bringing back Captain America; instead, he thought about Steve's body itself.
Yes, Steve's corpse. Steve fell into the ocean and glaciers. If he was frozen like Captain America's shield, then his body would also be preserved.
Steve was the only soldier successfully injected with the super-soldier serum. For Nick Fury, finding his body meant that he could conduct extensive research.
Both the military and other corporations had researched the super-soldier serum to some extent and achieved certain results.
If they found Steve's body, it would serve as a sample for research and replication, greatly increasing the hope of replicating the super-soldier serum.
After contemplating for a moment, Nick Fury said, "Coulson, I have always known that Captain America is your idol. I will entrust this search mission to you."
"I will arrange personnel and resources for you. However, if we still cannot find him, Coulson, you will need to focus on other tasks."
Upon hearing Director Nick Fury's words, Coulson asked, "If we still cannot find him, can we issue a mission to the Hidden Village?"
Hearing Coulson's request, Nick Fury remained silent for three seconds before saying, "Coulson, we cannot always rely on the Hidden Village for missions like this. That's not what we should do."
"For this mission, try to find Steve's remains with our own resources unless absolutely necessary. Of course, you can also call on the services of Agent Kabuto to provide assistance in this mission, given his status as a ninja."
After hearing Director Nick Fury's advice, Coulson nodded.
"Yes, Director, I know what to do."
Then Coulson glanced at Captain America's shield on the table and left Nick Fury's office.
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Meanwhile, in San Francisco at the Life Foundation-
With the funding provided by Ginny, Life Ship 2 was quickly constructed. With the experience gained from building the first ship, many components only needed to be ordered and assembled to swiftly construct the second spaceship.
Regarding the experiments on symbiotes, Drake once again resorted to his old methods, using deceptive contracts to recruit homeless people from the streets to participate in experiments.
However, the compatibility of the symbiotes remained poor. Many homeless people used for testing did not survive, dying on the spot.
After numerous human trials, some hosts began to survive the symbiosis, but the observation period after symbiosis was not long.