Forget five hundred grand—the owner would sell his food processing plant without hesitation, even if he was only offered 300,000 US dollars.

For Merlin's part, he wasn't jumping to a deal. Instead, he asked for further details and even asked the owner to take him on a tour around the plant.

Behind the main building was an employee cafeteria and several warehouses. He naturally noticed that with just around three hundred workers around, a factory this vast could easily hide thousands.

In addition, there were about fifteen tons of canned products waiting to be shipped to the transit hub before it was shipped out, and it was worth about 40,000 US dollars in the current market price.

After a full tour around the food processing plant, Merlin told the owner, "Well, I've seen everything, but I must be honest—it's way more dilapidated than I expected.

"The cost of renovations, repairs, and upgrading will be at least several million dollars. I don't like to dilly-dally when doing busines