It has been some days since the ghost incident at the forest and Anya was fulfilling her promise to deal with Giovanni, she really didn't know what to expect, but she still left a fail safe at the lab in case something goes wrong.
A letter addressed to Samuel was left with Faesol, explaining what might have gone wrong with Giovanni and his potential ties with the criminal organization known as Team Rocket.
Meeting up with Giovanni was simple as Samuel had made the call and arranged for the private meeting between Anya and Giovanni, he had tried to wrench himself into the meeting. Anya denied him with the basis of professionalism and business credibility, Being a lone entrepreneur was also a sign that Anya was capable of running her own business, without a micromanagement from Samuel or anyone else.
A Pokémon doing business wasn't exactly unheard of, but there has only been a single confirmed case of an entire business being ran by Pokémon in Johto, a Delibird selling ice cream at the beaches of Olivine during summer.
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"So, let me get this straight" said Giovanni in a mildly surprised voice while reading a paper given to him by Anya. On the paper read the price of her business, she had Samuel help her with pricing of items as she had no idea how much would certain kind of information cost and what kind of information she should even sell. Locations of Legendary Pokémon were shot down the instant Samuel read about it for example, he ranted to Anya about the dangers of Legendary Pokémon and the calamity they might bring along with them, along with many other topics.
"You sell information about Pokémon, their Evolution conditions, moves? and this last part, it gives me the feeling that you know more, but can not give it an exact price estimation." Giovanni's eyes scanned the paper over and over again, his mind running on high gears mulling over the possibilities.
Anya sat on the custom chair, this time it had an extra cushion on the top. Anya was trying to stay as calm and professional as she could.
"This whole business is cleverly crafted, but what in the world, would you require such an amount of money, when you have one of the best trainers in the whole known world giving you anything you would require. Unless." Giovanni paused for a moment, deep in thought.
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"I would like to buy a Wild inquiry" He stated after a moment and Anya perked up and took moved her hands to the typewriter next to her to show Giovanni that she was ready. The Wild inquiry was a category of any type of question, which Anya would have to price on the spot, it had a flat price per question asked, she would then give an offer of price to the customer, if she was even willing to sell. It was made for rich people who thought anything could be bought with enough money.
Anya gave Giovanni a nod, informing him that she was ready for his question.
"I, would like to know, Why are you doing this? What do you need the money for?" he said in a serious tone. Anya thought for a while, having typed the question on the paper and below it NO EXTRA FEE. It wasn't the kind of question she was prepared for, honoring her own rules she gave the answer.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE INDEPENDENT, HAVING A HOME OF MY OWN AND THE ABILITY TO BUY WHAT I WANT WITHOUT THE NEED TO ASK SOMEONE ELSE.
"Interesting" Giovanni said after reading the paper "I would have though that having a former champion taking care of you would be enough, but I understand the need for independence"
The conversation lasted for most of the evening and Anya was getting uncomfortable with the amount of personal questions Giovanni was asking of her, she was carefully choosing her words, not wanting to give anything too important to the potential Team Rocket leader.
After a small break for dinner that Giovanni had ordered to be delivered to the office, he told Anya "I get the feeling that, this business you try to run is not going to work out. Even in the future where everything might be easier with new inventions, your sense of values prevent you from achieving true business." after a short pause he continued "You have no goal, no ambitions and this business you try to run will be either shot down or abused by others. What you do say or don't say might give away a lot more than you would have preferred"
"From the past few hours of talking, I know enough, I know that you do not tell me everything and it just confirms some of my suspicions about you." he said pointedly "The problem here is." He pauses for a moment "Why haven't you done anything? You avoid certain topics and know a lot about things you shouldn't know for someone who just appeared out of nowhere."
Anya stared at the man in disbelief, she didn't think that Giovanni would shot down her whole business idea so brutally without hesitation.
"No need to get upset, I am just stating the facts, being in information business is difficult" the corners of his mouth rose up into a smirk. "In fact, let me propose a deal with you" he said "Come work for me, I will give you your dreams, self governance, a home, proper pay and guidance on how to run a business properly." His voice was clear and confident a charming smile on his lips "In exchange, I would like to access all of the information you have sold and will sell while working together."
"So, what will you say Anya? Will you join my TEAM?"
