Muttering softly to himself, James leaned back as the bidding hit sky high levels. This was far more than he had anticipated on spending, and was quite surprised that people could just have this amount of money lying around. Sure the majority of the members here could come up with quite a substantial amount of cash if needed, but some of the numbers being thrown around just seemed crazy.<br/><br/>It made little matter though, since upon seeing Katie and reading her dossier, James knew he had to have her. Though it meant giving up something something extremly valuable, he hoped it would gain him something worth just as much.<br/>"I'm willing to offer up my controlling shares of Google stock. Obviously the market fluctuates and thus the value is never set in stone, but at current trading rates it is probably valued at approximately 500 million dollars."