So you're saying you wouldn't be able to come up with five million of this world's currency right now for the return of your precious item?

[Yes, he's pushing the rates high here, knowing how important a lightsaber must be to the Count. He doesn't expect him to even consider that amount reasonable. He certainly gave Oswald a very much lower amount for this retrieval - taking off many zeros... But there he's trying to build up a working relationship. Bane doesn't trust Dooku. He paid up later but payment had wavered in the past.]