Or....
Cortese said to Fry: "Bazza me ole mucker. I'll give you £2m for Macko if we get an offer we can't refuse for Chambo. On one condition....if the press ever ask you if we've talked money, just say we had a chat about it, but never made a bid. Ok?"
Fry to Cortese: "Okey dokey Nicky baby. Mum's the word, you cunning geezer you"