<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKwa hivyo kwa kuuza kwa 700,000 tu - ikiwa kweli alifanya hivyo - Brown alifunua matarajio yake kwamba washindani labda maafisa wengine wa cheo cha juu na njia za kuathiri sera ya biashara walikuwa tayari kumshinda.  <response>: So by selling out for a mere 700,000--if he really did--Brown revealed his expectation that competitors presumably other high-ranking officials with the means to influence trade policy were prepared to undercut him. 