He notices that Cole has gone quiet. He'll talk to him about this later. But he can guess what Cole would say, since he more or less already said it. Macaque doesn't care.

"Tell me what I could do to help him. Specifically, in detail, all the possibilities you can think of. What would you want from me for that deal?"

He's not saying that he'll pay any price. But he's asking what the price would be, so he's at least considering it.