So not one million gold, but twenty million. Please May, don't let the rational side of your brain get switched off by the emotional side:
(a) you don't get something for nothing,
(b) if he's willing to part with twenty million, just how dangerous is the task he wants you to do?
(c) has he got twenty million gold?
If so, (i) what portion of his fortune is he prepared to give away?
(ii) will he really do so, or is he just bluffing?
(iii) is it a grant or a loan?
(iv) how did he acquire his wealth? Robbery, "donations" from previous test subjects, business / investments, or dug out of a hole in the ground?
It wouldn't surprise me if pushed on the subject, he'd claim he asked the Qualia how he could make money fast...