Unless it's actually an encryption key or devastating 0-day, I don't think any line of code can justify that kind of valuation.

Echoes of: "I have a multi-million dollar idea for a startup, I just need someone to code it for me."

Man, why is it so hard to believe that inovations can happen outside of USA. I am not saying china is not after some code/algorithms. But still, maybe people there are also working hard on these problems.