[Comprehensive Anglo-American] Gem Merchant

Chapter 96

"... Stark?"

The gentle voice of the jeweler came from the phone.

"Cough, I'm here, it's rare for you to call me...do you have anything to do?"

Tony Stark felt a little inexplicably guilty.Now the topic of Tony Stark's entry has rushed to the cusp of the Internet, and as another party who was implicated tragically, it sounds logical to come to settle accounts with himself.

"I was just watching the news."

The gem dealer's sincere voice came from the other end of the phone: "Then I want to talk to you about something."

Tony: "..."

Look, this is the tone of the ledger.He pretended to be relaxed and said, "Okay, face to face? When? Do I need to book a restaurant first and talk while eating?"

"No need, are you free now? I will space-jump to your laboratory in about 5 minutes."

Alphonse said: "Pepper said you're staying up all night again, it's not good for your health."

"Five minutes, oh well, of course no problem."

Tony quickly swiped the empty coffee can on the table. It was good that there was no takeaway box. He held the phone on his shoulder and frantically packed the folders on the table while answering: "Do you want some donuts?"

"Thank you, I'll pack up and go."

With a beep, the phone was hung up lightly, Tony Stark touched the bridge of his nose, put down the phone and turned to look at the dry smart devices in his laboratory: "Okay, old guys, count down for 5 minutes, put here Get tidied up, air purifiers and switches on full power, and heat up a double serving of donuts in the kitchen.”

artificial intelligence:? ?

The whole laboratory is busy.

When Alphonse opened the portal and came to Tony Stark's underground laboratory, there was a faint smell of air freshener in the air here.The mustache businessman changed his usual casual attire of wearing a T-shirt in the laboratory. He wore a suit and leather shoes without forgetting the cuff buttons, and he smelled faintly of aftershave.

Alphonse: ...?

Always feel that something is not right.

But it doesn't matter... After all, Tony Stark himself is a person who thinks out as soon as he thinks about it. Alphonse ignored the little sense of disobedience and directly expressed his intention: "I'm here to discuss with you about the desperate situation. The virus thing."

Tony: Oh...huh?

He still hadn't reacted a bit - after all, the gem dealer's eyes stayed on his messy lace news for a long time before, so that Tony Stark subconsciously thought that the other party came over and absolutely demanded himself angrily. To clarify the truth to everyone and delete the negative influence on the Internet, in fact, if the other party needs it, he will definitely do the same.

In the end, he didn’t expect that he was really here to talk about serious business—he thought a little sourly in his heart, as expected, for Alphonse, only the so-called “job content” could make him think.

"What are you going to ask? Tell me in advance, even with a genius brain of my size, it is not a matter of a day or two to fully understand and optimize the Extremis virus."

But the advantage of these superheroes is that they are fully focused when talking about work. Tony Stark supported the metal workbench with one hand, and pointed to the documents that were put away by Xiaodai: "You take these back I've already read the content, but the side effects and instability brought about by the extremis virus are the problems that Adric Killian has been struggling to solve so far-of course, I'm not saying that my brain is the same as that idiot, But I also need a little more time..."

Alphonse nodded knowingly: "So, have you ever thought about using occult methods to try again?"

what?

Tony Stark's eyes suddenly rounded. This was the first time that Alphonse took the initiative to mention to him that he could try non-scientific methods.In the past, even if the body has been exchanged, the gem dealer still tried to find a way to compete with himself, and he was unwilling to let others intervene no matter what: "For example? I don't know how far your gems can be-and if you consider In order to reduce the cost, it is difficult to mass-produce the functions that gem magic can achieve.”

"If it is simply to achieve the same healing function, the ruby ​​is indeed expensive."

Alphonse's fingertips slid across the metal workbench, and his bony fingers made Tony Stark look distracted, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down: "But, if you use other methods to remove the side effects of the Extremis virus , using gem magic as a link in drug production, the cost can be effectively controlled."

Although this kind of thing that needs to consume magic power will not be cheap in the end, but as an unprecedented medical breakthrough and an epoch-making technological advancement, such cost reduction is already a very impressive figure.Tony Stark's eyes lit up. As a businessman, he certainly knew how much economic and expected benefits such an approach would bring: "But the mystery cannot be made public?"

"I only told you about the core technology, it's not considered public."

Alphonse shrugged: "And the Extremis virus produced is still improved by Stark Industries, which was improved by Tony Stark himself, and the finished product will not contain any mystical residues - gem magic only starts To the filter function in the production process, it is equivalent to a special processing equipment."

The blond-haired alchemist had obviously prepared a draft, and Tony Stark reasonably guessed that the other party definitely came up with this plan while staring at the news... It was his own lace news!How the hell does this guy's head grow!

"It's theoretically possible."

He thought about it and replied: "I can eliminate the biggest side effect of the Extremis virus that will cause the human body to collapse automatically, so as to ensure the survival rate of the individual after injection, but this can only prevent one person from dying due to the side effects of the drug. Death is all it takes, the Extremis virus's change of human personality is still a side effect that needs to be solved urgently, does your jewel magic have a similar effect?"

Alphonse nodded. In fact, being able to compress this dangerous drug with a fatality rate as high as 70.00% into a safe range is already an unimaginable feat for ordinary people. Rather, Tony Stark's current The results have greatly exceeded Alphonse's expectations: "I do have suitable gemstones, but I also need to make certain targeted improvements and a series of confirmatory experiments-but fortunately, after the main survival problem is solved , the rest of the experimental content can be carried out with a one-time alchemy life."

"The clay figure I saw last time in your clock tower?"

Tony Stark touched his chin and asked.

"Almost, clay dolls are more commonly used. Some people in the ore department use gravel or mercury. Advanced alchemy life can also be created using gems, but the consumables used for experiments don't need to be so laborious. .”

Alphonse explained: "However, when it comes to interdisciplinary subjects mixed with modern technology, I have to consult another expert in this field..."

Looking at the thoughtful look of the other party, Tony Stark finally couldn't help asking: "Why do you have to do this? In my impression, you usually don't care about such things at all .”

It’s not that he speculated maliciously. The gem dealer has always shown that apart from major events such as the destruction of the world, there are very few things that can pry each other’s emotions. In a sense, he and Crowley and Aziraphale The perspectives on human beings are similar, and they are all supporters of "most of them are alive." Wars between humans, turmoil and death between humans and humans will not be accommodated in the opponent's as long as they do not involve comprehensive and large-scale disasters. within the scope of consideration.

But that too cannot be blamed.

In other words, as long as you once saw the scene of Alphonse cutting open his soul when he confronted Dormammu, no one is qualified to blame the other party—as a human being, he has obviously tried his best.

Therefore, the mustache businessman takes all the remaining responsibilities as his own responsibility—the responsibility of a superhero is to protect everyone who can be protected.

In this case, if I go a little further and make this world more peaceful and stable, won't that person's gaze finally be able to take a break and focus on the crowd?

Hercules Hercules is not willing to bear the burden, Atlas supports the load of the sky, he Tony Stark can.Even if he can't completely share the other party's work, he is still willing to be a jack under the canopy that can lighten the load.

No matter what he wants to say, Tony thought, no matter what the reason is, the improvement of the Extremis virus will benefit the well-being of all mankind. He must be able to complete it, and only he can complete it.

So, under such heavy gazes, the jeweler raised his head and said earnestly and loudly: "Because I am short of money, the person who happened to call for help is probably also very short of money."

Tony: "..."

He took a deep breath, and almost wanted to reach out and press his chest. The words of the other party were really breathless for him, the richest man in New York City.

However, it is obviously impossible for the other party to ask for help unilaterally, probably because he saw the profit prospects of the Extremis virus, so he planned to make a technology investment—Tony Stark’s head was flying fast It's running: "That--that's no problem, Pepper is in charge of the business dividends and cooperation, I will ask her to draw up a contract for you later, and make as much profit as possible within the allowable range. for you."

"This is not a decision that can be made lightly."

Alphonse frowned instead: "You don't have to make so many concessions because of me."

The Extremis virus can definitely generate a lot of economic benefits, and can also change a part of the world, but Alphonse has not yet reached the point of directly embezzling other people's achievements-you know, the most important and dangerous part is still produced by Tony S. Tucker did it.

"There's no need to be businesslike with me, Al."

After talking about the business, Tony Stark finally had the opportunity to brush up the favorability of the jeweler again: "This is the way I chose to help you."

After all, among the various ways to gain favorability, he thinks the effect of krypton gold is the most simple and straightforward.

An hour later, the two highly efficient people brought the third person who urgently needed to join the team to the laboratory—even though the distance between the United States and the United Kingdom was less than half the world and the time difference was five hours, even if it was already night in London, Weber El-Mero Velvet was just about to change into his pajamas.

The clock tower star lecturer with long straight black hair exhaled a puff of smoke ring: "The well-known superhero and the well-known jewel lord...the two of you together must not have an easy commission, let's say, I want to What am I here for?"

Along with the explanation, El-Melloi II's expression changed from impatient to more and more surprised.

"You actually want to achieve such an effect."

He dusted off the cigar ash in his hand: "Theoretically, it is indeed possible, but it requires very complicated transformation and anchoring rituals, which I need to make further adjustments after I understand things like the Extremis virus--magic is mainly done by Alphonse is here to hold the ceremony, you know, my magic circuit can't support this level of magic."

The last half of the sentence was turned to the jeweler, and Alphonse nodded clearly: "The magic part, as long as you can deduce the method, I will do the specific execution part."

Tony Stark originally wanted to frown to remind him that smoking was prohibited throughout his studio, but after seeing the dust that had been thrown off disappear into the air out of thin air, he withdrew his thoughts: "Okay, you guys Magicians always have some wonderful tricks... Then it's time for a pleasant technical exchange? I can't wait to know how the Extremis virus will become universal."

"Then it's time to rest."

Alphonse glanced at Tony Stark with disapproval: "You have taken too much nicotine, twenty hours of continuous work is already very intense, and Mr. El-Melloi II also needs to rest... the remaining Let’s make another appointment.”

"How can you let me go to sleep after taking over such a big project!"

Tony protested: "How can you sleep in this situation!"

Alphonse: "..."

He raised his hand calmly, and was about to press the back of the opponent's neck, but the vigilant mustache businessman stepped back several steps to avoid him, and he didn't even make direct eye contact: "The same move can only affect me. Use it once, you don't want to hypnotize me this time."

"Oh."

Alphonse nodded, raised his hand and snapped his fingers in the air, Tony Stark fell down with an unbelievable expression, and fell straight into an embrace that had been prepared long ago.

Forget it...he thought before falling into sleep completely.

El-Melloi II watched all this with folded arms, and expressed a rare silence on this too hard-core way of getting along. Instead, Alphonse helped Tony Stark to the On the chair, I was still in the mood to chat with him: ""Six Universal Methods of Hypnotism", I have listened to your public class, and the level is really very good."

"It has to be used well."

Wei Bo sighed softly: "I have to excuse you to take me back?"

"My pleasure."

The golden portal slowly unfolded.

A few days later, Pepper Potts, who was extremely efficient, sent a contract in triplicate, one of which needed to be signed by Alphonse to King El-Melloi II. They even ended up bringing Stephen Strange on board.

Although the other party was full of reluctance at the beginning, he signed his name silently after being directly punctured "Do you still want to drink yogurt in Nepal?" Alphonse didn't even read the content of the contract He wrote down his full name without hesitation.

Legal utility is one thing, and a full name, handwritten by a magician, is more of a contractual concept, as rooted in the soul as a spiritual suggestion.

"Thank you so much for your cooperation, in every sense of the word."

Pepper Potts blinked at Alphonse: "Tony finally got a good night's sleep that day."

"You don't have to thank me for things like that."

Alphonse also frowned.

……

After the female secretary stepped on her high heels and left, the jeweler's lake-green eyes looked at the shop again. A black cat with pure black fur and green eyes was squatting on the glass display case in the lobby at some point.

"Contact Saul."

The black cat gritted its teeth and said, "Just say I'm in the atrium."

The author has something to say: Technological innovation is always a good way to get rid of poverty and become rich.jpg

El Mello II: Would it be possible to cooperate with someone other than a magician...

Al: Look at the share of the contract

El-Melloi II: It's up to me.