Chapter 2 A Shocking Work
Albert's vision of firearms was a real eye-opener for Boshean, especially since many of the points he said coincided with what Seifer told him, making him feel as if he didn't know this brother at all before, especially when he said that he wanted to come up with a new type of firearm, he couldn't believe his ears, and of course he wouldn't trust his brother 100%, but Boshean still agreed.
After breakfast, Albert prepared to head out to the Royal Library of Belgium, which has the most complete collection of military weapons in Belgium to date. As soon as Albert stepped out of the house, a luxurious Cadillac 75 Series sedan pulled up in front of him, and the white-gloved driver stepped out of the car to open the door, but Albert shook his head and refused.
"You go and do something else, I want to walk by myself."
The driver was obviously surprised by Albert's words, could this noble young master change his sex today? You must know that no matter where he went before, he was a big man who could take a limousine and try not to walk. And what's more, as the royal driver, it was his duty to drive.
Albert patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go ahead, it'll be fine." ”
After seeing off the driver, Albert prepares to take the bus to the library, and as he walks, he "communicates" with Tianyan in his mind.
"I said Tianyan, did you have a clear understanding of the Earth's weapons before you took me through here? Including any technology I want can provide? ”
"Well, in other words, the development of weapons on your planet is really backward enough, and you are still using ballistic weapons, while laser weapons are still at the initial level of development. The rest of the planets with advanced intelligent life have long been using laser-based or powered weapons. However, it is understandable that a civilization that has only undergone 3,000 years of development can do this. ”
Albert's words made Albert incredulous, and he asked half-jokingly, "Can you still provide the design drawings of the laser weapon?" I'm going to study it now, and there won't be anything about the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. ”
"Absolutely." But Tianyan poured a basin of cold water without hesitation, "With your current industrial development, it is far from reaching the level of being able to make this kind of weapon, even if it is provided to you, it will be useless." But isn't it time for you to care about something else? ”
"Huh?"
"There's a guy in a plaid shirt who's been sneaking around and following you from the moment you get out."
After getting on the bus, Albert didn't rush to find the stalker, he just looked through the small mirror on the bus and saw a sneaky man wearing sunglasses and holding a camera in his hand, three rows behind him.
With the memories of the original host, Albert immediately recognized his identity, Tom, the ace entertainment reporter of the Belgian Entertainment Daily. It turned out that several lace news of "Albert" were from him, and there was even an incident of two people fighting, it seems that it is really not a family that does not get together.
However, Albert did not intend to expose this benevolent brother, he still had a plan to do, and when he arrived at the library, he got out of the car directly, and Tom, who followed behind him, hesitated at the door of the library for a moment, but still walked in.
After entering this magnificent royal library, Tianyan disappeared from his mind, it said that it would collect it alone, in the Internet era without the explosion of information, Tianyan had to complete the scanning of thousands of military books, as well as the analysis and classification of content, even if it was an alien technology, it would take a day.
Albert took a random book from the shelf, walked to his seat and sat down to read in silence, letting the eye of heaven detach himself from his consciousness, and browsed through the books on military records in the library.
At this time, Tom, who was sitting not far away, was extremely depressed, thinking that he would be able to get the first-hand lace news of Albert, a playboy, today. Even the president of the daily newspaper has promised him to be the editor-in-chief of the entertainment section next month, but there is no room for mistakes at this critical moment.
However, it is a pity that Albert's actions have disappointed the reporter, except for sitting in his seat and concentrating on writing, he has not made any moves out of the game at all, and even the little girls around him are indifferent to the handsome prince's secret send-off, he always feels that Albert is too abnormal today, but the more abnormal it is, it arouses the reporter's curiosity, and he also patiently calms down to find out.
During this period, Albert only went to the toilet, but on the way to the toilet, he would also take the notebook with him, which made Tom have no chance, and it made him itch even more, what kind of ulterior secrets were recorded in that notebook? He felt that as long as he got that book, tomorrow's headlines would definitely send him to the pinnacle of his career.
Outside the window, the sun began to darken, Albert put down the pen in his hand, stretched his waist, and at this time, Tianyan had also collected all the information needed and returned to Albert's body.
"How's it going?" Albert communicated with the Sky Eye in his mind.
"According to the analysis of the data, it is the same as your original level of world weapons development. So in terms of military affairs, it is almost equivalent to a world with a 100% synchronization rate. ”
"Then we're going to meet Mr. Reporter."
Albert closed the book, walked directly to Tom who was napping, pulled the chair in front of him and sat down, patted him on the shoulder, "Hey, old man, it's time for you to wake up." ”
Tom woke up suddenly, saw the Belgian prince sitting opposite him with a smile on his face, subconsciously pulled the corners of his mouth, and said, "I'm sorry, this gentleman probably recognized the wrong person." ”
Albert almost remembered your appearance even if he turned to ashes, he handed over the stack of manuscripts in his hand, and said calmly, "Don't pretend, Tom, the kick I kicked in your balls last time wasn't hard enough, but today I'm not here to fight with you, I want to make a deal with you, a business that can make you editor-in-chief, or even make a name for yourself." If you are interested, you can take the manuscript I have at hand and read it. ”
Tom hesitated, he obviously didn't believe that there would be a free lunch in this world, but what he had always been curious about was close at hand, and in the end, curiosity prevailed over reason and took the manuscript.
Albert stared at him with a "look at me and knew you would do it" expression.
Tom turned the first page, with a striking title written on it, "The Old Man and the Sea", this time Tom felt that his brain cells were not enough, could it be that this uneducated and unskilled aristocratic child planned to enter the literary world?
Of course, Albert also had his own little abacus in mind, "The Old Man and the Sea" was created by Hemingway in 1953, and he wrote it eight years ahead of him, which is naturally blameless. And Albert needed a chance to change his image in front of the public, which was obviously the easiest way to do it.
"Your Excellency Albert, with all due respect." Tom, who finished reading the novel, bluntly said, "Are you planning to publish this novel in our magazine?" To be honest, I'm not too optimistic about this work. ”
Albert grinned, crossed his chin with his hands, and took out the negotiator's tone, "Tom, like I said, this is a deal. In fact, I'm willing to pay you 20,000 francs, as long as the work is published in your magazine word for word, and that's enough. ”
Tom's little heart fluttered, 20,000 francs! But his own salary for a month, and this local tyrant prince was so generous in order to get a work in a magazine! Tom sighed a little, this is going to be a few more such wrongs, he has never had to worry about eating and drinking in his life.
"Yes, I can help you publish this article, but this newspaper is not responsible for what public opinion will be triggered in the future." Tom first took the blame.
"Okay, but I have one more request." Albert continued, "I know you in the industry will be able to get the address of the writer Hemingway, and please make this novel available to them as soon as possible." Of course, I will pay for all your expenses. ”
This time Tom really thought that the prince was crazy, and he was completely crazy. Who is Hemingway, the author of "The Snow of Kilimanjaro" and "The Sun Also Rises", a rising literary star in the American literary world for more than 20 years. Although you are the prince of the Belgian Empire, in front of others, you will not care about your European aristocratic status at all, and you will definitely criticize your article with blood.
Sending "The Old Man and the Sea" to Hemingway was also a very nasty part of Albert's plan.
For the first time, Tom wanted to comfort His Royal Highness, who did not know the height of the sky, but when he saw Albert's impatient expression, he swallowed the words from his mouth and muttered to himself, "This is your own humiliation, and it has nothing to do with me." ”
After reaching a consensus with the entertainment reporter in front of him, Albert got up and said goodbye and went home, leaving Tom alone to think about it.
Back in the dormitory, Albert had brought a pile of white paper and a measuring tape from elsewhere, and even the cleaning servants were wondering how His Royal Highness the Prince was running around with a pile of white paper today. Albert, who was engrossed, didn't care about the eyes of others, and after all the things he needed were moved back to the dormitory, Albert communicated with Tianyan in his mind and said, "Now, give me the blueprints of the AKM and FAL rifles." ”
Tianyan asked curiously, "Why did you choose AKM instead of AK47?" ”
"If I knew that AKM could improve the many shortcomings of the AK47, why would I go to the trouble of going to them to make a firearm that was destined to be replaced? If it weren't for the fact that the demand for small-caliber rifles wasn't so strong now, I would have wanted to start designing the AK74 from now on. ”