Section 148, the great scientist Mr. Hawking
"Welcome to Gem Harbor!" Grandet said to Dante in a slightly smug tone. Then, he walked out of the antique shop. Dante, Chen Xiaoyao and Pushkin followed him out of the store. Dante couldn't open his eyes with a dazzling burst of sunlight, and he was dazzled by the bustling port city in front of him.
It's truly a thriving, vibrant port city!
The overall shape of the Gem Harbor is like a huge shell, with the tail facing the land and the head facing the ocean, and the whole thing is facing the sea to the west, as if it is welcoming various ships going back and forth between the Dongyang Continent and the Xiyue Continent.
The antique shop in Grande is located on the very edge of the southeast side of Gem Harbour, which is a relatively less prosperous area, the reserve area. Most of the storage warehouses are located here, mainly for the storage of goods by various commercial establishments in the port.
The area of the reserve area is not large, and there is a residential area on the side. However, Gem Harbour is also similar to Cogwheel Town, divided into urban and suburban areas, and most of the real residential areas live on the outskirts of the city. The entire Gem Harbour was built on the edge of a long curved cliff, along which protective walls and watchtowers were built to defend against foreign invasions.
Neither the reserve area nor the residential area is nothing. The business district is the most important thing in Gem Harbour. The largest area of Gem Harbour is the commercial district, which is home to a wide variety of processing and service industries. Among them, the processing owners are mainly small handicraft industries processed by jīng, or service stations of some large industries. The service industry is very rich, and there is everything to eat, drink and have fun. Ash and Lily are probably on a shopping spree there.
The most striking thing is that there is a small island in the sea not far from the Gem Harbor, and on the small island is a very tall stone statue. I saw this stone statue smiling, facing the gem harbor with open arms, as if to embrace all the people in the gem harbor.
All kinds of people, coming and going, busy with their work and business.
It was a hot wave, and Dante only felt that he was unaccustomed to the sudden jump to this place. Anyway, it's still snowing over there in Gear Town.
Coconut palms, sandy beaches, seagulls, waves of turquoise waves, all the soothing seaside scenery made Dante feel very comfortable, and soon made him forget the troubles of the heat.
"Come with me." Grandet led the way for Dante, and as he went, he said, "In Jewel Port, there are many people, and we need to keep a low profile." I'm nothing here. There are too many people here in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. ”
Dante whispered as he walked, "Does your company have any other branches besides Cogwheel Town and Gem Port?" How big is your company? ”
Grandet glanced at him and replied in a low voice, "There are no branches anywhere else." Cogwheel Town is my home base, and Gem Harbor is mainly because I am involved in the investment, so I have a share. Di Jīng has built several relatively large trading towns around the world, and there are several large ones on the Xiyue Continent. The tribe doesn't seem to be as good at business as the Alliance, so we're relatively open there. On the Dongyang Continent, due to the cooperation between the alliance and the dwarfs, our business was suppressed. ”
"Boom"
While Dante and Grandet were walking and chatting, a loud noise was heard from outside the walls of Jewel Harbour. The sound was the sound of an explosion, and the sudden explosion shook the earth and shook the mountains, deafening. The originally busy but calm Gem Harbor was completely blown up, and all the people who were busy were startled and hurriedly looked towards the place where the explosion was smoking.
"Ding Ding Ding"
jǐng bell 大作! The firefighters and jǐng guards in the harbor reacted quickly and immediately began to run towards the location where the explosion had occurred.
"Oh no, it's Hawking again!" When Grandet heard the explosion, he looked at the place where the smoke was coming from, and immediately his face was like dirt, and he hurriedly ran, shouting at Dante and the others as he ran, "Hurry! Hawking is in trouble again! Dante hurriedly followed him to the location of the explosion.
The location of the explosion is on the outskirts of Gem Harbor, near the city walls, but you have to walk out to get there. Passing through the port gates, built from a broken ship, Grandet led Dante and the others to a small house outside the city walls. As expected, it was this small house where the explosion occurred, the firefighters were busy putting out the fire, and the jǐng reserve unit was around jǐng ring.
Dante saw another man in a very jīng black suit standing in front of the small house, and next to him stood a minotaur dressed as a naval captain. It seems that this pair has a lot of origins.
"Mr. Grande!" Seeing Grande running over in a panic, this black sè suit seemed to be very angry, pointing at Grande and shouting, "Look at the good things your people have done!" Hum! ”
"Uh...... This ......" Grande said with a smile to the black sè suit jīng, "Mr. Rivigaz, I'm so sorry! ”
“……”
Dante saw Grande talking like this, and thought to himself, this black sè suit called "Rivigaz" seemed to have a lot of status, and even Grande had to smile at him. He guesses he's the owner of Gem Harbor, right?
Rivigaz pointed to the small house that was being extinguished, and said to Grande, "Go and see." Let's see if that neurotic you raised is still alive. If he's already been blown up, I'm going to see his body collected! ”
"Ah, yes...... It's ......"
Grandet nodded and walked to the small house, shouting inside, "Hawking, are you still alive?" How are you? ”
When Dante saw him like this, he immediately thought it was very funny. Is there such a way to save people? It's coping, right? Maybe Grandet really wanted that-stirring stick Hawking to hang up like this.
"Ahem...... Boss...... I'm okay...... I'm okay......"
Unexpectedly, from the small house with thick smoke, a man's voice actually came out. It sounded like nothing was wrong with him, just choking on the smoke.
"Poof......" Dante heard this and thought it was very funny, and couldn't help but want to laugh, but for the sake of Grande's face, he couldn't help but laugh.
"OMG!" Grandet heard such a voice coming from inside, and a very embarrassed expression appeared on his face. He hurriedly continued to shout: "Hawking? Is that you, Hawking? Are you hurt? ”
"The owner...... I'm out...... I ...... a short man blackened with smoke staggered out of the small house. This jīng, including the whole head, is like jumping into a coal pit and rolling three times, and the whole body is a briquette.
Seeing this, Dante thought to himself, this place jīng should be Hawking.
"Hawking!" Grandet saw that Hawking, who was smoked into briquettes, actually survived such a violent explosion like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang, and it didn't seem to be injured at all, he couldn't cry or laugh, and pointed at him and scolded, "You idiot, why do you always do such strange things." You're fired from today! Fuck off now! ”
"Boss!" Hawking was scolded and fired by his boss, and seemed to feel very aggrieved, and said to Grande, "Boss, my research is about to succeed!" I don't lie to you! ”
"What a success!" Grandet seemed to be mad at Hawking, and continued to scold, "You study a fart!" What did you research come out? It's all blown up, what else are you studying? Well? Pack up and get out of here, the farther away the better! I didn't want you to lose money, even if it was cheap! Got it? ”
Hawking was scolded by him like this, and suddenly shrugged his shoulders like a deflated ball, and said, "What else do I have to pack?" It's all blown to slag. ”
"Mr. Grande!" At this time, Rivigaz spoke, "I don't have much interest in hearing about your company's internal affairs. Come on, here's the compensation bill. Dante then realized that Rivigaz had already written a list and handed it to Grandet.
Grandet hurriedly walked over to look at it, and when he finished reading it, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Rivigaz with a smile: "Good to say, good to say." I will arrange the compensation as soon as possible. ”
Rivigaz said unhurriedly: "Since you agreed to pay compensation and punished the offender, I will not pursue it." I hope you will learn from it in the future. Gem Harbor is a neutral area, don't disgrace our land. ”
"Yes...... Yes......" Grandet bowed to Rivigaz and said, "Mr. Rivigaz has taught him a great lesson!" ”
Seeing Grandet's sincerity, Rivigaz turned and walked towards the gates of Gem Harbor, where the minotaur in the navy captain's uniform followed him.
Seeing Rivigaz go away, Grandet wiped his sweat, walked up to Dante, beckoned to Hawking, and said, "Hawking, come here, introduce a friend to you." ”
Seeing this, Hawking hurriedly walked over and looked at Dante.
Grandet pointed at Dante and said, "Hawking, this is Mr. Dante." You can follow him in the future and help him do things. Remember, you can't get into trouble anymore! ”
Hawking is not afraid of people, he took the initiative to reach out and shake hands with Dante, grinning on his black face and revealing a row of white teeth, and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Dante, I am the great scientist Hawking!" ”
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