"Haha, Li Yan, have you heard? Big star Dorothy's "Giant Lake" depicts a Chinese as the male protagonist, and the whole San Francisco is talking about it. ”

Chang Yu was wearing a gray riding coat, his chest was open, and his hair and sleeves were soaked with sweat.

He wore a pair of unilateral brass glasses, held a steam welder in his hand, and the heat in the cramped dormitory was untenable.

On closer inspection, Chang Yu's wrist seems to have no bones, and the steam welding flame flexibly travels between the steel, precise, smooth, and pleasing to the eye. His elbows did not move, not even the slightest trembling, and he was as stable as a machine.

Under his movements, a steel bracket shaped like a human arm gradually took shape in the fire.

"Well, I've heard of it."

Li Yan on the other side of the workbench replied.

"I'll just say that there are still righteous people in San Francisco, like that Miss Dorothy, and time will tell."

Li Yan smiled and did not answer Chang Yu's words.

With only his naked eye and a manual carving knife, and no other tools, he was grinding the rough machined parts at the moment.

If Chang Yu's welding action is professional and skillful, it can only be done through the training and unremitting hard work of top companies. , then Li Yan's movements seemed casual and lazy. He slashed his fingers up and down neatly, and the range of movement was very small, and he did not polish the parts of the same kind first, but took whatever parts were close.

You know, the fine machining of parts requires much higher precision than welding, and many large factories have long begun to use machine tools instead of manual processing. Li Yan's processing method naturally looks like nonsense.

But that's not the case.

Chang Yu turned off the steam welding, picked up an octagonal nut that Li Yan had polished, and put it under the magnifying lens, only to see that the texture of the parts was smooth and neat, and there was no burr in sight. Even Enfield's top-of-the-line machines don't necessarily have this level of accuracy.

"What a hand of God."

Chang Yu couldn't help but sigh: "Li Yan, with this hand alone, you can go to Enfield to work tomorrow, and my boss will treat you as a guest." ”

"Hahaha, forget it, this kind of work can be done as long as you use a high-precision machine, I'm not interested in making human flesh machine tools."

Li Yan put the carving knife back in the toolbox, and the various parts used for assembly were neatly stacked on two large tables.

He has "Kasuga Jacques" in his body, coupled with his terrifying physical qualities, this little thing is naturally not a problem.

Chang Yu picked up the drawings and re-examined them to confirm that there were no omissions, so he nodded: "There are only some key structures missing, and there are three balls." This will have to be done in the company's large workshop, but I can't equip you with high-powered weapons and explosives, so I hope you understand. ”

"It's okay."

Li Yan moved his fingers: "Is there anything else I can help with?" ”

"No, sit down and have a coffee."

"Okay."

Li Yan sat on the edge of Chang Yu's bed and poured himself a cup of strong coffee.

"Chang, you've been very busy lately."

"Well, company secrets, but I'm promoted, this can be said."

"That's clatter."

Li Yan smiled, holding the coffee cup and said seemingly unintentionally: "I heard others say that you have a good friend named Yanzi." ”

Chang Yu's hand suddenly stopped, and he pretended to be casual: "Yes." ”

Li Yan took out a deed of sale from his sleeve and handed it to Chang Yu: "Do me this favor, it will cost you a lot of money to bring your work, and this will be used as a reward." ”

Chang Yu's eyes froze, he subconsciously grabbed it in his hand, stared at the red handprint and handwriting on it for a long time, and then looked up at Li Yan, unable to say anything about his resignation, for fear that Li Yan would regret it.

Chang's salary was much higher than that of most of his fellow coolies, but he still could not afford to pay for the swallows, and in fact he had saved a lot, about a third, and in another five or six years, he could redeem the swallows.

But that will be five or six years later. As for the cost of making a pocket version of the Steam Soldier, it is not even a fraction of the ransom money.

"I, Xie ......" Chang Yu was halfway through his words, when he suddenly stopped his mouth and muttered for a while before saying, "You, what do you want me to do?" ”

Li Yan raised his eyebrows: "What you say, you can share it tightly." ”

"Li, I regard you and Cha as good friends, but I believe that there is no free lunch in the world, and we also have an old saying in China, brothers, settle accounts."

Chang Yu stared at Li Yan seriously.

"That's right."

Li Yan drank the coffee down: "Do you know what I do? ”

Chang Yu shook his head: "I only know that the head of Hesheng respects you very much, and you also have a lot of relations with several pagan sects in Chinatown. I've also heard people say, you're a fist mess. ”

"Can you believe it?"

Chang Yu shook his head: "Although we haven't known each other for a long time, I think that Li You are an open-minded, wise, ambitious, measured, and knowledgeable person, not quite like a boxer." ”

"If you have ambition, strength, and knowledge, you can't mess up?"

"How to ...... chaos"

Chang Yu was stunned for a moment, and his eyes changed when he saw Li Yan.

"I am ambitious, I am ambitious to be a Jacobin in China."

Chang Yu lowered his head, quickly closed the doors and windows, and then leaned over to Li Yan and lowered his voice: "You can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing. ”

"I'm sure you're not going to betray me, are you?"

Chang Yu was relieved: "Of course." ”

Li Yan no longer hidden: "I want you and me to leave San Francisco." ”

Of course, Li Yan was lying to him, if Chang Yu agreed, he would also go back to Lantau Island in Nanyang, but in principle, as long as Chang Yu agreed to leave with Li Yan, Yan Fu would not interfere with what the destination was.

“……”

Both of them were silent, and after a long time, Chang Yu smiled bitterly: "Don't you persuade me more?" ”

"I don't want you to feel like you're on a thief ship in the future. Regret it again. ”

"Even if I promise you to leave San Francisco, where can I go?"

Li Yan turned the teacup: "I am very powerful in the Nanyang area, we can go there, you don't even have to go back to China, my people are stationed on several big islands in the Nanyang, I promise, you and Yanzi can live and work there in peace and contentment,." ”

Chang Yu's face became more and more serious: "Chang, as I said just now, we are friends, and there is no need to beat around the bush when talking between friends, right?" ”

"Of course."

"I'm sorry, I can't promise you, you better get this deed of sale back."

As he spoke, Chang Yu handed the deed of sale in his hand to Li Yan.

Li Yan didn't answer.

"You just said that friends don't need to beat around the bush when talking to each other, so it's not too much for me to ask you a reason, right?"

"It's not too much, but I can't give you a reason."

Chang Yu raised his head and thought for a while, then said, "If someone gives you a sum of money and asks you to move, do you need a reason to refuse him?" ”

Li Yan's eyes inadvertently revealed a glimmer of light, and a chill ran down his spine after staring at Chang Yu. He couldn't understand why this man, who looked about his age, could have such a sense of oppression staring into the abyss.

After a long time, Li Yancai said slowly: "I thought we could talk." I want to help you. ”

Chang Yu swallowed his saliva, and he stared at Li Yan firmly: "You are harming me, and we are destined not to talk." ”

Chang Yu stretched out his hand and pointed out the window: "You have lived in that land for more than 20 years, and I have also lived in San Francisco for almost 20 years, everyone is about the same age, why do you use your ideas for more than 20 years to frame my ideas for more than 20 years?" ”

"It's not that I don't love my fellow man, I just hate savagery and numbness, I hate the feeling of being hungry, I hate the presence of dead people around me. I don't want to face this anymore. Why should I go back? Is it just for that little bit of belonging? Why can't I use my knowledge to change my destiny? Why can't I stay in a richer, freer, and more open city? I have the ability to stay here. ”

Chang Yu raised his hand tremblingly and handed the deed paper to Li Yan again.

"I'm sorry, I can't promise you."

Li Yan stared at Chang Yu with very peaceful eyes, but Chang Yu sweated profusely.

For a long time, Li Yan took the deed paper from his hand, then folded it, put it in Chang Yu's pocket, stood up and patted him on the shoulder, and smiled dumbly: "What's the matter, don't keep a straight face like a resentful woman." I never wanted to force you, I just felt that you weren't doing well, so I invited you, and since you have concerns, forget it. Let's go. ”

Chang Yu looked down at the half-cut deed paper in his pocket: "Are we still friends?" ”

"Of course, I'll get something in a few days, so don't hesitate."

"How so."

While the two were talking, Chang Yu sent Li Yan out of the door.

Li Yan walked around a corner. Cha Xiaodao hugged his shoulders and stared at him with interest.

Li Yan put his hand in his hair and muttered, "I'd rather be a peace dog than a troubled world." Compared with changing the day and rebuilding the ambition of Qingping, self-preservation is the philosophy of the ancestors. Normal. ”

Cha Xiaodao smiled: "Messed up? ”

Li Yan looked down on the vibrant steam city from the staircase, with banners of workers' party speeches hanging from the passing airships, and the enactment of the new law symbolized that most of these people's ideas had become a reality.

"I don't think so."