Chapter 118: Lawrence-Robles
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USR is one of Chicago's iconic buildings, with a 532-meter-tall main structure, only 9.3 meters less than the Liberty Tower at the World Trade Center in New York.
As the richest man in the world, Lawrence Robles, president of USR, has his office at the top of the company.
Ye Xuan and Spooner took the elevator to the top floor of the USR and walked to Robles' office under the guidance of Robles' personal secretary.
"Hey, two agents!" Robles had obviously just finished the meeting, and when he saw Ye Xuan and Spooner coming in, he enthusiastically stretched out his hand to the two.
"Hello, Mr. Robles, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Ye Xuan smiled and stretched out his hand to shake Robles' hand.
"Hey! Lawrence Robles, the richest man in the world, I've seen you on TV! Spooner reached out and shook Robles' hand with some exaggerated expression.
"Uh, you two, would you like some coffee?" Robles was obviously not very interested in Spooner's familiarity, shook his hand and stretched it out, looking at the two with a stiff smile on his face.
"Of course, why not? It's free, right? Spooner smiled imperceptibly at Robles's attitude.
Ye Xuan shrugged his shoulders undeniably, and then followed the two to the table on the side, Robles poured coffee for the two of them, and said with some regret: "Everyone didn't expect this, you know, I should be able to foresee, I have known him for twenty years, Alfred invented the practical machine, and he defined the three laws." ”
Serving coffee to the two of them, Robles continued, "But, I suppose even the smartest people have the most stubborn demons. If I can help......"
"Sugar (sweetheart)!" Hearing Robles' question, Spooner, who was drinking coffee, said with a bitter face on his face.
"What?" Robles was stunned, because sugar and sweetheart are the same word in American English, he thought Spooner was calling him "sweetheart", and he thought Spooner was a GAY.
"Sugar is here, Spner!" Ye Xuan picked up the silver spoon and added some sugar to his coffee, while handing the sugar to Spner.
"Oh, you think I call you 'sweetheart', I mean sugar for coffee, you're not that rich. Seeing Robles' expression, Spooner quickly reacted and said with some tears and laughter.
"Good coffee, Mr. Robles!" Ye Xuan drank the coffee in his hand in one gulp and nodded towards Robles.
"Thank you, you can have two more drinks if you like!" Robles said with a smile.
"Okay, I will." Ye Xuan smiled and nodded, poured another cup of coffee for himself and Spooner, and asked Robles seemingly unintentionally, "Mr. Robles, I would like to ask, did Dr. Lenny see anyone or any unusual behavior in the period before he died?" ”
"Uh, no, um, actually, I haven't seen him in a long time, you know, people who do scientific research always like to think on their own, especially a genius like Alfred." Robles thought for a moment.
"Really?" Ye Xuan took a sip of coffee noncommittally, "Then what did Dr. Lenny do before he died?" ”
"Alfred has been working on a new type of intelligent machine, and I think there may have been some problems in the research, which led to this sad thing happening." A look of grief flashed on Robles' face, and then he looked at Ye Xuan and said, "This agent, isn't Alfred confirmed to commit suicide, why do you still need to ask these questions?" ”
"Well, Mr. Robles, may I ask what the little green thing Lanny was holding when he fell......" Spooner asked Spooner next to him.
"Holographic projector!" Robles apparently knew about that too.
"Yes!" Spooner glanced at Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan seemed to say the name of this thing just now, "Why do you think Lanny left a projection to find me?" ”
"I think he knows you!" Robles shook his head.
"Yes, I know him!" Spooner nodded.
Robles glanced at Spooner in some surprise, "The holographic projection is a pre-recorded program reaction, and it seems to be intelligent, but in fact, he set up to contact you after death before committing suicide." ”
"Death?" Spooner looked at Robles.
"What?" Robles didn't know why Spooner said the word
Spooner put down the coffee cup in his hand, looked at Robles with wide eyes, and said, "You just said that you set up to contact me when Lenny dies!" ”
"That's right, suicide is a type of death, agent!" Robles replied wittily.
"Excuse me!" Ye Xuan interrupted their conversation with a voice on the side, and when the two of them looked over, Ye Xuan said, "Mr. Robles, I know you have business to do here." Especially this week, you are about to launch a new generation of NS-5 machine, in fact, you may not know, I am a loyal customer of your company! ”
"Thank you!" Robles thanked him, didn't say much, and waited for Ye Xuan to follow.
Ye Xuan smiled, "I think the last thing you want to see is a dead person lying in your hall, but since it has happened, we have to investigate around and ask a few questions, which is considered a routine." Mr. Robles, I suppose you're okay with that, right? ”
"Oh no, no opinion, I'll send someone to guide you." Robles nodded, as if generously agreeing.
"Thank you!"
Ye Xuan thanked him, nodded at Robles, and pulled Spooner out of the office.
"Hey, Ye, why don't you ask Robles more questions, I always think he's suspicious." Following Ye Xuan out of Robles's office, Spooner grabbed Ye Xuan's arm and said.
"Spooner, do you think Robles killed Dr. Lenny or did he instruct someone else to kill Dr. Lenny? Whatever the truth is, do you think Robles would tell the truth? Spooner, you have to know that Robles is in a position now, even having dinner with Mr. President is a normal thing, and I don't want to wait for him to have someone throw us out of the USR. Ye Xuan looked at Spooner with a smile.
"Hey, Ye, are you scared? Afraid that Robles will lay you off with a phone call? Spooner looked at Ye Xuan with some sneer.
"Don't worry, Spooner, I'm much more daring than you think." Ye Xuan patted Spooner's shoulder absently, and said with a smile: "I just think that since we can't get an answer there, why waste time there?" ”
"Oh, Ye, you're so cunning, I really can't tell that you're the first time you've committed a crime, that's good!" Hearing Ye Xuan's words, the depression in Spooner's heart also disappeared, and he hammered Ye Xuan's shoulder with his fist and smiled.
Just as the two were talking, the elevator door not far away opened, and a woman in a silver scientific research uniform walked out of the elevator, saw the two people in front of the elevator, and stretched out her hand with a smile: "Hello two detectives, my name is Susan Kevin, I am an employee of USR, and Robles asked me to guide the two of you." ”
"Hello, Dr. Kevin, my name is Ye Xuan!"
"Hello, Kevin, just call me Spner!"