As soon as he returned from the Heavenly Clubhouse, Ma Ping'an rushed to the mecha research center.

After the resumption of production, the current R&D center is much more lively than before.

On the walls of the factory building in front of the building, there are several slogans painted with the slogan 'Grasp the output with one hand, grasp the quality with the other!' ''How bold the people are, how productive the factory is'.

On the large square of the factory, several finished mecha are being finally debugged, and the rumbling sound of machinery in several factories is endless, and there are workers and technicians running around with busy faces everywhere.

Looking at this hot scene, Ma Ping'an snickered in his heart, this minute is all money!

"Little bunny, you're here!! Remove me, the chief engineer!! Otherwise I won't live for a few days! ”

was proud, a loud voice came from afar, turned his head to look, and thought that the old man was running towards him angrily.

The old man held a laser ruler in his left hand, a stack of drawings under his right arm, a miniature detector on his head, and his face was covered in oil.

During this time, the production tasks of mecha are heavy, monitoring, maintenance, calibration, optimization design... All kinds of work have to be solved, I haven't seen him for a few days, the old man's beard is much whiter, and when he sees Ma Ping'an, he scolds his mother.

Ma Ping'an hurriedly greeted him, first took the drawings from under his arm, and then patted him on the shoulder with a smile on his face: "Uncle is really hard!" ”

The old man slapped his hand away angrily: "Don't come to this set!" If you don't withdraw, I'll withdraw myself, right?

Your kid sleeps at home with his wife every day, it's good that I can close my eyes here for a few hours a day, and I want to live a few more years, but I can't afford such a toss! ”

Ma Ping'an smiled and threw him a big high hat again: "Uncle, isn't this a capable person who works harder?" How can the R&D center be without you, if you don't do it, I'll just close the door!

Well, otherwise, when the production here is stable, I will immediately buy you a big villa and find a few beautiful maids, so that you can enjoy your happiness! ”

Looking at this kid's sinister smile, the anger in the old man's heart dropped inexplicably.

He and Ma Ping'an have been together for a long time, and he has already regarded the two of them as his own sons and nephews, so how can he really leave it alone?

It's just that Ma Ping'an, the real boss, seems to be idle and complaining, and muttered a few more words, suddenly remembered something and became excited again, and pulled Ma Ping'an to run to the research room next to him.

Originally, the research room of the R&D center was just a corner of the factory, but after the resumption of production, it has been expanded, and the entire workshop has been allocated to the research room.

However, mecha manufacturing involves software, metallurgy, machinery, etc., and requires a lot of instruments, and the thousands of square meters of factory buildings are still crowded.

The old man and Xiong Wei also have a lot of connections in the circle, the salary of the research center is high, and a lot of personnel are recruited.

Without saying a word, the old man pulled Ma Ping'an to an assembly table in the middle.

On the stage, a swarthy mecha was half-assembled, and it didn't look much different from the ordinary Wyvern generation, except that the feet were thicker and longer.

The old man proudly pointed to this mecha and said: "This is my latest development of the second generation of the flying dragon, on the basis of the first generation, the power of the mechanical equipment is integrated, and the mobility and speed are far more than the flying dragon generation." ”

Ma Ping'an was overjoyed, that mechanical equipment was originally intended to be given to the Crazy Lion's subordinates as a single combat weapon, but he didn't expect that it could also be used on mechas.

Mobility is an extremely important performance of mechas, so the combat power of the second generation of the dragon can be much higher than that of the first generation.

The old man was like a child who liked to offer treasures in front of adults, and boasted about his new invention.

It turns out that this power equipment is a device that can be equipped, and the original Wyvern generation can be used as long as it is modified on a small scale.

However, in this way, it seems that it is a little inappropriate to call it the second generation of the flying dragon, Ma Ping'an took the idea and named this model of mecha the title of the enhanced version of the flying dragon generation.

After accompanying the old man around the laboratory for a while, Ma Ping'an remembered his intention and dragged him to the office.

Ma Ping'an is the big boss of the research and development center, and the antique old man is also a good person, although he knows that he doesn't come often, but since he has spare money now, these façade efforts still have to be done, and the office building on the first floor is divided into his office, and the decoration is also very luxurious.

The elevator went up, and there was a long-legged beauty secretary at the door, but Ma Ping'an didn't have time to appreciate the kindness of the antiques, so he drove the little secretary away, closed the door, and told him about the strange things he encountered in the Heavenly Club.

Thinking about it, the old man's brows tightened the more he listened, and he interjected to ask about the details at first, but when Ma Ping'an finished speaking, he was silent, and only said after a while: "Boy, I advise you not to do much..."

Ma Ping'an said: "What do you mean by this, uncle?" ”

The old man shook his head, sighed and said, "The Sima family has been in the alliance for so many years, and the business is so big, but they are usually mysterious like rats, do you think no one will check their bottom?"

Well, in that case, let me tell you a story..."

"More than sixty years ago, an adventurous group discovered a huge amount of titanium ore on the African continent, which is said to contain as much as half of the titanium ore found in the whole Union, and all of them are bare ores that are extremely easy to mine.

The new mines discovered by the adventuring group are different from those discovered by the exploration team sent by the Alliance Headquarters itself, one is directly allocated to be mined by the Alliance, and the other can change hands freely..."

The old man squinted his eyes and spoke slowly, as if he were telling a story.

At the time, the Alliance's largest new South African mining group was in the hands of the Cook family in Cape Town, and they immediately contacted the adventure group when they heard the news.

The Cook family is the old giant of the alliance, and the business they run is profiteering, just looking at the strength of the family, it is also one of the best in the alliance, generally speaking, in this kind of thing, no one competes with them.

Originally, as long as they signed an agreement with this adventure group, and then reported to the Minerals Bureau of the headquarters, the matter would be decided, but they didn't expect to kill halfway to bite the gold! ”

Ma Ping'an's eyes lit up: "Sima family? ”

The old man nodded: "At that time, the Cook family didn't know that the Sima family also had the idea of this titanium ore, according to their ideas, during the negotiation, it was natural to lower the price if they could."

Unexpectedly, after just three days of talks, the adventure group claimed that they could not accept their conditions and asked to terminate the negotiations.

The Cook family has been in the mining industry for hundreds of years, and this is not the first time this kind of thing has been encountered.

You must know that no matter how powerful the adventure group is, it can't compete with a giant like them. ”

But what they never expected was that the next day, an unknown mining company would go to the Minerals Bureau with the agreement signed with the adventurous group to report it.

Once the ownerless mine is reported, it is equivalent to the approval of the alliance, and it cannot be changed unless the reporting party sells it again, even if it is as strong as the Cook family, it cannot change this fact. ”

The Cook family suffered such a loss, so they naturally refused to give up, they were rich and powerful, and they had the heart to investigate, and soon found out the protagonist behind the mining company - the Sima family.

At that time, the Sima family was already an underground chaebol in the alliance, and the Cook family was also afraid of it, but the profit of titanium ore was extremely high, and it was a huge mine that had never appeared, and the interests involved were even more astronomical, and it was impossible for them to stop here, so the two became mortal enemies. ”

"The Cook family has stood in the alliance for hundreds of years, so naturally it is not a good master, and the Sima family has always been extremely mysterious, but its industry is very large, but it is not without clues.

The Cook family is wealthy, and it is naturally not difficult to investigate the news, and in the past few years, there are more and more information in hand, and it is said that it is close to finding out the true details of the Sima family.

At this time, the Cook family began to contact several major African families, preparing to take full revenge on the Sima family, but they never thought that before they could start, disaster fell from the sky! ”

Speaking of this, the old man twisted the mustache at the corner of his mouth and asked with a smile: "Well, do you know that in 4051 A.D., something great happened in Cape Town?" ”

"A.D. 4051..."Ma Ping'an frowned and thought about it, and said in horror: "The Cape Town earthquake..."

"Hehe, your kid's memory is not bad..."

The old man nodded approvingly, and continued: "In that earthquake, Cape Town suffered great losses, but the civilian casualties were not much.

But strangely, the New Table Mountain Manor, where the Cook family is located, encountered an extremely strong ground fissure, which was as wide as a kilometer, engulfing the entire estate several kilometers deep underground.

At that time, it happened that the heads of the Cook family and several other New African families were discussing the matter of dealing with the Sima family in the manor.

Since then, no one dares to call the Sima family out, and the Sima family is honest, they have always just done their own business, and rarely took the initiative to cause trouble, and over time, this grievance has gradually been forgotten..."

The more Ma Ping'an listened, the more frightened he became, and he asked with round eyes, "Could it be that the earthquake was caused by the Sima family?" This... It's a bit too bizarre..."

The old man sneered a few times and said, "According to the geographical data of the Alliance, the Cape Town area does not belong to the junction of the earth's crustal plates, and it is almost impossible for an earthquake of that magnitude to occur.

What's more, New Table Mountain Manor is only a dozen kilometers away from the city of Pooltown, and the ground fissure is also centered on the New Table Mountain Manor, and it stops outside the city of Cape Town. How can there be such a coincidence? ”

Although Ma Ping'an has been tortured by a few old guys with a duck-like education since he was a child, he can be regarded as well-read and strong-remembered, but such family secrets are often not recorded in books, but this is the first time he has heard of it.

Think about it carefully, if it is really as the old man said, even natural disasters can be controlled for their own use, this Sima family is simply terrifying, but it is indeed not something that he can provoke now.

But he has always been curious, so he was a little reluctant to let go, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Uncle, I put a super miniature tracker of yours on that guy, why don't we go to the base and call up the tracking data to take a look?" At most, it's just that.

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