079 Visit
"How can it be okay?" Ben said loudly with his beard glaring. "The angel who worked the miracle was none other than Mr. Eric."
Hearing the answer, the two men and two women immediately opened their mouths wide and looked at Eric.
"Mr. Eric is a powerful mutant, and it was he who was in danger and fired a bullet that saved me. Then he left without even leaving his name, like those powerful hermits, and if it weren't for the fact that I happened to see him use his abilities to install equipment upstairs the other day, and asked him tentatively, I would never have figured out what was going on. ”
Ben said excitedly, for fear that others would not believe him.
Eric shrugged helplessly.
"Ban, Ban?" He called the old man by his name. "Didn't we say we wouldn't talk about it again, you see you're here again."
"Oh, sir, I'm going to say something." The old man said confidently. "You can be gracious and not forget to repay it, but as a rescued person, you can't help but be grateful, not to mention that you gave me another job, I thought I had been abandoned by society, so old, but I can't even use a computer, no one wants to hire me, I am ready to go bankrupt, and then you appeared. You saved my life and saved my family from their misery, so how can you tell me to hide your good deeds? ”
The old man said loudly, his cheeks flushed, and his chest rose and fell rapidly, as if he were about to burst with excitement.
Eric understood his feelings and persuaded him in time.
"Well, since you said you want to be grateful, then I'll make a request of you."
"Whatever you want." Ban replied categorically.
"Most of my students grew up in the academy, they are young and naïve, and they know almost nothing about the outside world, and I want you to always give them some things about the outside world, so that they will not be deceived lightly; My guests come from all over the country, they have different abilities and temperaments, and I hope that you will be more tolerant for the sake of my compatriots, and if there is anything to do, inform me in time and do not settle it privately; As for myself, I will spend a considerable amount of time here, but occasionally I will go on a long trip or return to the Academy, and I will ask you to faithfully perform your duties and do what you can. That's what I'm asking for, can you do it? If not, I'll punish you. ”
"Absolutely." Ben didn't say yes hastily, but thought about it seriously before answering. For an elderly man with a lot of experience, this job could not be easier, and it only takes a little patience.
"Then we agreed not to talk about it again?" Eric asked, and with his persuasion, Ben finally agreed, letting the past sink in his heart.
"Good." Eric clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention. "It's been a while since I've been here, and the upstairs renovation is almost complete, and I'm sure everyone is curious about what a mutant building should look like, and we can solve this mystery in no time. But before visiting, I would like to say to everyone: the tent door has not been swept, please forgive me. Let me show you the way. ”
With that, Eric led the group up a spiral staircase on the side of the hall to the second floor.
As soon as they went upstairs, people gasped collectively as if they had made an appointment.
"Is this the dilapidated little building?" John exclaimed in disarray, he had participated in Eric's arrangement, but it was the first time that such a full picture had been displayed in front of him. I have to say that due to Eric's ingenious design, there is a world of difference between the semi-finished and the finished product in this house, and there is no shadow at all from before.
For the others, the shock was no less than John's, and even Harry, who had seen the world, felt incredible. He had seen the mansions of the upper class, the manor castles of the ancient aristocracy, and the magnificent palaces of the royal families of various countries, but none of the buildings could compare to the one in front of him.
In terms of luxury, this building has been taken to the extreme.
It was as if the whole floor had been hollowed out, and the non-load-bearing walls had at last been freed from their obligations and had been reduced to ashes and departed, replaced by columns, so that it seemed unusually wide, and in the subtle effect of light it felt even wider than the downstairs. All the walls were glittering with gold, but not at all vulgar and boring, and they were carefully etched with the motif of calendula, which were joined by each other hand in hand, like a whole piece of silk, and the pillars were also wrapped in gold, but on them were carved tulips, and the crimson latticework enclosed them, and looked solemn. A large chandelier hung down from the middle of the floor over the triangular alcove roof, and after a clapping of Eric's hands, the lights came on, and the whole floor seemed to be suddenly infused with the color of sunlight, becoming more and more brilliant.
The ceiling is intertwined with gold and white patterns, golden as bright as the sun, white as a snow-capped mountain, and affected by the multicolored light refracted by the countless transparent ornaments under the chandelier, those white areas seem to be able to exude infinite brilliance by themselves. The floor is a huge black line zigzag and horizontal, against the background of gold, the kind of thick black that can not be dissolved no longer looks intimidating, but full of majesty and power, its surface light can be seen, but when people step on it, it does not appear hard and slippery, but a soft and soft feeling of some elasticity.
The glow of gold enveloped the second layer until it finally lost its magic at the top, and now it was taken over by another brilliant hue. Through the long corridors of Guò, the hue fades, and the rich gold quietly transforms into a less aggressive one, and when Eric pushes open a door, the conference hall is presented to the visitors.
The hall began to take on a different character from the lower floor, with rows of antique furniture neatly arranged in the room, the floor was of excellent red wood, and the ceiling was flooded with light. At first glance, people think it is a light, and then look like an extremely thin eggshell-like porcelain, ink paintings from the Orient are fired on its body, because of the white light behind it, so that their content is delicate, and those landscapes and figures appear vividly in front of people's eyes.
Harry rubbed his eyes, trying to tell if it was a piece of porcelain or a lamp, but he looked and looked at it, but he couldn't tell the difference.
Others felt the same way as him, and even the superior mutants were confused at this moment.
Before they could savor it, Eric led them to the fourth floor.
Now that this layer is finally normal, there are no shocking colors and deceptive porcelain, and people are starting to lose their inhibitions.
"I never thought I'd come across a place where all the gold and gems of the planet are all concentrated, can you ask how you did it?" Harry had seen the world after all, and after the initial surprise, he began to wonder if it was a visual hoax.
Hearing his question, everyone pricked up their ears, especially the gatekeeper, who, after being proud of his ability to guard the building, seized his heart with a sense of apprehension, and asked himself that the idea of keeping the thieves from attacking such a luxurious place was impossible, and that if anyone knew, someone would surely come one after another.
Now he began to feel that the job was not easy, but the strong will of a man still supported his determination to carry out his work ethic.
Thankfully, Eric dispelled most of his concerns.
"It's not a big deal." Eric said lightly.
"All the gold you see is just gold leaf, and I pull it into thin sheets and set them evenly on stainless steel plates, and an ounce of gold pulls out a hundred and fifty square feet."
"I'm afraid it will cost more than 300 ounces of gold, which is equivalent to about 400,000 in cash." Harry remembered the furnishings on the second floor and muttered that as the son of a great entrepreneur, he valued good finances and sufficient cash flow more than unlimited pleasures.
Eric denied his claims, and he had his own reasons.
"It may be true for others, but it's another story for me." He looked around at the crowd and said slowly. "Gold doesn't always come from gold mines, jewellery stores and bank coffers, it sits quietly in places that others overlook, such as factories."
"The EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) once reported that the gold content of circuit boards is about 40 to 800 times that of the same weight of gold ore. In other words, the mining industry spends its wealth to refine these metals from the ground, and businesses spend more wealth to buy these metals. Then they dump the metal back into the ground. Perhaps the EPA doesn't make it as rich as they claim, but collecting the gold and silver on those circuit contacts is still more than enough for me to complete all the decorations here. ”
It's not a new idea, but it's very few, and there's a cost to it.
"Mr. Eric", Harry's doubts were still unsolved. "I've seen you on TV at hearings in Washington, D.C., and I've been told in the newspapers that your ability is to manipulate magnetism, but gold and silver are not magnetic, and they can't be magnetized, so if you use power, how can you separate them from a large pile of silicon and metal?"
"That's a good question." Eric complimented Harry's question, then used it as a teaching to guide his students. "Generally speaking, all substances that can be magnetized, such as iron, nickel, cobalt and their alloys, can be easily controlled by me, but I can control more than that, but I am used to preferring to use the above substances that can better respond to my commands, but when I want to move towards a broader space, I can no longer limit myself to this, but I must open my mind and use power better, such as this----"
He stretched out his hand, and a two-square-foot-sized piece of gold leaf fell off automatically, slowly deforming in the air, and finally floating in the palm of his hand like a drop of water.
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