After saying goodbye to Pepper, Eric returned to the office on his own. ,

On the way, he received a call from Harry, the new president of Osborne, who had convinced the workers that they were ready to start production.

The job sounds simple, but it's not easy to do. Workers in the United States are not as talkative as their counterparts on the other side of the world, and if Harry fails to achieve his goal and gets into trouble by the workers, it is not uncommon for a lawsuit to take three or five years with the complicated judicial system in the United States. During this period, the company is not allowed to fire employees, and employees can not work, but no one can lose wages and benefits.

So Theodore. Roosevelt may not have anticipated what the future would be like when he said that "the shooting of a group of workers' leaders every year is good for American society," but after decades, his words have been reinterpreted.

Harry was able to complete the task so smoothly thanks to his father, Norman. Under U.S. law, a union can only be formed if more than 51 percent of non-managerial employees vote secretly. Before voting, the employer has the right to persuade the employee to vote against the union in all legal ways. In order to prevent the union from being formed, Norman had to spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year to buy off the workers, and even if he left Osborne, the work continued with the support of Eric.

In fact, Eric took it as a test, and Harry did a good job of it, and now their plan was about to make substantial progress.

Little Osborne couldn't wait to see the day, but before Eric could persuade him to be patient for a few more hours.

"Our materials are difficult to imitate, the market is very promising, and there is only one hurdle in front of us. Soon the right time will come, and there will be one person who will lead the greatest resistance on our behalf, and Osborne will never be a lame giant again. Your Father in heaven will be proud of you—and all you have to do is wait a few days. Eric admonished him, and finally pushed Harry back into his seat.

Hanging up the phone, Eric looked in the direction he had been talking about, maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow Tony would start his new business plan, and that would be a good time for Osborne to take advantage of the situation.

No matter how small the number of mutants is, there are millions, and their loved ones may have to multiply that number several times. The establishment of a mutant community is indispensable, and the cost of buying a home alone is a lot of money, and in order to avoid the government from interfering, he has to pay for the corresponding security himself. Combined with the cost of other ancillary facilities and services, the final result is absolutely astronomical. Of course, there won't be so many people involved after the selection, but in order to attract enough followers, sufficient money and materials are essential. Of the financial resources that can be supported at the moment, Stryker has already given a lot, and his potion may be a chicken that only lays golden eggs, but over-squeezing is harmful, and at least one more Osborne is needed to relieve the pressure.

The academy can't always be just young people like John, and the future of mutants can't be borne by the academy alone. The best way is to graft this young sprout onto a tree with intertwined roots, and use its body to quietly absorb nutrients and grow into a strong giant tree silently.

By the time it became a towering tree, its original roots had already withered and rotted. Who remembers the past?

Therefore, this work requires patience, and the most important thing in the project in ten years is to move forward with the plan in a calm and orderly manner, rather than just doing it casually with the courage of the moment.

By this time, it was already completely dark, and Eric rose to the sky with a slightly excited mood. Navigating through the lights and buildings of New York, I quickly crossed many blocks and returned to the office building.

As soon as you enter the door. A crowd of people were arguingly arranging the room, not only the students, the Wanda siblings, and the Parker family, but also Jean and Auroro, who were working together to change the hall into a different shape, and Eric could hardly recognize that this was once the space he had lived in, and the cold, hard metal style he was used to had been swept away and replaced by a warm serenity.

"It's a few days early to celebrate Halloween, and Columbus Day has just passed, so are you going to prepare for Pumpkin Festival in advance?" He looked around in amazement, but he didn't see the lovely golden vegetables. The originally empty hall had only a few sets of sand for visitors to sit temporarily, but now they have been moved to the side of the fireplace, with a soft carpet in the center of the sand and a TV in front of it.

If there is a chandelier hanging down from the ceiling, the atmosphere is better, but the hall on the first floor is nine meters high, and it is not suitable for such a display in this corner for the time being, so the students brought the floor lamp under the command of the two instructors, and now that night falls, the hazy light softly illuminates this small space through the lampshade, which looks warm and comfortable.

The kitchen has also changed, and they have abandoned the all-metal cabinets designed by Eric, and replaced them with solid wood furniture that ordinary people like to use, which feels warm and durable. The same goes for nearby restaurants.

Eric couldn't help but shake his head, he felt that if he looked at it any longer, maybe even the baby's room would appear in front of his eyes, it would be really terrifying.

He dragged John over and asked him what was going on with his most faithful believer.

"Because of Babi, Babi's parents finally figured it out, and they were going to come here to see their son in a few days, and it happened that Jean and Auroro were also here, so they asked us to rearrange it so that we would feel at home here, so that his parents would not feel sad." John replied with a smile, and then went on with his business under Jean's command.

"What do you think about changing your design?" Jean walked up to him with a graceful gait and gently tugged at his collar and asked.

"Pretty good, I'm in favor of it." Eric raised his hand in agreement, not destroying the kicker he needed anyway, and it was up to them to arrange the internal arrangements.

Jean touched his face, very satisfied with this statement.

"But why are you all here, Hank back at the Academy?" Eric was a little puzzled, Auroro was frightened by his blueprint some time ago, and the relationship between the two suddenly faded again, so before going out this time, he and Jean agreed that she would come over for him, but he didn't expect the two of them to leave the academy at the same time. Now that Scott is not here, and Logan's lone wolf likes to wander around, although the professor is very capable, after all, he is old and lacks energy, is it really appropriate to leave him and a group of children behind?

Jean sensed his thoughts, and his eyes flashed to him a mental memory, and Eric saw an imposing white old man with the demon girl Raven pass by her and come to the smiling professor.

The memories were over, and now he understood - it was Magneto, and he had gone to visit an old friend.

That's no problem, although these old friends often interfere with each other, they are not enemies of life and death, they usually stop in moderation, Magneto even served as the dean of the academy, Jean was dug up together, decades of friendship and hostility make their feelings deep and contradictory, but Eric is not worried that they will assassinate each other, so he can finally put his mind at ease.

Now that he had figured it out, Jean tidied up his clothes and pushed him up the stairs. Auroro had already walked up, and after a period of suffering, she had finally mustered up the courage to take this step, and this time Eric could no longer make excuses to avoid it.

Auroro's slender figure sat alone on the roof of the building, the large glass curtain wall trampled under her feet, surrounded only by the cold air and the quietly flowing Hudson River, and the slightly curled shawl swayed slightly in the evening breeze, covering her face.

Eric walked over to her and sat down.

"On nights like these, I often think of someone." Above are dotted stars, and a huge silver full moon is radiating its brilliance.

"Jean?" Auroro didn't look back, his crystal eyes looking at the same crystal moonlight.

"It's Selena." Eric said, stretching his body.

Auroro was silent for a moment, she had almost forgotten about the man.

"It's been a long time, is she okay?"

"Very good." Eric replied lightly. "Not only did she appear on stage, but she also worked as a playwright, and many people praised her for her meticulous research on the culture of the blood clan, as if it were true."

"I thought you'd be together." Auroro said from the heart, if Selena was still around, she would not have the courage to do so, and only when Eric was surrounded by no one, she would dare to open her heart under Jean's repeated encouragement.

"I used to think so, until I realized that she didn't need me to live well." Eric smiled and lay down on his back. "People always overestimate themselves, and this seems to be very obvious to me, as if there is a kind of conceit that always says to me, 'Brother, you are different from others', which I generally don't believe, but I am inevitably affected by this voice. At this time, I need someone to remind me. ”

"Can I be this person?" Auroro finally turned his head to look at him, his eyes digging deep into his heart.

"I'm a greedy person." Eric looked at each other calmly, solemnly reminding Auroro.

He was answered by two soft lips that blocked his more rejection, and then sucked on each other, exchanging temperatures on this cold night.

They just hugged and sat on the roof for a night, a night where there was only sweet confiding and snuggling, and no overzealous enthusiasm, a qiē as perfect as in the fairy tales that Auroro had heard. (To be continued!)

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