Chapter 102: Talking about business
"What, do you want to rob?" Tang Dou turned his head and looked at the old man with extreme disdain with a tenth of the whites of his eyes.
"Of course not, the old man is asking you to explain the blueprints!" the old man argued. It's just that he didn't see his granddaughter in the back, and her face was already so black that she could drip water.
"Old man, is this blueprint mine?" Tang Dou asked with a sneer.
"Of course!" the old man nodded honestly.
"May I ask if this is a blizzard, or a bandit den?" Tang Dou asked again.
", of course it's Blizzard, how can it be a bandit den. Stinky boy, you are talking nonsense that the old man tore your mouth!"
"Excuse me, am I a Blizzard customer?" asked Tang Dousan.
"Of course!" said the old man.
"So, since I'm a Blizzard customer, since this is Blizzard and not a bandit's den, since the blueprints are mine. Why do I have to explain the blueprints to you? And you are still holding me like a prisoner? Old man, do you think you have the power to change Blizzard's rules for thousands of years, or do you think I'm a slut? It's uncomfortable not to scold?" Tang Dou's eyes turned cold.
The old man was speechless.
"Stupid old man, you know how to offend people. I want me to clean it up for you every time!" The little girl finally couldn't help it, jumped up and slapped the old man, and then said to Tang Dou: "Sir, don't care about this stinky old man, he is a stupid person, he can't speak at all, you just treat him as if he doesn't exist!"
When the granddaughter said this, the old man was very embarrassed, rubbing his hands and not knowing what to say, but when he saw Tang Dou's cold face, he didn't dare to lose his temper anymore, so he had to turn around in place.
"Hey, forget it. Looking at the identity of this old man, he is either the best master here, or the manager here. Although my design is not earth-shattering, I dare to say that it is a historical precedent. If this old man sees me unpleasantly and makes me bad, and I only find out the problem when I am fighting, how unjust will I die. I heard that there is a better branch in Illano, so I'll go over there!" Tang Dou said deliberately.
In fact, when he came, he had already inquired a lot about this weapon shop. Among them, he also knows about the signs of the store manager here and the manager of Illano's branch. At this time, I deliberately said this in order to pinch this old man.
Sure enough, when the old man heard Tang Dou's words, his face turned green: "No, no, you can't do this." You must not go. I'm not excited, your design is a great invention, it can definitely go down in history, I'm excited. Didn't mean to offend you. You believe me. Don't go, don't go!"
The old man, who was one meter nine tall and as strong as a bear, suddenly became a lot shorter, and he almost knelt in front of Tang Dou and hugged his thighs and cried.
Although Tang Dou wanted to pinch this old man to facilitate the next negotiations, he really didn't expect that this old man's face would change too much.
"Could it be that I opened it in the wrong way?" Tang Dou muttered in his heart. peeking at the others, I saw that the young men looked embarrassed, covering their eyes, and they really couldn't stand it. The little girl was trembling with anger, and there was a possibility that a volcano would erupt at any time.
Tang Dou saw that it was almost over, and immediately turned his face: "It's okay not to leave, but I think this beautiful young lady is much more reliable than you." I'll talk to her. ”
The old man was a little unhappy, but when he saw Tang Dou's face, he finally agreed, with a wronged look, coupled with the horizontal flesh on that face, Tang Dou could see a black line.
The little girl didn't speak again, looking at Tang Dou, and a little different color flashed in her eyes.
Soon Tang Dou was invited to a negotiation room.
The little girl first broke the old man away, asked him to get some things, and then took the opportunity to say to Tang Dou: "What is the purpose of the gentleman?"
Tang Dou looked at this little girl, who looked no more than fifteen years old, but the wisdom she showed was not to be underestimated, and she smiled: "My purpose is actually very simple, which is to complete this business. Your grandfather is a tech maniac at first glance, and I have a lot of respect for such people. But I think you also know that such a person can't do business with him. If I hadn't put the reins in my own hands first, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to complete this deal. I think you understand this, young lady, and that's why you let me do it and not stop it, right?"
The little girl nodded, acknowledging Tang Dou's words: "So, what kind of business do you want to accomplish? If it's just this bow, I don't think you will be like this!"
Tang Dou smiled: "Beautiful young lady, how valuable do you say this pulley bow I designed?"
"Value? you mean ......" The little girl thought about it for a while, and immediately understood what Tang Dou meant: "You want to sell technology?"
"If I don't sell it, beautiful young lady, you can say in good conscience, is it possible that this technology will not be passed on?" Tang Dou said pointedly.
"Of course ......not," the little girl was angry at first, and was about to refute, but when she thought of her grandfather's character, she couldn't say it anymore.
"Your grandfather is a technomaniac, and I'm sure he won't have any ill intentions, let alone deliberately betray me. But I can guarantee that after I'm gone, he'll build another pulley bow himself, and keep reworking it until he's satisfied. If only that were it, but I know that tech freaks have a problem with how much they like to prove their skills to others. So, when the newly improved pulley bow is displayed by your grandfather, whose technique is it?" Tang Dou knew too well about people like the old man, because he knew such people in his previous life. There is no malice, but what he has done, I really want to split him into eight pieces.
The little girl struggled for a few moments, and finally smiled bitterly: "Do you know my old man, why do you know him so well?"
"Because I used to have a family member who was like that. It's love-hate at the same time. When he loves him, he is the best person in the world, and when he hates it, he can't wait to bury him alive and divide his body!" Tang Dou remembered the old guy who taught him antique imitation techniques in his previous life, and he was simply the same as this old man.
The little girl chuckled, stretched out her hand, and said, "You're right. Now I take your word for it. Hello, my name is Ada, Ida Steko. My old man is the manager of this branch and one of the three masters, Dogre Steko!"
"My name is Xuanzang!" Tang Dou planned to use this pseudonym until he was old.
"Well, this name is a little special!" Ida also had some doubts about Tang Dou's pseudonym.
"I'm a demon clan!" Tang Dou shrugged, as if it were true.
Ida was stunned. The name of the demon clan is very casual, and there is no habit of taking the father's surname like elves and humans, and the meaning of some names is even stranger and incomprehensible.
As he was talking, Doggray came in, holding a large stack of drawings, snapped them on the table, and moved his mouth, probably wanting to say something, but thinking of what happened just now, he closed his mouth helplessly, and then stared at Tang Dou without blinking.
Tang Dou has long been immune to such things, in his previous life, the old guy and Dogray were simply carved out of a mold, Tang Dou completely ignored such a cute trick, he smiled faintly: "Ada, let's talk about business first!"
"Good!" Ida gave her grandfather a warning look. Shut up the old man who was about to scream when he heard that he wasn't talking about the design right away.
"This time, I need to craft a few things besides my bow and arrows. But the material is special, I don't feel at ease in other places, but I can't afford to pay that price when I come to you!" Tang Dou said this, looking at Ida and smiling silently.
Ida understood: "So you want to sell the technology of the pulley bow and exchange it for the technology? This is not a precedent for us at Blizzard, but it also depends on the value of your exchange." Let's just say that your pulley bow technique is fascinating, but there aren't many places where you can use it. The army is not used, the bow is too complicated to be used by the army. So only the average mercenary group is the customer. But such a complex bow, once something goes wrong, it will be very troublesome!"
Ida is worthy of being the granddaughter of the master, and just by looking at the blueprints, she already understands the shortcomings of the pulley bow.
The biggest disadvantage of the pulley bow is that it is complicated, once there is any problem, it must be disassembled with special tools, and there are many parts, not one less, how can ordinary mercenaries have the mind to use this? Especially for people in the Thousand Souls Spirit Realm, if they have that mind, it is better to practice more, and they will naturally be able to use a stronger bow.
Tang Dou had also thought about this problem before, both straight bows and recurve bows were available in the Thousand Souls Spirit Realm, so the only thing Tang Dou could take out was the pulley bow, but the pulley bow was indeed too troublesome, but since Tang Dou took out the pulley bow, he naturally had his own way.
"This problem is actually easy to solve. I mean, we modularize this bow, and if it is damaged, we will replace it, and then bring the damaged module to you to repair or replace it! Moreover, this one I drew is my own design drawing, in fact, this can be changed, depending on the market, you can make a completely different pulley bow. Tang Dou said.
"Modularity? sounds good. Let's put this piece down first. Let's talk about the weapons you want to build!I want to know the cost of crafting weapons, so it's easy to redeem!" Although Ada is only fifteen years old, she is a leader in business, and she looks like a strong woman in a shopping mall.
"That's it!" Tang Dou laughed and took out another painting scroll: "The weapon I want is this!"
Ida looked at the weapon in the scroll with a strange expression: "Are you sure you're not joking?"
"Of course not! It's not for me, it's for my apprentices. She's the most suitable!" Tang Dou smiled very much...... I want someone to slap him twice.
"Okay, that's your business, according to the rules, we don't have to ask, so what materials do you want to build? I heard what you just meant, the materials are prepared by yourself!" Ada said, rubbing her eyebrows.
"Well, most of them are prepared by myself, and the other part needs you to do!" Tang Dou said, pouring out the dazzling materials from his backpack.
Ada and Dogray gasped at the same time.
"I know now why you're worried! If I wasn't from Blizzard, I'd rob you!" Ida shook her head and smiled wryly as she looked at the table (to be continued). )