Chapter 57: Lucius Fox [Asking for a Monthly Pass, Asking for a Recommendation Ticket]
A run-down factory in the Gotham wilderness, abandoned for years.
From the outside, the factory is overgrown and dilapidated, and not even a single developer has been found willing to contract the plant.
But a factory building in the center of the factory is full of high-tech instruments and mechanical equipment, and the warehouse is full of high-end materials that are difficult to see on the market!
Even in the corner of the factory, there is a particle collider of the same model as Tony.
This is the research base that Bruce specially found for Depp, which is specially used for the "Iron Fist" to be used by Harvey and others to research and upgrade new equipment.
On the silvery-white metallic workbench, Depp, wearing a helmet, was busy upgrading his equipment and that of Gordon and others.
To be honest, he was disappointed with how this batch of armor behaved in the last operation.
Therefore, when this batch of new materials arrived, Depp immediately came to the research base and began the work of upgrading the equipment.
The most important problem in the last operation was that because Harvey and Gordon couldn't induce lightning charging, even if the glove energy gauge was full, it still didn't seem powerful enough to deal with opponents like mud monsters.
Therefore, Depp felt that the armor needed to be replaced with a new energy core first.
After all, firepower is justice, and equivalence is truth.
Therefore, Depp is ready to use this batch of high-end materials purchased by Bruce to try to make the same miniature ark reactor as Tony.
Since he wanted to do it, Depp decided that he had to make the most perfect version, that is, the one Tony made with new elements, instead of the old reactor with palladium.
After all, the energy of the new element reactor is much higher than that of the palladium version of the reactor.
The new elements were produced by Depp with Tony's assistance throughout the process, and Depp naturally knew how to make them.
For this reason, Depp specially asked Bruce to buy a small particle collider of the same model as Tony.
The price of this thing is extremely expensive, and most countries do not even have it, so Bruce almost thought that Depp had eaten the supplier kickback.
However, after thinking about it, he felt that he was not short of money, and it was nothing to buy a particle collider for Iron Fist to toss and toss.
If you really research something great, you can make a lot of money.
After all, the research base is nominally jointly owned by Tekken and Bruce.
A technical holding, a real money.
Just when Depp was in full swing to prepare for the production of the new element core, with a bang, the door of the R&D base opened.
"Who?"
Depp immediately put his hand into the armored arm on the side and looked at the door vigilantly.
Only himself and Bruce had access to this R&D base, and Bruce had been in the city center five minutes earlier to attend the Gotham Celebrity Show.
The door to the base was fully opened, and a middle-aged black man in a silver suit walked in with a straight waist.
Aiming the palm cannon at the comer, Depp put on the profile mirror.
[Lucius Fox]
Seeing the other party's name, Depp suddenly relaxed.
He knew who the guy in front of him was, Lucius was the chief technologist of the Wayne Group and the manufacturer of Batman's various high-tech equipment.
But what is he doing here?
Don't... Do you want him to help you develop new equipment together?
That's a good idea, after all, Lucius is a tech savvy who has helped Bruce make countless pieces of equipment in the future.
With his help, my own R&D work will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
Lucius exuded the rationality and arrogance of a scientific researcher, and when he saw that Depp was wary of his arrival, he immediately said:
"Hello, Iron Fist, I'm Ruby, Batman's chief equipment developer, and as you know, almost all of his equipment is made by me alone."
The young master told him that Iron Fist should not know Batman's true identity.
So in order to keep the young master's true identity from being revealed, it is impossible for Lucius to tell Depp his real name, let alone tell him that he is a member of the Wayne Group.
Moreover, the purpose of his coming here is also that the young master wants to let himself and Iron Fist jointly develop more advanced scientific and technological equipment.
But to be honest, he was a little angry when he heard the news, and he didn't think that this stupid hat with an iron helmet was worth learning anything from him.
If the young master wants to upgrade his equipment, he only needs me alone.
As the chief scientific expert of the Wayne Group and the sole manufacturer of Batman's gear, Lucius has his own pride.
Depp heard Lucius introduce himself, saying God's special rupee, why do you people always want to hide your identity from me, it's all boring.
However, he was still kind and did not demolish the other party.
Taking the arm off, he reached out to Lucius, "Hello, Mr. Ruby. ”
Although Depp is friendly, Lucius does not appreciate it.
He walked past Depp to the edge of the workbench and began to circle around.
When he saw the particle collider, Lucius was furious!
This is arguably the most expensive device in the world, and although it is a small one, the price is definitely difficult to estimate.
Now he really couldn't figure out what research and development this stupid hat with an iron helmet had to do to use this particle collider.
You know, there are no more than five countries that have this thing now!
Lucius felt that this guy with Iron Fist must have bought this thing that he couldn't use at all by buying equipment, and he ate a large amount of kickbacks!
Thinking of this, he felt that he should give Iron Fist a dismissal.
So that this guy knows that Wayne's money is not so easy to cheat!
Moreover, there is only one person in this research base who has the final say, and that is the me, who has more scientific and technological power, is more loyal to the Wayne Group, and is smarter - Lucius Fox.
Lucius said with a look on his face that he had discovered the big secret, "Tut-tut, see what I found?" A small particle collider! ”
Depp, who withdrew his hand, looked displeased and asked, "That's right, what's the problem?" ”
"Questions? It's a big problem! Lucius said aggressively, "I really can't think of what the hell you're going to do with this?" Unless, you receive a rebate from the supplier! ”
"Rebates? Mr. Ruby, I don't like this joke very much. Depp was furious, but his expression was indifferent.
Lucius sat down on the chair next to the workbench and said with a look of see-through expression: "Don't pretend, let's talk, how much money did you make on this order?" Million? Or 100 million? ”
You seem to have that serious illness!
However, Depp also guessed why Lucius was so aggressive, after all, the particle collider is really not used by ordinary people.
If you don't want to make new elements and reactors, you don't need to buy them at all.
Although Lucius's behavior was justified, his attitude still made Depp very angry, but given that the other party was the supplier of Bruce's equipment, he did not have a seizure.
Ignoring Lucius's outrageous question, Depp walked to the collider on his own.
Everything is ready, it's time to make new elements.
After activating the collider, Depp grabbed the handle of the laser transmitter with both hands and said to Lucius, who was sitting alone in the chair and embarrassed:
"If you don't want to be cut in half by the laser, stand behind me."
Lucius reluctantly got up and walked behind Depp, and then saw the man in front of him turn on the laser emitter.
Lucius was unconvinced and thought: I want to see what kind of medicine you sell in the collider!