The venue where the exchange meeting was held is not far from Qu Shilin's villa, which is only a few minutes away by car.

Wang Tao is still a little interested in this exchange meeting, he has been coming to the Changhe base for so long, and it seems that he has not participated in this kind of similar activity.

The venue is very large, with a total of two floors.

The first floor is the trading floor. The second floor is the exchange hall, which is the place where the various forces come to find the big forces to take shares.

"There are so many people!"

After entering the hall on the first floor, Wang Tao was a little surprised.

At first glance, it looks like a vegetable market with a morning sale, and the entrance to the hall is blocked.

Qu Shilin took Wang Tao to enter from the VIP passage next to him, and explained by the way:

"Because there is no tax on selling things at this exchange meeting, it attracts a lot of people."

"I see."

Wang Tao nodded.

The operation of the Changhe base mainly depends on taxes, except for the black market and private transactions, which are not taxed, and general transactions are subject to taxes.

The transaction of collecting taxes is a legitimate transaction, which is recognized by the city hall and is equivalent to a guarantee. Transactions that are not taxed naturally do not have this kind of protection. At the exchange meeting, the transaction was recognized by the city hall and was not taxed, so naturally many people came.

However, Wang Tao probably glanced at it a few times, and there was nothing good. That is, some ordinary materials, medicines, weapons and equipment, compressed food, etc. This is obviously of little use to Wang Tao.

As for the monster eggs and special materials he imagined, none of them.

At most, I saw a fourth-order night demon heart that sold for 1.2 million, which was ridiculously expensive. There is a group of people around who are judged on their character, but let alone buying, there is not even a person who bargains......

Wang Tao's mind of picking up the leak disappeared in an instant.

"Shall we go in and have a look?"

After coming in, looking at the lively stalls, Qu Shilin was a little eager to try.

"Forget it, I don't feel like there's anything good, and it's a waste of time to go."

Wang Tao shook his head.

"Uh...... Alright then, let's go upstairs. ”

Qu Shilin believes in Wang Tao's vision very much, since Wang Tao said that there is no good thing, then there is a high probability that there is really no one. Even if there were, she might not be able to see it with her ability, so she didn't waste time.

There is a security check when you go upstairs, and you need an identity verification.

"This is to prevent someone from deliberately causing trouble, and only people with a certain amount of strength can go up."

Qu Shilin explained.

This strength does not refer to one's own strength, but to financial strength. To put it simply: only the rich can participate in the event, and the poor are better than playing.

Upstairs is not so messy, and there are a lot fewer people, but this person is less than downstairs, and there are actually quite a lot of people. There are still a lot of rich people!

It is divided into one independent exhibition hall after another, each of which represents a big force.

If you fancy which force wants to buy shares, just go directly to the corresponding exhibition hall.

However, this does not mean that you can participate if you give money and materials, and when individuals choose the big forces to invest, the big forces are also picking them. It's actually a two-way selection process, which feels like a job fair......

And there is also an exhibition hall here that represents the city hall officials, and they seem to be supervising?

"It looks pretty regular!"

"The City Hall takes this matter very seriously, and they strictly prohibit any behavior that seeks personal gain and deliberately cheating partners...... Later, when the cave is explored, the city hall will send a special person to supervise it, and try to ensure that the major forces report the harvest truthfully......"

Hearing Qu Shilin's explanation, Wang Tao was suddenly a little surprised.

He also thought before that these big forces are only allowed to take money into shares, and are not allowed to leave people, so there is a lot of room for operation in the middle, and if there is a deliberate behavior of cheating partners, there is no way to stop it, and it may not even be discovered.

But unexpectedly, the city hall spoke, and personally sent someone over to supervise! Then the situation and nature are different, if there is a situation of trapping people at this time, it is against the entire base......

But after thinking about it, Wang Tao felt that it was reasonable.

If this matter is not officially announced, forget it. But now that it has not only been announced, but it has also been said that it is looking for a partner, then this will definitely attract a large number of people to come and invest!

At that time, if there is a scandal that cheating people, those big forces will certainly lose their reputation, but the city hall will not end well.

After all, the city hall is the official of the Changhe base, and if this kind of thing happens, the people will definitely let the official give an explanation. At that time, it will be difficult for the city hall to do, it is not good to offend the big forces, and it is even worse to offend the people. If neither side wants to offend, it will inevitably lead to confusion and even some bad consequences.

What the city hall needs is stability, and they don't allow conflicts to occur in the city, so it's better to get involved at this time, make the rules, and when there is a real problem, you can solve it according to the rules.

And with the endorsement of the city hall, those big forces will gain more trust from the people and attract more investment......

Therefore, as long as you want to do business seriously and attract investment, you are willing to let the city hall participate. At this time, if you oppose the city hall coming, wouldn't you have a ghost in your heart?

After the city hall participates, it will definitely not be in vain, not to mention anything else, there is a high probability that taxes will be collected, even if it is not collected much, it is also an income.

Wang Tao thinks this is quite good, this is a win-win situation.

Of course, there is a premise for this, and that is that there is indeed money to be made by exploring the caves...... If you can't make money, then it's useless to say anything.

"It's good to have the city hall involved, so everyone is relieved."

Wang Tao said with a smile.

"Yes. I feel that this cave exploration activity may be one of the biggest activities since the establishment of the base. ”

There was some expectation in Qu Shilin's eyes.

She'd heard that there were a lot of good things in the caves, and there were some strange creatures, and she wanted to get some slices to study!

There is a large exhibition hall on the second floor that belongs to the Hope Research Institute, and Qu Shilin took Wang Tao directly over.

"You've got a lot of stuff!"

There's a lot of stuff here, including mechanical exoskeletons, power armor, weapons, flions, vehicles, and more. Including the Night Demon Heart, if nothing else, the Night Demon Heart on the table should be Wang Tao's.

Wang Tao also said before that he wanted to make a power armor to play with, and later Qu Shilin said that he could give him one, but it had not been manufactured yet, so let Wang Tao wait.

As a result, Wang Tao forgot about it, and now when he saw the power armor, he suddenly remembered.

Although Qu Shilin is a scientific research worker, her emotional intelligence is also very high, and after seeing Wang Tao's gaze staring at the power armor, she suddenly slapped her head.

"Ahem, I'm sorry, I forgot the power armor I promised to send you last time......"

In fact, it can't be said that she forgot, mainly because she happened to lead the team to make a mechanical prosthetic body for Xiang Hongbin during that time, and everything else could only be in the back row. At that time, she hadn't forgotten it, but the follow-up work became more and more busy, and she slowly forgot about it.

"Wang Tao, pick one, I can still call the shots for this little thing!"

Qu Shilin said to Wang Tao again.

"I'll take a look first."

Wang Tao followed Qu Shilin in.

The exhibition hall of the institute is very large, and there are many people outside, seeing Qu Shilin come in with a person, her colleagues are a little curious.

"Hello guys! I'm Wang Tao, from the Spark Society. ”

Wang Tao greeted with a smile.

They are naturally not familiar with the name Wang Tao, but they have all heard of the Xinghuo Society. After all, it was one of the forces that killed the fourth-order disaster-level monster for the first time, and it was still well-known.

"Hello!"

Several people introduced each other.

Then Qu Shilin said, let Wang Tao choose a power armor, several people have no opinion, obviously Qu Shilin is not lying, she does have the right to decide.

"Mr. Wang, why don't I introduce you?"

An emaciated middle-aged man said with a smile.

His name is Jiang Wenyou, and he has just been introduced.

"Lao Jiang is the researcher in our institute who is best at manufacturing power armor!"

Qu Shilin explained with a smile.

At the Institute of Hope, these researchers are collectively referred to as researchers. Every researcher has a certain focus on research, after all, human energy is limited. This Jiang Wenyou specializes in power armor.

"Okay!"

Wang Tao nodded, and then asked with some curiosity.

"By the way, I don't know what you're good at?"

Hearing Wang Tao's inquiry, Qu Shilin shrugged.

"I used to be best at biotechnology."

Wang Tao first nodded, and then asked:

"Then the Crystal Gun, Crystal Car, Power Armor you made, ......"

"That's all done in my free time, not my main business."

“……”

Good guy, this is the willfulness of the big guy!

Before, Qu Shilin felt that she underestimated Wang Tao, and now Wang Tao also thinks that he underestimated Qu Shilin.

Wang Tao hadn't used the power armor made by Qu Shilin, but he had tried the crystal energy gun and crystal energy car, which were all very useful things, Wang Tao thought that Qu Shilin and her team had studied for a long time to make it, but she said that she got it casually?

Seeing the surprise in Wang Tao's eyes, Qu Shilin waved her hand indifferently.

"Hey! You may be mistaken, I borrowed the drawings to make those crystal guns, cars and so on, and I just drew the scoop according to the gourd, which is nothing. ”

As soon as Qu Shilin said this, Wang Tao didn't say anything, and several people in Jiang Wen next to him laughed.

Jiang Wenyou opened his mouth and said:

"Mr. Wang, Professor Qu is right, but not completely. The Crystal Gear she made did use the blueprints. But the production of this drawing was made with the participation of Professor Qu! ”

Wang Tao suddenly gave a thumbs up.

He complained a little in his heart, how could this Qu Shilin like to be low-key as him!

Qu Shilin glanced at them a little speechlessly. In Qu Shilin's view, isn't this kind of collaborative development of drawings a normal thing? Nothing to be proud of. If you can independently research some results, then it is amazing. For example, the mechanical prosthetic made on Xiang Hongbin's body, which she developed with her own team, will make her a little proud......

"Mr. Wang, please ...... here"

Jiang Wenyou came to a power armor and began to introduce Wang Tao.

Jiang Wenyou introduced it very carefully, and in the face of Wang Tao's inquiry, he was not the slightest impatient, but he was very happy, after all, this was the power armor he designed and manufactured, and he liked his work very much.

After his introduction, Wang Tao also had a general understanding of the functions of these power armors.

Their models are all different, and their functions are more or less different, but they can be roughly divided into four categories, namely: speed, attack, defense, and all-round.

The power armor of the speed type is relatively light, and when the speed increases, most zombies can't catch up.

The power armor of the offensive type is not lightweight, and the defense is not too high, but the whole body is full of weapons, and the explosive power is terrifying.

The defensive power armor is heavy and highly defensive, and can resist the impact of the corpse tide.

The all-round power armor is not outstanding in any aspect, but it is not weak and very balanced. This kind of comparison panacea, with a high fault tolerance rate, is the most retained power armor.

The power armor worn by Duan Xuchang and Cheng Yiyi is all-round.

After a moment of selection, Wang Tao picked an offensive power armor.

The reason is very simple, because Wang Tao likes the machine guns, grenades, rocket launchers and other firearms carried on the mecha.

"This power armor consumes a lot of money, but it is estimated that Mr. Wang is not short of money...... Here's the key. ”

Jiang Wenyou handed over something that looked like a car remote control.

The power armor is bound to identity information, and can only be used by Wang Tao alone after binding. If you want to use it differently, you have to hope that the research institute will unbind it and then rebind it.

The reason why it is so troublesome is naturally because this thing is too lethal, and if it is stolen, the consequences will be serious.

Due to the limited space here, it can't be used, so Wang Tao naturally can't test it. I can take it out for testing tomorrow, and he still likes this big toy.

At this time, Jiang Wenyou said again:

"Does Mr. Wang need us to deliver the goods? If we need to make a delivery, we may have to wait, because we are selling hot today, and the few trucks we have prepared in advance are not enough...... However, your Spark Club also has an exhibition hall here, and you can also use your Spark Club car to send it back......"

"Huh? The exhibition hall of the Spark Club? ”

Wang Tao was a little confused.

There are only a few people in their Xinghuo Society, except for himself here, everyone else is in his villa, how can there be an exhibition hall.

Wang Tao looked at Qu Shilin, Qu Shilin shook her head, she didn't know.

"Mr. Wang doesn't know? It's over there......

Jiang Wenyou pointed in a direction, but because there were too many people blocking his view, Wang Tao couldn't see what was going on over there.

Seeing that Jiang Wen didn't look like he was joking, Wang Tao suddenly frowned.

Could it be that someone is swaggering and deceiving in the name of the Spark Club? Then this is unbearable!

"I really don't know, I'm going to see ......"

Wang Tao's face remained unchanged, and he immediately walked in the direction that Jiang Wen pointed out.

A moment later, Wang Tao saw the exhibition hall of the Sixth Legion. Next to the sign of the Sixth Legion hangs a sign of the Spark Club.

Except for two staff members, there is not even a person to consult, and it looks very deserted.

(End of chapter)