American Celestial Master

Chapter 72, Angel Investors
Lin Qiusheng has always felt that he has a great advantage, that is, he will not easily reject other people's kindness.But he still asked again: "Mr. Brown, I am very grateful for the trust you and other gentlemen in the community have placed in me. I am also willing to accept this commission and prove that I am worthy of your trust. But there are some rules, we We should talk about it first, so that it will be more beneficial to everyone.”

"What you said is completely reasonable." Mr. Brown said, "We do need some rules for cooperation, and these rules will definitely involve technical aspects. You know, we are all laymen in this area, so these rules must be It will be determined after discussing with you.”

Lin Qiusheng nodded: "Mr. Brown, as you know, my friends and I are all so-called superheroes. But there are differences between superheroes and superheroes. Well, please let me use games and Let’s compare the concepts in novels. Superheroes generally fall into two categories, namely warlocks and mages.

Warlocks' power comes from their blood, they are born; while mages' power comes from their wisdom and learning.I'm the mage type, and my companions are of the mixed type. "

As Lin Qiusheng said this, he pulled out an electric spark between his two hands: "Look at my lightning whip. It can launch five consecutive attacks in a short period of time...but I did it after a long period of study. , to master such abilities. Warlocks, as long as they have such abilities in their blood, once they awaken, they will immediately learn, and they can also learn the skills of mages. To be honest, this is really enviable Jealousy and hate."

However, the focus of Mr. Brown's attention is obviously not Lin Qiusheng's "envy, jealousy and hatred" towards warlocks. He asked with bright eyes: "Mr. Lin, do you mean that skills like this can also be mastered through learning?"

"Yes, just like advanced mathematics, it can be mastered through learning. Of course, if you are a warlock yourself, the difficulty will be much lower." Lin Qiusheng replied.

At this answer the light in Mr. Brown's eyes went out.

"I can serve the community as much as I can, but my profession means I am constantly learning.

You should have heard, Mr. Brown, that the mysteries did not happen suddenly, but that they happened with increasing frequency.When I was a child, there were no such mysteries at all. "Lin Qiusheng said.

"Yes, it was a good time," said Mr. Brown.

"I have reason to believe that there may have been times like this many years ago, such as in the Old Testament era, when angels and even gods had appeared directly in front of people, and in the New Testament era. The apostles could really command in the name of Jesus The disease leaves the patient. Not like the pastor a few years ago, who is just pretending.

As far as I am concerned, my strength comes from studying some ancient books.These ancient books were written in the era when the gods or their messengers were still walking on the earth.Some ancient books are likely to be the research records of the magicians back then, but later, the world has undergone many changes, and these things are no longer useful.Anything that is useless is quickly forgotten.The same is true of the studies of magicians.By studying the things they left behind, I reproduced the spells and became what you call a 'superhero'.

So you should be able to understand that it means a lot to me to often go to the library, or go out to find legendary ancient books and various special materials, and I can't stay in the community all the time.It's even more likely that I won't be in the community most of the time. "

The fact that he is often not in the community is somewhat beyond Mr. Brown's expectations, but considering that Lin Qiusheng is the easiest superhero they can find - the market for superheroes is bullish nowadays, not to mention that Lin Qiusheng's evaluation in this circle is still very good Woolen cloth.

So Mr. Brown thought for a while and said, "Mr. Lin, you know that the place is not peaceful recently. Can you arrange other people to help you with the things you need to go out?"

Lin Qiusheng smiled and replied: "This is difficult, because it involves quite professional knowledge, which is not something ordinary people can do well. In fact, as a mage, I and you can more easily see it in the news. There is still a big difference between warlocks, that is, mages are more comprehensive and have more means.

Just like in the game, mages work harder than warlocks, but they are also more versatile and flexible.For example, I can guide the community to build self-circulating shelters that use mystical powers.This sanctuary should be able to deal with physical monsters such as the Jersey devil that appeared in Trenton, and Bigfoot, and it can also be used to deal with half-physical and half-magic monsters, such as Wendigo and vampires; Defense against intangible things like wraiths.The community can be protected even in my absence, and as long as the resources are in place and I keep gaining more knowledge, I can guarantee that the system can be continuously upgraded to serve our community Provide better and more reliable security services. "

What Lin Qiusheng said made Mr. Brown very excited. A security system that can operate automatically sounds better than a superhero in many ways, because superheroes always have to take a nap and sleep, but an automated system is Can always be vigilant.

But Mr. Brown has worked on Wall Street. He has seen countless guys who are good at drawing big pies, and even he himself is an expert in this area.Although generally speaking, the Chinese are relatively honest, and they are not as crazy as the Indians when they draw big cakes, but Mr. Brown still smells similar to himself from Lin Qiusheng very keenly.

But on the other hand, Mr. Brown also found a bigger business opportunity.You think, an automated defense system that can run automatically and has the ability to defend against various monsters, even if this thing is not perfect, even if there are various messy problems, but under today's conditions, the value of this thing, That's just...

"Mr. Lin, it must cost a lot of money to collect all kinds of ancient books and special items, right?" Mr. Brown sat up straight, "We can actually have a deeper cooperation. You just mentioned that there is a kind of automatic operation , and a defense system that can defend against many monsters? Can this defense system be promoted?"

"In theory, yes, but you also know that any system of this type needs maintenance personnel at the same time, even the so-called 'automatic self-running' system. It's like the current power plant, almost all the work is automatic However, there is always an engineer on duty in any power plant. one person.

The automation of power plants has been studied for so many years, and the reliability is by no means comparable to our new system, so our system maintenance personnel often have to adjust the system.This is actually a requirement, our system maintainers must be mages.

Fortunately, mages are different from warlocks, mages can be cultivated.Although the threshold for training is relatively high, it is precisely because of this that he is extremely valuable.Don't you think so? "

"This is indeed a good project. Mr. Lin, your partner is a mage who has changed from a warlock? Is it more convenient for a warlock to turn into a mage?" Mr. Brown's eyes began to light up again, "Also, can you start in our community?" Complete an automatic defense system that can be displayed?"

"This is not a technical problem." Lin Qiusheng said, "It's just that it takes a lot of money to complete such a system."

"How much?" asked Mr. Brown.

"Look at the function. If it is fully functional, that is, it can defend against the whole set of things from monsters to ghosts, and it can be maintained for a long time. It will be very expensive. Considering this is the first product, you know, the original There is still a large amount of necessary research and development expenses in front of the product. Before the first such product appears, the investment may exceed 200 million US dollars. However, if it is only used to prove the feasibility, temporary, and relatively single function, That would require much less money. I think if you don't consider the cost of obtaining experimental materials, that is, living Jersey Devils and the like, but only consider the cost of making the corresponding system and conducting several feasibility experiments , about one or two million US dollars is enough." Lin Qiusheng replied.

"Lin, do you know how big a deal this is? Over $[-] million invested? What is $[-] million worth compared to this project? Nothing! Right now, we're in a new world Great War, and this system is the new military industry system of the modern United States. Of course, the most important thing now is our speed. I think in the United States, you should be more than a mage, and they may launch similar ones at some point products. We must be ahead of them and quickly build up the patent wall. We will certainly not be able to take over the entire US market. The government and Wall Street will not allow us to be too dominant, but as long as we do enough Well, maybe Lin will be a surname that can be compared to Morgan in the future. Well, no one will launch an effective product faster than us in the short term, right?"

"I know that there is an organization that can definitely launch a more perfect, more efficient, and even cheaper similar product faster than us..." Lin Qiusheng said.

"There is such an institution?" Mr. Brown looked disappointed.

"This institution is the Huaxia Academy of Sciences. You know, I am from Huaxia, and some of my classmates are in the Huaxia Academy of Sciences. I know that they started research in this area a few years ago, and even many of my Things are also inspired by them." Lin Qiusheng replied.

"Huaxia Academy of Sciences? That's easy to say." Mr. Brown let out a long breath, "No one will object to this matter. Well, maybe we can increase the funds a little bit and see if we can get it from there Let's get some valuable technology over here...

Well, I can give you $300 million in venture capital right now, and if we can be the first in the United States to launch a system that can prove its viability, I will add another 40.00 million dollars, of course, I ask for [-] % of the equity..."

(End of this chapter)