Chapter 504 (1/2)
This is an antique study. There are many thick books on several wooden shelves. Those books also look very old. Next to a French window was a mahogany desk with an open book, an ink bottle, a quill pen inserted in the ink bottle, and fire paint. Next to the desk, a set of plate armor is placed between the window and the wall, from helmets to boots. There is also a two handed sword in the silver gloves, which looks very sharp.
Such a study gives Ning Tao a feeling of crossing the middle ages.
Charles put two vases on the desk, and Ning Tao also put two plates on the desk. As he put the plate on, he glanced at the old books spread out on the desk intentionally or unintentionally. It's not a book, but a note with some strange patterns and words. Unfortunately, those words are very strange. They don't look like German. He can't understand them at all and doesn't know which country they are.
Charles looked at Ning Tao and didn't seem to care. Ning Tao peeped at his notes on his desk.
Ning Tao broke the silence in the study: ”Mr. Charles, what do you want to talk to me about?”
In fact, he wanted to know what kind of demon Charles was, but he obviously wouldn't ask. He could only get the answer through observation and contact.
Charles came to a Yue Kiln vase, reached out and touched the smooth bottle wall. His voice was soft and pleasant: ”Mr. Ning, these four porcelain were found in the sea?”
”How do you know?”
Charles said, ”these four pieces of porcelain smell of the sea, and it's a deep sea, isn't it?”
Ning Tao said, ”I really fished these four porcelain from the deep sea, but what does it have to do with you? Why do you ask?”
”May I venture to ask, Mr. Ning, how deep can you dive to the bottom of the sea?” Charles stared at Ning Tao, his blue eyes full of anticipation.
”Why do you ask this?” Ning Tao repeated this sentence.
”Mr. Ning, don't get me wrong. I don't mean any harm. Please tell me how deep you can dive into the bottom of the sea?” Charles also repeated his question.
Ning Tao said faintly, ”I haven't tried this, but I think as long as it is the ocean on the earth, no matter how deep it is, I should be able to dive.”
Charles was immediately excited: ”that's great!”
Ning Tao said, ”you haven't told me yet. Why do you ask this?”
Charles didn't answer Ning Tao's question, but reached out and turned the notes on the table to the front page.
The notes on the desk were at least as big as a newspaper. The page Charles turned to was the first page of the whole note, on which a nautical chart was drawn. There are islands and continents in the picture, with a large proportion. In a sea area, he circled a circle with a pen, but Ning Tao could not see that it was that sea area, nor could he see the place of the modern world corresponding to those islands and the continent of horn. However, he had guessed Charles's purpose.
”Do you want me to go to the sea and dive into the bottom of this place?” Ning Tao reached out and pointed to the marked position on the map.
Charles nodded: ”I want to ask Mr. Ning to come out and find a sunken ship for me from here and bring me something inside.”
Ning Tao tentatively said, ”where is this place? What do you want me to find?”
”Before that, we need to reach a written agreement. If you agree to find that thing for me and sign the agreement, I'll tell you,” Charles said
Ning Tao smiled: ”then tell me, what can you give me?”
Charles said, ”make an offer. I promise you I won't treat you badly.”
Ning Tao shook his head: ”I'm not interested in money.”
”You're not interested in money, so why do you risk trading with me?” After a pause, Charles said, ”tell me, what else do you want besides money?”
Ning Tao said: ”Bohong's latest testing technology, stability module, as well as Astor's latest production process and related technology of immersion lithography machine.”
Charles was stunned on the spot and looked at Ning Tao with strange eyes.
Ning Tao asked, ”am I not clear enough?”
Charles then said, ”Mr. Ning, I know exactly what kind of person you are. What do you want those things for?”
Ning Tao said: ”my friend came to Bohong company to talk about cooperation, but was sold by Bohong company to the CIA. If I hadn't saved them in time, they wouldn't be able to get out all their life. This makes me very angry, so I want to take the things they regard as treasures from their hands. This is also a lesson and a warning for them.”
Charles shook his head. ”It's no good. It should be just a simple deal. I don't want to involve politics. I hate politics. Don't make a simple deal so complicated.”
Ning Tao turned and walked to the door.
”Wait!” Cried Charles.
Ning Tao smiled at the corner of his mouth and turned to look at Charles: ”have you changed your mind?”
Charles said: ”I can give you the latest testing technology and stability module of Bohong company, but I can't give you the immersion lithography technology you said. It's not that I don't want to help, but that I can't help. Astor is headquartered in the Netherlands. It's not a German company. The technology you want can only go to the Netherlands.”
Ning Tao was silent for a moment and said, ”OK, deal.”
Charles said, ”let's sign an agreement.”