Xia Ye shook her head, expressing her disbelief in Ke Lun's explanation.
"It's normal for you not to believe me." Curran looked at her, "Why don't I tell you something that you will definitely believe, and then I will explain it slowly."
"Speaking."
"Have you ever guessed that the reason why I want to kill Chris is because after she dies, if you want to cooperate with Ocean Charter, you can only go through me?"
Xia Ye neither confirmed nor denied.
Curran did not wait for her answer. She continued: "Your guess is correct. This was indeed my original intention, but it does not conflict with my desire to prevent Chris from ruining the 'Ocean Charter' . It’s just that my approach at the beginning was relatively simple and crude, and I didn’t expect you to be able to save Chris. To be honest, even now I am still curious about how you did this far away in the etheric sea.
"After the attempt failed, I realized that it was no longer appropriate to continue to use that simple and crude method. It was not good for both of us. Therefore, now I intend to use reasonable methods to convince you, I mean really Reasonable..."
The girl said, tapping her lips.
"Instead of using this..." She pointed to her prosthetic hand again, "To force you to cooperate with us."
"I am also a person who likes to reason, but only if what you say really makes sense." Xia Ye said.
"You will agree with me, Miss Xia Ye, as long as you still want a company that can earn magic, rather than a bottomless pit that will only eat up your investment, you should choose to work with me instead of handing over the company to Chris."
Curran's eyes crossed the summer night and cast into the distance. She seemed to be recalling something. After a while, the girl spoke:
"Chris and I were both students of the 'Bafuriya Magic Technology Academy', a school funded by the 'Bafaliya Magic Drive Core Manufacturing Factory'. We were also born in Xiacheng District, so The best school you can get into.
"At Baffalia College, students with excellent grades can receive a substantial scholarship, which is enough to pay tuition and ensure basic living expenses. After graduation, many people can enter the Baffalia manufacturing factory to work, and even the best ones can You can enter 'Aether Exploration' and settle in Zhongcheng District in the future.
“If Chris and I had chosen this path at that time, perhaps these things would not have happened today, but something happened at that time that directly changed our destiny.
"That was about five years ago. The college suddenly called together a group of students, including Chris and me, and said there was a research project from Uptown. We could decide on our own to participate or not, but the specific content of the project, You need to sign a confidentiality agreement before you can disclose it.
"Chris decided to join on the spot, and I had no choice but to make the same choice. After that, we got some information and were informed of the research goals: 'Ether Exploration' hopes to develop a method to generate powerful energy through the use of ether deflagration. Thrust machinery. This is a huge project, and several of the largest manufacturing plants are involved in this project, and our college, as an affiliated college of the Bavalia Manufacturing Plant, is also able to join.
“Until now, I don’t know exactly how many people participated in this project, but it is conservatively estimated that it will be no less than 2,000 people. The two of us have been exposed to only a very small part of the project, but it will have a profound impact on what we will do next. , is enough.
"About three years ago, 'Aether Exploration' finalized the drawings of the first aether ramjet thruster and handed it over to several large manufacturing plants for trial production of prototypes, and we graduated that year.
"One day, Chris suddenly said to me: We all know how powerful the thrust of the ether ramjet thruster is and how low the magic consumption is. Since there is such a good thing, why don't we build a ship driven by the ether ramjet thruster? What about the ship? This kind of ship must be able to sail very far in the etheric sea. Today, only the traveling witch can travel in the etheric sea, but as long as there is this kind of ship, even ordinary people can do the same thing in the future.
"At that time, I thought for a while and said to her: Shipbuilding is not something two people can accomplish. If we want to build a ship, we must first set up a company... In this way, the two of us gave up and went to work for 'Ether Exploration' Plan to start a shipbuilding company.
"Previous experience in the project played a role. Chris was proficient in technology. The prototype had not been made public at that time, but she had already used a series of methods to calculate the approximate parameters of the prototype and designed a device that could carry Ethernet. Ram propeller ship.
"As for me...I am ambitious, and ambition can be transformed into appeal. At that time, I was running around, one by one, trying to persuade classmates who had participated in the project with us in the past, and even students from other colleges in the project, to invite They work with us to prepare the company.
"The following period was our most difficult time, but it was also our happiest time. We encountered countless unimaginable difficulties, some of which required the use of brains, some of which required the use of violence, and in most cases both. We all needed it, but we didn't give up and finally established 'Yuanhang Ship Manufacturing Co., Ltd.', which was the name given by Chris.
“A few months later, our company’s solution defeated hundreds of competitors and obtained the qualification to conduct trial voyages equipped with ether ramjet thrusters. However, there are only 5 companies in Xiacheng District that have obtained this qualification.
"The test was a great success. Just as Chris expected, the ship equipped with the ether ramjet thruster is completely different from the small sampans in the past. Our ship sailed at 100 knots in the first trial. After sailing at a speed of 5,000 nautical miles, we have truly entered the etheric sea, instead of being like the so-called 'ships' in the past that could only wander around Debsota.
"It was also at that time that the whaling industry in Xiacheng District was booming. I smelled the business opportunities and asked Chris to immediately design a whaling ship equipped with an ether ramjet thruster and named it 'C-Type' Boat', from today's perspective, is actually very simple, but at that time, it was simply a whaling weapon that whalers dreamed of.
"What's more important is that it's not expensive. A dozen whalers can buy a C-type boat for just one mole. Later, I learned from other industries and launched a whaling boat leasing business. First, they don't even need to buy the boat. As long as they pay the deposit and rent, they can drive the boat out to sea to hunt whales.
"With the 'C-type ship', the company ushered in its golden period. Orders came in like a snowflake, and the company's scale expanded rapidly... But whether it was building a new dock or hiring more employees, magic was needed. Mor, and it is impossible to raise so many Mor in a short time based on orders alone. Therefore, we have to accept investment from investors who come to us.
"And this golden period only lasted less than a year, and a problem gradually emerged. Although the problem was not exposed until then, its root was laid long before the company was established, and that is: I His goals are fundamentally inconsistent with Chris's.
"Although they did overlap with each other in the beginning - she wanted to build a ship that could sail long distances, and I wanted to set up a company, and that's how 'Sailing Ships' was founded. But ultimately, Chris's ideal My goal is to reach the end of the etheric sea and explore the unknown world; and my ideal is to stand out, hoping that one day I can become a level 4 or higher witch and live in the upper city.
“Shipbuilding is just a way for the two of us to realize our ideals, not the ultimate goal.
"At that time, Chris was no longer satisfied with building those 'small boats'. She began to allocate funds and set up a special project team to develop larger and faster boats that could sail outside the archipelago and even further places. The giant ship—that’s no longer a whaler.”
(End of chapter)
