Chapter 745: Calculation (Part 1)
Compared with Frank Castor's skill, his personality is what the mystics value.
However, he also knows that he will not please the veterans. If he continues to meet Frank Castor, sooner or later a fierce physical conflict will break out, and the final winner can only be him. He didn't want to kill his recruits. Since Victoria Hand was willing to take over this troublesome task, Salomon let her go. He wanted to spend more time on Latin beauties in swimsuits with bronze skin and curvy buttocks. Although this was impossible, no one could stop him from fantasizing. He used fantasy to ignore the troubles that followed, which was to appease the girl who had lived in the Siberian mountains since she was a child.
Sophia has a primal response to a challenge, brooding over her setbacks with Frank Castor and seeking out any chance to punch the ex-soldier in the face. Salomon had to intensify the training of Sophia and her people, lest she always think about running out to seek revenge. Different from the special operations team that executes scalpel-like precision strikes, this group of people will become the original regular army of the Immortal City, and use a large number of advanced mechanized equipment to experiment with various tactical exercises. The first batch of heavy equipment used by the regular army, such as tanks, infantry armored vehicles, and aircraft produced by the Mars Foundry, was prepared for them. After the training was completed, Sophia would even have the authority to launch nuclear bombs. The equipment that Sophia and her people will obtain consumes a lot of resources, even comparable to a piece of power armor of the Imperial Guard.
This is Salomon's compensation for Jacob's thousand-year watch. He must ensure that Jacob's bloodline can continue for generations, and he has no worries about food and clothing. Facing Sophia who learned that she was excluded from the recruitment mission, Salomon had no choice but to make a statement to her patiently as an elder.
"This is a recruitment mission, not a willful wandering. I can give you gems, yachts, luxury cars, mansions, these things, because I owe your father a very big favor, but I will definitely not let you become an upstart who is obscene and vain, and indulges in conceit."
Although Sophia was older than Salomon, in the office of the internal affairs department, the mystic was the calmer one. Sophia can't learn from those New Money that the poor get rich, and compare without restraint and without taste. Artistic taste and etiquette are also very important courses for Sofia. He said it with such conviction that it was as if his mega-yacht with its helipad didn't exist at all. But he really doesn't care about things like yachts. After all, he already has several aircraft carriers and space battleships. If it weren't for the witch family's flamboyant personality, he wouldn't even consider buying such things.
It is too low-level to pursue things like yachts now. If he continues like this, he will live up to the teachings of Athena for so many years and devote himself to the barren spiritual world of the nouveau riche. To counteract this tendency (and keep Athena from messing with him about taste), his next step is to install anti-gravity engines on that yacht, transforming it from a palace on the water into a palace in the air, serving as the party ship for the Hag and Athena.
He prefers a fully armed aircraft carrier fleet to a palace-like yacht. He originally planned to invite Vanessa to relax on the yacht, but he didn't expect things to change so quickly. Vanessa parted ways with them and has become a stranger ever since. Even if Wilson Fisk obtained the qualification to trade with him, this matter could not be undone. Regarding that transaction, Wilson Fisk believed that it was the most valuable harvest of that reception, and only he and Salomon knew the content of the transaction.
Jin also promised that he would not conduct human trafficking transactions. Although he could not prevent other gangs from conducting human trafficking, he could report those situations to Salomon, and then Salomon would hand them over to the Sisters for processing. Another item in this transaction is the so-called "black space"-Salomon will not bet all on Matt Murdoch. Whether he handed over Wilson Fisk's criminal record to Karen Page, or reached a deal with Wilson Fisk to dig deep into the details of the Hand to obtain the specific use of the keel and the secrets of Kunlun, it was just a means of risk hedging. The only winner of the dispute between Matt Murdoch and Wilson Fisk is Salomon, and no matter who wins or loses, the two men will not be able to shake what he is about to reap.
"What does this have to do with my mission?" Sophia asked, "I don't like those things!"
"What you want is a warship, Sophia. Those things are much more expensive than gems and yachts." Salomon tapped the parchment with the nib of a ruby pen produced on Mars. "I will not blindly fill your desires and allow all willfulness. This is an irresponsible behavior to you. If I do this, I will live up to Jacob's entrustment. Frank Castor will let Agent Hand solve it. You must spend time on training and learning. Foresight and wisdom are the eternal wealth in the world.”
"You are not my elder, Salomon, don't teach me like this."
"But I am your boss. Jacob handed over your people to me, and I will use their power to realize that ideal." Salomon raised his head and said blankly, "Jacob's 1,000 years is not enough. We need more. If you and your people can complete the task, then this time can be shortened. I need you to be the role models of the first regular army, and the best of them will be awarded the title of officer. All you have to do is to lead them to victory in the future battlefield."
"Don't you think it's unfair that my father sacrificed himself while you sit here enjoying power and wealth?"
"I'm glad you think so. It proves that you value Jacob's sacrifice very much." Salomon smiled rarely. He put down his pen and gestured for Sofia to sit on the chair in front of him. "A thousand years has caused Jacob great pain. Compared with him, my watch is longer." He said, "I am not unwilling to sacrifice. When the place where I grew up instilled in me the spirit of dedication to sacrifice for mankind, I accepted it without fear. Now I am sitting here because the time for me to make sacrifices has not yet come. I have foreseen that possibility, so I must complete everything before that day comes."
Sophia was a little curious, flicking her red braids back and forth, as if she wanted to find an excuse to ask. "Idealist." She snorted a few times, "but our tribe came to Siberia because of ideals, so I don't think there is anything wrong with my father's ideals. I just want to know, what are your chances of success? Is it based on your prophecy?"
"Part of it, and part of it is a high-dimensional game." The mystic narrowed his eyes and said happily, "Now, I don't know who is the chess player."
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