Start! The Terminator's Counterattack Chapter 23 Blackmail

Chapter 23 Blackmail

The next day, Sheyan got up early, had a hearty breakfast, and took a taxi to Eleventh Street, where the Ceboding Computer Company was located. When he set out, the traffic on the street was still smooth, but when he was about to reach his destination, he felt the serious traffic congestion in Los Angeles, a super metropolis, which was even worse than the era when Sheyan entered.

In desperation, Sheyan asked for the address of Ceboding Computer Company and got off the car to walk. Fortunately, the headquarters of this company was built in an unusually magnificent manner, and it could be said to stand out among the high-rise buildings in Los Angeles. Almost as soon as he looked up, he could see the company's huge logo from afar, so Sheyan had no chance of getting lost.

However, from the moment he got off the car, Sheyan had a strong sense of danger in his heart, as if he was standing on the top of a high-rise building and looking down without a guardrail, and the closer he got to there, the stronger the sense of danger became...

Fortunately, Sheyan's destination was not this huge and dangerous company, but the Buster's Steakhouse hundreds of meters away next to it. The environment of this steakhouse is not very good in general. It is old and greasy everywhere. The leather cushions on the chairs are cracked and cracked. However, it should be because the taste is quite good. It is still crowded. Fang Senyan waited for half an hour before he got a seat.

Although Fang Senyan only consumed a cup of coffee at the seat, the waiter was very generous in the face of the generous tip. So thirty seconds later, Fang Senyan knew that the middle-aged bald man with rosacea sitting next to him in the third row was his target of this trip: Engineer Vincent. He also knew that he would have some time before he finished breakfast and left.

Apparently Engineer Vincent had a good appetite. There were several empty plates stacked on his table. When Fang Senyan looked over, he was dealing with a sandwich with bacon, swallowing a mouthful of hot milk oatmeal, patting his chest with satisfaction and picking up half a Russian red sausage.

Fang Senyan waved and paid Engineer Vincent's bill together, but his behavior did not win the latter's friendship. Vincent wiped his mouth with a handkerchief whose color could not be seen clearly, looked at him with a vigilant look, and said rudely:

"I will not look at you differently because of that bill, young man, no one can make me go easy on you during the interview."

This engineer really has a bad personality as described in the task evaluation. However, Fang Senyan did not get discouraged, but stared at Vincent's eyes and said seriously:

"Oh, I have no interest in working for Seboding Computer Company - by the way, this does not mean to belittle your company at all - five minutes, Mr. Vincent, I only need five minutes of your time, if you still want to leave after that, then I will take the initiative to open the car door for you."

As Fang Senyan said, he had already noticed Vincent's slightly yellowed index finger, so he took out a Havana hand-torn cigar from his arms, cut it and handed it over. Obviously, this cigar worth one hundred dollars successfully buffered the impatience and arrogance of Engineer Vincent. He snorted coldly from his nose, lit up the dark, thick, powerful, and imposing cigar, took a puff, let the mellow smoke linger in his mouth for a moment, and exhaled gently when it reached his throat, then closed his eyes slightly:

"Speak."

Fang Senyan paused for a moment, giving people the feeling that he was seriously preparing his words, and then said:

"I live near 77th Avenue - the place where a large-scale terrorist attack was rumored to have occurred yesterday."

Vincent nodded, indicating that he knew about this, and then said coldly:

"Four minutes left."

"There was a violent explosion near my home. At that time, I was taking a nap at home, and the glass of the window was broken. After a while, the downstairs was surrounded by the police. After the police removed the alert, I found this when I was cleaning the room."

After Fang Senyan finished speaking, he stretched out his palm. In his palm lay a seemingly ordinary object, but it was shining with a strange light blue electric current. It was the mission prop: main CPU chip (incomplete)!

Vincent was smoking with his eyes closed, and his arrogance was about to come out. But when he saw the thing in Fang Senyan's hand, he first took a quick look at it, then his face gradually became serious. Later, he sat up straight and took the chip from Fang Senyan's hand.

This engineer Vincent has ability. He was once one of the main project leaders in the company. However, he was usually unkempt and had a very irritable and weird personality, which offended many people. In recent years, he has been gradually marginalized by the top management.

Despite this, Vincent heard the news yesterday that the FBI had found "some items that greatly surpass the current technological level" and had handed them over to the company's headquarters. (According to the description of the movie plot: The Skynet system was originally developed through the remaining chips and bodies of T-800). The headquarters had already held a meeting overnight and handed all these things over to the R&D department headed by Mos Dyson, obviously excluding Vincent - his mood can be imagined, which indirectly became the main reason why Fang Senyan didn't get a good face when he arrived.

After Vincent took the chip over, he became more and more immersed in it as he looked at it. There was even more fanaticism in his eyes and he murmured to himself:

"Such a linear conduction method...how can it have a carbon-based structure? There are probably more than 100,000 electron points arranged on it! Damn it, what did my eyes see? Wireless functional base points, how is this possible, Rafi Hey, go and activate the electrospray impact module, Raphael, pull..."

At this time, Sheyan also received the reminder of the nightmare mark.

You successfully gave Vincent access to the main CPU chip (incomplete)

Side mission: Contact (completed)

You can make the following choices to receive rewards:

a: Give the chip to Vincent to get a certain (10~25) points of favorability from him and a small amount of reward. The degree of favorability fluctuation is directly related to the contractor's charm value.

b: Sell the chip to Vincent, which will reduce his favorability toward you by (30~50) points and provide a medium reward. The fluctuation of favorability is directly related to the contractor's charm value.

Vincent, who was immersed in his thoughts, suddenly woke up, because Sheyan simply took the chip back from his palm, and said with a hateful sincere smile:

"Now, Mr. Vincent should have time to discuss the relevant price issues with me, right?"

Vincent didn't react for a while and said in shock:

"What? What price?"

Sheyan smiled and said:

"The price of transferring this chip to you."

Vincent's face suddenly turned ugly, he lowered his voice and stared at Sheyan and said:

"How much do you want? One thousand dollars, two thousand dollars? Ten thousand dollars, lose it! Don't go too far, I just need to shout, and the lovely police will rush in and arrest you, the greedy guy!"

"But the police will also not give you the chip!" Sheyan said with a smile on his face, but his eyes were as sharp as needles! Although he didn't know Vincent's situation at this time, he pointed out the key point.

"Also, Mr. Vincent, please note that I have now confirmed the authenticity and value of this thing from you, so you are no longer my only potential customer. If the price you offer cannot make me Satisfied, then I think maybe other engineers from Saiboding Company will make a generous offer."

Vincent's face was livid with anger. He stood up and walked back and forth like a desperate beast trapped in a cage. He muttered something unwillingly, probably a slang from his hometown, and then took out all the banknotes in his wallet. He came out and put on a very old-looking gold case pocket watch with the year 1944 on the case.

"You greedy devil! Take, damn, this watch. This is one of the relics left by my father to me. Then you can hand over the magic chip and disappear from me as quickly as possible. Get as far away as possible so that I can never see your greedy face!"

Sheyan also instantly obtained the information about these two props:

USD (397): A currency in circulation, a valuable item that can be carried out of this world or sold to space in exchange for 133 general points.

Swiss gold case pocket watch (1944)”

Equipment Type: Accessories"

Place of Origin: Swiss Federal Bern Watch Factory

Equipment rarity: white

Equipment effect: physical strength 1

Equipment requirements: none

Material: iron/aluminum

Weight: 182 grams. "

This equipment’s combat effectiveness score: 4

Explanation: My lifelong wish is to rush to Salt Lake City and become a devout Mormon. Unfortunately, it seems that this wish will be fulfilled by my son.

Note: The U.S. dollars that Sheyan consumes in this world are the same as ordinary currencies, and there will be no special instructions for nightmare marks. The same is true for ordinary pocket watches, and they cannot be taken out of this world.

Looking at these two things, Sheyan was not in a hurry to reach out and take it. Instead, he held the chip with a mysterious smile on his lips and shook his head slightly. Vincent's eyes revealed a ferocious light, and he said in a threatening tone:

"Young people, those who are too greedy will be visited by Satan."

Sheyan sighed. At this moment, he deeply understood the joy of profiteers squeezing out the interests of others at the negotiation table bit by bit:

"Dear Mr. Vincent, please don't misunderstand me. I just want to ask you another question."

Vincent stared closely at Sheyan's left hand holding the chip. His rosacea and bald head were covered with shiny oil stains, and he growled in a growl that he tried hard to suppress:

"What else do you want to do!"

Sheyan suddenly opened his palm, and two identical chips suddenly appeared in his palm! This made Vincent's eyes suddenly widen like a dead fish, and then became dull. You can imagine that Vincent's heart was beating violently at this time, pumping blood violently into the cerebral blood vessels.

"I just want to ask, if two chips are sold to you together, what price can they be sold for?"