Ling Xiao, of course, will not just get some experimental data to satisfy oneself. When Erik and the others carefully collect samples and data in different spaces in the factory, Ling Xiao has brought With Savin and other Extremis-Soldiers, they entered Svartalfheim directly and obtained a large number of alien rock and soil samples.
In this way, he will secretly find ways to sell the alien samples. I believe that many people will have a high desire to collect this kind of rock and soil samples from the foreign world. It is important to know that the rock samples Armstrong brought back from the moon that year have sold 1 gram for 40,000 USD on the black market.
At the beginning, Armstrong brought back soil samples from five locations from the moon, including 500 grams of sand less than 1 cm, and 12 rocks greater than 1 cm. Four of these 12 stones have been stolen in the United States Museum.
And Ling Xiao brought back the rock samples from Svartalfheim this time, but the total weight reached one ton. Of course, he would not be stupid enough to sell them on a large scale, each time he sold more than ten on the black market. Gram is enough for him to make a lot of money.
Of course, this matter is not urgent. They will not take action easily until they find a suitable middleman. After all, this is an unfamiliar field.
Ling Xiao woke up before dawn in the morning. Of course he will not be in the administrative building of the factory or Darcy’s apartment in London, but in River Thames. The Hilton Hotel.
Lying on the soft and comfortable big bed, Ling Xiao rubbed Darcy’s white light slippery arm while he was asleep, thinking about what to do for a period of time in the future. When it was almost time, he got up and took a bath for cultivation. As for Darcy, this girl was really exhausted last night.
In the morning, in the factory’s administrative building, Ling Xiao saw the expected Inspector Braddock. It was no accident that he had only arrived at Braddock a long time ago.
“Let’s meet again, my name is Klein Braddock, and I am also One of the 12 Knights of the Knights of the Round Table.” Braddock stared into Ling Xiao’s eyes and said, “You can also call me Knight Tristan. “
Tristan, Ling Xiao has a certain degree of understanding of Knights of the Round Table, Knights of the Round Table has always been named as 12, and it has been inherited from ancient times to the present. However, there were only eleven people, because Chief Knight King Arthur never showed up. Later, it was generally believed that the Chief Knight of the inheritance King Arthur title could only be the current King of the British Empire, or Queen.
Tristan is the last one in the 12 Knights of the Round Table. In fact, he is also responsible for handling all the affairs of the secular level. For example, contact Ling Xiao today, they hope to win This is a superhero in Avengers who is not well known to the public.
Yes, it’s really unknown to the public. Even this time when Ling Xiao wore silver armor, the scene was filmed by the media frontally, but it was claimed that he was Aesir Warrior from Asgard. Not Terrans, after all, the media has never photographed his true identity.
After a while, Braddock asked casually, “Mr. Ling, I don’t know what you plan to do with this factory. I know that you bought this factory for research purposes. The space is abnormal, but now the wormhole is completely closed, do you plan to resell it?”
“Resell, no!” Ling Xiao shook the head, looking at the clean and tidy factory outside, he whispered Said: “I bought this factory not only for research purposes, but also for investment. I have no plans to resell it in a short time. Later I will set up an alien exploration equipment factory here. After all these years, aliens The appearance of people is nothing new to Earth. In the future, there will be more aliens appearing.”
Slightly sighed, Ling Xiao then continued: “Earth will eventually have One day I will embark on the path of extraterrestrial exploration, and space exploration is not the only way, so I plan to make some investment in this field, or occupy some market share in advance. Of course, it needs the strong support of the British Government. We can cooperate in many aspects.”
Braddock’s nodded, what Ling Xiao said are whimsical, but they are not fantasy stories. There is still a lot of room for manipulation. After all, Nine Worlds Convergence has just ended, who knows when something weirder will happen.
“United Kingdom welcomes friends from all over the world to invest in London, and of course the British Government will give full support.” Braddock first nodded and agreed to Ling Xiao’s request, and then said with a straight face: “Mr Ling, the British Government, in order to award your contribution to the Dark Elf Invasion event, decided to grant you the title of Companion of Honour in seven days. Please come by then.”
“many thanks Her Majesty the Queen!” Ling Xiao was flattered, he didn’t expect the British Government to come up with such a great generosity.
In United Kingdom, the highest nobility is hereditary aristocracy, but now it is rarely granted to members of the public outside the royal family, even the royal family, the most recent time was when Prince Edward got married, he was named Earl of Wessex. Then comes life peers. All life peers have Baronial and are members of the House of Lords, but the nobility of life peers cannot be inherited.
Next is from Baronial, from Baronial can be hereditary, but not belong to the nobility. The last is Knighthood. Knighthood also does not belong to the nobility, but unlike Baronial, Knighthood cannot be hereditary.
In addition to these nobility with titles, the also seven ranks are more medals awarded to the public, and the highest is the Companion of Honour.
There are only 65 people in the world who can get the Companion of Honour. They are awarded to those who are of great significance to the country and have made outstanding contributions. This is the medal that Ling Xiao won, and the Companion of Honour nobility is also more popular Recognized.
For a long time, the lords of United Kingdom were limited to the aristocracy, and most of them were hereditary. Only a few lords faced commoners. This made some people no matter how rich they were to obtain the royal lords and could not enter the upper echelons. society. However, with the development of society, the British Royal Family has also begun to appoint some people who have made outstanding achievements. Although the symbolic meaning of the Companion of Honour issued by the United Kingdom is greater than the actual meaning, it highlights the social status of own.
For example, in 2003, the United Kingdom football idol and Captain of the England National Team Beckham were awarded the British Empire Officer Medal; in 2001, Hollywood ace director Spielberg was awarded for 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry and For his contribution to the United Kingdom film industry, he was officially awarded the Lord’s Medal by the British Royal Family; before that, the former President of United States Bush Sr. also received a similar Companion of Honour Medal.
And this is the most Advanced medal that Ling Xiao can get. After all, he is now American nationality, and Law of the United States has a clear stipulation that American cannot be awarded the title of honorary nobility in a foreign country, so Knight From Baron, and other nobility, it is difficult for Ling Xiao to obtain it unless he joins the United Kingdom citizenship.
But it’s just a title of Companion of Honour that’s all. It can be seen from this that although the British Royal Family or the British Government is wooing Ling Xiao, the strength of the wooing is also very high. This is more like a trial and observation. After all, the two sides don’t know much about each other.
After sending Braddock away, the excitement on Ling Xiao’s face immediately disappeared. Instead, there was a trace of playfulness, which revealed a lot of information.
Although Avengers was established under the advocacy of SHIELD, it has no deep relationship with SHIELD and does not accept SHIELD’s command in many things.
Although SHIELD is nominally accepted to be managed by the Security Council, in fact, from SHIELD Headquarters established in United States, most of the institutions are also located in United States, which shows that SHIELD and US Government The connection is quite close.
While SHIELD’s branches in other countries accept the appointment and assignment of the headquarters, they also receive considerable influence from the local country, which to a certain extent caused the conflict between SHIELD and other countries. Contradictions and conflicts, such as Coulson and Braddock’s unhappy meeting before, are examples.
In the near future, Fall of SHIELD has already shown signs, not to mention the Hero Civil War that also resulted from the registration of powered individuals, and now Ling Xiao needs to start making some preparations, although He didn’t want to get involved, but it was a pity that some things could not be avoided by avoiding it.