super pocket watch

The morning light leaps from the horizon and the night fades.

Old Bridge City.

At the edge of the suburbs, there is a small warehouse that has been cleaned and renovated.

Tang Bai's car stopped in front of the wide open door. He straightened his clothes, opened the door and got out of the car.

The warehouse looks a bit crowded and dilapidated. Due to the geographical location, it occupies not a large area. Three people, a man and two women, are communicating with each other inside. One of them, a woman with a gentle temperament and a beautiful face, inadvertently spoke while talking.

He glanced towards the door and happened to see Tang Bai walking in.

"Hello." The woman who caught a glimpse of Tang Bai immediately stopped talking and quickly walked out from behind the messy table. She greeted Tang Bai while greeting him. Affected by her sudden movement, another man

All the women also noticed Tang Bai's arrival.

"Hello, who is Dr. Eric Selvig?" Tang Bai asked aloud after reaching out and shaking hands with Jane Foster, who was the first to greet him.

"That's me." Eric Selvig, who was a little fat, walked out from Daisy and Jane, stepped forward and shook hands with Tang Bai and replied.

"I'm Tang." Tang Bai introduced himself with a smile.

"I don't know you." Eric Selvig frowned, looked at Tang Bai carefully, and said at a loss.

"Actually, this is also the first time I've seen you. I mean face to face like this." Tang Bai gestured with a smile.

"What's your purpose of coming? I'm afraid we don't have much time to receive guests now." Jane on the side spread her hands with a hint of embarrassment in her expression.

"Then I'll keep the story short. Has Dr. Eric Selvig ever submitted an application for a scientific research fund to the Stark Industries Foundation?" Tang Bai turned his head towards Jane and nodded, getting straight to the point.

road.

Tang Bai knew very well how to connect with people without making people feel abrupt. This required a proper excuse. And Tony Stark gave him such an excuse.

In the scientific research community, Eric Selvig still has some reputation. Although he likes and is good at celestial object science, Tony Stark has also heard of him, so he mentioned it to him in Tang Bai.

When this name came up, Tony Stark, reminded by Jarvis, vaguely remembered that he seemed to have received an application form from the other party.

"I have submitted scientific research fund applications to many scientific research foundations. But I remember the one I submitted to Stark Industries. It has been a long time." Eric Selvig opened his mouth wide.

"With more people, efficiency will decrease, and there will inevitably be some delays. I would like to ask, do you still need research funds for your current research?" Tang Bai laughed at himself and asked instead.

"There is always a shortage of funds." Eric Selvig glanced at the broken and leaky window lattice of the warehouse and the crude space filled with various sundries and instruments, and replied with a pout.

"Then I think we can sit down and talk." A smile appeared on Tang Bai's face.

"Now?" Eric Selvig blinked and asked Tang Bai for confirmation.

"Can the time be postponed? We have urgent matters to deal with." Jane interjected again with some urgency.

"You can go, I'll entertain him." Eric Selvig turned to Jane and said.

"That matter is very important to our research." Jane pulled Eric Selvig and said in a low voice.

"Funds are equally important to us. I believe you two can bring him back. I'll talk to him, and you go find that person." Eric Selvig also muttered in a low voice. "With the funds,

With the supply, we can purchase a lot of new instruments and change to a much better environment. Even renting such a dilapidated small warehouse is a big burden on the remaining funds in our hands.

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"Okay. We will come back as soon as possible." Jane seemed to be convinced by Eric Selvig. After glancing in the direction where Tang Bai was standing, she looked back and nodded to Eric Selvig.

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Looking at Jane and Daisy leaving in a hurry, Tang Bai roughly guessed the purpose of their whereabouts. He looked away and shrugged. He said to Eric Selvig: "It seems that I came here for a reason."

Not the time."

"No, it has nothing to do with you. It's just something that happened to happen. Don't worry about them. Let's talk about business. How much money can you give me?" Eric Selvig waved his hand, a little uncomfortable.

Willing to talk about where Jane and Daisy are going.

"Do you want to talk here?" Tang Bai turned around and looked around at the seemingly messy space filled with various instruments and sundries, as well as papers and lines.

"It's okay to change to another place. I know there is a shop not far away, and the dim sum there is very good. There shouldn't be many people there now, so we can go there." Eric Selvig nodded calmly.

He nodded and suggested.

The two walked out side by side.

In fact, the store Eric Selvig was talking about was just diagonally opposite to the warehouse where he was temporarily staying. After a few steps, sitting by the window, he could easily observe

The whole dynamic around the warehouse.

Although Eric Selvig is a scientist, he is not the kind of person who doesn't know anything and just immerses himself in his own research. He is also proficient in some human affairs and is good at dealing with most people.

In order to prevent Eric Selvig from catching any loopholes and causing some suspicion, Tang Bai must make things as smooth as possible. Fortunately, even if Stark is unwilling to intervene directly, he can help Tang Bai

The amount of money that can be withdrawn from that card is also quite large.

Although the exchange between Tang Bai and Eric Selvig had conflicts, the process was still quite enjoyable. At least under Tang Bai's deliberate management, in a short period of time, the two of them had already begun to develop a mutual understanding of each other.

A good relationship has been established. Even if it is not up to the standard of a friend, it will only become a matter of course as time goes by.

After negotiating the terms and chatting for a while on topics that Eric Selvig was interested in, a considerable period of time had passed. Just when Eric Selvig was in a good mood, Tang

Bai suddenly pointed out the window and drove into the off-road driveway of the warehouse where Eric Selvig and his family lived: "It seems that Jane and the others are back."

Eric Selvig stood up from his seat immediately after hearing this, glanced in the direction of the warehouse, nodded and replied: "Yes, let's continue talking about us and ignore them."

But soon, Jane and Daisy walked out of the warehouse with a man and walked towards the small restaurant diagonally opposite where Tang Bai and Eric Selvig were. Because the restaurant was so small

space, so as soon as Jane and Daisy came in, they found Tang Bai and Eric Selvig sitting by the window in the corner.

"Can you give me something to eat?" The two men who came with Jane and Daisy pulled out a chair and sat down carelessly. He looked up at Jane and shook his head at him.

"Please wait a moment." Jane who was asked opened her palms and replied in a more serious tone, then turned around and pulled Daisy toward the counter of the store.

"I know you, you and the two of them are in the same group." The man who spoke glanced at Jane and Daisy who were leaving, and his eyes wandered over Tang Bai and Eric Selvig.

After a while, as if he remembered something, he pointed at the somewhat dumbfounded Eric Selvig and said.

The soft, flaxen hair and short, soft beard add a bit of bravery and maturity to the man's already handsome face. His figure looks strong and strong, and his whole person is filled with a wild and unruly temperament.

"Yes, yes, I remember that." Eric Selvig nodded calmly.

"Can I eat these?"

Although he was asking a question, before Tang Bai and Eric Selvig could answer, the man had already dragged a plate of relatively intact pastries on the table to his side and picked up a piece of pastry with his fingers.

, stuffed it into his open mouth generously. After chewing it, he seemed to be very satisfied with the taste of the food, nodded and looked at himself and stuffed another piece into his mouth.

Although there is no grace in his dining movements, what is rare is the air of being unashamed and unpretentious about his behavior. It seems to give people the impression that this is how a person like him should be.

"Oh my god, are you just that hungry?" Eric Selvig looked at the man stuffing pastries into his mouth and couldn't help but frowned, not because of the man's actions, but because of his performance.

Just sighing out of hunger.

"I haven't eaten anything since I saw you last night. The human body makes me feel too weak. If I were in my previous state, not eating for such a short period of time would not have any impact on me. But now

, I haven’t eaten for a while, and this hunger will weaken along with the body’s strength. This is too bad.” The man chewed food in his mouth and complained vaguely.

"Stop talking nonsense, you will be regarded as a madman." Eric Selvig glanced at Tang Bai sitting opposite him unnaturally, and reminded the man in a nervous tone.

"Why don't you introduce him to me?" Tang Bai looked at the man in front of him, and he had already determined his identity when he saw him for the first time.

"Oh, we just met not long ago..."

Before Eric Selvig could finish speaking, the man who had just swallowed a piece of pastry interrupted him, turned his head and said to Tang Bai: "Thor, I allow you to call me Thor."

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