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Chapter 204 Nail

Chapter 204 Nails (Two in One)

After entering the company building, Tommy did not rush to the laboratory on the top floor, but went to other floors of the building first to check the progress of each project team.

The first group Tommy arrived at was the weapons research and development project team.

In the laboratory, scientists are busy operating various equipment, and complex weapon design drawings and data analysis are flashing on the screen.

No one noticed Tommy's arrival, everyone was concentrating on the task at hand.

Donna stood behind Tommy and asked:

"Boss, do you need me to go in and inform them?"

Tommy shook his head, his eyes still fixed on the scientists in the laboratory:
"No, let them continue working. I want to see how they are doing normally."

Donna nodded and said nothing more. She stood quietly by, waiting for Tommy's instructions at any time.

Tommy looked around the laboratory and finally set his eyes on a female scientist.

Among a group of rough men, a female scientist suddenly appeared, just like a firefly in the dark night, so bright and dazzling.

Therefore, Tommy was attracted by the other party with just one glance.

What surprised him even more was that the other person was so young. Judging from his appearance and figure, he was only about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, no more than thirty.

In the field of science, that woman is worthy of the title of genius.

His eyes lingered on the female scientist, and Tommy's eyes flashed with curiosity and admiration.

"what is her name?"

"You mean Miss Morse?"

Donna quickly flipped through the files in her hand and found the relevant information:
"Her name is Barbara Morse. She is a scientist we recruited some time ago. She specializes in energy weapons and biological serums. Although she is very young, she has performed very well. That's why she was allowed to join the project team this time."

"Barbara Morse?"

Hearing this familiar name, Tommy raised his eyebrows, a half-smile appeared on his face, "Interesting, really interesting."

If he remembered correctly, the owner of this name should be a SHIELD agent, codenamed Mockingbird.

And now, this female agent is not working properly at SHIELD, but appears here and has mixed into his weapons research and development project team.

Tommy believed that this was definitely not a coincidence.

It is very likely, no, it should be said that it was Nick Fury who gave the order.

Although he had guessed the other party's true identity in his heart, Tommy did not show it outside. Instead, he pretended nothing had happened, walked to Barbara and stood behind her.

It was not until then that Barbara, who felt someone approaching, looked up. When she saw it was Tommy, she quickly greeted him.

"Boss? Sorry, I didn't notice you were here."

One stone sets off a thousand waves.

With Barbara's voice, the originally quiet laboratory immediately became chaotic.

A large group of scientists left their posts and ran over to Tommy to greet him.

Tommy had no choice but to respond to them.

"It's okay, don't be nervous, I'm just checking on your progress."

He spoke in a relaxed tone and waved his hand nonchalantly.

"Don't worry about me, just continue doing what you need to do and just pretend I'm not here."

With his order, peace returned to the laboratory.

The scientists returned to their positions and continued their work.

But compared to before, their movements were a little bigger and they seemed to be working harder.

Are you kidding? The boss is watching right next to you. If you don’t work hard now, when will you work hard?
Do I have to wait until I am fired before I start working hard?

The day lilies are cold!

Don't think that scientists don't need to flatter.

To work in this field, it is not enough to have brains, you also need to understand the ways of the world.

Otherwise, where would the funding for the experiment come from?

Just at this moment, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded in the laboratory.

A weapon device on a test bench suddenly moved, emitting unstable energy fluctuations.

The data on the electronic screen also began to jump randomly.

"not good!"

Sensing a huge danger, Barbara screamed, rushed over instantly, pushed away the scientist who was still in a daze, took over control, and carried out emergency rescue.

As for the other scientists, they were guided by the guards who arrived quickly and evacuated from the laboratory quickly and orderly.

"Boss, this place is too dangerous, let's leave quickly."

Assistant Donna didn't know much about Tommy's real situation, so she seemed a little anxious at the moment.

But Tommy disagreed.

"You go out first. I will stay until I see the problem solved with my own eyes. Besides, I believe our Miss Morse will not let me down."

Seeing his firm attitude, Donna had no choice but to give up. Her face was full of conflicted expression. She gritted her teeth and stayed in the laboratory with him.

Her performance made Tommy look at her a few more times.

"The little girl is quite brave."

Tommy wondered to himself.

He dared to stay because he had the ability to do so and was not afraid of the explosion threat from energy weapons at all.

But Donna is different.

The little girl is just a mortal body. If she is really affected by the explosion, even if she is lucky enough not to die, she will at least be seriously injured. There is no other possibility.

But even so, the other party was willing to risk his life to stay in the same laboratory with him. Even if there was an element of performance in this, it was quite rare.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The shrill alarm continued to sound.

The atmosphere in the laboratory became increasingly tense.

Barbara was still working hard, cold sweat oozing out of her forehead, but she always held the tools in her hands very steadily, without the slightest shake.

After a few minutes, she finally stabilized the energy fluctuations of the weapon device, and the alarm disappeared.

"Phew, it's finally over."

Barbara wiped the cold sweat from her face and let out a long sigh.

Tommy, who was standing by, also gave appropriate applause and praised Barbara highly:

"Well done, Miss Morse. You have successfully prevented the disaster from happening and saved tens of millions of dollars worth of property for the company. To recognize your contribution, I have decided to split the weapons research and development project team into two, separate the energy weapons from the team, and put you in charge of leading it."

"I... I am the leader of the project team. Is this true?" Barbara was in a daze, as if knocked out by a huge surprise. It took her a long time to react. She showed just the right smile on her face and expressed her gratitude to Tommy from the bottom of her heart.

"Thank you, thank you so much, boss! Please rest assured that I will not let you down and will work hard to achieve results as soon as possible."

"Okay, your spirit is commendable, but don't forget the importance of safety."

At this point, Tommy seemed to remember something and asked a question.

“Oh, by the way, what jobs did you do before joining the company?”

Although he already knew Barbara's detailed information from Donna, Tommy still wanted to learn a little more from the person involved.

He simply wanted to see how Barbara performed.

Barbara had no idea what he was thinking. She had no idea that her identity had been revealed, so she told him her identity according to the plan she had made before coming.

"I was studying at Georgia Institute of Technology and had just received my Ph.D. I had planned to stay on campus to work, but then I saw the company's recruitment information and signed up. This can be said to be my first job."

Without a doubt, this is an excellent resume.

Although Georgia Institute of Technology is not as well-known as MIT, it is also a very good institute of technology that has produced many Nobel Prize winners.

The fact that Barbara was able to obtain a Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology shows her scientific research ability.

Barbara was not afraid of Tommy investigating because everything she said was true.

This is indeed her true resume.

She just hid some key information in it.

For example, as early as high school, she participated in the government's Super Soldier Serum Project.

Later, by chance, he was discovered by Nick Fury, the then director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and was invited to S.H.I.E.L.D. for spy training and became an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

This is what happened today.

Standing opposite her, Tommy watched her reaction and was amazed.

"SHIELD is really generous. They actually sent a doctor here as an undercover agent. It's true that big organizations are different. They always make big moves."

Tommy thought about it, but his face remained calm. Then he nodded slightly and spoke again:
"So that's what happened. No wonder you performed so perfectly just now. You are actually a top student from a prestigious school. I hope you can keep up the good work and continue to work hard. I hope that within three months at the latest, we can see the finished product of the energy weapon and put it into mass production. How about it? Do you have confidence?"

"Yes, I guarantee to complete the task!"

As if to show her determination, Barbara saluted formally.

"Okay, that's good to have confidence, Donna. We will sign a new contract with Miss Morse later. Her salary, benefits and other benefits will all be in accordance with the highest standards."

The first half of the sentence was addressed to Barbara, and when he said the second half, Tommy turned his head to Donna and gave a new order.

Donna immediately took out a small notebook from her body and wrote it down carefully.

After rewarding Barbara for her contribution, Tommy asked Donna to gather the scientists in the adjacent conference room for a small meeting.

"I watched a lot today. I am quite satisfied with the overall situation, except for that little episode."

As he said this, a scientist in the audience, the guy who almost caused an experimental accident just now, turned pale with fright and didn't know what to do.

Fortunately, Tommy did not mean to blame anyone, but just wanted to emphasize the issue of safety through this accident.

"Nothing in this world is smooth sailing. Failure is inevitable in the development of new weapons. But I hope that something like this won't happen again. After all, everyone here is the elite of the company, and I don't want to see any of you get hurt. So, no matter what, please be extra careful and pay attention to your own safety."

Tommy's words came from the heart.

Safety is no small matter.

It took him a lot of effort to recruit so many scientists to work for him, and it took a lot of time and energy.

Therefore, he didn't want to hear the bad news one day saying that these guys were all blown to the sky by the weapons he developed. That would be a big joke.

Without further ado, Tommy said a few more simple words and then ended his speech.

"Okay, that's it for today's meeting.

Standing up, he looked at everyone present and said encouragingly:

"Everyone keep working hard. I believe this project will be successful. I won't say anything else. As long as everything goes according to plan, everyone can get a bonus of at least half a year's salary!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the scientists below applauded collectively.

Who doesn’t love bonuses?
Nowadays, no one will complain about having too much money.

Driven by the desire for wealth, these scientists worked with full energy and returned to their work.

Tommy himself stopped Barbara who was about to leave and gave her a few final instructions.

"Barbara, the energy weapons project is now in your hands."

Tommy stood at the door of the laboratory, his tone solemn.

"I hope you can resolve the stability issues as soon as possible to ensure the project moves forward on time."

Handing over the energy weapon project to Barbara was not an idea that Tommy suddenly came up with.

Rather, it was the result of his careful consideration.

When it comes to research on energy weapons, SHIELD has always been ahead of Titan Corporation.

As early as the 1960s, S.H.I.E.L.D. obtained the powerful Cosmic Cube and studied it for several years under the leadership of genius scientists headed by Howard Stark.

Although Howard later encountered a small accident and was killed by an assassin, S.H.I.E.L.D. still has a large number of top scientists to support the energy weapon research project.

More importantly, most of the weapons Tommy took out today came from his search at Hammer Industries.

As for the energy weapon that almost caused the accident just now, it was just the most inconspicuous one in his hand.

There's nothing wrong with leaving it for Barbara to study.

It should be said that this is the best way.

Yes, Tommy doesn't intend to reveal Barbara's identity directly.

He can and does have the ability to do so.

But there is a key issue to consider here.

A known enemy is far easier to deal with than an unknown one.

Now that we know Barbara is a spy, we should be more careful in the future.

If the other party is caught, SHIELD will never give up and will definitely send more people to go undercover.

In comparison, Barbara, who knows everything about him, is easier to deal with.

Moreover, this just makes good use of Barbara's scientific research talent.