More than 5,000 tons. After hearing this number, Gao Qi's breathing became heavy.
Thomas looked at Anna in surprise and said, "What are you talking about? Don't talk nonsense. I don't have 5,000 tons of gold."
Anna said softly, "Don't hide it. Everyone knows that you got the gold from the Federal Reserve's vault. I'm just curious. Why do you store so much gold?"
Thomas's mouth drooped. Gao Qi said in surprise, "More than 5,000 tons? Is it tons? "
"I don't. I don't know. Don't talk nonsense."
Anna said lightly, "You opened the vault door and pulled out thousands of tons of gold. But you felt that it was not safe to put the gold anywhere, so you took it back to the vault and lived there. Mr. Thomas, why deny it? We don't intend to rob you."
Thomas's face was very serious. He said in a deep voice, "I know that you are Bernhard's daughter. That means that Bernhard has a spy in Apple City!"
Anna rolled her eyes and said, "Nonsense. As if you don't have a spy in Tech City. Even I know about this. Do you still think it's a secret?"
Thomas frowned and said in a deep voice, "As Bernhard's daughter, you have to consider the consequences."
Anna said in a bad mood, "Forget it. I don't want to talk to you anymore. You are all the same."
Gao Qi was inexplicably shocked. He said, "Wait a minute. Since Mr. Thomas has more than 5,000 tons of gold, why is Bernhard the richest man in the world?"
Thomas said with a sad face, "Of course it's because he has more gold. Bernhard got the gold from several big vaults in Europe, and his ability detector is almost like the Golden Touch."
Was it poverty that limited Gao Qi's imagination? No, it was Gao Qi's imagination that was not rich enough.
Once upon a time, Gao Qi also thought that he was rich until he was shocked by Anna's spending standards. But now, after hearing what Thomas and Anna said, Gao Qi felt that he couldn't even be poor anymore.
Thomas continued, "The room that we searched just now was one of Eddie's bedrooms. There were a lot of gold ornaments, full of a rap style, the type that black people like. I reckon that there's still some gold in the city lord's mansion, but it won't be too much. At most, it won't exceed ten thousand grams."
Gao Qi came back to his senses and said, "Yes, oh, ten thousand grams …"
Thomas shook his head helplessly. "They're too poor. I knew it. The desolate people wouldn't have many good things."
A rich man with thousands of tons of gold was actually sad over a little bit of gold. What kind of spirit and awareness was this?
Gao Qi couldn't help but say, "If I had thousands of tons of gold, I wouldn't be excited over a few kilograms of gold. I wouldn't even bother to look at it."
"So you don't have it."
After replying to Gao Qi in a very simple and direct manner, Thomas said seriously, "Actually, I'm not interested in gold. I'm only interested in searching for gold. Or rather, I'm interested in anything of value."
Thomas looked up and said seriously, "Also, do you think gold is the most valuable thing? Wrong. The most valuable thing now is spaceships. I have dozens of spaceships, and their value is far more than gold. But so what? I'm still full of enthusiasm for work. "
For some reason, Gao Qi suddenly lost interest in looking for gold.
If it wasn't to ensure that Thomas wouldn't be a threat, for example, if he returned to the spaceship and threw a nuclear bomb here, Gao Qi wouldn't want to continue staying with Thomas.
After entering another room and finding another pile of gold ornaments, Gao Qi was no longer excited. But Thomas, who only took ten percent of the profits, looked much happier than Gao Qi.
"There are no standard gold bricks, no gold coins, and this is in Eddie's house. Well, now I can confirm that this city is very poor."
Thomas's face was calm. He smiled at Gao Qi and said, "It seems that you don't have enough gold to rent a spaceship. I'm sorry."
"There's still the whole city. Don't worry."
Gao Qi was comforting Thomas and himself. But now, there was really nothing to look for in the city lord's house.
Curious and also to find a topic, Gao Qi pointed at the leader of the gold search team and said, "He's a metal-type ability user, so he can find gold?"
"Yes, but his ability only works on gold."
Another Esper with a specific range of abilities. The other Esper that Gao Qi knew was his classmate, Liu Han, the girl who could only control and throw her gun.
She had an ability, but it had a limited range of application. This was a small area of research, but Gao Qi didn't want to invest too much energy in this area for the time being.
Gao Qi looked at Niu Lidong, then he said weakly, "Lidong, take a few people and accompany these professionals to find gold. You know what to do, right?"
Niu Lidong hesitated and said, "Just rob, right?"
"Blockhead, more than half of the people in this city are slaves, and the remaining half are slave owners. I told you that this is called ransom. Don't be polite with the slave owners. Tell them that if they don't want to die, they should be obedient."
After instructing Niu Lidong, Gao Qi turned to Thomas and said, "This matter is quite boring. Let's find a place to sit down and have a good chat. Let's discuss how we can better cooperate. I just got this city, so I don't have any experience in managing it. Can you teach me?"
Thomas thought that finding gold was quite interesting, but he knew that Gao Qi wouldn't let him leave, so he could only agree happily.
At this time, Niu Lidong hadn't left yet. He whispered to Gao Qi, "Brother Qi, come here, I have something to tell you."
Gao Qi didn't know what Niu Lidong was up to, but he still followed Niu Lidong to the side. At this time, Niu Lidong whispered, "Brother Qi, I know you can't do anything now, but you're looting the whole city just to rent a spaceship. This, this is not good."
"Why not?"
"This … This will make you lose the hearts of the people. Shouldn't the whole city support you? If you do this, who will support you?"
Gao Qi smiled and said, "It's good that you're willing to use your brain. But look at Wang Ke, he's not worried about this problem. Why? Because he knows what the people here are like. The people here are afraid of power and not kindness. Do you understand what that means? No matter how good you are to them, it's useless. You have to hit them hard and slap them a few times when you're bored. Only then will they submit to you and listen to you. So, don't think about the people's hearts. Just do what you want. "
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