OBS Chapter 1880
Chapter 1880
Chapter 1880
Hank's magical journey ended very quickly... but the whole process was quite pleasant. Oh, there was a small episode in the middle. It happened when Morgan was planning to buy clothes for everyone.
Morgan may be bald and still single at the age of 60, but he is actually very stylish. He likes to have custom-made suits... Well, it's just a personal hobby. He doesn't wear them most of the time. There's no other way. When he was young, he was always a field agent on the front line, and he didn't have many opportunities to wear suits. Now that he's older, although he still likes suits, to be honest, his social circle is very small. And when people get older, they don't care much about their image. Suits are beautiful, but they are too particular about the figure and not casual enough. He began to prefer comfort, whatever is comfortable.
But he still orders a suit for himself every year as a gift to himself.
Since they were in New York this time, Morgan planned to order a set of formal suits for all the children. He had never given them any gifts yet.
Since you're here, let's get one set for each of you.
Morgan is not short of money anyway. He is very rich. He has been working in the field for so many years. Although he is considered to be honest, he still saved a lot of money. Field work is different from civilian work and domestic activities. There are strict budgets and audits. CIA activities abroad are very free, there are not so many audits, and the budget is more flexible. Otherwise, why do you think the CIA still wants to make money everywhere and use any means to make money?
On the surface, the CIA is a huge intelligence agency, with a huge number of real estate resources, employees and intelligence personnel around the world. The budget allocated by the government every year seems huge, but it is not necessarily sufficient for each specific task. There are many specific secret operations that cannot be made public. These budgets are part of the "black budget" (budgets whose sources and destinations cannot be made public). Not only the CIA has black budgets, but the Department of Defense and many other agencies have such agencies. For the CIA, there are many places to spend money, and it is often inconvenient to reimburse. Take the American TV series "Homeland Security" as an example. In addition to the regular funds used for field work, such as "making certificates, purchasing weapons, food, clothing, housing and transportation", there are also bribes (such as bribing prison guards at the beginning of the first season, as well as bribing medical staff, guards and police, etc.), transferring informants and other groups or trading intelligence with individuals, etc. Many times, this kind of funding demand arises at any time, and even in order to prevent online tracking, only cash is needed. Waiting for approval from the superiors before transferring the money will not only be too late, but will also leave a tail. Therefore, if there can be other action budgets other than Guanwa's, the speed of action will be greatly improved. Therefore, there are many additional means of generating income, including but not limited to planting and tracking drugs.
At the same time, when operating overseas, many field agents have a very high degree of freedom... They can't report everything, that's unrealistic. The key is that there are some things that you can do without reporting, and it's fine. But once you report and do it, you may have to take the blame one day!
This is the reality.
A classic line from Yang Jinshui in The Ming Dynasty: "Some things weigh less than 100 grams if not weighed, but weigh more than 1,000 kilograms if weighed."
In short, because of this convenience, many CIA field agent chiefs are actually very rich... They don't even need to engage in corruption or anything like that. After all, there is no audit, the source of their funding is confidential, and the direction of the funds is even more confidential, and there is no way to check it afterwards.
It is basically an unspoken rule recognized by everyone that field agents get a portion of the activity funds. Come on, those field agents are in such a complex environment abroad and may be killed by other countries' intelligence agencies at any time. They may not survive tomorrow. If there is no benefit, who would do it?
How can such a small salary every month make people work hard for it? Is it because other countries don’t pay much? (There are indeed CIA agents who defected because of salary issues)
So no matter how honest Morgan was, he still had a lot of money. And his retirement salary was very high. He was an ace agent, and his retirement level was very high. His monthly retirement salary could beat the monthly salary of most Americans.
The key is, even after he turned against the CIA, he can still get this pension!
Then he was re-employed. The government didn't need his small amount of money, and the salary he received was much higher than his pension.
He has basically no hobbies except drinking. After retiring from the CIA, he stayed at home every day. His biggest hobby was to call the customer service department of the department that manages other people's pensions, just to chat with other girls... basically for free.
It's okay to keep the money and spend it.
Morgan then brought the members of Team X to the Brooks Brothers store.
People who often wear suits should be familiar with this brand. Almost every man who wears suits likes its products. This brand is known for creating the male hormone of an era.
What is the charm of this brand that can capture so many people? This American brand with a history of more than 200 years has the title of "President's Royal Clothes"...
The birth of Brooks Brothers starts with the social situation in the United States. At that time, the United States had just entered the reconstruction period after the end of the War of Independence. The British Navy blocked the United States' maritime trade, resulting in the inability of the textiles needed by the United States to enter the country. However, it was the crisis that created an opportunity. Americans thought, since we can't import, we can produce it ourselves. Therefore, the first batch of textile factories and fashion brands in the United States were born.
In 1818, Henry Sands Brooks, who was already 45 years old, opened a suit shop called H.&D.H.Brooks&Co. in New York City, which was the predecessor of Brooks Brothers. It was also on this day that Henry Sands Brooks made a major decision to create ready-to-wear suits, which means ready to wear at any time.
You have to know that American suits at that time were still in the custom-made mechanism, and they had to be tailored and wait for several months before they could be put on. Just like the Japanese in the early 20th century believed that suits had to be customized, and super fit was a symbol of upper class and taste. They called any non-customized clothes "hanging things" with contempt. Therefore, Brooks Brothers' Ready-to-Wear suits can be regarded as a revolution in American suits, opening up the history of ready-made suits for the first time.
At that time, the United States was in the midst of the "Gold Rush", which was the peak period of American men's fashion. Gold diggers did not have the patience to wait for tailors to tailor their suits, so Brooks Brothers launched ready-to-wear suits, selected high-quality fabrics, and made a series of suits in sizes based on popular styles. Compared with customization, it is not only much cheaper, but you can also get an elegant gentleman's suit without waiting, so why not do it? In 1850, Brooks Brothers began to use the brand logo that is still used today, a hanging golden sheep. It originated from ancient Greek mythology and symbolizes wealth, indomitable will, ideals and happiness. Later, with the rise of Brooks Brothers, "Golden Fleece" became synonymous with high-grade wool, and all men dreamed of owning a Brooks Brothers.
We mentioned above that Brooks Brothers is known as the "President's Royal Clothes". This is because 45 of the 40 presidents in American history wore Brooks Brothers to attend the inauguration ceremony. President Lincoln was a loyal fan of it. He wore a Brooks Brothers custom coat with "One Country, One Destiny" embroidered on it to give a speech at his inauguration ceremony. Kennedy, Ford, Bush and other successive presidents are all loyal customers. For more than 200 years, Brooks Brothers has been loved not only by successive presidents of the United States, but also by Hollywood movie stars and artists. It is a model of American clothing and a representative of the American spirit. For example, in "Mad Men", which is a model of men's clothing, those advertising elites almost all wore Brooks Brothers. In "The Great Gatsby", the gorgeously colored suits worn by Leonardo were designed by Brooks Brothers.
In short, this is a suit store that is both old and fashionable enough. In addition, this brand has always had handmade stores, which can be regarded as a tribute. However, the disadvantage is that it is expensive!
This store is not crowded with people. In fact, most of the time, this store is deserted. There is no other reason, just one word - expensive! Most people who wear Brooks Brothers still buy ready-made clothes, which of course are not cheap.
The price of hand-made customization is a bit crazy, and the reason why this store is still open is more to maintain its status. It does not accept ordinary customers. For example, if you come in casually and want to order, the clerk inside will ask your name in a toque, then look at the VIP list, then shake her head and tell you that this place only serves people on the list.
It doesn't rely on sales to make money. Its existence is just to tell others how noble this brand is... It's actually a marketing trick. It's very easy to get on their VIP list. Spend money, spend a lot of money, buy every single product, new product, and various limited editions, which is a bit like those companies that sell sports cars.
It just highlights that you have to spend more money!
But Morgan doesn't bother to do that. He orders a set of personal suits every year. He is a VIP among VIPs.
So private customization is very simple. Just show your gold card, and then a few old men and young ladies will come out and provide the most distinguished service to everyone!
Women are no exception, as the times change, women can also order suits.
But there was a small problem when it came to Hank the Beast.
He is very tall and has blue hair all over his body.
This gave the old tailors in the store...or the senior suit designers a great challenge. They had never done this kind of work. But this made the old tailors excited. If the suits they designed were good, it would be a perfect publicity. Look, a beast can become a gentleman by wearing our suits!
Just thinking about it makes me excited!
Then a group of people served him.
This made the Beast very uneasy, he felt like a piece of fat meat surrounded by a pack of vicious dogs... that feeling made his Beast sense very uneasy.
Finally, the store manager made the decision. It was really rude for a group of people to surround their customers. So she would be the manager... That's right, the store manager was a young lady, a very pretty one. A young lady who could be the store manager in such a store could not be an ordinary person. A high education was only the basic requirement, and she also needed high emotional intelligence.
There are also requirements for appearance.
So a beautiful young lady took the beast to measure its physical data... in a separate room.
The people outside didn't think anything was wrong at first...but soon there was a cry of surprise from the private room. This was nothing, everyone thought the store manager was frightened by a wild animal.
But soon this exclamation was replaced by the cry of a wild beast: "No! Don't take off my clothes!"
It felt like a helpless little girl facing a perverted pervert.
Then Hank's speech became intermittent, and then it changed to a female voice. The female voice didn't have any specific sentences, but was replaced by a series of annoying interjections that didn't form words, which made everyone very embarrassed!
Doing that in public is part of the fun that young people like.
But such wild movements... are rare. At least rare in this store. After all, everyone here is rich or noble, and everyone has to save face.
"We..." The little rascal blushed.
'Ghost' John (the black man who can teleport) coughed: "I think we need to take a break."
After saying that, he looked at the clerk.
The clerk made arrangements immediately. Even though it was awkward, they had to be professional when facing customers.
Then they waited for two hours, during which time two girls couldn't help but go in to call for help, but they never came out.
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When Hank and the others returned to the street again, everyone looked at the beast differently.
The men couldn't hide their envious and jealous eyes at all, and the little rascal didn't dare to look at Hank.
"Ahem, Hank, keep your business card. We still have some time to relax in New York, but I hope you can take your teammates into consideration during the next group activity." Morgan was actually envious. Oh my god, three of them! When the three of them walked out, they all held their waists!
But you can see that they are all very happy.
Morgan wasn't this powerful when he was young... No, he has never been this powerful in his life.
If it weren't for the hair covering it, Hank's face could probably be fried with eggs.
He wanted to say something, but didn't know how to describe it.
"No... No, it wasn't me who took the initiative. I... She pushed me down as soon as she came up. I wanted to resist... But I was afraid of hurting her. Besides, they also... I struggled!"
McCoy was very distressed by this.
Those women are crazy.
But the others obviously didn't believe it... Damn it, you said a woman threw you down? You can overturn a 10-ton car by yourself, but you were thrown down by a woman who weighed more than 100 pounds? What kind of hell joke is this?
In fact, it's not Hank's fault. He himself doesn't even know it. He has stronger sensory abilities and can secrete pheromones to attract the opposite sex. He can also secrete a mild healing factor that can regenerate his minor wounds. Of course, this healing factor can also work on other people, provided that they are contaminated with his body fluids. Anyone who is contaminated with these self-healing factors can quickly recover from minor illnesses such as colds and restore their physical strength.
Otherwise, the girls really can't stand the beast.
Of course Hank really didn't know.
After he became like this, he rarely interacted with girls.
Except for Xiao Taoqi, but Xiao Taoqi is a black hole of supernatural powers. Apart from mental power, other supernatural powers are useless to her.
Joe looked at the noisy group of people with a smile on his face. He knew that these children had finally returned to their resting rhythm.
They are not immortal like him. They will die soon anyway, and they can rest as much as they want after death. But these children can't do that. They still have a long time to live, and they need to rest! Not everyone is Morgan, who can constantly complete tasks. Look at Morgan... He is decades old and still alone. That won't do!
(End of this chapter)