Professor Tavares was very eager to keep Nora Scott.
It wasn’t so much about the benefits Ethan Scott offered, but rather the importance of the project and the collaboration with Nora Scott.
The project’s results included a few seconds of video, and if it could be perfectly realized, it would be truly astonishing. He had studied Mechanical Techniques for years, and such a design was irresistible to him.
As for Nora Scott, just within that quarter of an hour, she was enough to leave him bowled over and utterly convinced. Now having a chance to work with such a master... it didn’t matter her gender, age, or credentials, as long as she had the ability, he was eager to collaborate with her.
He sincerely hoped Ethan Scott would keep her.
Hearing Professor Tavares’ words, Ethan Scott gradually calmed down, and the anger and shame that engulfed him were slowly suppressed.
His Adam’s apple bobbed twice as he stared intently at Nora Scott, fearing he might miss a trace of guilt on her face, and he asked, word by word, "Are you really God Z?"
Nora Scott retorted with a confident smile.
Ethan Scott’s facial muscles tensed, his complexion turned pale as he struggled to contain his emotions.
"Can you really complete the design draft within a week?" Ethan Scott asked again, each word squeezed out through clenched teeth, filled with restraint and repression.
Compared to him, Nora Scott was relaxed and at ease.
Her casual gaze swept over his ugly expression, Nora Scott’s smile was bright and unabashed, each word filled with certainty, "A week is how long it takes me alone. If they help, three days."
The number hit heavily, astonishing both Professor Tavares and Ethan Scott and reigniting Ethan Scott’s wavering interest.
He fundamentally didn’t want to give up on this project.
To him, it wasn’t just a gift for Aaron Scott, but also a way to win Aaron Scott’s favor.
After this seventieth birthday banquet, Aaron Scott would draft a will, involving the inheritance rights of descendants. The descendants were all planning to present the most special birthday gift at the banquet, racking their brains and awaiting the day to showcase their skills.
Ethan Scott accidentally discovered this blueprint in Aaron Scott’s study. At a glance, he saw the blueprint was unrealistic and had low feasibility, but the butler mentioned that it was a design Aaron Scott made some years ago, and in recent years, he had been wanting to revise the blueprint and see it realized.
With such a good opportunity in front of him, how could Ethan Scott let it slip?
So he went to great lengths seeking out Master Sliver, and later spent time, effort, and money searching for talented people.
Now, he could step back, choose to abandon the project for the sake of face and not cooperate with Nora Scott, but what he could lose might be the entire Scott family’s fortune...
If Nora Scott needed a long time for design, it might be whatever, but she promised "three days to complete the draft"... if she really could do it, there would be plenty of time to make the mechanism!
Taking a deep breath, driven by immense interests, Ethan Scott lowered his proud head and asked, "What if you can’t do it?"
"I won’t take a penny."
Ethan Scott scrutinized her, "How do I know you’re not here to scout project data?"
Who knew whether Nora Scott was colluding with someone in the Scott family to spy on the birthday gift he was preparing?
Hearing his question, Nora Scott seemed to hear something ridiculous, she laughed and asked, "Didn’t you already hand everything over to me?"
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Unmentioned, it would have been better. As Nora Scott brought it up, it made him think of various chat records that could cause him to die of shame and anger...
Ethan Scott couldn’t stop cursing in his heart.
After pausing for a few seconds, Nora Scott played with her phone, tilted her head, and asked directly, "One word, are we talking or not?"
Ethan Scott gritted out the word between clenched teeth.
Man dies for wealth, bird dies for food.
Put aside right and wrong, grievances aside, only the immediate interests matter.
Seeing that negotiations were still possible, Professor Tavares let out a long breath.
Meanwhile, he couldn’t help but think: if Ethan Scott had invited Nora Scott earlier, would so much effort have been wasted...
Professor Tavares’ smiling face was quite stiff, Ethan Scott’s face grew darker and darker, and his expression almost twisted.
Nora Scott was ordering dishes.
She almost ordered with her eyes closed, not looking at dish names, just at prices, picking whatever was expensive.
As soon as she sat down, she immediately asked the waiter, "What’s the most expensive dish?"
She was exactly like an upstart who had never seen the world and wanted to show off.
After ordering two bottles of expensive wine, Nora Scott handed the menu to the waiter, "That’s all for now."
The waiter nodded with a smile.
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