Because of this incident, the once extremely hot New World Civilization Studies instantly cooled down. Many scholars and experts who were famous for this subject were ruined, and it even affected other related disciplines. This incident also became the laughing stock of the entire world until

It took many years for the bad influence to gradually dissipate, and subjects such as archeology, folklore, and religion were again accepted by colleges and universities in various countries.

However, to this day, the study of New World civilization is still a taboo. Mainstream academic circles still do not admit that any civilization existed in the New World before the migration of the Old World. Anyone who mentions New World civilization will be regarded as a heretic to be overthrown, because the academic community has

We can no longer bear the farce of fake civilization.

Although Tonder Bruce was not a firm supporter of New World civilization, he also believed that there was civilization in the New World before the Great Migration, but for unknown reasons, that civilization suddenly disappeared.

The reason why he thinks so is because when he was studying folklore in his early years, he discovered some dilapidated man-made building ruins in some remote areas. Although the locals said that those buildings were settlements left by early explorers and immigrants,

However, he could tell from the styles of those buildings that these architectural ruins did not belong to any Old World civilization style.

And the more important point is that all the areas where he has discovered such ruins have some legends and stories spread. The contents of these legends are all kinds of strange and have no similarities. But what is strange is that these legends all mention a kind of name.

Due to the mysterious existence of Gu Ge, he will suddenly appear after the legendary story reaches a certain stage, and then sing a long poem loudly.

This is not something that deserves people's attention. Folklore basically has something in common. It may all originate from the same legend. Some people heard this legend and thought that some of the content sounded good, so they used it themselves.

It's in the legend.

For example, there are hundreds of versions of the most classic rat-hunting legend in the Old World. Almost every country has its own rat-hunting legend, and the content is somewhat similar.

But the problem is that the contents of these legends containing the mysterious existence Gu Ge are all different. Only the mysterious existence Gu Ge is the same, and the long poems sang by Gu Ge are also completely different, but they are coherent, and the regions where these legends are spread are all separated from each other.

They are very far away. The farthest ones are separated by dozens of countries. The people living in those areas are all different in race and origin in the Old World.

And the strangest thing is that only those areas with man-made architectural ruins can have such legends spread. Once you leave that area, even in the same country and the same nation, there will be no legends related to it.

This discovery aroused great interest in Tonder Bruce. For this reason, he also tried to write a research project report, hoping to obtain financial support from relevant associations and colleges. However, this matter involved the New World civilization, and in the end it was not

pass.

However, he did not give up. In the absence of external financial support, he did not hesitate to use the prize money he had accumulated over the years to collect information from those areas at his own expense. In the end, he removed all areas where such legends had been spread.

I searched all over and collected all the long poems that the legendary Gu Ge sang.

Only then did he discover that these long poems were actually one coherent poem. The content of this poem was about how a great civilization went from prosperity to decline. In the end, the survivors left this world and entered a world called Dreamland.

This discovery led Tonder Bruce to believe that the civilization mentioned in this long poem was the lost civilization of the New World. For this reason, he once again went to an area closest to the Otter Federation, hoping to discover more from the remaining man-made architectural ruins in that area.

Lots of clues.

But it turned out that the ruins in that area were completely destroyed by the local government in the name of a certain project, and the people who originally lived here were dispersed and moved to other places.

Originally, Tonder Bruce thought this was just an exception, but then he gradually discovered that other areas where such legends were spread also encountered the same situation. What was even more strange was that all his relevant research materials disappeared overnight.

, and no one knew how he disappeared. Even if he called the police, he was only told that no traces of theft were found. This also made him more and more certain that he should have discovered some secrets of the world, and someone was covering up these secrets.

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Although the low point in his career over the years is largely related to the fact that folklore is a marginal and unpopular theory, this incident may also have had some influence.

However, he did not give up related research. Over the years, he was still secretly collecting clues about the Tonyan civilization. Unfortunately, there were very few clues related to it.

He had known for a long time that there was a slate mural related to the Tonyan civilization in the Monte Manor, and he wanted to see it with his own eyes. Unfortunately, even though the Monte Manor was abandoned, it still belonged to private property, and the security work in the Great Northern Cape area was also very strict.

It's so tight that even big thieves and thieves can't sneak in, let alone a weak scholar like him.

Today's banquet fulfilled his long-cherished wish and allowed him to see the stone mural. At the same time, he easily judged from the content depicted on it that the stone mural indeed belonged to the Tonyan civilization, because in

Among the patterns painted on the stone slabs, he found several things that were mentioned in Guge's long poem.

Although Guge's long poem was only a textual description, the details of the description of those few things were so detailed that he immediately made associations after just one glance, as if he had seen them before.

After seeing evidence that could prove the real existence of Tonya civilization, Tonder Bruce was so excited that he completely forgot where he was and who he was talking to. When he heard someone call Tonya civilization

After calling it a pseudo-civilization, he immediately refuted it.

However, after saying these words, he immediately felt regret. He was worried that Leo Dodd would think that he was a researcher of New World civilization, and then regard him as an academic liar. In that case, what he prepared

Studying project documents may really be in vain.

However, just when Tonder Bruce was feeling uneasy, Leo did not argue with him about whether Tonya civilization was a pseudo-civilization, nor did he further discuss the content on the stone murals, but turned his head.

He looked at the briefcases placed aside and said, "Mr. Professor, what's in these briefcases?"

"Ah?" Tonder Bruce didn't react for a while. He was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that his opportunity had come. He quickly picked up the briefcase on the ground and said in a panic: "These are all yours, uh

,No, it’s some of my research project documents. I have sorted out some of the research projects in the past few days, oh no, decades. I hope, I hope..."

Halfway through the words, Tonder Bruce didn't know what to say for a moment, like directly asking the other party to invest money in his research project to ask for money. He really couldn't say it, so his face became a little embarrassed.

"Can you let me take a look?" Leo asked calmly without paying attention to the other party's state.

"Yes, yes, of course!" Tonder Bruce hurriedly took out the documents and handed them all to Leo.

Leo took the file, walked to the desk beside him, put the file on the table, turned on the light, and then said to the housekeeper standing at the door: "You can leave first. If Madam asks about me, just tell me that I have something to do."

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"I understand, sir." The butler nodded, walked out, and closed the door.

"Sit down for a while and wait until I finish reading the document." Leo pointed to the sofa not far away, gestured to Tonder Bruce, then casually pulled out a document and began to read it carefully.

Tony Bruce walked to the sofa, sat on it cautiously, and looked nervously at the desk. Although it was not clear whether Leo would become an investor in his research project, Leo could take a serious look at his research project.

The document already made him happy, because over the years, even the college's director responsible for project investment had never looked at the project documents he submitted so seriously.

These documents involve a total of more than a dozen different research projects. Tonder Bruce is a scholar and researcher, and does not know how to attract investments, so the research project documents he wrote are more like some kind of academic reports.

All the content in it is composed of a large amount of boring professional terms. After reading this kind of content, people will not have the slightest desire to invest. They may even be tempted to read the document without even reading the first page.

Sweep them all into the trash can.

However, for Leo, Tonder Bruce's academic writing style was very much in line with his taste, and he was able to obtain a lot of useful information from it.

Although the document was boring and difficult to understand, it was not too difficult for Leo. He read it through quickly and completely remembered and understood the contents.

After closing the file, he said to Tonder Bruce: "Your research projects include not only the study of folklore, but also the study of archaeology, sociology, religion and mysticism. It is very complex. You

Does one person have the energy to work on so many projects?”

"Of course not." Tonder Bruce quickly replied: "But if there is enough financial support, I can recruit enough research teams. I only need to be responsible for the research direction and analysis of data. I don't need to do everything myself.

Step in." He then added: "You should have seen my resume. I have had the experience of being responsible for seven research groups at the same time, and all seven research groups have achieved results."

"But those seven research groups are just one subject, and they do not involve so many subjects." Leo retorted, indicating that the other party should stop talking and asked directly: "If I am willing to invest in these projects of yours, do you need to

How much funding?”

Tonder Bruce thought about it seriously, then raised his hand and gestured: "Forty thousand ohtes, I only need 40,000 ohtes."

"Forty thousand euros? That means each project only has more than two thousand euros." Leo frowned and said, "Is this enough money?"

Tonder Bruce could see that Leo already had an investment intention, but he was worried that his price was too high and the other party would give up the investment, so he quickly replied: "No, it's quite a lot! As long as you save some money, it will be enough."

Leo thought for a while and said: "Forty thousand ot is too little. I can provide you with 400,000 ot. If necessary, I can increase it later."

"Ah?" Tonder Bruce was completely stunned. He suddenly had the illusion that he was dreaming. If the occasion hadn't been inappropriate, he might have slapped his face hard to confirm whether he was really there.

dream.

Leo added: "But the money is also conditional, that is, I must hold 90% of the project shares, and I have the right to access all research data, including the right not to publish it."

Tonder Bruce was hesitant about Leo's request. First of all, the proportion of shares in research projects must be too high. In normal research projects, investors can only take up to 60%. A few special projects with uncertain prospects.

For new discipline projects, investors can also get about 70%, but 90%, and 90% of all research projects, is obviously far beyond those conventions.

What's more, the research projects he brought are not the kind of projects with uncertain prospects, but projects with estimable value. He is only one step away from the final results. As long as there is enough funding, they can

If they can conduct on-site inspections, they will be able to collect enough physical evidence to support the project results, so Leo's investment will basically not be too risky.

The more important point is that Leo actually wants to have the power to access all research data. This is obviously the most unacceptable, because by convention, investors can only access research data related to the project. For those

There is no right to access reference materials and other materials, and the ownership rights of those things belong to the project leader.

Although the conditions offered by Leo were extremely attractive, the additional requirements were extremely excessive. Tonder Bruce instinctively wanted to refuse such a request and end the conversation.

But in the end, he suppressed the urge to refuse and seriously considered whether this request was acceptable, because he knew very well that if the opportunity was lost this time, it was unclear whether there would be another opportunity next time, and he did not

I am confident that I can spend more than ten years waiting for the next opportunity to come.

After thinking about it again and again, Tonder Bruce still could not make up his mind to agree to Leo's conditions. Instead, he said with a serious expression: "I'm sorry, Mr. Leo, this decision is very difficult to make. I need to go back and think about it calmly before giving it to you."

You reply."
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