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"Hello, this is John. Is the mold I ordered from your shop finished?"

"It's ready, come over here."

Li Yue came to the mold workshop. The owner of the mold workshop was a man in his thirties named Bob.

Bob has dark and rough skin and a very generous personality.

"John, come and take a look. If you are not satisfied, we can make changes in time."

The mold workshop was in a mess, with many equipment, tools and raw materials piled everywhere.

Bob took Li Yue to the mold he customized, which was more than four meters tall.

This mold is of Artemis, the goddess of hunting.

The shape is the action of Artemis drawing the bow and shooting the arrow.

Even though it is just a mold, it is still quite delicate.

"In addition to the shape of the mold, we also need to check whether the inner wall of the mold is uneven. After all, the inner wall of the mold determines the texture of the sculpture."

"John, when you're making a statue, remember to deal with the bubbles in the molten iron if it's an iron statue. If you don't deal with them in time, the statue made with the mold will be very unsightly."

"Do all metal statues have bubbles?"

"Gold and silver won't, but steel statues will have bubbles. However, oxide powder can solve this problem."

When Li Yue heard that Huang Jin didn't know how to do it, he felt relieved because he was not a professional to begin with.

All you know is smelting, then pouring the gold into molds and casting it.

I don’t know anything else. I will ask Xiong Da and Xiong Er to download some relevant data to avoid having to cast the mold again later.

“Bob, does your mold shop only make molds?”

"I can do everything. If you want 3D printing, I have the machine here," said Bob.

"Do you make cold weapons here?"

"Huh? Do you want to make cold weapons?" Bob asked.

"I want a home ornament, but it has to be bigger."

“What are the specific parameters?”

"It can weigh a thousand kilograms, and the size doesn't matter, but my requirement is that it must be practical and made of titanium alloy."

"Ah? Practicality." Bob was dumbfounded.

A thousand kilograms of cold weapons, and you're talking to me about practicality? Are you going to drive a car with a sword on it?

I've heard of airborne guns and cannons, but I've never heard of airborne cold weapons.

"John, are you sure you want to use titanium alloy to make cold weapons?"

"What? What's the problem?"

"TE-55 forged steel titanium alloy is currently commonly used by kitchenware companies. It's the type of titanium alloy used to make bone crushing knives. However, this titanium alloy costs $1200 per kilogram. If you want to make a -kilogram weapon, you'll need a budget of at least a million dollars. Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yes, I'm sure of it."

Li Yue felt that the Qingfeng sword he was using now, although sharp, was not powerful enough to deal with large enemies.

Moreover, the Qingfeng Sword was too light, and Li Yue had no feeling of making any attack.

Li Yue wanted a heavy blow.

"John, for a weapon like this, it would be cheaper if you bought the raw materials yourself. Also, my partners and I need to collaborate on this, so the fee won't be low."

"Of course, I'm mentally prepared. Give me a number."

"Are you going to make swords, or something else?"

"Warhammer."

Li Yue thought of the weapon with the strongest impact, which was a hammer.

"Two hundred thousand dollars." Bob quoted cautiously.

He needs to work with several partners to build it, which will take at least a month. During this period, they will not be able to take on most of the business and it will need to be postponed.

So the offer of $200,000, although high, is also based on their income and the energy and time spent.

"I accept this price. Please buy the raw materials for me. After we sign the contract, I will transfer one million US dollars to you first. The rest of the money will be paid after I see the finished product."

"Okay." Bob nodded.

Although he would have to put in some extra money for the raw materials, he could afford it.

Moreover, the other party has already paid one million US dollars, so there is no need to worry that the other party will default on the balance.

After Li Yue and Bob signed the contract, they took the mold back.

In the next few days, Li Yue rented a steel mill that had stopped production.

Unlike the last time gold bricks were melted, gold bricks could be melted piece by piece, but this time the purpose was to cast a statue, so 27 tons of gold needed to be melted at the same time.

Such a huge amount of gold cannot be melted in a small crucible.

That's why Li Yue spent a lot of money to rent a steel mill.

Today, America's economy is in a downturn, and industries are fleeing, especially steel mills, which have almost all moved out of America, so America's local steel mills have almost all stopped production.

Now there are people willing to rent the steel mills. The owners of those steel mills that have stopped production don’t care what Li Yue is going to do with the rent, and naturally agree without hesitation.

Li Yue, Xiong Da and Xiong Er spent a whole day melting and casting the gold.

After two days of hard work, the golden statue was finally completed.

Li Yue was quite satisfied with the finished product.

The golden Artemis drew her bow and shot an arrow into the distance.

The details of the statue are also very good, from the facial features to the strands of hair, the robe on the body, the quivers and horns at the waist, and the hunting dog at the feet.

Li Yue did not perform any secondary processing on the statue. After taking it home, he placed the golden statue in the courtyard.

After all, no one would believe that this statue was made of pure gold.

So even if it is put in public, no one will believe it.

That day, Bob sent me the design drawings of a titanium alloy hammer.

The hammer body is like a wine barrel, with a slight curvature on the surface, and various mythological reliefs on the hammer body.

The handle of the hammer is two meters long with a dragon coiled on it. This design should be based on the Chinese man Li Yue.

The only difference is that the relief on the hammer is of Olympus mythology, but the handle is wrapped with an oriental dragon. These two elements combined together still look a bit awkward.

The handle is made of oak wood and is also patterned, which looks very beautiful.

Li Yue replied to Bob: "Change the relief on the hammer to a Chinese mythology, and write a paragraph of Chinese characters. The star official with temples is boundless, the power of the laws of heaven and earth is infinite, the demons of the nine netherworlds are eliminated and the true essence is revealed, the Yin Yin is untainted and bright."

"What does this Chinese character mean?"

"This is a revelation from a deity in our Chinese Taoist school. You can understand it as a description of God."

Although Bob couldn't read Chinese characters, he still made some modifications to the design drawing according to Li Yue's requirements.

"John, do you have any requirements for the color matching?"

“Is there any way to prevent it from fading?”

"Yes, electroplating can basically prevent fading, and then it can be treated with oxygen reduction."

"Just make it all gold."

"Ok."