At this moment, while taking a little break from her busy schedule, she handled some routine work and chatted with Nero at the same time.
After learning the news from Martin and receiving the assignment, she had asked Martin for Nero's contact information and tried to communicate with him.
Up to now, it seemed that it had always been that child himself talking with her.
At least from Topaz's own perspective, she had not yet communicated with Nero's guardian, or with the actual person in charge of this business cooperation on the other side.
Topaz's guess was correct.
Because from beginning to end, it really had only been Nero communicating with her.
What she did not know was that for certain parts, such as the sections about this Fragmentum industry plan, although Nero did not reply, he had shown those chat records to the others on the train.
Including but not limited to Mr. Yang, Sister Himeko, Sister Tingyun, Teacher Dan Heng...
Even sometimes Pom-Pom, who happened to pass by, would be dragged over to take a look.
Although his personality was somewhat straightforward and natural, Nero was very clear about what he was good at and what he was not good at. He would not pretend to understand something he did not.
He would not, but someone around him would.
In short, Tingyun had read all the chat records Topaz had sent regarding the Fragmentum industry.
Afterward, Tingyun's evaluation was that this company representative in charge was unexpectedly decent.
In the few proposal drafts she sent over, aside from trying to secure more shares for the company, she had not secretly buried any other major traps.
As for Topaz's view when chatting with Nero about matters related to the Fragmentum industry, it was this.
'This child really does not understand much...'
'Good thing it's me. If it were Aventurine... this child might fall into Aventurine's trap.'
Sampo was not here, but Aha was.
As a good Aeon who had watched the entire process of how Sampo had been "tormented" under Nero's hands, He decided to send Sampo a dream.
On Jarilo-VI, Sampo suddenly woke up from a nightmare and loudly cursed his bad luck.
After repeatedly muttering things like "Aha this" and "Aha that," he gave a mental thumbs-down to the woman named Topaz in his dream.
And then...
Then Mr. Cold Feet could not fall asleep anymore.
With no other choice, he got up and went to the secret base in Rivet Town to check on how the trained Fragmentum monsters were doing.
Although because the other party was young and did not understand much about business, the progress regarding the Fragmentum industry was not smooth, and more detailed matters could only be discussed after meeting in person,
Topaz and Nero chatted very enthusiastically about other topics.
So much so that she developed quite a favorable impression of this Xianzhou boy she had never met.
Holding her phone, Topaz scrolled through their chat history. On it was their lively discussion about cute pets and creatures, and below were the photos Nero had sent.
Those photos included, but were not limited to, some kittens and puppies, as well as a Trotter and a Snowfield Bear that he and his companion named Stelle had caught together on the snowfields of Belobog, and the adorable train conductor Pom-Pom on the train.
Topaz responded with photos of Numby, Jimi, and some other animals she kept.
During this process, Nero naturally shared what had happened on Jarilo-VI.
This made Topaz think of certain records in the company's account books.
However, considering the relationship Nero described between himself and the current Supreme Guardian of that planet, Topaz did not put collecting the debt from Jarilo on her schedule for now.
After all, in their chat history, Nero had mentioned the idea of establishing the first production base in Belobog...
Perhaps after some discussion, they could directly use the money earned from the Fragmentum industry to repay the debt, and at the same time strengthen cooperation between that planet and the company...
If this matter did not work out, it would not be too late to collect the debt later.
For now, the main goal was to collect the debt from Madam Herta first.
As for Nero, although Topaz felt it was a good thing to find a little like-minded friend, aside from those cute little animals, that child would often send some confusing photos.
For example, this one, a tall man who looked like a sly businessman, wearing a wine-red tailcoat vest with dark blue hair.
He could barely be considered handsome, but he had nothing to do with being cute.
Nero introduced him as a summoned creature named Sampo Koski.
Regarding this, Topaz was completely confused.
And something even more abstract came afterward.
There was also an almost one-to-one replica of Sampo Koski, but a mini version. Aside from the head being the same size, everything else had been shrunk.
For this, Nero's introduction was, a short-legged summoned creature, Sampo Corgi.
This information left Topaz extremely puzzled. Compared to the previous one, the legs were indeed shorter.
She did not even know what to say and could only sigh at a child's abundant energy and imagination.
"Director Topaz, we've arrived at the Herta Space Station."
A junior employee walked over and said.
Topaz put away her phone, raised her head, stood up and stretched, then nodded. "Mm. Dock."
With a tremor and the roar of engines cut off outside, the Interastral Peace Corporation fleet docked at the platform of the Herta Space Station.
Topaz called out to Numby and walked toward the cabin door.
Seeing this, Numby hurriedly stuffed itself with the food on the table, then wiggled its chubby body and quickly followed Topaz, staying by her side.
As soon as she stepped off the ship, Topaz saw several figures standing on the platform, unlike the other researchers who were busy running around.
They were clearly here to receive her.
Topaz's gaze swept across the face of the tall pink-haired girl in front, then she glanced at the Herta puppet standing beside her.
Some information about the space station had already surfaced in her mind.
This tall girl should be Asta, the station chief of the Herta Space Station. As for the one beside her, she should be a puppet created by Madam Herta.
With just one glance, Topaz already knew how she should ask Madam Herta to repay the owed money.
Topaz walked down with Numby, stood in front of Asta with a smile, and said, "First, please allow me to introduce myself. Topaz, from the Strategic Investment Department of the Interastral Peace Corporation."
"Hello, Miss Topaz. I'm Asta, the station chief of the Herta Space Station. The one beside me is a puppet created by Madam Herta. Madam Herta is busy with research, but she will communicate through remote control of the puppet."
Asta responded calmly and introduced them with composure.
The Herta puppet beside her, however, stood there blankly, with no movement and no sound.
It was unclear whether Herta did not want to speak, or whether she simply had not logged in and the puppet was just idling there.
Topaz smiled. "I believe the two of you already know the purpose of my visit. The Astral Express should have informed the space station in advance, right?"
"Yes." Asta nodded. "The Astral Express and the Xianzhou side had already contacted the space station beforehand."
As Asta spoke, she thought to herself.
It felt like only recently that that child had owed the space station three hundred million credits. She had not expected that now he could gather four forces together to discuss cooperation.
'He has grown so fast.'
Speaking of which, because of that child, certain parts of the space station had started to become strange...