[Comprehensive English and American] Ripples in time and space

"It's not a sudden decision," Kelly said. "I've had this idea for a long time. It's one thing during the war, but now that World War II is over, I don't want to stay in the SSR as an agent. It's just that I haven't talked to Howard yet. It's finalized, so I didn't tell you yet. Of course, if you need me, I'll be there whenever you need me. But other times, I'd rather work at Stark Industries."

"Haven't you been an agent before?" Steve asked. "In Kingsman?"

"Oh...that's the difference." Kelly paused, "You know, Steve, being a special agent is a profession in a gray area. This profession will cost lives and violate the law, so you It is even more important to know in your heart that you are doing the right thing. To do this, you must ensure that you are working for an organization that you can absolutely trust. Kingsman is like this. Although it often represents the interests of the United Kingdom, But in general it is independent of any one government, I trust Arthur and Merlin, I trust the majority of the twelve knights, basically I can trust this organization. But the SSR? I trust you, and General Philip, but above him, I don’t trust the U.S. military and government.” Kelly paused, “I think since Kingsman, seeing those politicians who have been implanted with chips making ugly appearances, I will never Trust any government. So I don't want to be used by someone I don't trust, I'd rather work for Howard so I can know for sure that I'm doing a little good for the world."

Steve raised his eyebrows: "Howard is working for SSR."

"Okay, Steve, you are changing the concept secretly." Kelly laughed, "He is only cooperating with the government. I am discussing with Howard whether Stark Industries will consider expanding the scope of business for those Veterans develop prosthetics. Besides, the concealment required for this job is greatly reduced. I also want to promote the affirmative movement in the United States. Every day I meet ten. I want to punch them down and let them see women. Guys who can also be stronger than them."

A flash of memory flashed in Steve's eyes, probably recalling the scene when he first met Peggy.He also smiled in relief: "Okay. However, if SHIELD goes out independently in the future..."

"It depends on your performance." Kelly blinked, "I am quite confident in the Aegis you lead."

"Then Bucky?"

"I don't know." Kelly shook her head. "I think he would be willing to follow you. But now that the war is over, if the Korean War doesn't start... Maybe you don't need someone to look after your back anymore, or now With Peggy taking care of you, will he be willing to retire with me?"

"I'll ask him, World War II is over, there's no need for him to put himself in danger for me," Steve said.Kelly knew that he had been feeling guilty since he came back from the parallel world. She tried to persuade him many times, but knowing that it was useless, she changed the subject: "Do you want to know where he will go?"

"Where are you going? Go to Stark Industries with you?"

"I guess he'd like to go to NASA," Kelly said with a smile.

"This is your new office in the future. Let me tell you first, you have to recruit the manpower yourself - you can take the lead in recruiting, but the position of general manager of this branch cannot be given to you."

Kelly knew Howard's style long ago and wasn't intimidated by him at all: "Who's that?" she asked.

"Well——" Howard pushed open the door in front of him and made a show gesture, "Come and meet our Mr. Albert Jason."

Turning towards them was an elderly scientist, with a long beard that almost covered his chin, and short brown hair cut very short, clinging to his scalp.This looks very strange at first glance, but Kelly took a closer look and soon found a familiar trace, she opened her mouth wide in surprise: "Doctor?!"

Standing in front of her was the disguised Dr. Erskine.Kelly had heard that Howard arranged for him and his wife to change their identities, but she had never had time to ask about it, and she never thought that she would see him again in this way.Dr. Erskine—the current Dr. Elbert smiled and nodded at Howard: "I just said you can't hide it from Kelly."

"It's a success to be able to scare Kelly." Howard shrugged. The research and development process is on track, is there any problem? Personnel and business employees can be transferred from the head office."

"In terms of technology alone, one month will definitely be fine." Kelly smiled, "But I do have a question. What do you think about mass recruitment of female employees, Howard?"

"Do I dare to have an opinion in front of you?" Howard asked exaggeratedly, "In order to get out of this building alive, I must have no opinion." He waved his hand, "Just do it, I will stand up for you if the sky falls .”

Kelly laughed: "I try not to bring the sky down, thanks."

After sending Howard away, she followed Dr. Albert to learn about the company.At present, except for the R&D department, other departments have begun to fill in the manpower. Although there are some shortages, there is basically no problem in maintaining daily operations. However, it is not easy to recruit people for the core department of the technology department. After all, it is the first time for Stark Industries to set foot in In the field of prosthetics, this requires not only mechanical skills, but also a considerable degree of medical ability, especially neurology.Talents in this area need to be selected by Kelly and Albert.

Although not the general manager, Kelly also took on the position of a deputy general manager and is also the head of the R&D department.After a little thought, she went straight to the propaganda department. "Starting from tomorrow, the recruitment promotion will start. The promotional copy is written like this..."

Bucky came home the next night with a flyer in his hand.

"Are you going to fill Stark Corporation's technical department with girls?" He asked with a smile, and handed the advertisement to Kelly. "It's dangerous to have Howard as the boss."

"He dares." Kelly snorted and took the advertisement sheet.It quoted the promotional words that have been processed and polished by the propaganda department——

【We believe that kindness and wisdom can shine equally in everyone】

【We also believe that you also want to provide a little help to soldiers who lost their limbs in the war】

[Do not ask gender, age, race, nationality, as long as you have wisdom and ability]

[Stark Industries-Erskine Prosthetics Company, recruiting technicians]

Below the advertisement, more detailed recruitment requirements and salary packages are cited.In this era, neither women's equal rights nor black and Asian equal rights have received enough attention.Objectively speaking, due to the limitations of various social conditions, the overall quality of this group of people is indeed far inferior to that of white men. However, there will always be elite talents in any group—and Kelly’s goal is only the most elite. That little group.There are always some very brilliant people who will be rejected everywhere because of family background, nationality, gender or race, and this promise is enough for them to give it a try.Of course, Kelly did not have a background in marketing after all. Although the publicity department believes that this advertisement is basically feasible, the specific effect will not be known until after the advertisement is launched.So she didn't continue this topic, but just put the leaflet aside casually. "What about you, how about the army?" she asked.

Bucky really wanted to go to NASA, but the problem was—in this day and age, NASA hadn't been established yet.So he stayed in the army with Steve, those super soldiers of the Roaring Commandos, and half returned to the United States to re-form a special squad, which Steve lazily named "SHIELD Commandos" directly, and the other half originally came from Soldiers from various European countries have also reorganized special teams on the European side.Both had risen through the ranks, members of the Roaring Commandos had risen through the war, and now Bucky was a second lieutenant and Steve was a lieutenant colonel.However, people will only use the Lieutenant Colonel's appellation "Lieutenant Colonel" to call him on formal occasions, and more often, people still call him "Captain"-the captain.

"Everyone is still arguing about whether to launch the Korean War." Bucky said, "But, my rank is not yet able to participate in those quarrels at the top, so I just listen to the rumors. Steve is miserable, every day You will all be dragged to the military council to explain the pile of documents you brought back."

Kelly frowned sympathetically: "Thank you for your hard work."

The effect of the ad exceeded her expectations in two aspects.

On the one hand, this advertisement attracted a huge number of people who wanted to try their luck—there was an endless stream of people who submitted their resumes to the company. However, more than 90% of them were uneducated people who simply wanted to be opportunistic, and there were many blacks and women among them. Such a large crowd brought great pressure to the interview, and Kelly and Albert had to adopt the method of interviewing in groups and screening people in large numbers.Some people even went out and scolded Stark Industries for not keeping their promises after being unsuccessful in the interview, which caused a little trouble for the propaganda department.

But, on the other hand, the real high-level talents attracted by the advertisement are far better than what Kylie expected.Although she is among them, after all, she is powerful and has a special status. She greatly underestimated the pressure on minority groups in this era-too many people have excellent talents and strengths, but they always get unfair treatment.Therefore, in less than a week, Kelly and Albert had quickly filled up the number of people, even exceeding the original quota.Among the 15 people recruited, 6 were women, 8 were blacks, and two of them were German scientists who fled during the war and were treated coldly because of their nationality.Kelly was a little worried about whether they would recognize Albert's true identity, or whether the doctor assured him that he had not met them, so she stayed.

After the recruitment, the company investigated the needs of the current veterans, and quickly determined the direction of research and development. During World War II, countless people lost their limbs, and their military pay and pensions were used to support their families. Many In fact, people cannot afford the relatively high-end prosthetics, and the low-level prosthetics are too simple and inconvenient.Therefore, their goal is temporarily positioned as the development of lightweight, durable, and low-cost prosthetics.This goal is easier said than done. After all, Kelly has learned about future medical technology. After two months of busy work, the first batch of prosthetics have been finalized and the specific design has been produced, and the model has entered the testing stage. .

During these two whole months, Kelly almost devoted herself to her work.Now that the matter came to an end, she glanced at the clock and found that it was almost time to get off work.Kelly looked through the worksheet at hand and found that the work at hand was not urgent, so she simply took a vacation for herself.After explaining to the secretary, she put on her hat and walked out of the building.

Now it is April, and it is sunny and sunny outside, Kelly suddenly doesn't want to go home.She walked two streets aimlessly, saw the SSR building on the opposite side, and walked in. When SSR first moved here, she hadn't left her job yet, and the girls who were the operator knew her and let her go.

Kelly walked into the office and looked around.Compared with before she left, a lot of changes have taken place in the past few months. The only people she knows in the office are Director Dolly, Agent Thompson and three or two others. Many of the people she knew during the war are sacrificed or retired.Of course, there was also Peggy who stood up from behind the desk in surprise and greeted her: "Hi, Kelly! I haven't seen you for a long time. What's the matter?"

"It's okay." Kelly said and nodded to several other acquaintances, "Today I have a holiday for myself, and I'll take a look at you by the way."

While talking, other people in the office saw that she was not threatening, so they went to their own ways.Peggy led her to her desk: "Are you done with work?"

"It's been busy for a while, what happens next, we have to wait for the results of clinical trials, debugging and mass production."

As they walked through the office, the agent sitting at the table in front of Peggy stood up on crutches and shook Kelly's hand.Peggy introduced: "This is Daniel Sousa, Daniel, you have heard of Kelly."

"I've heard a name for a long time," Daniel said.

Kelly smiled: "Thank you." Her eyes fell on the single crutches he was supporting: "Ah, is this the one from Trumpley Company? We have tested this kind of crutches, and the overall performance is quite superior. , but there is still a little lack of fit.”

"Kelly is currently working in Stark Industries." Peggy introduced, "Researching on the production of prosthetics."

She cleared her throat, feeling a little uncomfortable, but Susa was quite calm: "Can you make a better product to replace this one?" He smiled and raised his crutch and asked.

"The products we are making now are temporarily unavailable. Our current goal of the first product line is low-cost mass production. In terms of performance alone, I am afraid it is not as good as what you are using now. However, if it is Peggy and Steve's friends, I can make individual corrections for you." Kelly winked at Peggy.

"Of course, if Daniel is willing, Kelly is the best candidate." Peggy said.Susa shrugged: "Then I owe you one, two ladies."

"May I?" Kelly squatted down a little, her hands clinging to Susa's pants.She retracted and released her hand slightly, and a circle of faint white light immediately faded away. After a pause, the halo expanded again, and the periphery even included Kelly and Peggy standing beside it.This layer of halo disappeared in a flash, and Kelly straightened up with a big smile on her face: "Mr. Susa, do you have time after get off work? Let's make an appointment to talk in detail. And, congratulations, Peggy!! How do you Don't tell me?"

"Congratulations on what?" Peggy was at a loss.Kelly blinked suspiciously: "What?"

She tilted her head, took out her wand, and a white light fell into Peggy's body.Kelly frowned immediately: "That's right - Peggy, don't you know?"

"Know what? What's wrong with me?"

"Peggy, you're pregnant!" Kelly said.

"What?" Steve screamed as he just walked in, and the briefcase in his hand fell to the ground with a thud.

The author has something to say: because the captain has been to the 90s, so he didn't ask "where is NASA"...

Several characters appearing in the second half of this article are the characters in Agent Carter: Roger Dooley, the current director of SSR, agent Thompson, agent Daniel Sousa, just recognize the names