Arcane Detective of the Steam Age
Chapter 716

Another Hidden Master?

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For Susan, that evening had felt like a dream. To be honest, she had initially wanted to perform mostly to prove a point. She had never expected that, although her performance had not been particularly successful, her modified electric guitar would catch Sir Li Wei's eye!

And the very next day, he actually came to her father's musical instrument company to see her!

"Is this where you modified the electric guitar?"

Li Wei studied the workshop before him and asked with interest. All sorts of guitars that had been "gutted" lay scattered around the little room, while the tables beside them were covered in parts, tools, and wires.

"Yes! Thankfully, Mr. David helped me! He's really good at this!"

The man Susan enthusiastically dragged over was around twenty-five or twenty-six, unshaven and rather scruffy. Facing Li Wei, he seemed somewhat nervous.

"H-hello, my lord count-"

"No need to be so formal. I don't bother with that sort of thing."

Li Wei waved a hand.

"Did you make that electric guitar?"

"Well-"

David glanced at the excited Susan beside him.

"Y-yes. The young lady was very insistent, and I happened to have some ideas along those lines myself-ah, but we paid for all the materials ourselves. We didn't use any company supplies."

Seeing Mr. Rogers standing beside Susan with a stern expression, David hastily added that clarification.

"As for how it works-never mind, you don't need to explain that. Just tell me whether you can reliably mass-produce guitars like this now, or whether this is merely a prototype."

Li Wei did not care about the technical principles. He was no expert in the field, just as someone who drove a car did not necessarily know how to build one. His ability to play the guitar did not mean he understood how

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