Marvel's Great Old Ones

As soon as the news that Tony Stark decided to shut down the Stark Group's weapons manufacturing department came out, it instantly occupied the headlines in New York and even the US Times, causing an uproar.

On the stock market, the Stark Group's stock, which had rebounded due to Tony Stark's return, began to plummet again.

Those investors who were originally hesitant also sold their shares of Stark Group.

Isn't this obvious?

What did Stark Group get started with? It was certainly not a high-tech product, but... a weapon!

Nowadays, a good weapons company wants to close its weapons manufacturing department. What is the difference between a person destroying his own heart.

Moreover, what the Stark Group lost by closing its weapons manufacturing department was not only the apparent benefits, but also the network of relationships that the Stark Group had woven into the military, a network that had been in operation since Howard Stark.

The Stark Group's network of relationships is concentrated in the U.S. military. Those generals and politicians have given the Stark Group asylum and cut off the small means of those competitors.

But why those in the military want to help Stark is not because Stark can bring them enough benefits.

If Howard Stark were still alive, there might be people who would be willing to help Stark out of favor.

But how long can those so-called friendships last so many years after Howard Stark's death?

In the end, those who gathered around Tony Stark were mostly motivated by profit.

Tony Stark can bring them enough benefits, even if Stark has a bad temper and a poisonous mouth, it is completely forgivable.

Unfortunately, the problem is that Stark just doesn't know why he's crazy now.

On the other side, Obadiah was busy dealing with the negative consequences of Stark's speech during this period, and even reconvened a press conference for this purpose.

It's not that he wants to try his best to confuse Tony Stark, but because if the Stark Group's stock falls to the bottom, he will be finished.

What he wants is a prosperous Stark Group in his own hands, not a bankrupt Stark Group.

……

"Is he here?"

Obadiah Stan, who had just finished the meeting, ran to the Stark Group's manufacturing department on a small balance bike with a cigar in his mouth.

"Inside, sir." The driver on the side quickly trotted forward and took over the balancing car.

Handing the car to this unknown company, Obadiah looked a little ugly when he thought of the press conference just now.

Those reporters simply started with a picture and relied on editing for the rest. This time they caught the Stark Group's big melon, which will definitely be a big write-up.

It was better for Stark this time. He turned his back and completely blocked the situation about this matter. He left the matter to Boz and Obadiah, euphemistically calling it trust.

Obadiah opened the door with his ID card, and sure enough, Stark was in the manufacturing department. The first thing he saw was Tony Stark standing in front of an unknown instrument.

"Look at this, great job."

Obadiah looked at the huge Tesla electric ball and spoke like an old hermaphrodite. He was blaming Tony Stark for messing around here and not caring about the company.

Tony Stark, who was busy calculating data, looked back and saw it was Obadiah, and then replied casually: "Should I draw a bull's-eye on my head?"

"Your head? Use my head."

Obadiah strode to Stark's side, wanting to see what possessed Tony Stark so much.

Unfortunately, it may be that the brains of people are not consistent.

Especially in Marvel, human brains are divided into two types, one is called human brain, and the other is called Stark brain.

Looking at the complicated and constantly beating data, icons, and symbols, Obadiah turned his head.

The bald heads in the Marvel series of movies are also divided into two categories, one is called trash, represented by Obadiah Stane; the other is called boss, represented by Ancient One, Doctor Manhattan.

"How much do you estimate the group's stock will drop tomorrow?" Obadiah turned around and said awkwardly.

"Uh... optimistically, forty o'clock."

Tony is also a little embarrassed. After all, his heroic announcement yesterday not only did not help matters, but also caused the Stark Group to suffer huge losses.

"At least forty," Obadiah thought for a moment.

"Tony, we are weapons manufacturers."

The two were silent for a while, and finally Obadiah spoke seriously.

"Obadiah, I just... I just don't want to pay the price with the death toll..."

"That is, that is our responsibility." Obadiah interrupted Stark.

"Yes."

"We consume steel to make weapons..."

"My name is hanging on the company building..."

"Everything we do is for world peace and stability."

"That's not what I saw!" Stark shook his head.

"What we do is not glamorous. We can do better and must find another way out..."

"Then what do you want to do?" Obadiah stared at Stark's glasses with a kind face, but the words in his mouth were not warm at all.

"What do you want to do? Do you want to produce baby bottles?"

Stark looked at Obadiah's glasses, which were already clouded by interests and money.

"We must redefine and reassess the technological value of nuclear reactors."

"Forget it, reposition" Obadiah shook his head in amusement.

"That's just a gimmick, Tony, come on, it's just to fool those who don't know!"

"It's not a gimmick." Stark raised his head and looked at the huge sphere that was constantly flashing arcs of electricity.

"Yes, that's a scientific research project." Obadiah still had that mocking look on his face.

"But it's not worth the gain at all, you know it all in your heart!"

"Research on reactor technology can't continue! We haven't made a breakthrough yet, and it's been almost thirty years!"

Stark raised his head and said, "Just tell me, stop covering up, who told you, was it Rhodes?"

"It doesn't matter who told me. You let me see it first."

Obadiah pointed to Stark's chest. Obviously, he already knew a little about the little blue thing.

"It's either Rhodes or Peibo..."

"I want to see……"

"Okay, Rhodes..." Stark looked around, reached out and unbuttoned his shirt, revealing the blue-lighting ring underground.

"Okay, okay." Obadiah had a wretched uncle's smile on his face and carefully stepped forward to look at the little thing.

The two people are now filled with strong feelings of homosexuality whether they are occupying positions or their expressions. If any staff member sees them, they will basically be considered dead.

After looking at the little baby, Obadiah's face looked much better, with a blush on his face.

He put his arm around Tony Stark's shoulders affectionately and said, "Tony, we are in the same boat. If we work together, we will be extremely powerful, just like your father and me..."

"Sorry, sorry for not saying hello to you, sorry," Tony interrupted Obadiah. He looked at him. This fat bald man always wanted to preach to Tony from his father's perspective.

Obadiah looked loving and helpless, as if he really regarded Tony as his own relative.

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[Author's digression]: I'm not feeling very well today, and my writing is a bit messy. I haven't had a good rest recently. I'll probably take a day off tomorrow because I'm afraid of death.