I'm the Demon King in Marvel

Chapter 565: America’s greatest patriot is panicking!

With the ringing of the bell, the world entered the brand new 21st century.

In a manor outside New York, celebrities gathered. Conglomerate bosses, government officials, military generals, and social elites could be seen everywhere. They were toasting and talking, freely venting the happiness accumulated over the past few years, and jointly welcoming the new century that belonged to them.

"I really didn't expect the yellow monkey to be so stupid!"

In a corner of the banquet hall, the Wright family and several familiar partners were gathering together to drink and chat. Among them, a middle-aged man in a tuxedo did not hide his pride.

"Two hundred years ago, we had to pay real money to lure pigs onto our ships. Now, we just need to ask the airline to release a ticket, and they will line up at our door, begging us to take them."

"What's even more interesting is that we can choose the right pigs!"

"Mr. Wright, it's obvious that this is the brand effect!" A hook-nosed man beside him quickly echoed: "Our America is no longer the newborn baby of two hundred years ago, but the only overlord in the world."

"Henry, I admire your honesty!" The senior member of the Wright family smiled and raised his glass to clink it with the hooked nose.

"For America!"

"For our America!" Hooked Nose once again demonstrated his emotional intelligence.

Middle-aged people like them are basically the "forty-year princes" in large conglomerates. They will have to wait until the old guys go to hell before they can be the head of the family. Naturally, they like to hear this kind of blessing the most.

"That's right, the future belongs to us!" Another clink of glasses.

"But isn't it a bit of a waste for us to treat them as miners?" A younger blond man in his early thirties said hesitantly, "You know, they are all high-level talents and should create greater value for us."

"It's them!" The Wright family member immediately corrected him, and cast a defiant look at the blond man with a hint of sarcasm: "Remember, they are all lowly pigs! The only value of their existence is to save fuel for our machinery!"

Seeing the atmosphere suddenly tense, the hook-nosed Henry quickly smiled and tried to smooth things over: "Robert, this is not just an economic account. We continue to consume their talents, which is equivalent to bleeding the country. In a few years, this country will completely lose its autonomy and become an obedient puppy like Japan and South Korea."

"Although we are not afraid of war now, war is very expensive. Why not use it if there is a more cost-effective way?"

"But..." The blond man wanted to speak again, but the hooked nose led him to change the subject.

"Look who's here! Wow, it's our enthusiastic 'Prosecutor Stark'!"

"This idiot!" The hook-nosed man sneered in his heart: "You can't bear to make friends with a few Chinese businessmen?"

'The Chinese business community has been able to develop over the past 20 years only because there is a big country behind them! Once this country is gone, do you really think the American financial groups will not eat people?'

'Everyone thinks they have made it through their own efforts. How ridiculous!'

"Back then, even T.V. Soong's family wealth could be swallowed up by a few petty policemen and low-ranking New York gangsters. How many Chinese businessmen today are relatives of the dictator?"

'Just a bunch of fat pigs waiting to be slaughtered!'

...Tony Stark's arrival brought the New Year's Eve party to a superficial climax.

Celebrities at the venue came forward in an orderly manner to greet Tony, giving face to this "greatest patriot of America."

As early as four years ago when he successfully returned from his first space voyage, the White House specially awarded Tony a unique medal - "America's Greatest Patriot"!
This is the first of its kind and will probably be the last, dedicated to Tony's great achievement in bringing America into the interstellar age.

If Tony just wanted to be a simple technician, he could enjoy a lifetime of flowers and applause based on this achievement, and Congress would certainly not be stingy in approving a welfare fund specifically for him to support him for the rest of his life, comparable to the treatment of a retired president.

But this guy who "intentionally" took the name of a comic character was not willing to be just a technician. Not only did he start a company, he also established a new foundation. He joined forces with the top ten consortiums to monopolize spacecraft manufacturing and interstellar transportation, making other small and medium-sized consortiums hate him.

The U.S. government, military and large conglomerates have actually "stealthed" the spacecraft manufacturing technology one after another, but Tony Stark is always able to make his Stark Industries innovate and use price wars to thwart other consortiums' attempts to manufacture spacecraft.

The United States is a purely commercial country. Even the military weapons and equipment are monopolized by a few large arms companies. Moreover, specific suppliers can be temporarily adjusted according to budget changes, resulting in soldiers at the same military base being equipped with equipment produced by different companies at the same time.

If there are cheaper spacecraft, the federal government must not purchase more expensive and less capable ones, otherwise it would be a huge scandal once it is exposed.

What's more, the manufacturing cost of spacecraft is too high!
Even if the top ten conglomerates join forces, it will still require a massive investment of resources and time. However, during this time, Stark Industries may have carried out several rounds of technological updates, and the products produced are destined to lose money!

Unless they join forces to destroy Stark Industries and take away all of Tony's technological reserves, the investment with no visible returns will continue.

Right now, the top ten financial groups and Stark Industries are still in their honeymoon period. Since they can easily make money and suppress up-and-coming companies together, why should they rashly start a war and leave opportunities for up-and-coming companies to exploit loopholes?

If the old financial consortiums had not been united enough during World War II, how could the Texas rednecks and California cowboys have had the opportunity to make their fortunes from arms and come from behind to win?

Not to mention the conflicts among the top ten conglomerates, even the internal situation of each conglomerate is a mess. Who would be willing to take the risk unless it is absolutely necessary?
As a former big capitalist, Tony Stark is very familiar with the operating rules of American society. Although the American consortium in this world is very different from what he remembers, people have changed, but human nature has not changed, and the greed of capitalists has not changed!

Relying on his sophisticated business skills and bottomless technical reserves, he established the American "Interstellar Development Foundation", temporarily bringing together the top ten financial groups and superficially establishing a set of basic behavioral norms.

However, if you want to keep the hungry wolf of capital obedient, you must continue to feed it fresh meat, and this process must never stop!
For capitalists, there is a common red line that must never be crossed: their vested interests cannot be damaged!

If Tony Stark harms their interests one day, the kind-hearted capitalist masters will immediately show their bloody fangs.

It's still the honeymoon period, so Tony certainly doesn't have to worry about this, and he is not unprepared.

However, a phone call from Steve Rogers made Tony, who was toasting at the dinner party, break out in a cold sweat.

“What are you talking about? The letters sent back by Chinese immigrants were forged by artificial intelligence?”

Tony immediately pushed away the graceful girl in his arms, and walked towards the bathroom without looking back, ignoring the surprised looks of the celebrities around him.

"Steve, today is New Year's Day of the millennium, not April Fool's Day!" Tony wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a fluke: "Your joke is not funny at all!"

(End of this chapter)