American comics: Becoming the god of technology from Osborn

Chapter 16 Mutants also come to the meeting

"We can discuss the specific matters in person. If you have time today, why not visit the expo and choose a location for the exhibition hall?"

Pepper invited Harry to visit.

"That's great. I've wanted to see this grand event that brings together the world's technological achievements for a long time."

The two agreed on a time and place to meet.

The Stark Technology Expo is located in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens and is built around the park's iconic giant globe model, covering a large area.

The entire venue consists of more than 20 carefully designed exhibition halls, totaling nearly 100 exhibition halls of different types. Although they seem to be closed to each other, in fact each exhibition hall is completely open and interconnected.

In the center of all the exhibition halls is a large open-air booth, surrounded by many top-notch audio equipment and gorgeous spotlight systems. At first glance, it doesn’t look like a technology exhibition. If you don’t know, you might think it’s a superstar’s concert.

But when you think about the fact that the person who made the plan was Tony Stark, everything suddenly makes sense.

"It's a really spectacular project. It must have taken a lot of manpower and resources to build such a grand event."

Standing at the entrance of Stark Expo, Harry looked at the huge buildings inside and exclaimed in admiration.

"Yes, if it weren't for Tony, I wouldn't believe that such a large venue could be completed in such a short time and done so perfectly."

Next to Harry, a tall, blonde woman in her thirties smiled proudly.

This is Pepper Potts, Tony's personal assistant, who had talked to Harry before. She has not yet been appointed as CEO by Tony, but judging from her work content in all aspects, she is now the actual manager of Stark Industries.

There were several assistants and subordinates around the two of them, most of whom were Pepper's men. Harry only brought Chloe with him.

However, he did not introduce Chloe's identity to others, because this was also the final test for Chloe - if he put her in the crowd, would people notice her uniqueness?
"Speaking of Mr. Stark, it seems like we haven't seen him much lately?"

Harry asked suddenly.

"The Senate summoned him to attend a hearing. Congress doesn't want to make a big deal out of this, but I estimate that after Tony arrives, it won't be long before the news spreads to everyone in the world."

Pepper said with a normal expression, obviously she had experienced similar situations many times.

Harry understood that it must be the US government that wanted Tony to hand over Iron Man's core technology.

To be clear, it is for the Ark reactor. The shell of the Iron Man suit has high technical content, but it is not an exclusive technology. The Green Goblin armor of the Osborn Group is no worse than it. Why hasn't the government asked Harry to hand it over every now and then?

It's because the Green Goblin armor is really just a pure armor, it has no independent energy supply, and it is terribly heavy. Only a small group of soldiers with the strongest physique can barely move when wearing it.

Even in the Marvel world where the overall technological level is extremely high, the Ark Reactor can be considered to be ahead of its time.

It's not because of controlled nuclear fusion, but because it's small.

Controlled nuclear fusion was invented as early as the last century when Howard was in office, and the Stark Industries headquarters building was built on a large fusion reactor.

Although on the surface this is a technology unique to Stark Industries, there are many organizations that secretly master controlled nuclear fusion technology, including S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra, AIM, Roxxon Group, Genosha, Wakanda, Latveria, Atlantis...

The US government is included in this, otherwise it would have asked Stark Industries for nuclear fusion technology decades ago. Why would it have waited until now?

However, a normally built fusion reactor is too big, larger than an average nuclear power plant. In comparison, Iron Man's palm-sized fusion reactor is a true black technology.

In most people's impressions, 'big' is often better than 'small', and big means strong.

But in fact, the more advanced and sophisticated the technology, the smaller its size.

Many technological products that are getting bigger and bigger are not actually the case. The reason is that there is no way to make them smaller while upgrading their functionality. It is even difficult to maintain their original size, so they can only get bigger and bigger.

The application range of small fusion reactors far exceeds that of large reactors. The latter are limited by their huge size and mass and can basically only be used for large-scale energy supply and can't do anything else because only this kind of structure can support its mass.

Speaking human language cannot be weaponized.

The former is so useful that it can be applied to almost any field, from fusion spacecraft to nuclear lighters. There is nothing it cannot do.

To speak human language is to be weaponized.

However, there is one thing that Harry finds quite intriguing, which is that although so many groups have already mastered the technology of controlled nuclear fusion, so far only Stark Industries and Roxxon Group have actually applied fusion power generation in the open.

However, both companies have not used the technology commercially and only use it within their own companies.

As a result, the entire world still regards backward energy sources such as oil, natural gas, and coal as the mainstream. I don’t know whether the leaders above are crazy or have other intentions...

In the following time, Pepper acted as Harry's guide, taking him to visit the Stark Expo to see what new technologies were there and to choose a suitable exhibition hall for the Osborn Group.

Given that this Stark Expo lasts for a whole year, not all companies can afford to pay the booth fees for such a long time. Fortunately, there are countless technology companies from all over the world who want to exhibit at the expo, and the exhibition is different every week throughout the year.

Therefore, except for a few large companies that have their own fixed booths, more than 80% of the items displayed in the exhibition halls will be replaced every once in a while, and sometimes they will be empty.

This will also ensure the freshness of the expo and prevent tourists from getting bored of it in just a few days.

This can be seen from the fact that more than a month has passed since the opening ceremony of the expo, and there are still large crowds of tourists visiting here every day.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Harry's attention was drawn to a certain pavilion.

"What's wrong? Is something wrong, Harry?"

Pepper noticed Harry's gaze, stopped explaining and asked curiously.

"There seem to be very few visitors around that pavilion. I'm a little curious about what's inside."

Harry looked towards the quiet and deserted pavilion, which seemed extremely out of place in the bustling atmosphere of the entire expo, and said inquiringly.

Pepper followed Harry's gaze and her expression suddenly became a little complicated.

"The exhibit there is...mutants."

(End of this chapter)