American comics: Becoming the god of technology from Osborn

Chapter 19: Cooperation with Mutants

At this moment, the way Angel, Beast, Xuanyin and Qianhuan looked at Harry changed.

Surprise, doubt, confusion, gratitude...

"Don't look at me like I'm a good person. I'm a businessman. All the decisions I make are for profit. That way, we won't feel awkward when we get along with each other."

Harry emphasized.

When he said he wanted to invest in the mutant project, it wasn't just for the project itself.

"Let's step aside for now."

Seeing this, Pepper realized that they were going to discuss important business, so she took the initiative to lead her people out of the exhibition hall.

"Mr. Osborne, do you really want to make this investment?"

As soon as she left, Xuanyin, who had been silent, started to ask.

"Although I don't know much about business activities, I have personally experienced how unacceptable mutants are in human society. When my mutant identity was exposed, all my former fans and people close to me kept their distance from me overnight. No one dared to come to my concerts anymore."

"The same is true for Worthington. Ever since it was revealed that Mr. Worthington was an X-Men Angel, his company's business has taken a sharp turn for the worse. Now, basically only mutants will buy Worthington's products, but most mutants have difficulty finding jobs and their income is tight, so..."

Harry understood what she meant. "Ms. Xuanyin, are you trying to say that once the Osborn Group is rumored to have business cooperation with mutants, it is likely to face this kind of dilemma?"

Xuanyin nodded and said, "We are grateful that you can put aside your prejudice against mutants, recognize our technology, and are willing to invest in the project, but we also don't want to see you suffer losses."

"As you just said, you made the decision because it was profitable, and this investment will only go down the drain."

Harry suddenly sighed in disappointment. "You X-Men are really interesting. You try your best to get the recognition of humans so that you can integrate into human society. But when you finally get the recognition, you are worried that you can't integrate into human society and refuse the recognition. How can you realize your long-cherished wish if you are so hesitant?"

"Why did Professor X ask you to come to the exhibition? Look at the things you brought. They are either digital devices or household appliances. They are all daily necessities used in the household market. Don't you have any more advanced and eye-catching technology?"

He looked up at the dozens of booths in the exhibition hall. They were all daily necessities, but they were replaced with high-tech versions.

"Isn't it just the same old thing Professor X has been saying for decades? In order to show that mutants are friendly and harmless, there is not a single exhibit here that can make people associate it with aggressiveness, so as to reduce the stereotype of mutants in human beings, and even achieve the goal of attracting investment in Kenosha?"

"You have investment but you refuse it. Then why did you come all the way here? To have fun?"

Harry's series of words left Xuan Yin speechless. She clearly meant well, but for some reason she felt like she had done something wrong.

"We don't want to reject Osborne's investment, but... after so many years of experience, it's hard for us to accept it for no reason. Usually when something like this happens, the other party always has other intentions. We just want to know why you would help us?"

The angel stood up and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Let me correct you. I am not helping you, nor do I intend to help you. This is an invitation for cooperation. Investment is just the beginning." Harry said calmly, "I know that Genosha was just established not long ago, and the population is increasing day by day. Even if you have the full support of the Worthington family, Professor X, Magneto and others, and you are not short of funds in the short term, you must be seriously short of various materials, because not many people are willing to trade with you."

"I can sell you a large amount of supplies, including daily necessities, food, and most importantly, medicines. I can't say anything else, but our Osborne Group has quite abundant pharmaceutical resources."

Hearing his words, Angel and others' eyes suddenly lit up. Genosha is indeed short of supplies at the moment, especially medicines for treatment are the most scarce. Many mutants can only bear the disease when they get sick.

Even though some mutants are immune to disease and never age, 99 percent of mutants are not much stronger than normal humans.

Even if there are mutants with the ability to heal, they are useless because there are too few of them and they will become exhausted after treating only a few people.

At this time, if the Osborne Group could sell a large amount of drugs to Kenosha, it would be a timely help.

"Your conditions are absolutely irresistible to us, Mr. Osborne, but cooperation is a two-way street. You have paid so much, so what can we offer you?"

the angel asked calmly.

"First, it can save the revenue of the Osborne Group. The profit of the Osborne Group has been declining in recent years. This is something everyone knows. Especially in the recent period, many negative events caused by Osborne have occurred. The public's trust in us has also plummeted, and they are no longer willing to buy the products of the Osborne Group."

Harry said calmly.

"But it's different when I sell it to you. I'm too lazy to lie to you. The price of the materials that Osborne Group sells to Kenosha will definitely be higher than the normal price. But you don't have to worry that I will ask for too much. It will definitely be within your acceptable range."

"That's no problem. It's already a luxury that you can sell us the most scarce drugs. In fact, no matter how high the price you set, we will grit our teeth and agree to it in the end."

The angel agreed to the first request without a second thought. "What about the second?"

"Second, I have a plan to go to the Arctic Circle for exploration in the near future, and it is very likely that I will have to go deep into extremely cold places. It is difficult for an ordinary human team to meet my needs, but it will be different if it is a team composed of mutants."

Although Harry knew what the raw materials of blue blood were, what it looked like, and in which area it roughly existed, he could not find out exactly where to find it, which area had more reserves and which area had less reserves. This could only be known after on-site exploration.

It would be too inefficient for ordinary people to conduct exploration in such an extremely low temperature environment. It would take longer than expected and there might even be a risk of casualties.

More importantly, he would have to lead the team to explore the area himself to have a chance of success. As the boss of the Osborne Group, would he go to the icy North Pole to look for rocks? This was somewhat inappropriate.

But if it was a team made up of people with super powers, not only would the exploration efficiency increase exponentially, but Harry wouldn't have to run over and keep an eye on it himself.

At first, Harry was planning to hire some famous street heroes, such as Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and the like. After all, at that time he didn't think that he would be able to come into contact with mutants so soon.

Now that I have encountered it, I naturally have a better choice.

This decision had been made as soon as Harry learned from Pepper that mutants had occupied an exhibition hall.

(End of this chapter)