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Chapter 143 The Biggest Taboo on the Road to Entrepreneurship (55 Please Order Full Version!)

Poor old Underwood.

wrong.

You should also know that Gideon Malik must have a backup.

and so……

This explains another problem.

That's why the elder Underwood was looking forward to rekindling his old relationship with Stephanie when he heard "Gideon Malik" say that Stephanie wouldn't mind him getting married.

At first, Locke thought that Old Underwood was interested in Malik's donation.

It turns out there is such a purpose.

They may not be in-laws in name only, but being in-laws in fact is more solid than being in name only.

Once this is done, will Gideon Malik still use this scandal to make trouble?
That was Frank Underwood's idea.

This old German still plans to sell him.

Locke's thoughts turned, and he couldn't help shaking his head, then he turned over the negative information about Frank in his hand.

moment.

A photo caught my eye.

next second.

Snapped!
Locke seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying. He almost subconsciously closed the information and looked up at Gideon.

Gideon sat in the chair, took a sip of bourbon, looked at Locke's expression at the moment and smiled slightly.

"Why don't you look at it? Is it ugly?"

"hehe."

Locke twitched his lips and looked at Gideon: "How many people have seen this thing?"

Gideon was also very candid.

"I, Walker, Old Underwood."

"Where's the guy who dug up the dirty laundry? And where's the guy who took the photo?"

"died."

"What Walker said, really? I don't believe it."

"I sent someone to do it."

"Then I believe it."

"Haha."

Gideon couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and then looked at Locke with a little curiosity: "I think, with your wisdom, you actually know this matter."

Locke looked at Gideon expressionlessly: "Knowing is one thing, but seeing the light is another matter."

Gideon nodded and said "yes", then said: "Don't worry, what you have is the final backup. Walker won't have it. As for the negatives, they are all in there."

"I know," Locke said.

As soon as he took the information, he saw the film inside.

Locke was speechless.

Why do people in this country choose to record things even though they know they are doing things that cannot be exposed?

Is this thing really that fun?
If so, why has he never done that?

Not to mention recording videos, he can confidently say that there is absolutely no photo in his phone that would immediately go 404 once sent out.

As Locke thought about it, he stood up and walked to Gideon's desk. Then he picked up the windproof lighter used to light cigars on the desk and directly lit the documents in his hand.

The flames rose into the air and burned the black material in his hand into ashes at a speed visible to the naked eye.

quite a while.

Just when the flame was about to burn Locke's fingers, Locke loosened his right hand. When the flame fell to the ground and extinguished, the information had been burned clean.

Gideon watched this scene quietly until the information was burned and Locke sat back in his seat. Then he said, "I thought you would take this information home to Frank."

Locke glanced at Gideon.

"I would have done that if he was the only one in the photo."

"understood."

Gideon nodded upon hearing this: "So you love your mother more than your father."

Locke looked at Gideon with a smile.

"Don't you love your mother?"

"Love."

"Me too."

"But this is the only shortcoming you have revealed so far."

"You can try."

Locke listened to Gideon's words and looked at him with a bright smile: "But I can give you the answer now. I will not accept any threats. I will kill you if you want to, but after that, many of you will die."

Again.

Death is not the end. Just think of it as going to hell to rest for a while. When the time comes, if hell takes the initiative to hand over the person, everything will be fine. If hell does not take the initiative, he will make hell hand over the person.

Gideon looked carefully at the expression on Locke's face.

"I believe you."

"Thank you."

"But I'm curious, if this is not the reason you came to see my daughter, then what is your reason?"

"It's very simple."

Locke confronted Gideon: "I broke up with Tiffany before because I couldn't protect her. I could only protect myself, so I broke up with her. But now, no matter what happens to you, I can protect her."

Gideon laughed again when he heard this reason.

"Protect?"

"You don't even know how powerful we are now, how can you say you can protect..."

"call out!"

Gideon's eyes narrowed as he watched Locke's afterimage disappear from his seat.

next second.

Gideon froze and heard breathing coming from behind him.

Locke leaned out from behind Gideon, put one hand on Gideon's shoulder, felt Gideon's stiffness at the moment, smiled, then used his other hand to open the drawer on Gideon's right hand and took out the loaded pistol.

Gideon turned slowly and looked at Locke, who took out a pistol and pointed the gun at him.

He didn't speak.

Just as he said before, he did not beg for mercy after being kidnapped by the Skrulls. Locke did not intend to shoot Gideon, but looked at Gideon, then turned the gun around, and then, under Gideon's gaze, slowly pointed the gun at his own head.

Gideon watched this scene with a frown on his face.

"Martial arts in the world are invincible!"

"boom!"

"Only speed can break it!"

"Qiang!"

With the smell of gunpowder splashing, the bullet flew out of the barrel instantly, but at the moment it flew out of the barrel, it was caught by two fingers.

The moment it was clamped, a sound similar to metal collision was heard.

Gideon's eyes narrowed again.

Locke held the bullet in front of his eyes and looked at it, then placed the bullet on Gideon's desk and chuckled.

call out!
Gideon closed his eyes subconsciously, and when he opened them again, Locke had returned to his original seat.

Locke looked at Gideon with a smile, picked up the bourbon beside him and took a sip.

"From my position of strength, I can say that I can protect Tiffany."

"..."

Gideon came back to his senses from his shock and looked at Locke with deep eyes.

Locke smiled and said:

"You didn't have to force me to come aboard."

"No matter how much you tell me, I won't do anything I don't want to do."

"But I know what kind of responsibility I will have to take if I want Stephanie."

"I broke up with Tiffany because I knew I couldn't handle the responsibility."

"So I broke up."

"Now I'm back because I know I can take on this responsibility."

"But the way I did it, not the way you wanted me to do it."

"Gideon, you can definitely help me as a backup."

"I don't get involved in anything you do, and I won't even stop Tiffany from getting involved."

"Because this is her responsibility, I can't really take her place and shoulder this responsibility."

"Even if I wanted to, you wouldn't believe it."

"I am a son-in-law, so my responsibility is to be a good son-in-law and protect this family."

"What do you think, Gideon?"

"..."

Gideon said nothing, his eyes lowered and his gaze flickered.

After Locke finished speaking, he did not urge him.

Anyway, he has made his words very clear up to this point.

Hydra, you can do whatever you want, I don't care, and even I won't stop Stephanie.

The only thing I can guarantee is to protect this home.

His and Stephanie's home.

and so……

If Gideon still couldn't accept it even after he had explained it so clearly, then there was nothing he could do.

There's only one left.

Elope with Stephanie.

But this is a choice that we have to make.

Locke didn't want to use it either.

Fortunately, the worst was never discovered.

Gideon lowered his eyes in thought for a while, then looked up at Locke again: "One last question."

No questioning means tacit consent.

Locke heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Gideon's words, and then he looked at Gideon with a smile on his face again.

"Please say."

"What makes you think we are doomed to fail again? You don't even know how powerful we are now."

"I don't need to know."

"Ok?"

"I only know……"

Locke paused here, then looked at Gideon and said, "When have you ever seen a company started by multiple people successfully go public?"

Gideon was silent for a moment, then shook his head.

"No."

"I've finished what I'm saying."

Locke smiled and spread his hands.

The most taboo thing for a startup company is not to have multiple partners, because this will lead to inefficient decision-making, unclear responsibilities and powers, complex profit distribution, and different business concepts.

Hydra has committed all of these fatal weaknesses.

Gideon was silent for a while, no one knew what he was thinking. Finally, he sighed and looked at Locke.

"Okay, I won't let you join anymore, but Tiffany, you can't interfere. After all, you're married."

"I see."

Locke smiled slightly to show that he understood.

"Are we family then?"

"...Forget it."

Locke felt something in his heart and looked at Gideon who said that he was already one of their own.

Gideon then chuckled and looked at Locke: "Since you are one of us, can I ask for your opinion?"

Locke glanced at Gideon and did not agree immediately.

"You speak first."

"Let Nick Fury go. Maybe you don't know that SHIELD is also ours, but the foundation of all this is based on Nick Fury being the director of SHIELD, not Maria Hill taking office."

"..."

(End of this chapter)