American Comics: The Matrix

"Tell him I don't have time right now."

The butler did not leave immediately. He put his hand on the old-fashioned door handle, hesitated for a few seconds, and then said, "But it's Mr. Bant Parker."

Swish!

Norman and Harry looked up at the same time.

"Then why don't you let him in? No, I'll go by myself!"

Norman threw Harry's phone back and walked out quickly. When he passed by the butler, he said, "Next time he comes, you don't need to inform him, just bring him in."

"Yes."

A few minutes later, Norman saw Bant at the door.

"Today is such a great day!"

He smiled and said that he was as happy as if he had seen his own son.

This made Harry, who was following behind him, feel like he should be under the car...

"I have even better news, Uncle Norman." Bant smiled and pulled out a stack of documents from his schoolbag.

"This is?"

"Mendel Storm's criminal evidence."

Hearing this, Norman smiled even more happily.

He immediately put his arm around Bant's shoulders and pulled him into the house, and when he turned around and saw Harry, he glared at him, wondering why this brat wasn't a little girl.

Harry:? ? ?

Bant didn't know what Norman was thinking at the moment. If he really knew, he would definitely tell him that even if Harry became a woman, there would be no chance for him and Peter was his true love!

The three returned to the house.

"Xiaoban, you really gave me a surprise as soon as you came back! Come and sit down! Let's have dinner at my house tonight!"

Norman asked Bant to sit down and asked the butler to prepare dinner. At the same time, he took the document handed to him by Bant and read it word for word.

"No dinner, I have to go home." Bant said quickly.

"Why not get Ben, May and Peter over here, Harry, and call Peter..."

"Don't." Bant reached out and held Harry, who was about to dial, and said, "I haven't been home since I returned to New York. If Aunt May knew that the first thing I did when I came back was not to go home, she would be very sad."

Hearing this, Norman nodded.

"You're a good boy, Ben."

He said with approval: "After I went through so many things, I realized that family is the most important thing."

Bant agreed with this.

Then he told Norman about his ideas.

Obviously, this coincides with Norman.

"That's what I was planning, but I have very little evidence. Storm is very efficient. I never thought you could collect so much evidence. Did you become a detective during the time you disappeared?"

Hearing this, Bant just smiled.

Norman thought it took him a month to gather the evidence, but in fact, it was only after he learned that Mendel Storm might be the Green Goblin that he asked Eunice to start investigating.

Only a few hours had passed since the investigation began, but most of the evidence was already in place.

But Bant thought about it and added: "In addition to these, I think Mendel Storm may have done something unknown..."

He didn't point it out, but Norman's face showed an expression of realization.

Since it is unknown, it can naturally be fabricated at will.

Mendel Storm is like a bank robber. He has the final say on how much to rob, but he has no say on how much the bank should pay.

More importantly, although Storm became the Green Goblin and lost his shares in Osborn, his personal assets are still a huge sum.

Apart from anything else, when Bant bought the Osborne instrument from him, he paid a lot of money!

So Norman nodded seriously and said, "Indeed, I remember that there seemed to be some problems with Osborne's bills during this period, and the amount of stolen property seemed to be more than this..."

He did a rough calculation and found that the original loss was just a set of Green Goblin equipment and a few tubes of defective potions, but now, the bill has skyrocketed to hundreds of millions of dollars.

Looking at the two people who were in cahoots with each other, Harry, who had always admired his father, always felt that a certain filter was completely shattered.

Thanks to the book friend 2022027142933710 for the 00 reward

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 106 Kingpin

Bant and Norman talked for a while.

The two people talked about the profitability of self-healing potions.

In fact, he already knew this part from Eunice.

All the profits from the potion belonged to Primus. Although it was only for a month, the large number of orders from the military had already made him a fortune, and Bant also became one of the youngest richest people in New York.

"Our production now cannot keep up with the orders. You have to find Connors and ask him to breed those little lizards quickly." Norman reminded.

Now, all the orders Primus receives are paid with deposit only, after all, there is no stock.

In Norman's opinion, such low production would greatly affect the company's profitability. Even though he couldn't get a penny of the money, he was still worried about Bant.

The two chatted for a while.

Then the other party began to prepare to accuse Mendel Storm.

Although Osborne has a professional team of lawyers, Bant still recommended Matt Murdoch to him.

After that, he let the matter go and asked about Harry's company instead.

“The phone is already on sale.”

Speaking of which, Harry is no longer sleepy.

As the son of Osborn, it was easy for Harry to find a few production lines.

And after all, it was just a civilian smartphone, and the technical skills required were not very high, so the first batch of phones were produced soon.

With the help of the publicity brought to Primus by the self-healing potion, Harry advertised a mobile phone, which soon became quite popular.

Although the profit margin of mobile phones is far less than that of self-healing drugs, the advantage is that the market is large and production can be expanded quickly, so the total profit is also very considerable.

Harry directly reported this month's revenue, which changed Bant's original idea of ​​not getting involved in the communications industry for a long time.

Why not make money if you have the chance?

These departments with lower technical content can be completely taken over by Harry, which will be a good opportunity for him to train.

With Harry's brain, it is a little difficult for him to invent things, but he can still do some simple things better than most ordinary people.

Then, Bant left Osborne Manor with several new mobile phones.

At the same time, he was also thinking about confessing to Uncle Ben and Aunt May that he had started a company.

"Now that Primus has started to generate revenue, there is absolutely no need to hide it from them anymore."

Bant concealed the fact before because the Parker family did not have much ability to bear risks. Although he knew that failure was impossible, he also wanted to avoid making them worry.

Of course, there is no need for that now.

The Queen.

Ben was driving a little tired.

He went out to look for a job again today, but was still rejected everywhere. Not many people were willing to hire someone who was too old and couldn't use modern electronic equipment.

Even cashiers in stores have to know how to use a cash register.

"Luckily, Peter made some money taking pictures for Spider-Man during this time, which reduced some of the burden on the family."

He wiped the sweat off his face and sighed again.

He still felt bad about letting a child who was still in school bear the financial burden of the family. Moreover, if things continued like this, it would be difficult for them to pay for Peter and Bant's college tuition.

Besides, he was also worried about Peter's safety.

Newspapers report Spider-Man's fights with super criminals every day, and Peter might get into trouble if he takes pictures of him.

"If it doesn't work, why not modify the car, install a guardrail, and then drive a taxi."

Although I can't sit for long periods of time due to back pain, there is no better solution at the moment.

However, even the air conditioner in his old car was broken, so if he wanted to drive a taxi, he had to repair it.

"I wonder how Xiaoban is doing in the lab?"

Ben was just thinking about it when he suddenly saw two familiar figures standing in front of his house.

"Xiaoban?"

Outside, Bant was standing side by side with Mary Jane.

After leaving Osborne, Bant rushed back home, but to his surprise, no one was home. Aunt May was still at work, and Uncle Ben was out looking for a job.

Instead, Mary Jane saw him from the window and ran down quickly.

After not seeing Bant for a month, Mary Jane was so happy when she saw him that she was like a bright flower.

And he couldn't wait to ask what kind of research Bant had done in the laboratory.

Bant casually mentioned some data from the experiments he did with Connors. Mary Jane was confused and didn't understand a word, but she kept blinking her big eyes and agreeing with him, as if to say, "I love to listen to whatever you say."

At this time, they heard the sound of a car behind them. Bant and Mary Jane looked over at the same time, only to see Ben with white hair sticking his head out of the window and waving at them.

Seeing this, Mary Jane did not intend to delay Bant's reunion with his family, and said:

"Then I'll go back first."

She waved and prepared to leave.

In fact, she still had a lot to say to Bant, but she had been listening just now and had not had the chance to speak.

"I'll come see you later."

Uncle Ben parked the car, walked over, and asked curiously, "Why did she leave? Did I disturb you?"

"No," Bant shook his head.

"By the way, Uncle Ben, I have something to tell you."

The two of them walked towards the house together.

Ben smiled and said, "What is it? Is it related to your experiment?"

“No, I started a business.”

-

In the evening, the family sat at the dining table.

Until now, they still feel like they are dreaming about Bant setting up a company.

"So, we have suddenly become rich people?" Aunt Mei asked cautiously, as if she was afraid to disturb this beautiful dream.

Ben Te nodded, giving her confidence.

At this moment, it seemed as if a heavy burden was lifted from the shoulders of the two old men, and even their brows relaxed a little.

Aunt Mei couldn't help shedding tears. She still held the spatula in her hand and gave Bant a big hug. She said happily, "That's great. It seems that we don't have to worry about not having enough money for both of you to go to college."

Until now, the two of them still care about Bant and Peter the most.

"Peter, you don't look surprised at all. Have you known about this a long time ago?" Uncle Ben looked at Peter with some anger, as if blaming him for not telling him the news earlier.

Peter shook his head: "I just found out about this too."

The reason why he was not surprised at all was simply because he had heard more surprising things today.

What is starting a company compared to conquering a planet?

"It's not just college tuition, we can live a better life. We can move out of Queens and buy a few bigger houses, and you don't have to work so hard anymore," said Bant.

But Aunt May and Uncle Ben both shook their heads.