Homelander Comics

"Nothing is necessary. Right now I just want to do two things. Eat a cheeseburger and..."

"That is impossible."

With Pepper's years of experience in taking care of Tony, she already knew what kind of person he was. The beautiful female officer sent by the military to the Afghan base must be similar... it's real.

She knew that even life and death could not change Tony's philandering mind.

"It's not what you think!"

Tony said helplessly.

Damn, he wanted to change his image after indulging himself in Afghanistan, but he didn't expect that it would be ruined by Bai Ye as soon as he came back.

If this was just a simple kidnapping, instead of him being almost killed by a bomb made by the Stark Group, and if he hadn't discovered that the weapons in the hands of those terrorists were all produced by the Stark Group, he might really want to do what Pepper is thinking now.

But in fact, his mind has changed.

"Pepper, I need you to help me hold a press conference right now!"

"Press conference, for what?"

Chili asked doubtfully.

"You'll know when the time comes." Tony smiled mysteriously and said to the bodyguard next to him without saying much, "Okay, Happy, drive and go buy a cheeseburger first. I haven't eaten this for two months!"

He didn't dare to say directly that he held the press conference to shut down the military industry department of Stark Group, otherwise...

Everyone would think that he had been tortured too much in Afghanistan, had mental problems, went crazy, and refused to carry out his orders.

The world's largest military-industrial group, Stark Group, closed its military-industrial department. What has become of Stark Group?

A military-industrial group that does not produce arms?

The Stark Group's stock, which had just recovered, would probably fall at a faster rate than before Tony disappeared, and it would be an endless decline.

Tony is just fooling around.

Therefore, Tony knew that his idea was too unorthodox and might not be supported by anyone, so he did not tell anyone. This was just the idea that had been lingering in his mind after he escaped death.

Therefore, Tony wanted to hold a press conference directly to turn this idea into an accompli. By then, no one’s objection would be of any use.

Stark Tower.

A stretched Lincoln slowly drove over.

A large group of people blocking the entrance of Stark Tower, including reporters, executives and employees of Stark Group, applauded enthusiastically.

“Look here!”

The old fox Obadi ran to the car door with a happy look on his face and opened it for Tony.

"I thought you would go to the hospital for a check-up first!"

"Inside the base in Afghanistan. I checked."

As he spoke, Tony took the cheeseburger from Happy's hand and took a big bite.

"Oh, hamburger, you have to have a hamburger." Obadi said with a smile: "Is there any for me?"

Tony spread his hands and said, "This is the last one. I want to eat it myself."

Surrounded by a group of people, Tony walked into Stark Tower.

"Hey, can everyone sit down?" Tony lazily sat down under the podium, took out a cheeseburger with one hand, and said while eating, "This way everyone can see me, and I can be more casual."

The reporters were speechless. This was truly Tony Stark's style, always going his own way. There was no choice but to sit down slowly. Although there were no chairs here, they could only sit on the ground.

Some ladies felt it was indecent and simply knelt on the ground.

"I didn't get to say goodbye to my dad. I didn't get to see him for the last time." Tony bit his cheeseburger and thought, "There are some questions I want to ask him. I wanted to ask him what he felt about his company's actions, whether he had any conflicts or doubts. Maybe he was just like the one in the news film..."

A trace of pain flashed across Tony's face: "I witnessed innocent civilians being killed by the weapons I created to protect them..."

“I suddenly found myself becoming a member of the zero-responsibility class that was content to enjoy themselves.”

"After this trip to Afghanistan, I woke up." Tony stood up and walked onto the podium. He looked at the media reporters in the audience with a solemn expression and said solemnly, "I realized that what I can contribute to the world is not just making things that can explode. Because of this, I will close the weapons manufacturing department of Stark Group, effective immediately."

There was an uproar at the scene.

After Tony dropped this nuclear-like news, he turned around and walked away without paying any attention to the restless reporters. He came to the office of the chairman of Stark Group. While eating a hamburger, Tony raised his eyebrows and smiled at Bai Ye smugly:

"How's my wave?"

Bai Ye thought about it, gave Tony a thumbs up, and said seriously: "It's very big and very white."

Tony: "???"

Chapter 130 Why do you accuse someone of their innocence out of thin air?

"Ahem." Bai Ye reacted and said quickly, "I was just joking!"

What Tony asked was how his operation went. After all, he dared to order Stark Group to shut down its military industry department in order to prevent the weapons he manufactured from being abused and to support true peace. Even though his net worth would be reduced by more than half, it should be considered very handsome, right? But what was Bai Ye's answer?

He was immediately confused.

"joke?"

Tony looked at Bai Ye with a disheveled look in the wind and said:

"You were probably just staring at the breasts of those pretty female reporters while I was talking, weren't you?"

"How is it possible! How can you slander someone's innocence like this?"

Bai Ye refuted flatly. Although... in the venue, there was indeed a female reporter named Apshar, who was quite pretty, wearing loose clothes and sitting on her knees, while Bai Ye was standing at the time...

And Tony just asked again...

Bai Ye answered without thinking.

"Well, I don't want to give you a high score for this operation, but I don't want to give you a low score either, so I'll give you a medium score."

Bai Ye thought for a while and said.

In addition, Apshar has been included in Bai Ye's hunting list.

Tony: "..."

Many times, Bai Ye's thoughts were too jumpy and he couldn't keep up, so Tony didn't hear what Bai Ye meant at the moment, but he suddenly felt that he was insulted by Bai Ye again.

Forget it, Tony felt it was unnecessary for him to ask Bai Ye.

Don't expect ivory to come out of a dog's mouth.

"Just kidding. Okay, are you serious? Do you really want to shut down the military department of Stark Group, the military industry overlord?"

Bai Ye turned serious.

"Of course it's true. Would I joke about such a thing?" Tony said with a firm face, "Bai Ye, you have seen it all. Most of the weapons in the base of the Ten Rings terrorists are produced by Stark Group. During the period when you were not here, I even saw them using the weapons I developed to execute civilians. I absolutely cannot tolerate it. I painstakingly invented weapons for protecting peace, but they are used to massacre civilians. I absolutely cannot tolerate it!"

"Your awakening is really late." Bai Ye smiled and said, "Let's not talk about the weapons of the Stark Group that have ended up on the black market. Has the U.S. military never done anything similar after getting these weapons?"

Tony: "..."

His face turned very ugly.

Yes, except for those terrorists who would use the weapons he made to carry out massacres, even in many cases, the US military who obtained weapons through formal channels might be only slightly better than those terrorists in eating.

"If I say I didn't notice anything, you definitely won't believe me. If I say I know, but no one has ever put real evidence in front of me." Tony took a deep breath and said, "Just think of me as a hypocritical person. When a bomb explodes on you, you will feel the pain. In short, I will never do military work in the future! If I want money and social influence, there are too many ways for me to get these things. I should do something truly meaningful for mankind instead of making weapons that only take the lives of innocent people."

"Great!" Bai Ye applauded Tony: "Mr. Tony Stark, the big arms dealer, is going to change his career and become a big philanthropist."

"Just mock me!"

Tony curled his lips and said:

"Be careful. If I decide to enter the medical industry in the future, your Osborne Group will have a formidable enemy."

Well, you know what. Now Tony feels that the medical industry is a good direction. It can not only cure diseases and save lives, but also make money. It has a much better reputation than being a big arms dealer.

Why did that damn old man Howard Stark establish an arms company when he established his company? If he had established a medical company, Norman Osborn would have been forced to sell arms. The man who went to Afghanistan to sell arms two months ago might have become Bai Ye.

"What am I afraid of? I'm not going to make biology and medicine my main business! I plan to work in finance and be a financier and banker." Bai Ye lit a cigarette, crossed his legs, and said, "Tony, seriously, you don't want to be in the military industry anymore, so how about selling the military industry department of Stark Group to me?"

"what?"

Tony looked at Bai Ye as if he was a lunatic and said:

"I closed down the military industry and sold it to you? Is that any different from if I didn't close down the military industry?"

"Haha, Tony, are you crazy?" Bai Ye shook his head and smiled, saying, "Do you think you can just shut down the military industry department of Stark Group if you want to?"

"You mean the other shareholders of Stark Group will stop me?" Tony said, "They are not a problem at all. I own 30.45% of Stark Group's shares, and the family foundation secretly holds some more. Together with Obadi's shares, I can control the Stark Group. The other shareholders can't cause any trouble at all! And I will give them another better way to make more money."

"I'm not talking about the other shareholders of Stark Group, but... the White House!" Bai Ye smiled softly: "Maybe it's not just the White House. Stark Group is the overlord of American military industry and has participated in many military designs of American national defense. You suddenly closed Stark Group and no longer participated in any weapons and designs. Do you want to create a huge hole in American national defense?"

In the Marvel world, Stark Group is at the forefront of the world in aviation, aerospace, and electronics, and is expected to become the world's largest fighter manufacturer. In aerospace, it will control the production and launch of all American military satellites; in missiles, it is the main manufacturer of American ballistic missiles. At the same time, it will have advantages in strategic missile systems, strategic missile defense systems, tactical missile systems, anti-tank missiles, and airborne electronic equipment.

Simply put, in addition to firecrackers, hypersonic missiles, and missile defense systems, Stark Group is also the manufacturer of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, F22, F16, and even the sixth-generation F35 that is currently being planned. It also participates in the design of some other projects, such as the B2.

If Tony really wants to forcibly shut down all the military departments of Stark Group without any room for negotiation, then there is only one outcome waiting for him: he will be shot eight times in the back and die, and Obadi will take over as the new chairman of Stark Group.

Tony was silent for a long time and lit a cigarette for himself. He was not a smoker, but an alcoholic. However, the situation at hand was indeed too tricky. He had to take some nicotine to calm his head and think carefully.

He had indeed not thought about this problem before. He just felt that his life should not continue to collide between arms and beauties, and he wanted to do something. Now it seems that maybe he was hasty. Things could not be so simple that he could solve it with just a few words.

"Think about it carefully. The military industry department of Stark Group can be closed, but you can't let them all be sealed up and never see the light of day again. So if you don't want to do military industry anymore, you have to give up your share and let others do it. This is something you can't go against." Bai Ye said: "Anyway, you are going to split up and sell the military industry department, so why not sell it to me? You know that I am a person who respects the superiors but does not humiliate the subordinates. I always have some bottom line. If you sell the military industry department to Justin Hammer, I am sure that he will only go further and further on the path you don't want to go."

Tony lowered his head and thought for a long time.

"Let's put it this way..." Tony finally spoke, his voice a little hoarse, and said, "I can sell military products related to the defense of the United States. But ordinary weapons, such as the Jellico missiles, will be sealed directly. In addition, I can't sell those military products to just you, because that will undoubtedly create another Stark Group. I will split them up and sell them to you. I can only sell you part of them."

"That's fine." Bai Ye smacked his lips regretfully. He really wanted to take over all of Stark Group's military industry, but first of all, Tony himself would never agree. Bai Ye also didn't have that much money. To take over all of Stark Group's military industry, he would have to prepare at least close to 2000 billion US dollars: "Then I want Stark Group's ballistic missile manufacturing department."

斯塔克集团的二踢脚制造部门，是包括HGM-25A二踢脚“大力神”，以及三叉戟系列潜射二踢脚UGM-96A二踢脚、UGM-73二踢脚、UGM-96A二踢脚、UGM-133A二踢脚的制造商。

Bai Ye had wanted to get some firecrackers to play with since a long time ago.

"Impossible!" Tony refused directly. "This kind of thing is too complicated, Bai Ye, you can't grasp it! If I sell this to you, I think with your personality, the world will fall into turmoil too easily. Let me think... I can sell the F22 manufacturing department to you. This is not bad either, not so dangerous, and you may have the opportunity to ride the F22 manufactured by your own company and fly in the blue sky in the future?"

"F22?" Bai Ye frowned and said, "As far as I remember, the F22 was not designed independently by your Stark Group, but was designed in collaboration with General Dynamics and Boeing. I don't want to buy a half-finished product. That's too boring."

"General Dynamics and Boeing only provide some key parts. The most important things are of course manufactured by Stark Group. The production line is set up in Stark Group. What do you think?" Tony said, "Don't worry, given the relationship between the two of us, I will just charge you a friendly price."

"Okay!" Bai Ye frowned and thought for a long time, looking dissatisfied, and said, "Friendship price, how much do you want?"

In fact, Bai Ye felt that being able to get the F22 manufacturing department from Tony was also a good piece of fat meat. After all... the F22 is the world's first fifth-generation stealth fighter. Although many fifth-generation aircraft have been born, the status of the F-22 has always been unshakable. It is still the world's most powerful stealth fighter and the only fighter that meets the 4S standard. The so-called 4S is the first letters of the English words stealth, super cruise, super maneuverability, and super information capability.

He looks dissatisfied and is just trying to lower the price.

Tony said, "200 billion dollars."

"So expensive?"

Bai Ye couldn't help but curse:

“Just to sell me a project, you’re going to ask me for $200 billion?”

"Are you stupid? If you search online, you will know that the R&D cost of F22 is as high as 280 billion US dollars, but this is only the R&D cost, which does not include the manufacturing and daily maintenance and upkeep costs of its production line. I sell it to you for 200 billion US dollars, which is definitely a friendly price, okay? If it weren't for you, if I sold it to someone else, I would charge at least 300 billion US dollars. If the White House allows me to sell it to a company outside the United States, I would even dare to offer a price of 1000 billion US dollars." Tony said angrily.

"Is that so..." Bai Ye touched his chin and said, "Alright, $200 billion is $200 billion. Just consider it a loss and buy this junk that you no longer play with! By the way, since you sold me the F22, then give me the information about the sixth-generation F35 that you are preparing to develop. You won't be using it anyway."

Tony: "..."

Bai Ye is indeed the son of a typical big capitalist. He is more familiar with this kind of skinning method than anyone else.

"can."

Tony nodded anyway. After all, it was just a contingency plan and not much had been invested in it yet.

"OK, it's alright, let's go now."

Bai Ye stood up.

"Get the hell out of here!"

Tony glanced at Bai Ye.

I have finally made up my mind to get rid of my identity as an arms dealer, but you come here to make things difficult for me.

After Bai Ye left, Tony left the chairman's office and came to the industrial department next to the Stark Building to see the large arc reactor once built by his father Howard Stark.

He touched the Ark Reactor on his chest again, chuckled, and said:

"That's right. Stark Group should stop making weapons and staining their hands with blood. The direction in which Stark Group should develop must be one that will give me peace of mind and be in the best interests of this country and the world."

The Ark Reactor is not just used to power the Iron Man Armor. In fact, the Ark Reactor is a higher-level energy source.