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It is true that the money earned from running military-industrial enterprises is not much, and it is not as good as playing with finance, but the influence of military-industrial enterprises is large enough to quickly expand Bai Ye's power. Coupled with the power of Saturn Biology and Pluto Security, Bai Ye's business system will soon take shape and become an important capital force in this world.

People seem to be extra tolerant of top entrepreneurs and capitalists. For example, someone like Dong Ge, if he were in the entertainment industry, he would definitely be banned even if he was a top star, and might even go to jail. And someone like Bill Gates almost caused Microsoft to be split up by antitrust authorities because of a woman named Wimbledon. There are four wives in the gambling king's family, and Buffett lives with two of his wives. Many moral defects that are intolerable in ordinary people seem to become the word "romantic" in front of top billionaires. When Bai Ye's Galaxy Group is formed, he should be able to enjoy this kind of treatment. It doesn't seem to be a dream to put Andy, Wendy, and Cindy on the same boat.

Well, maybe if he used the power of his countrymen to do it by force, it would be okay, but this would fall into the lower class. He still likes to let women let him manipulate them willingly, which is quite interesting.

"Master." Tian Yangsheng, who was sitting in the front seat of the car, couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Aren't you too...disrespectful of the American government by doing this? If the American government finds out that you are reselling F22s, they will definitely not let it go."

"What are you afraid of?" Bai Ye said, "The risk is a bit high, but the profit is very high. As the saying goes, fortune comes with risk. How can you make money without taking some risks? And the risk is not as big as you think. First of all, America cannot know the specific situation of Zheng Xian's research and development of the fifth-generation aircraft. This is top secret. So how can America determine whether the fighter jets developed by the other party have the specific technology of the F22?"

"Secondly, even if the American government finds out, it will be a long time before it is discovered. By then, it will be difficult to find out how the secret was leaked! Because now is the time for us to hand over to the Stark Group. Who knows whether the secret was leaked from our side or the Stark Group? This leaves a lot of room for argument."

"Finally, even if the case is traced back to us, we can just throw in some temporary workers to act as scapegoats. Does America dare to sentence me to death without any evidence? It's impossible!"

Tian Yangsheng and Tian Yangyi seemed to understand what he said, but not quite.

It feels like it's just the American tycoons like Bai Ye who are playing tricks. They don't even care about things like the sale of F22s.

Even though the two had been injected with the desperate virus and became extraordinary beings, they were still terrified at the thought of being associated with the F22, fearing that they would be blown to ashes by missiles from the American government.

"Okay, you don't have to worry about these things. I will take care of them. Let's go to Osborne Building next."

Bai Ye ordered.

"Yes!"

Tian Yangsheng and Tian Yangyi didn't dare to think too much. With their way of thinking, they were totally unqualified to think about such a high-end situation. They should just listen to Bai Ye's orders and continue working.

Anyway, their relationship with the Osborn family is too deep to be separated. When the entire Osborn family is executed, they will definitely be included.

"Hey!"

Bai Ye was smoking a cigarette and suddenly smiled.

In addition to making $22 billion by selling the F200 technical drawings to Zheng Xian, Bai Ye actually had another purpose. That is, the US government is likely to stop the production of F22 in the future and will not allow the F22 to be exported. Therefore, Bai Ye's holding of the F22 manufacturing department is almost equivalent to getting a pile of scrap metal.

He remembered that in his previous life, the F22 was too expensive. After the R&D cost was shared, the cost of each F22 that had been produced was close to 3.3 million US dollars, which meant that 35 F22s were equivalent to one Ford aircraft carrier. This weapon was known as a money-eating beast, and the wealthy America was a little overwhelmed. In addition, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the change in the US military strategy made it impossible to find potential opponents even with a telescope. It was believed that the F1 had some excess performance, so the F22 production line was gradually closed...

What the hell is Bai Ye going to do with this?

The production line must be kept running so that Bai Ye can continue to make money from it. Moreover, the maintenance cost after shutdown is too expensive. Bai Ye does not want to waste his money to continue maintaining the F22 production line for America.

Then sell the F22 production line to Zheng Xian to speed up the development of the fifth-generation aircraft led by Zheng Xian. When the fifth-generation aircraft led by Zheng Xian is unveiled soon, Bai Ye’s business will come, right?

America will certainly have no choice but to continue to build up its F22 troops.

Bai Ye will have more and more production orders.

He doesn't expect to make much money from the F22 and Mars Military Industry, but at least he won't suffer serious losses, right?

Bai Ye doesn't want to have to take money from other industries to subsidize Mars' military industry.

"As for the F35... let's leave some room for America for now."

Bai Ye thought about it and decided that there was no need to sell Zheng Xian the F35 plan in a hurry. It would be better to wait until the sixth-generation aircraft was almost completed... Only then would he be able to maximize the benefits.

The car arrived at Osborne Building.

Bai Ye went to talk to Norman Osborn, and he and Tony agreed to acquire the F22 production department.

Norman Osborn was silent for a moment and didn't say much, but when Bai Ye left Osborn Building, he changed his clothes, got on a private plane, went to Washington, entered the White House, and talked with Mr. George inside for an afternoon before walking out of the white room.

With Norman Osborn endorsing his relationship with Mr. George, and Tony's own wishes, White Night's Mars Military Industry's acquisition of the F22 manufacturing department progressed rapidly. Even if Obadiah wanted to stop it angrily, it would be of no avail. After all, Tony was still the chairman of the Stark Group.

Chapter 132: Ten thousand dollars a month, what are you playing with?

Chapter 132: 20 US dollars a month, what are you playing with?

"Shit! Shit! Shit!"

In the office of the vice chairman of Stark Group, Obadi smashed the decorative vase on his desk to the ground, causing broken glass to scatter all over the floor, with a ferocious look on his face.

He had promised Tony to help Stark Group transform into an energy company, but that was only a temporary solution. He also thought that by delaying the process, he could reverse Tony's idea.

Although the Ark Reactor may be able to earn far more money than military industry, how could a capitalist be dissatisfied with making too much money?

But Obadi didn't expect that Tony would act so quickly. He reached an agreement with the kid from the Osborn family and sold the F22 manufacturing department at a low price.

This was giving a huge piece of fat meat that originally belonged to the Stark Group to Osborn. How could Obadi not be angry?

"Osborn!!"

Obadi growled:

"This matter will never be let go like this!"

Even though Tony is still the chairman of Stark Group, Obadiah has long regarded Stark Group as his own. So when he sells the F22 at a low price, he is not cutting the flesh of Stark Group, but the flesh of Obadiah, and he is in great pain.

"You will definitely pay the price for taking advantage of the situation!"

Just as Obadi was thinking about how to respond to Osborne, another strange phone call came in.

"Hello, my dear Obadi, I am back again."

The familiar mechanical voice instantly brought Obadi back to the past.

"Again?"

Obadi's eyes widened.

You have already extorted $30 billion from me, and now you want to extort me again. Do you have any humanity left?

Even if you want to fleece a sheep, you can't just fleece it to death.

"You Hydra guys want to fight to the death with me, right?"

Obadi said with a gloomy face:

"Do you really think I dare not report the existence of your Hydra to those official departments?"

In fact, a small number of the top American dignitaries know about the existence of Hydra, such as Darren Cross, CEO of Pym Technologies, Dario Agger of Roxxon Group, and Ichiro Yashida, chairman of Japan's Yashida Industries, who also have a close relationship with Madame Hydra. It can be said that the existence of Hydra is not absolutely secret. The reason why Nick Fury doesn't know about it is because the original name of S.H.I.E.L.D. is SHIELD, and Nick Fury has long been trapped in an information cocoon.

"My dear Obadi, you are wrong. We are not here to blackmail you this time. We are here to make a deal with you."

Bai Ye smiled slightly.

Bai Ye had already planned that when Tony returned to New York, he would blackmail Obadi again.

Isn’t the time coming?!

Mars Military Industries, a new company founded by Bai Ye, has just jointly acquired the F22 manufacturing department of Stark Group with Osborne Group. Bai Ye invested 150 billion US dollars and Osborne Group invested 100 billion US dollars. By the way, Osborne Group also merged some small arms companies that originally belonged to it into Mars Military Industries. Since then, Bai Ye's Galaxy Group holds 51% of the shares of Mars Military Industries, and Osborne Group holds 49% of the shares of Mars Military Industries.

Given the relationship between Bai Ye and the Osborne Group, the investment from the Osborne Group would not interfere with his control over the Martian military industry, and it would also allow Bai Ye to spend less money. Why wouldn't he do it?

Bai Ye had just paid out $150 billion in cash and was almost drained of money. It was a good opportunity for him to ask Obadi for some money to replenish his losses.

In addition, when Bai Ye was pushing Mars Military Industry to acquire the F22 manufacturing department, Obadiah, an old hand, also jumped out and caused a lot of trouble. If it weren't for the fact that Tony and Norman Osborn were powerful enough, Bai Ye might not have been able to control a military-industrial enterprise with a valuation of nearly 300 billion US dollars so smoothly.

Shouldn't Bai Ye give Obadi two big bastards to vent his anger?

"There is no good deal between me and you Hydra. As long as you don't bother me, we will stay out of each other's way." Obadi said threateningly, "If you still want to continue to exploit me, then we will go to hell together."

Obadi is not the kind of person who is weak and would be manipulated by others. The reason why he paid money when blackmailed the first two times was that he had almost absolute confidence that he could catch the person who blackmailed him and make him pay back the money with interest. Who could have expected that he would meet someone as cheating as Bai Ye.

Now that Obadi knew that the person blackmailing him was Hydra, he naturally understood that the means he prepared to deal with ordinary people would have no effect on Hydra. If he took out more money, he would just be giving money to Hydra for nothing.

"I have already given you 30 billion US dollars. You should be content. People who are too greedy will only get burned if they play with fire."

"Mr. Obadi, you really misunderstood us. We are here to make a deal with you sincerely." Bai Ye said, "Can you please listen to me patiently first?"

"You said."

Obadi did not comment.

"There is no impenetrable wall in this world." Bai Ye smiled and said, "Since you dare to instruct the Ten Rings to kill Tony Stark, then you should understand that this secret cannot be kept forever. Tony Stark will know it sooner or later. Then, with your status and influence, if you want to confront Tony Stark head-on, you will definitely be the one to die."

Obadi said grimly: "What do you want to say?"

Bai Ye: "What I want to say is that Mr. Obadi is probably already secretly preparing a plan to get rid of Tony Stark, right?"

Obadi remained silent.

Saying yes is not a good idea, but saying no is treating others as fools.

Obadiah was indeed preparing to kill Tony and then take over himself. Otherwise, he would suffer a lot every day if he had to deal with Tony, a man who would kill him if he knew the truth. He would be terrified every day.

When it comes to killing Tony and taking over the Stark Group, you either don't do it, or you must do it thoroughly. How can you give up halfway?

It just so happened that Tony made a mistake and wanted to shut down the military-industrial department of Stark Group, which offended a large number of Stark Group shareholders and stakeholders in the military-industrial complex, which created great convenience for Obadiah.

Bai Ye: "But Mr. Obadi, although Tony Stark's current behavior has offended many people, he has also gained the support of other people, such as... major arms dealers who really want to buy other military products of the Stark Group. Do you really think you can kill Tony Stark, settle everything, and replace him smoothly?"

Obadi said indifferently: "I can provide more valuable products to Stark Group's shareholders and allies. As long as I can still make money for them, they will never give up on me."

"Haha." Bai Ye laughed and said, "Mr. Obadi, you seem to be too confident. Yes, the Ark Reactor represents a lot of money, but why don't people just use the excuse that you killed Tony Stark to kill you and divide up the profits of the Ark Reactor? The Ark Reactor is already there. Does it make a big difference whether you are there or not? You are not irreplaceable. If you have Tony Stark's brain, it would be okay to do so. But you obviously don't."

"..."

Obadi frowned and thought. Although Bai Ye’s words were unpleasant to hear, they still made some sense. Could he really ensure that he would not be counterattacked by then?

The Ark Reactor represents too many interests, and there is no telling how many jackals and tigers will covet it. It is difficult for his small body to handle it alone. Only Tony, who can continue to develop the Ark Reactor in depth, has the possibility of having the right to speak.

"What do you want to trade with me?" Obadi thought for a long time, and then slowed down his tone: "Do you want me to accept the protection of your Hydra?"

"Nonono, we at Hydra have no right to protect you. Mr. Obadi, you are one of the richest men in America." Bai Ye said with a smile, "We are here to make a deal with you so that you can keep your things."

Without waiting for Obadi to ask, Bai Ye continued:

"You should also know the whole process of Tony Stark's rescue. Then you must know that Tony Stark fell into the hands of the Ten Rings and almost escaped on his own because he created a super weapon, the Iron Man armor. But when he fled, he did not consider that the blueprints for making the armor fell into our hands."

Speaking of this, Bai Ye also wanted to complain. The terrorists from the Ten Rings Gang were so damn illiterate. Tony had put the drawings of the Iron Man armor in front of them, but they couldn't understand what Tony was making. Only when the terrorist leader turned the drawings over did they realize that Tony was making an armor. They were really a group of stupid terrorists who were not polluted by knowledge and had clear eyes.

"You want to sell me the blueprints of the Iron Man armor that Tony developed?"

Obadi's eyes flickered.

"Yes, Mr. Obadiah. From now on, this world belongs to the era of technological armor and extraordinary abilities." Bai Ye said, "Just like the Green Goblin armor of the Osborn Group, the Wasp suit of Pym Technology, and the Iron Armor made by Tony Stark using the Ark Reactor. Only such cross-era weapons that combine offensive and defensive power can allow you to quickly possess your own powerful strength and avoid being exploited by others."

"Since you said it so well, why did you Hydra still sell this kind of thing to me?"

"Because we are missing something vital. It is useless to just hold this thing."

"Ark Reactor?"

"That's right. Without the Ark Reactor as an energy source, this blueprint can only produce a pile of scrap metal. Only you, Mr. Obadi, can bring out its greatest value."

Bai Ye complimented.

Obadi felt relieved after hearing this. The Ark Reactor was his, the Iron Man armor was his, and the Stark Group was also his. Only he could maximize the value of all of this.

"How much do you want to sell?"

"$50 billion!"

"How much did you say?" Obadi was about to explode: "Five billion dollars? Do you Hydra people treat the US dollar as a piece of paper to wipe your ass? How can I give you five billion dollars? Don't forget, you have already blackmailed me for three billion dollars before."

"Mr. Obadi, stop pretending. This is the most reasonable number we calculated." Bai Ye said faintly, "When you sent Tony Stark to Afghanistan to die, you started shorting the Stark Group, right? You made a lot of money from this shorting. And we didn't say that we want all the $50 billion in cash. It's not impossible for you to mortgage some shares of the Stark Group."

“You still want my shares?”

Obadi was so angry that his lungs almost exploded.

Hydra is trying to squeeze every ounce of his blood out of him. Stark Group's stock price has plummeted, and its market value is only over 1700 billion US dollars. The value of his shares has also fallen a lot. If he uses them as collateral for 50 billion US dollars, he will be bankrupt.

"Mr. Obadi, calm down, please calm down! As long as you kill Tony Stark, the only child of the Stark family, they will be extinct. Without the complainant, then it belongs to Tony Stark's estate , you make a will or something casually, isn’t it all yours? At that time, you are afraid that you will not be able to pay back our Hydra’s money, and you will not be able to get your pledged shares? "

Bai Ye said:

"When you ascend to the throne of Stark Group, you will hold the Ark Reactor, the money printing machine, in one hand and the Iron Man, the nuclear bomb, in the other. You will have the final say over the entire America! Morgan, Rockefeller, Roxxon, how many divisions do they have? Compared with you in wealth, can they be better than the Ark Reactor? Compared with you in absolute strength, can they be stronger than the Iron Man?"

After hearing what Bai Ye said, Obadiah felt a little proud. He couldn't help but imagine himself stepping on Morgan, punching Rockefeller, and then becoming the uncrowned king of America. That would be so cool.

"So, the $50 billion you gave Hydra is a necessary upfront investment. You will reap a tenfold or a hundredfold return later." Bai Ye said enthusiastically, "With only $50 billion, you won't suffer any loss or be fooled! With only $50 billion, you can reach the pinnacle of your life! What are you waiting for?"

“…” Obadi: “Five billion dollars is too much.”

"Is that a lot? It's about the price of 10 F22s, right? This amount of money is nothing to you, Mr. Obadi?" Bai Ye said, "Well... if I take the blueprints of the Iron Man armor and the truth about the mastermind behind the attack on him and ask Tony Stark for $50 billion, will he agree to the deal?"

Obadi was furious.

After all, Hydra still hasn't given up threatening him.

"If you go to jail, Mr. Obadiah, no matter how much money or shares you have, it may be useless. How long can you survive in jail? Even if Tony Stark misses the old times, Mr. Obadiah must have made a lot of enemies over the years, right?"

Bai Ye gave Obadiah two choices. One was to accept the deal and pay $50 billion to settle the matter. Once Obadiah really took control of the Stark Group, the evidence in Bai Ye's hands would no longer threaten Obadiah. The other was that if Obadiah refused to pay, the evidence of Obadiah's assassination of Tony Stark would spread everywhere, and Obadiah would completely lose the opportunity to get to the table.

He continued to recite the jingle in a tempting tone: "Take a gamble, and a bicycle will turn into a motorcycle; gamble, and a motorcycle will turn into a jeep. Try hard, and a jeep will turn into a Martin; give it a try, and loess will turn into gold."