Behind this old man stood four bearded men dressed in Arabic costumes, with a row of magazines and three grenades in their body armor, AK rifles in their hands, holsters tied to their thighs, and a pistol stuck in them. But in the face of this old man who was so thin that a gust of wind could blow away, he was extremely respectful and afraid, and when he heard the old man's voice, he hurriedly responded to the promise, for fear that it would be too late.

One of them hurried out to convey the old man's order, and stepped out of the dilapidated mud house, outside which were a continuous stream of adobe houses, and on the roofs and in some dangerous places stood militiamen armed with all kinds of firearms, and most of the people in the street were carrying guns.

The herald ran out, and within a few seconds, a person hurriedly walked in, with anxiety on his face, and said to the old man: "My lord, I am afraid that the supply and reserve of weapons, equipment and ammunition will not be completed as expected. ”

Master Man said unhurriedly: "Mahsud, is there something wrong?" ”

Mahsud hurriedly handed over the stack of papers he was holding with both hands, and explained: "In the past eight months, more than a dozen armed forces under our control have been attacked by Iron Man, a large amount of equipment has been destroyed, and three ammunition warehouses have been blown up, all of which need to be repurchased. However, in the dozens of oil fields we control, oil sales have been declining in the past year, and I am afraid that it will be ...... if this continues."

Mahsud didn't say anything more, but everyone present understood what was going to happen, expenses were increasing, but income was decreasing, and this was the rhythm of bankruptcy.

"Declining oil sales?" Lord Man's face suddenly became gloomy, he slowly turned around, stared at the two people with gloomy eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "Have you found out the reason?" ”

The temperature in the room dropped a lot inexplicably, making the three guards shiver, but Mahsud continued with a normal face: "I have inquired about the order, and the reduced part is all from the US imperialists, it is said that Stark Industries is promoting clean energy, many US imperialist newspapers report that the oil age will end, and there is that eight months ago, Osben's biopower generation was connected to the power grid, and the price of electricity dropped significantly, so that many American imperialists chose to buy electric cars, gasoline sales fell by 15% in one year, and.... ”

Mahsud was still babbling on and on, and summed it up in one sentence: "We are running out of money to buy equipment." ”

The Manchurians controlled more than a dozen armed forces, all over the deserts of the Middle East and Central Asia, fighting with government forces, grabbing territory and population, and fighting all over the land, it was impossible to develop heavy industry, not to mention that there were not many technical talents in the areas under his control.

All the weapons and equipment were purchased from outside, and a large number of missiles, tanks and other heavy equipment were purchased before preparing to fight with the government army, but an Iron Man was born out of nowhere, flying around in this desert area, bombing indiscriminately, destroying these heavy equipment, and even the ammunition warehouse was blown up several times.

The original war plan had to be postponed, and the weapons and equipment had to be purchased again, the most important thing was that two weeks ago he took out his family funds and seized the rare opportunity to buy most of the shares of Hammer Industries. The purpose is to take down a company that manufactures weapons, after all, as long as his armed forces do not stop expanding for a day, they will not be able to stop buying weapons in large quantities for a day, so they will simply turn their left hand into their right hand. Taking out so much money all at once has made the already tight finances on the verge of bankruptcy, and now the sales of oil, the main source of income, have decreased, which is simply making matters worse.

The man's fingers tapped on the armrest of the chair, 'Da! Da! The voice echoed through the silent room, and it took a moment before he spoke: "Raza concealed the fact that he caught Stark, and we lost the best chance to get the high-tech and huge capital of Stark Enterprises, otherwise why spend a high price to buy Hammer Industries." ”

"My lord, Stark now has a steel suit, I'm afraid..." Mahsud hurriedly persuaded, for fear that Lord Man would continue to insist on controlling Stark Enterprise, after all, Stark now wears a steel suit when he goes out, and he is no longer an ordinary person who can be captured by a sneak attack.

"Stark has to pay for destroying so much of my stuff, and only he knows how to find that dragon." Lord Man's eyes returned to the metal dragon on the TV, able to move and fly, he wanted to get this metal dragon, maybe he could find a way to repair the alien mechanical dragon he found.

Stark didn't know that someone had been eyeing him, and he was busy leisurely on the completed Stark Building, although the sky was full of stars outside, Stark was a hundred times more energetic on the virtual projection in front of him, and if he looked closely, it was the power supply network of Stark Tower.

When Pepper walked in from the elevator, he saw Stark, who was concentrating on his work, and since the palladium poisoning was solved, Stark had reverted to his workaholic posture, and when inspiration came, he was busy day and night, refusing to rest for a while.

With a smile on his face, Stark beckoned to Pepper and said, "Pepper, I have already thought of the way to supply energy to the building, build a large ark reactor at the bottom of the Hudson River, and use water to cool the ark reactor, so that the cost will be minimized, and in the future, we can consider building a larger ark reactor at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean..."

"Tony, did you forget? Osborne's biopower generation has already been integrated into the grid in Queens, and the one-year testing period is over in a few months, and Brooklyn will be incorporated as well, leaving us with not much area left. ”

Stark waved his hand indifferently, and said disdainfully: "How many electric eels can be raised to supply the electricity needs of the whole world?" My Ark Reactor is not used to generate electricity, but to change the whole world, the plasma propulsion technology driven by the Ark Reactor can be used in fighter jets, rockets, ships, automobiles and other aspects, there is no space on the rocket for Osborne to raise electric eels, he wants to change the Osborne Group into a farm. ”

Listening to Stark's undisguised ridicule, even though he was familiar with Stark's character, Pepper still shook his head helplessly, and could only say that 'geniuses are always arrogant', and Stark was the representative of the representatives.

The elevator door behind him sounded again, making Pepper turn his head, only to see Natalie in a black tight leather jacket and a one-eyed black man in a black trench coat who he didn't know walking in, which made Pepper frown and said unhappily: "Natalie, how can you let strangers in?" ”