Chapter 141: Colonel Rhodes
So even if Justin Hammer was 'disliked', he still had to smile and say, "Is that all?" Can't there be more? In that case, it's hard to satisfy the military, and we'll have to prove that our drones are better than Stark's steel suits and Osborne's bio-warframes. β
"That's all for now, everything else has to be experimented with many times, don't you have a booth at Stark Messe? Let's show these first, salute and walk in a queue, it's enough to fool the layman, they can't let you attack and fly in the pavilion. "Ivan Vanko gave Justin Hammer an idea.
Justin Hammer thinks it's a good idea, he has used so much money and put a lot of pressure on this project, especially since there has been no results for so long, and the board of directors has already questioned it.
While scolding these short-sighted guys in his heart, he reassured the board of directors with the reason that it was possible for a high-tech project to bear fruit so quickly, and if it was to show off Hammer Industries' steel suit at the Stark Industries, it would definitely make a big splash.
After all, Hammer Industries' steel suit is a drone, but it is sold, which is much more attractive than Stark's self-cherished steel suit, which can definitely reverse the impression that Hammer Industries can only produce cheap weapons in the eyes of outsiders, and can also give an explanation to the board of directors.
As for whether he will be contacted by Monaco to attack Stark's steel suit, the benefits are obviously greater than the risks, after all, there is no evidence, no evidence to dare to say anything, his legal team is not dry.
When he was in a good mood, Justin Hammer's tone also became pleasant, laughed and patted Ivan Vanke on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Vanke, when the steel suit starts mass production, I will give you 1% of Hammer Industries' shares and a cash reward of 30 million, follow me, and you will definitely not suffer." β
"Hmm!" Ivan Vanko's axe axe cut face also brought a full smile, nodded, and continued to edit his program, without saying anything ecstatic or anything else, which made Justin Hammer bored, shrugged his shoulders, and glanced at the two bodyguards who followed Ivan Vanke in the name of protection before walking out.
After taking out the technology in Ivan Vanke's head and mass-producing the steel suit, he will get rid of Ivan Vanke, this guy is a madman, he even dared to attack Stark, and he also planted bombs in that extremely rudimentary steel suit, killing so many people, he is a rising business star, and must not be involved with terrorists.
While Justin Hammer was busy with his drone exhibition, Stark once again welcomed James Rod, a black colonel, at his villa in Los Angeles, who got out of the car with a gloomy face, walked in familiarly, and was stunned when he opened the door.
I wonder if I am in the wrong place, otherwise why would there be heating pipes in the room at the gate, and it is supported by iron shelves, and a good villa looks like a boiler room.
"Stark, what the hell is he doing?" James Rhodes said to himself with some anxiety, walked into the living room quickly, and saw a large number of cables and pipes along the way, and he now wondered if Stark had a mental problem, otherwise why would he make a good villa like this.
When he opened the door of the living room, he saw Pepper and a beautiful woman sitting on the clean sofa on the phone, dealing with company affairs, James Rod changed his face, extreme anger appeared on his face, and said to Pepper: "Stark, where is he?" β
"Basementβ" Pepper had just said that, and Rod angrily walked towards the basement stairs, leaving Pepper and Natasha looking at each other, not understanding what the guy was angry about.
When entering the code to open the bulletproof glass door in the basement, Rod shouted at Stark, "Tony, what the hell are you doing..."
He was only halfway through the shout, and Stark, who was busy sitting at the workbench, waved his hand at him and said, "No need to act, brother, the plan is canceled." β
"Alas!" Rod was obviously stunned for a moment, then quickly closed the door, looked at the 'heating pipe' that extended to the basement in great confusion, and asked, "Tony, what the hell are you doing?" Have you thought of a better plan? β
"No, I just solved my problem, so I don't want you to fight and take away the Iron Suit, it's a terrible plan." Stark said as he quickly optimized the new suit on the virtual projection in front of him.
Rod still didn't understand what Stark meant, before Stark came to him and asked him to fight with him at the birthday party, in full view of everyone, and take away the outdated Mark 2 steel suit, to give an explanation to the aggressive military, but now how did he suddenly change his attention.
When he walked to Stark's side, Rod noticed that the Ark reactor on Stark's chest had become triangular, which made Rod guess: "You changed the Ark reactor and solved the problem?" β
"That's right," Stark said with an excited smile on his face, tapping the third-generation Ark reactor on his chest, "It's more powerful, enough for me to fly around the earth twice." Rod, think about coming to me and helping me test fly the new suit, and the Avenger I talked about last time, how do you think? β
"If I think about it again, the Pentagon probably won't agree." Rhodes pulled out something to sit on in a pile of debris, sat down, found that there was no one around, and whispered: "Tony, I heard the news that someone in the military is working with a company to develop a steel suit, could it be related to the terrorist who attacked you in Monaco." β
Hearing the news, Stark immediately stopped what he was doing, turned his head, and asked very seriously, "Are you sure?" β
Rod shook his head and said helplessly: "Everyone knows my relationship with you, how can these things tell me, I also overheard it, saying, 'Stark's toys let him play with himself, we have new ones', I didn't listen much, eavesdropping on military secrets will be sent to the military court." β
Stark was lost in thought, because the Monaco attack had put him in a very passive situation, and many people had seized on his words at the hearing that day, 'No one will develop a steel suit in twenty years' and attacked him. If the problem of palladium poisoning is not solved, he will have to hand over a set of steel suits to prevaricate the military, so that after his death, the military will coerce Pepper, and then I am afraid that all the suits will be taken away.
"Jarvis, list the companies and laboratories that have cooperation with the military and have an investment amount of more than 300 million US dollars."
"Yes, sir!"
In the next second, a new projection screen appeared on Stark's right, listing the names of companies and laboratories: Hammer Industries, Osborne Group, AIM, Victor...... There were thirty or forty companies, Stark quickly browsed through them, and those that couldn't make steel suits were still out, and finally there were only four or five suspects left, and at the top of the list was the newly rising Hammer Industries.
"I remember he had a booth at the fair," Stark muttered under his breath, "Jarvis, bring up Hammer Industries' exhibits and specific information." β