Chapter V: Hearings

After returning home, Lie made two copies of the potion, one was sent to the mutant school, Charles and the others began to prepare for some experiments on this subject, and the other sent the formula to Banner in Africa, so that he could also experiment there. After all, the steps to be taken in the middle of a drug from development to clinical use cannot be sloppy, and who knows what will happen at that time. The next day, Lie, who had just arrived at the office to prepare for work, saw Barbara walk in with a document.

"Boss, here's an invitation to a hearing for you to go in the afternoon."

"Hearings? About whom? ”

"Tony. Stark. ”

"Oh, those Congressmen can't sit idle for a moment, Barbara, come with me in the afternoon and cheer Tony on." As soon as Barbara said it was about Tony, Lie knew what was probably going on, since Tony announced that he was Iron Man, there was also the Brooklyn incident, and this group of leaders who didn't have a sense of security could salivate over the exoskeleton armor developed by Tony.

In the afternoon, Lie and Barbara attended the hearing in the capital, and Lie couldn't help but feel funny when he looked at the busy old man in the parliament and Tony who was there with his eyes closed. In fact, as an Asian American, he simply could not appear at this hearing, which is said to be equality, but in fact there is serious racial discrimination. But the aura on his body is enough to erase this gap, the most capable CEO of Wayne Enterprises, the young genius who can be as famous as Tony in the world, and the new billionaire, these are enough to make this group of congressional lords invite him to sit with a shy smile.

The hearing is actually very simple, a group of people in power who covet Tony's mecha try to get Tony to hand over his mecha research and development technology in the name of the state, although Tony closed the military industry, but his mecha is more powerful than all the military industry, a mecha equipped with firepower, decapitation, destruction, is more useful than a legion, and saves money. But Tony didn't like them at all, and then, the CEO of a company specializing in the military industry stood up and pointed the whole atmosphere and spearhead at Tony with his three-inch tongue and a blurry video, and Lie watched him perform with interest.

"Who's that clown?" Lie asked Barbara, pointing to the CEO of Hammer Enterprises.

"Boss, don't you know?" Barbara is a little strange, they are all playing with technology, and they don't even know this guy? Many of the weapons in her unit were provided by this guy.

"I don't remember everyone clearly."

"Well, he's the CEO of Hammer Military, Justin. Hammer has always been Stark's rival, but he has always been second, but this time Stark withdrew from the military industry, and it was his turn to take the stage. Barbara was a little speechless about her boss's sluggishness, but she still dutifully explained it to him.

"Just him? As long as he doesn't make anything comparable to Stark, or a little inferior, the second won't be his turn. Lie said disdainfully, he despised this kind of guy who was useless at all except for moving his mouth, and then he looked at Tony again, wanting to see how Tony took it.

Hammer's trick did bluff Tony, who was napping, but he looked as if he was just woken up, he didn't care at all about Hammer's questioning, he just calmly pointed to the vague testimonial video, debugged there, and pulled with his hand, and the blurred video became clearly visible. The funny thing is that this blurred video screen is an experimental accident caused by the military itself in order to imitate Tony's mecha, and after the Brooklyn incident, these politicians are still thieves, and as a result, because of the live broadcast, these shameful pictures are seen by the masses.

“fuck you! Tony! The angry Congressman was rude to Tony, and Hammer scrambled to unplug the power cord and ask the staff to cut the video. With a video operation, Tony defused the public opinion offensive created by Hammer, looking at the smug Tony, Hammer only had jealousy in his eyes! Immediately, he looked at Lie, who was chatting with Barbara on the side, and led his hand to Lie before he spoke again: "We admire Tony's assurance and patriotism for his mecha, but we are fortunate to have another genius to make the fairest comment on Tony's mech." Hammer himself thinks that Lie has been flying solo since he was the CEO of Wayne Enterprises, and many of his inventions are biased towards the military, although they are also sold overseas, but businessmen are not all like this, so he naturally thinks that Lie is very close to the military, and this time he also wants Lie to help him, but he thinks too much.

Ryozheng was chatting with Barbara to see if he could get some information about Barbara's department, and he was just here to get a soy sauce and see what Tony was doing with these congressional idiots. As a result, Hammer pulled up to block the gun, and the attention of the media was also drawn by Hammer, who also wanted to know what the teenage genius thought of Tony's mech. Lie was really unhappy with Hammer's move, but he still stood up politely and cleared his throat before speaking.

"It's no secret that you've listed me and Tony as the world's top talents, and I have no doubt about that." Lie's first sentence was as narcissistic as Tony's, which made many people feel uncomfortable.

"I've also done research on Tony's mech, and here's the data I've collected, so please take a look. Tony, you don't mind, do you? Tony gestured to Leo to let him continue, and after Tony agreed, Ryu posted some mech data about Tony on the big screen. Everyone looked at the big screen at the design data of each Tony mech, hands, feet, shoulders. There were also several mechanical experts present, but for Tony's data, it was still like reading a book from heaven, and at this time, Lie spoke.

"It's not difficult to copy these mecha parts, I can do it, but what I can't do is to further upgrade these mechs, and provide mecha energy. If it weren't for Tony to teach you how to upgrade the next generation, all you would get would have been a machine that Tony had eliminated for an unknown amount of time. In my opinion, if Tony's mecha and the desperate potion I invented were to be a century ahead of the world, then Tony's energy development would be at least a thousand years ahead of the world's level, and these things are not things that you uncreative philistines can make now. After Lie's words were finished, it caused a huge sensation in the audience, there is nothing more convincing than a genius praising another genius's invention, Lie's words almost pointed at the master of the Congress and those who coveted Tony's mecha technology, don't think about it, even if you can't play with your IQ, don't be embarrassed there.

Lie's words made Hammer feel unbearable on his face the most, because he felt that it was just for him, don't be there without that IQ, just a few words can play you to death. A farce ended hastily under the double reed of Tony and Lie, in addition to making the congressional master unable to come to power, the most embarrassing thing is Hammer Industries, but this is about Tony and Liemao, if you don't have IQ, you will read more, otherwise you will lose your face when you come out. After the hearing, Tony and Lie were talking side by side outside, since the last time Morocco parted, although the two have been in contact often, but the number of times they have met is really not much, one is busy changing the world, and the other is busy picking up girls and doing chivalrous acts by the way, and they really can't intersect together.

"Hey, man, thank you for the show this time, and besides, your secretary is beautiful." Tony looked at Barbara behind him, teasing Lie.

"Don't make a fuss, Barbara is a great employee, but you, Tony, are you really okay?" Lie asked meaningfully.

"Although I am not an expert in this area, I can still see palladium poisoning, and I can help here." Lie also asked a little worriedly.

"Thanks, man, but trust me, I can fix it, I can't do it, I'll ask you for help." Although Lie said that he could help him, Tony's self-esteem as a genius scientist made him think that everything was more appropriate for him, and of course, he didn't say anything to death.

"Okay, you have to live well, it's rare to have a friend who is as famous as me and is good, and I have another project to share with you, about your mecha." Lie shrugged helplessly and said goodbye to Tony.

"Hey, I'm looking forward to it, man." Tony also quipped, and then waved goodbye to Lie.

Lie, who had just returned to his New York headquarters on a special plane, saw an uninvited Nick in the office. Fury and Coulson, as well as Diana, who was waiting for him, were really helpless about them always showing up in his office like this, and he didn't do anything to be a traitor all day long. They were all busy changing the world and promoting the development of the world, but as a result, people came to the door twice in three days, as if he was ready to study a weapon to destroy the world at any time.

"I said, can't you make an appointment? I haven't broken the law, and if I am cared for by you every day, my employees will have a lot of opinions. Lie said helplessly, and didn't ask Diana and Barbara to go out, he made a cup of tea for the two of them uninvited, and sat there to hear what the black guy was going to say.

"Trust me, Mr. Lie, we've made an appointment." Nick defended himself.

"Coulson has made an appointment, you and I don't believe it much, just tell your purpose." Lie directly pierced Nick's words.

"Mr. Lie, I just want you to tell me if you can make a mecha like Tony." Nick said with one eye staring at Lie.

"Didn't I say it at the hearing?"

"Others can't do it, I believe, but you, I'm skeptical." Nick said with one eye staring at Lie.

Listening to Nick's question, Lie leaned around in his office chair and stood up as if he had made a major decision, and then said, "Come with me, it is a gift to you as the basis for our cooperation." After saying that, he walked straight to the bookcase in his office, and operated on a place on the bookcase, and the bookcase was sunken down, revealing a high-tech elevator, which was like Nick's invitation. And for Nick and Coulson who were present, Barbara was a big shock, and they had been doing Lie's monitoring all the time, but they still didn't expect Lie to have such a secret room in his office.

"Your two employees are still here, Mr. Lie."

"It's okay, Barbara and Diana are coming along, I believe them."

"I have great admiration for your confidence." Listening to Lie's words, Nick was noncommittal, after all, this is someone's territory, and the owner has no opinion, so he can't say anything. The group entered this elevator with Lie's invitation, and the elevator began to descend with them, Nick They felt that they had been going deep underground, in fact, it was their own sensory error, how could an elevator made of ancient civilizations be as old-fashioned as it is now, this elevator is a teleporter, and now it is carrying out spatial teleportation, to Lie's own secret base.

With a "ding" sound, a wicked hint, Lie made an invitation at the door and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Lie. Wayne's tech core, next, please move into the future. As soon as the elevator door opened, Nick and his group were stunned by the scene of the scene.