Chapter 71: The Invisible Hand
"10 billion acquired Osborne's non-performing assets? Isn't it supposed to be auctioned? ”
Wang Khan originally planned to take the opportunity to buy a few factories to expand the productivity of the umbrella.
"Guardians, the Malik family has unleashed their political influence again, plus they also have a lot of influence in the business world, in short, after your operation, except for the death of Norman Osborne, nothing has been gained, but the Malik family has made a lot of money."
"Am I? I'm so grumpy, I'm making them a wedding dress, right? ”
"Yes Guardian, judging by the end result, you are purely working for the Malik family."
"In addition, I want to remind you that after the Malik family takes over Osborne, they will definitely become the number one partner of the military, and at that time, with the greed and ambition of this family, they will definitely make trouble for you again."
Wang Khan sat in his chair and suddenly burst out laughing.
"The times are different, and the Red Queen thinks that with my current power and influence, I will be afraid of the Malik family again? This family is also a big white shark, but now I'm a killer whale at worst, and I'm afraid of them? ”
"After the Red, find out all the information about the core members of the Malik family, don't they like to pick up cheap food and eat alone? Okay, this time I'm going to let them eat as much as they want, and I'm going to spit it out, and I'm going to stick it upside down? Fight me? They're not good enough. ”
On the other side, Gideon Malik is playing a game of frisbee with his daughter, Stephanie Malik.
With the deafening sound of a shotgun, a Frisbee was shattered, and Stephanie withdrew from the shell, turned to look at her father, and raised her cowboy hat.
"Well shot! Marksmanship has improved again. ”
Stephanie tossed the shotgun to the servant and took the champagne from Gideon.
"Father, this time our harvest is so big, aren't you worried that some people will be red-eyed?"
"Afraid of what? The Scourge Beast has made such a big noise, and now the military urgently needs a trustworthy partner, and I am the best candidate, who else can they choose if they don't choose me? Could it be that playboy who can only pick up girls? ”
Speaking of Tony Stark, Gideon looked disdainful, obviously decades of reading power, he is no stranger to Tony's transformation, he has seen many similar situations in his life.
But Gideon scoffed at this state of enlightenment, believing that human nature is inherently evil and that it is human instinct to worship power.
And in this day and age, a powerful weapon represents power, and giving up power means admitting defeat, and admitting defeat is definitely something Gideon will never do in his life.
"As for the kid who said the umbrella, he's a genius, and his mind is stronger than Tony Stark, but he's only a Chinese in the end, and in our country, racial origin is very important. Compared to that Chinese kid, Tony Stark was a bigger threat to me. ”
As a senior ruling class in the United States, Gideon has a very thorough understanding of the racial origin of this country, and people with similar ideas abound in the power class of the United States.
It is precisely because he knows that the general environment is like this, Gideon will act so unscrupulously, even if the umbrella is in full swing now, he does not think that Wang Khan will threaten him.
"At this stage, the umbrella really can't be moved, Wang Khan has become a national hero, but people have always been forgetful, and after a while, this trend has passed, as long as you find a few more media to blow the wind and pour stolen water on Wang Khan, his heroic image will be gone, and then you can clean him up."
Stephanie took off her cowboy hat and spun it in her hands.
"This Wang Khan is a threat to us as a capitalist, but if he is only a scientist, he can definitely become a big help for us, father, why don't you think of a way, if you can recruit him, then our family's plan for hundreds of years is expected to be realized."
Gideon was stunned for a moment.
"Haha, my daughter is still fast in your brain, why didn't I think of it. That's right, with Wang Khan's mind, there must be a way to bring the true god back, very good! So it was decided, take him and work for us, and when he brought back the true god, he would be useless, and then I would personally use my gun to blow out his clever head. ”
"In this world, there only needs to be one true God, and no one who may threaten the true God should exist in this world."
After finishing business, Gideon turned to look at his wonderful daughter.
"Stephanie, it's your birthday in two days, what kind of gift are you going to have?"
"As long as it's from your father, I like it."
"Haha, I'm still so sensible, okay, I'll carefully pick a gift for you, and I won't let you down."
Two days later, Stephanie's birthday arrived.
As a daughter, Stephanie's birthday is certainly not to buy a cake, find a few friends to go to KTV to sing for a night and deal with it.
On this day, she invited a lot of people, not only other eldest ladies in the family, but also many second-tier Hollywood stars.
Don't look at the second-tier stars, they are all people who can play supporting roles in well-known movies, there are more than a dozen, and they are all about to catch up with the small red carpet show.
But it was clear that there were far more guests than the invitations, and many of the family's rulers and elders had also arrived, much to Stephanie's surprise, so she found her father, Gideon.
"Father, is this your gift to me? Invite an elder in the family? Although this seems very grand, but with so many elders coming together, we young people can't let go. ”
After saying that she had not heard a reply for a long time, Stephanie looked up at her father and found that the latter's expression was puzzled with a hint of seriousness.
As the heir carefully cultivated by the extended family, Stephanie immediately realized that something was wrong.
"Father, didn't you invite these family elders?"
"Of course I won't invite them, and even if I did, they wouldn't come all the way for your birthday. Especially in this period, when most of these people are involved in Osborne's acquisition plan, it is a busy time, how can there be such spare time. ”
"That'...... It's not my father, it's not me, is it possible that they colluded to seize power? But it's not like it, in this kind of extraordinary period, the family must be united, even if someone is ambitious, they will not pick this time. ”
When the father and daughter were full of doubts, the Malik family elders came over to say hello, but when the two sides talked, they realized that each of them came for different reasons.
The only thing they had in common was that they had both received an email from Gideon, which was different in content but full of temptation.
For example, one person wrote in the email that Gideon was going to hand over one of the family business to him, and the person who received the letter had recently been talking to Gideon with the purpose of taking over the business, so the content of the letter was exactly what he liked, so he rushed over without hesitation.
Similar situations abound, one or two may have coincidences, but this is the case for everyone, Gideon's father and daughter's expressions immediately changed, at this moment, they felt that there was a pair of invisible hands, manipulating the puppet line in their hands, at the mercy of everyone.