Chapter Ninety-Five: Public Outcry
Tony Stark sat on the couch and watched Colonel James Roddy on TV as he held a press conference.
For everything that happened last night, the military explained that Stark Industries had a serious accident last night, and even used "unconfirmed sources" to explain that it was due to a robot failure, which led to the destruction of the arc generator.
Shaking his head slightly, Stark looked at the newspaper in his hand and said proudly to Pepper, who was putting on makeup on the side: "Although the name 'Iron Man' doesn't seem to have any deep meaning, it still sounds good to pronounce." But to be honest, there is something wrong, because he is made of gold-titanium alloy materials. But it's still a catchy name. ”
In the newspapers in Tony Stark's hands, a large number of reports were devoted to last night's machine armored scuffle, and even the front page headlines printed Stark's majestic appearance in a red steel suit, and at the same time asked the world, who is Iron Man?
Pepper didn't bother with the triumphant Stark, and concentrated on his makeup, so that last night's injuries were traced.
Because in a moment, Tony Stark is going to a press conference to give an official explanation of what happened last night on behalf of Stark Group.
The military and S.H.I.E.L.D. have come to an agreement on this, and at the time of the incident, Tony Stark was on a yacht near Avalon Island all night, and they even prepared the testimony of 50 guests to prove it.
Stark is still a playboy after all, and when he heard this from Coulson, Tony Stark felt that 50 people were not interesting, and it was better to say that he and Pepper spent the night together.
For this, Pepper pulled Stark's face hard, only a slight pain, and Stark made an exaggerated scream instead.
Coulson ignored Stark and Pepper's flirting, he knew Tony Stark was joking, so he didn't care.
Although this matter has been widely reported by the media, spread throughout Los Angeles, and even has a tendency to spread to the entire American continent, once the military and S.H.I.E.L.D. join forces, it will not be much difficult to suppress this matter.
Of course, Tony Stark also knows this, don't look at the government, he is usually very incompetent in everything he does, but once this machine is running at full strength, his ability is still very terrifying.
Stark was more concerned about Obadistein than that, and there was not half of Obadistein's name in the entire testimony.
Coulson shook his head and explained to Stark that it was because they would separately inform the media that Obadith Stan was on his way to vacation when the small plane he was flying in had an accident and the person was gone.
Tony Stark just sighed slightly, and didn't say anything more.
As for the steel suit last night, according to the arrangement, Stark wanted to announce that it was a robot bodyguard developed by himself.
In fact, the cover up for the whole thing last night is the story of one robot malfunctioning and another robot being in chaos.
Although this is the first time Coulson has done this kind of thing, he is very thoughtful, in addition to covering up the events of last night, and through this incident, it has also helped Stark Industries to a certain extent.
After all, Stark Industries can manufacture robots of that level, which shows that they have the ability to carry out industrial transformation, which also has a certain pull effect on the current depressed stock price of Stark Industries.
For the sake of Tony Stark, Coulson was also heartbroken, if it weren't for Stark's special relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson wouldn't have cared about such a thing.
Speaking of which, last night's incident, S.H.I.E.L.D. also had a lot of gains, at least confirming that Stark had indeed developed a steel suit that could fly, and they also obtained detailed design drawings of the steel armor developed by Obadiah Stein, and the most important thing was that they were close to Tony Stark, which was their original purpose.
With the concerted efforts of all parties, this kind of news will soon be suppressed, and people will soon forget about it.
After communicating with Stark, Coulson was very interested and took the initiative to leave, leaving the place for Stark and Pepper to flirt.
After dancing together at Disney Concert Hall that night, and last night's life and death, the relationship between Pepper and Tony Stark is only a layer of window paper that has not been pierced. And this kind of ambiguity is what the two of them enjoy the most now.
At the press conference, when Colonel James Roddy announced that Tony Stark would give an official statement on behalf of Stark Industries about last night's "accident", the reporters present immediately began to stir.
It's not because they guessed that Tony Stark was Iron Man, in fact, a few people thought that way, and they didn't think they would be brain-dead to that point; It's more because Stark has always been open-mouthed, and although Colonel Roddy has told Stark that he won't answer any questions, these media reporters don't think so.
The following paragraph is what Tony Stark said when he stood on the press stand, Ling Xiao couldn't help but raise his voice at this time even if he was sitting behind the counter of the pharmacy, this is a historic moment, after this moment, the entire Marvel universe will begin to stir.
"It's been a while since I've spoken like that, so I'll just follow it." As he spoke, Stark took out a card from his body and read it from his book: "Some people suspect that I have something to do with the accident on the highway and the roof of the research institute......"
"Sorry to interrupt, Mr. Stark, do you really think we're going to believe that armoured bodyguard who fell from the sky?" Christine, who was sitting in the front row, looked at Tony Stark on the stage with a mocking face.
"I know it's a little incredible," Stark said with a frown, looking at the woman who had rolled the sheets with him once, "but it's one thing to believe the official explanation, and it's another thing to insinuate that I'm a superhero and condemn me." ”
"I never said you were a superhero." The expression on Christine's face was very calm, as if she was saying a common sense.
"Didn't you?" Tony Stark suddenly felt a pang of unhappiness, and he could only say helplessly: "That's good, because that idea is strange and ridiculous." ”
Christine, who was sitting below, suddenly noticed that something was wrong, after all, she had a deep research and understanding of Stark, and even had contact with Stark at a negative distance.
I saw Tony Stark on the stage, and continued to say very 'awkwardly': "I am obviously not a hero, I have a lot of shortcomings, and I have made a lot of mistakes......"
At this time, even Colonel James Roddy, who was on the side, sensed that something was wrong, and he hurried to Stark's ear to remind him to read the script.
After being reminded by his friend, Stark could only pick up the card in his hand and said helplessly: "Actually, ......"
In fact, after only three words, Tony Stark couldn't say any more, he put down the card in his hand a little heavily, looked around the news hall that suddenly fell silent, and gently spit out a few words: "In fact, I am Iron Man." ”
In an instant, the entire press hall seemed to explode, and almost all the reporters were slightly startled when they heard Stark's words, and then they all stood up, waving the microphone in their hands, asking all kinds of questions in their mouths, and the noisy sound seemed to tear down the roof.
Only the female reporter Christine sat there quietly, and she was stunned!