15. Dreams are shattered

The next morning, the inspection team of the Ministry of Defense came to Osborne Industries, led by a dignitary named General Suo, who seemed to turn a blind eye to Norman Osborne's warm greeting, and indifferently proposed to go directly to the research room to check the progress and situation of the human enhancement drug.

The team sent by the Ministry of Defense, under the leadership of General Suo, swarmed into the research room, and Norman followed closely behind, vaguely aware that something seemed wrong with the situation, but he did not think about it for a moment.

Walking through the door of the lab, the chief scientist in white uniform introduces the new aircraft to the Department of Defense team, a research project conducted by Osborne Industries and expressed interest from the previous Department of Defense procurement team.

“…… This is the first prototype, the material is made of a new alloy, equipped with a gravity sensing system, which can perfectly solve the key problems of air flight and balance, with a load capacity of about one ton, a flight speed of nearly 500 miles per hour, and a remote control equipment, which can carry twelve miniature air-to-surface missiles, a miniature machine gun and 5,000 rounds of ammunition, and the cost is about six million dollars......"

The chief scientist pointed to a flying machine floating in mid-air, it was shaped like a large bat with open wings, its whole body glowed with dark green metallic light, the user could stand on it and control it, and the engine in the tail spewed out a layer of green energy halo, blowing up violent wind pressure, and at the same time producing a harsh noise, almost overshadowing his commentary.

"I don't have any interest in such little toys, it's something that's outdated."

General Suo, the leader of the Ministry of Defense team, said indifferently, he glanced at the aircraft hovering in the air, and there was a trace of contempt in his eyes, the high cost of construction and the narrow and low-end application range doomed this new aircraft to be unattractive to the military, they needed weapons that could be mass-produced and had amazing lethality, not this kind of high-end products used to cheat research funds.

The reason why Tony Stark is loved by the military bigwigs is because he can always come up with something good that meets the value, and they all have extremely high technical content, and they will never go out of style easily.

"General, this new aircraft is the last designated procurement weapon ...... the Ministry of Defense"

Norman stepped forward in time, relieved of the embarrassment of the head of scientific research, and with an eager smile on his face, despite General Suo's bad attitude, he did not want to offend this important member of the Ministry of Defense.

"Needless to say, it has been swept into the dustbin of history, just like my predecessor...... You may not know that the guy was fired for taking bribes, and I won't make that mistake again. ”

Norman was shocked when he heard this, if this was true, then it meant that the conditions originally negotiated between Osborne Industries and the Ministry of Defense were all nullified, and everything had to start again.

Looking at General Suo with an arrogant look on his face, Norman suddenly felt a little bad, his eyes swept over the research room, and found that two directors who were not usually involved in industrial production at all also came here, Mr. Ba who wore glasses and Mr. Fei, who was in a wheelchair, these two people were the two major shareholders of the company, with the support of Wall Street behind them, and they were pure and nasty financial speculators, bent on squeezing more profits from Osborne Industries.

"Why are the two of them here?"

Secretly strange in his heart, Norman didn't have time to think about it, General Suo was not interested in the new aircraft, so he had to hurriedly hand over the report on the physical enhancement plan, this new procurement officer of the Ministry of Defense was really more difficult to serve than the previous one.

"We subjected the mice to a vaporization inhalation experiment, and their physical strength increased by a factor of eight, which proved that our experiment was in the right direction, and as long as we continued to research, we would soon be able to create a super serum ...... from World War II."

Norman followed General Suo's side closely, giving him a detailed account of the experimental process of the human enhancement potion, while also deliberately ignoring some immature drawbacks.

"Sounds pretty good." General Suo nodded lightly, as if casually, "Are there any side effects?" ”

Norman Osborne's face changed immediately, he looked at the scientific research director standing aside, and this old man, who was a little grateful, couldn't withstand General Suo's sharp gaze, and told the truth at 1510-

"After the vaporization inhalation test, the mice showed obvious violent tendencies and insane aggression, and we had to go back to the equation stage to maybe solve this problem."

"General, this is just a small problem, it won't take long to solve it......"

"Enough! Mr. Osborne. General Suo coldly interrupted Norman's defense, and the procurement officer of the Ministry of Defense sneered: "You just tried to deceive the Ministry of Defense, this is an unforgivable fault!" And this kind of research results are not satisfactory to the military at all, what we need is super soldiers, if in two weeks, you can show me a 'Captain America', then everything is easy to say......"

"Remember, I'm only giving Osborne Industries two weeks, and if that doesn't work by then, I'll revoke your research funding and the qualifications of the Ministry of Defense procurement company."

General Suo condescendingly announced the verdict, and then took the investigation team of the Ministry of Defense to leave, leaving only Norman Osborne, who was cold in his hands and feet, standing in place, this capital tycoon who crisscrossed the shopping mall, at this time like falling into an ice cave, his heart was cold and desperate, if Osborne Industries could not become a procurement company of the Ministry of Defense, then the huge amount of money that had been invested would all come to naught, and the huge deficit was enough to completely break the company's capital chain.

As the saying goes, the higher you stand, the worse you fall, for this opportunity Norman Osborne blocked almost everything, and even borrowed a huge amount of money from the bank, but now General Suo has a clear attitude, unwilling to pay for the next stage of the research and development process, no matter what investment can not reap the return, the previous operating costs, research funds, can not generate profits, decades of painstaking construction of the business kingdom, suddenly there is a danger of collapse.

Norman Osborne, whose dream was shattered, suddenly became fierce in his eyes, he remembered the two company directors who left with the Ministry of Defense team, and suddenly seemed to understand something, maybe General Suo didn't think about making Osborne Industries a procurement company of the Ministry of Defense in the first place, all this was a planned conspiracy!

"No one can take it from me!" Norman had a hideous face, and he could not afford to lose Osborne's industry.

Driving everyone out of the lab, Norman was left alone with the head of research, and after hours of hesitation and reflection, he made a risky decision.

"Mr. Osborne, this is too risky! The human enhancement agent has not yet reached the stage of human trials, and your life will be in danger! ”

The head of scientific research pulled Norman Osborne, who had lost his calm demeanor, and he understood the other party's urgency, but any research results that want to be applied to the human body must go through repeated experiments and data comparison.

"I don't have any more time! If you can't get the order from the Ministry of Defense, Osborne Industries will be completely finished! ”

Norman broke away from the head of scientific research and took off his shirt, he is facing the biggest crisis since the company's founding, if he can't get through it successfully, then the business empire he has built will be in ruins in an instant!

The Wall Street bankers will certainly not let go of this great opportunity, and they will pounce on it like hungry wild dogs.

"Give me a catalyst! The experiment has to be successful! ”

Norman made up his mind, he lay down on the experimental equipment, connected the line to test the signs, and was immediately sent into a closed circular space, under the operation of the scientific director, green gas continued to pour in from the hole, and in a short time filled the entire circular space, like a thick fog drowned the figure of Norman Osborne.

In the empty and unoccupied research room, a terrible scream of pain came out, and the curve of the vital signs on the computer, with Norman's roar, became weaker and weaker, as if a terrible demon was being bred in the thick green gas!