Chapter 31: The Man Behind the Scenes
Just as Rorschach pondered the idea of who was behind it, away from Hell's Kitchen, the busiest part of New York, Obidia Stein received a strange phone call.
"Mr. Stan, I'm James Wesley. We've got what you want. A man's voice came from the phone, and his tone was quite serious, like the business elite of Stark Industries.
Obidia Stan had seen a lot of this kind of talent, but after a few previous contacts, the Stark CEO was eager to poach this person to help him.
Unfortunately, this James Wesley is the secretary to the president of the global joint investment company and the president's most respected helper. And the president Shenlong has been hiding his own information, but this president secretary is often mistaken for the number one.
In this case, the global joint investment company is still operating normally, and even the performance is thriving, which shows the ability of this James Wesley.
However, Obidia Stan understood that this man could not be impressed by money, so he collected his feelings and said, "James, I'll send someone to pick up the goods later." Two blocks from Hell's Kitchen, I'm going to have someone do the transfer contract now, and you can come and sign it tomorrow. ”
"That's great, but you'd better worry about moving the goods, Hell's Kitchen has been a bit unstable lately." James Wesley reminded.
James Wesley's unstable, of course, is not referring to the gangs in Hell's Kitchen, but to the elusive masked man.
"Don't worry, my people are not ordinary people." Obidia Stein said.
"So, what's the handover password?" James Wesley asked.
"Whoever sees me, you ask them to light a cigarette." Obidia Stein said.
"Light a cigarette?" James Wesley was obviously a little surprised by the code.
"That's right."
Hanging up the phone, Obidia Stein looked at the bright lights of New York City in a daze. This time, he not only had Norman Osborne's son kidnapped, but also Justin Hammer's family. Because he is ready to cooperate with a company called AIM to set up a new arms production enterprise and eat all the orders thrown away by Stark.
It is only necessary to ensure that the two behemoths of Osborne Industries and Hammer Industries do not compete with themselves, otherwise the newly established company may not be able to snatch back the original orders, even if it has Obidia Stein's connections.
If given a choice, Obidia Stan is really reluctant to use this kind of means to break the bottom line. Even if Osborne and Hammer don't know who is behind it now, when these orders are redistributed, the fool can't guess who did it.
This is a face-tearing act, and it will definitely be retaliated against by these two companies.
But this is also a no-brainer, Stark Industries was founded by Obidia Stan with Tony's father Howard, and he poured too much effort into it.
If Tony hadn't gone crazy and said that he would shut down the weapons production department, he wouldn't have to go with outsiders to seek his own inheritance.
"Tony! It's all your fault! Obidia Stan smacked the table in front of him in disgust.
This high-tech sensor desktop immediately pops up a screen, which shows a video of Tony wearing mechanical arm guards with both hands, testing the palm cannon.
This video was quietly recorded by Obidia Stan to bypass Tony's intelligent butler Jarvis. But there is only this one, and if you continue to record greedily, you will be discovered. It's also thanks to Tony's lack of defense against Obidia Stein that he can come and go in and out of his home and even the lab at will.
"Talking about shutting down weapon production, turning around and starting to develop this powerful individual weapon yourself, Tony, you are really as hypocritical as your father."
Obidia Stein's face was hideous, as if he had made up his mind, and he dialed a phone call.
"Killian, let your men pick up Norman Osborne's son and Justin Hammer's father. By tomorrow, I'm sure they'll all give up on fighting for Stark's share of the weapons order he left behind. Also, I won't get involved in the conflict between you and Tony, as long as it doesn't affect the new company we work with, you can do whatever you want. ”
Hanging up the phone, Obidia Stein lay limply in his office chair as if he had done some strenuous exercise. In the darkness, Obidia Stein's eyes burned, and no one knew what the Stark "former" CEO was thinking.
Shortly after Obidia Stan hung up the phone, a tall, cynical-looking man with a shaved shave was smoking a cigarette in a secret warehouse in New York.
I saw him stretch out a finger and press it on the cigarette, and a red light flashed on his finger, and the cigarette had been ignited.
I took a deep breath and swallowed the clouds, and the pleasant appearance made people want to have one.
Dididi, the text message prompt sounded, the man took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and then spit out the cigarette in his mouth. It's just that the cigarette just flew half a meter away and turned into ashes, and even the nicotine dissipated before it could turn into smoke.
The man walked out of the warehouse and got into two business cars with a few big men who didn't look like good people. Under the cover of night, the two black vans set off from the bustle of New York and headed for Hell's Kitchen.
Hell's Kitchen is a slum in New York, and many of the highway facilities are in a semi-derelict stage, unlike those brightly lit areas, which are completely in a state of semi-darkness.
Rorschach and Matt arrived near an underground parking lot in the dark, but could barely make out the sign that read "Weasley Taxi Company" outside.
It seems that this is still a business, maybe it is the leather bag company that this group of Russians hides from others.
The two did not rush closer, Mag was at a distance of hundreds of meters, listening carefully to the situation in the underground parking lot.
After a while, Matt said to Rorschach, "There are three guards at the door, but I don't know if they have an alarm like infrared installed, so I don't recommend breaking through the main entrance." Matt said.
"You mean, if you can confirm that they don't have an alarm installed at the door, they can break through?" Rorschach asked.
"That's right, there were only three people at the door, and there was a long passage from the core of the parking lot, and there was no one inside. And as soon as I was allowed into the parking lot, I would be able to confirm where the child was. Matt said confidently.