Since Tony announced the closure of the weapons research and development department, Stark Industries' market value has dropped a lot.
Coupled with the fact that Stark Industries no longer accepts new military orders, the already declining market value has become even worse.
After experiencing the initial plunge, Stark Industries finally stabilized its market value, relying on various industry-leading technologies to firmly occupy the number one market value position in the military industry.
However, now Stark Industries can no longer be regarded as a pure military enterprise, but should be regarded as a business giant involved in multiple industries.
Although the shares in Tony's name are not as valuable as before, half of the shares in his name are still an astronomical figure.
Let's put it this way, the total market value of Octopus Monster is almost equal to the market value of half of Tony's shares.
Although Octopus Industry has emerged like a rising star in the military industry in the past six months, compared with Stark Industries, an established giant that has been established for decades, Octopus Industry still has a long history.
There is a way to go.
If there really was a so-called "Howard" around him, Russell would definitely not mind fulfilling Tony's wish and accepting the expensive reward from Tony.
But the problem is, there is no "Howard" around him at all.
If it was just a simple communication, he could let No. 3 pretend to be someone.
But it was obvious that what Tony wanted to communicate with "Howard" was an extremely professional topic.
No. 3 is indeed a very powerful artificial intelligence, but No. 3 still has the common weaknesses of artificial intelligence.
creativity!
Whether it is his No. 3, Tony's Jarvis, or any other artificial intelligence, they are not truly creative.
Human beings are far inferior to artificial intelligence in terms of calculation and statistics.
But the creativity possessed by human beings is an area that artificial intelligence can never reach.
This is the exclusive domain of humans!
After a few seconds of silence, Russell looked at Tony and said slowly: "I can understand your desire to see Howard, but I'm sorry, I can't arrange for you to meet."
"Howard is not my subordinate. I can't make decisions for him."
"However, I can tell Howard for you that if he agrees to see you, I will give you his contact information."
After hearing Russell's answer, Tony's expression quickly darkened.
The palladium poisoning wasn't the whole reason he wanted to see Howard, nor was the reactor used by the endosymbiote fighter.
The real reason why Tony wanted to meet Howard was simply because he wanted to meet this true genius who was one step ahead of him.
Although Tony usually calls himself a genius, he is not so arrogant as to think that he is the smartest human being.
More importantly, he felt that Howard was simply another version of himself, a version of himself that was further ahead than he was now.
Whether it was out of curiosity or the idea that it was hard to find a confidant or an opponent, he wanted to meet Howard.
Even if he just sat down to have a glass of wine face to face and chat about today's weather, he wanted to meet Howard in person.
Russell doesn't have the ability to read minds and has no way of knowing what Tony is really thinking.
However, even if he knew, he would not tell Tony that the Howard in his mouth was Tony from another world, an evil version of Tony.
"Well, if that's the case, I won't force you."
"You can't decide about Howard, but you can always decide about the armor."
"I want to study your armor. To be precise, I want to study the reactor of your armor. What compensation will I have to pay before you agree?"
Tony did not doubt Russell's words.
If he were Howard, he would definitely not follow other people's arrangements. This is not surprising.
Since he couldn't see Howard, who he longed for, he could only do the next best thing and set his target on the reactor of the endosymbiosis armor.
"Well...actually, have you ever thought about it? The reason why you haven't found a substitute for palladium is because you focus on existing elements."
"What a great invention the miniaturized Ark reactor is, you know it well without me telling you."
"Don't you think it looks wrong to use existing elements to power such a great invention?"
Russell did not intend to hand over the endosymbiotic armor to Tony for research.
However, he didn't mind giving Tony some reminders.
According to the plot of the movie universe, it should be Nick Fury who reminds Tony.
But now, since Nick Fury has no time to pay attention to Tony who has not yet become "Iron Man", then he is the only one to do this.
"You mean to invent a new element that doesn't exist on earth to replace palladium?"
Tony frowned and looked at Russell.
"No way, the Ark Reactor is an invention that spans the ages. If you want to match the Ark Reactor, of course you need a brand new element."
"You built a new house, surely you wouldn't keep using old furniture, right?"
Russell took a sip of the whiskey in the glass and said slowly.
"This is impossible. The invention of new elements is not as simple as you think. This is not something that today's technology can do."
Tony shook his head and said.
"The Ark reactor on your chest is not a technology that should appear in this era!"
Russell pointed to Tony's chest and said.
"Do you know something? I don't like guessing. If you know something, you can tell me directly."
Tony started to become a little impatient.
"This is not the attitude you should have when asking for help, but forget it, for the sake of everyone's acquaintance, I won't argue with you."
Russell first put down the wine glass in his hand, then looked at Tony and said seriously: "Although it was you who made the Ark Reactor successfully miniaturized and operational, if I remember correctly, the Ark Reactor was not your invention.
Father Howard is the real inventor."
"To give you a little tidbit that you may not know, your father Howard is one of the founders of SHIELD. He has some personal belongings left in SHIELD."
"You are his only son. If you ask for it, they can't refuse you."
"He loves you more than you can imagine and He is greater than you can imagine."
"He will not watch you die. It is not shameful for a son to seek help from his father!"
Although Russell knew how to invent new elements, he would not tell Tony the answer directly.
This is a father-son communication between Tony and Howard across time and space!
“Do the ancestors of flower growers protect culture?”
Tony said slowly.
"Although culture has a country, father's love does not distinguish between countries."
"Whether you want to seek your father's help or not is up to you."
After saying that, Russell stood up, left the living room without looking back, and flew towards the Octopus Mansion.