"It's fine if you don't have any objections. After all, the Rebirth Plan still means a lot to us!" Seeing Josie's statement, Thomas and the other old guys looked at him with approval.
For them, the biggest obstacle to taking action against Bucky is not the Strategic Science Corps and other law enforcement agencies, but Qiao Xi, an insider of the Council.
After all, everyone in the world who knows Bucky knows that Bucky was rescued by Josie.
If Josie doesn't care, then things will be simple.
"The second thing is Howard Stark. I have to say that he is a super genius. Many of his inventions are enough to change the world. But unfortunately, he is not one of ours. According to the intelligence we have obtained, many of his inventions are enough to change the world."
Once the research comes out, it will have a disruptive impact on our current industry, and we must take countermeasures!" As long as Josie doesn't object to Bucky's matter, there will be no problem, so Thomas immediately changed the topic
On to the next matter.
"Humph! Just kill him directly. What countermeasures do you need!" Huw Jones snorted coldly. "It's not like I've never done it before!"
After hearing Huw Jones's words, everyone's eyes couldn't help but focus on him.
Why? Because before this, almost everyone knew that Huw Jones and Howard had a very good relationship. When Howard discovered vibranium, people from the council launched an attack on Howard, trying to seize that small piece.
Vibranium.
But after the first failure, there was no follow-up, because Huw Jones spoke for Howard in the council.
Howard's rapid rise is actually partly due to Roxon.
But now, according to Huw Jones, does he want to kill Howard?
This made the other directors very puzzled.
Only Josie looked at Huw Jones thoughtfully.
Is this when Huw Jones discovered that he was a cuckold in advance?
By the way, as a vampire, he should be very sensitive to the scent of human beings, so it makes sense that Huw Jones would find the scent of other men on his wife.
"Howard is different from the past. It will probably be more difficult to kill him, but we can try to restrict him in other ways!" Seeing that Huw Jones did not object, Thomas immediately nodded. Today's meeting
The situation was somewhat beyond his expectation. Two issues involving high-level members of the council, which should have been the most troublesome issues, were now passed as quickly as possible.
But as he said, Howard was highly regarded by the Pentagon and the White House because of his strong inventive ability, so assassinating him was not a good idea.
Josie on the other side knew better that this was probably the plot in the first season of Agent Carter where Howard was declared "treason" - Josie had just not watched the second season, but she still knew the plot of the first season.
It was Carter's experience in the first season that enabled Howard to become the leader of the Strategic Science Corps.
In other words, the Council's next action against Howard will most likely fail, and not only will it fail, it will also contribute to the evolution of the Strategic Science Corps into S.H.I.E.L.D.
However, Qiao Xi had no intention of changing anything about this situation.
After all, he and Howard had nothing to do with each other in general, so naturally he didn't care.
"In that case, let's talk about zero matter. This was discovered when the military conducted its first nuclear test in New Mexico. After the nuclear explosion, something similar to a space portal appeared, which led to a military team's
disappeared, leaving only some fluid black substance at the scene. The military named it Zero Matter. Esserdan Company also collected some. The council is ready to invest some funds in development and research. For the time being, Esserdam is still responsible for it.
Dan is taking the lead, are any of the rest of you interested in participating?" Thomas asked.
But his eyes were mainly on Josie, Huw Jones, and Malik.
Because except for Thomas' First Citigroup and Calvin Chadwick's Iseldam, they are the only three companies that are relatively wealthy. The remaining ones are basically engaged in politics and military affairs and do not have many economic resources.
"I'll forget it. My next energy will be mainly focused on aerospace. It's a waste of energy and money, and I don't have the energy to do anything else!" Qiao Xi was the first to express his refusal.
But this is half true and half false. It would be a lie to say that he is not interested in this zero-matter thing.
But forget it if you get mixed up with Aetheldan.
"Oh? No wonder you would buy Boeing shares from Hugh. If you have Chase's project, you can send me a share later. Citigroup and I also have some shares, and we can cooperate!" Listen!
Thomas couldn't help but nodded when he realized that Josie was interested in the aerospace industry.
There are basically no short-sighted people who can sit here, so even in this era when the aviation industry is still in its infancy and the aerospace industry has barely made an impact, everyone understands the importance of this industry.
But as Qiao Xi said, this is also an industry that consumes a lot of time, energy and money, and the returns are far away. Therefore, most capitalists are not willing to spend too much energy on this matter. Generally,
Only the state has the ability to take the lead.
Now that Josie is willing to dive headfirst into this pit, the council cannot say that it will fully support it, but it is absolutely impossible to hold him back. After all, in their view, it is not easy to find such an enemy who is willing to invest heavily in a certain scientific research.
"I can provide some financial and equipment support!" Hugh Jones expressed his position.
"I can't. The infiltration work into the SSR is progressing slowly. I have to keep an eye on it!" Malik shook his head. One of his main tasks was to infiltrate the Strategic Science Corps, so how could he still be in the mood to do any research.
"Then it's settled. The Roxon Group will cooperate with Iseldan. If there are no other opinions, the meeting is over!" Seeing that no one spoke anymore, Thomas immediately made the decision.
Josie really likes the meeting mode of the board of directors. Talk about things when they have something to do, and don't push for anything that doesn't matter.
After the meeting, the nine people left the conference room through nine different small doors.
The exits of the nine small doors are all located at different locations. Some are the hotel on the left side of the club, some are the restaurant on the right side of the club, and some are directly on the street behind the club.
In the outside world, apart from some normal business gatherings and exchanges, there is almost no public contact between the nine people. On the surface, the relationships between industries are at best normal business dealings between some subsidiaries.
So even if someone suffers something serious one day, it is impossible to contact the other directors.
After exiting the small door, Josie appeared in a box on the second floor of the club. It was Vito and another bodyguard who were guarding the box.
As for Aldo, who had already taken office to form Blackwater Military Services Company, it was naturally unlikely that he would appear next to Josie as his bodyguard.
Just as Qiao Xi sat down in the box and was about to have a cup of coffee before leaving, the box door rang.
Vito opened the door and it was Malik.
"Why are you here? Are you not afraid of those old men finding out?" Qiao Xi asked in surprise when seeing Malik.
"I want to buy another batch of potions!" After Vito closed the door, Malik sat next to Josie and whispered.
"You've used them all?... I remember I left twenty for you before I went to Europe!" Josie's eyes widened when she heard Malik's words.
As his hidden ally in the council, one of the conditions that Josie gave Malik was to provide a portion of the potion every year.
"Don't mention it!" Hearing Qiao Xi ask why the potion was used so quickly, Malik's face flashed with a hint of uneasiness. "I accidentally provoked a mysterious organization before. In just the past six months, I have already encountered...
I have been assassinated more than ten times, and if it weren’t for the potion you gave me several times, I might not have been able to stand in front of you!”
"Oh? Is there such a thing? You didn't report it to the board of directors?" After hearing Malik's words, Josie couldn't help but be a little surprised.
This is really a strange thing in the world. Since the establishment of Hydra, most of the time it is Hydra who assassinates others. Being assassinated by others is considered a rare thing.
"...This is my private matter, and I got something from the other party!" Malik said somewhat mysteriously.
"What?" Qiao Xi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this. No wonder he didn't report it. It turned out that he was going to eat alone.
"A very powerful biochemical potion that can make people have extremely strong combat effectiveness in a short period of time. It is somewhat similar to your animalization potion, but the side effects are more serious. It can only last for ten minutes. After the time is up, it will turn into a puddle.
liquid, and the rest of the liquid is also highly contagious and lethal. Fortunately, it does not last long and is not contagious. It will automatically decompose after about an hour." Malik explained, not forgetting after it was over.
Praising Qiao Xi, "Of course, compared with your animal transformation potion, it's still not that interesting. Although the combat effectiveness is barely the same, but"
"...Sounds interesting. After so long, you should have some clues about that organization, right?" Qiao Xi nodded slightly after hearing this, and then asked.
"Very few. I only know that their name is Zodiac. They should be from Europe, and the potion is also called Zodiac." Malik said.
"Ahem, cough, cough... Zodiac sign?" Josie almost choked to death after just taking a sip of coffee.
"What? Do you know this organization?" Malik was a little surprised.
"I do know a little bit, but I don't know much more than you do!" Because it was too obvious, Qiao Xi simply admitted it.
Of course, the Zodiac here has nothing to do with the awesome organization in the comics, but should be a half-agent, half-terrorist organization similar to Leviathan.
And Josie did only know a little bit about it. For example, about the potion that Malik mentioned, in the MCU, before Agent Carter came out, there was a short film about Agent Carter that lasted about ten minutes.
In it, Carter tracked down a potion called Zodiac while being squeezed out by the Strategic Science Corps, and then received a call from Howard, inviting her to participate in reorganizing the Strategic Science Corps and establishing S.H.I.E.L.D.
This plot should take place after the episode of Agent Carter, because at the end of the short film, Howard and Dam Dugan are looking at beauties in bikinis, and the bikini did not appear until the second half of 1946, the plot time of the first season of Agent Carter
line, but it was early 1946.
"Then..." Malik couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard that Qiao Xi also knew about this organization.
"Don't even think about it. I just know them, but I don't actually have any interactions with them!" Qiao Xi rolled his eyes and refused before Malik finished speaking, but he didn't refuse completely. "But it's okay if you want the animal transformation potion.
Just pay the excess, that money is nothing to you anyway."
"That's good! That's good!" Although he regretted not being able to pull Josie into his trench, Malik's main goal was achieved.
Now that he had achieved his goal, Malik did not stay too much. Just like what Josie said before, it would not be a good thing if the old man of the council noticed that the relationship between the two was too close.
However, Malik had only been out for a few minutes, and just as Josie was about to get up and leave, there was a knock on the door again.
When he opened the door, he saw a tightly wrapped man.
Good fellow, who is it if not Hugh Jones?
"Are you afraid you came here very early?" Seeing Huw Jones, Josie couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and asked.
As a vampire, Huw Jones is very sensitive to human scent. He could have come and knocked on the door after the meeting, but he didn't come until now. Apparently, he waited until now because he discovered Malik's movements.
"Yes, I've been waiting for a while!" Huw Jones did not deny it. He walked in and took off his mask, hat and other light-blocking objects, revealing a slightly pale face.
These things are actually useless to him indoors. What he is afraid of is sunlight, not ordinary lights. There are no ultraviolet lights in the club.
"But don't worry, there's no one else except me!" Hugh Jones said again.
"I believe that most of the directors are not that idle yet, staring at others every day. How are you doing during this time? Are you still used to it? I only have red wine here, don't dislike it!" Josie asked, motioning to Vito to pour it.
Glass of red wine.
"Of course I don't dislike it. It's not that vampires can't eat human food at all, they just can't digest it! As for life after becoming a vampire, it's pretty passable, except for that damn bitch and Howard Stark." Hugh
Jones waved his hands.
"... Just get used to it. Tell me what you want me to do. You won't ask me to kill Howard!" Regarding other people's private matters, Qiao Xi couldn't comment at will, so he could only pretend he didn't know.
"That's not true, I came to you because of another thing, that is, after I came back, I discovered that there are vampires in the United States, and there are quite a lot of them, so I want your help!" Hugh Jones said.
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The first chapter is about four thousand, early in the morning - okay, there will be another chapter in the morning