"Tony, you can't be like this!" Pepper looked into his eyes and said, "The company's development is not going well now, but you can't just be so decadent! You have to cheer up."
Tony smiled indifferently: "Haha, what's the point? I'm going to die anyway, so let me have some fun now. I don't want to worry about Stark Industries or anything like that."
After saying that, he turned around and wanted to get another wine glass.
"Tony, why are you so stubborn?!" Pepper knocked his hand off: "Listen to me, now go and take off this thing on your chest! Then we will start again, this is just a little
Frustration, we will deal with it."
Pepper was extremely anxious when she saw Tony looking like he was drunk now.
But no matter how she tried to persuade him, Tony refused to let him drink, and he fell asleep.
Generally speaking, the more genius a person is, the more completely they will fall after encountering setbacks.
Tony's self-confidence has now been hit, and he can no longer face everyone proudly.
The search for a substitute for palladium has always failed, and now the Ark reactor that he is most proud of has been invented by others. Tony can no longer find the meaning of his existence.
"Maybe I'm just an ordinary person..." Tony thought sadly in his hazy consciousness.
Later, under the influence of alcohol, Tony felt that his brain was dizzy and his consciousness fell into endless darkness.
Seeing him like this, Pepper really didn't know what to do.
In the memory of her tenure, Tony had never encountered such a huge blow as this time.
The artificial intelligence he developed was crushed by enemy companies, and the new energy field that he relied on for survival was also invented by competitors. He also suffered from palladium poisoning due to wearing the Ark Reactor for a long time, and his life was not long.
Pepper's illness led him to seek medical treatment urgently, and he came up with a solution that was not a solution.
She gritted her teeth, took out her cell phone from her pocket, and dialed a number: Phil Coulson.
This was the contact information Coulson left for her when he sent someone to protect her during the Iron Overlord incident.
The call was quickly connected.
"Hello, this is S.H.I.E.L.D."
Coulson's unique voice sounded.
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Hammer Industries sold the Ark Reactor to attack Stark Industries' new energy field. Umbrella Corporation also took the opportunity to counterattack and launched tit-for-tat competition with Stark Industries in other business areas.
There was General Ross in the military who was stirring up the troubles, dragging Colonel Rhodes away. Coupled with the external criticism of Tony's poor health, his allies have withdrawn one after another.
Now, Stark Industries is losing ground.
Umbrella seems to have sounded the clarion call to turn defeat into victory.
In a makeshift entertainment venue in Industrial Park No. 4, Justin, Edward and Ivan clinked their glasses and clapped their hands in celebration.
"Happy cooperation, you two!" Justin grinned from ear to ear with joy and drank the wine in his glass in one gulp.
During this period, the sale of the Ark Reactor has already made Hammer Industries famous. The strengthening of cooperation with the military has also given him a sponsor for his next batch of orders.
With the double improvement of reputation and performance, things are developing very smoothly, and Justin has become somewhat swollen.
Ivan had a toothpick in his mouth. He looked at the financial statements and saw the stock price of Stark Industries falling continuously, and his eyes shone with joy.
"I have to show this to my father later. He will be very happy." Ivan said with a smile.
"Oh, your father will be very pleased. His long-standing revenge is about to be avenged." Justin was already a little drunk.
Edward just smiled and remained silent.
He is worried about something.
Although S.H.I.E.L.D. has apparently been troubled by the chaotic internal management relationship and is unable to intervene in the competition between Stark Industries and Umbrella Corporation.
But Edward always felt that something would happen in SHIELD, and he was slightly worried.
Of course, this change does not refer to what will happen in SHIELD, but whether Nick Fury will send someone to deliver something to Tony.
In "Iron Man 2", it was Nick Fury who gave Tony the video data that Howard left for Tony, so that Tony later discovered the isotope of the Cosmic Cube and replaced the palladium element in the Ark Reactor on his chest.
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Edward was worried about this.
Although from the current perspective, there is not much difference in performance between the arc-shaped Ark reactor made by Ivan and the Ark reactor developed by Tony, it will be different if Tony discovers new elements.
If a new element is used instead of palladium as the energy supply device of the Ark Reactor, the energy filling rate of the Ark Reactor can be increased by more than one and a half points. In that case, Ivan's Ark Reactor will become uncompetitive.
Although after telling Nick Fury that Captain America was still alive, Edward had requested that SHIELD not interfere in the competition between their two companies.
But if something happens to Tony's life, Edward can't guarantee whether Nick will keep his promise.
After all, this involves the bottom line. Tony's father is responsible for the establishment of SHIELD. This is a special request that is outside of the principles. Nick may not ignore Tony.
Edward was deep in thought when Justin suddenly patted him on the back: "Director Edward, didn't you say you wanted to show me the new weapons? Where are the new weapons?"
Edward was stunned for a moment, and then he understood. When he invited Justin to come here for the party today, he told him that he would let him see the newly developed weapon, the whip cord.
Hearing Justin's words, Ivan said: "You must be talking about the whip cord, right? It just so happens that a batch of whip cord devices have been produced now. Just follow me to see its power."
After saying that, the three of them walked towards a production workshop.
When you enter the workshop, you are greeted by a set of exoskeleton-like devices placed inside an equipment box and hung on the wall.
At the end of the device's arms are two long wires.
The whipcord mechanism has not been activated yet, so the two wires look ordinary.
Ivan walked forward, picked up an Ark reactor on the table, and placed it on the chest of the skeletal device.
Then, Ivan pressed the switch of the whipcord device.
Suddenly, thunder and lightning flashed, and the two wires were surrounded by extremely powerful electric whips.