I was already very wary of William and Obadie, but now I was thwarted by the Helicopter Transformers, so I didn't even dare to show any dissatisfaction with William.
But Obadiah, who was used to being a big boss and always threatening others, instinctively thought of ways to protect himself when he felt in crisis.
Although he didn't really want to do anything, his hand couldn't help but touch his pocket. It was invented by Stark and specially made into the shape of a lighter. As long as it is activated at a close range, it can instantly paralyze people with strong electromagnetic shock for fifteen minutes.
launcher.
But as William's eyes turned to Obadiah's ears, Obadiah was startled. Thinking of William's achievements and methods, he was so frightened that he quickly took his hands out of his pockets.
Then William curled his lips and smiled at himself, "Those gadgets of yours are no problem against those bumpkins in the desert, but if you want to trick me, you'd better save yourself."
After being seen through by William, Obadiah subconsciously wanted to protect himself because he felt that the matter was out of control. He quickly explained, "I'm sorry, I never thought of taking action against you."
After saying that, I simply took off the two miniature shielding headphones from my ears, and then took out the strong electromagnetic shock transmitter in my pocket.
"Tony invented this gadget a few years ago," he threw it to William as if he was talking about it. "He doesn't like it, but this gadget has been my trump card to save my life all these years.
I bring it with me every time I have a meeting where I am not sure about safety, and it has really helped me solve a lot of troubles.”
William looked at the strong electromagnetic shock transmitter in his hand, which was rarely used in cigar lighters. Under Obadie's gaze, he casually pulled the telescopic switch.
"Wait, William."
I thought William didn't understand and made a mistake in his operation. As soon as he stopped him, he remembered that if he went to help now, he would definitely be paralyzed by the strong electromagnetic shock.
But when he put on the shielding headphones, he saw William dangling the strong electromagnetic shock transmitter by his ear for several seconds as if nothing was wrong, then turned off the telescopic switch and threw it back to him.
Obadiah took the transmitter and asked incoherently, "You, you, why are you okay?"
William curled his lips and said, "Ha, how could you, a fool like you who only knows how to steal other people's achievements, understand that technology doesn't mean everything.
As long as an individual's physical fitness reaches a certain level, the existing technologies on the earth are nothing more than toys to us."
Obadiah, who was scolded by William, did not feel disgusted or angry at all. On the contrary, after hearing the words physical fitness, his face lit up with joy.
"God, I knew that after you made those armors and solved the safety problems, you would definitely study biology."
Putting the launcher back into his pocket, Obadiah came over with a flattering look on his face and squatted next to William, "I don't even ask you what you invented.
Now that you have better technology, can you share the treatment equipment that can speed up the recovery of trauma and let me be the agent of the United States?"
This surprised William. Obadie, who had always only looked at money, could resist asking why his physical fitness had become stronger.
"Don't you just want to become stronger and live longer?"
"Hey, William, let me tell you the truth." Obadiah chuckled, "If someone else invents a project that can make the body stronger, I will definitely take it.
But when it comes to you, to be honest, as long as someone has gotten to know you, unless they are impatient, no one will dare to force you except for honest cooperation."
"Haha", William laughed a few times. It seemed that his battle with the Decepticons in New York half a year ago had indeed had some miraculous effects, "I like smart bad guys like you."
However, since we want to intimidate the other party, we and the arms dealers behind Obadiah must work harder.
Let these people be completely desperate, give them some hope, and win them over with the things that all rich people want.
I easily found a project that made a lot of money, and probably no American military-industrial conglomerate would dare to confront me in the future.
When the time comes when their mobile phones enter the United States, even if these people don't help, they won't dare to object openly.
Without a jealous force, things would be much simpler.
And there is no need to guess, William knows that Obadiah's purpose is not just a side business in the desert.
"Bring me a bottle of magic wine on Sunday. I want to have a good drink with Mr. Stan."
With an idea, he sent a bottle of red wine that absorbed the natural scent of the treasure gourd to a combat robot on the yacht who was in charge of driving the ship.
Sunday quickly took control of the robot, entered the restaurant with a wine bottle, and walked out with a tray and wine glass.
"A robot that can handle things independently?"
Obaday scanned the robot and immediately saw two larger pistols hanging on the robot's waist. He looked at William in shock and said, "It's still a robot that can fight."
William curled his lips and took the wine glass handed over by the battle robot, "I invented this thing four or five years ago.
If necessary, there is probably no force in this world that can produce tens of thousands of combat robots on the ground like me."
After saying that, William chuckled and said, "Let me show you a blockbuster from a few years ago." He deliberately let Sunday play a few scenes of combat robots cleaning up various werewolf camps in Europe a few years ago.
A 3D virtual image appeared on the deck, and rows of fully armed combat robots were seen walking out of the spacecraft in neat formations.
Then, holding long and short guns, he began to clear out one werewolf camp after another.
The scene entered the climax from the very beginning, with bursts of gunshots, roars, the sound of swords tearing apart the werewolf's flesh, the brutality of the battle and the one-sided killing, which scared Obaday so quickly that he began to sweat on his forehead.
"This, this is how you clean up the werewolves in Europe according to legend in the underground world?"
William smiled and nodded. After the video ended, Obadiah paused for a few minutes before thinking about the combat robots from a few years ago. Then he looked in front of him. The lines were obviously softer, more in line with human aesthetics, and they looked more advanced.
robot.
"Even if you can really produce 10,000 of these robots every day, according to the current industrial situation in England, where will the raw materials come from?"
"You don't care where I get the raw materials," William rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "I don't need the support of industry on the earth anyway."
Don’t need the support of the earth?
Obaday was immediately taken into the ditch by William's words, "God, Mars?"
"Have you already established a base on Mars?" Obaday shook his head fiercely, "No, no, you will definitely use the past few years to build a complete industrial base on Mars."
"That doesn't mean you can build whatever you want by just giving an order?"
Obaday stood up instantly in fright.
If William had entered the military industry, it would be hard to say whether the company could survive, let alone competition and stabilizing valuations.
Seeing Obaday was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, and when he was blown by the cold winter wind on the sea, he was already a little unsteady on his feet.
William shrugged, "Absolutely. If it weren't for the bad reputation of the military industry business, you and related groups would have been squeezed by me and their valuations would have plummeted."
"And, to be honest, no matter how good a company selling arms is in this era, its market value will not be very high.
Instead of those of us with endless weapons fighting for food on one plate, I might as well jump to other plates and eat whatever food I want, right?"
"Yes, yes, you are absolutely right, William."
William's words were like a shot in the arm, instantly making Obadie, whose head was buzzing, come back to life.
This kind of person can fight against an entire industry, and the force at hand cannot match him. Since he can't fight, he can only make friends, or even please.
"When we arms sellers fight, the only trouble is that we all have an endless supply of bullets." Seeing William smiling and nodding, Obadiah continued as if he was being encouraged,
"And it's true as you said, although our profits are high, the market is still too small. Even a company that sells Coke has a market value of two-thirds of the Stark Group, which is more than 200 billion."
"William, it is indeed a wise choice for you not to enter the military industry." As he said this, Obadiah himself felt that continuing to focus on the military industry was indeed not a long-term solution.
Although it is impossible to directly abandon the military industry business that depends on survival, the diversification strategy has indeed been put on the agenda.
I couldn't help but think about the purpose of coming to see William this time.
Obaday, who had been keeping an eye on Tony Stark ever since he discovered that the war was showing signs of ending, discovered that Tony, who held 28% of the shares, a playboy in his eyes, actually gave out 5% of the shares, secretly
loan from the bank.
Taking out a loan at this time does not mean that he is not optimistic about the future of the military business and plans to mortgage it at a high price and then repurchase it at a low price.
So as soon as he got the news, he thought about finding William and planning to join forces and take advantage of the opportunity to swallow up Tony's 5% shares.
Even if the idea of making shares fails, as long as William is persuaded and the war continues, Tony can only return the money to the bank at the cost of losing interest.
Moreover, with William's reputation and past achievements, and strong support far beyond anyone else, Obadiah believed that he wanted to win over other shareholders.
As the largest shareholder of the group, Tony expected the group's share price to plummet and secretly acquired more shares at a low price, harming the interests of other shareholders.
Voting to expel Tony from the decision-making team, leaving him with a large amount of shares, but only as a shareholder who cannot make decisions, and the success rate of this is still very high.
But now that William has no intention of competing with them, it will not be so easy to get William to collude with him on shares, or even drive away Tony, who has more than tripled the company's market value in a few years.
In addition, it is now mistakenly believed that William's production base is on Mars, and he can produce whatever he wants.
Don't forget that as soon as you pulled William into the decision-making position, he was kicked away by William who was interested in him as his successor.
And this way, Obadiah felt that he should stop talking about revenge, and it would be a blessing if William didn't deal with him.
Now Obadiah didn't know how to speak.
At William's level, there is no shortage of people with money-making projects. Increasing 2.5% of the shares will not allow him to control the Stark Group.
Since this is the case, it is better to stick to one's own reputation, so as not to leave the image of a villain who devours other people's industries, affecting the views of his collaborators in the network and business in other industries.
"Oh, what a pity." After thinking about this, Obadiah sighed. It seemed that his trip was in vain.
Listening to Obadiah saying it was a pity for no reason, William couldn't help but think of the plot in the movie.
Even if Obaday didn't say what he was thinking, he could probably guess that the bald man came to him to join forces to deal with Tony Stark.
If it had been a year or two earlier, William would have definitely taken the opportunity to cause trouble with Obadiah, but now?
Haha, if you want to invest in the Stark Group, you might as well spend real money on a friendly acquisition.
Before going to Mars a few years ago, he had more than 20 billion pounds in cash, and now he has 600 pounds or less.
And unless you can become the first shareholder, you have to spend tens of billions to acquire 10% of the shares at a premium, and become a shareholder who only holds 17% of the shares and cannot make the decision.
Even if he knew that Stark Group's market value would exceed one trillion U.S. dollars if nothing unexpected happened, William didn't want to do it.
What's more, regardless of whether anyone sells such a large amount of shares, the Americans will not agree to him, an Englishman, buying a large amount of shares in Stark, the largest military industrial group.
Not to mention that today, the US dollar, the British pound, etc. are just numbers to him, and they are far less important than being the boss of a certain industry.
Looking at Obadiah with a sad expression, William smiled and said, "So, we can fish with peace of mind now?"
"Okay, fishing".
Obadie, who was secretly glad that he didn't tell William openly, made up his mind to express his goodwill to Tony when he went back, and they joined forces to take advantage of the end of the war to increase their shares first.
And with some of this goodwill and joint actions, Tony will probably trust him more.
Even if William guesses something by then and mentions what happened today to Tony, Tony will 100% think that William is trying to drive a wedge between him and Obadiah.
Not to mention that compared to William, William is the greater threat to Tony.
Since he can't kill him with one blow, he should continue to be a good uncle and good steward. Based on his understanding of Tony Stark, this playboy will always seek death one day.
The only trouble is that I seem to be quite old. I hope I won't wait until I am 70 or 80 before I find an opportunity.
However, Obaday then thought of Howard Stark, who suddenly passed away. The impression that the founder left on Obaday was too strong.
Even if Howard died, he still hesitated for many years and didn't dare to really attack Tony.
But since Howard, the founder, can die young, Tony, who also loves to die, will definitely do the same.
Yes, definitely.
Although the expression on Obadiah's face, who was secretly encouraging himself, did not change, there was still a trace of excitement in his eyes.
Holding the fishing rod in one hand, he picked up the wine glass handed over by the battle robot with the other hand and took a big sip.
William, who was mentally paying attention to Obadiah silently, couldn't help but smile when he saw this.
Even the wizards couldn't help but want something, let alone the wealthy but ordinary Obadiah.