The blazing sunshine bakes the golden desert, and the scorching breath envelopes the entire desert, making people feel like they are in a baking cage.
"Are you having fun?" Looking at the black oil stains on Tony's face, Colonel Rhodes said with a heavy smile on his lips.
Tony had a wry smile on his face and was speechless.
"Next time you come with me at the same time, okay?" Colonel Rhodes stepped forward and hugged Tony.
Originally, the US military in Afghanistan escorted Tony in a highly defensive armored convoy, but Tony just wanted to look cool and took a jeep from the vanguard.
If Tony followed Colonel Rhodes in an armored vehicle, it would be impossible for the group of terrorists to break the US military's formation.
It can be said that Tony paid the heaviest price in his life for his willfulness.
If it weren't for the battery that Ethan made after the bomb exploded... If the terrorists weren't greedy and wanted to get super powerful missiles, and didn't follow Obadi's instructions to kill Tony directly... If he didn't have an inspiration burst in the cave,
Solved the miniaturization of the Ark reactor...
Too many things came together to achieve Tony's narrow escape this time.
It was only a matter of seconds that Tony would really die.
After finally finding Tony, of course the military immediately arranged for people to send Tony back to the country.
Two Raptor fighter jets followed Tony's private plane to Afghanistan to escort him.
The plane passed through the clouds and landed slowly at New York's JFK Airport.
Pepper Pepper, dressed in OL's professional attire and neatly made up, was waiting at the airport. Behind her was Tony's Lincoln.
With a bunch of blond hair hanging down her shoulders, a beautiful face, and a smart and capable temperament, she is definitely a good family woman.
The cabin slowly opened, and Tony, who was seriously injured, slowly walked out with the help of Rhodes.
In the airport, there was a group of beautiful little nurses who had been waiting, arranged by the US military, and came over pushing a stretcher.
This is an apology from the military. After all, it was because of them that Tony fell into a near-death situation.
As the world's largest arms group, the chairman of Stark Group naturally enjoys some special treatment.
"Are you kidding? Make them disappear!" Tony felt that he was not weak enough to lie on the stretcher. Even though he was a little injured now, but once he got serious, it wouldn't be a problem to hit ten of them - if Little Pepper
If not.
Tony slowly walked towards Pepper who was facing him.
Pepper Pepper saw Tony returning safely, but looking injured, and couldn't help but choked up. Tears filled her eyes, and she tried hard not to cry.
"Your eyes are red!" Tony said sternly: "Crying for your handsome boss who has been missing for a long time?"
"Because of this, I don't have to waste time and energy looking for a new job." Little Pepper said firmly, "That's why I'm happy."
"Yeah, the vacation is over." Tony shrugged. Although he also knew that Pepper was lying, women have hard mouths but soft hearts, so don't expose her.
"Where to go, sir?" asked Happy, Tony's driver and bodyguard.
"Please take us to the hospital." Xiao Chili said seriously.
"No!" Tony rejected the proposal directly.
"No, Tony, you have to go to the hospital!" Pepper said solemnly.
"Nothing is necessary, right now I just want to do two things, eat an American cheeseburger, and..."
"That's impossible." With Pepper's many years of experience in taking care of Tony, Pepper knew what was on Tony's mind even if Tony didn't say it out loud...
She knew that even life and death encounters could not change Tony's playfulness.
"It's not what you think!" Tony said helplessly. He himself also knew what image he had in Pepper's mind...
It can be said that if this trip to Afghanistan was just a simple kidnapping, it was not that I was almost killed by a bomb produced by the Stark Group, or it was not that I discovered that the terrorists were holding weapons produced by the Stark Group.
If so, he would indeed want to do what Pepper is thinking now to vent his emotions.
"Hold a press conference for me immediately!"
"Press conference, what is it for? Stock price?" Little Pepper wondered: "Don't worry about this..."
The news that Tony had been rescued had already spread throughout the United States when he arrived safely at the US military base. Since then, the Stark Group's stock price has begun to rise rapidly and is about to reach a new high.
"Okay, Happy, let's drive and buy a cheeseburger first." Tony changed the subject and said to Happy.
He didn't dare tell Pepper that he held a press conference to shut down the military industry department of the Stark Group. Otherwise, Pepper would definitely think that he was crazy and would find a psychiatrist for him instead of obeying his orders.
The global military industry hegemon, Stark Group, has closed its military industry department. What will become of Stark Group?
A military-industrial conglomerate that does not produce arms?
The stocks of Stark Group that have just recovered will probably fall at a faster rate than before Tony disappeared, and it will never end.
Even if Stark Group will not go bankrupt by then, it will definitely be greatly reduced in size, lose its ultimate monopoly in a certain field, and become a second-tier technology group company, instead of the current market value of more than 300 billion US dollars.
Military industrial overlord.
This is just crazy.
Tony also knew that his idea would not be supported by anyone, so he did not tell anyone. This was just an idea that had been swirling in his mind after he escaped death.
Therefore, Tony wanted to hold a press conference directly to turn this idea into an established fact. By then, it would be useless for anyone to make the right statement.
Stark Tower.
A Lincoln was driving slowly.
A large group of people blocked the door of Stark Tower and welcomed him with warm applause.
"Look here!" Old bald Obadi trotted to the car door with a happy face and opened the door for Tony.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Tony!" Obadi hugged Tony affectionately. It was impossible to tell that he was the culprit of Tony's kidnapping. Absolute acting skills
Pai: "I thought you would go to the hospital for a checkup first!"
"I have already checked within the base in Afghanistan." Tony smiled.
Then, Tony took the cheeseburger from Happy's hand.
"Oh, burger, you have to eat a hamburger." Obadi said humorously: "Do you have my share?"
"It's the last one, I want to eat it myself." Tony said, spreading his hands.
Surrounded by Obadi, Tony walked towards the Stark Group.
…
In the office of the chairman of the umbrella company.
Murphy also came back from the zombie world. In order to express his complicated feelings about coming back after spending several years in the zombie world, Murphy chose to find his girlfriends one by one to transfer knowledge. He has always been so good as a teacher.
Then it was Erica's turn.
But Erica obviously couldn't bear Murphy's overly advanced knowledge transmission.
Mortal wisdom has its limits after all.
So after her brain couldn't bear it anymore, Erica couldn't help but show a look of pain on her face.
But Mo Fei knew very well that jade cannot be polished until it can be used, so even if Erica looked painful, for the sake of Erica's future, he had to grit his teeth and continue to transmit knowledge to Erica.
Outside Erica's office, a group of traders are paying close attention to the stock changes of Stark Group in the stock market.
Due to Murphy's spoilers, Erica led the Umbrella Company and targeted the Scott Group early on.
If given the opportunity to become the majority shareholder of Stark Group, Erica would even dare to use all the cash flow of the umbrella and the money power hidden by the five fingers for hundreds of years, all at once.
…
Returning to the Stark Group, Tony naturally became the well-deserved protagonist.
He was going to hold a press conference, and all the mainstream media outlets in the country swarmed in, wanting to get the first-hand news after Tony Stark was kidnapped and escaped from Afghanistan.
Pepper looked at Tony walking towards the podium and smiled.
He’s still the same confident, bratty Tony!
"Hey, can everyone sit down?" Tony sat lazily under the podium, took out a cheeseburger in one hand, took a bite, and said, "This way everyone can see me, and I can be more casual.
"
Everyone looked at each other and slowly sat down with helpless smiles. They had long been used to Tony's nonsense - there were no seats here, so they could only sit on the floor.
Some ladies thought it was indecent, so they took out their bags and put them on the ground, then knelt and sat on them.
With a kind smile on his face, Obadi sat next to Tony, like a father accompanying a mischievous child.
"It's nice to see you." Tony said to Obadi seriously. He truly regarded Obadi as a relative at this moment.
"I feel good seeing you, too." Obadi smiled and patted Tony's shoulder gently.
"I didn't get to say goodbye to my dad, and I didn't get to see my dad for the last time." Tony took another bite of the cheeseburger and thought: "There are some questions I want to ask him. I wanted to ask him what he thought of his company's actions.
Has he ever been conflicted or doubted? Maybe he is just like the one in the newsreel introduction..."
Tony said with a look of sadness: "I witnessed young people being killed, killed by the weapons I made to protect them..."
Tony still remembers watching the young soldier who protected him on the battlefield in Afghanistan with his own eyes being shot in the head in front of him.
"I found myself becoming the most annoying person I had ever been, enjoying myself without wanting to take any responsibility..."
"What exactly happened?" A reporter interrupted Tony's recollection and asked confusedly. Tony's words at this time were in a mess. He felt that Tony should see a psychiatrist at this moment.
The media didn't even know what Tony wanted to say.
"After this trip to Afghanistan, I woke up." Tony stood up from the ground, formally walked onto the podium, looked at the media reporters in the audience with a solemn face, and said: "I realized that I can contribute to
This world is not just about making things that can explode. Because of this, I will close the weapons manufacturing department of the Stark Group, effective immediately."
The scene was in an uproar, everyone was shocked by Tony's words.
The reporters stood up in a hurry and rushed towards Tony, hoping to get more news from Tony.
After Tony said those shocking words, Obadi couldn't help but walked to Tony's side and put his arm around Tony's shoulders, intending to stop Tony from continuing.
"Until I can decide where this company's future lies and where it should develop, it will definitely give me peace of mind and be in the best interests of this country and the world." Even though he was being pushed off the podium by Obadi,
But Tony still insisted on finishing his point of view.
"Everyone, Tony may not have gotten over the trauma of being kidnapped yet..." Obadi stood on the podium instead of Tony and said with a smile: "What we should pay more attention to is... Tony is back!"
"And he is healthier than before. We will have an internal discussion and will give you an answer at that time."
Obviously, Obadi's rescue efforts were of no use.
After Tony's words were publicized by the media, Stark Group's stocks, which had just recovered due to Tony's safe return, began to plummet again, and the rate of decline was even faster than the previous stock decline caused by Tony's kidnapping in Afghanistan.
Even faster.
As the world's largest military-industrial conglomerate, if Stark Group no longer engages in the arms business, what will it do?
Do you sell drinks?
Most of the United States was shocked by Tony's shocking words, while the trader outside the office of the chairman of the Umbrella Company was manipulating the keyboard with his fingers flying like wild bees.
In this world, except for a certain bald woman, probably only Murphy knows that this is the lowest point for the Stark Group's stock since then. After Tony took out the miniaturized Ark reactor, more efficient energy
, thus setting off a new energy revolution, Stark Group will reverse the trend and rapidly expand into a super large group with a market value of one trillion US dollars.
It has the opportunity to replace oil and become a new clean energy source for mankind in the future. Its value can be imagined...
Been busy for most of the day.
Erica's female secretary entered her office to give her a report on this financial war.
"We have acquired 16.49% of Stark Group's shares."
The office was filled with the scent of heather, but Erica's secretary seemed oblivious and reported various indicators to Erica in detail.
It’s a bit funny to say that the money Umbrella acquired to acquire shares of Stark Group was all earned through several short selling and long selling of Stark Group, and it acquired 16.49% of Stark Group’s shares.
.
"If we want to continue the acquisition, we will have to use our group's own funds."
"Boss, what do you think?" Erica looked at Murphy.
"Stop it, don't make Tony Stark angry. After all, the most valuable thing in the Stark Group is Tony Stark's brain, not other junk." Murphy said.
He smacked his lips and said: "I'm afraid he won't continue to shine in a company where he has no leadership..."