Luke was more than happy to see that happen.
If the tycoon didn't suffer a few times, he wouldn't be able to change his bad habits.
However, it would be best to find an opportunity to gamble with this tycoon. Luke murmured inwardly, Otherwise, if he was the slightest bit unlucky and the tycoon really died, he would definitely be heartbroken.
He called Jenny again. "I want to confirm that we're already in, right?"
Jenny also heard the news on the other end. She immediately asked nervously, "What's going on? You didn't receive bad news, did you? "
Luke chuckled. "No, I just wanted to make sure that I bought the winning ticket one last time before I hit the jackpot."
Jenny didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Why do you care so much? You weren't this nervous when our company was valued at billions before. "
Luke said, "It's just a small obsession. Just this once."
Of course, he couldn't say that Iron Man was undoubtedly the most important thing that he had left behind in his previous life.
Thanks to Tony Stark's name, he had long known part of the future of this world.
As a transmigrator, how could he abandon the glorious tradition of making a fortune by sticking close to the protagonist?
Ever since he came to this world, he had always had an idea: in this life, he had to make a fortune with "inside information."
With the rise of Iron Man, this might be the last time Luke would use his memories from his previous life to make money.
It was the end.
It was Luke's final farewell to his once ordinary self, and the beginning of a great era for this world.
At that moment, a reporter on TV asked, "What exactly happened to you in Afghanistan?"
Tony, who had been a little distracted earlier, seemed to have been roused by the question. He suddenly stood up from his seat and said, "That's not important. It just completely woke me up. I realized that I had to contribute more to this world than just making explosive weapons. "
At that moment, he walked back to the podium and finally revealed the real big news. "… So, I've decided to close down Stark Industries' weapons manufacturing division, effective immediately!"
The reporters below the podium burst out in exclamations, and countless viewers couldn't help but cry out.
On the other end of the phone, Jenny was clearly stunned. Then, she screamed continuously, "How is that possible? How could he make such a decision?! And he even said it at a press conference? How dare he … "
Luke reluctantly moved the phone away.
A few seconds later, he had to raise his voice to wake up a certain female CEO who was at a loss for words. "Jenny, Jenny, calm down! Calm down! "
Interrupted by his shout, Jenny finally stopped talking. "Ah, what's wrong?"
Luke said, "You can keep an eye on your team. That way, you'll know how much money you're making."
Jenny said, "Yes, yes, I'll go right away. They must be crazy with excitement right now. Bye, my dear. "Then he hung up the phone.
Luke put down his phone with a smile and watched as the smile on Obadiah's face gradually disappeared. In the end, he had no choice but to get the tycoon off the stage and stand on the podium to smooth things over.
But apparently, even Obadiah himself didn't believe that nonsense. In less than two minutes, he hurriedly announced the end of the press conference and chased after Tony.
It was conceivable that many newspapers would publish urgent special editions today to spread this great news to the people all over the world.
Luke heaved a sigh of relief and went to his workshop to get to work.
Now that his obsession was complete, the past was over. As long as he lived, he had to look forward.
Making this huge sum of money would only make him busier in the future, and he couldn't slack off now.
…
At night, in the Malibu villa, Pepper was watching a finance show in the living room.
The host of the show, who had always been known for his bold remarks, could no longer keep his butt down on the bench. He was jumping up and down and gesticulating. "… What else can Stark Industries do after shutting down its weapons manufacturing division? Sell it, sell it, sell it! Otherwise, you can just wait for the stocks in your hands to become junk stocks … "
Pepper couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Of course she wasn't angry.
There weren't many hosts in America who were qualified to make her angry, not to mention that this was just one of the hosts who had popped up today to criticize Stark Industries.
In fact, in the half a day after Tony Stark said that, Stark Industries' stock price had fallen by more than 5%.
It didn't sound like much, but given that Stark Industries was worth more than a trillion dollars, more than 50 billion dollars of wealth had evaporated.
Thankfully, the major shareholders who held a lot of shares were still waiting on the sidelines.
They weren't as blind as the small shareholders. They were waiting for the higher-ups of Stark Industries to give a clear message.
If Tony goes back on his words, everything will return to normal except for his face. The stock price will go back to normal the next day, and everyone will be happy.
However, after Tony made such a terrible statement, he never appeared in public again, which made the major shareholders feel very depressed.
This Young Master wouldn't have really dug a pit for everyone this time, right? The shareholders mumbled to themselves.
There were a lot of people who called Pepper to ask about the situation, and she didn't want to talk to any of them.
She knew that Tony was serious this time.
Faced with the company's stock price that was bound to plummet, most of the shareholders' shares would depreciate, and they would be more worried about the company's profits in the future.
Without profits, they wouldn't buy it.
Suddenly, her communicator rang. It was Tony calling her from the basement.
Not long after, Pepper came out of the basement with a complicated expression on her face, holding something that glowed blue and white.
It was the simple arc reactor that she had just taken off Tony's chest.
The tycoon, who had never been nostalgic, had just told her to throw it away, but Pepper felt that it wouldn't be bad to keep it as a souvenir.
She was much more nostalgic than the tycoon.
Less than a hundred meters from Tony's villa, she had just turned onto Route 1 by the sea when Happy, who was the driver, slammed on the brakes.
The arc reactor that Pepper was playing with almost fell, giving her a fright.
Although it wouldn't explode, as someone who didn't know much about technology, they would subconsciously think that there was electricity when they saw the wires, not to mention that this was a nuclear reactor.
"What happened?" she asked curiously.
Happy had always been a steady driver, and slamming on the brakes wasn't his style.
His eyes fixed on the front of the car, Happy's mouth moved, and it took him a long time to squeeze out a word. "Batman!"
Stunned, Pepper looked through the windshield and saw a black giant standing there.
She was just about to open the door when she heard Happy's voice. "Miss Potts, it's best not to. We're not sure why he's here. "
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