Stark wouldn't do that if William handed over the company's affairs to someone else.
He, who had yet to experience a life-and-death situation, only had himself and his interests in mind.
Thankfully, William had never shown any signs of developing in the military industry. So, although Stark didn't like William, he wasn't jealous of him.
He already had the idea of Banner's suggestion that he study Mecha when he saw the Anti-Transformer Battle Armor.
The design for the miniaturization of the arc reactor had been on his mind all this time.
However, as a businessman, he wanted to maximize his profits, so even though he had a preliminary plan, he didn't want to take it out now.
After all, he only had 28% of Stark Industries' shares. He wouldn't let other shareholders benefit for nothing.
Besides, the war in the desert showed no signs of ending in the last year or two. Instead, it seemed to be getting more and more intense.
As a result, the profits of the military business in the past few years had been too high. Not only did they not have to worry about orders, the shareholders pursued military stocks more than they did pharmaceutical and high-tech stocks.
Otherwise, it was impossible for Stark Industries' market value to triple to more than $300 billion in less than seven years.
If they really developed a weapon that could determine the direction of the battlefield, it would hurt Stark Industries' interests. If the war continued for a few more years, the company's market value would easily exceed $500 billion.
Thus, he only planned to use the small arc reactor as his trump card until the end of the war.
At that time, he would mortgage some of his shares to get a lot of cash.
Once the war was over, the military industry would lose its profitability, and the stock price would definitely fluctuate and fall. It wouldn't be surprising if it fell several times.
That way, he would be able to buy a large number of Stark Industries shares, expand his holdings, and firmly control Stark Industries.
After the stock price fell for a few months, he would announce to the public that he had made a new breakthrough in energy research. At that time, whether he kept it for himself or used the technology to buy shares, it wouldn't be hard for him to pull the stock price back up.
So, with this idea in mind, Stark didn't want to materialize the small reactor at all, in case there was a leak.
"Sir, your private helicopter is being asked to land at a designated location. You and Mr. Banner should set off now."
Hearing J.A.R.V.I.S's words, Stark smiled and said, "Let's go, Banner. Let's find a place to have breakfast and talk about whether you would like to take on some research projects from me in the future.
At the same time, we can also avoid being out of the frontline research for a long time and be eliminated by the times. "
"God, I'm running for my life. Where would I find the time to do research in peace? Also, is this appropriate?"
Banner was actually quite tempted by this proposal. He had already experienced the pain of being on the run without money, but he was worried that it would bring trouble to Stark.
"What's there to be unsuitable about?" Tony chuckled. "I'll register an account for you in the Offshore Islands and get those guys who specialize in helping people solve special problems to send you cash.
Even if you lose half of your money because of this, 100,000 USD and 50,000 USD should be the same to you, right? "
Banner, who rarely came into contact with this aspect, was stunned for a few seconds. Then, he shook his head and laughed at himself. "Forget 50,000, 5,000 US dollars is enough for me to live a good life for a year or two."
"That's good. Let's go."
Taking Banner into the elevator, Stark said to J.A.R.V.I.S, "J.A.R.V.I.S, remember to ask my lawyer to send a lawyer's letter to Ross and the guy who forced the private helicopter to stop.
Then tell Ross, the boss of the three-star general, to come to me if he wants to withdraw the lawsuit. "
"Yes, sir."
When Banner heard this, he sighed in his heart that it was still good to be rich.
Stark seemed to know what Banner would think and shrugged, "Man, if I don't do this, in a few days, there will be people like Ross who will come looking for trouble with me.
In order for me to have time to communicate with girls in the future, instead of running back and forth in all kinds of trouble, I can only let others be unlucky. "
"Alright," Banner said with a smile, "It seems that I really don't have the talent to be a capitalist."
"Then do what you do best and let a capitalist like me solve the rest for you."
The two of them took the elevator to the underground parking lot. A sports car set off first and sped out of New York amidst the roaring sound of the engine.
After waiting for about thirty seconds, J.A.R.V.I.S reported that there was a car following behind the sports car. Stark took Banner out of the building openly and sat in the extended Cadillac that had a fist mark on it.
Sitting in the car, Banner sighed in shock, "It seems that there are gains and losses. Even the super-rich have to be careful. Also, how did you calculate so accurately?"
"Then do you want to be a rich man or an ordinary person who runs around for money?"
Banner was embarrassed. "Alright, pretend I didn't ask."
Tony laughed a few times, "I don't need to calculate at all. J.A.R.V.I.S will plan everything and tell me the least dangerous travel plan. All I have to do is do as he says."
When the convoy left Stark Building, the private helicopter also obediently flew back and landed in an open space.
As soon as the helicopter landed, Bronski, who had received the news that a sports car had left Stark Building, quickly stepped forward to check it out.
Looking at the empty cabin, the disappointed Bronski could only helplessly report the situation to Ross.
After hearing this, Ross wanted to kill Stark immediately, but he knew that it was impossible.
He sighed, "Forget it, take Banner's serum back to the base in New York. Leave the rest to me."
Ross picked up his phone and called Stark again, but he heard the notification that the phone was turned off. "Damn Stark, you don't want to be a good playboy, but you have to challenge other people's bottom line."
After Hulk escaped, the transport plane crashed in New York City, causing a large number of casualties. Ross knew that he would soon be in big trouble.
Therefore, capturing Hulk was the simplest and most effective solution. The other way was to activate Bronski to become a super power like Hulk.
But because Hulk was too violent and irrational, Ross didn't want to inject Hulk's serum into Bronski so hastily unless it was a last resort.
Even if he had to take the risk, he had to study the composition of the serum first and see if it could be replicated. After all, compared with a super soldier, Ross and his superiors valued organized soldiers more.
But he wanted to take it slow. Some people were ecstatic when they heard the news.
Although Ross's arrangements for the Decepticons were well-hidden, he had mobilized too many people and equipment. Some people didn't need to know the specific plan to have a rough guess.
Four hours later, at eight o 'clock in the morning, Ross, who was meeting with Obadiah Stane, the second shareholder of Stark Industries, received an order to go back and report.
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