In a large conference room in the office building of Stark Industries, all the company's directors were present.
Sitting in their respective chairs, they chatted with each other familiarly and complained about Tony Stark, who hadn't arrived yet.
After Howard's fake death, Stark Industries had been in trouble for a time. At Obadiah's instigation, Tony Stark had sold 10% of the 40% shares he had inherited from Howard to save the troubled company. That was how the current board of directors came into being.
Later, when the company went public, Tony Stark reduced 20% of his shares as tradable shares. Now, Tonny only had 10% of Stark Industries' shares. After a series of share changes, the size of the board of directors had further expanded. There were now nine directors, who held more than 10% of the company's shares.
So the actual control of Stark Industries wasn't in Tony Stark's hands, but in the hands of the board members present.
This was also Obadiah's plan to take over Tonny through the board of directors and take control of Stark Industries.
For Tony Stark, the board members, like Obadiah, just regarded him as a tool to make money for them. Tony Stark continued to develop new weapons, and they sold these weapons to anyone who needed them, whether they were the national army or terrorists. As long as they could bring them wealth, they didn't care who these weapons ended up in.
From this point of view, they had the same concept and pursuit as Obadiah. So when Tonny planned to close the weapons manufacturing department, they didn't hesitate to stop Tonny's work and help Obadiah seize power so that he could take full control of the company.
This was also the result of Obadiah's years of planning and hard work.
Now that Obadiah, the spokesman of the board of directors, was dead, Tony Stark, as the chairman, gathered them together for a board meeting. They didn't know what Tonny's purpose was for this board meeting.
Although he has become Iron Man, in their view, he is still the playboy who is being played by them. If it were them, they would never disclose their identity. He is still as arrogant and naive as before.
If he knew what was good for him, they wouldn't mind restoring his job and letting him continue to be in charge of the company and make money for them.
After all, Tony Stark was really a genius in weapon development. As long as he was willing to continue to develop more advanced and more powerful weapons for the company, they would continue to enjoy the endless wealth that Stark Industries had created for them.
If Tony Stark is still stubborn, they don't mind continuing to restrict him and support an obedient spokesperson. Anyway, the existing weapons technology of Stark Industries is enough for them to make huge profits. Without Tony Stark, they just make less money.
Therefore, when Tony Stark walked in, there was no respect in the eyes of the board members. Instead, there was a kind of condescending look in their eyes.
But soon, their eyes turned to the few people who came in with Tony Stark, especially when a tall, slender Chinese young man with a cold and majestic face sat down on the chair that originally belonged to the chairman. Several directors couldn't help but frown.
"Tonny! Who is this person? "
A man in his fifties, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and a mean face, asked Tony Stark, who had just sat down next to Chen Mo.
Tony Stark, on the other hand, simply ignored his question and didn't even look at him.
You dare to talk to me with this attitude, it would be strange if I pay attention to you!
Moreover, he didn't know how to introduce Chen Mo. Tell everyone, this is my godfather. You can call him Dad like me?
Ah, no, uncle, because he is almost a hundred years old and has just come out from under the ice.
The fact that all of you are still alive and kicking here is all thanks to him for saving your lives back then!
Tony Stark just held the board meeting according to Chen Mo's request. He didn't know Chen Mo's plan, but no matter what Chen Mo wanted to do, he would fully support him.
The director who asked the question just now found that no one paid attention to him. He couldn't help but turn red with anger. He glared fiercely at Tony Stark and turned his eyes to Chen Mo. Just as he was about to directly question Chen Mo, Chen Mo's eyes suddenly looked at him.
Chen Mo's eyes were indifferent and cold, which made people feel cold all over, as if it could freeze people's souls. The sharp aura contained in it made people's hearts twitch involuntarily. The questioning words that were about to come out of his mouth were directly swallowed back into his stomach. The arrogant head unconsciously lowered, avoiding Chen Mo's gaze.
Chen Mo's gaze swept across the faces of everyone present. Anyone who met his gaze instantly changed their arrogant expression.
These directors were just rich people who controlled the power of the company. In the end, they were just ordinary people. How could they compare to Chen Mo, who had killed countless people and controlled the imperial power of the Empire?
Under his sharp gaze, they all retreated in defeat, not daring to look him in the eye. They couldn't help but feel a little wary of this strange person who suddenly appeared in their hearts.
After looking around indifferently, Chen Mo raised his hand and waved at Phil Coulson behind him. When Phil Coulson and Pepper went forward to hold a few documents and distribute them to everyone, Chen Mo slowly opened his mouth and said.
"I am the boss of this company!"
Everyone present, including Tony Stark, was stunned when they heard this. Then they saw the documents that Phil Coulson and Pepper placed in front of them.
With doubts in their hearts, everyone opened the documents in front of them and started reading.
As they flipped through the documents, the expressions on everyone's faces became more and more interesting.
At the top of the document was a copy of an equity transfer contract. This contract showed that 70 years ago, Howard sold 60% of Stark Industries' shares to Chen Mo for 60 million USD. In other words, the person named Chen Mo in the contract held 60% of the company's shares and was the real boss of Stark Industries.
In fact, everyone present knew that Stark Industries had a mysterious major shareholder who occupied 60% of the company's shares, but he had never shown up or interfered with the company's operations.
The huge annual dividends had always been transferred to Howard's private research account, and after Howard's' death ', it became Tony Stark's. Therefore, Tony Stark's research funds had always been provided by this mysterious controlling shareholder. If it weren't for the fact that Howard's research on anti-gravity technology was too expensive and spent all the money in the account, Tony Stark wouldn't have sold his shares to save the troubled company under Obadiah's instigation.
Although Tony Stark only owned 10% of Stark Industries' shares, he actually enjoyed 70% of the company's dividends alone, and the several directors of the board of directors each only had about 1%.
However, Tony Stark was obsessed with weapons and technology research and development, spending most of this huge income on experiments. The final results were handed over to Stark Industries for production and sales, saving the company and other shareholders a lot of research funds.
However, Tony Stark didn't care about this before. In his opinion, experiments and research were his hobbies, and he enjoyed the process. Stark Industries was also his own company, so there was no need to calculate it so clearly.
Therefore, these shareholders of the board of directors had always been taking advantage of Tonny with a clear conscience.
Tony Stark didn't care before because 70% of the profits returned to him in the end anyway, and money was just a number to him. Stark Industries was built by his father, Howard, and now it was in his hands. He wanted to see it continue to develop and grow. His research results were for his own company to use, so there was no need for research and development expenses.
Of course, now that Obadiah and the board of directors had schemed against him, Tonny was no longer as naive as before.
In fact, everyone, including Tony, didn't know the situation of this mysterious major shareholder. His information seemed to have been deliberately hidden. Everyone only knew of his existence, but no one knew who he was or why he didn't participate in the management of the company even though he clearly had the controlling shares. He even gave the huge dividends to the Stagg Family to use as they pleased.
At this time, this contract solved the doubts in everyone's hearts. An additional clause in the contract stated that Chen Mo would give all the profits to Howard for research purposes.
As for not participating in the management, that was a private verbal agreement between the two. Of course, for the two of them, this was enough. If it weren't for the formal documents required for the distribution of shares and profits, the two of them wouldn't even have to sign the contract. Would Howard dare to renege on Chen Mo's account? Obviously, he didn't have the guts.
If Chen Mo reneged on the contract, Howard could only endure it. After all, he couldn't beat Chen Mo.
The authenticity of this contract could be determined at a glance. They didn't think it was fake, but some people found a problem.
"This contract was signed seventy years ago. Don't tell us that you're Chen Mo?"
Although they were intimidated by Chen Mo's momentum at first, when it came to the control of the company, the huge benefits made them put aside their fears.
At this time, Tony Stark, who had finished reading the contract, spoke.
"You should know my father's identity. During World War II, he joined a special department of the Allies. You must have heard of one of his former comrades, Chen Mo, the commander of the special forces!"
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