Dr. Banner received the text message, smiled bitterly, and replied briefly with a thank you.
Unlike what Luke imagined, Dr. Banner was eager to return to his laboratory to continue working. In fact, the doctor had recently been on vacation and the laboratory was at a standstill, waiting for funding.
Forced to take a vacation, he returned to Los Angeles to visit some old friends from school to see if he could get some inspiration for his research.
Putting down his phone, Dr. Banner sat helplessly on a wooden chair in the academy, muttering, "The experiment has not made any progress, and I just wanted to talk to Jennifer, but she was seriously injured and hospitalized. Am I so unlucky recently that even Jennifer has been implicated by me?"
In fact, the old friend he had an appointment with today suddenly said that he had something urgent to do and would come later.
The doctor, who had great doubts about his own bloodline, could only stare at the clear sky in a daze.
…
After getting rid of the Esworth family, who had been grudges against him for a long time, Luke felt relieved.
He shortened their working hours so that they could get home on time at four o'clock every afternoon.
Tony Stark has in his mind the new technologies that he has recently developed, and he needs to select the suitable parts to be used in the new armor.
Selina and Nugget's equipment also need to be adjusted slowly.
Even his personal hobby of restoring and replicating vintage machinery was temporarily suspended.
Apart from normal training, he spends the rest of his time immersed in the ocean of knowledge of new technologies.
Generally speaking, there are several clear watersheds in Tony Stark's technology.
The first and most important one is, of course, the appearance of Iron Man Armor.
This means that Tony has finally begun to approach the level of a superhero in terms of personal strength. Of course, this is only strength, and his state of mind is still far from enough.
But this did not affect Tony's brain, which was like a black-tech plug-in. Countless inspirations emerged and solved major problems in the manufacture and use of various armors.
The reason why Luke was able to make the "Terminator Armor" and the "Best Armor" so easily was that Tony had studied many directions when solving the problems of his own armor, and he personally trial-produced quite a few products.
Most of these things have been proven to be inapplicable to Tony's Iron Man armor.
But Luke is not making an iron suit, so he can use it.
Tony rarely discloses the Iron Man armor, but Luke doesn't mind this issue.
Anyway, he would only export low-end and mid-range products, such as those given to Damon and his daughter.
Of course, if he really dared to provide Damon and his daughter with top-level armor, they would be sent to some secret institution and tortured along with their armor within three days.
Therefore, mid- and low-end products are still somewhat useful. They are not easily coveted, and they are cheap and available in sufficient quantities.
Damon and his daughter can buy two sets for US$500,000, and small accessories are included, which is a very good price.
The only idle thing he did these days was to assemble three unbranded smartphones using the leftover ready-made parts.
He, Selina, and Claire each got one.
The three of them met at a small park in Claire's duty area, and had lunch together while handing over the phone.
Selena had used counterfeit mobile phones before, so she naturally understood what this so-called "prototype" was.
Little Monkey had no idea. He played with it excitedly for a while before he suddenly realized something was wrong: "Hey, why doesn't this phone have a trademark? Is it a titanium phone?"
Luke made a “hush” gesture and lowered his voice: “Come closer, I’ll tell you quietly.”
Then, he whispered in her ear, "I'm at the Titanium Mobile Phone Company... I have someone there! Just know it yourself, otherwise what will you do if someone asks you to help them get a prototype?"
Little Monkey nodded repeatedly. Many of her classmates in the police academy were looking for someone to get a titanium mobile phone in advance.
The titanium phone has not yet been officially put on sale. Currently, it is only distributed to some celebrities as trial models. For example, Sheila has a unique rose gold special edition.
The one Luke gave to Little Monkey is an Aurora Blue. Titanium phones won’t have this kind of shell for a few years, and it’s a special one among special ones.
Selena got the amber red version, which is also the only one of its kind.
He himself used the most common and inconspicuous black.
After being fooled by Luke, the little monkey excitedly took a few selfies and shot a few short videos. Then he remembered something and waved to Luke, motioning him to come closer.
"Since you have a relationship with the senior management of Titanium Mobile Phone, do you know Sheila?" Claire asked.
Luke was surprised: "How do you know I know her?"
Claire's eyes lit up: "Very familiar?"
Luke nodded without paying much attention: "It's okay, at least I have her private number."
Claire was immediately excited.
It’s okay for ordinary people, as their cell phone numbers can be easily looked up.
But it’s different for celebrities or bigwigs. Most people can only get their office phone numbers, and when they call, it’s usually their assistants or secretaries who answer.
The fact that Luke was able to officially obtain Sheila's private number proved that they had a good relationship.
"Luke~" Claire put her arms around his shoulders and shook his body.
It was a bit difficult for her petite body to perform this movement, and it even had an inexplicable sense of humor.
Luke: "Just tell me what you want me to do."
Claire tried to ask: "Well, I'm a big fan of Sheila..."
Luke immediately raised his hand: "Stop! You and I grew up together, and none of the songs you play are Sheila's."
Claire was shocked: "How... did you know? You don't seem to listen to music much, and you think the songs I like are too loud."
Luke snorted, "But I remember Sheila's voice. She didn't switch to being a rock singer. Do you listen to her songs?"
Claire chuckled and scratched her head: "Recently, recently I..."
She saw his expression of "I'll just watch you make up stories" and finally stopped making unnecessary efforts and confessed, "Well, actually I only like her latest single "Kiss from a Rose", which is the love song she wrote for Batman."
Luke looked confused: "Huh? What love song?"
Selena couldn't help but interrupt, "You're not exaggerating, are you? This song was released on the day of the Keren show, and it's already ranked number one on the singles chart."
Luke: …
He had never noticed this.
He was busy handling cases during the day, busy modifying armor for experiments in the afternoon, and at night he would make an appointment with Selena whenever he had the chance to find gang members and fight them.
With such a busy schedule, it is difficult for him to find time to listen to music.
Claire opened her mouth wide, and it took her a while to reluctantly accept the fact: "I always thought that you just didn't like rock music. Now I know that you don't like pop music either. Don't tell me, you like classical music."
Luke coughed lightly and said, "Classical music is definitely not my cup of tea. Rock music is okay, but I think the music you listen to is... just average."
Claire was shocked again: "What? Excuse me?"