Since the end of June, Tony has been staying at his Malibu beach villa every day, tinkering with his new armor. All company matters have been left to Pepper, which has caused dissatisfaction among many of the company's veterans.
Pepper just turned 30, but she has openly grasped the power of the president of Stark Group. It is impossible for a lot of old guys not to have some opinions in their hearts.
Tony's huge scientific research expenses in the past two months made them even more frightened.
Tony's absence often gave them some bad associations.
For example, is Tony crazy because of the fear of losing? Top scientists are similar to top artists, and mental illness is a common problem among this group of highly intelligent people.
It may also be that Tony, who has not been seen for a long time, is seriously ill, and Pepper took the opportunity to frantically mobilize a large number of the company's high-end resources and poach the company's talents to enrich himself.
Under such pressure, Tony could not resist Obaday's repeated requests, and finally came out of the villa and went to Afghanistan in person to try to get the military order.
Stark Group has spent more than 2 billion US dollars in research and development funds in two months. He really needs to let shareholders see the hope of making money.
It would be more convincing if this first order was completed by him personally.
Tony is still confident in weapons development.
His inventions made Stark Group money for many years, and the company's founder, Howard Stark, is his father.
Tony is the president, so they have to hold back even if they are not convinced.
People who can do administrative work, but their scientific research abilities are like retards in front of Tony.
There are people who have certain scientific research capabilities, but their status is not as good as Tony's.
Tony Stark managed the company prosperously with his own strength, his father's reputation, and Pepper's administrative ability.
No one is qualified to challenge his position, not even the super veteran and major shareholder like Obaday.
Moreover, he is also a genius scientist who is best at persuading military generals.
For example, Hammer Defense, which has been trying to squeeze into the mid-to-high-end arms market, would easily find a lot of problems with its products every time it brought out some samples to compete with the Stark Group.
Even many generals who had received benefits from Hammer Defense were shaken by Tony and finally gave the order to Stark Group.
Tony's sharp tongue has never been something that ordinary people can bear, and it is even more sharp and terrifying when it comes to technology.
Anyone who wants to find fault with Stark Group's products will be refuted by the young master in just a few words and be speechless.
Compared to Tony, the weapons developers at Hammer Defense are at the same level as kindergarten children, while Tony is at least a doctoral supervisor.
There is no point in fighting between the two sides.
However, Tony had just made this Jericho missile a few days ago. Apart from following the same pattern and rushing out a set of three test-firing products, the technicians of Stark Group had not had time to gain a deeper understanding of it.
If we let them do the sales, gold will be sold like shit. It is still most reliable for Tony to do it himself.
Anyway, Tony made up his mind that the round trip by private jet would only take one day at most, and the on-site demonstration would take half a day from departure to completion, so he could return to Los Angeles within two days.
After receiving the first batch of orders from the military, the company only needs to contact the public relations department to continue lobbying the military to increase the purchase volume, and he does not need to worry about this matter anymore.
Shareholders who want to make money will take care of it themselves.
With this income, shareholders will at least behave themselves for a few months.
As for why he was still using the company's scientific research resources after the Jericho missile was manufactured, he could just find another project to fool them.
After such hard work, Tony felt that his ears would have another two or three months of rest.
The first half of the event was business as usual.
Tony flew to Afghanistan to select a test site.
Looking at the military delegation in front of him, he said, "Which is better, to be respected or to be feared? Many people think this is a multiple-choice question, but I think we can have both."
The representatives in front of him were focused by these words.
"Some people say that the best weapon can threaten others without firing. I don't agree with that." He raised his voice slightly: "I think the best weapon also needs to be fired once! This is what my father and the United States are most accustomed to, and it is also the most effective so far."
Having said that, he waved to the technicians beside him, signaling them to start work.
"As long as we find an excuse and open fire once, those Kongbu elements will be scared and hide in the dark caves and tremble like those rats." Tony's words were filled with extremely strong confidence.
The representatives agreed with this.
Find an excuse and give him a niang shot! As long as you defeat your opponent, then everything you say is right.
This is the glorious tradition of America.
For example, the atomic bomb was invented by Howard Stark! The United States used it twice, and the effect was first-rate.
While everyone was thinking about this, a Jericho missile was shot out from the launch pad not far away and flew straight to the mountain in front of everyone.
Tony looked calm, and slowly raised his hands, as calm as the statue on the Cristo del Monte in Rio: "Gentlemen, let me bring you Stark Group's new epoch-making product, the Jericho Missile."
Boom boom boom!
A series of huge explosions sounded, and the entire mountain was shaking and engulfed in rising smoke and dust.
The fierce air waves mixed with sand and dust quickly swept across the entire test site.
The young master who was pretending to be cool was made to stagger two steps. The hats of the military representatives were all blown away, and their clothes were pressed tightly against their bodies, with the corners of their clothes rustling.
Looking at the expressions of the representatives, Tony coughed twice, knowing that he had successfully fooled this group of bureaucrats who didn't understand science, and that the third-rate missiles he had hastily produced could be sold for a good price.
As expected, as always, there were no surprises with the order.
After confirming that the Ministry of Defense would place an order, Tony walked to the side, opened a large insulated box, and handed the representatives present the chilled wine stored inside. He said, "For every $500 million transaction, we will give you a box of wine. This box is on me, so it doesn't count."
He raised his glass and said, "To peace."
At this time, his phone rang. It was Obaday who called and said that there was something in the company that needed him to go online to handle.
Tony certainly would not handle company affairs in the wilderness of Afghanistan and return to base early.
A group of generals stayed at the test site, preparing to use the remaining two Jericho missiles to continue testing the destructive effects.
Therefore, most of the more than 200 accompanying soldiers stayed at the test site to protect the delegation and the two Jericho missiles.
There were only ten vehicles carrying more than thirty American soldiers escorting Tony back to the base.
However, this is not a big problem.
The distance between the base and the test site is not far. If the convoy encounters an accident, a large number of reinforcements can be called at any time.