“Buzz—”
Lynn made a sudden comeback and came to the disappearing cabinet again.
He had been thrown out before and there were still a few things he hadn't had time to do.
First, he needed to figure out whether the repaired Vanishing Cabinet would attract Strange's attention;
Secondly, he also needs to figure out what stage the restoration of the Vanishing Cabinet has reached.
If it could send a living person over now, that would be a lot of fun.
Thinking of this, Lin En took out a sick seabird from his pocket. It was the one he had just caught outside the subway.
"Good luck." Lynn put it into the disappearing cabinet and closed the door.
At first, the sound of seabirds flapping and struggling could be heard from inside, but then the sound became weaker and weaker, and gradually became silent.
A few minutes later, Lynn opened the cabinet door again.
The seabird had lost all hope of life.
There is ample space in the cabinet and sufficient air inside, so it is impossible for the seabirds to suffocate to death in just a few minutes.
Then the conclusion is obvious, the current Vanishing Cabinet cannot teleport living things.
Lynn was relieved.
Then he took the initiative to ask the Room of Requirement to send him out.
Now he is going to test the second thing, to see if Doctor Strange will come back again.
One minute, three minutes, ten minutes... Twenty minutes passed, and Lynn still didn't see Doctor Strange.
"So, the Doctor Strange storyline is over?" Lynn was in a very happy mood.
…
The holiday was fulfilled thanks to Lynn's efforts, and Wednesday soon arrived.
Stark Industries organized a strategic cooperation meeting today, inviting giants from the machinery, materials and electronics industries.
Lynn originally wanted to ask Spider-Man if he would go, but after looking through his social media for a while, he found that they were all photos of him and MJ, so he tactfully shut up.
It seems that it has to be our good brother Hughes.
"Listen to me, Iron Man must be working on a revolutionary plan this time." In the back seat, Hughes and Lynn analyzed the situation carefully.
"The performance and quality of the response products that White Industries has brought out this time far exceed the requirements of military products. In addition, the shipment volume confirmed at the beginning is very large, requiring at least six backup production lines for each type of product. This is definitely a high-intensity replacement demand."
Hughes didn't care at all that this might involve trade secrets.
"This is a lucrative job. Your family was able to grab this kind of business."
"There were three or four competitors before, but they were not very courageous and only brought out some conservative products." Hughes smiled as he spoke. "White Industries was originally following a similar approach, but fortunately we finally came up with a solution that was still in the research stage, which made the people at Stark Industries change their attitude."
"Still in the research stage? It sounds like this project is quite risky." Lynn wanted to hear more, after all, there was a part of him involved.
"High risk, high return." Hughes seemed accustomed to this. He continued, "The risk does not only come from the investment aspect, but also from the social pressure."
"That's why I said just now that this must be a revolutionary plan." Hughes suddenly sounded meaningful.
"What do you mean?" Lynn became interested.
He was just trying to understand the current social response to Stark's artificial intelligence plan. After being roped into Stark's plan, he would likely face pressure in this regard.
"The biggest pressure comes from the military. After we decided to sign the letter of intent for cooperation, we soon received an inspection from them. They seemed to be very wary of the Iron Man project. But the problem is that we at White Industries don't know what the ultimate goal of the project is. We are only responsible for the production of intelligent monitoring and identification systems, and some of the core technologies and algorithms used are provided by Stark Industries." Hughes shrugged.
"There is also Stark Industries' old rival, Hammer Industries. To be honest, they have not recovered since they were severely damaged by Stark Industries last time. However, they are very jealous of this project. They are trying their best to learn more about the situation from us, but I always feel that there is some calculation behind this."
Hammer Industries is the arms company that produced the Robot Army in Iron Man 2 and competed with Stark Industries.
"Besides that?"
"There are also some neurotic non-profit organizations that heard this news from somewhere and kept shouting that Iron Man was going to destroy the world. The company's complaint mailbox was filled with their spam."
"They...always are like this." Lynn shrugged.
The two were chatting animatedly when the driver suddenly stopped the car.
Only then did they realize that they had arrived at Stark Tower.
A pot-bellied man in a suit was busy receiving relevant personnel.
That's Happy, Stark's driver and assistant.
"The venue is in the exhibition hall on the second floor. After entering the building, staff will lead you to your seats."
When seeing Lynn, Happy was about to say hello but was stopped by the former.
He came here purely to attend the dinner with Hughes, not to work for Stark.
Since it was just a meeting to sign a letter of intent, there might be some changes in the investment amount during the meeting, so each company brought a small team for emergency meetings. At this time, Lynn and Hughes, as idlers, could only wander around the exhibition hall.
This place is filled with Stark Industries' best-selling products, and models of high-tech products are everywhere, including new energy devices, aerospace technology, advanced medical equipment, etc. In the center of the exhibition hall, there is a life-size model of Iron Man.
That is the Mark III, the most well-known model of Iron Man.
"Do you think this could be a real Iron Man armor? But without the power system connected?"
Hughes stared at it.
"If you want to try it on, I can keep watch for you." Lynn shrugged.
"Hey, man, you said that."
Hughes immediately placed his hands on the armor and pretended to dismantle it.
However, at this moment, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded.
"drop-"
The buzzer kept screaming, causing everyone in the exhibition hall to panic.
"what happened?"
"What's going on?"
Hughes and Lynn looked at each other, then looked at the Mark III model together, and were a little stunned for a moment.
Just a touch...
Before they could figure out what was going on, they saw a group of men in black hurriedly running up to the exhibition hall from downstairs, followed closely by Ms. Pepper and Happy.
"I'm very sorry, dear guests, someone has hacked into our security system. The meeting is temporarily suspended. Please forgive me for the inconvenience!"
Pepper quickly calmed the situation while looking back and forth among the crowd.
She looked worried.
Finally, she fixed her gaze on a certain direction in the venue.
"Hey, that's Ms. Pepper from Stark Industries. Why do I feel like she's looking at us? Damn, is she suspecting us?" Hughes quickly withdrew his hand from the armor.
However, Lynn didn't think so.
The phone in his trouser pocket vibrated, and if he guessed correctly, it should be a text message from Pepper.
There must be some other reason.