"Of course. For someone like me who studies scientific strategy, anti-personnel weapons, and super technology, it would be difficult for me to do my job without war." Howard kept smiling and looked at Kyle: "Aren't you the same, if Without war, it would be impossible to rise from the rank of first lieutenant to the rank of second lieutenant in just a few weeks.”
"I have to say, you have a strong sense of profit." Kyle laughed dumbly and raised his wine glass to clink it with it.
War has advantages and disadvantages. For those who are capable, it is an unprecedented opportunity; for those who are incompetent, it is an abhorrent disaster.
Howard took a sip of wine and said, "Don't be too pretentious. If you want to discuss anything with me, just speak up. Otherwise, I'll go chat with the beautiful woman."
Kyle nodded and said straight to the point: "Okay, I'll just say it—I want shares of Stark Industries."
"You want to be a partner in my industry?" Howard was a little surprised and tapped his fingers on the table: "Can you tell me why."
Kyle said clearly while drinking: "It's very simple. I believe in the inherent potential of Stark Industries. In the future, it will be the top strategic and scientific manufacturing manufacturer on the planet. The most important thing is that I believe in you, You are truly a top talent.”
"I have to say, you are very discerning." Howard heard a satisfactory answer. He is already a great genius and has enough pride.
"Due to the war period, my current work focus is still on the country's scientific and technological strategic research. Although the Stark Industry has not yet made a big progress, it has achieved results in the anti-gravity project and will involve more in the future. Many scientific fields. If the war ends, Stark Industries will develop rapidly!"
When Howard said this, he looked at Kyle seriously and said, "It's not that I underestimate you. I've seen your file information. You don't have many assets to your name. The salary of an officer is not as high as that of a school-level officer." "How do you want to invest in Stark Industries?"
Even if they are friends, Stark Industries shares cannot be given away for free with eyes closed.
Kyle naturally understands this. He dares to directly discuss shares with a proud genius like Howard, and of course he comes with enough trump cards.
"What I invest in is not money, but the future."
As he spoke, he placed a rectangular, slightly thin machine prepared in his trouser pocket on the bar.
The predecessor of the machine was nearly an entire tempered glass screen with a tiny camera on it. The back of the phone is a smooth metal shell with a prominent notched Apple logo in the middle.
That’s right, it’s a mobile phone! iPhone!
Chapter 31 Happy cooperation
"What kind of machine product is this? It looks like the manufacturing process is very good."
After all, Howard is the most outstanding manufacturing expert among scientists. As soon as Howard saw the exquisite metal casing of the iPhone, he felt that this thing was not simple.
He picked up the phone, weighed it, and started fiddling with it left and right.
"I call it 'cell phone.'"
Kyle smiled faintly and started to explain like a salesman: "Even though its body is so small, it is actually an instrument with hundreds of functions. It comes with fingerprint unlocking, face unlocking, simple voice control, and taking photos. Video recording, storage and decompression, message transmission, time alarm clock, calculation recording, game music, call service, search engine and other functions.”
"This small machine instrument actually has such advanced practical functions?" Howard was shocked and quickly checked carefully.
Kyle secretly laughed. Seeing the smartest and top manufacturing genius on earth at this time, admiring a mobile phone, he almost couldn't help laughing.
This mobile phone is just a green quality item card, one of the popular items drawn from the previous sacrifice card.
Kyle originally thought that this was during World War II, and even telephone signal towers and the Internet had not yet been widely established, so it would be of little use to have a mobile phone.
It wasn't until he met Howard on the plane last time that an idea suddenly appeared in Kyle's mind.
The mobile phone is indeed useless to him now, but it is completely different for the extremely talented scientific manufacturer Howard.
Anyway. This mobile phone has indeed reached the point of being useless in the 21st century, but now in 1943, it is an advanced technological product that has spanned more than half a century!
Howard operated the mobile phone and looked at the lit screen, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and his fingers were rapidly performing various command operations.
This surprised Kyle who was standing by. He didn't even explain the basic operations of the mobile phone to Howard, but Howard relied on his keen sense of technology products and quickly began to master the operation of the mobile phone the first time he started using it.
As expected of the man who can give birth to a man who will create artificial intelligence and steel suits in the future, I have the passive card of [Technological Adaptation].
Kyle allowed Howard to try out the phone. Most of the software on the phone had long been deleted, and the time records had also been changed. But even if Howard discovered any secrets from it, he didn't care.
This trial lasted for ten minutes.
Kyle took the fourth glass of wine, and Howard turned off the phone screen.
He touched his chin thoughtfully, and then looked at Kyle seriously: "Colorful resolution screen, precise touch point control, and various practical soft functions that cannot be achieved now. This is called a mobile phone machine. From a planet whose technological level is far superior to ours, or from a future world.”
"As for its origin, forgive me for not revealing too much to you. But I can guarantee a few things."
Facing Howard's doubts, Kyle smiled, raised three fingers and said:
“1. Its origin is absolutely safe.
2. There is no second mobile phone in this world.
3. It brings you only advantages and no disadvantages. As long as the advanced technology and technology of this machine are fully understood, Stark Industries will have enough capital to enter the top technology manufacturing industry earlier after the end of World War II. "
"I understand." Howard fell into thinking again.
Kyle was not in a hurry, watching the gentlemen and ladies dancing in front of him, and continued to taste the unique flavor of the old-fashioned wine in the cup.
"Sir, would it be an honor to dance with you?"
During this period, many girls and ladies took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Kyle. After all, he looked young and handsome, and his perfect and strong figure paired with a formal shirt made him look very attractive.
"Sorry, I have something to do with my friend."
Kelvin's gentle rejection made many girls leave disappointed, but some still plucked up the courage to leave their contact cards.
After a long time, Howard asked tentatively: "How many shares of Stark Industries do you want to invest in this mobile phone?"
Giving such a sentence means that the conversation can continue.
Kyle also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, obviously not as calm as he seemed on the surface.
Although he is still very confident about mobile phones, this is the Marvel world after all. Nowadays, there are new energy weapons, anti-gravity devices, laser tanks, and self-driving fighter jets, etc. There are countless black technologies that can Howard felt unsure if he could not impress him.
"I want forty percent," Kyle said.
"Forty?" Howard was about to finish his first glass of wine when he suddenly choked and coughed repeatedly: "You, your asking price is sky-high!"
"Since it is a cooperation, of course I will not only invest in this mobile phone." Kyle looked calm and threw out the second trump card hidden in his hand: "The mobile phone I brought here today is just a bargaining chip for the first cooperation conversation. I also There is nothing worse than this.”
"Can you give me a rough idea of the function of that item?" Howard became interested again. The surprise Kyle gave him tonight was already big enough.
"I can only say that that thing is an introduction to the field of artificial intelligence." As soon as Kyle finished speaking, Howard was shocked, and the cup fell on the bar counter unsteadily, and the drink spilled all over the table.
Nowadays, even computers are still being developed and researched, and systems are only in prototype form. What does artificial intelligence represent
Represent the future!
"If what you say is true, then what you are investing in is really the future." Howard was shaking with excitement.
Kyle asked with a smile: "Under such a premise, is it too high a price to take 40% of Stark Industries' shares?"