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When it comes to taking down Tony and seizing Stark Industries, if you're going to do something, you have to do it thoroughly. There's no reason to give up halfway through.
Tony made a foolish mistake by trying to shut down Stark Industries' defense division, offending a large number of Stark Industries shareholders and stakeholders in the military-industrial complex, which created a great opportunity for Obama.
Hawke: "But Mr. Obadiah, while Tony Stark's current actions have offended many people, they have also gained the support of another group, such as... major arms dealers who are eager to buy other military products from the Stark Industries. Do you really think you can eliminate Tony Stark, settle everything, and smoothly replace him?"
Obadiah said indifferently, "I can provide Stark Industries' shareholders and allies with more valuable products. As long as I can still make money for them, they will never abandon me."
“Heh.” Hawke chuckled and said, “Mr. Obadiah, you seem too confident. Yes, the Arc Reactor represents a lot of money, but why don’t people use the excuse of you killing Tony Stark to kill you and then divide up the profits from the Arc Reactor? The Arc Reactor is already there; does it make a big difference whether you're there or not? You’re not irreplaceable. If you had Tony Stark’s brains, this might be more appropriate. But you clearly don’t.”
"..."
Obadi frowned in thought. Although Hawke's words were unpleasant, they made some sense. Could he really be sure that he wouldn't be retaliated against later?
The Arc Reactor represents too many interests, and countless wolves and tigers will covet it. His small body alone can hardly withstand it. Only Tony, who can continue to develop the Arc Reactor, has the possibility of gaining control.
(agei) "What do you want to trade with me?" Obadi hesitated for a long time before softening his tone: "Do you want me to accept the protection of Hydra?"
“No, no, no, what right do we Hydra have to protect you, Mr. Obama? You are one of America’s top billionaires.” Hawke laughed. “We’re here to make a deal with you, to ensure you can keep what you own.”
Before Obama could ask a question, Hawke continued:
"You probably already know the whole story of how Tony Stark was rescued, so you must know that Tony Stark almost escaped from the Ten Rings on his own after falling into their hands, because he created a superweapon, the Iron Man suit. But when he fled, he didn't realize that the blueprints for that suit had fallen into our hands."
Speaking of this, Hawke also wanted to complain. Those Ten Rings terrorists were so damn illiterate. Tony had even put the blueprints for the Iron Man suit in front of them, but they couldn't understand what Tony was making. Only when the terrorist leader turned the blueprints upside down did they realize that Tony was building a suit of armor. They were truly a bunch of stupid terrorists who hadn't been corrupted by knowledge and whose eyes were clear and innocent.
"You're going to sell me the blueprints for the Iron Man suit that Tony developed?"
Obadiah's eyes flickered.
“Yes, Mr. Obadiah, the world will soon belong to technological armor and superhuman abilities,” Hawke said. “Like Osborn Corporation’s Green Goblin armor project, Pym Technologies’ Wasp suit project, and the Iron Man armor that Tony Stark has successfully created using the Arc Reactor, only such revolutionary weapons that combine offensive and defensive capabilities can allow you to quickly acquire your own powerful strength and avoid being exploited by others.”
"Since you make it sound so good, why would Hydra sell me something like this?"
"Because we are missing something crucial, having that thing alone is useless."
"Ark Reactor?"
“That’s right. Without the Arc Reactor as an energy source, this blueprint would only produce a pile of scrap metal. Only you, Mr. Obadiah, can bring out its full value.”
Hawke complimented.
Obama was pleased to hear this. The Arc Reactor was his, the Iron Man suit was his, and Stark Industries was his. Only he could bring all of this to its fullest potential.
"How much do you want to sell it for?"
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"$50 billion!"
"How much did you say?" Obama was about to explode: "50 billion US dollars? Do you Hydra people treat dollars like toilet paper? How could I possibly come up with 50 billion US dollars for you? Don't forget, you already extorted 30 billion US dollars from me before."
“Mr. Obama, stop pretending. This is the most reasonable figure we’ve calculated,” Hawke said quietly. “You started shorting Stark Industries when you sent Tony Stark to his death in Afghanistan, right? You made a fortune from that shorting. And we didn’t say we wanted all $50 billion in cash. You could offer some Stark Industries shares as collateral.”
"You still want my shares?"
Obama was furious.
Hydra is trying to bleed him dry. Stark Industries' stock price has plummeted, and its market value is now only over $1800 billion. It's almost becoming the next Rockx. The value of his shares has also dropped significantly. Using them as collateral for $50 billion will drain him dry.
"Mr. Obadiah, calm down, please calm down! As long as you kill Tony Stark, the last remaining member of the Stark family, their lineage will be wiped out. Without a plaintiff, you can easily make a will and all of Tony Stark's estate will be yours, right? Then you won't have to worry about not being able to repay Hydra's money or get your mortgaged shares back."
Hawke said:
"Once you ascend to the top of Stark Industries, with the Arc Reactor, a money-printing machine, in one hand and the Iron Man suit, a nuclear bomb, in the other, won't you be the one calling the shots in the entire United States? What about Morgan and Rockefeller? How many divisions do they have? Can they compete with you in terms of wealth, the Arc Reactor? Can they compete with you in terms of absolute strength, the Iron Man suit?"
Hawke's words made Obama a little cocky, and he couldn't help but fantasize about stepping on Morgan and punching Rockefeller, and then becoming the uncrowned king of America. That would be so awesome.
"So, this $50 billion you're giving Hydra is a necessary upfront investment. You'll reap tenfold, even a hundredfold, return later," Hawke said enthusiastically. "For just $50 billion, you won't lose out! Just $50 billion can take you to the pinnacle of life! What are you waiting for?"
"..." Obama: "50 billion dollars is too much."
"That's a lot? What's this amount of money to you, Mr. Obadiah?" Hawke said. "Hmm... what do you think if I took the blueprints for the Iron Man suit and the truth about who was behind the attack on him to Tony Stark and asked him for $50 billion, would he agree to the deal?"
Obama's expression changed drastically.
In the end, Hydra still hasn't given up threatening him.
"If Mr. Obadiah goes to jail, no matter how much money or shares you have, it might be useless. How long can you live in prison? Even if Tony Stark is sentimental, Mr. Obadiah, you have made quite a few enemies over the years, haven't you?"
Hawke gave Obama two options:
One option is to accept the deal, offer $50 billion to settle the matter, and once Obama truly takes control of Stark Industries, the evidence Hawke has will no longer be able to threaten Obama.
On the other hand, if Obama refuses to pay, then evidence of Obama's attack on Tony Stark will spread everywhere, and Obama will completely lose the chance to sit at the poker table.
He continued reciting the rhyme in a tempting tone: "Take a gamble, and a bicycle becomes a motorcycle; gamble again, and a motorcycle becomes a jeep. Give it your all, and a jeep becomes an Aston Martin; try it out, and barren land turns into gold."
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"Haha, another $50 billion in hand, this money is too easy to make."
Hawke sat in his office and laughed heartily.
Obama eventually handed over the money. It wasn't that Obama was stupid and would fall for the same trick multiple times; it was that he had no choice. His sunk costs were too high, and he couldn't afford to lose anymore. If he didn't make one last desperate attempt, he was doomed.
With no other options, he had no choice but to seek help from the wolves and become an ally of Hydra.
"Hmm... that bastard Tony is working on his Mark II armor, really into it. I wonder how things are going with my King Suit on Helen Zhao's end!"
Hawke was thinking.
But the battle suit was a minor matter to him; making money was more important!
When Hawke was about to buy a few Arc Reactors from Tony to use as his own energy replenishment devices, Tony politely declined. Tony seemed unwilling to let the Arc Reactors leak out, perhaps worried that others could also use them to mass-produce Iron Man armor.
"Tch, you think I can't do anything if you don't sell to me? You're just being difficult now, don't blame me for being even more difficult later."
Hawke, however, thought of Ivan Vanko.
The Arc Reactor wasn't created by Tony Stark's father, Howard Stark, alone; it was created by him and Ivan Vanko's father, Anthony Vanko. And coincidentally, after Tony miniaturized the Arc Reactor, Ivan Vanko also accomplished the same, directly leading to the creation of the villain Whiplash Ivan.
Tony wants to monopolize the Arc Reactor. Perhaps he has other ideas, but his actions show that he's prepared to do it all. Hawke isn't going to indulge him. He can go find Ivan Vanko and take a piece of the pie from Tony.
“Ivan Vanko’s mechanical talent is also quite good; he can create an army of mechanical soldiers, which is perfect for us to bring over.”
Hawke stroked his chin and said:
"Cold fusion has endless applications. In addition to being an extremely large energy market, this high-end energy has countless uses in many places."
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Take S.H.I.E.L.D. for example. Many of their advanced technologies actually originate from the energy emitted by the Tesseract, just as Wakanda's technological civilization is built on vibranium.
Take the Quinjet fighter jet, for example; it uses a special energy source derived from the Cosmic Cube.
Anyone familiar with the basics of aircraft design and construction knows that the Quinjet's design was very unscientific. The lift engine was usually installed in the middle of the fuselage to maximize the stability of the aircraft.
The Quinjet fighter mounted its lift engines on its wings, which increased the load on the wings, making them more susceptible to damage or even breakage.
It is unrealistic to expect a fighter jet weighing over 20 tons to take off using only two lift engines on its wings.
So why can the Quinjet still fly and have such amazing performance? It's all because of the existence of this unscientific, high-end energy source called Cosmic Cube Energy.
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As long as the World Security Council controls the source of the Cosmic Cube's energy, it will not have to worry about the Quinjet being misused.
The Quinjet was not a super weapon for air combat like the F-22, which is why it had so many counterintuitive designs.
In actual air combat, the Quinjet would be no match for the F-22. Visual stealth is meaningless; at this speed, trying to achieve visual stealth would not end well. What fighter jet fights within visual range? Therefore, it can only be used as a transport aircraft.
The Quinjet fighter never demonstrated any air combat capability, and it never even attempted ground attack; it was primarily used as a defensive weapon for transport aircraft. Furthermore, vertical takeoff and landing were virtually impossible for the fighter, resulting in a significant waste of payload and sortie time.
Therefore, the Quinjet, despite its seemingly advanced technology, is merely a high-tech product built with advanced energy from the Cosmic Cube. It was subject to various limitations during its design and construction, and its combat capabilities are not particularly outstanding. It only possesses ordinary weapons, and its primary function is to transport aircraft across land, water, and air without restrictions. It is an excellent transport aircraft. In terms of true air combat, the F-22 is still the better choice.
Furthermore, the extraction of Tesseract energy has not been smooth. At most, it can only supply S.H.I.E.L.D., and that's it. Quinjet technology cannot be leaked to other governments, because it's just like an Iron Man suit without Arc Reactor energy—just a pile of scrap metal.
Even in the Marvel universe, the F-22 remains the undisputed most powerful fighter jet. For example, Tony had just created the Mark III to seek revenge in Afghanistan, but on his way back, he encountered F-22s from an Afghan base. If Rhodey hadn't recognized the person inside the Iron Man armor—likely Tony—and ordered a slowdown in the attack, Tony would have been shot down 1-2 by the F-22s. Iron Man wouldn't have died at the hands of terrorists, but at the hands of the US military; that would have been a huge joke.
275 Betty, I'm a little thirsty. May I come to your house for a drink of water?
Hawke thought for a while and made a decision: he would go to the polar bears and find Ivan Vanko and his son.
Just as he had arranged everything and was ready to leave, Betty Ross approached him.
Inside the office, to Hawke's astonishment, she flashed a sweet smile and asked:
“Mr. Ryan, I have something very important to discuss with you. Could you give me a chance?”
Hawke glanced at Betty Ross.
Today, Betty was dressed in an office lady outfit. Her white shirt was very fitted, and her pencil skirt accentuated her round, perky buttocks with an amazing curve. Her long legs in black stockings were breathtaking.
But Hawke clearly didn't think the other party was there to seduce him.
Perhaps for ordinary women seeking "597" (a reference to a specific type of woman), flirting with the son of the Ryan Group is not considered wrong.
However, Betty Ross's father was a general in the U.S. military, so she obviously didn't need to lower herself to use her charm on anyone.
Betty Ross also knew her own predicament. She hadn't been able to contact her boyfriend, Bruce Banner, for several years, and even when she did, it didn't seem to help much. Judging from the projects she had been involved with at Hawke's, they probably weren't effective in curing Bruce.
Therefore, she wanted to explore deeper projects, such as the extraterrestrial biotechnology that Hawke had promised, and the remains of supernatural beings.
Having no other choice, Betty Ross thought and thought and decided to go see Hawke again.
Given Hawke's playboy ways, he's probably quite susceptible to seduction. Betty Ross isn't narcissistic, but she knows her own looks. Perhaps with just a little flirting, she could make this playboy submit.
Well, she didn't really want to sell herself; she was just showing off a little. After all, she had a boyfriend, Bruce Banner, who had been missing for several years. However, she firmly believed that Bruce Banner would come back, so she hadn't dated anyone else in the past few years.
"can."
Hawke smiled.
He was very curious to know what this rich and beautiful woman was up to.
"I know a newly opened restaurant where the food is delicious. Perhaps we can go there for a meal and talk?"
Betty Ross asked tentatively.
"Okay."
Hawke had no objections.
The two of them went to a restaurant and had a sumptuous dinner. During the meal, Betty Ross also ordered two bottles of red wine.