Although they knew Tony was talking nonsense, no one could refute it because Tony did have a big hole in his chest. In fact, after Tony was cured by Lucifer, there was no need for this big hole to exist anymore. It could be completely healed through surgery. But Tony didn't know what he thought, so he still left the big hole, and concealed that he was not The fact that the Ark reactor in the chest is needed to survive. Anyway, with such a big Ark reactor on his chest, he couldn't do an X-ray scan on his chest.
So in the eyes of the outside world, Tony's nonsense still makes sense.
On TV, Tony continued to rant against Congressman Stern, who was presiding over the hearing: "...I am Iron Man, and I and the suit are one and the same. Selling it is tantamount to selling myself, and that should be considered labor or silver. Depends on which state you’re in…”
Everyone in the audience burst into laughter.
Senator Stern looked ugly: "Listen, I'm not an expert..."
Tony interrupted decisively: "Expert in selling silver? Of course not, you are a senator!"
Tony was really arrogant at this moment, but as expected, Tony's arrogance aroused countless applause. The United States, since the rise of hippie culture, has been obsessed with a trend of anti-authority, especially towards the government. Many people even regard going against the government as a symbol of courage. And now Tony's arrogance makes many people feel extremely comfortable, just like reading a refreshing article.
What's more, American bureaucrats don't have many good things - this is the simple and straightforward consensus of the people at the bottom of the United States. Seeing Congressman Stern's face turn red as he was attacked by the young man, many people in front of the TV must be applauding and celebrating. Whether it is the super-rich Tony Stark or the superhero Iron Man, they are all influential figures who are widely loved by the public. As for what Congressman Stern is, who is that? I don’t know him, he’s just an annoying bureaucratic supporting character.
Of course, as much fun as those who watched the excitement, the big shots sitting in the hearing room were unfamiliar with it.
To say that the most depressing things in the world are, being yelled at by Tony in public is definitely one of them. It's okay for ordinary people. Anyway, women with Tony's money and power are completely crushed. If they are far worse, they don't care about their shame, but they don't feel the embarrassment. The worst thing is that the kind of boss who thinks he is very successful is attacked by the eldest son's harsh but sharp words, which is like a slap in the face. For example, the face of Senator Stern in front of me turned a little red, like a balloon that was gradually inflating. The scene is extremely comfortable.
In fact, today is probably not just a carnival for the common people. Just next to Tony, several people in suits and military uniforms were also smiling, not minding that their happy expressions were exposed.
As said before, Stark Group is not without supporters. Congress's idea of steel armor is not the consensus of all senior officials. Those people who were obviously military bosses were probably the people sent by the military to support Tony. Of course they won't stand up and say anything directly. After all, there are some rules that must be followed. For example, the military is not allowed to participate in politics. The US military is too large. If it gets too involved in political affairs, I believe not many people will be able to sleep peacefully. .
But as long as they sit there, they represent the attitude of some people in the military.
This kind of statement is more obscure, but everyone who should understand understands it. In fact, to put it bluntly, the really important things in this hearing are not in front of people at all. This live broadcast is more like a show, a talk show used to stir up public opinion. The real game has already begun, and it is hidden deep in the dark. Known behind the scenes.
Is the surface level of the hearing useful?
Maybe, but not conclusively. Even if no one from the military comes today, Tony can still be arrogant, because in the behind-the-scenes struggle, the forces supporting the Stark group are stronger than imagined, otherwise Tony would not be so arrogant. After all, Tony is not really a brainless hero. If he acts arrogantly without any support, he will die miserably.
In short, it can be seen from the hearing that Tony's situation is much better than imagined!
The hearing is still continuing.
At this time, a heavyweight guest appeared, Justin Hammer, president of Hammer Defense Company. Its companies have a wide range of businesses, including arms. At this point, Hammer Company and Stark Group have fierce competition. But generally speaking, the US military still prefers Stark Group, but Hammer Group also has its own survival strategy, which is price advantage. Often for the same grade of products, Hammer Group’s quotation is twice as low as Stark Group’s. !
Of course, the world is always fair and you get what you pay for. You can’t expect a half-price product to be really good.
Therefore, in the industry, Hammer Group products are often associated with knockoffs and defective products. You can only make small fuss forever.
This time the Stark Group withdraws from the arms market, which is a huge opportunity for the Hammer Group. Unfortunately, this opportunity has a frustrating limitation, which is the huge amount of patent fees! Yes, the Stark Group has indeed withdrawn from the arms market, but it does not mean that the Stark Group has really given up its own wealth. Scientific research power is the Stark Group's greatest advantage. Stark Group owns a large number of patents with high practicality.
These patents themselves are a huge asset.
If the Hammer Group wants to meet the armaments needs of the US military, it must develop good arms, and these cannot bypass the Stark Group's patents. What's more terrible is that the Stark Group will not only deal with patents. Licensed to Hammer Group.
Other arms dealers can also obtain authorization from Stark Group, which leads to the development of Hammer Group not as expected. It's not that Hammer Group has never thought of buying out the Stark Group's patents, but he is too petty. He always wants to take advantage of the situation, and it's strange that the Stark Group will pay attention to him.
In addition, Justin's favorite thing is to use legal loopholes to copy Stark Group's products. He has no scientific research ability, and he likes to imitate Tony and pretend to be a technology giant, which makes Tony very unhappy with him, so every time Every meeting would make him doubt his life.
This resulted in extremely tense relations between them.
This time, Justin appeared here to prove that the armor on Tony's body was a weapon, and also to advertise his steel mecha project. He hoped to gain support from the US military and Congress. After all, this kind of scientific research project was not happy. It burns money quickly. If you use your own funds for research and development, it will not only put a lot of pressure on the company's funds, but also be full of uncertainty.
If the self-funded research and development is successful and the military does not buy it in the end... then Hammer Group will suffer a pure loss...
It would be different if Congress and the military paid for it. At least the risk is much less!
This is the pattern, and Stark Group has never been petty.
In short, every move of Justin Hammer on TV makes people feel that there is a strong copycat style. He imitates Tony's clothes, actions and even the way he speaks, telling some self-righteous jokes and showing himself Humor as a result. Unfortunately, the response was not great.
The genuine product is out there, so why would people pursue a copycat product?
Just when Hammer was eager to show off his butt like a bald peacock, Tony had already hacked into Justin Hammer's own video system in public, exposing the black history of Hammer Defense Company. Hammer's company was one of several people who demonstrated in the video that the armor was unsuccessful (the tester's armor turned 180 degrees and caused damage to his spine).
With this kind of intelligence, he went to find trouble for the eldest son. It can only be said that Justin is thick-skinned and is not afraid of being beaten. Justin lived up to expectations and exploded all of a sudden. He wanted to resist Tuoyou's invasion, but the skills... were really too many, and he had no choice but to use the ultimate move... pull out the wire. Loss of face.
With the power of victory, Tony on TV once again slapped Justin Hammer in the face in front of everyone, and then stood up calmly as the crowd applauded.
He stretched out two domineering scissor hands in front of countless cameras: "...I can maintain world peace by myself!"
Most of the people present stood up and applauded.
The same is true. The host of the hearing, the main promoter of the offensive against Tony, Senator Stern, lost his mentality and exploded directly on the spot. He yelled into the microphone: "Hua q, Stark! Hua q, You beep beep beep!"
News channels decisively adopted silencing measures.
In fact, Luke guessed those two qqs by looking at his mouth movements, and the TV was full of beeping noises.
Apparently, the farce ended with Tony triumphing.
The hearing was a clean loss, which turned the old energy group's attack into a joke.
But again, the hearing is not important, what is important is the game behind the scenes.
But for now, Stark Group should have the upper hand. Kai didn't know about this either. After all, the political games behind them were too profound, and Kai couldn't quite understand them. But what's interesting is that those people actually found Kai's head.
Maybe they did everything they could, or maybe they really had no other choice. They found Kai, hoping that Kai could stand up against Tony.
Kai was stunned.
He didn't understand, didn't these people know about his relationship with Tony?
You know, Kai is the first person besides Tony to use the mecha invented by Tony, and Tony even developed a series of war machines for Kai.
But those lobbying brokers plausibly said that interests came first. They guaranteed that as long as Kai could stand up, he would receive unprecedented support. They even intended to support Kai's cause and let him become the New York Police Department within a year. Director...
Then the broker was thrown out by Kai.
Not only Kay, but also Wayne Group was lobbied.
Wayne Group is a comprehensive consortium with a wide range of interests, including the energy industry. Wayne Group even has a stake in Scotland's North Sea oil fields. Although Wayne Group is Kay's private property, it is managed by agents.
This kind of professional manager controls such a huge wealth of Wayne Group, so it is impossible to say that he has no ideas. So a few agents were moved.
If it were an ordinary consortium, it would be really difficult to deal with this situation.
But don’t forget, Wayne Group itself is extraordinary.
Soon Kingsman, who was responsible for looking after the group, was dispatched. Several agents were either arrested or resigned inexplicably due to various accidents.
Wayne Group is a private company and does not need to be responsible for the stock price, so it is naturally comfortable handling this kind of thing.
Then, Wayne Group began to cut itself off from the old energy industry, quickly exiting the industry in an extremely secretive way, and injecting a large amount of funds into Stark Group's new projects.
At the same time, Stark Group also began to increase shares of its energy companies!
For a time, a large amount of capital flowed in, causing the share prices of energy companies to soar.
This can explain why Tony was so arrogant at the hearing. People who eat alone are naturally hostile to everyone, but if the Stark Group is willing to share it with everyone, most people will naturally be willing to support the Stark Group.
Moreover, driven by energy companies, Stark Group's originally stable stock price soared again.
If calculated based on the growth of market value alone, Stark Group not only recovered its investment in purchasing energy companies and new energy projects, but also made a huge profit!
In short, Tony is still the richest man in the world, and the gap between him and the second place is still widening rapidly.
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Tony Stark's big melon is indeed delicious, but it has nothing to do with fighting for the common people. After all, it's all a fight between the gods of the big guys. No matter whether Tony Stark wins or loses, no one pays them, so it's just a matter of fun. , everyone should just do whatever they want.
The same goes for gang members. Those things are too far away from everyone, and they still have to eat and live. So they still have to do something, and they have to do something, and the police can't be idle.
And Kai has also encountered something new recently.
New York prison was robbed!
Or more accurately, a New York prison was suddenly attacked, and the prisoners rioted, resulting in nearly hundreds of prisoners escaping.
This incident was quite big. If Tony's hearing had not been more attractive, the New York Police might have been scolded and couldn't take care of themselves. But even so, the local New York media still scolded the New York Police Department to the point where they couldn't hold their heads up.
To be fair, the attack on a New York prison really had little to do with the police department.
After all, there are two systems, and the American prison system is notoriously chaotic. After all, in the United States, prisons can be privately owned, and they are extremely profitable. According to statistics from a few years ago, the total industry revenue easily reached 5 billion US dollars. American prisons have been privatized for a long time. One of the important reasons is that there are too many prisoners and the government has no money.
So in order to save money, the government developed prison privatization.
Now, the proportion of private prisons continues to increase. Private prisons really make money. Every time a private prison takes in a prisoner, the government has to pay the corresponding fee for the prisoner. Moreover, after lobbying, the government and the prison authorities also signed an unreasonable contract, that is, the occupancy rate of private prisons needs to be guaranteed to be 90%!
In other words, as long as there are vacancies in prisons, the government must fill them...
This ensures the basic profitability of private prisons. Not only that, prisoners are also free labor. Prisons can open factories and let prisoners work to create wealth. These factories often also enjoy tax-free status.
But even so, private prisons were still not satisfied, so under the guise of human rights, private prisons began to charge prisoners. The more money you contribute, the better the treatment will be. It's like a hotel. (There really is a prison that is like a hotel, with very good facilities)
This has led to extremely chaotic management of many private prisons. The prison that was attacked this time was such a private prison.
These private prisons have nothing to do with the police.
But the blame still belongs to the police.
So during this period, the New York police were very busy, arresting fugitives all over the world.
Among those fugitives, there is a special prisoner.
Daniel Rand is the rich second generation who failed to regain his inheritance.
