Faced with Pepper's sudden appearance, Noise and Wizard were not too worried. After all, in their view, these were just a group of old, weak, women and children. What was there to be afraid of?
"Leave her to me!" the wizard said with a strange smile.
"What? Do you know her?" Noise asked.
"Hey, it's not hard to guess! What an arrogant guy Tony Stark is, he won't hand over his works to outsiders!"
Many people know that Tony Stark is Iron Man. Of course the government also knows, so the government has always been eyeing Iron Man's technology. If nothing else, if the U.S. government can form such an army, then the United States will definitely be able to instantly return to the number one in the world!
After Tony revealed that he was Iron Man, the U.S. government thought about ordering the mecha from the Stark Group, but Stark refused. So the U.S. government directly activated its natal skills and directly exploited and plundered!
The rise of the United States depends on this.
So Congress directly held a hearing and determined that Tony's possession of the Iron Man mecha was illegal possession of weapons of mass destruction.
Although the United States has given its people the right to freely hold weapons, it does not mean that the people can hold weapons at will. This may seem a bit convoluted, but in fact it is not convoluted at all. The United States empowers its people to bear arms, partly because there was a practical need for this when the Constitution was formulated.
You must know that when the Constitution was originally formulated, the so-called founding fathers of the United States were themselves in disarray! They have no fundamental national identity at all. They represent the interests of the landlord class at that time!
Yes, many people in modern times say that the Constitution at that time consolidated the power of the bourgeoisie... However, on the contrary, there was no bourgeoisie in the United States at that time! At least not powerful yet. The most typical example is that Washington was born into a family of plantation owners. In fact, many of the founding fathers came from this class. Because the United States was a colony at that time, they were positioned as a dumping ground for raw materials and goods in the British imperial system. Naturally, their bourgeoisie could not be that strong.
In short, the landlord class is not willing to see a big government, so the United States at that time was very fragmented, and the degree of autonomy of the states was very high! States are free to enter and leave the federation, and there is no so-called national identity. We are all countries united by their own interests.
So everyone disagrees with restricting the possession of weapons. At that time, there was no concept of a U.S. military, only state militias!
In modern times, the existence of this law is still based on practical needs!
The United States is vast and sparsely populated, and most people live in relatively sparsely populated towns. On the contrary, the population of big cities accounts for a minority of the total population of the United States! Don't look at those statistics that say that the proportion of urban population in the United States is as high as 80%-90%. Those are not objective at all.
In many so-called cities, the population distribution is extremely scattered!
These people who live in vast and sparsely populated areas naturally have a need for weapons!
This is a necessity!
If the entire U.S. population was concentrated in big cities, it would be easy to ban guns. After all, those who support gun bans in the United States are people from big cities.
The smaller the place, the more they are opposed to banning guns, because banning guns will cost their lives! Even the ability to protect one's own safety is gone!
If you support holding weapons, you should support it, and there is a limit to that.
Especially in today's society.
The U.S. government does not allow civilians to possess high-danger weapons because the government is afraid that the people will overthrow the government. No way, the United States itself has a lot of internal contradictions. If everyone has heavy weapons, believe it or not, the war will break out in a minute?
The most obvious example is that in the United States, it is easy to buy guns, but it is illegal to buy body armor! (This is just like many ancient imperial courts. You can have weapons at home, but not armor.)
The US government relies on this and plans to confiscate Tony's mecha directly! This thing is much scarier than a body armor!
It's a pity that Tony was also very teasing. He directly pointed out the big hole in his chest and said it was an assistive device for the disabled. He also used venomous words to curse the congressman who was presiding over the hearing at the time!
However, it is obvious that the US government cannot give up so simply.
Fortunately, Tony also saw the situation clearly and did not use a hard top. Instead, he gave a set of armor to his friend, James Rhodes.
It's a disguised form of submission.
After that, the military asked Justin Hammer's Hammer Industries to carry out counterfeiting, but something went wrong. Hammer Industries' counterfeit products were directly cracked. If Tony and Kai hadn't destroyed all the counterfeit products, they wouldn't have been able to do so. You know what a big deal it is.
Facts have proved that Tony's technology is far beyond contemporary technology and cannot even be copied.
After that, governments of various countries also took action. Although Stark Group used to be one of the largest arms contractors of the US military, it was still a multinational company. After they entered the energy industry, they needed the international market even more, which gave other countries the opportunity to intervene. Excuse.
No one wants to see America become stronger!
Therefore, various countries directly threaten the U.S. government. Once the U.S. government forces Stark to hand over Iron Man technology, the major countries in the world will make strong counterattacks!
After that, a series of things happened that brought the United States down from the altar. Then it would be even more impossible for other countries to allow the U.S. government to obtain the technology of Iron Man mecha!
Thus created the current situation!
The government can only worry about these technologies. Tony has never made mechas for outsiders.
The only ones that are well known are James Rhodes and Kay.
But since Kai got the Destroyer, he no longer wears mechas.
The woman in front of her was obviously wearing an Iron Man mecha. It's not easy to guess who she is.
On the contrary, it is difficult to guess who the female Spider-Man is.
"who is she?"
"Hehehe, Tony's mistress, Ms. Virginia Pepper Potts, the president of Stark Group. Am I right?" the wizard said confidently.
Pepper didn't care much about it.
If you guessed it, you guessed it!
At their status, they actually don't care much about their identities being leaked.
She is not a superhero like Peter who needs to protect their privacy. As far as she is concerned, there is no privacy at all, especially after she and Tony confirmed their relationship, the whole world was paying close attention to her.
No way, since she and Tony confirmed their relationship, Tony Stark, the former flower company, has never come out to attract bees and butterflies.
This has made many gossip magazines scratch their heads. Tony Stark has turned into a very good man!
You must know that Tony used to be a frequent visitor to these magazines. He wished he could have a girlfriend every day, but all the beautiful female celebrities had scandals with him. But now he has become a vegetarian!
Many actresses are beating their chests!
If they had known that Tony Stark was so innocent and turned into such a virtuous person once the relationship was established, they should have worked harder!
After all, in their eyes, Pepper was just like that.
Is she beautiful?
Of course it's beautiful, no one will tell lies about this. But if you really want to be number one in the world... no one would believe that!
Hollywood and New York Vanity Fair have no shortage of beautiful girls!
What they lack is a top-notch bastard like Tony Stark!
As for ability... haha, not many people believe it. In the eyes of most people, Pepper can become the president of Stark Group because of Tony!
There was no way she could do it, she suddenly became the president from Tony's secretary... This leap was too much.
So many people are curious about how Pepper won Tony, so she suddenly became a trend!
How many female celebrities are paying attention to her and learning skills from her. Not to mention driving her away from Tony, at least they can catch a top-notch guy if they learn how!
Although you don't care about the beauty of those American actresses, there are really not many who can transcend class and marry a real big shot. If you take a closer look at the female stars in Hollywood, they are either married to insiders or married to some wealthy men with a small net worth, but very few of them marry people from big families.
So even though they seem to have great glory, in fact, to the real powerful people... they are too dirty, and they have no profit value!
Big American families are still very picky about their marriage partners. For those who say true love is invincible, just ordinary people in movies will do. Have you ever seen any female star marry an ordinary person? Not to mention the United States, not even China!
Chinese celebrities can only marry insiders. In the past, there were actresses marrying ordinary people, but now it is impossible. It's okay for those really rich people to play with actresses and marry them home?
What are you thinking!
I've been played so many times, who cares?
This situation becomes more and more true as time goes by.
Classes are solidified.
Actresses are getting richer and richer, and they look down on ordinary people at all. But the really rich people look down on actresses and think they are dirty.
Only ordinary people...are the most unlucky.
Hey, now you all say that Dongzi married the milk tea girl, but when you look back, you will find that Dongzi is pretty good! At least you know how to marry an ordinary person.
What, you said the milk tea girl is beautiful, but Dongzi just sees other people as beautiful.
No...what's your logic?
You know how to watch movies with beautiful teachers, but what’s wrong with rich people marrying beautiful wives?
There are people who like Jack Ma even for being so bad... Do you really think that others like Jack Ma because of his talent?
In short, Pepper's success has given many actresses hope!
Hope of recovery!
So I paid crazy attention to everything about Pepper.
When there is demand, there is market.
Everyone is paying attention, so the media cannot let it go.
As a result, Pepper became the most popular star, even saving the Stark Group tens of millions in public relations fees!
Any big company needs fame, which means money!
The more attention your company receives, the more likely your products will be sold. This is also true in the capital market. Those companies with the highest market value are the ones that get the most news!
As long as it's not a scandal, it's making money!
Stark Group also needs this kind of attention, because they need their stock price to rise!
If the stock price rises by one point, that’s billions of real money!
Pepper was made a genuine president and became a celebrity spokesperson... and the effect was extremely effective.
So, Pepper didn't care about being discovered at all. What if we find out?
Who would make irresponsible remarks?
She has gone from being the president to a spokesperson, so what else is there to be afraid of?
Furthermore, her identity is her best protection!
Who would touch her?
"Have you said enough?" Pepper was curious about what these people were going to do.
"You said..." The python spoke at this time: "We tied up this bitch, will Tony Stark pay for her ransom?"
These words made Wizard and Noise's eyes light up!
yes!
They suffered a lot this time, but if they caught Pepper...Tony Stark is famous for mistaking money!
With this ransom, compensation and all, it's just a piece of cake!
They can also make a fortune!
More importantly, they have made a name for themselves!
By then, all the gangs in New York, no, all the gangs in the United States will come to them for business!
Because they dare to tie up even Iron Man’s mistress for money!
And he lost money!
This reputation is not a good one!
"idiot!"
A voice suddenly interrupted their wonderful enjoyment.
They turned around and saw it was the Sandman!
He was still in the state of sand at the moment, and his whole body was like a statue piled up with wet sand. The surface showed a brown color instead of the yellow color of sand.
When he opened his mouth to speak, there were still lumps of sand falling on his face, but he quickly added it.
"Are you stupid? If you really kidnap this woman, Tony Stark will chase you to the ends of the earth and kill you!"
Sandman felt that several of his teammates were crazy about money!
What the hell is this?
If they kill Spider-Man, just kill them. According to the Sandman's opinion, Spider-Man is not Tony Stark's biological son. He may be sad if he dies, but he shouldn't chase them away, but If you kidnap his wife, even for the sake of face, he won't let it go!
Although these words are a bit cruel to Peter and the others!
But the world is such a world, and your wife is much more important than other people’s children.
"Don't think about money all day long! If you have money, you should also have the life to spend it!"
Hearing the noise, he was very unconvinced: "Who is Tony Stark?! If you make me anxious, I will kill him too!"
The sand man was not angry when he heard this, but said, "If you can really do it, let's talk about it!"
The wizard also reacted at this time: "It's true that we can't tie her up, but we just watch like this? Doing nothing?"
The Sandman had almost woken up from his rage at this time.
He looked at Pepper: "Today we are afraid of the four demons. You can leave!"
He thought very clearly that the money was really gone now, and even if he killed a few people, he couldn't get the money back. Why kill them? Why not be more realistic and think of ways to deal with those gangsters? If that doesn't work, they can only find another way to make money.
At least it's better than being kicked out of New York!
Unfortunately, he doesn't quite understand superheroes' peeing habits.
Although there are not many people as extreme as Rorschach, it is absolutely impossible to make peace with criminals!
"No! You are criminals! You must obey the law!" This is what Gwen shouted.
Gwen has a policeman father who hates criminals the most, and his thinking is very close to that of the police. How could the police see the criminal and let him run away!
These words made the sand man's already relaxed nerves become tense again.
Not afraid.
I'm angry!
He had pinched his nose and admitted defeat, but others still refused to give him face!
He patiently said to Pepper, "Ms. Pepper, what do you think?"
He thinks that Pepper is an adult and a CEO, and at least knows what it means to be a hero who knows the current affairs. He is already a hero, and he doesn't believe that Pepper can't tell!
Pepper does know when to go along with the light and when to go with the flow.
As the president of a large company, it is naturally impossible for her to be full of ethics. Flexibility is a quality that a qualified manager must possess.
But the Sandman guessed one thing wrong.
That is, Pepper does change, but never with criminals!
(End of chapter)
