Chapter 218 Farce at the Expo (Part 1)

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The Stark Industries Headquarters Building, also known as the Stark Tower, is located on East 45th Street of Grand Central Station in Manhattan, New York, USA. It was completed in the 1990s and is approximately 350 meters high with a total of 89 floors.

Howard, originally the founder and owner of Stark Industries, bought a piece of land on the east side of Grand Central Station with the intention of building a new headquarters for his automobile company, which was later built at Obadiah's suggestion. It became the tallest building in New York City at the time and one of the most famous sights on the New York skyline.

But it is a pity that Howard was not able to see the completion of this building. After Stark grew up and took over the Stark Group, the building was repaired many times. Now it has become a high-tech laboratory, It is a giant building integrating the group headquarters and commercial office building.

Many New Yorkers also like to jokingly call this place the "Triangle Tower" because the shape of the Stark Tower is a right-angled triangle. The building on the east side is taller. From the 79th to 89th floors are Stark's personal laboratories. The building on the west side is shorter and is a commercial office building, where Stark Group employees work.

Although this design makes the appearance of the building look a bit weird, it is very practical. The two buildings are connected to each other without interfering with each other. Although it was criticized by many landscapers when it was built, they believed that this strange-shaped building was destructive and destructive. The view of the New York skyline has been lost, but today, the Stark Tower has become an indispensable part of the New York travel strategy.

The first Stark Industries Expo was organized by Howard Stark in 1981. Before the 20th century, the Stark Industries Expo was the largest industrial expo in the world.

After Howard's death, Tony Stark, who inherited the Stark Group, did not like to hold industrial expos very much. Therefore, from the late 1990s to the early 21st century, the Stark Industrial Expo no longer flourished. To this day, Tony Stark faced flashbulbs and microphones during a press conference at Stark Tower:

"I am not to blame for the fact that the most important part of humanity's industrial development has been forgotten for many years. I am very disappointed that after the death of the founder of the Stark Group, I have never heard of any industrial fair in the world. , can stand up and fill this gap..."

"And now, what I want to tell you is that you will receive what may be the most important invitation in your life. You will witness with your own eyes how far human industrial development has come. If in these decades The blank period is my negligence, so I will use a Stark Industries Expo to tell you..."

Stark looked around, and the reporters around him looked at him without saying a word.

Reporters are very familiar with Stark, but most of the time, Pepper stands in front of reporters and explains that the bad things Stark did will not have any big impact, and then the drunk Tony is removed. He was dragged up from behind the scenes and said a few perfunctory words to reporters.

But now, all reporters can see that the Mr. Stark in front of them is somewhat different.

Stark was also very arrogant before. He often said something like "Ordinary people can't understand me", "You never know what kind of changes my invention will bring to mankind" or "Those small things are not important at all. I am about to change mankind." The process of industrial development" and other words are on the lips.

Arrogance is his business card, and frivolousness is his byword. But this time, Stark's tone was very different, and even these reporters who had heard various celebrities' sophistry focused their attention on him. on the body.

"There are many rumors in this world that are difficult to distinguish between true and false, and your job is to spread them, but these things can never really change the world. You can't do it, and that Yin Fan Vanke can't do it. Behind his back Neither can the standing Air Force, Army and Navy."

Finally, Stark said into the microphone: "...but I can."

Stark picked up an invitation from the table and showed it to the reporters: "This is the ticket for Noah's Ark in the new century. If you don't want to board the ship, then stay in the decaying waves and wait for death. "

Countless flashes lit up, and the sound of filming resounded loudly along with the noisy questions. Stark's calm face was photographed and fixed on one newspaper after another.

The newspaper screen shook, and the hand holding the newspaper was put down, and Peter's face was revealed behind him. He took a bite of the hot dog and said to Gwen next to him: "I didn't expect you to actually get tickets to the Stark Industry Expo. I thought... …”

Gwen shrugged: "Recently there have been overwhelming reports about Stark. I happen to be very interested in the Industrial Expo, so I asked my dad to get me two tickets. Let's go together."

Peter was a little angry when he heard this, "I think some reporters are distorting the facts..."

"I know you are a fan of Stark. When you were an intern at the Stark Group, he was nice to you." Gwen turned to look at Peter. Peter sighed, a little frustrated: "You are Don’t you also think he is a bad person? But..."

Gwen patted Peter on the shoulder: "The Stark that many people know from reports may be different from the Stark you know, but this is normal because people are multi-faceted."

"You think they are smearing your idol, but they also think you are clearing his name, but no matter what, I am more concerned about whether Stark can really realize the heroic words he made in the press conference. .”

Gwen took off her school bag, then pulled out two invitations from inside, handed one to Peter, and said, "Take it apart and have a look. If the design is too ugly, we won't go."

The invitation card that Peter flipped up and down said, "From the outside, it's nothing special..."

Then, he opened the invitation, and Gwen did the same thing as him, and then she was a little disappointed: "The design of the invitation is quite ordinary. There is a card inside that says, 'Please come to East 45th Street, Manhattan Grand Central Station. The 90th floor of Tucker Group’s headquarters building’…”

"Wait!" Peter interrupted Gwen. He picked up the card in the invitation and looked at it carefully. He was surprised: "90 floors? Where does the 90th floor come from in the Stark Tower? That building only has 89 floors. layer!"

Gwen also looked at it and wondered: "You must have counted it wrong, right?" After that, she returned her gaze to the invitation and said: "Both of our cards said 90 layers, so it shouldn't be a mistake. ”

Peter scratched his head and said in a somewhat uncertain tone: "I remember it was only the 89th floor? At least the elevator must go to the 89th floor."

"Is it possible that he plans to let us visit from the top of the building?"

"And I remember..." Gwen took the newspaper that Peter had put down and pointed to the picture of Stark Tower in one of the reports: "The exhibition hall in Stark Tower should not be the shorter one on the left. The top floor of the building? How can this building have 90 floors?"

"Indeed, I also visited that exhibition hall. It is really big. It should be more than enough to hold an industrial expo."

Just when Peter and Gwen were confused, other people who received the invitation also had the same doubts as them. Even if they were standing on the roof of other buildings and using telescopes to look at Stark Tower, the numbers on each floor were , and indeed there are only 89 floors, not 90 floors at all.

Many reporters seized on this and began to attack Stark. They claimed that this was a bad joke by Playboy. He did everything he could to attract attention and gain gimmicks. Some also ridiculed him that he was a poor man and that he was dying. The struggle before.

Indeed, after Stark made those bold words, most industrial groups and large companies were angered by his arrogant attitude. If Stark's words before, it was more like an upstart who didn't know the heights of the world. The taunt launched by Stark, who was bragging but now serious, made many people break their defenses.

Because a fact is before them: a person who is so rotten still has developed the mecha technology that transcends the times, and can even wear that handsome mecha and be a superhero in New York.

Many scientists and leaders of industrial groups who are not having a satisfactory life can't help but imagine that if they develop this kind of technology, they won't be as naive as Stark and wear a suit to become a superhero. .

They fantasize about cooperating with the military, increasing production, controlling mechanical armies, and even dominating the world.

Therefore, they laughed and satirized Stark even more confidently, thinking that his choice was extremely childish.

Many people, Stark, made the most wrong choices in every aspect, causing themselves to fall into such a quagmire. If it were them, they would not only have to cooperate with the military, but also with their peers. Let's join hands. , use this technology to seize the market, divide monopoly profits, or participate in international political games.

But no matter how you do it, it will definitely be much more mature than putting on an iron shell and fighting for justice in New York.

The most ironic thing is that the people who are the targets of Stark's chivalry and righteousness are not appreciated by the ordinary people who are protected and saved by him. In fact, the public's opposition to Stark and Iron Man is even greater than that of Stark. Colleagues are even more fierce.

In short, whether they are colleagues, military personnel or ordinary people, after receiving this invitation, they still plan to attend.

Most of them wanted to have fun and wanted to see how the notorious playboy planned to pull off this stunt.

There are also many self-proclaimed professional scientists who plan to use their professional knowledge to expose Stark's scam. Many aspiring young people with little talent plan to watch Stark's jokes to comfort themselves. These rich people are just lucky. .

There are only a few people like Peter and Gwen who want to visit Xi Jinping simply because they are interested in industry and machinery.

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