Chapter 237 Trouble with Stark
"Mr. Pent."
Obadiah is a bald man with a beard, who looks a bit fierce. He usually likes to hold a cigar in his mouth, a standard villain configuration; but after meeting Kahn, his temper has been restrained a lot.
He is only the second individual shareholder of Stark Industries, and his status and strength cannot be compared with Kahn. Not to mention the rapidly developing Pent Group, even the recently famous Umbrella Military Company is already the world's number one military security company.
Except for Umbrella, no military security company can have super soldiers. This is a secret for ordinary people, but since the Wakanda War, Umbrella has not hidden its strength and has been in contact with the upper class openly.
Obadiah also has some information channels, so he naturally knows about this.
"Mr. Stani, let's go in and talk."
Kahn took Obadiah to the energy plant. Although it is in the suburbs of New York City, it has been connected to the underground tunnel of the Pent Group. Not far away is Umbrella's sergeant training base and security company headquarters.
"Honestly, I don't think you need to die with Stark Industries. At this position, you either pursue money or power, but Stark Industries is now a sinking ship, unless Mr. Stani persuades Tony Stark to reopen the weapons department, which can extend the life of Stark Industries.
However, the new energy weapons of the Pent Group will eventually be released, and Stark Industries will still be greatly impacted by that time."
Kahn said as he led Obadiah into the factory. The ground was full of civilian aspects of the Ark Reactor, and the research and manufacture of weapons and military were all in the underground hive.
However, even the civilian research of the Ark Reactor was enough to surprise Obadiah.
He just wanted to find an ally to deal with Tony Stark and seize power in the company. After Obadiah thought about it again and again, he felt that the Pent Group was better than Hammer Industries, so he accepted the invitation.
But why did Obadiah feel that he saw something incredible?
Stark Industries has been researching the Ark Reactor for thirty years, and it was only after Tony Stark narrowly escaped from the hands of the Ten Rings that he was able to develop a mature Ark Reactor.
After seeing the mature Ark Reactor, Obadiah was eager to take the Ark Reactor and everything from Stark Industries from Tony Stark.
"This, this is the Ark Reactor? Can it be reduced to this size?"
Obadiah swallowed his saliva and asked. He also recovered the Mark I from the Ten Rings, and originally wanted to use it to upgrade the Mark I and use it as a secret weapon to deal with Tony Stark.
"You are researching Mark I, Mr. Stani. You should give up on that junky thing. How many generations do you think you need to upgrade to catch up with the technology of the Pent Group? Why not cooperate with me and exchange the shares in your hands for some benefits, so as not to lose all your money in the end?"
Kahn showed Obadiah the research results of Vanke and his son. Both the new energy suit and the new energy mechanical guard have been upgraded for several generations. Moreover, the steel suits shown to Obadiah now are old and bulky. The latest research of Vanke and his son is the nano suit of vibranium alloy.
Whether in terms of defense, weapon diversity and portability, nano vibranium alloy suits will be the mainstream in the future, and there are also new energy nano alloy weapons and so on.
Obadiah was like a bumpkin entering the city. After visiting the scientific research results of the Pent Group, his little plan in his mind was completely gone. Moreover, the other party even knew about the recovery of Mark I, so the cooperation with the Ten Rings Gang was probably known to the other party.
Why did he come here with a brain disease? Obadiah thought with some fear in his heart, thinking that there must be something wrong.
"Mr. Stani?"
Obadiah suddenly came back to his senses, and his attitude dropped by 30% in less than two hours. He said, "Yes, Mr. Pent, how do you plan to cooperate?"
Kahn smiled and said, "Cooperation? Oh, that's fine. I want the weapons department and manufacturing plant of Stark Industries. The foundation of the Pent Group in this area is still a little weak, and some large-scale orders cannot be met."
"This... is a bit difficult, Mr. Pent." Obadiah said in embarrassment. If he had the decision-making power in the weapons department, he would not watch Tony Stark close this gold-earning department.
"Tony Stark has absolute control over the company. Although he holds less than 50% of the shares, all directors trust him very much, so the board of directors has not even convened a few times."
Obadiah has unknowingly believed that cooperation is the best choice. The biggest secret is known by the other party, and the trump card he relies on is not taken seriously by the other party. In addition to joining the Pent Group, can he still admit his mistakes to Tony Stark?
Kahn smiled and said, "The stock price has dropped by 43%. Stark's wealth was cut in half with just one sentence. And you still talk about trust. Mr. Stani, what do you think will happen if the stock price of Stark Industries drops by more than 80%? "
"They will want to eat Tony Stark. The Ark Reactor he relies on is not worth mentioning in front of your company. Compared with Mr. Pent, Tony Stark is not worth mentioning."
Obadiah's flattering words made Kahn smile. The pleasure of cooperating with villains is this. They know how to cooperate and understand the times. If Captain America had been in his place at this time, he would have definitely refused outright with a bad temper, and then returned to Stark Industries to tell Tony to be careful, and finally died with Stark Industries.
"Mr. Stani, let's have some fun. Now I have 7% of Stark Industries' stock. I hope you can cooperate with me to upgrade it to half and take control of Stark Industries. I will not close the weapons department like Tony Stark did.
And I will also provide you with a human enhancement plan that can allow you to evolve into a superhuman, an enhancement plan with a 100% success rate."
Kahn waved his hand, and an assistant brought a bottle of fine red wine and poured two glasses.
"You can still stay in Stark Industries by then. You will have wealth and health evolution. How about it, Mr. Stani?" After
hearing such an attractive condition, Obadiah thought hard in his mind, but he could not find any reason to refuse.
So he picked up the wine glass, lowered his posture and touched it, then drank it in one gulp, and said, "I will work hard, Mr. Pent. No, boss!"
Obadiah went back to act quickly. Except for some secret things of Tony Stark, he was in charge of almost all the power of Stark Industries.
With this level of high-level cooperation, Stark Industries' stock price can only fall all the way until it is lower than the market value and net assets. At that time, Kahn will almost take over Stark Industries.
Kahn did not hide this from Betty. Strictly speaking, he and Betty are also an old married couple. After several years of communication, Kahn knows almost every sensitive point on Betty's body.
Before Kahn went to the Ninja World last time, the plan for Betty's body strengthening had been submitted. Now she has been injected with the perfect Extremis virus serum, and her physical fitness has improved a lot.
Especially today, Betty has exercised four times. Even if she is exhausted, she seems to be taking a break and fighting again.
The super soldier serum will make the muscles grow stronger and turn them into pectoralis major muscles, turning Betty from a 1.7-meter female model figure into a 1.9-meter female warrior, so Kahn doesn't like to let Betty inject the super soldier serum.
"That brother and sister have been wanting to talk to you. It seems they have rested for too long and are still thinking about revenge."
Kahn said, "I'll talk to them tomorrow. In fact, they can seek revenge on Tony Stark themselves, but they think too much and don't want to teach Tony Stark a lesson so easily.
Such deep memories from childhood will not be let go so easily. Have they been in trouble recently?"
Betty shook her head and said, "Even their expenses are kept at a normal level. They rarely go out. The most common activity is watching TV together."
Kahn said, "I know, but you have to keep an eye on Stark Industries for me, Betty."
"If you successfully acquire Stark Industries, Laura will probably complain that you've exhausted her to death. As an ordinary person, she can't persist in working for such a long time."
"She won't complain. Laura's biggest dream is to become the world's number one CEO, and now I've helped her realize it."
Kahn continued, "If it weren't for Tony Stark's own mistakes, it wouldn't be so easy to acquire Stark Industries. The Pent Group is still too weak in factories. It's all the fault of the original Osborn."
Stark Industries can threaten the military with weapons orders, while the Osborn Group is threatened by the military with weapons orders. The gap between the two is immediately reflected.
Even after being acquired by the Pent Group, there is no obvious improvement. The Ark Reactor, Super Soldier Serum, Biopharmaceuticals, and Underground Hives are the major focuses of the Pent Group, and there is no time to expand the factory.
"I know, I will help you. Who let me be curious about your research at the beginning~"
Now Betty is almost the core person who replaces Kahn when he is not there.
"If I was less curious at that time, you wouldn't get me drunk. Oh, what are you doing?"