freeallnovels Chapter 125 Indulgence (2)
Chapter 125 Indulgence (2)
Nick Fury coughed inexplicably while sitting in the office.
He didn't understand something. Could it be that someone was saying bad things about him behind his back?
No, it's different from how he felt before.
What he didn't know was that Xia Yan was already preparing to ruin his good deeds.
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Although he had been mentally prepared before coming, Xia Yan did not expect that the atmosphere at Stark's "last" birthday party would be so exaggerated and fanatical.
At least the young models, actors and journalists are indeed enthusiastic.
During this period of time, Stark did not hunt for women, and they never found a chance to climb into his bed.
Today is a rare opportunity.
Stark was drunk and DJing passionately on the stage.
Following his rhythm, there were bursts of fanatical cheers from the audience.
On the other side, Pepper looked at Stark with a complicated expression in front of her, who had finally changed due to the aura of a superhero, and had returned to the playboy he was before.
But the difference is that this time he is still wearing the tin can.
Xia Yan asked the waiter to pour him a cocktail, found a suitable seat to watch the show, and waited for Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes to appear.
He also saw Pepper with a worried face, but they were far away, so he didn't go over to say hello.
"Hey, handsome guy, can I buy you a drink?" Unexpectedly, someone actually came to chat with him.
But he refused as always, "Sorry, I think..."
"Well, let me introduce myself formally. I am a reporter from Reuters, Julie Johnson. I have always wanted to find an opportunity to interview you, Mr. Xia, as one of the pioneers of the nuclear fusion clean energy era." She rushed to him. Xia Yan blinked, but Xia Yan didn't respond as much as she thought.
But she didn't give up, "Sir?"
"I'm listening, please continue talking. Maybe you will be the first reporter to interview me recently. CNN really disgusted me before, so I asked the staff of the foundation and my housekeeper to refuse it for me. He did all the interviews." He raised his glass, clinked it with the other person, and then took a long sip of wine.
"That's really an honor for me." She didn't expect that Xia Yan had refused to be interviewed before, and it was actually...for this reason.
However, CNN is indeed famous for its double standards, although due to industry rules, no one mentioned it.
“Mr. Are Marie Curie and his wife who developed radium like Best and Banting, the inventors of insulin?" The other party came up and gave him a high-level moral kidnapping.
"It sounds like a very upright statement, but I still have to say, no. Best and Banting transferred the precious drug insulin for the treatment of diabetes to the University of Toronto for a symbolic price of one dollar. However, Has diabetes really been effectively cured over the years? No! So far, the United States is one of the countries with the worst incidence of diabetes in the world, but how many people have taken advantage of the affordable treatment that Best and Banting hope for? What kind of insulin can the average family patient afford? The answer is still the same, no!" Others may not dare to lift the lid, but he did.
If because of this incident, a psychotic truck driver dares to drive a big truck towards him soon, then the next day, all relevant personnel of all pharmaceutical companies in the United States will be dispatched by his ghost agent team, a All that was left was hung on the street lamps (a group of pickets of workers would come from time to time to hang capitalists).
I just don’t know if the street lights in the United States are strong enough and numerous enough to hold so many people.
"Those monopolistic pharmaceutical groups have repeatedly applied for relevant patents to completely monopolize the production and manufacturing of insulin. Is this the result of giving it to people all over the world for free? Although the issue of women's equality in India is huge, The Indian government has done a good job in this aspect of medicine, and I heard that their generic drugs are quite effective." His repeated questions left Julie speechless.
"This...maybe an exception." She did not dare to go against the mainstream will.
"So, what about Madame Curie who donated radium for all mankind for free? How many people have benefited from radium? Do you need me to give a practical example?" Since you also mentioned Madame Curie, you also regard her as own arguments.
Sorry, he will reluctantly use your own arguments to defeat you again.
"And, ask yourself, my dear Miss Johnson! You are not really naive to think that when I release nuclear fusion technology, those power companies will reduce prices? No, I think they will even upgrade the power supply lines. Under the guise of raising prices. You see, even thermonuclear fusion is used, so should we increase prices to cope with the costs of various supporting facilities?" He said that his mouth was a little dry, so he simply put the remaining half of The glass of wine was drained.
"By the way, their power supply lines can be upgraded for at least ten years. During the upgrade period, the price will definitely remain unchanged after the increase. If I remember correctly, the first power company that approached me to buy a nuclear fusion reactor was because the pricing was biased. He was suppressed by his colleagues, so he found me as a last resort and became the first person to eat crabs. Excuse me, Miss Johnson, is it also a mistake to allow the people of the great United States to use cheaper electricity?" Xia Yan He knocked the empty wine glass heavily on the table, but he still controlled the force and did not break the glass.
"I think this interview is over, Miss Johnson. After you go back, you can attack me according to the wishes of your editors. Let me help you think of words... Well, let's put it this way, I am a Chinese A scientist who refuses to share the most advanced technology with people all over the world is a completely greedy and selfish man. Oh, remember, I must emphasize my Chinese identity. Anyway, discriminating against us Chinese is one of the current political correctnesses in the West. The Soviet Union is gone. Humphrey needs to change the target of expulsion of Soviet diplomats. It might be a good idea to target us, right?" He was still in the mood to prepare the outline of the manuscript for her.
"It's not like that... Maybe you are right, Mr. Xia. But sometimes people don't need to know so much." Julie had some difficulty following his words.
"Yes, knowledge represents conspiracy and crime, but ignorance has a certain dignity." Yes, that's right.
"It's so exciting!...Hiccup...Xia, your eloquence is almost half as good as mine..." Stark actually paid attention to him. Moreover, even at this time, he did not forget to brag about himself.
No wonder in the original history, Black Widow marked him as extremely narcissistic in the mission report she gave Lu Dan.
There is one thing to say, indeed.
"Sorry, Mr. Stark..." Seeing that Stark was coming to chat with Xia Yan, Julie Johnson quickly moved her seat out of the way.
"You're almost drunk, Tony. I suggest you take it easy for a while." He punched Stark.
"No! I'm not drunk! I'm not drunk! I'm fine! Hiccup..." Stark, who was already quite drunk, was still arrogant.
Xia Yan knew very well that drunk people would not admit it easily.
"I'm not drunk! I can still drink! Come on, brothers, do it!" The drunkard said three times.
"...Hiccup, let me tell you, what a great opportunity this is. As long as you follow your ideas a little bit and change your words midway, you can easily get her into your bed." Si, who was slightly drunk. Tucker began to teach Xia Yan his Huacong secret knowledge again.
"No, no, no, I am not such a casual person." He is not like Stark who wants to fall in love with other people when he sees a beautiful woman.
In addition, he also saw Little Pepper winking at him not far away.
He didn't have the ability to read Pepper's mind, but he could roughly guess that she wanted him to help persuade Stark.
About half an hour later, Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes, who had been delayed for some time on work, drove to Stark's villa in Malibu.
Because Stark has given up his options these days, the US Department of Defense is very dissatisfied with this.
They even told Rhodes on the phone that they would take coercive measures against Stark.
Rod has been staunchly opposed to this.
On the one hand, since he chose to trust Stark, he would trust his old friend before things got out of control.
On the other hand, he believes that the Ministry of Defense's overbearing approach... may cause public outrage.
For the sake of so-called national security, can we take away other people's private property at will? This violates the sanctity of private property in the U.S. Constitution.
If the Department of Defense really does this, it will offend both Wall Street and the military-industrial complex.
Although Rhodes felt that his superiors were most likely talking about getting high, but what if they really did that...
Forget it, he didn't dare to think about it.
At this stage, let's let Tony fulfill the responsibilities he claimed at the hearing.
In fact, Stark has long known that American officials are coveting his steel suit.
He also had plans for this.
That would be to hand over Mark 2 to deal with the problem, but he would not hand it over to anyone else except Rhodes.
As for how and when to give it, he didn't know.
Maybe before he died, maybe today, maybe tomorrow.
Let's take a step by step.
His life is already counted in days, and soon it will be counted in hours and seconds.
Unless some miracle happens.
"There is something underground under your house." Xia Yan took out the metal detector he carried with him, and then whispered something to Stark in a low voice.
"What?" Stark's drunkenness dissipated a little.
"I don't know, but I'm sure it's metal. Otherwise my instrument won't alarm. This is what my researchers and I worked overtime to come up with. It can achieve the effect of a high-power metal detector." , but only as small as now." He showed Stark the results of the detector.
When he saw that there was indeed a large metal box in the mezzanine under his living room, Stark suddenly sobered up.
"Send the data to me immediately and I'll ask Jarvis to open the interface for you." The villa was left to him by his father Howard.
If that's the case, it might be something his father left for him.
However, judging from the current situation, Stark cannot take out that thing yet.
At least not now, with so many people staring at him.
Teacher Tony is not stupid either. It is best not to show the things his father left behind to others.
So after receiving the specific data on the location of the thing, he chose to pretend that nothing happened.
Tomorrow, when the banquet is over, he will definitely open it and take a look to see what it is.
As for today, he would have a few more drinks.
Yes, burp...a few more drinks...
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Thus, there was the scene where Rhodes stopped Stark's birthday party twice.
He called twice.
For the first time, words were useless.
The second time, he chose to use his fists. Obviously, this time, it was much more effective.