69novels Chapter 149
Chapter 149
He snapped off the phone without waiting for Tony to answer, leaving Tony on the other end of the line staring at the phone.
"Did I owe him or something? Pep, where did I feel sorry for him?" Tony stared at the phone in disbelief, "He actually! Hang up on me!"
The news of Tony's disappearance has always been blocked. Except for people he is familiar with in the military department and S.H.I.E.L.D., no one knows that the young heir of Stark Corporation has just passed away at a critical moment.
Even Pep, who currently almost controls the power of Stark Corporation, is no exception.
But even if the news was blocked, the anomalies in Afghanistan and Tony’s slightly weird physical condition after he came back—yes, what Pep was talking about was the strange, glowing, unusual device on Tony’s chest—still It aroused the vigilance of this keen woman.
"Tell me what happened, Tony." Pep said, still holding the documents on his chest, staring blankly at his boss who was lying on the laboratory table, "You know you can't keep everything from me, If I want to know, I always have a way of prying the truth out of someone else's mouth."
"I have no problem at all, I'm very good, how many times do you want me to repeat this?" Tony said very hard, "As for the 'truth' you imagined, I have to say that what I told you is' the truth'."
"That's it, Pep, there was an accident in the military exercises in Afghanistan, I got a small injury, they blocked the news for my safety, and then I was healthy enough to fly back - I flew back .I told you these words when I got back, and I will repeat them again: there is nothing to make a fuss about, don't listen to the gossip."
Pep stared at Tony for half a minute, but Tony's face was full of indifference.
He curled his lips slightly, and his cynical expression gave that handsome face a certain frivolous charm, and this expression almost said, yes, I am lying, but I will never tell you the truth.
After a long while, Pep gave up investigating.
She is not very familiar with Tony yet. She should have established a fairly close relationship with Tony. After all, she is the president’s secretary in name and actually the CEO of Stark Corporation. Without her, this huge company would have nothing to do. The method continues to operate normally for even one day; and Tony is the actual owner of Stark Corporation and can veto all her efforts with one vote.
For the sake of both of them, and for the sake of the whole company, getting along in harmony, kindness and mutual trust is a must.
Originally, they also had a good opportunity to deepen their relationship. Just a few days after the news of Howard and his wife's death came out, Tony was still immersed in grief and dazed, wandering around like a walking dead, Stark Corporation was leaderless, shareholders kept making small moves , the internal members were also panicked, Pep alone could not support the Stark Company, and that should have been the time for Tony to step in and work with Pep to restore the Stark Company's disadvantage.
But under Tony's request and Carl's intervention, Alexander.Al, this well-known, reclusive man who everyone knows should not be underestimated has intervened in the affairs of Stark Corporation.
Working during that time was a nightmare for Pep.
It's not that Alexander's temperament is cruel and self-willed, and it's not because of Alexander's unbearable bad habits. On the contrary, Alexander's performance is too perfect.
Not only perfect in doing his own work, but also perfect in the work he assigns.
Because Alexander is obviously quite experienced in dealing with this kind of "parents passing away suddenly, leaving a huge company that needs to be taken care of", Tony.Stark turned to Karl behind him.Al showed blind trust. During that time, the work of taking over and repairing the wealth and company left by the Howards and his wife was completely dominated by Alexander.
Alexander handles all the work that Pep finds difficult. Not only that, he can spare time to arrange work for Pep and Pep's subordinates, and even at the same time he has to take care of the work of the Ayer Group.
When a person is very powerful, people will worship and look up to him.
It is no exaggeration to say that Pep herself is such an object admired and looked up to by most people. She gained the trust of Howard and Maria when she was young and helped them manage the business empire. After they were gone she continued to help their only son with his business and personal affairs, an achievement that was described as brilliant.
Yet even she was ashamed of herself in front of Alexander.
To the extent that Alexander is so powerful, the feeling he brings to people is no longer just admiration and admiration.
What's more, it's fear and terror.
It was a palpably inhuman quality, a perfect smile and a graceful demeanor that at times gave Pep the creeps.
Later, after exhaustingly dealing with the Stark Corporation business, Pep realized that she had missed the best time to build a good relationship with her new owner.
Young Tony.Stark didn't doubt her ability to work, out of respect and respect for her parents, maybe also because of his respect for Carl.The trust of the people sent by Al, he also has enough trust in Pep.
But there was nothing more, nothing more, enough of her comradeship to lead this young man on the right path.
Maybe time will make them get acquainted gradually, and this seemingly frivolous but suspicious scientist will gradually regard her as a friend.But how long does it take to do that?What will Tony become during this time?
To put it a bit more extreme, can he live until the day when she is qualified to stop him from going crazy, and he will listen to her seriously when she speaks?
After all, as the heir of the Stark Corporation, there are too many malicious villains behind him, and too many enemies who want to destroy him.
Sorry, Maria, my friend, sorry, Howard, I did my best.
Tony's stubbornness brought tears to Pep's eyes. She silently recited the names of her dead friend and her favorite husband guiltily, remembering that a long time ago, she was still very young, and because of her youth and beauty, she was intentionally abused. When inadvertently ostracizing and harassing.
It was Maria who came over, pushed back the stupid men surrounding her with soft but powerful eyes, and then smiled at her.
"Ignore them," she said. "You can do better. Abilities have nothing to do with looks or gender, and I'm the best example—and you'll be the best example."
Now I've done well enough, Pep thought, and you're dead.
"Hey, hey, hey! Pep!" Tony yelled, "you look so disgusting, like I'm dead. I said I'm fine, I swear I'm absolutely fine, go to work, really Yes, let's go, let's go..."
After talking for a long time, Tony finally persuaded Pep to leave.
He exaggeratedly let out a sigh of relief, and the excessive breathing movement pulled the wound on his chest. Anyway, there was no one in the office at the moment, and the forced relaxed expression on his face disappeared immediately.
Grinning his teeth, he adjusted his posture on the test bench, and after feeling much more comfortable, Tony exhaled slowly, frowned, and lifted off his black racerback vest.
On his bare chest, a surreal-looking sci-fi part glows with a faint blue light.
The thing was embedded so deeply in his skin that no one who saw it would doubt that it had taken the place where the heart should have been.
He lied to Pep.
Of course, what's so weird about that?Things to know about dealing with Stark The number one note is this: Stark can lie.
Pep also knew he was lying, and she just gave up asking.
Second note on dealing with Starks: If a Stark doesn't want to tell the truth, you get nothing.
The brutal and unreasonable shooting of the terrorists in Afghanistan caused him to be seriously injured. Tiny bullet fragments were scattered in his blood vessels and flesh, and they had probably grown together with his body, making it difficult to remove them.
Most of the bullet fragments have been taken out by the scientist Ethan who was kidnapped with him, but some fragments that are too close to the heart have not been taken out. Those things really threatened his life. In order to control them, we must To get these bullet fragments to flow with the blood to his heart, he had to install a reactor outside the heart.
Made him look like a robot.
"Jarvis, this thing always makes me feel weird," Tony complained to his smart butler while checking the data on the screen, "It's too uncomfortable to put such a cold thing on the heart, and this reactor version is still It's crude, it's not waterproof, I need to update it soon."
"Yes, sir," Jarvis replied calmly. "You really need to."
Obviously his tone was very flat, and there was nothing out of the ordinary in his words, but Tony just felt that he was being smacked in a subtle way.
Could it be a quirky delusion of the pure British accent he had given Jarvis?
Tony decided to say a few more words to Jarvis: "Jarvis, why do I think you speak strangely..."
"Carl and Mr. Luthor are downstairs preparing to take the elevator and are expected to arrive at the door in three minutes, sir." Jarvis said.
This sentence immediately diverted Tony's attention.
"What? Luther? Why is Luther here?" His focus was a bit wrong.
"I'm afraid I can't give you a definite answer, sir."
"Then give me an inaccurate answer."
"Okay, sir. A lot has happened during your time away. Mr. Luthor gave Carl the company Facebook he founded as a gift..."
"Seriously? I think I've opened my eyes, Jarvis. I don't believe that Luthor would be so generous and just tell me the result of your deduction."