I'm a hero in Marvel

Chapter 108 1 Soaring into the Sky

Osborn has obtained sufficient weapons resource channel advantages. Unlike the arms dealers that most people imagine, although Osborn Group and Stark Industries are world-renowned arms dealers, their main business is not simply selling "weapons" as most people understand.

What real large arms dealers sell is a complete set of [integrated solutions]. Take the famous missile designed by Tony, the Jericho missile, for example. It looks like a missile with mass destruction, but to support its operation and exert its maximum power, it also requires a complex system, including fire control integration, radar search, and related control computers and transportation tools. These components are usually part of the entire product line.

Stark Group's weapons use their own code, and only their own weapons can get the best support for things like fire control systems. The value of the entire system is many times greater than that of a missile. This is actually a closed system, a necessary self-protection measure in business.

However, under Li Jie's coordination, the Osborn Group cooperated with the Stark Group, and the Stark Group opened up some old model codes to Osborn. This enabled Osborn to produce weapons compatible with the Stark integrated system. It was also because of the Stark Group's concession that Harry was able to shut up the conservatives in the group and mobilize the power of the Osborn Group to assist the Stark Group in dealing with the pressure of the release of new energy, and also traded all the energy channels it controlled. In addition, it also resisted the pressure from Congress to hand over the Iron Man armor.

There is always a reward for every effort, and this is an equal exchange. With the code, the weapons produced by the Osborne Group will be compatible with the Stark platform previously purchased by the military. This is a good thing for the military, because in addition to the Stark Group, the Osborne Group is also an important weapons supplier. But the systems of the two companies have always been incompatible, which means that the military needs to prepare two different logistics systems, which increases the difficulty of the work!

Now, the Osborn Group has integrated everything, and other countries that previously purchased weapons from the Stark Group have turned to Osborn, including the US military. This has made the weapons department of the Osborn Group a lot of money. At the same time, due to Osborn's involvement, Tony did not agree to the US military to manufacture armor such as War Machine or Iron Patriot. Instead, the US military turned its attention to Osborn, and the low-cost version of the [Elf Armor] developed based on the Green Goblin Armor is more in line with the needs of the military for large-scale equipment.

After all, the military emphasizes collectivism, and superhero-style elites are not necessarily popular. Military generals prefer obedient elite teams. This makes life increasingly difficult for Hammer Military, which has always been following Stark and Osborn. It cannot get involved in large projects, and has to endure the squeeze of its peers for small projects with meager profits.

Moreover, in this world, Ivan Vanko, who built the first generation of the Ark Reactor, did not join Hammer Military, but joined Latvia. This gave Hammer a headache. As a scientist, although he was greedy for money, he didn't mind making a fortune through the weapons business. However, the world will not compromise or change because of personal will.

"Albert, I told you I won't sell my company! No way!" Hammer yelled into the phone. The other party was another arms dealer, Albert Manstein, a 25-year-old young arms dealer. Hammer didn't think there was anything special about this guy except that he came from a wealthy arms family. In his eyes, even Tony Stark was the same.

The Manstein family's company produces a variety of rapid-fire weapons and light weapons. Its business does not conflict with Osborn and Stark Group, and even complements these two companies that focus on heavy weapons in some ways. This is a wise path, at least there is no need to compete head-on with the two giants. However, Hammer has lofty ambitions and limited capabilities. He has always dreamed of building a super company like Stark Industries.

However, ideals are full of hope, but reality is very skinny. The crash of the attack drone made for General Ross last time and the heavy casualties caused by the imitation of Iron Man armor put the company in a difficult situation. The military has turned a large number of orders to the Osborne Group. Now, except for buying some finished single weapons, they almost no longer order a full set of weapon platforms from him. This made him feel frustrated. He always felt that he only needed a platform and an opportunity. As long as the time was right, Hammer could also soar into the sky!

"Ding-ling-ling~!" The phone rang again. Hammer grabbed the phone irritably and roared: "I told you Albert! I won't..."

There was a slight laugh from the other end of the phone, with a hint of sarcasm. It was a slightly old voice, obviously not Albert's.

"Mr. Hammer, I am not the Albert you mentioned." The voice sounded sophisticated and majestic.

"Oops, I'm so sorry. I lost my composure." Hammer realized that this might be an important customer, so he immediately changed the subject: "Excuse me, who are you?"

"Someone who can help your company out of trouble can at least make you shine at the Stark Industries Expo in three months." The person on the other end of the phone answered seriously.

"What?" Hammer thought this might be a scam.

The person on the other end of the phone seemed to see through Hammer's thoughts, so he said, "Don't hang up yet, Mr. Hammer. My people left a little gift for your window. Take a look before making a decision. We'll contact each other then."

After that, the other party hung up the phone, which confused Hammer.

He looked out the office window and saw someone had posted an envelope more than 20 floors above the ground. This was probably the "gift" that person was talking about.

Because compared with the arrival of personnel, mechanical equipment needs to be assembled and debugged for a period of time after long-distance transportation before it can be exhibited in the best condition. If the equipment is not in good condition, potential customers may be missed, and they may hold hundreds of millions of dollars in orders.

Today's Stark Industrial Expo is no longer an amusement exhibition among a few companies, but a competition of industrial strength between countries.

In the early 20th century, there was a popular saying: Whoever controls steel controls the world, and steel production was regarded as a sign of a strong country. By the middle of the 20th century, the saying had changed to: Whoever controls energy controls the world.

Nowadays, people are shouting: Whoever controls information controls the world. It seems that the world is really changing rapidly, and what needs to be controlled in each era is different.

In fact, apart from the superficial phenomena, the laws summarized by humans in the past hundred years show that only by mastering technology can we control the future, and only by controlling the future can we dominate the world. Therefore, everyone came to the Stark Industrial Expo to look forward to the future!

Many exhibitors have employees who live in Buffalo, which is even farther away. Even if they take the highway without stopping, it takes more than three hours to get from Stark Industrial Park to Buffalo. For them, this one-month exhibition will be a difficult tug-of-war.

During times of increased passenger traffic, it is not easy to pick someone up at New York airports because the flow of people is so large.

Fortunately, as agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson and Hawkeye Barton don't have to wait at the airport exit with other people. After all, S.H.I.E.L.D. enjoys some privileges.

The Lincoln SUV they were riding in was parked directly on the airport maintenance road, so they could pick up the arriving SHIELD agents directly from the runway.

For SHIELD, receiving SHIELD's people is a formal diplomatic mission. Of course, they don't want too many SHIELD people to come. After all, the other party is also an intelligence agency. If SHIELD's people collect intelligence everywhere on their own territory, it will make SHIELD lose face. Although intelligence agencies usually infiltrate each other, they are all done privately. It would be embarrassing to do it publicly.

According to SHIELD, they sent two agents to the United States to learn from SHIELD's advanced experience and establish a normal cooperation mechanism based on mutual trust. Both sides should deepen exchanges and learning based on a good foundation of mutual benefit and mutual trust.

"Can't SHIELD say what they want to say more simply?" Hawkeye sat in the passenger seat, feeling a headache as he looked at the information Hill handed him.

Fortunately, Coulson next to him is good at handling these matters. Coulson himself is not known for his combat ability. His personal combat ability is almost at the middle and lower level among field agents, barely not the worst.

However, he is one of SHIELD's most important field agents, because many things cannot be solved by fighting alone.