Nick Fury's Request for Help
After a period of discussion, the group roughly decided on the following points:
1. Venturing into the universe is not something that can be done overnight. Let's wait until Thor returns and then go to Asgard together to make a decision.
2. Invite Peggy Carter and Betty Ross to join the Avengers.
3. Abandon S.H.I.E.L.D.., apply to the United Nations to establish a superhuman organization called the Avengers, to monitor and prevent the emergence of superhumans and superhuman crimes worldwide.
4. Destroy Hydra.
Peggy Carter's talent is undeniable. She joined the Avengers primarily to handle intelligence, logistics, and external communications.
Betty Ross was originally in the same lab as Bruce Banner, and his academic research was equally outstanding. Helping Tony and Banner with their research would be no problem at all.
As for the third point, everyone agreed to wait until Hydra was eliminated before addressing it, because no one knew how many government departments Hydra had infiltrated, or where they held high positions— the United Nations, the World Security Council, the United States government, S.H.I.E.L.D..?
Just from what Xia Yu has seen in the movies, there are former directors of S.H.I.E.L.D.., Senate Congressman, and so on. Who knows how many more are unseen? Therefore, eliminating Hydra is imperative.
We need to remove all the dissidents within the government departments first, otherwise we'll be in trouble if someone suddenly stabs us in the back one day.
After a few short days of adjustment, Peggy Carter's remarkable work ability astonished everyone. Her first move was to resolve the Avengers' funding problem. In Peggy Carter's words, "Why spend Stark's nephew's money when I can earn it myself?"
Yes, Tony is his nephew.
Peggy Carter first had someone set up a company, and then quickly applied for the copyright to the images of each member of the Avengers.
Then Peggy Carter took on the role of agent, selling the images of several people to film companies, toy developers, and also helping each of them secure an endorsement deal.
The highest offer was surprisingly for Natasha's advertisement, and the company that approached Natasha was none other than Xia Yu's Herbal medicine Group. It has to be said that Natasha's angelic appearance and devilish figure are indeed very suitable for the Herbal medicine Group. Peggy Carter offered a high price of 30 million US dollars a year for this.
"Hey, Peggy, you can't do this! Natasha is my wife, Herbal medicine is my company. Why should my wife charge so much for endorsing my company?" Xia Yu was initially indifferent, but he couldn't resist the frequent contact from several managers of the Herbal medicine Group.
"Xia, this is a business transaction. As the behind-the-scenes boss of the group, you should understand this perfectly well. Look, Tony hasn't said anything." Peggy Carter's businesslike manner left Xia Yu helpless.
What impressed Xia Yu and the others even more was that after Peggy Carter initially resolved the funding issue, she immediately took the United States. military to court. The reason given was that over the past few decades, the military had granted multiple toy companies the right to use Captain America's image without Steve Rogers' authorization, obtaining billions of dollars in revenue.
This move is reasonable, but it's tantamount to slapping the military in the face. The production and sale of Captain America toys are an important source of revenue for the military to supplement its budget every year. It's fine if it stops now, since Captain America has woken up. But to expect the military to give back what they've lost? That's too difficult.
Honestly, Captain America did sign a three-year contract. Who knew he'd reappear after all those years of disappearance? You could probably get some money out of the military by talking to the government privately, but Peggy Carter is acting like a Hollywood agent now. She wants Avengers and more public support, which is why she's suing the United States military.
Both media exposure and public support will increase significantly. News of Captain America suing the United States military is something everyone welcomes.
The military was also in despair. Not to mention the Battle of New York this year, they had spent over sixty years promoting and commemorating this Hero. The status of Captain America in people's hearts can be seen from Coulson's childhood admiration for him and his continued collection of his cards as an adult.
Now look what's happened! The military has spent decades cultivating an image of an invincible patriotic Hero, and now they want to sue them? How can they fight that? Isn't this just shooting themselves in the foot?
The lawsuit wasn't going to end in a day or two. Tony, who loved watching the drama unfold, lent Stark Industries' massive legal team to Peggy Carter, letting them play along with the military.
Their lives became increasingly colorful; they filmed commercials and appeared on several TV shows. Peggy Carter turned several Avengers Hero into big stars who needed to wear hats and sunglasses whenever they went out.
Tony Captain America didn't care, as they were already household names. Xia Yu was also considered a semi-public figure. Hawkeye and Natasha, two spies used to hiding in the shadows, felt uneasy.
"I need Nick to help me find a remote place to build a house. I don't want my wife and kids to be exposed along with me," Hawkeye said.
After some time, Thor still hadn't returned. Xia Yu, eager to absorb the Tesseract, tried to contact Heimdall but couldn't. He had no choice but to wait for Thor to come back.
Instead of Thor arriving, he was met with a critically injured and dying Nick Fury.
"Things are far more serious than I imagined, and I don't know where to turn for help." These were the first words Nick said upon seeing Xia Yu.