"Stark, everyone here has boundless confidence in you,"
A shareholder in a tailored suit, with a composed expression, spoke slowly.
"We know full well that you have the ability to bring those tens of billions in mysteriously vanished assets back onto the company's books."
The atmosphere in the conference room was solemn yet expectant. Every shareholder present was no ordinary figure; the wealth they had accumulated had long surpassed anything ordinary people could imagine.
To them, money was important, but they valued a company's long-term development, technological innovation, and market leadership even more.
Therefore, even when faced with this sudden financial black hole, they chose to stand firm, because they believed that Tony Stark—the genius entrepreneur—could lead Stark Industries out of its predicament and into a new era of glory.
Tony Stark stood at one end of the conference table, his hands lightly clasped on its surface as his gaze swept over every shareholder.
The shareholders' trust had not come from nowhere. It was founded on his countless past technological breakthroughs and business miracles.
Was this what it meant to lift a rock only to smash his own foot?
"All right, since everyone trusts me so much, let's get straight to the point."
There was a trace of helplessness in Tony's voice.
"Next, I'll show you the future of Stark Industries—a New Era shaped by our own hands."
"What I'm going to show you is the core of Stark Industries' future—the results of miniaturizing the Arc Reactor."
As Tony's words fell, the Virtual Projection device in the center of the conference room slowly activated. A soft beam of light gathered in the air, gradually forming an exquisite three-dimensional model—a scaled-down Arc Reactor.
The small device emitted a gentle blue glow in the projection, as if it contained limitless energy.
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