Stark Industries Park

"Is this Stark Industries? It certainly looks much more upscale than Hammer Industries..."

The next day, as scheduled, Chen Mu found the Stark industrial park located in the suburbs of New York. After submitting his appointment, he was granted entry. Looking at the beautifully landscaped environment, he couldn't help but exclaim.

The same industrial park, but Stark Industries was far more sophisticated than Hammer Industries.

"Haha, that's right. How can a second-rate company like Hammer Industries compare to us?"

While touring various facilities with a "guide" inside the park, a hearty laugh sounded from behind Chen Mu.

"Mr. Stan, it's an honor to meet you."

Chen Mu looked over and saw a striking bald head, followed by a very thick beard.

It was Obadiah Stane, the current head of Stark Industries.

This man was also the villain in the Iron Man 1 storyline. He was Tony's uncle and had been taking care of Tony since Howard's death.

Of course, this man was not a good person. For profit, he secretly supplied weapons to terrorist organizations, and even the incident where Tony was kidnapped this time was secretly orchestrated by him.

"Haha, I read about you in the newspaper. What you said yesterday was very interesting." Obadiah laughed heartily, patted Chen Mu on the shoulder, and said with an appreciative look, "Young people are different. You're truly young and promising!"

"No, you flatter me. It's just that Justin Hammer's remarks were really inappropriate."

"Exactly. As a public figure, to be so foolish as to attack a sovereign nation in a public setting, that's all Hammer Industries is capable of."

Obadiah agreed with this sentiment.

"Justin Hammer is simply disgracing America."

This was indeed the case. Superheroes had not yet appeared, and the various "crises" facing the Earth had not been revealed. Therefore, the power structure of this world was still quite similar to Chen Mu's previous life.

China was also an undisputed major power in this world. Its development over the years had earned it a place on the international stage.

Furthermore, China's economic, military, and technological strength were already not to be underestimated.

Only a fool like Justin Hammer would openly make remarks targeting China.

In Obadiah's eyes, this was simply courting disaster and a shameful act.

What happened yesterday, after being reported by reporters who were eager to stir up trouble, had already spread like wildfire by today. This matter naturally reached Obadiah's ears.

Moreover, through the rapid spread of the internet, the incident even reached China, where it was met with widespread acclaim.

Chen Mu, unafraid of power, had bravely stepped forward to defend his homeland even while in America, showing signs of becoming a "hero."

Also a boss of an arms dealer, look at that. Obadiah was much more capable than Justin, and at the same time, his heart was even blacker.

"It's still Mr. Chen Mu, young and promising, who bravely stood up for his homeland."

Obadiah signaled the "guide" who had been with Chen Mu to leave. He continued with a tone of emotion, "If our country had more young people like you, who think more about their country, that would be great."

"You flatter me. I just did what a Chinese person should do,"

Chen Mu smiled and said humbly, "I think, in that situation, any Chinese person would have made the same choice as me."

"That's truly admirable. At least, among the younger generation, our country's young people are falling behind."

America, a country with only a few hundred years of history, naturally could not compare to China in terms of "patriotism." Here, everyone, whether young or old, only saw profit. So-called "patriotism" was also driven by profit.

Just like attacking other countries, why would the American public support it? It was nothing more than gaining benefits. The profits America gained from war naturally benefited its citizens, leading to better treatment for them, which in turn gained widespread support.

"Perhaps."

Chen Mu smiled noncommittally. Young people from every country had their good and bad sides, and he really didn't have the right to comment, so he prepared to change the subject.

However, Chen Mu's goal was to "revitalize China," and naturally, he would also make the young people of China better.

When the youth are strong, the nation is strong. To make his homeland powerful, it was imperative to make the nation's youth even stronger!

Whether it was enhancement serums, external armor, or "profound magical knowledge," these things would naturally be used to equip the young people of China.

"By the way, Mr. Obadiah, I've come this time hoping to get authorization from your company to manufacture toy models of Stark weapons for creating scale replicas. As for the licensing fee..."

Chen Mu was about to state his idea directly, but he was interrupted by Obadiah.

"I'm already aware of Mr. Chen Mu's intentions."

Obadiah smiled, appearing unconcerned, and said, "The toy market is indeed quite large, but I have a new plan. I wonder if Mr. Chen Mu would be interested?"

"I'm all ears." Hearing this, Chen Mu nodded.

"I've done some research. Mr. Chen Mu's family has a considerable manufacturing plant in China, correct?"

Since it was his father who sent the meeting request, Chen Mu wasn't surprised. Moreover, it was quite normal for Obadiah to be able to find out this information.

"China is a huge market. Smartphones are emerging now, and I believe that before long, this will become an incredibly vast emerging market. With a population of 1.3 billion, China is undoubtedly the largest market."

It was currently 2008, and smartphones were just beginning. Most people were still using Nokia and Motorola candy bar phones, but the trend of smartphones was gradually emerging.

(PS: Ignore the previous Fruit 11, just consider it a certain candy bar phone at the time.)

"Oh?"

Chen Mu looked at Obadiah with some surprise, inwardly marveling at the old man's market control ability. He had already foreseen the future of smartphones?

If this old man hadn't dabbled in schemes and conspiracies and had honestly remained a businessman, he probably could have made a fortune.

"The rise of smartphones naturally requires 'intelligence.' Stark Industries has an artificial intelligence project. I hope that in the future of China, the artificial intelligence used by users will be provided by us, Stark."

Stark's artificial intelligence was undoubtedly Jarvis.

However, this old scoundrel actually wanted to embed Jarvis into everyone's phones in China?

His intentions were truly wicked!

"If we can reach a cooperation on this plan, we can provide the weapon appearance authorization to you for free. There will be no problem."