Pepper Potts

Chen Mo's last words were like a bolt from the blue, jolting everyone awake. Tony Stark and the board members all looked at Chen Mo in disbelief.

Stark Industries has a market value of over 100 billion, and 60% of its shares are worth over 60 billion. Chen Mo actually gave them away without hesitation, and even wanted to add their shares to the deal.

"I will never sell my shares!"

One director spoke sternly, and some of the other directors nodded in agreement, while others looked thoughtful, clearly already considering their options.

After Chen Mo returned, they had completely lost control of Stark Industries.

With Chen Mo backing them up, they could no longer bully and restrict Tony Stark as before. Under the control of this playboy, Tony Stark, the company's future was not promising. Since there was no way to turn things around, they might as well sell their shares.

Even one percent of the shares is worth more than a billion.

Chen Mo's gaze swept across everyone's faces, taking in their expressions and understanding their thoughts.

"Those who are unwilling to hand over their shares may continue to turn the pages of the documents in front of them."

Upon hearing Chen Mo's words, all the directors, regardless of whether they wanted to sell their shares, curiously continued to flip through the documents in front of them.

Below the share transfer agreement, there was another document. As they read it more carefully, everyone's expression changed completely, becoming extremely ugly, even more so than when Chen Mo announced the dissolution of the board of directors and the completion of delisting and privatization.

The document detailed every illegal act they had committed: tax evasion, arms smuggling, backroom deals, commercial crimes, hiring thugs, rape, and even murder!

Every single thing was listed in detail, including the time, place, and specific process, without any omissions, even more clearly than they themselves remembered.

All the directors looked at the documents in their hands, and cold sweat poured down their foreheads. Once a piece of information was handed over to the police, they would basically spend the rest of their lives in prison.

Feeling guilty, they looked up at the others around them, only to find that they were all just as terrified and sweating profusely.

Clearly, everyone had the same information in front of them; Chen Mo knew all their most private secrets. Now, what lay before them was a naked threat: either hand over their shares or go to jail.

The choice was not difficult at all. Between giving up the shares and going to jail, it was easy to make the right choice. All the directors obediently signed their names on the share transfer agreement at the end of the document.

As for resistance, after confirming Chen Mo's identity Commander, no one felt they could shake the powerful and high-ranking Commander. They had no choice but to compromise.

Tony Stark also flipped to the back of his document and found that it was also a share transfer agreement. The difference was that, according to the contents of this agreement, after signing it, he would acquire 100% of Stark Industries' shares, and Stark Industries would become his own private company.

Tony Stark couldn't help but look up at Chen Mo.

"Dad, this..."

"Sign the papers. Howard and I agreed long ago that if he gave me a son, I would give him all my shares."

Chen Mo's tone left no room for argument.

In the end, Tony Stark signed the agreement, and Stark Industries became his private company, completely under his control.

After all the directors reluctantly signed the equity transfer agreement, as if their own sons had been robbed, and left the meeting room dejectedly, Chen Mo said coldly to Phil Coulson behind him.

"Coulson, hand over all the evidence of their crimes to the police!"

"Yes, Commander!"

Tony Stark and Pepper Potts exchanged a glance upon seeing this, both revealing a pleased smile on their faces.

They had actually thought Chen Mo would really let them go, and they were still feeling indignant. They didn't expect Chen Mo to act unpredictably. However, this was the style of Special Operations Team Commander!

Chen Mo did not agree to let them go in exchange for handing over their shares.

Looking at the equity transfer agreement in front of him, signed with both Chen Mo's and his own names, Tony Stark felt a strange mix of emotions.

From this day forward, Stark Industries will return to the control of the Stark family, becoming a completely privately owned company. There will be no more board interference in his decisions, nor will he be excluded from the company's management, resulting in a complete loss of control over the company.

He will lead and shape the future of Stark Industries.

This feeling is absolutely amazing!

Like ceded territory finally returning to its homeland, or a child taken away returning to its father's side, Tony Stark's excitement at this moment was indescribable. An unprecedented sense of satisfaction, peace, and a deep sense of responsibility welled up in his heart.

Tony Stark couldn't help but turn to look at Chen Mo beside him. This was the most precious and best gift he had ever received. It felt so good to have a father!

In the S.H.I.E.L.D. underground laboratory of S. H. I. E. L. D., Howard Stark sneezed loudly, and yet another intricate component that had taken several days to create was destroyed in his hands.

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!

"Damn it, how many times has this happened! How could I possibly catch a cold when my body is stronger than a top athlete thanks to the Super Soldier Serum enhancement!"

"Could it be that God doesn't want me to complete this great experiment?"

"Yes! That must be it! My research has reached a point where even God is afraid. I am truly amazing!"

"Hahaha!"

Ignoring the fact that Howard was almost driven mad by a sneeze, after resolving the issue of Stark Industries' rights, Chen Mo and Tony Stark returned to the basement of Tony's seaside mansion to continue their research and development of a new Iron Man suit.

Pepper Potts didn't come back with them because Tony Stark's first order after taking complete control of Stark Industries was to appoint Pepper as the new CEO of Stark Industries, responsible for managing the entire company on his behalf.

Having experienced Obadiah's betrayal, Tony Stark is no longer easily trusting outsiders. Of course, Pepper Potts is an exception. Apart from Chen Mo, she can be said to be the person Tony Stark trusts the most, and she is also the best candidate to be the head of the company at present.

Pepper had been Tony Stark's personal assistant for many years and had extensive experience in corporate management and secretarial work. She was competent and had a thorough understanding of the company's situation. Tony was very confident in entrusting Stark Industries to her.

Although Tony's feelings for the company deepened after he fully owned and controlled Stark Industries, it was somewhat unreasonable to ask him to stay at the company every day and personally manage its affairs. Not to mention that he had little experience in actual company management, Tony's interests have always been in technological research and development and weapons manufacturing. Compared to sitting in an office processing documents, he preferred to stay in the laboratory to conduct his research.

Therefore, he handed Stark Industries over to Pepper Potts, whom he trusted most, while he continued to develop his Iron Man suit. He could simply tell Pepper his opinions on the company's development, effectively becoming a hands-off manager.

Although Pepper was a little unsure about suddenly managing such a large company, she accepted the task with some trepidation after being encouraged, or rather, persuaded, by Tony. She also hoped that she could help Tony and manage the company better for him.

Back in the villa laboratory, the two threw themselves back into improving the Iron Man suit, with Dr. Ethan still acting as their assistant, helping them out.

After spending this time working with Chen Mo and Tony Stark on the development of the Iron Man suit, Dr. Ethan felt as if a door to a completely new world had opened before him. All sorts of advanced scientific technologies and new scientific theories were presented to him, making him feel as if he had entered a science fiction world.

Dr. Dr. Ethan, who was already a top scientist, was like a country bumpkin who had stepped from a backward primitive society into the modern world in this laboratory. Apart from staring wide-eyed in amazement at the groundbreaking technologies, he could only study desperately.

However, he did gain a lot during this period.

With the intentional help of the two, he has fully mastered many technologies and theories that he could not understand before, and he can now offer his own opinions from time to time. Unlike at the beginning, when he could only help hand over tools and do odd jobs, he was no longer able to truly participate in the research and development.

Dr. Ethan is actually very capable; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to perform surgery on Tony, who was severely injured by a bomb, in a simple cave and implant an electromagnet in his chest, saving Tony from certain death.

Previously, being from a remote area of Afghanistan, his access to information was extremely limited, and he had no opportunity to learn about advanced technologies and theories.

With the help of Chen Mo and Tony, Dr. Ethan's abilities have greatly improved, and he has gradually become able to offer some useful suggestions for improving the Iron Man suit, truly participating in the research and development of the Iron Man suit.

However, Chen Mo did not stay in the laboratory for too long.

Tony Stark, with the help of Dr. Ethan, continued to upgrade and optimize the Iron Man suit, while Chen Mo left the villa alone and returned to the China Martial Arts School in Brooklyn.

Chen Mo did not linger there. While everyone thought he was still in the Martial Arts School, he had actually slipped away from everyone's sight, quietly left the Martial Arts School, and returned to HYDRA's headquarters, Top-Secret Base hidden deep in the Norway mountains, through HYDRA's secret channels.

"Eddie, get me all the intelligence and information about Ulysses Klaue and Wakanda."

In the spacious office, Chen Mo sat upright in the chair behind his desk and gave instructions to Albert, who was pouring him coffee.

After Chen Mo finished speaking, he picked up his coffee cup and took a small sip, looking extremely satisfied. Pepper Potts's coffee was nowhere near as good as Eddie's.